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Kill All 'Cons

2018-03-02T16:30:41Z

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|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|The Transformers: Lost Light]]'' #15
|prev=The Ties That Bind
|next=The Everlasting Voices, Part 1
|image=LL15_cvrA.jpg
|title=The Scavengers in: "Kill All 'Cons"
|caption=Free them
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 28]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=February 2018
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Brendan Cahill]] (pg. 1-18), [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]] (pg. 19-20)
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
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'''The full extent of his plans revealed, Scorponok offers the Scavengers the easiest choice they've ever made.'''

==Synopsis==
Himself once more, [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] is shackled and brought before [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] and [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], seemingly unrepentant over having killed the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], thinking they were [[Decepticon]] guards. Grimlock's gaze falls upon the [[Magnificence]] in Scorponok's hands, and Scorponok takes the opportunity to villainously monologue; he explains that the mysterious artifact has developed a "moral code" and begun refusing to answer certain questions, but that it cannot refuse him because it is unable to read his brain patterns—a side-effect of his past [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[binary bonding|binary bond]] with the [[human]] [[Abraham Dante]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, it turns out that a villainous monologue was exactly what Grimlock wanted out of him, distracting him ''just'' long enough... for the still-very-much-alive Scavengers to make their dramatic entrance! Caught by surprise, Scorponok is held at gunpoint and forced to hand over the Magnificence, as [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] reveals how they "returned" from the dead...

''Left in their cell with the rampaging Grimlock, it looks like curtains for the Scavengers until [[Nickel]] strikes Grimlock in the back of his head, triggering an involuntary transformation into [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] mode, in which form she has noticed he is more communicative and receptive. This allows [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] to successfully talk to Grimlock, calming him down before anyone is badly hurt. Nickel diagnoses Grimlock with "non-fluent aphasia", explaining that when he is in alternate mode, the reconfiguration of his body subjects his damaged [[brain module]] to different pressures than when he is in robot mode, which partially relieves his condition. At Grimlock's own urging, [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] uses his surgical skills to adjust Grimlock's body so that the pressures are increased and replicated when he is in robot mode, thereby returning the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] to his old self at last. Krok then has an idea; he has Nickel and Spinister carefully disassemble the Scavengers' bodies so they ''look'' like Grimlock has torn them apart. When Grimlock is then taken to meet with Scorponok, the cell is left unlocked, and the Scavengers are able to pull themselves together and escape.''

Scorponok initially refuses to divulge his plans, but when [[Fulcrum]] just asks the Magnificence instead, the ever-dramatic Scorponok refuses to let his thunder be stolen, and launches into another lengthy explanation, which begins with the opening of his chest compartment... to reveal an organic, ''purple'' human baby gestating within him! As the [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] tattooed across its face suggests, the child—referred to as "the [[Firstborn]]" by Scorponok—is the first of a new race of "organic Decepticons" created with the help of the Magnificence's knowledge, a genetically engineered body containing the [[spark]] of a Decepticon named [[Rat-a-Tat-Tat]]. With only around ten thousand Decepticons left in the whole of existence, it is Scorponok's plan to place all their sparks into such bodies, in order for them to ''procreate''—"the one evolutionary advantage that organic life has over machine life"—after which their sparks, and the newly-sired sparks of their offspring, will be extracted and returned to mechanical bodies, thereby replenishing their depleted race and giving them the might to conquer the [[Autobot]]s once and for all. To make this happen without resistance, he has also learned how manipulate Decepticon sparks via their insignia, which are made from a portion of their spark casing—this is how he was able to earlier subdue Grimlock, who was once a Decepticon millions of years ago.

Explanations done, Scorponok offers the Scavengers a choice: kill Grimlock and he will exempt them from the process, allowing them to serve as his generals. As it turns out, this is the easiest choice the Scavengers have ever made. As one, they reject his offer, glad the war is over and having no desire to go back to the way things were. Their refusal comes as a bit of a surprise to Scorponok, but it is no impediment—with a wave of his hand, he simply begins to extract their sparks. As the group collapses, the convulsing Nickel manages to grab the fallen Magnificence, and asks it how they can win. Following its direction, she tosses her communicator at Scorponok, telling him someone is calling for him—but the "call" is a pre-recorded message left by [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], whose weaponized voice paralyzes Scorponok, freeing the Scavengers from his thrall. As Flame calls for reinforcements, Grimlock moves to run the immobilized Scorponok through with his sword, but Misfire stops him, not wanting to see the innocent Firstborn die. Instead, he removes the child from Scorponok, and, following the Magnificence's handy directions, the team make a run for the ship's transmat suite, intending to teleport to [[Garrus-9]] so they can use its spark extraction technology to remove Rat-a-Tat-Tat's spark from its new organic home and put it back in a Cybertronian body. They slice and blast their way through all opposition—with Misfire even managing to shoot straight for once—but when they reach the transmat, the Magnificence informs them that the teleportation will be fatal to the Firstborn. Grimlock takes the child from Misfire and places it in his own chest cavity for protection, announcing his intent to stay behind and destroy the transmat once they Scavengers have gone through, to prevent Scorponok's men from following. Misfire refuses, and calls for the Scavengers to huddle so they can discuss what to do next... but as they do so, Grimlock simply pushes the entire clustered group through the transmat portal together, destroys the machine, and prepares to face the approaching Decepticon horde alone.

The Scavengers materialize inside Grimlock's old cell on Garrus-9, only to find that the door is locked, the Magnificence is no longer responding, and they have no communicators to call for help. Looks like another fine mess they've gotten themselves into...!

''Years ago, after he, Scorponok, and Flame jettisoned themselves into space to escape the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], [[Flywheels]] is found floating in the void by Krok and Spinister. As a last request to a departed 'Con named [[Thundersaur]], the pair have just hijacked a [[Weak Anthropic Principle|prisoner escort ship]] in order to rescue its captive, Flyhigh—aka "Misfire"—having locked up the ship's pilot, [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], in his place. Bringing Flywheels aboard, Krok welcomes him to their group, the "Foragers," but Misfire insists they come up with a better name...''

''Not far away, Scorponok and Flame are also drifting in space, when suddenly, from out of the darkness, a beam of light emerges to play across them, projecting the image of a familiar gear-like hieroglyph. Space explodes with white light, and from within the light, a voice emanates: the voice of the [[Grand Architect]], to whom Scorponok and Flame now belong.''

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] (3)
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==Quotes==
"They were '''Decepticons.''' They deserved what they got." 
"'''You''' were a Decepticon once." 
"'''They deserved what they got.'''"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Scorponok''' discuss the Scavengers' seeming deaths

"You may have seen [Rat-a-Tat-Tat's body] in your cell." 
"Yeah—it looked like he'd gone ten rounds with a '''sparkeater.''' Well, one round."
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Crankcase'''

'''Misfire:''' "Scorponok, mate. It's like this..." 
'''Fulcrum:''' "If there's one thing we've learnt over the last few years, it's that—" 
'''Crankcase:''' "We're glad the war's over." 
'''Spinister:''' "Yeah. The war sucked." 
'''Krok:''' "Don't get us wrong, being a Decepticon's great... so long as you don't have to fight anyone." 
'''Fulcrum:''' "At the end of the day, when all's said and done... I think everyone just wants to live their lives." 
'''Scorponok:''' "Hm. If I'm honest, I thought I'd crafted more of a '''dilemma.'''"

"If you're listening to this, my commiserations... you're about to die. I don't know who you are, and I don't need to. What's important—what '''matters'''—is that you tried to hurt my friend."
:—'''Tarn'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s recorded message

"Nickel? Get over here." 
"Me?" 
"Yeah, bad news: you're a Scavenger now. Don't worry—as far as '''ranks''' go, it's '''demotion-proof.'''"
:—'''Krok''' invites '''Nickel''' into the huddle

"Don't worry, kid. Someone looked after me for a while. Did a good job, too. Now it's my turn."
:—'''Grimlock''' pats his chest and soothes the Firstborn

"You're not a prisoner anymore, '''Flyhigh.'''" 
"Call me '''Misfire'''—everyone else does. I blame the '''trial.'''"
:—'''Krok''' and '''Misfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Flame compares the Magnificence's new ability to refuse to give answers based on its moral code to something called the "[[Morality Lock]]," which he claims nobody "believes in" anymore. We previously heard this term in [[Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|issue #2]], when [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] told [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] that it was one of several phrases he'd seen written in ancient dialect in his vision from [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|issue #1]].
*As a footnote reminds us, Scorponok's bond with Abraham Dante took place in ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''. The implication ("a trace of human still remains") is that they're not bonded anymore.
*Somewhat remarkably, the idea that a Headmaster's hybrid nature acts as a "cheat code" for Cybertronian technology is not a new one. [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] previously used the hybrid patterns of [[Hunter O'Nion]] (Sunstreaker's Headmaster partner) to backdoor into the Autobot network and shut it down during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]].
*It was first established that a blow to the back of the head (where the "neural cluster" is located) could trigger an involuntary transformation back in [[Little Victories|''More than Meets the Eye'' #22]], when [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] tried to do it to [[Rung (G1)|Rung]].
*Nickel deduces that, in alternate mode, Grimlock's brain module is located in his chest (which is roughly where the robot head goes on your average Grimlock toy). The idea that a Dinobot's brain module is not necessarily located in their dino-mode head was previously seen in [[Night and the City|''Robots in Disguise'' #9]], when it allowed [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] to survive the destruction of his dino-head.
*Fulcrum reacts with repeated disgust to the sight of the Firstborn; his revulsion toward organics was previously established in the [[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|''More than Meets the Eye: Revolution'' one-shot]].
*As Crankcase notes, Rat-a-Tat-Tat's body could indeed be spotted lying in the Scavenger's cell [[The Ties That Bind|last issue]]. The 'con is referred to as a male, but Scorponok makes a point of noting that the Firstborn's body, into which his spark has been transferred, is female, since... well, you need girls and boys for procreation, y'know?
*The fact that Decepticons' insignia are made from a portion of their spark casing was originally established in [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]].
*Flywheels fears he would have drifted "all the way to the [[Dark Nebula]]" if the "Foragers" hadn't found him. The Dark Nebula is home to the [[Dire Wraith]]s, and was also previously mentioned in the ''Revolution'' one-shot.
*Okay, so we jumped the gun on this—turns out Scorponok ''isn't'' the Grand Architect! It's not clear how much of an overlap there is between what Scorponok's been up to with the Firstborn and the Grand Architect's own objectives, but given that—per [[An Axe to Break the Ice|issues #8]]-[[Chasing the Infinite|9]]—the Architect has been employing [[blacksmith]]s and gathering [[living metal|sentio metallico]] for centuries, it seems that the creation of the multi-forming [[Infinite]]s is his project, especially since Scorponok refers to them in this issue as a "distraction." It's not clear to what extent the activities we've seen the Architect's other envoys involved in are connected: both the [[Treecon|organic wooden robots that turn into trees]] seen in the previous issue and in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|''More than Meets the Eye'' #7]], and the organic hand with embedded technological components glimpsed in [[Animals|''More than Meets the Eye'' #46]] are vague enough that they could be read as stepping stones on the path to either the Firstborn ''or'' the Infinite.

===Transformers references===
*Grimlock being more communicative and easier to reason with in dinosaur mode may be a reference to how he spent most of his time and ''was'' smarter [[Grimlock's New Brain|on one occasion]] in ''T. rex'' mode in the third season of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]].
*The final scene of the issue, with the Grand Architect finding Scorponok and Flame floating in space, evokes the classic scene of [[Unicron]] finding [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the same circumstances in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The Architect's dialogue is a direct lift of Unicron's own: "You belong to me, now."

===Real-life references===
*Grimlock's {{w|aphasia}} is a real-life condition.
*After arriving in Grimlock's cell, Fulcrum asks "Is this Garrus-9?" and Misfire responds "All signs point to yes." "Signs point to yes" is one of the standard answers found within a [[wikipedia:Magic 8-Ball|Magic 8-Ball]], the real world fortune-telling toy that the Magnificence has been jokingly compared to by fans.

===Other trivia===
*Released only three weeks after issue #14, and only five weeks after [[Sardines|issue #13]], this issue sees ''Lost Light'' ship on time (that is, within the same calendar month as it was originally solicited for) for the first time since [[An Axe to Break the Ice|issue #8]].
*Rat-a-Tat-Tat was originally going to be named "Volver," until James Roberts realized that sounds a bit rude if you've got a British accent like he does.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/908968148761792512 James Roberts talks "Volver" on Twitter]</ref>

===Soundtrack===
''(To be confirmed)''

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' The Scavengers huddle, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Cover B:''' Scorponok crushes Mifire and Fulcrum in his claws, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' An unimpressed Scorponok watches as Nickel puts up her dukes, by [[Brendan Cahill]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
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[[Category: Lost Light issues]]

Onyx Prime

2018-02-21T00:40:58Z

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[[Image:10OnyxPrime.jpg|thumb|400px|Move over, [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]!]]

Of the [[Thirteen]], '''Onyx Prime''', the "Lord of Beasts", is the most spiritually-minded of their number, in tune with both the creatures of the natural world and the intangible realm of the spirit. He alone has the ability to properly use the three-faced [[Triptych Mask]] given to him by Primus; this artifact allows him to cast his spirit across vast distances to commune with the dreams of far-off beings, or even track the journey of a [[Spark]] across the [[Transformer afterlife|afterlife]]. Though some view these strange mental voyages across distant realms as mere flights of fancy, Onyx and his visions make him one of the most inspirational Primes.

Onyx Prime's spiritual aptitude allowed him to cultivate an inscrutable presence that made him appear mysterious and slightly intimidating at the best of times, even to the other members of the Thirteen. In spite of his powers, Onyx Prime is a kind-hearted and friendly individual at [[Spark]], a trait that made him one of the most liked members of the Thirteen. Indeed, all of his siblings treated him as a fiercely loyal companion and a steadfast confidant—[[Micronus Prime]], in particular, once regarded Onyx as his closest friend. As the first Transformer to possess a [[beast mode]], those Transformers who revere him as the greatest of the Primes tend to eschew the vehicular [[alternate mode]]s of other Transformers, preferring to wear the animalistic forms exemplified by their spiritual progenitor.

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
[[File:COP-WellOfAllSparks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]

Onyx Prime was the eighth member of the [[Thirteen]] produced by [[Primus]], to serve as his children and warriors against his opposite, [[Unicron]]. As one of the mid-level Thirteen spawned between the opposing warriors [[Prima]] and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], Onyx Prime had a more balanced and elemental quality. He was a fierce warrior and fought valiantly in the battle with Unicron, but also had a spiritual side that intrigued some of his fellows while flummoxing others. He was very close to [[Solus Prime]] (often to Megatronus's chagrin) and was perhaps best friends with [[Micronus Prime]].

The death of Solus Prime hit Onyx harder than any other member of the Primes. It was Onyx who discovered her body in her workshop, and the cry he let loose chilled [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] to his very oil. He had to be physically restrained by [[Vector Prime]]'s power after finding Solus, and held in that position to prevent him from seeking vengeance on Megatronus himself. When the division between Megatronus and [[Liege Maximo]] came to a head, all the remained Thirteen warred with one another in a battle lust that was divorced from all possible reason. When they regained their senses, the Thirteen found Maximo dead and Onyx Prime gravely injured.

As Megatronus declared himself "The Fallen" forevermore and exiled himself from Cybertron, the Thirteen questioned what to do next. Solus Prime's body had melted down to the core of Cybertron, creating a font of life that could potentially produce new Cybertronians. As his dying act, Onyx Prime volunteered to catalyze the process, journeying down into this [[Well of All Sparks]] with the power of his Triptych Mask reorganizing the thirteen patterns of the Thirteen into an endless variety of new Cybertronians. They believed the power of Primus would preserve Onyx Prime at the core forevermore, keeping him from the death awaiting his injuries. [[Quintus Prime]], [[Alchemist Prime]], and [[Amalgamous Prime]] each contributed some of their power and skills to this experiment as well, ensuring its success. In the end, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Micronus Prime chose to journey down into the Well with Onyx. Optimus intended to be reincarnated among the new sparks, allowing him to live among them and learn from them. Micronus could not bear to be parted from Onyx, and chose to exile himself to the core with his mortally wounded friend as well.

The experiment was a success, and the Well of All Sparks soon erupted with an endless array of new lifeforms, brought into existence by Onyx Prime and the power of his brothers and sisters. The [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s of the [[Age of Evolution]] certainly drew strongly from Onyx's pattern, as did the other beastformers that followed in their wake over time. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-WellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:OriginMyths-OnyxPrimeAndLiegeMaximo.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]

In the barbaric age following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], Onyx Prime was a warlord who ruled over one of the [[Thirteen Tribes]] in what would one day become the city of [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Unlike his fellow Primes, Onyx had no respect for the myths of [[Primus]] or the [[Guiding Hand]], preferring to make history through his own deeds. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Onyx Prime also owned the mysterious [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], a powerful artifact of unknown origin. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}

When a conquering army of [[Darklands|Darklander]]s swept the primitive world, Onyx and his tribe encountered the [[Liege Maximo]], a fellow leader who had lost his kingdom to the hordes of warriors. The two Primes travelled to the fledgling [[Crystal City]] to warn the alliance of Primes — [[Alchemist Prime|Alchemist]], [[Vector Prime|Vector]], [[Solus Prime|Solus]], [[Nexus Prime|Nexus]], and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] — of the coming danger. Onyx hoped that the Primes and their subjects could all work as one, but, if not, he and his army of beasts would fight the Darklanders alone. When Alpha Trion imparted on him the idea that myths and stories could inspire others to do great deeds, the bestial Prime came to appreciate the power that they held.

Onyx and his tribe trained the humble farmers and laborers in Crystal City in the ways of war, but there was little time to prepare before the Darklanders arrived. As the battle ground on, however, the ground beneath Cybetrtron shook and disgorged three [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]s: [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], and [[Chela]]. The sight of the ancient warriors drew the entire battle to a halt, providing Onyx Prime with the opening to slice through the Darklander's ranks and confront their leader... who turned out to be [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], an old friend of his. The two armies made peace shortly afterwards, and that night the eight united Primes agreed to work together to unify their world. Having come to appreciate the values of stories, Onyx began spreading false tales of his own: inspiring the perpetually-drunk [[Alchemist Prime]] with stories of a "Chosen One," and designing a sigil for their new alliance, allegedly based on the face of [[Primus]] himself. Alpha Trion was less than convinced by Onyx's manipulative tales, worrying that he was beginning to blur the lines between stories and lies.

The eight united leaders were later joined by the remaining five Primes from across the planet, forging the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} In this period of peace and prosperity, the Thirteen jointly ruled Cybertron, each possessing a Titan of their own. Onyx forged an alliance with Chela, who became known as the "Talon of Onyx Prime." {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} This brief era of peace came to an end ten million years ago, when tensions between the tribes erupted following the murder of [[Solus Prime]]. Onyx and his tribe of [[beast mode]] Transformers were dragged into the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], pitting the tribes and their leaders against each other. {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} According to [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Onyx and the Liege Maximo were both "betrayed" by Onyx's closest friend, [[Micronus Prime]]. {{storylink|White Heat}} {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}}

One way or another, Onyx Prime eventually allied with [[Nexus Prime]], and together they used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to create an army of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]: [[combiner]]s of beasts and 'humanoid' Transformers. [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] found this unification disgusting, and eventually killed Nexus, his Headmasters, and those under his command in the twilight of the conflict. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} The death of Nexus prompted the [[Titan Master]] [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Infinitus]] to defect to Onyx. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Even so, Nexus' passing had proved that the Thirteen were as mortal as any other Cybertronian, provoking most of them into leaving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Those members of his tribe who stayed behind continued to fight on in his name, which ended in their subjugation under [[Nova Prime]]'s growing school of [[Functionism|functionist]] doctrine. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

According to the inhabitants of the Cybertronian colony world [[Eukaris]], Onyx Prime left Cybertron aboard his personal [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]], the colossal [[Chela]]. By seven million years ago, he had settled an uninhabited jungle world, using Chela's [[hot spot]] to create a new civilization of beastformers who could live free of the stigma that surrounded beast modes. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}} As his last command, Onyx ordered his Titan to defend the newly-christened Eukaris from all "standard-formers" by any means necessary. By the modern day, Onyx had disappeared. The planet's inhabitants continued to venerate him, and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] the [[Fate Spinner]] claimed to be his prophet. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

Despite Nexus' passing, Onyx knew that Galvatron would be unable to destroy the Enigma of Combination. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 3: Helden|Helden}} Approximately 20,000 years ago, he sent the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']] and a crew of Eukarians into deep space to find it. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Centurion profile}} Believing that the Talisman would offer protection against an unknown threat, Onyx entrusted the artifact to the ship's commander [[Domitius Major]]. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}}

When the crew failed to return, Onyx sent the Titan Master [[Sovereign]] to Earth to find the artifact, and summon the Prime when he had found it. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 3: Helden|Helden}}

[[File:GhostStories-onyxprime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Friendship is magic.]]

At some point afterwards, Onyx had abandoned Eukaris and travelled to a distant, uninhabited planet, the location of which was later discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. As with the other Primes, Shockwave sent one of his [[Regenesis]] ores to Onyx's hiding place. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Sovereign, clad in a human disguise and conditioned with false memories, remembered a childhood visit from a "black angel" who showed him a world of rust and infinite darkness. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

Under unknown circumstances, Onyx acquired an optic the size of a mountain that he used as a ship. He eventually set up a base for himself on the planet [[Antilla]] before three Camiens arrived on his world in response to a Cybertronian beacon. Onyx instantly beheaded [[Magrada|one of them]] while the other two managed to escape. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}

Years later, Onyx managed to follow the escapees back to [[Caminus]], where he and an army of beasts terrorized the inhabitants of [[Parvus Oppidum]]. Though the [[Torchbearer]]s were called to investigate, Onyx Prime and his army felled their leader [[Praesidia Magna]], one of the two escapees, and dragged her body into a singularity under Onyx's control. Torchbearer [[Pyra Magna|Pyra]], who had survived a close encounter with the Prime himself, began experiencing nightmares of her old commander, trapped on the dead, rust-stricken world of Antilla, and Onyx Prime reciting an ancient Camien poem. It wasn't until Pyra Magna realized that if Onyx had fled when the opportunity presented itself, then he could not be infallible; bolstered by this knowledge, she and a new team of Torchbearers privately began preparing for his return. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

When the [[Republic of Cybertron]] made contact with Eukaris in [[2015]], the presence of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] on the planet was enough to provoke Chela, who rose to carry out his master's final command. It wasn't enough, however; Starscream killed the Titan, allowing Eukaris and its inhabitants to join the [[Council of Worlds]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

In his final battle with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], Galvatron warned his nemesis that Onyx Prime was on his way to Earth to retrieve the Enigma, and would soon arrive. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} When Infinitus and Sovereign made their presence known, Infinitus proclaimed that the Titan Masters were the "harbingers of [Onyx's] return". Though Optimus and [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] were given pause to consider what Galvatron had said about Onyx Prime, they were confident they could best the ancient Prime. {{storylink|White Heat}}

After being captured by the [[Iron Klaw]] and hooked into a replica of the Talisman, Blackrock dreamt of Onyx Prime standing over his divided selves, reciting the same Camien poem. This vision caused him to realize that there was a connection between the Talisman and his former master. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} While hacking into [[I.R.O.N.]]'s systems, [[G.B. Blackrock|Blackrock]] found what Onyx had done to Centurion and declared his former master would have to go through him to get Earth. Blackrock was able to use the fact that both were pawns of Onyx to convince Centurion to stand down. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

After being stabbed through the chest by [[Storm Shadow]], Blackrock's consciousness entered [[infraspace]] where he encountered Onyx. Onyx revealed to his former servant that the Talisman was inoculation against a coming threat before attempting to slay the [[Titan Master]]. He was stopped by the spectre of [[Atomic Man|Mike Power]]. The two returned to the living plane, leaving an enraged Onyx behind. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}}

After [[Liege Maximo]] escaped captivity, {{storylink|Rubicon}} he eventually crossed paths with Onyx once again only to be subdued and chained up. Onyx returned to Cybertron atop his optic craft where he announced his intent to pass judgement on Maximo for betraying the Cybertronian race. Optimus Prime then called Onyx down to surface for a rational discussion. Onyx agreed to the request, viewing the state of Cybertron as Optimus' responsibility, declaring the younger Prime as none other than [[The Arisen]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}

===Fun Publications===
[[File:OnyxArtemisAVPHolomatter.jpg|upright=.8|thumb|]]

[[Vector Prime]] fondly remembered the time he spent with his siblings, including Onyx Prime, who Vector noted to be in tune with nature and especially the organic. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14}} Vector also noted that both [[Liege Maximo|Liege]] and Onyx utilized female [[holomatter]] avatars when interacting with humans. Onyx's avatar inspired/co-opted the myth of Artemis. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}} Vector Prime also noted that there were [[universal stream]]s where Onyx went by the name Onyx [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

When Nexus Prime united the [[Terminus Blade]] and [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] with the intent of thickening the walls between realities to prevent dimensional travel, Onyx Prime and the other members of the "multiversal singularity" incarnation of the Thirteen gathered to witness this momentous event. When Nexus brought the blades together, Onyx and the Thirteen ceased to exist as singularities and were splintered into multiple different incarnations across the multiverse. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

{{note|The individual Thirteen were not identified on-panel in "Out of the One, Many", but an orange, winged, vaguely bird-like Transformer depicted in the comic was possibly Onyx.}}

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==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Predaking''' (Titan, 2018)
The Predacons come packaged with a small Prime Master in the color of Onyx Prime. It also has a holder so he he can held in a manner similar to the Matrix of Leadership. His presence among them might be due to their animalistic alt modes.
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==Notes==
[[File:OnyxPrime cop idw infographic.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
* Like other members of the Thirteen, Onyx Prime was once as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being across all space and time, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].
* The artwork of Onyx Prime in the ''Covenant of Primus'' (at the top of this article) is a little hard to decipher, which has had something of a knock-on effect on his appearances in IDW's comics. He is a ''centaur'', as can clearly (if briefly) be glimpsed in his ''Prime'' cartoon appearance, but the ''Covenant'' artwork depicts him rearing up on his hind legs, obfuscating his forelegs and leading several IDW artists to misinterpret his design, either mis-drawing his forelegs or omitting them entirely, thereby drawing him as a normal two-legged 'bot. Artist [[Kei Zama]] would later state on [https://twitter.com/Golby_mkII/status/953724243102986240 her Twitter] that she views Onyx's "normal" position as a centaur but that he's facultatively bipedal and prone to standing on his hind legs for the sake of appearing imposing.

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Predaking (G1)

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Caffeinated Spider: /* Generations */

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:''Predaking is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Predakingg1.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Sucks to be Defensor and Superion... and every Autobot combiner ever.]]
'''Predaking''' is the ferocious fusion of all five of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]: [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]], [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]], and team leader [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]. Predaking is highly unusual, perhaps even unique, among [[combiner]]s by the successful fusion of each of his component elements' physical abilities and personalities. Most others of his kind are rendered [[Devastator (G1)|stupid]], [[Bruticus (G1)|suggestible]], or borderline [[Menasor (G1)|insane]] by the merging of minds, but the five Predacons are united by their shared love of the hunt, and produce a single complete persona. Between his physical prowess, unexpected mental acuity, and animalistic, almost instinct-fast hunting actions, Predaking is one of the most dangerous and intimidating weapons ever added to the Decepticon ranks. [[Victor Caroli|As a weapon he is without equal; as a warrior he is without restraint. He can lift five hundred tons without straining a circuit]]. When Predaking is on your trail, all hope is lost.

Unless your name is [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]].

Sometimes his name is '''Predicus'''.

{{bigquote|Predaking has the power! He needs nothing more!|Predaking has the power to survive|"[[Nightmare Planet]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bud Davis]] (English), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese)|[[Yuan Guoqing]] (Chinese), [[Edgar Fruitier]] (French (Canada)), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness''), [[Gernot Duda]] (German, ''Chaos''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Nightmare Planet''), [[Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch]] (German, ''The Quintesson Journal''), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, ''Call of the Primitives'')}}
[[File:FFOD5 Predaking.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Never argue with a guy with horns on his knees.]]
Predaking first saw action during the short-lived Decepticon-[[Quintesson]] alliance in the year 2005. The Predacons attempted to prevent [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the human [[Marissa Faireborn]] and the magnificent [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] from escaping Jupiter's moon of [[Io]] with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]]. When the individual Predacons failed, they merged into Predaking, but were quickly defeated by Sky Lynx. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Soon afterward, the Decepticons took over the slave mining planet of [[Dread (planet)|Dread]], forcing [[Dread slaves|the hapless prisoners]] to mine the super-hard [[death crystal]]s in a scheme by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to destroy Cybertron with a [[Death crystal cannon|giant death crystal firing cannon]]. When several slaves were frightened out of the mine by the monster [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], Predaking swooped down to recapture the escapees. Later, during an Autobot attack that saw Sky Lynx buried under tons of rock, Predaking separated Blurr, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], Wheelie and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] from [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] by blocking off the mine entrace with his laser [[sword]]. He continued to force the Autobots back to Sky Lynx (who had managed to escape the landslide) while shrugging off their laser fire. Meanwhile, Kup lured Chaos out of the volcano, causing another landslide that this time buried Predaking under tons of rock. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:NightmarePlanet Predaking.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Do you like Predaking?" "I don't know - I've never Predaked."]]
During an assassination attempt on the Autobots, the Predacons formed Predaking right before the Quintessons unleashed a nightmare effect on the Transformers. They were all confronted with solidified dream images taken from the mind of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. Predaking was quickly overpowered by the creatures and, after he split up, a dragon kidnapped Razorclaw to a distant castle, leaving the Predacons unable to combine again. After the dream-inducer was destroyed and the Predacons were reunited, Razorclaw was ready to resume the battle with the Autobots and ordered the transformation into Predaking. Unfortunately, Headstrong's leg had been injured fighting a giant dream Galvatron, and he was unable to join into their combined form. Without the might of Predaking, the Predacons chose to flee. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}

[[File:Predaking primatives.jpg|left|thumb|Schrödinger's Cel: Simultaneously well-drawn and poorly-drawn.]]
Predaking was patrolling space when he picked up on a Quintesson transmission. Tracing it to a jungle-like planet, he split into his component parts to locate the source of the signal more easily. Once Sky Lynx and the Autobots beat the Predacons to the transmitting journal canister, they reformed as Predaking to renew their vendetta against Sky Lynx. Galvatron and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] soon joined Predaking, but his interest in revenge on Sky Lynx outmatched their interest in the journal, and Galvatron had to remind Predaking repeatedly and forcefully to keep his mind(s) on the mission. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Later on, Predaking fought alongside Galvatron and the Decepticons in Europe, but soon vanished before the whole "[[Ultimate Weapon]]" scheme was finished. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

On [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Predaking fought alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] combiner [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] until they, along with the other "primitive" animal-based Transformers, were called away by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]]. They were led to an ancient world, in the hopes their primitive instincts would defeat [[Primacron]]'s latest creation, the energy-draining [[Tornedron]]. After the defeated [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s corpse seemingly crushed Grimlock, the primitives split up and ran for their lives. The Predacons continued to run until Headstrong declared he would rather stand and fight than die running. Concurring, his fellow Predacons merged with him to form Predaking, but were quickly put into stasis lock by Tornedron. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

As part of a series of Decepticon attacks on [[Japan]], Predaking and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] pursued [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] in the Sea of Japan. He was later part of the strike force led by the Matrix-possessed [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

After the [[Hate Plague]] spread throughout the galaxy, Predaking was seen hunting down Galvatron with Scourge and Cyclonus. How robots infected with homicidal madness could work together as a hunting party, much less share a combined form, is anybody's guess. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Transformers 2010'' story pages=====
The Predacons were built through cooperation between the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]]s. Though they worked for the Decepticons, they were commanded by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|Part 3 and Part 4}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga=====
[[File:SRLTManga5 Predaking.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
During an attack on the planet [[Feminia]], Predaking took out a distracted [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], only to suffer an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]]. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:MysteryPlanetMaster Hot Rod stops Predaking combination.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] stopped the Predacons from merging into Predaking once by ramming Razorclaw in the gut before the combination was complete. (That's what they get for transforming without a [[stock footage]] sequence.) {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} The next time he was seen, Predaking helped [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] try to steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite. He was defeated by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Predaking was defeated by Raiden and the Headmasters again when he confronted them over an erupting volcano in [[Peru]]. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} And yet ''again'' by the Headmasters alone on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

[[File:HM14 Headmasters vs Predaking.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Predaking joined the Decepticons on their space mission to gather energy from throughout the universe. He battled Raiden on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Predaking later struggled with [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] on [[Paradise]]. (A warrior without equal struggling with a slow-to-act uber-nerd. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.) {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Predaking and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] fought Raiden on the Kamchatka Peninsula, but politely stopped fighting when the battle between <s>the more expensive toys</s> Fortress Maximus and MegaZarak took center stage. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

Predaking and Bruticus sank the ocean liner ''[[Queen World]]''. Predaking later protected a [[Death Tower]] in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]] against the Throttlebots. Then the Autobot Targetmasters arrived and [[Pointblank]] downed him with ONE SHOT. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} The combiner took part in a final great battle against the Autobots at the North Pole, however his rematch with Raiden was interrupted when Scorponok threw Fortress Maximus at them. After the Autobots used their [[Head Formation]] to end the Decepticon plan, Predaking and the other Decepticons fled Earth. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' manga=====
During the Decepticons' second attempt to overtake planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], Predaking joined [[Alligatron]] and a unit of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] in attacking a squad of Autobot [[Beastformer]]s. [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] managed to save the Beastformers, though they allowed themselves to be captured in the process. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga=====
Predaking appeared to make a triumphant comeback with a squadron of other legendary Decepticons, attacking the Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]s on Earth. However, "Predaking" was revealed to have been nothing more than an illusion created by [[King Poseidon]], who was subsequently defeated. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

=====''Zone'' manga and story pages=====
[[File:PredakingZone1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Look out, he's dressed as Bootsy Collins!]]

Years later, after several more Decepticon leaders had come and gone, the faction came under the rulership of the supernatural entity [[Violen Jiger]], who assembled a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history. Predaking was enlisted as his "Beast General" and outfitted with new armor and weaponry to make him even more powerful than before, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violen Jiger's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

One the first worlds to fall to their wrath was Predaking's old stomping ground, planet Feminia, which the generals destroyed utterly. One month later, following the generals' theft of the new power source [[Energon Z]] from the Autobot base on [[Micro|planet Zone]], Predaking, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[King Poseidon]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] launched an assault on the Earth in order to obtain the [[Zodiac]], the mystical final component in Violen Jiger's plan which lay hidden on the planet. Predaking attacked Japan, centering on [[Mount Fuji]], and was soon joined there by the other generals, where they came under attack from the Autobot [[Micromaster]]s. The tiny 'bots were no match for the giant generals, but the fight was then taken up by the Autobot [[Powered Master]]s [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]]. In the course of the battle, the Zodiac was unearthed from its subterranean hiding spot, and everyone began grappling over it. Unfortunately for the generals, when Trypticon tried blasting the Autobots with an Energon Z beam, it reacted with the Zodiac and granted the Powered Masters new "Zone Mode" alternate forms, the power of which allowed them to soundly defeat the generals and drive them off. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Later, Predaking, a self-professed master of aerial combat, challenged the Powered Masters to battle. Dai Atlas and [[Sonic Bomber]] combined into [[Sky Powered]] and beat him swiftly and soundly. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}} Later still, he and the other generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}
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=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)}}

{{note|The ''Zone'' cartoon tells a slightly different, expanded version of Predaking and the other generals' battle with the Powered Masters, which had a particularly different outcome for Predaking.}}
[[File:PredaBrain1.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Now that's what I call a splitting headache!]]
Arriving in Japan at the base of Mount Fuji, Predaking almost crushed local boy [[Akira Serikawa]], but the human was snatched to safety by the Autobot Micromaster [[Whisper (Zone)|Whisper]]. Predaking then came under fire from the Micromaster forces who arrived in the [[Galaxy Rocket]], and was soon joined in battling the little Autobots by Tryticon. Together, they almost destroyed the Galaxy Rocket, until the timely arrival of Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber. Predaking proceeded to engage Dai Atlas, but the Autobot soon broke off their fight when Devastator arrived on the scene and made a play for the Zodiac's hiding place underground. Through Devastator and King Poseidon's combined efforts, the Zodiac was discovered; King Poseidon attempted to toss it to his comrades, but Predaking and Trypticon wound up crashing into one another in their eagerness to grab the Zodiac, allowing Dai Atlas to seize it. Predaking could only watch as the Autobots used the "Zone Mode" forms the Zodiac granted them to destroy King Poseidon and Trypticon; attempting to flee, he was thwarted in his efforts by Dai Atlas, who sliced him into two from head to crotch. Predaking's vaguely organic-looking brain was momentarily exposed before he died, his bisected halves exploding impressively. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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=====Ask Vector Prime=====
Predaking had an organic brain?! Did Violen Jiger use [[GoBot]] tech to rebuild him?! News of this had freaked out [[Vector Prime]] and caused him to run to the [[Chronarchitect]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/02}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Predaking participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. As he descended upon the battlefield, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] stood united against him. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:Predaking optimus prime prey.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
''Predaking's first outing on [[Earth]] was in the course of a hunt by the Predacons against the [[Autobot]] leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Prime having foiled the Predacons' initial attacks individually, they merged into Predaking and resumed the chase. Essentially Predaking's role in that hunt concluded once he had flushed Prime out into the open and worn him down, thus rendering him vulnerable to the attack of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. The Predacons returned over the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:Predaking gone but not forgotten.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Predaking's ''next'' foray on Earth was part of a scheme by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to destabilise Megatron's sanity to such an extent that the way would be clear for Shockwave to take command. Shockwave supplied fake [[Insignia|Autobrands]] to the Predacons (and thus Predaking by extension) and the Predacons ambushed Megatron in the swamps of Florida. ''Megatron did not recall who the Predacons were thanks to a bout of amnesia connected to his earlier involvement with them.'' The Predacons had similar difficulties subduing Megatron in their individual forms and merged to become Predaking. Predaking fared little better against Megatron and was rendered unconscious by a blast from the deranged Decepticon's [[fusion cannon]]. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

''Divebomb found life on Earth so dull he contemplated buggering off back to Cybertron, but knew he couldn't because it would leave the other Predacons unable to form Predaking. {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}''
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Eons ago, the Predacons were banished from Cybertron to [[Beast (planet)|Beest]], where their higher functions degraded, rendering them feral. Megatron, who had been overthrown by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (well, thrown out of a shuttle), tracked down the Predacons, then modified them to become combiners, creating Predaking. {{storylink|Welcome to the Jungle}}

[[File:Predaking Combaticons screwed.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Starscream thanks Primus he had the sense to finish his will this morning.]]
Starscream and his [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were in training (with Sky Lynx of all people as a target) when Predaking suddenly arose from the sea, seeking to capture the treacherous Decepticon [[Air Commander]]. The Combaticons quickly formed into (the much-less intelligent) [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and counter-attacked by destroying Predaking's shoulder-mounted guns. Forced back, Predaking quickly put down his opponent by firing one of his foot cannons at Bruticus' head, blasting off part of his face.

When Starscream fled, lamenting Bruticus' latest defeat, Predaking attempted to follow until Bruticus crushed one of his wings and threw him onto the island. Damaged, but not defeated, Predaking easily dodged the slow-witted Combaticon combiner's rifle blast, then erected a defensive energy field around himself to deflect the follow-up shot. As Bruticus pondered a possible rifle malfunction, Predaking punched his rival in the face with a spiked knuckle, then impaled the crippled Bruticus upon Headstrong's horn, finally deactivating the Combaticons.

This was the first time he won a fight. And it was against a fellow [[Decepticon]]. Oh well, better than nothing. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
As the Dinobots unleashed the [[Beast (G1)|Beast]] on the Decepticons, the Predacons attempted to form Predaking as a counter to this awesome force. The Beast barely broke its stride, destroying Predaking utterly, to the absolute shock of the assembled Decepticons. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:ArtOfWar2 Predaking vs Piranacon.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Someone hasn't read the rest of this page.]]
The Predacons and [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] got into a territorial argument after Megatron's death, which led to a face off between Predaking and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. Predaking emerged the victor but was stopped by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] before he could finish the aquatic combiner off. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} After Serpent O.R. recruited the Predacons into his new Decepticon army, he was tracked down by a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]], but Predaking protected his new leader by stomping [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] unconscious. The Decepticons then organized an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony, during which Predaking, Piranacon and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] took out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} He then spent the remainder of the battle hunting down civilians. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] unleashed Predaking, boasting that the gestal's combined animal strength was unparalleled, an ensemble of Battle Beasts stood united to prove him wrong. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Kre-O JP comic 08 - Predaking.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Then he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on Cybertron. And then he herded them onto a boat, and then he beat the scrap out of every single one!]]

Predaking was defeated by his lack of cuteness! {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}} He later teamed up with [[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] to fight [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who defeated the trio by rolling into their legs. {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Predaking was put under the command of a younger soldier in the Decepticon army by the tail-end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. After Optimus Prime and Galvatron both met their ends on the battlefield, the leader of Predaking's squad took the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]" and sought to take advantage of the Autobot army's state of disarray. To this end, he unleashed Predaking upon a [[Tigatron|peace negotiator]] who visited his camp, and then set out to attack the Primal Council himself. Predaking slew many enemy units before being confronted by the Tripredacus Council and their allies. To further their own goals, these 'bots combined into [[Predacus]], beat down Predaking, and skewered him with his own sword, killing him. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Predaking was among the Decepticons forces nestled safely behind [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s force field when the combined forces of the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] came to stop them from absorbing the [[sun]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:TheIronKlaw-Predaking.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|He breathes fire! Just like [[Predaking (Prime)|the other Predaking]]!]]
The Predacons had attempted to combine in the past, but Predaking was not born until they were brainwashed into serving [[Iron Klaw]] by [[Merklynn|Garrison Kreiger]], who used his advanced technology to perfect the combiner process. He was deployed to defend Iron Klaw's castle in [[Kalistan]] from [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Action Man]] and [[Ayana Jones|Mayday]], who could do little but just stay alive until [[Snake-Eyes]] destroyed Kreiger's [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] emulator inside the castle, ending his mind control of the Predacons and causing Predaking to split apart. Razorclaw's death soon afterwards made it impossible for Predaking to return. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
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==Commercial appearances==
*The Predacons came to the aid of a trio of [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] who found themselves unable to handle the Dinobots. After rushing into battle, the Predacons combined into Predaking, and fought the Dinobots from the air. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}
*Predaking found [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] walking alone through a field, and came swooping down from the skies to attack them. He was thwarted by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who blasted him back before unleashing his flame-breath onto Predaking. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sky Lynx|Sky Lynx commercial}}
*During a massive battle between Kreons, Predaking's components assembled themselves into his gestalt form. He and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] then proceeded to send the Autobots fleeing for their tiny lives. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TheTransformersPS2 Predaking.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So... he has two goals then?]]
:''Voice actor:''

Right when the Jewel of Mystery was within sight of the Autobots, Predaking roared (which sounded more like a moan), stating that the Autobots would not have the Jewel. Dropping in front of them, Predaking stated his mission: "Destroy...Autobots! Keep...Jewel! My...Only...Goal!" Rodimus Prime recognized the hulking combination of the Predacons and warned the Autobots that he was tough. Predaking fought the Autobots, but despite being aided by a mass of Decepticon foot soldiers, the Predacon gestalt was defeated. Deciding to go back to base, Predaking turned around and flew away. Once Rodimus was sure Predaking was out of hearing range, he expressed gratitude for the fact that Predaking was an idiot. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Earth Wars Predaking.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb| Fear my HIGH HEELS!!!!! And my sword! ]]
Predaking is the fearsome combination of the likemindedness of all the Predacons along with some developmental technology in the form of the Quintesson Hive mind. Seeing as they revel in the hunt, Megatron was impressed with Predaking's singlemindedness.

The Predacons were deployed once the Dinobots came to find the Enigma Of Combination. Using Bombshell's Cerebro-shells on an unknowing Jetfire, the Predacons led the Dinobots into a trap. Knowing they were so close, the dinobots broke role and started to attack!

Optimus, hearing the news, sent Superion to handle the situation, while likewise, Megatron sent Bruticus as back up for the Predacons. Both Superion and Bruticus battled until Volcanicus and Predaking emerged.
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Predaking can be formed once all 3 to 4 star Predacons have been collected. You can even sub in 5 star bots, if they are available.

*'''Class''' - Combiner
*'''Weapons''': Predaking jumps on to his opponents, stomps on defenses, and deals massive damage with his giant sword. He can also has a built in Flamethrower, and can send a beam into the air that will come back down as meteors that deal high damage.
*'''Abilities''':
**'''Infernum Blade''' - Jump and strike with the Infernum Blade! Deals Heavy damage to the target and anything directly behind it.
**'''Fire And Brimstone''' - Set a wide area on fire dealing as average of 2,280 damage over 8 seconds.
**'''Extinction''' - A shower of meteors bombards a very large area dealing an average damage over 10 seconds. Quadruple damage to walls.
*'''Cooldown''': 15 seconds to 20 seconds.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Predaking toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|It's your own fault if you ignored this when it was reissued, you know.]]
*'''Predaking''' (1986/2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-78'''
**''Accessories:'' X-ray laser cannon, [[sonic sword]], 2 fists, 2 foot stands, head

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' Predaking is, by far, the largest of the traditional central component-leader-type combiner toys. He is formed by combining all five Predacons together. Unlike the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style toys such as [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] or [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], Predaking's arms and legs are not interchangeable, but can switch sides allowing the construction of a more [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] toy. Razorclaw's [[sonic sword]] and [[beast mode]] cannon serve as Predaking's primary weapons, with Tantrum and Headstrong's back-mounted cannons as his feet.

:Like Defensor and Bruticus, Predaking's components were released in both plastic and metal versions. In his combined mode featuring each member in [[die-cast]] form, Predaking is rather heavy for a Transformer. A complete combiner weighs in at exactly 1 kilogram (2.2lbs). This however does not upset the balance of the toy, as Headstrong and Tantrum have the bulk of the die-cast. Japan only received the plastic versions during the original run of the ''Generation 1'' toyline.

:Hasbro only released the individual Predacons, but a [[giftset]] was available in Japan. In late 2004, Predaking was reissued to much rejoicing of people who could not afford the after market prices on a vintage piece. This reissue used metal parts, and the pieces that were originally soft plastic were now hard plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Predaking/predaking.htm More information on Predaking at TFU.info]''

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*'''Predaking''' (2010/2017)
**''Accessories:'' Razorclaw's sword and cannon, 2 fists, 2 feet, head

:Released on [[November 27]], 2010 as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''Celebration 2010'' line, Predaking featured significant differences from the previous releases. His yellow plastic was replaced with gold plastic, most of which was painted over gold. The orange, red, black, and gray plastic was replaced with metallic fleck equivalents. Nearly every [[sticker]] has been redesigned from the original, and an optional label sheet to be applied to the robot, beast, and combined mode eyes has been included. Like the previous reissue, this version featured die-cast parts.

:Many of the individual figures featured changes to their face paint in either overall color or application.

:This figure comes with 3 points towards the 2010 Sound Station Redemption campaign, they can be found hidden in the upper right corner front flap of the packaging.

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===Kre-O===
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[[File:Kre-O-Micro-Changers-Combiner-G1-Predaking.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And from that day forward, anytime a bunch of animals are together in one place, it's called a ZOO! Unless it's a farm!]]
*'''Predaking''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2227'''
**''Pieces'': '''79'''

:One of the first [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner sets. The four component Kreons, [[Razorclaw (G1)#Kre-O|Razorclaw]], [[Headstrong (G1)#Kre-O|Torox]], [[Tantrum (G1)#Kre-O|Headlock]], and [[Divebomb (G1)#Kre-O|Divebomb]], can be rebuilt into their alternate modes. They can also be rebuilt into Predaking by taking them apart and combining their pieces.

:Like the entire Micro Changer combiner sets, Predaking comes with only one ''Kre-O'' display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg detailing and a ''Kre-O'' logo. Due to the leg stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts can render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention on where you should put the ''Kre-O'' logo sticker. Also, Predaking's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OPredaking/predaking.htm More information on Predaking at TFU.info]''

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===Platinum Edition===
[[File:Platinum-Edition-Predaking.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Predaking''' (2013)
**'''10 OF 30'''
**''Accessories:'' Predaking's sword, Razorclaw's sword and cannon, 2 fists, 2 feet, head

:''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Predaking is similar to the 2010 release, complete with die-cast metal parts. New to this release is a gold [[redeco]] of the [[Star Saber (Prima)#Beast Hunters|Star Saber]] of ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Voyager Class Optimus Prime]]. In addition to several pre-applied stickers, five sheets of labels from the 2010 release are also included. Finally, he has a designated number as part of the ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/PlatinumPredaking/predaking.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Predaking at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:POTP-Titan-Predaking.jpg|thumb|400px|I‘ve come to slay [[Predaking (Prime)|a dragon]].]]

*'''Predaking''' (Titan, 2018)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''PP-31'''
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==Merchandise==
===Forms Robo===
*'''Predaking''' (1987)
:Predaking was also among the ten characters who were rendered as part of the ''[[Forms Robo]]'' line of oversized ''keshigomu'' figures. He came individually packaged in a plastic baggie, and was available in red, yellow, green, or blue. Of the various ''Forms Robo'' figures, Predaking is easily the hardest to find, rarely appearing on the secondary market.
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===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium Predaking.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Squattie]]
*'''Predaking''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand, sword

:As part of the ''Titanium'' series 3" line, Predaking is constructed of mostly [[die-cast]] metal and plastic parts, but cannot transform and has very limited articulation. His sculpt and colour scheme is based upon the original G1 toy, but has Rampage and Divebomb occupying each other's positions, like the cartoon and comic model.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/TitPredaking/predaking.htm More information on ''Titanium Series'' Predaking at TFU.info]''
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroesricochetpredaking.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|As if Predaking could get any cuter. Valiant effort, though.]]
*'''Ricochet vs Predaking''' (2-pack, 2009)

:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Predaking is a small, [[super deformed]] and absolutely adorable figurine with articulated shoulders. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]].

:The United States release of this two-pack has been cancelled, but it has been found in other markets such as Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHPredaking/predaking.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Predaking at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:1986protopredacons.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|You'd cover that face, too.]]
*Razorclaw's head was originally designed to transform into Predaking's. This was dropped for unknown reasons.
*Predaking was designed by toy and anime mechanical designer [[Akitaka Mika]],<ref>[http://www.ex.org/ex/3.4/09-feature_akitaka2.html Interview with Akitaka Mika]</ref> and was the only one of his proposed designs to actually be produced as a toy. This possibly explains why the Predacons do not conform to the then-contemporary [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style of combining.
*A Predaking [[Action Master]] was planned at one point, but apparently went no further than a concept sketch. It was intended to be the included rider of a transforming dirt bike.<ref>''[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]'', p111</ref> While Predaking was scrapped, the bike was refined and included with the Action Master [[Axer (G1)#Generation 1|Axer]].
*Incidentally, the aforementioned concept art was found in an [http://www.worlds-worst.com/worldsworst/wwnp_article.php?69 Arby's parking lot] after the end of [[BotCon 2000]], where it had presumably come unstowed.
*''Kre-O'' Predaking was originally announced as "Predicus" at [[San Diego Comic-Con]]. The name was corrected for the toy release, but remains "Predicus" on the Micro Changers Combiners bio-poster available on the Kre-O website.
*''Kre-O'' [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], who misses out being part of the gestalt, instead comes separately in a blind-packed bag.
*A proposed but unrealized [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of [[Tigerhawk]] into a non-combiner ''Beast Wars''-style Predaking.<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>
*Predaking in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' takes many cues from the G1 animation model, but also the "[[IP infringing item|third-party]]" Mastermind Creations version of Predaking.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Predaking''' (プレダキング ''Puredakingu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chōng Yúnxiāo''' (冲云霄, "Rush to the sky")
*''Russian:'' '''Vreditel'''' (Вредитель, "Wrecker")

==References==
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[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Predacons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
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Darkwing (G1)

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{{Disambigm|Darkwing (disambiguation)|Darkwind (disambiguation)}}
:''Darkwing is a [[Decepticon]] [[Powermaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Darkwing boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fun fact: the Panavia Tornado actually is a terror that flaps in the night]]''
'''Darkwing''' (aka '''Darkwind''' or '''Blackwing''') has just as dim a view of existence as his partner [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], he's simply more proactive about it. After all, he figures if everything is pointless, depressing, and inevitably leads to a life of painful and ceaseless suffering ''anyway'', he might at least make sure others are getting it a lot worse than he is. You can always count on Darkwing to attempt to make a bad situation worse for everyone involved, and to complain about it all loudly while he's at it. He's [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to the hot-headed [[Nebulan]] thief [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]].

He can combine with his fellow Powermaster Dreadwind to form the superjet [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Darkwing and Dreadwind fought [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but were forced to retreat due to Optimus's superior power. They soon returned and Optimus set out to fight them again, this time with [[Tommy Kennedy]] in tow. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5#Season 5|Season 5: FFOD, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingpeoplepower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|It's guy love between two guys.]]
Darkwing and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] were Decepticon mercenaries, affiliated with no army or unit full-time. For their own reasons, however, they were interested in finding the location of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and his crew of Decepticon warriors. Tracking the group to the planet [[Nebulos]], Darkwing demanded the Nebulans give them the information on Scorponok's whereabouts. When they refused, Darkwing and Dreadwind began a campaign of terror on the planet that only stopped due to precautions the Nebulans had taken to poison their fuel supplies, a measure of foresight to prevent Transformers from returning to their world after the last war. Darkwing and Dreadwind froze up, becoming little more than a curiosity and tourist attraction in an open square.

Their luck changed thanks to a jealous and vindictive scientist named [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], who had worked on the fuel-tainting process but received none of the glory. Working with a thief named [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]], Hi-Test stole information from his former boss [[Hi-Q]], and used it to create a new form of bio-mechanical engineering called the [[Powermaster]] Process, which would cybernetically enable him and Throttle to [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] with the Decepticons, becoming their engines to restore their ability to move and intake energy. Reaching an agreement with the Nebulans, Darkwing agreed to become binary bonded to Throttle, and the new Decepticon Powermasters began ransacking Nebulos once again. Now, however, many of their heists involved busting into restaurants and food courts so their Nebulan partners could gorge themselves, restocking their energy supplies and continuing to fuel their larger partners. Their antics were eventually interrupted when a group of Autobots arrived on Nebulos. Darkwing and Dreadwind were threatening the Council of Peers when [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], [[Getaway]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] and [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] charged them. Though the Decepticons held their own, Darkwing called for a retreat rather than face the enemy's superior numbers.

Darkwing and his allies went on to hassle the Council of Peers once more, this time to obtain the Autobots' location. By this time however, the Autobots had underwent the Powermaster binary bonding procedure with Hi-Q and his staff. Atop of this, the Decepticons had to contend with a reborn and upgraded [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]! Caught unawares by their enemies' power, Darkwing, Dreadwind and their partners were soundly defeated. It was decreed then that Hi-Test and Throttle were to be banished from Nebulos, and the pair blasted off-planet within Darkwing and Dreadwind's combined form, [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|People Power!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

Darkwing, Dreadwind, and their Powermaster partners eventually found themselves working for the [[Mecannibal]]s at [[Grand Central Space Station]], wrangling not only clients, but robots for the Mecannibals to devour. They discovered that two of their clients, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]], were actually robots disguised as humans, and turned them in to their hungry bosses. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}} The Autobots-in-disguise made a savory deal with the Mecannibals, and so Darkwing and Dreadwind followed them to [[Femax]]. In the process, however, they were not only beaten up by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], but Hi-Test and Throttle's ship was discovered to be Darkwing and Dreadwind, robots themselves. Cloudburst and Landmine snitched, and the Powermasters found themselves on the run from their former bosses. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}

''At some point, the pair ended up on [[Earth]], working for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Darkwing and Dreadwind served, in their combined form, as Throttle's getaway vehicle after the Nebulan stole an Autobot-made power cell. In its flight from the crime scene, the Dreadwing was shot down, and sent heading for the ocean. Though Dreadwind pleaded with Darkwing to disengage so that he wouldn't be taken down along with the latter, the pair found their combination mechanism fused, and so both wound up plunging into the drink. They remained nonoperational on the ocean floor while the Autobots retrieved their loot.'' {{storylink|Dreadwing Down!}}

''On Scorponok's orders, Darkwing and Dreadwind attacked [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], where Optimus Prime had left behind a [[floppy disk]] containing a copy of his mind. They found the facility being guarded by [[Getaway]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]. Dreadwind kept them busy with strafing runs while Darkwing made his way inside. Throttle found the disk post-haste, but on his way out, he and Darkwing were met by Getaway and [[Rev]], who had managed to slip past Dreadwind. Getaway got a shot off with his plasma-shell shotgun, badly injuring Darkwing's leg. Retaliating with his electro-kinetic blasters, Darkwing disarmed his opponent. With his opponent weaponless, Darkwing turned to the scuffle between their respective Nebulan partners. Forcing Rev to stand down at gun-point, the Decepticons resumed their exit. Though Darkwing's injury made it difficult for him to transform, he managed the effort, and reconvened with Dreadwind to combine into their Dreadwing form. Though Getaway caught back up to the Decepticons, his efforts only resulted in his hand getting stuck in their combination joint. Dreadwing blasted off, with the hapless Autobot getting tugged along for the ride.''

''After Getaway was stashed in a holding cell, Darkwing and Dreadwind were sent out by Scorponok once more. This time, they were carrying a smart missile that their leader had programmed to track Optimus wherever he went. After launching the payload, equipped with a camera so the Decepticons could witness Optimus's demise, the duo doubled back to base, hoping to make it back in time for the show. It wound up never coming about, as Getaway managed to escape and reprogram the missile into a dud.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingunicron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And when I say, "I love you Dread," it's not what it implies.]]
Returning to Cybertron, they took a job working for deposed Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who hired them to retrieve a special cargo from Earth: the deactivated body of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. ''En-route to Earth, the Powermaster duo crossed paths with an Autobot shuttle and decided to shoot it down for sport, managing to do so after a chase over the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'s surface. Believing that bit of fun to be done with, they then headed down planet-side, unaware that the Autobots had managed to ditch their ship at the last moment, and were now covertly following them. Upon arriving in southern [[Peru]], Darkwing and his allies found that Starscream was NOT so deactivated after all: his [[zombie]] body stalked the Earth, somehow animated past death by the remainder of the Underbase's energies. After the Decepticons were trounced by the zombie, their Autobot pursuers caught up to them, and were themselves attacked by Starscream. This distraction allowed for Hi-Test and Throttle to link up with their larger partners, re-energizing them into working condition. The Nebulans then managed to siphon the Underbase power directly from Starscream's corpse, causing him to crupple down into a heap. Before the Autobots could properly react to the situation, Darkwing and Dreadwind gathered up Starscream's parts, and flew off to meet with their employer.'' {{storylink|Race with the Devil}} The corpse was delivered to Megatron on Cybertron, who had recently abducted the Autobot medical officer Ratchet to exhort him into rebuilding Starscream using Pretender technology. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Megatron was impressed enough to offer Dreadwind and Darkwing full-time positions working for him, which they gratefully accepted as they weren't entirely sure that they had lost their Mecannibal pursuers. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Darkwing and Dreadwind were soon put to task, helping the Sports Car Patrol deal with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], recently revived as [[Pretender]]s by Ratchet under Megatron's nose. The battle spread outside Megatron's base, moments before the headquarters detonated with Ratchet and Megatron still inside. With Megatron seemingly deceased, Darkwing and Dreadwind found themselves out of work again. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

''The two wandered rather aimlessly after that. They apparently spent quite a bit of time over-energizing at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] while complaining about their lot in life. Unbeknownst to the pair, a couple of Mecannibals had managed to track them down. Blissfully unaware of what was going on around them due to their inebriation, Darkwind and Dreadwind were rescued by Quickswitch, who used his tunneling mode to bury the Mecannibals alive deep underground.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}} ''Subsequently Darkwing and Dreadwind attended the [[1989]] [[Transformer]]s' [[Christmas]] party where they monopolised the sofa, much to the annoyance of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]].'' {{storylink|:File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|''The Transformers'' #250 cover}}

When [[Primus]] gathered all his children to do battle with Unicron on Cybertron, Darkwing marked this solemn occasion by guffawing loudly at something Dreadwind was telling him and thus pissing off several Autobots. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Despite this frivolity, when the battle began Darkwing and Dreadwind were front and center. They joined the Autobots [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Cloudburst]] in taking the fight right into Unicron's face, and Darkwing was quite eager to bash him up. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} After the planet-eater was destroyed, Darkwing was among those who found Optimus's ruined form on the battlefield, still clinging to life despite being at ground zero when Unicron detonated. Prime named his successor, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] before finally expiring. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

But the Transformers' troubles were far from over, even after Unicron's demise. With Primus's consciousness sundered during the apocalyptic battle, Cybertron could no longer hold itself together, and the planet slowly began ripping itself apart. On his way to an "emergency meeting" alongside Dreadwind, Darkwing complained how it was typical that their lives seemed to be a never-ending series of misfortunes. Upset that he couldn't vent his frustration towards anyone directly responsible for his current predicament, Darkwing decided that that Autobots were to blame. Thus, Darkwing and Dreadwind joined up with the Decepticons conspirators operating under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command, and departed the planet in search of new worlds to conquer. The Autobots were left behind, their ships sabotaged so that they would be unable to escape Cybertron's destruction as the Decepticons had. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Darkwing looked on while Bludgeon randomly chose what world the Decepticons would wage war upon next, selecting [[Klo]] by stabbing his sword on a galactic map. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} Darkwing and Dreadwind combined into their Dreadwing from to partake in the carnage, {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} and were responsible for killing off their old sparring partner, [[Getaway]], in this form. Neither were seen for the rest of the battle, but they presumably went into exile with the rest of the Decepticons after the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] turned the tide on that planet. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Darkwing was present when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in [[New York City]]. Darkwing and Dreadwind delivered a "statue" of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] as a gift to the city. Unsurprisingly, once Humanity was off-guard, the Decepticons struck, and the Autobots barely stopped them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|The Troy Principle}} Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a [[City of Fear!|nuclear disaster]] in [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|In Memory of Earth}}

In [[1973]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}} Darkwing, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], and Dreadwind were hiding in an airbase in Nevada, before revealing their liquid crystal Decepticon insignia and flying off. They then used the distraction of a hijacked tanker to attack oil fields and refineries. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}} Those events would later be observed via log recording by Autobots in the year [[2008]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Megatron's Ultimatum}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10|Wanderer Between the Worlds}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 14|The Countdown to a New Space Age!}} }}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Darkwing-surrenderordie.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Dreadwind probably complained about this too.]]
[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] led Darkwing and the Decepticons to raid an ancient race's weapons cache, but they were driven off by a [[Guardian (G2)|monstrous entity]], guardian of said weapons. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

When Bludgeon orchestrated a siege on planet Earth to antagonize Optimus Prime out into the open, Darkwing operated as the Decepticons' air support. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Tales of Earth Part One}} Darkwing was badly damaged while defending his commander against the returning [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory|Tales of Earth Part Two}}

After resuming leadership of the Decepticons, Megatron allowed repairs to be performed on Darkwing. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} The Decepticon jet was rebuilt in [[Dreadwing (G2)|a much larger and more powerful form]]. Darkwing made his debut with the new body by obliterating the inoffensive [[Rheanimum]] miners of [[Tykos]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Classics''====
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After the Decepticons' defeat on Klo, Darkwing and Dreadwind retreated with Bludgeon to the corners of the galaxy, where the Decepticons regrouped. Fifteen years later, both had reverse-engineered the Powermaster process on their bodies, and separated from Hi-Test and Throttle. Dreadwind had left Darkwing behind to join [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]'s team, and Dreadwind complained about it constantly. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Darkwing remained at Bludgeon's command, and was one of his top aides in preparing for a counter-strike from the recently reactivated Megatron. At Darkwing's suggestion, Bludgeon hired the best of the techno-guilds to reinforce their computer systems with firewalls and cyber-traps to protect their tactical layouts. And yet, Bludgeon's battle-plans were still compromised. Darkwing had uncovered a traitor among Bludgeon's crew. By backtracking the electronic imprint of the Decepticon who transmitted the information to Megatron, Darkwing fingered [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] as the culprit. Bludgeon and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] confronted Hun-Grrr and, after a brief but brutal brawl between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]], Hun-Grrr was taken off-line. The traitor defeated.

Then the Seacons killed Bludgeon and surrendered the faction to Megatron. Given Darkwing's involvement in identifying the problem and branding the so-called traitor, it is unknown if he was also in on the Seacons' betrayal. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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More than twenty-one years after the final conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Darkwing and Dreadwind teamed up with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] after observing the effect of his [[Gene Key]] on Cybertron's Autobots. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} They joined the corrupted Headmasters, [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], in hunting down Grimlock, but were caught in a flash-bomb effect when Grimlock unleashed the nucleon-augmented [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] on them. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to turn himself over to the Decepticon in exchange for their prisoner [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], Darkwing and Dreadwind acted as armed escorts bringing Prime before [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Darkwing and Dreadwind were members of the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction during the [[Dark Ages]], working under the command of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Poor saps. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 NebulosDecepticons1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Launchpad, Megavolt's on the loose!"]]
A few hundred years ago, Darkwing and Dreadwind were part of the last "big push" for control of Cybertron. Shortly after the Battle of [[Thunderhead Pass]], they were led into battle by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Years later, Darkwing was commander of the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration Unit]] on [[Nebulos]], alongside his partner Dreadwind, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Roadgrabber]]. Their infiltration was apparently still in the early stages when the rogue Decepticon juggernaut known as [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] came crashing down on the planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Darkwing sent most of his troops into battle, knowing the show of resistance was futile but necessary to convince Megatron later that they fought for their territory. Still, he and Dreadwind remained and participated in the fight, but quickly departed after the last of their comrades was deactivated. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

A few years later, after Megatron was defeated on Earth, Dreadwind and Darkwing were among the Decepticons who had heard the (self-proclaimed) Decepticon leader [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s rallying call and gathered on a desolate asteroid that was now their new headquarters. However, with the lack of resources, poor morale, and Starscream's weak leadership, the Decepticons largely collapsed into anarchy and resorted to cannibalism with not enough energon to go around. Darkwing apparently got sick of this and had the lugnuts to leave. When Dreadwind took more than his fair share of energon and was hunted down, he tried to blame the theft on Darkwing. After Dreadwind was killed, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] opined that Darkwing was a thief, as well. {{Storylink|All His Engines}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-8-LiokaiserDarkwingRavage.jpg|thumb|75px|Darkwing is the little blue guy.]]
Darkwing was among the Decepticons present when [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] revealed the existence of the [[Predacon (Kre-O)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Stationed in [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s throne room in [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Darkwing reported that a "transmission" from [[Earth]] was not a message but a transfer of matter, namely [[Destro]] teleporting himself to Trypticon using the [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

==Commercial appearances==
Dreadwind and Darkwing show up in several [[commercial]]s:
[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingcommercials.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hello, hello, hello!]]
*Darkwing and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] startled the Autobot Powermasters by revealing that the Decepticons had been able to develop Powermasters of their own! They used their Nebulan partners to transform before raining down destruction upon their earth-bound foes. Then, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] joined the battle, and made a display of his considerable firepower against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Powermasters|Powermasters commercial}}
*After a series of defeats forced the Autobots to develop Pretender technology, Dreadwind and Darkwing broke into the Autobots' research lab and approached the new Autobot warriors. The Decepticon duo was quickly forced to retreat as the Pretenders' ability to fight alongside their shells proved overwhelming. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}
*Later, Darkwing and Dreadwind were the victims of the new Autobot [[Micromaster]]s. Optimus Prime unleashes an army of the miniature robots upon a Decepticon base, who slipped past [[Piranacon (G1)|the guard]]. Once inside, they crawled up both Dreadwind and Darkwing and overwhelmed them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster Patrols|Micromaster Patrols commercial}}
{{note|Footage from the first commercial, depicting Dreadwind and Darkwing in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] chasing [[Getaway]] and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] in vehicle mode, was used at the beginning of the commercial for the [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Triggercon]]s. This animation seemed to be meant to represent these other toys. Don't pay too close attention, kids!}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a battle eons ago, Dreadwind and Darkwing defeated [[Getaway]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]. They were on the verge of destroying the three Autobots when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived. No match for the Autobot leader, the pair were forced to retreat. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}} [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and Darkwing attempted to revive [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], but when Thunderwing proved uncontrollable, the pair had to cooperate with the Wreckers to defeat him. {{storylink|Stormbringer (Legends)|Stormbringer}}

The two Powermasters crossed paths with their Autobot counterparts once again, and this time the Decepticons were victorious. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}} Darkwing was among a group of Decepticons who joined a time-displaced [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] in attacking the fused-together [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but were fought off by some Autobots. {{storylink|Savage Circle}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Darkwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|When you're in trouble, it's 'cuz of DW.]]
*'''Darkwing''' (Powermaster, 1988)
**''Accessories'': "Throttle" Powermaster engine, left & right laser-guided electro-kinetic blasters

:Darkwing transforms into a Panavia Tornado GR1 fighter jet. He is locked in this mode until his packed-in partner Throttle is placed into the engine socket on his back (or until you push down the relevant buttons in said socket). Once "unlocked", he can also form the back half of the "Dreadwing" super-jet.

:Use caution when transforming him from jet to robot mode: the large clip inside the jet nosecone is famously prone to growing large stress marks, before breaking off entirely. You really have to make sure the Powermaster feature's release buttons are being pushed firmly in - and may have more luck doing it with your fingertips than with Throttle.

:This mold was used to make the [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Darkwing/darkwing.htm More information on Darkwing at TFU.info]''

===Generation 2===
[[File:G2DreadwingToy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let's get dangerous.]]
*'''Dreadwing''' (Decepticon, 1994)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-10'''
**''Accessories:'' 12 missiles

{{note|The ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] toy was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] Darkwing's upgraded form via the Marvel Comics continuity.}}
:Dreadwing transforms into a "flying wing" style stealth bomber with an under-slung six-missile Gatling cannon. He can also transform into a treaded "tank" mode. In jet form, he can combine with his packed-in partner [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen's]] jet mode to make a complete aircraft.

:The same mold is used by [[BB]], the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]], and [[Gigant Bomb]]. The mold was also used for [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] in ''Generation 2'', albeit only in a limited test market release.

:The toy's American and Japanese bios leave pretty wide open the possibility of this Dreadwing being a [[Dreadwing (G2)|separate character]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Dreadwing/dreadwing.htm More information on Dreadwing at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:UniverseDarkwindToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|thumb|Proof that photoshop dreams do come true.]]
*'''Darkwind''' (Ultra Class 2009)
**''Series'': Generation 1 Series
**''Accessories:'' "Kinetic Blaster" launcher, projectile

:Darkwind (renamed from Darkwing apparently due to [[trademark]] reasons) is an extensive redeco of the [[Size class|Ultra Class]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] toy. He and his casemate [[Countdown (G1)#Universe (2008)|Countdown]] were "stealth" [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], meaning he appeared in stores before [[Hasbro]] bothered to tell anybody about it. Their boxes advertise Hasbro's included battery brand, [[Pow-R-Fuel]].

:Darkwind transforms into a (fictional) FB-129 supersonic fighter-bomber. As an Ultra-scale toy, he comes with various light and sound [[gimmick]]s (exactly the same ones as ''Universe'' [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and Silverbolt), including a machine gun type sound when one presses the big blue button on the fuselage, and different classic transformation sound effects depending on whether he is being transformed from [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] or vice versa.

:This mold was also used to make [[Skyjack (G2)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Skyfall]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUDarkwind/darkwind.htm More information on Darkwind at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-POTP-Blackwing.jpg|thumb|right|400px|More descriptively, Purple-with-yellow-lightning-bolts-wing.]]
*'''Blackwing''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]])
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''PP-18'''
**''Accessories'': Two blasters, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Blackwing" (renamed for trademark reasons) is a heavy retool of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Air Raid (G1)#Generations|Air Raid]]. He can combine with his partner [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]] to form the superjet Dreadwing. Like all other ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held as a gun. His Prime Armor (redecoed from Dreadwind) is sculpted to look like a combination of the detail on Hi-Test and Throttle in their engine mode.
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==Notes==
*In the Marvel continuity, several UK Annual stories depict Darkwing and Dreadwind as working for different Decepticon groups on Earth, but the continuity of these stories is difficult to wrangle. In "[[Prime Bomb!]]", they work for Scorponok, along with the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. This can only happen after Scorponok takes full control of the Decepticons of Earth after the [[Underbase Saga]] but, while the Combaticons are not destroyed on-panel by Starscream, it is generally believed that all non-organic enhanced Transformers are disabled. "[[Dreadwing Down!]]" from the next year's annual stars the two Powermasters alongside the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]], so it can only have taken place before the Underbase Saga, but also the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], who is on Cybertron under the [[Triumvirate|Triumverate]]'s command at that time. While some creative massaging of the facts can put these stories in continuity, it's probably best to consider Darkwing and Dreadwind officially unaffiliated with any army until after the war with [[Unicron]]. Their sudden appearances in "[[The Void! (US)|The Void!]]" among the various Autobots and Decepticons summoned by Primus does indicate they are on either Earth or Cybertron immediately prior, though.
*Like most manga-original Kreons, Darkwing is made up of existing Kreon parts. He wears [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Jazz]]'s helmet and the [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] backpack to replicate wings, and wields the small pistol first used by [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]].
*His recent name change might be due to the Disney character Darkwing Duck.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blackwing''' (ブラックウイング ''Burakkuuingu'')
*''French:'' '''Ailenoire''' (Canada)

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Darkwing (G1)

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{{Disambigm|Darkwing (disambiguation)|Darkwind (disambiguation)}}
:''Darkwing is a [[Decepticon]] [[Powermaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Darkwing boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fun fact: the Panavia Tornado actually is a terror that flaps in the night]]''
'''Darkwing''' (aka '''Darkwind''' or '''Blackwing''') has just as dim a view of existence as his partner [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], he's simply more proactive about it. After all, he figures if everything is pointless, depressing, and inevitably leads to a life of painful and ceaseless suffering ''anyway'', he might at least make sure others are getting it a lot worse than he is. You can always count on Darkwing to attempt to make a bad situation worse for everyone involved, and to complain about it all loudly while he's at it. He's [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to the hot-headed [[Nebulan]] thief [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]].

He can combine with his fellow Powermaster Dreadwind to form the superjet [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Darkwing and Dreadwind fought [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but were forced to retreat due to Optimus's superior power. They soon returned and Optimus set out to fight them again, this time with [[Tommy Kennedy]] in tow. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5#Season 5|Season 5: FFOD, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingpeoplepower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|It's guy love between two guys.]]
Darkwing and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] were Decepticon mercenaries, affiliated with no army or unit full-time. For their own reasons, however, they were interested in finding the location of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and his crew of Decepticon warriors. Tracking the group to the planet [[Nebulos]], Darkwing demanded the Nebulans give them the information on Scorponok's whereabouts. When they refused, Darkwing and Dreadwind began a campaign of terror on the planet that only stopped due to precautions the Nebulans had taken to poison their fuel supplies, a measure of foresight to prevent Transformers from returning to their world after the last war. Darkwing and Dreadwind froze up, becoming little more than a curiosity and tourist attraction in an open square.

Their luck changed thanks to a jealous and vindictive scientist named [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], who had worked on the fuel-tainting process but received none of the glory. Working with a thief named [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]], Hi-Test stole information from his former boss [[Hi-Q]], and used it to create a new form of bio-mechanical engineering called the [[Powermaster]] Process, which would cybernetically enable him and Throttle to [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] with the Decepticons, becoming their engines to restore their ability to move and intake energy. Reaching an agreement with the Nebulans, Darkwing agreed to become binary bonded to Throttle, and the new Decepticon Powermasters began ransacking Nebulos once again. Now, however, many of their heists involved busting into restaurants and food courts so their Nebulan partners could gorge themselves, restocking their energy supplies and continuing to fuel their larger partners. Their antics were eventually interrupted when a group of Autobots arrived on Nebulos. Darkwing and Dreadwind were threatening the Council of Peers when [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], [[Getaway]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] and [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] charged them. Though the Decepticons held their own, Darkwing called for a retreat rather than face the enemy's superior numbers.

Darkwing and his allies went on to hassle the Council of Peers once more, this time to obtain the Autobots' location. By this time however, the Autobots had underwent the Powermaster binary bonding procedure with Hi-Q and his staff. Atop of this, the Decepticons had to contend with a reborn and upgraded [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]! Caught unawares by their enemies' power, Darkwing, Dreadwind and their partners were soundly defeated. It was decreed then that Hi-Test and Throttle were to be banished from Nebulos, and the pair blasted off-planet within Darkwing and Dreadwind's combined form, [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|People Power!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

Darkwing, Dreadwind, and their Powermaster partners eventually found themselves working for the [[Mecannibal]]s at [[Grand Central Space Station]], wrangling not only clients, but robots for the Mecannibals to devour. They discovered that two of their clients, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]], were actually robots disguised as humans, and turned them in to their hungry bosses. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}} The Autobots-in-disguise made a savory deal with the Mecannibals, and so Darkwing and Dreadwind followed them to [[Femax]]. In the process, however, they were not only beaten up by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], but Hi-Test and Throttle's ship was discovered to be Darkwing and Dreadwind, robots themselves. Cloudburst and Landmine snitched, and the Powermasters found themselves on the run from their former bosses. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}

''At some point, the pair ended up on [[Earth]], working for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Darkwing and Dreadwind served, in their combined form, as Throttle's getaway vehicle after the Nebulan stole an Autobot-made power cell. In its flight from the crime scene, the Dreadwing was shot down, and sent heading for the ocean. Though Dreadwind pleaded with Darkwing to disengage so that he wouldn't be taken down along with the latter, the pair found their combination mechanism fused, and so both wound up plunging into the drink. They remained nonoperational on the ocean floor while the Autobots retrieved their loot.'' {{storylink|Dreadwing Down!}}

''On Scorponok's orders, Darkwing and Dreadwind attacked [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], where Optimus Prime had left behind a [[floppy disk]] containing a copy of his mind. They found the facility being guarded by [[Getaway]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]. Dreadwind kept them busy with strafing runs while Darkwing made his way inside. Throttle found the disk post-haste, but on his way out, he and Darkwing were met by Getaway and [[Rev]], who had managed to slip past Dreadwind. Getaway got a shot off with his plasma-shell shotgun, badly injuring Darkwing's leg. Retaliating with his electro-kinetic blasters, Darkwing disarmed his opponent. With his opponent weaponless, Darkwing turned to the scuffle between their respective Nebulan partners. Forcing Rev to stand down at gun-point, the Decepticons resumed their exit. Though Darkwing's injury made it difficult for him to transform, he managed the effort, and reconvened with Dreadwind to combine into their Dreadwing form. Though Getaway caught back up to the Decepticons, his efforts only resulted in his hand getting stuck in their combination joint. Dreadwing blasted off, with the hapless Autobot getting tugged along for the ride.''

''After Getaway was stashed in a holding cell, Darkwing and Dreadwind were sent out by Scorponok once more. This time, they were carrying a smart missile that their leader had programmed to track Optimus wherever he went. After launching the payload, equipped with a camera so the Decepticons could witness Optimus's demise, the duo doubled back to base, hoping to make it back in time for the show. It wound up never coming about, as Getaway managed to escape and reprogram the missile into a dud.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingunicron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And when I say, "I love you Dread," it's not what it implies.]]
Returning to Cybertron, they took a job working for deposed Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who hired them to retrieve a special cargo from Earth: the deactivated body of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. ''En-route to Earth, the Powermaster duo crossed paths with an Autobot shuttle and decided to shoot it down for sport, managing to do so after a chase over the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'s surface. Believing that bit of fun to be done with, they then headed down planet-side, unaware that the Autobots had managed to ditch their ship at the last moment, and were now covertly following them. Upon arriving in southern [[Peru]], Darkwing and his allies found that Starscream was NOT so deactivated after all: his [[zombie]] body stalked the Earth, somehow animated past death by the remainder of the Underbase's energies. After the Decepticons were trounced by the zombie, their Autobot pursuers caught up to them, and were themselves attacked by Starscream. This distraction allowed for Hi-Test and Throttle to link up with their larger partners, re-energizing them into working condition. The Nebulans then managed to siphon the Underbase power directly from Starscream's corpse, causing him to crupple down into a heap. Before the Autobots could properly react to the situation, Darkwing and Dreadwind gathered up Starscream's parts, and flew off to meet with their employer.'' {{storylink|Race with the Devil}} The corpse was delivered to Megatron on Cybertron, who had recently abducted the Autobot medical officer Ratchet to exhort him into rebuilding Starscream using Pretender technology. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Megatron was impressed enough to offer Dreadwind and Darkwing full-time positions working for him, which they gratefully accepted as they weren't entirely sure that they had lost their Mecannibal pursuers. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Darkwing and Dreadwind were soon put to task, helping the Sports Car Patrol deal with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], recently revived as [[Pretender]]s by Ratchet under Megatron's nose. The battle spread outside Megatron's base, moments before the headquarters detonated with Ratchet and Megatron still inside. With Megatron seemingly deceased, Darkwing and Dreadwind found themselves out of work again. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

''The two wandered rather aimlessly after that. They apparently spent quite a bit of time over-energizing at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] while complaining about their lot in life. Unbeknownst to the pair, a couple of Mecannibals had managed to track them down. Blissfully unaware of what was going on around them due to their inebriation, Darkwind and Dreadwind were rescued by Quickswitch, who used his tunneling mode to bury the Mecannibals alive deep underground.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}} ''Subsequently Darkwing and Dreadwind attended the [[1989]] [[Transformer]]s' [[Christmas]] party where they monopolised the sofa, much to the annoyance of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]].'' {{storylink|:File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|''The Transformers'' #250 cover}}

When [[Primus]] gathered all his children to do battle with Unicron on Cybertron, Darkwing marked this solemn occasion by guffawing loudly at something Dreadwind was telling him and thus pissing off several Autobots. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Despite this frivolity, when the battle began Darkwing and Dreadwind were front and center. They joined the Autobots [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Cloudburst]] in taking the fight right into Unicron's face, and Darkwing was quite eager to bash him up. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} After the planet-eater was destroyed, Darkwing was among those who found Optimus's ruined form on the battlefield, still clinging to life despite being at ground zero when Unicron detonated. Prime named his successor, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] before finally expiring. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

But the Transformers' troubles were far from over, even after Unicron's demise. With Primus's consciousness sundered during the apocalyptic battle, Cybertron could no longer hold itself together, and the planet slowly began ripping itself apart. On his way to an "emergency meeting" alongside Dreadwind, Darkwing complained how it was typical that their lives seemed to be a never-ending series of misfortunes. Upset that he couldn't vent his frustration towards anyone directly responsible for his current predicament, Darkwing decided that that Autobots were to blame. Thus, Darkwing and Dreadwind joined up with the Decepticons conspirators operating under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command, and departed the planet in search of new worlds to conquer. The Autobots were left behind, their ships sabotaged so that they would be unable to escape Cybertron's destruction as the Decepticons had. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Darkwing looked on while Bludgeon randomly chose what world the Decepticons would wage war upon next, selecting [[Klo]] by stabbing his sword on a galactic map. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} Darkwing and Dreadwind combined into their Dreadwing from to partake in the carnage, {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} and were responsible for killing off their old sparring partner, [[Getaway]], in this form. Neither were seen for the rest of the battle, but they presumably went into exile with the rest of the Decepticons after the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] turned the tide on that planet. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Darkwing was present when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in [[New York City]]. Darkwing and Dreadwind delivered a "statue" of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] as a gift to the city. Unsurprisingly, once Humanity was off-guard, the Decepticons struck, and the Autobots barely stopped them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|The Troy Principle}} Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a [[City of Fear!|nuclear disaster]] in [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|In Memory of Earth}}

In [[1973]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}} Darkwing, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], and Dreadwind were hiding in an airbase in Nevada, before revealing their liquid crystal Decepticon insignia and flying off. They then used the distraction of a hijacked tanker to attack oil fields and refineries. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}} Those events would later be observed via log recording by Autobots in the year [[2008]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Megatron's Ultimatum}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10|Wanderer Between the Worlds}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 14|The Countdown to a New Space Age!}} }}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Darkwing-surrenderordie.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Dreadwind probably complained about this too.]]
[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] led Darkwing and the Decepticons to raid an ancient race's weapons cache, but they were driven off by a [[Guardian (G2)|monstrous entity]], guardian of said weapons. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

When Bludgeon orchestrated a siege on planet Earth to antagonize Optimus Prime out into the open, Darkwing operated as the Decepticons' air support. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Tales of Earth Part One}} Darkwing was badly damaged while defending his commander against the returning [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory|Tales of Earth Part Two}}

After resuming leadership of the Decepticons, Megatron allowed repairs to be performed on Darkwing. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} The Decepticon jet was rebuilt in [[Dreadwing (G2)|a much larger and more powerful form]]. Darkwing made his debut with the new body by obliterating the inoffensive [[Rheanimum]] miners of [[Tykos]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Classics''====
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After the Decepticons' defeat on Klo, Darkwing and Dreadwind retreated with Bludgeon to the corners of the galaxy, where the Decepticons regrouped. Fifteen years later, both had reverse-engineered the Powermaster process on their bodies, and separated from Hi-Test and Throttle. Dreadwind had left Darkwing behind to join [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]'s team, and Dreadwind complained about it constantly. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Darkwing remained at Bludgeon's command, and was one of his top aides in preparing for a counter-strike from the recently reactivated Megatron. At Darkwing's suggestion, Bludgeon hired the best of the techno-guilds to reinforce their computer systems with firewalls and cyber-traps to protect their tactical layouts. And yet, Bludgeon's battle-plans were still compromised. Darkwing had uncovered a traitor among Bludgeon's crew. By backtracking the electronic imprint of the Decepticon who transmitted the information to Megatron, Darkwing fingered [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] as the culprit. Bludgeon and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] confronted Hun-Grrr and, after a brief but brutal brawl between [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]], Hun-Grrr was taken off-line. The traitor defeated.

Then the Seacons killed Bludgeon and surrendered the faction to Megatron. Given Darkwing's involvement in identifying the problem and branding the so-called traitor, it is unknown if he was also in on the Seacons' betrayal. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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More than twenty-one years after the final conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Darkwing and Dreadwind teamed up with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] after observing the effect of his [[Gene Key]] on Cybertron's Autobots. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} They joined the corrupted Headmasters, [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], in hunting down Grimlock, but were caught in a flash-bomb effect when Grimlock unleashed the nucleon-augmented [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] on them. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to turn himself over to the Decepticon in exchange for their prisoner [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], Darkwing and Dreadwind acted as armed escorts bringing Prime before [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Darkwing and Dreadwind were members of the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction during the [[Dark Ages]], working under the command of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Poor saps. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 NebulosDecepticons1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Launchpad, Megavolt's on the loose!"]]
A few hundred years ago, Darkwing and Dreadwind were part of the last "big push" for control of Cybertron. Shortly after the Battle of [[Thunderhead Pass]], they were led into battle by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Years later, Darkwing was commander of the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration Unit]] on [[Nebulos]], alongside his partner Dreadwind, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Roadgrabber]]. Their infiltration was apparently still in the early stages when the rogue Decepticon juggernaut known as [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] came crashing down on the planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Darkwing sent most of his troops into battle, knowing the show of resistance was futile but necessary to convince Megatron later that they fought for their territory. Still, he and Dreadwind remained and participated in the fight, but quickly departed after the last of their comrades was deactivated. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

A few years later, after Megatron was defeated on Earth, Dreadwind and Darkwing were among the Decepticons who had heard the (self-proclaimed) Decepticon leader [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s rallying call and gathered on a desolate asteroid that was now their new headquarters. However, with the lack of resources, poor morale, and Starscream's weak leadership, the Decepticons largely collapsed into anarchy and resorted to cannibalism with not enough energon to go around. Darkwing apparently got sick of this and had the lugnuts to leave. When Dreadwind took more than his fair share of energon and was hunted down, he tried to blame the theft on Darkwing. After Dreadwind was killed, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] opined that Darkwing was a thief, as well. {{Storylink|All His Engines}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-8-LiokaiserDarkwingRavage.jpg|thumb|75px|Darkwing is the little blue guy.]]
Darkwing was among the Decepticons present when [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] revealed the existence of the [[Predacon (Kre-O)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Stationed in [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s throne room in [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Darkwing reported that a "transmission" from [[Earth]] was not a message but a transfer of matter, namely [[Destro]] teleporting himself to Trypticon using the [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

==Commercial appearances==
Dreadwind and Darkwing show up in several [[commercial]]s:
[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingcommercials.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hello, hello, hello!]]
*Darkwing and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] startled the Autobot Powermasters by revealing that the Decepticons had been able to develop Powermasters of their own! They used their Nebulan partners to transform before raining down destruction upon their earth-bound foes. Then, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] joined the battle, and made a display of his considerable firepower against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Powermasters|Powermasters commercial}}
*After a series of defeats forced the Autobots to develop Pretender technology, Dreadwind and Darkwing broke into the Autobots' research lab and approached the new Autobot warriors. The Decepticon duo was quickly forced to retreat as the Pretenders' ability to fight alongside their shells proved overwhelming. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}
*Later, Darkwing and Dreadwind were the victims of the new Autobot [[Micromaster]]s. Optimus Prime unleashes an army of the miniature robots upon a Decepticon base, who slipped past [[Piranacon (G1)|the guard]]. Once inside, they crawled up both Dreadwind and Darkwing and overwhelmed them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster Patrols|Micromaster Patrols commercial}}
{{note|Footage from the first commercial, depicting Dreadwind and Darkwing in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] chasing [[Getaway]] and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] in vehicle mode, was used at the beginning of the commercial for the [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Triggercon]]s. This animation seemed to be meant to represent these other toys. Don't pay too close attention, kids!}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a battle eons ago, Dreadwind and Darkwing defeated [[Getaway]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]. They were on the verge of destroying the three Autobots when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived. No match for the Autobot leader, the pair were forced to retreat. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}} [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and Darkwing attempted to revive [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], but when Thunderwing proved uncontrollable, the pair had to cooperate with the Wreckers to defeat him. {{storylink|Stormbringer (Legends)|Stormbringer}}

The two Powermasters crossed paths with their Autobot counterparts once again, and this time the Decepticons were victorious. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}} Darkwing was among a group of Decepticons who joined a time-displaced [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] in attacking the fused-together [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but were fought off by some Autobots. {{storylink|Savage Circle}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Darkwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|When you're in trouble, it's 'cuz of DW.]]
*'''Darkwing''' (Powermaster, 1988)
**''Accessories'': "Throttle" Powermaster engine, left & right laser-guided electro-kinetic blasters

:Darkwing transforms into a Panavia Tornado GR1 fighter jet. He is locked in this mode until his packed-in partner Throttle is placed into the engine socket on his back (or until you push down the relevant buttons in said socket). Once "unlocked", he can also form the back half of the "Dreadwing" super-jet.

:Use caution when transforming him from jet to robot mode: the large clip inside the jet nosecone is famously prone to growing large stress marks, before breaking off entirely. You really have to make sure the Powermaster feature's release buttons are being pushed firmly in - and may have more luck doing it with your fingertips than with Throttle.

:This mold was used to make the [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Darkwing/darkwing.htm More information on Darkwing at TFU.info]''

===Generation 2===
[[File:G2DreadwingToy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let's get dangerous.]]
*'''Dreadwing''' (Decepticon, 1994)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-10'''
**''Accessories:'' 12 missiles

{{note|The ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] toy was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] Darkwing's upgraded form via the Marvel Comics continuity.}}
:Dreadwing transforms into a "flying wing" style stealth bomber with an under-slung six-missile Gatling cannon. He can also transform into a treaded "tank" mode. In jet form, he can combine with his packed-in partner [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen's]] jet mode to make a complete aircraft.

:The same mold is used by [[BB]], the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]], and [[Gigant Bomb]]. The mold was also used for [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] in ''Generation 2'', albeit only in a limited test market release.

:The toy's American and Japanese bios leave pretty wide open the possibility of this Dreadwing being a [[Dreadwing (G2)|separate character]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Dreadwing/dreadwing.htm More information on Dreadwing at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:UniverseDarkwindToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|thumb|Proof that photoshop dreams do come true.]]
*'''Darkwind''' (Ultra Class 2009)
**''Series'': Generation 1 Series
**''Accessories:'' "Kinetic Blaster" launcher, projectile

:Darkwind (renamed from Darkwing apparently due to [[trademark]] reasons) is an extensive redeco of the [[Size class|Ultra Class]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] toy. He and his casemate [[Countdown (G1)#Universe (2008)|Countdown]] were "stealth" [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]], meaning he appeared in stores before [[Hasbro]] bothered to tell anybody about it. Their boxes advertise Hasbro's included battery brand, [[Pow-R-Fuel]].

:Darkwind transforms into a (fictional) FB-129 supersonic fighter-bomber. As an Ultra-scale toy, he comes with various light and sound [[gimmick]]s (exactly the same ones as ''Universe'' [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and Silverbolt), including a machine gun type sound when one presses the big blue button on the fuselage, and different classic transformation sound effects depending on whether he is being transformed from [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] or vice versa.

:This mold was also used to make [[Skyjack (G2)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Skyfall]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUDarkwind/darkwind.htm More information on Darkwind at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-POTP-Blackwing.jpg|thumb|right|400px|More descriptively, Purple-with-yellow-lightning-bolts-wing.]]
*'''Blackwing''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]])
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''PP-18'''
**''Accessories'': Two blasters, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Blackwing" (renamed for trademark reasons) is a heavy retool of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Air Raid (G1)#Generations|Air Raid]]. He can combine with his partner [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]]. Like all other ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held as a gun. His Prime Armor (redecoed from Dreadwind) is sculpted to look like a combination of the detail on Hi-Test and Throttle in their engine mode.
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==Notes==
*In the Marvel continuity, several UK Annual stories depict Darkwing and Dreadwind as working for different Decepticon groups on Earth, but the continuity of these stories is difficult to wrangle. In "[[Prime Bomb!]]", they work for Scorponok, along with the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. This can only happen after Scorponok takes full control of the Decepticons of Earth after the [[Underbase Saga]] but, while the Combaticons are not destroyed on-panel by Starscream, it is generally believed that all non-organic enhanced Transformers are disabled. "[[Dreadwing Down!]]" from the next year's annual stars the two Powermasters alongside the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]], so it can only have taken place before the Underbase Saga, but also the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], who is on Cybertron under the [[Triumvirate|Triumverate]]'s command at that time. While some creative massaging of the facts can put these stories in continuity, it's probably best to consider Darkwing and Dreadwind officially unaffiliated with any army until after the war with [[Unicron]]. Their sudden appearances in "[[The Void! (US)|The Void!]]" among the various Autobots and Decepticons summoned by Primus does indicate they are on either Earth or Cybertron immediately prior, though.
*Like most manga-original Kreons, Darkwing is made up of existing Kreon parts. He wears [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Jazz]]'s helmet and the [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] backpack to replicate wings, and wields the small pistol first used by [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]].
*His recent name change might be due to the Disney character Darkwing Duck.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blackwing''' (ブラックウイング ''Burakkuuingu'')
*''French:'' '''Ailenoire''' (Canada)

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Starscream (G1)/toys

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{{suite}}[[File:MP Starscream book cover art.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Next person who says '[[Dull surprise]]' gets a null-ray to the face!"]]
Many toys have been made of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] '''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]''', enough to warrant this page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Starscream toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Then]] [[Sunstorm (G1)|about]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|eight]] [[:File:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|million]] [[Seeker (body-type)|redecos]] [[E-HOBBY|followed]].]]
*'''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Starscream's first toy began life as "Jet Robo" from the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, transforming into a grey, red and blue F-15 Eagle fighter jet. To transform Starscream, one must essentially take most of his plane parts off and transform his body, then reattach most of plane parts on again, along with the addition of two blue fists. If you don't mind being fiddly, though, transformation can certainly be achieved by only removing the fists, weapons and landing gear (which can store in Starscream's cockpit). Owing to the modular nature of his design and the fact that it is impossible to store all the parts in either mode, it can be quite difficult to find an intact original set of this toy.

:Starscream is armed with a pair of missile launchers that mount on his arms in robot mode, and under his wings in jet mode, with a pair of specialized projectiles for each. In jet mode, two short "[[cluster bomb]]" projectiles are fitted into the launchers to make them resemble the drop tanks a real F-15 carries, while in robot mode, they are replaced with the long barrels of Starscream's [[null-ray]]s. The original ''Diaclone'' version of the mold featured spring-loaded firing mechanisms in these launchers; while this feature was removed for the [[Hasbro]] release of the toy, it was left intact for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version, and all subsequent reissues.

:The ''Diaclone'' version of the Starscream mold featured tailfins with solid tips and solid fists, and both these features carried over to the earliest ''Transformers'' releases. Soon, however, the ''Transformers'' mold was modified to add hollow tips to the fins, and tabs to the insides of the fists to allow them to hold onto his arms tighter, resulting in a visible slit on either side of each one. These altered versions became the standard for all subsequent reissues of the mold. Like all his 1984 brethren, a [[rubsign]] was added to Starscream in 1985.

: Starscream's mold was [[redeco]]ed into the concurrently-available [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]]. It would later be redecoed again to make [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and [[retool]]ed into [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. On top of this, given his role as a major Generation 1 character, Starscream himself would be reissued many times down the years; this article strives to list each reissue of the figure under its own header. The long lifespan of his toy actually began in 1986, when Starscream remained part of the assortment for that year despite the departure of nearly every other 1984 toy from store shelves.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-decepticon-jets-starscream/375/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Starscream at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1984/instr_starscream.jpg Instruction booklet for Generation 1 Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]''

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[[File:G1toy goodbye megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|More of a "See ya later", really]]
*'''Good Bye Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:The second release of Starscream's toy came with this Japanese-exclusive two-pack, which saw him packaged alongside [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], in commemoration of the Decepticon leader's passing ([[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|of sorts]]) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Starscream himself was ''actually'' dead, but where was his "Good Bye Starscream" set, eh?

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[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can tell he's evil because he's spiky.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Classic Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': 2-part Pretender shell, helmet, left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings, rifle
:The first new Starscream toy since the original brought the treacherous Air Commander back as a [[Classic Pretender]]. He still transforms into a grey, red and blue F-15 fighter jet, though his vehicle mode now borders on the [[super deformed]]. He is armed with a pair of blue lasers, which become his tail fins in jet mode.

:Starscream's two-piece [[Pretender]] shell resembles a human in a teal, grey and brown space armored suit with a removable helmet. The shell is armed with a large blue rifle. When Starscream is inside the shell, his removable grey wings store in holes on the shell's back, while the blue lasers get plugged into the sides of the large rifle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Classic Pretender'' Starscream at TFU.info]
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_starscream_(pretender).jpg Instruction booklet for ''Classic Pretender'' Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]

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[[File:G1toy legends starscream.jpg|thumb|Pretending he's not evil or spiky.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings

:The inner robot of Pretender Starscream was also sold as a [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]" figure, sans its shell and the shell's accessories. It was otherwise identical to the Classic Pretender release.
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1989/instr_starscream_(legends).jpg Instructions for ''Legends'' Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]
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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Odd 'Con out]]
*'''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Left & right wings, left & right "lasers"/tail wings

:Released exclusively in Japan ''instead'' of the individual Classic Pretender figures, rather than in addition to them, this giftset contained the "Legends" versions of Pretender Starscream and his fellow Classic Pretenders, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Set|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Grimlock]]. This version of Starscream featured a silver face, as opposed to the Hasbro version's black.

:In Italy, [[GiG]] also forewent releasing the individual Classic Pretenders, and instead released their own version of the Hero Set named "Set Commandos". Starscream was given the name "Tornado", which was originally the Italian name of [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]. The "Set Commandos" toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions.

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[[File:ActionmasterStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He loved the gray helmet so much, he used it again.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Jet, rifle, 2 missiles

: [[Action Master]] Starscream is a non-transforming action figure based loosely on his cartoon [[character model]], but using a color scheme derived from the Pretender toy. His main accessory is the [[Turbo Jet]], a small personal attack craft that Starscream can set astride like a motorcycle. The Turbo Jet rolls on three small wheels, and can transform into a gun emplacement.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed as [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Action Master Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Action Master Starscream at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/action_masters/instr_starscream.jpg Instruction booklet for Action Master Starscream at Botchthecrab.com]''
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[[File:G1toy 2001 starscream reissue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|In a box, no one can hear you 'Scream]]
*'''Starscream''' (Re-issue, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:The first of numerous reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy in the 21st century, this Japanese release of the figure included functional spring-loaded launchers, and was also simultaneously available as three different exclusive redecos, [[#Collector's Edition|listed below]].
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|With my camouflaged wings, I'll appear to be merely a fuselage flying through the sky!]]
*'''Starscream''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear, 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles, sound/light energy unit

:Starscream's ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' release is a slight [[retool]] of his original toy, armed with new, functional spring-loaded launchers and missiles, and an electronic light-and-sound "energy unit" in the shape of a tank. The electronic box lights up with the press of either button, and emits electronic "machine gun" or "jet engine" noises. In robot mode, the box attaches to Starscream's back; in jet mode, it plugs into his tail-end.

:The new accessories were also used, in different colors, for ''Generation 2'' Ramjet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Generation 2 Starscream at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G2toy ATB megs and screamer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Transforms from backstabber to backpack and back!]]
*'''Megatron''' (limited test market release)
**''Accessories'': 12 missiles, 2 missiles launchers

: A planned-but-more-or-less-canceled redeco of ''Generation 2'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], "Advanced Tactical Bomber" [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ATB|Megatron]] would have come with Starscream, a redeco of Dreadwing's partner [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]]. The pair could combine into the "flying wing" Advanced Tactical Bomber, while Starscream coud detach to become a smaller solo jet, leaving Megatron to transform into a treaded tank mode. According the Toy Fair 1995 Transformers presentation, the toy's missiles were intended to glow in the dark.

: This toy's deco (but not the glow-in-the-dark missiles) was used to make ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'''s [[BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] out of the same mold-set. This mold was also used to make ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]] and [[Smokejumper]], while Starscream's mold was sold separately during the ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' line as [[Smokesniper]].

: This figure was only released to test markets in Ohio in very limited quantities. It was never available as a wide release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/issue02/atbmegs.htm ATB Megatron in packaging at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html Image gallery of a loose ATB Starscream at Transformers @ The Moon]'
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===Machine Wars===
[[File:MWStarscream Toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have no mouth and I must Starscream.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' 10 missiles
: Starscream's ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' incarnation is a redeco of the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], transforming into a large bomber jet based vaguely upon an SR-71 Blackbird. The main feature of the toy is its "carpet bombing" gimmick; each wing contains a drum that holds up to four missiles, which drop out as the drum is rotated. A further two missiles can also store on each wing, and one on each side of his fuselage, but while Skyquake came with enough missiles to fill all these ports, Starscream only comes with ten. The short length of the missiles necessary for this gimmick to function means that Starscream does not come with Skyquake's firing missile launcher, since the missiles are shorter than [[for safety reasons|safety reasons]] allow, although it is incorrectly shown on his packaging. Starscream also lacks Skyquake's [[Megavisor]] gimmick. The figure also features a barely noticeable yet enormous Decepticon symbol on the [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/machine-wars/starscream/608/2/25/ top of the plane] rendered in black paint on black plastic.

:Starscream is known to have come with either pale grey missiles, better fitting his new color scheme, or bright green missiles like Skyquake's.

: This mold was later redecoed to make [[King Atlas]]. The toy was repurposed as the [[Starscream drone]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Machine Wars'' Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Transtech===
[[File:Starscream-transtech.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Obscure both by design and by accident]]
*'''Starscream'''

: Starscream would have been made available in the aborted ''[[Transcendent Technomorph|Transtech]]'' series in 2001. Control art and early [[Prototype]] images have surfaced, showing that the toy would have been at the Deluxe scale and featured internal lighting mechanisms that changed color depending on its mode. The toy is clearly a homage to his ''Machine Wars'' body, which at the time of ''Transtech's'' intended release would have been the last form Starscream had inhabited in American markets.

: In 2008, this design would be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] universe's [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]].

: This design was revived by [[Draxhall Jump]] when they were contracted to create the ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Megamorphs'' line for Toy Biz; Starscream ultimately became the [[Iron Man]] toy.

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===Collector's Edition===
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[[File:GhostStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait a minute. Since when do ghosts have painted metal chests?]]
*'''Starscream Ghost Version''' (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: Available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, "Starscream Ghost Version" is an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Collector's Edition]]'' redeco of the 2001 Starscream reissue, cast almost entirely in translucent plastics (except for those parts made of die-cast metal) in homage to Starscream's tenure as a ghost in the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]]. To make the toy further match Starscream's cartoon appearance, it features a notably lighter shade of blue, and a translucent orange cockpit as opposed to the traditional smoky grey. The toy came in unique monochrome-blue window box packaging featuring [[CGI]] artwork of Starscream.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamClear/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Ghost Version at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1BlackStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Who am I again?]]
*'''Starscream Black Version''' (e-Hobby Exclusive, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: The second ''Collector's Edition'' e-HOBBY-exclusive redeco available concurrently with the 2001 reissue of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, "Starscream Black Version" sports a color scheme loosely based upon ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' [[#Machine_Wars|Starscream]], despite the only real point of similarity being that they are both black. The toy's [[bio]] makes a rare fictional reference to ''Machine Wars'', describing the events of the series in the past tense. The toy shared the window-box packaging of the "Ghost Version" (see above), except its box was monochrome-black.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/StarscreamBlack/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Black Version at TFU.info]''

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===''Transformers Generations'' Lucky Draw===
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[[File:Secret Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Songs are made of mystery... and clouds are made of moonbeams... Secret Starscream.]]
*'''Starscream Secret Version''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

: The third exclusive redeco of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy released alongside the 2001 reissues, "Starscream Secret Version" was available through the [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] contest held in conjunction with the first edition of ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' (with a ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' Skywarp figurine as second prize). The figure was limited to only ''five'' pieces, making it one of the rarest officially-released ''Transformers'' toys in the world, and to cap it off, the toy was not actually ''shown'' during the contest, hence its "Secret" moniker. Given its amazingly limited availability, it was not even 100% known ''what the toy looked like'' until a picture of it appeared in ''[[Transformers Generations 2009]]'', showing it as being primarily clear and colorless. Prior to this appearance, it was suggested that both this toy and the ''SCF'' Skywarp were ''not'' officially released, due to the bankruptcy of ''Generations'' publisher [[Keibunsha]]. Whether or not this scenario is accurate is still unknown at this time, as no one has publicly translated the text regarding the figure from ''Generations 2009''.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1219/Collectors+Edition+Japanese/Secret+Starscream.html More information on what is probably Starscream Secret Version at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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===Commemorative Series===
[[File:G1toy commemorative starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's back, with a big boost of confidence.]]
*'''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:The first reissue of the original Starscream toy in North America since the Generation 1 toyline reached its end, this "[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]" edition of the figure was a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. It featured functional missile launchers for the first time on a Hasbro version of the toy, but because the launchers now worked, both sets of missiles had to be lengthened [[for safety reasons]]. This didn't work out ''so'' badly with the null-rays, but the cluster bombs just wound up looking ''stupid''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/CSStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Commemorative Series Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===The Transformers Collection===
*'''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''9'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear, two-piece gun mode Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] fist

:As another in an increasingly large number of reissues of the original Generation 1 Starscream toy, this entry in the Japanese-exclusive ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' line of reissues decided to mix things up by giving the figure a full-scale redeco into [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] colors. His blue plastic became much lighter, while his cockpit was made bright orange, and even featured new grey paint applications running across it. Several of his stickers were replaced with new, show-accurate paint applications, including new wing-stripes and [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbols on his wings and nosecone (of course, Starscream didn't have one on his nosecone in the cartoon, so it isn't perfect!).

:Starscream's fists were remolded with new circular peg-holes so he could wield his missile launchers in his hands, which also worked in conjunction with a new tab on the fists' undersides to allow him to hold his new accessory: Megatron in gun mode. This miniature Megatron splits into two pieces at the handle, with each half plugging into the new hole and tab added to each of Starscream's fists. Megatron can also plug into Starscream's underside in jet mode, replicating the time the characters linked up in this fashion in the cartoon episode, "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]". The set also came with a remolded fist for the original Optimus Prime toy, allowing him to hold the Megatron accessory, and a DVD featuring a trailer for the upcoming Playstation 2 video game ''[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]'' and Japanese toy [[commercial]]s for Optimus Prime, [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/AnimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Transformers Collection Starscream at TFU.info]''

===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[File:STFStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I will rule all the redecos, Megatron!]]
*'''Starscream''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers/cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tailfins

: Standing at only two inches tall, ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Starscream is a ''very'' small-scale simplification of the original Starscream toy. It retains a surprising amount of the larger toy's functionality and accessories, except its tail fins and wings are combined into single pieces, and his null rays and landing gear are left out.

:This mold was, of course, redecoed into ''Smallest Transforming'' versions of Skywarp and Thundercracker, and retooled into Thrust.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/SmallestStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Robotmasters===
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile pods
[[File:RobotMastersStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have thighs?]]

: Starscream's ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' toy is a re-imagining of the original Generation 1 figure, retaining its basic [[transformation scheme]], but designed to be closer to the animation model, with greater articulation and integrated parts that do not require detachment during transformation. The only pieces that now need to be removed are Starscream's null ray rifles, which move from his wings to his arms. He has three peg-holes on each arm, allowing the null rays to be mounted on his shoulders, on his forearms, or in his fists. These holes are also designed to accommodate the generic spring-loaded missile launcher weapon included with ''Robotmasters'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]], [[Optimus Primal/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Convoy]] and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Megatron]].

:Starscream came with two "missile pods" based on weapons Starscream used but once, in the Generation 1 cartoon episode "[[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain]]". These chromed accessories plug into the square holes in Starscream's chest, and feature opening covers that reveal (non-firing) missiles within.

: This mold was redecoed into ''Robotmasters'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Robotmasters Starscream'' at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Robot Masters black starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Okay now I feel used. That's much better.]]
*'''Starscream Limited Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile pods, Jamming Trident

: Available only via mail-order through ''[[Figure Ō]]'' No. 80, the "Limited Black Version" of Starscream is just that: a straight [[black repaint]] of the Starscream toy, replacing the original toy's blue, red and the grey of his wings with black. He comes with all his original accessories, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "Jamming Trident" [[Solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Wingstun]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/HHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream Limited Black Version at TFU.info]''

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===Masterpiece===
:''See also:'' [[#Masterpiece 2]]
{{MPSeekerMold}}

[[File:MasterpieceStarscream toy.jpg|375px|thumb|And the fandom complained (and rejoiced).]]
*'''Starscream''' (2006)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-3'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand

:The second new mold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line, this highly-detailed version of Starscream is the "odd man out" of the series, eschewing the slavish cartoon-accuracy of the other ''Masterpiece'' figures in favor of creating as accurate an F-15 Eagle alternate mode as possible, with a somewhat more stylized robot mode. The toy features several unobtrusive built-in gimmicks, including ''numerous'' opening panels on his jet mode surface (highlighting the attention this mode received), flip-up panels in his chest that reveal missile racks based on the weapons seen in the Generation 1 episode "Fire on the Mountain", and a rotating face that allows Starscream to switch his expression from stony-faced to sneering. Owners of the toy are given quite a few customization options, as Starscream comes with an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, and squadron numbers and markings, including one of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]!

:In addition to his built-in features, Starscream comes with several accessories. He is armed with both his traditional null-ray rifles, but his familiar cluster bombs are replaced with a rack of (slightly inaccurate) Sidewinder missiles. He also comes with a clip that mounts under his nosecone, allowing him to hold the Megatron pistol accessory that came with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime]] in emulation of the way the characters linked up in "S.O.S. Dinobots", and a small figurine of [[Doctor Arkeville]], his partner in crime from several first-season episodes of the Generation 1 cartoon, which can fit in his cockpit. Finally, he includes a two-piece, reconfigurable display base that allows the figure to be posed in mid-flight in either jet or robot mode, and can store Starscream's accessories while they are not in use. [[Control drawing|Control art]] for ''Masterpiece'' Starscream which showed the figure wearing his [[Transformer clothing|Crown of Leadership]] (as seen in the coronation scene of the original animated movie) and a pair of otherwise-pointless flip-out notches in the finished toy's shoulders indicated that Takara planned for a set of clip-on coronation gear. Ultimately, it would take ''six years'' before these accessories were finally released.

: ''Masterpiece'' Starscream's creation was overseen by famed Japanese mecha designer [[Shōji Kawamori]], who was particularly intent on hiding the robot-mode details on the underside of the fighter mode. The first prototype for the figure was essentially an upgraded, more complex version of the original toy, with much more accurate robot and jet modes, but Kawamori's desire to avoid simply making a new version of an old toy saw the figure go through a major redesign into its finished form. Perhaps the most notable change was the repositioning of Starscream's tail-fin structures from his legs to his hips, with the intent of creating the feel of a samurai wearing a pair of swords at his waist (presumably, if somewhat oddly, based on the then-recent ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' cartoons' portrayal of their [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] as a noble swordsman). Even so, Kawamori was still unhappy with the amount of robotic parts visible underneath the plane, but conceded that too many changes would essentially not make the toy look like Starscream in robot mode. In this pursuit of realism, the most visible concession to the design was the abandonment of his traditional color scheme, replaced with an all-over greenish-tinged grey. Given that this color is inaccurate to most real F-15 fighters (whose Gunship Gray coloration is ''much'' closer to Starscream's traditional shade), the question of why it was changed at all is not an unreasonable one. However, there are instances of [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VLv-xwhhag/TZ7hPg5UX-I/AAAAAAAAAXo/UW1469Fm19M/s1600/F-15_three_shipper.jpg F-15 Strike Eagles] that actually utilize this (seldom seen) color scheme.

:This mold was later retooled into the ''Masterpiece'' versions of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thundercracker]], and was recolored by Hasbro into a [[#MasterpieceUS|more cartoon-accurate Starscream color scheme]] released under their ''[[#Classics|Classics]]'' line as well as redecoed into Hasbro's version of Masterpiece [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Universe .282008.29|Skywarp]] under the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] line. It was also redecoed and retooled to create the eleventh ''Masterpiece'' figure, [[#MP11|Starscream]].

:Though not stated on the package, Starscream is in fact a 1/60 scale F-15. The same scale used by many popular Japanese mecha toys including Kawamori's own Macross Valkyries. Coincidence?

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Masterpiece ghost starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh sure. Make a Transformer from the line that has some of the most complex figures ever cast ENTIRELY out of translucent plastic. Great idea.]]
*'''Starscream Ghost Version''' (2010)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-3G'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, two-piece display stand

:Cast almost entirely in translucent plastic, this "Ghost Version" ''Masterpiece'' figure is yet another callback to Starscream's spectral tenure from the Generation 1 cartoon. When purchased from [[e-HOBBY]], buyers will receive an [[MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.|exclusive comic]] packaged with the figure.

:Like Gentei Ghost Starscream, Masterpiece Ghost Starscream is cast in light purple translucent plastic instead of just colorless clear plastic like the G1 Ghost Starscream figure.

:This figure was also released in [[Australia]], as an [[exclusive]] through [[Toys"R"Us]], in late [[2010]].

:Surprisingly Ghost Starscream comes with the same sticker sheet as the original MP-3 Starscream, only with the numbering designation changed.

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[[File:Masterpiecetoy coronation starscream.jpg|thumb|Unfortunately, he wouldn't crumble to dust.|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream'''/'''New Emperor of Destruction Starscream'''<ref>http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/toy/search/masterpiece/mp11/</ref> (2012)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Crown, pauldrons (left and right), cape, 2 null rays, hologram pilot figurine

:Following up on the original plan for the ''Masterpiece'' Starscream figure six years after the fact, MP-11 decks Screamer out in his coronation gear from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', including crown, twin shoulder pads, and a sculpted plastic cape (rather than a fabric one). In addition to his new accessories—which also include a new hologram pilot figure in place of Doctor Arkeville—Starscream features some extensive retooling to wind his ''Masterpiece'' design away from Kawamori's original, less Generation 1-accurate look, with most of the robot mode being newly tooled parts, including chunkier legs that now incorporate his tail-fins, [[retool]]ed shoulders and wingtips that no longer curve into one another, a new head (with collapsible head fins), new heel spurs that flip out for added support in robot mode, and re-engineered null rays attached to extending armatures that mean they no longer have to be [[Partformer|removed]] for transformation. Despite the similarity to the original MP-3 prototype, the retooled parts are in fact a whole new design heavily based on the original concept. This new version of the mold was redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and (without the coronation gear) into Hasbro's [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Transformers .282010.29|Thundercracker]] and [[Acid Storm]].

:2013 saw a China only re-release of MP-11 Starscream. While announced as the same as the original, it featured some changes. Chief among them are the head is no longer molded in light gray plastic painted over gloss black and dark metallic gray (for the face) but it's molded in a more cartoon accurate dark gray (for the helmet) and a lighter metallic gray for the face. This release also features the nosecone molded in light gray plastic rather than molded in blue and then painted over light gray. The black tabs on the top of the jet are now the same grey as the rest of the jet. It also included a collector's coin like the original Asian (excluding Japan) release.

:This version was released by Hasbro [[#Masterpiece 2|under ''Generations'' co-branding]].

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===Classics===
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[[File:ClassicsStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fear my extra-long null rays!!!]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles

: Like the other entries in the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' series, Starscream is a faithful "modernizing" of his original Generation 1 form, updating his original toy with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation (not dissimilar in principle from his ''[[#Robotmasters|Robotmasters]]'' incarnation, but with less of an adherence to his cartoon [[character model]]). Sharing many design elements with his ''[[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toy, Starscream still transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but has the nose of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]] fighter jet. His color scheme is, of course, based on the traditional Starscream palette, but seems to owe its new layout to [[wikipedia:File:F-15A first prototype 2.jpg|the original F-15 prototype]].

:As usual, Starscream is armed with his familiar null-rays, which can mount under his wings, on his shoulders, or in his fists, and fire spring-loaded projectiles. The large size of his null-rays (necessary [[for safety reasons]]) restrict his arm movement somewhat in robot mode, as they bump into his wings. Like all ''Classics'' figures, he has a heat-activated rubsign on his left wing. Certain parts of Starscream, like his back panel and tailfin assemblies, are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking, and should be handled with care.

: [[Variant#Running changes|Later versions]] of Starscream saw a [[retool]] in the jet intake area, which involved the slope of his shoulders being decreased, and a fifth small rectangle being added to the vertical area. This version of Starscream is the harder to find of the two, but was used as the basis for all subsequent redecos and retools.
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::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Classics Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, you say the ''Hasbro'' version is the slavishly 'toon-accurate one? Your credibility is on shaky ground, Wiki.]]
*'''Masterpiece Starscream''' (2007, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, Doctor Arkeville pilot figurine, gun clip, display stand

: A [[Walmart]] exclusive, Hasbro's Masterpiece Starscream is an ''extensive'' redeco of the previous year's ''Masterpiece'' figure from Takara, recolored to resemble the character's animation model, down to the orange canopy and the silver nosecone, although the cartoon-accurate silver paint on the nosecone actually covers ''toy''-accurate blue plastic.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/206593-clean-mp-ss-cleanscream-blue-nosecone.html Clean MP SS - Cleanscream(blue nosecone) - tfw2005.com]</ref> In an effort to bring out detail in the sculpt, he has also been given an extensive paint wash to bring out his panel lines. His colors were not the only thing changed, however; the tips of his vertical stabilizers were shortened and rounded, and the plastics used overall have greater resilience to impact and damage than the fragile Japanese release.

:Starscream includes the same accessories as the Takara version of the toy, including a two-piece display stand, null rays, sidewinder missiles, a small figurine of Doctor Arkeville (which now has the correct skin color), and a clip to hold 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime's Megatron gun while in jet mode. Starscream was finally given the correct tech spec stats he was originally supposed to have back in 1984 for this release, which had been mistakenly given to Skywarp instead.

:Takara got in on the act the following year when they released Hasbro's version of Masterpiece Starscream as a "[[USA Edition]]", adding a Japanese sticker to the Hasbro ''Classics'' packaging. This version of the toy was not without a few changes: the original mold for the tail fins was used, an extra Decepticon symbol was added to Starscream's nosecone (which was present on his original toy, but not his animation model), and his black "scorch mark" [[paint operation]]s were dialed back, and those that remained were switched to a lighter gray.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/MPStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Classics'' Masterpiece Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Titanium Series===

[[File:TitaniumHeroesWWStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"How ''dare'' you make ''me'' a redeco! Do you know who I am?!"]]
*'''Starscream''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

:Perversely enough, ''Titanium'' Starscream is actually a redeco of ''Titanium'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]], instead of the other way around. Based on the Seekers' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] forms as seen in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic series ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', this version of Starscream transforms into Cybertronian "tetra-jet", as designed by [[Don Figueroa]]. As a ''Titanium'' figure, Starscream is made in large part from die-cast metal, and comes with the generic display stand shared by all of the 6" "Cybertron Heroes", with a unique removable nameplate.

: This mold was redecoed into ''Titanium'' versions of [[Sunstorm (G1)#Titanium Series|Sunstorm]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Skywarp]], and [[Thrust (G1)#Titanium Series|Thrust]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/TitStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Titanium Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Sports Label===
[[File:Sports label starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sportscream? Shoescream? So many possible nicknames...]]

*'''Starscream featuring Nike Free 7.0''' (unreleased)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

:This red and black redeco of the ''[[Transformers Sports Label|Sports Label]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Megatron]] figure (itself a retool of the ''Sports Label'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Sports Label|Optimus Prime]]) appeared on eBay in mid-2007, identified by the auctioneer as Starscream. More pictures followed from a different source a month later, but after that, this strange little redeco quietly vanished, never released, and never even officially ''acknowledged'' by [[TakaraTomy]]. Was it a [[knockoff|knock-off]], or an abandoned official product? We may never know.

:As a redeco of the one communal mold used for all the ''Sports Label'' toys, Starscream, if that's who he really was, would have transformed into an undersized Nike sneaker with real fabric shoelaces, and would have been armed with a modular two-piece gun that split and stored inside each half of the large sneaker "shell" that made up a big chunk of his alternate mode.

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===Encore===
[[File:Encore starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Meet the new box, same as the old box.]]
*'''Starscream''' (2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''04'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right fists, 2 missile launchers, 2 null-rays, 2 cluster bombs, left & right wings, left & right tail fins, left & right tail wings, landing gear

:A new series of reissues means a new release of the original Generation 1 Starscream figure, and Takara's ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' series proved no different. This edition of the figure featured no extra accessories, with its only notable change from past versions being a pale yellow window instead of dark gray, and the inclusion of [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon insignias on its wings and nosecone, rather than stickers (similar to the ''[[#Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' reissue before it but not flipped like the animation and metallic purple and silver instead of glossy purple and white).
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei Starscream toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He feels much better in the boring ol' stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Starscream is a redeco of ''[[#Classics|Classics]]'' Starscream, decorated in entirely different colored paint applications to more closely mimic a more detailed version of the original Generation 1 cartoon model. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign that the ''Classics'' counterpart featured, but has two [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] barrels on his missile launchers.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Henkei Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Henkei ghost starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Starscream's transparency; sometimes it isn't just figurative.]]
*'''Starscream Ghost Version''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers (left and right), 2 missiles
: Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through ''[[Transformers Generations 2009]]'' Vol 2 that was released in November 2009, this redeco of Starscream is the second in the character's history to pay homage to his time as a ghost in the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon by casting him almost entirely in traslucent colored plastic. Parts of the figure made in softer plastic, like his thighs, remain opaque.

: Starscream Ghost Version uses the altered version of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold that originated with Classics [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] and was last seen with [[Acid Storm]] (down to the 2006 copyright date stamped on it), rather than the modified version first used on ''Universe'' Starscream and the iterations that followed ([[#Universe (2008)|see below]]). He has the date K0409 (11/04/2009) etched into the inside of his leg.

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===Universe (2008)===
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[[File:Universe2008-toy LegendsG1Starscream.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|On casual Fridays, Starscream prefers to wear his wings down.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2008)
**''Series'': Classic Series

: The first ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' toy of Starscream is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]] [[Thundercracker (Armada)#LoC|Thundercracker]], transforming into an SU-37 fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Classics'' Legends-class [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Universe'' [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsUniStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Classics Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TFU08-toy StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yep, he's still feelin' good in the stripes.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Series'': Generation 1 Series
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles

:The second ''Universe'' Starscream toy is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|''Classics'' Starscream]], with a considerably lighter gray base color, more vibrant red paint, his face painted in dark gray compared to ''Classics'' Starscream's flat gray plastic color for the face and a deco more faithful to Starscream's original Generation 1 toy, very similar to the ''Henkei! Henkei!'' release.

:Several minor changes were made to the sculpt for this release: his launcher pegs were widened, and the peg-holes for them on his shoulders and wings were modified in order to accommodate them. His air intakes were further modified (on top of the changes made to the mold for [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|''Classics'' Skywarp]]) so that the bottom-most rectangle goes completely across the air intake's surface rather than just the center.

:This modified version of the mold was used for ''Henkei! Henkei!'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Universe Generation 1 Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Alternity===
[[File:Alternity starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom shall dub thee "Carscream", and complain (and rejoice).]]

*'''Starscream White Pearl''' ([[2010]]-[[May 29|05-29]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-04'''

:The <s>first</s> [[Action Master|second]] Starscream toy not to turn into a jet, ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' Starscream transforms into a licensed 1:32 scale [[wikipedia:Mitsuoka Orochi|Mitsuoka Orochi]]. Like the other toys in the line, he features [[die-cast]] metal parts and rubber tires, as well as an opening hood, trunk and doors. This is also currently the only ''Alternity'' mold to feature [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|a fake kibble chest]].

:In car mode, small wings are ''supposed to'' be able to flip out from under Starscream's rear wheels, giving him the appearance of a flying car. Unfortunately, this [[gimmick]] suffers from a rather nasty [[design flaw]]: there is simply not enough clearance under the car for the wheels to be able to pass and hinge through, and attempting to do so will result in the plastic reinforcement struts underneath ''deforming the rims and chipping the tires''. His door panels also tend to detach from their [[ball joint]]s ''very easily''.

:This mold, with a different head sculpt, was also used to make the simultaneously released ''Alternity'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alternity|Skywarp]], and later [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alternity|Thundercracker]] and [[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Alternity|Banzai-Tron]] as well.
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===Transformers (2010)===
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[[File:TF2010-toy StarscreamLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Pocket Screamer, now in original and limited edition grey helmet flavors.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2011)

:[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Starscream is a new sculpt based on his Generation 1 jet appearance with many fuselage details borrowed from the [[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece version]]. This is the first Starscream in many years to attempt an entirely new transformation for him, with the arms now forming the rear of the jet and the legs folding under the wings. Amusingly, he has ''two'' cockpits, with the one that is actually part of his jet mode folding ''right behind'' the [[kibble#faux-parts|fake]] one on his chest in robot mode. As part of the "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[subline imprint]], Starscream sports a [[rubsign]].

: Early specimens of the toy released in Asia and at United States retail feature an unpainted gray-plastic helmet, a comparatively rare [[variant]]. This variant is the one featured in the Hasbro [[stock photography]], although the stock photo depicting the figure in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] has the more common black helmet, as this was the only version ever available at European retail.

: The "Reveal the Shield" Legends figures saw exceedingly limited release at large-scale retail chains in the US. Throughout 2011, they eventually started appearing in discount stores like Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Tuesday Morning, with perhaps the largest and most consistent outlet being Five Below stores.

:This sculpt was also redecoed and retooled to make ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Skywarp]], as well as ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generations|Thundercracker]] and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2014)]] [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/RTSLegStarscream/starscream.htm More information on 2010 Starscream at TFU.info]''
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*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2012)
:*''Accessories:'' Two guns (running change variant only)
:The "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Starscream sculpt in the deco from the first ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' EZ Collection wave (see below) was released as a "Dollar Store" exclusive (available at stores such as Dollar General and Big Lots) in generic 2010 ''Transformers'' packaging alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Bumblebee]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Megatron]]. A later [[variant#running changes|running change variant]] featured the new tooling originally used for ''Generations'' Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Legends|Thundercracker]], with not only the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[C joint|3mm posts]], but also Thundercracker's gun accessories.
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===Chronicle===
[[File:EZCollectionStarscreamToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Starscream''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' Starscream is a redeco of the Legends Class Starscream toy. This version of the figure is nearly identical to the painted helmet variant of the Hasbro release, except ''the entirety'' of his head is painted black (making it look strange in F-15 mode) and his heat sensitive symbol is replaced with a [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon symbol on each wing. Like many Japanese "EZ Collection" toys, Starscream was [[blindpacking|blindpacked]].
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Go Team Venture!]]
*'''Starscream''' w/Starscream and Pilot Kreon (2011)
**''Set number'': '''30667'''
**''Pieces'': '''316'''
**''Kreons'': Starscream, Pilot
**''Accessories'': Seeker arm rifle x2

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' sets, Starscream can be built in either robot or red, white, and blue G1-inspired fighter jet. Although the head is based on G1 Starscream, the body's design, especially the broad body, is similar to [[Starscream (Movie)|movie Starscream]]. The set comes with a ''very'' Generation-1-inspired Starscream [[Kreon]], as well as a [[human]] [[Pilot (Kre-O)|Pilot]].

:The Starscream Kreon's helmet has been reused by a metric buttload of other Kreons.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Kre-OStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy StarscreamCustomKreon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Custom Kreon, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A6089'''
**''Pieces'': '''36'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, large gun, Seeker arm rifle x2, "Megatron" pistol, large wing pack, curved blade

: Part of the first assortment of "Custom Kreons", this version of Starscream comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His [[tampograph]]s are much more heavily-detailed than the original Kreon, based on the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Starscream toy]]. His "normal" helmet and arm-rifles are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), plus a buildable hand-cannon, a "Megatron" pistol, a buildable wing-pack, an a curved energon blade.

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*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)

: This version of Starscream, voted "Best Frenemies (with Megatron)" by the [[Kreon Class of 1984]], has much more toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior version. He uses the Seeker-style helmet.

:He was only available in a pack of 30 Kreons dubbed "Class of 1984". This set was made for sale at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014. Remaining stock was sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/SDCCKre-OStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Class of 1984 Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Kre-O-Battle-Changer-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voted "Most likely not to be redecoed/retooled [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Kre-O|into]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Kre-O|the]] [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Kre-O|rest]] [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Kre-O|of]] [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|the]] [[Slipstream (Animated)#Kre-O|additional]] [[Sunstorm (G1)#Kre-O|seekers]]".]]
* '''Starscream''' (Battle Changers, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0717'''
**''Pieces'': '''75'''
:Part of the new Battle Changers series, Battle Changers Starscream transforms from a fighter jet into a robot and back without removing any parts! Like all of the Battle Changers, Starscream uses the new hip piece using larger balljoints, as previously used by the Galvatron Kreon from the Galvatron Factory Battle set.

:Like his wavemates, he is available in selected Asian countries since December 2014.

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*'''Kreon Warriors''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
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===EZ Collection Gum===
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[[File:Ez-collection-gum-starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (EZ Collection Gum, 2012)
**''Release Date: 2012-[[July 30|07-30]]
**''ID Number'': '''5'''

:Part of the new EZ Collection Gum made by TakaraTomy A.R.T.S., This Starscream is a metallic redeco of the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers .282010.29|Transformers (2010) Legends Class]] toy. While his entire plastic is painted with metallic colors, the paint applications are identical to the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Chronicle toy]]. As per the toyline's name, he comes with a yellow candy-shelled piece of lemony-flavored gum.

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===Generations===
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[[File:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / #010'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''TG09'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 assault cannons
{{note|This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Starscream in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.}}

: Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Starscream]] transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled "assault cannons" which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from ''Fall of Cybertron''. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.

: In an undocumented feature, Starscream's tail-fin is attached via a 5mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the two pegs found on the underside of the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle's top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the vehicle mode, and store on his back in robot mode.

: He was later redecoed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and ''Thrilling 30'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling30|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generations|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Starscream at TFU.info]''

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====Thrilling 30====
[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsStarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Doctor Arkeville was traded for someone more used to abuse.]]
*'''Starscream & Waspinator''' (Legends Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null ray cannons

:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Starscream is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. Based on a [[Guido Guidi]] [[Seeker (body-type)|seeker]] concept for the [[The Transformers (IDW)|first IDW ongoing series]], Starscream transforms from a hybrid F-15/F-22 style jet. He features a fold out front landing gear, [[5mm post|5mm-compatible]] hands, and back/roof, and has [[C joint|3mm-compatible]] upper arm ports. He comes with two removable null rays that have both 5mm and 3mm pegs.

: Alluding to the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Possession]]", Starscream is partnered with [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|Waspinator]], who can transform into a wasp, a robot with 3mm-compatible hands, and a gun with 5mm handle. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.

: This figure was redecoed into ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' [[Acid Storm#Generations|Acid Storm]], ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends-class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generations|Thundercracker]], and ''Combiner Wars'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generations|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenLegStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Legends Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG28StarscreamWaspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron & Starscream''' (Multi-pack, 2013-[[December 28|12-28]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG28'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null ray cannons

:Part of the twelfth wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, the [[TakaraTomy]] release of Legends Class Starscream is a [[redeco]] with a number of minor differences in color, most notably a gray nosecone, null ray cannons and tailfins. He also features different wing stripes and his torso is coated in metallic red and silver paint. Starscream and Waspinator were only available in a two-pack with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#MegatronStarscream2pack|Megatron]] and [[Chop Shop (G1)#MegatronStarscream2pack|Chop Shop]].

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*'''Armada Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #011'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Energon Swords, 2 missiles
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:Part of the eighth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' "[[Starscream (Armada)#Generations|Armada Starscream]]" is a modern update of the original ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Starscream (Armada)#Armada|Starscream]] figure. He comes with two "Energon Swords" which he holds via 5mm post, and can fold up and store on his wings. He has numerous [[Powerlinx]] plugs on his forearms and turbines. Additionally, his turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back.

:While his [[bio]] paints this toy as ''Armada'' Starscream, the included comic by [[IDW Publishing]] repurposes this toy as a new body for Generation 1 Starscream in their ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic book series, debuting it in the [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|issue]] the figure comes packaged with.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenArmadaStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Armada Starscream at TFU.info]''
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====Platinum Edition====
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-Supreme-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Supreme Starscream''' (2014)
**''Accessories'': Missile, "Crown of Leadership", Decepticon Cybertron Cyber Key, Gold Earth Cyber Planet Key

:''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Supreme Starscream is a redeco of [[Starscream_(Armada)/toys#Supreme|''Cybertron'' Supreme Class Starscream]] in ''Generation 1''-inspired colors. He retains all the gimmicks from the previous toy. Batteries for activating the gimmick are not included.

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====Combiner Wars====
[[File:CWLeaderStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.2|I'll come help you, so long as you don't steal my crown.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Leader, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, 2 arm cannons, 2 leg cannons, 2 "Seeker guns", crown

:Starscream is a redeco of ''Generations [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Leader [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Thundercracker]], itself a retool of ''Generations Thrilling 30'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generations|Jetfire]]. He transforms from a robot into a jet fighter, and includes a missile launcher and four limb-mounted weapons, two guns based on the traditional Seeker arm rifles, and the infamous crown based on the equally infamous coronation scene from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which fits around his head. He also features a faux cockpit.

:Starscream does not include the original Jetfire mold's "Turbo Thruster" booster pack accessory, but is still compatible with it.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#CWLeader|Skywarp]].

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====Cyber Series====
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Was late to work and grabbed Skywarp's pants by mistake.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)
**''Accessories'': 2 null-ray rifles
:As one of seven toys in the Cyber Battalion series, Cyber Series Starscream was a Voyager-sized figure intended to be sold at a cheaper price point. Starscream features a transformation similar to his ''Generations'' Legends Class counterpart. Undocumented in the instructions and as shown in the packaging art, Starscream's rifles can be attached underneath his wings and his robot mode arms.

:Unfortunately, the figure did not get distribution in the United States, but has been reported showing up in Asian markets and was also solicited to South America. Toy importers did stock this series in a limited capacity and they sold out quickly in 2015 and effectively disappeared at that time. In 2016, the Cyber Battalion Starscream figure (along with ''Cyber Battalion'' Optimus Prime and Bumblebee) saw release as a Universal Studios Theme Park exclusive.

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====Masterpiece====
:''See also:'' [[#Masterpiece]]
[[File:Hasbro_MP_Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|And the award for the worst posed and badly transformed Masterpiece photo goes to...]]
*'''Starscream''' (2015)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-07'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 null rays, 2 missile racks, hologram pilot figurine, two-piece display stand, gun clip

:The Hasbro version of [[#MP11|MP-11]] differs from the Takara release in a toy-accurate blue nose cone, borders around the Decepticon logo, a slightly different grey plastic, the tabs of the top of the jet are in grey (like the second release of MP-11) and is missing the coronation gear. However he does come with the stand from previous Masterpiece Seekers and two racks of missiles that can peg onto the bottom of his wings in place of the null rays. Neither the box nor the instructions mention this, but he comes with the gray clip that can hold the Megatron gun that came with other Masterpiece figures, such as MP-1 Optimus Prime or MP-13 Soundwave. Official images, including the box art, shows the top of the wings mis-transformed in robot mode.

:Despite still using the numbering system of Hasbro's ''Masterpiece'' line begun in 2013, Starscream was [[co-branding|co-branded]] as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' line. He was available exclusively at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US, Australia, and Canada.
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====Alt-Modes====
[[File:Alt-Modes Starscream.jpg|That’s the face of a bot that regrets everything.|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Starscream''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)

:''[[Alt-Modes]]'' Starscream is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a jet when the Decepticon faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in all four cases of the toyline.

:This mold was redecoed into ''Alt-Modes'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Thundercracker]] and [[Acid Storm#Alt-Modes|Acid Storm]].

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====Power of the Primes====
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Arise, THICC-SCREAM.]]
[[File:TF-POTP-Starscream-Combiner.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|"[[Jazz_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|Who]] [[Slag_(G1)#Power_of_the_Primes|dis]][[Swoop_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|rupts]] my combination!?"]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, 2017)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''PP-19'''
**''Accessories:'' Two null-rays, Prime Armor/combiner feet, Seeker Enigma
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Starscream is an all new mold that transforms from robot that utilizes the [[Evergreen]]-styled design into a fighter jet. He also features some markings on his jet mode: an Autobot kill count on the right side of the cockpit, and a Decepticon symbol with the number "D-22" (a reference to Starscream's Japanese ID number). Starscream can also form the torso of an unnamed combiner using any selection of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' or ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Deluxe Class figures as limbs. He also includes Prime Armor that can hold a [[Prime Master]] and can turn into feet for said unnamed combiner. Like all the other Voyager Class figures, Starscream includes an [[Enigma of Combination]] (dubbed the ''Seeker Enigma''), based on a Prime Master, which can attach to Starscream via the previously mentioned Prime Armor or the combined mode chest.

:There are several reports of the peg that connects the wings often refusing to connect well. In 2018, a running change was made in the re-release of the toy: the peg that connects between the wings and the robot back has been retooled to connect firmly. The only way to identify this running change is the code "73101" stamped onto the box.

:Starscream was later retooled into [[Elita One (G1)#Generations|Elita-1]].
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===Bot Shots===
[[Image:Bot Shots S1 B002 Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Transform and <s>Rise Up</s> Roll Out]]
*'''Starscream''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''640'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''710'''
***''Sword strength'': '''240'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'', Starscream is a teeny little fighter jet very very vaguely like an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his nosecone is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His head is very much like his classic Generation 1 design.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Thundercracker (G1)#Bot Shots|Thundercracker]], [[Acid Storm#Bot Shots|Acid Storm]], [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]], and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

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[[Image:Bot Shots Launcher Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Starscream Launcher''' (Launcher, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BL004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''230'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''590'''
***''Sword strength'': '''800'''

:Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' launchers, Starscream is redecoed in grey. He comes with a launcher modeled after a jet, which is named the ''Harbinger'' in his online bio. The launcher can attach to him like a trailer, or open up into a base mode. Like all the Base-launchers, the weapon on top of it is an homage to a different version of the character it came with. In Starscream's case, it has a gun resembling G1 Starscream's Null-Ray laser gun.

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[[File:BotShots FireAssault Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|You've denied us [[Red Wing]] yet again, Hasbro!]]
*'''Decepticon Fire Assault Team''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T018'''
***''Fist strength'': '''454'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''386'''
***''Sword strength'': '''779'''
:A redeco of the original Starscream mold in red and black, this version of Starscream was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys|Barricade]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]].

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*'''Starscream Launcher''' (Launcher, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BL005'''
***''Fist strength'': ??
***''Blaster strength'': ??
***''Sword strength'': ??
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===United===
[[File:United Starscream toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fifth time is the charm.]]
*'''Seekers: Aces''' (2012-[[December 21|12-21]])
**''Accessories:'' Left & right launchers, 2 missiles
:''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Starscream is a fifth redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, and the first time he is offered with both of his wing mates [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]].
: This version of Starscream is heavily based on his cartoon appearance. He features a light gray (lighter than the Henkei! Henkei! figure), shiny metallic blue paint on most of his blue plastic, an amber cockpit, and shiny metallic red paint on his torso. The [[paint operation]]s found on the Henkei! Henkei! release were shuffled around for the sake of cartoon accuracy.
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:Construct-Bots_Starscream_Stock.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One of the few Starscreams you'll partly feel sorry for.]]

*'''Starscream''' (Scout, 2013)
**''Pieces: '''40'''
: Part of Wave 1 of Construct-Bots Scouts, Starscream can transform into a jet. He has a paint error on his head, with his eyes colored blue instead of red. Also, only the left 1/3 of his helmet painted its proper black, with the rest being left in unpainted gray. Rarely 2/3 of it is black, and if you're lucky, the whole head might be black! Hallelujah!

:The box depicts him with Thundercracker's head, for some odd reason.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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[[File:ConstructBots_ArsenalPackStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|They painted my helmet right, but what about my eyes? (''Arsenal Pack'' version pictured'')]]
*'''Arsenal Pack Starscream''' (Scout, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''47'''
: Part of the first wave of Construct-Bots Arsenal Pack Scouts, this toy is an update to the original Construct-Bot Starscream that includes 7 new pieces that can be used as weapons.
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===Hero Mashers===
[[File:HeroMashers_Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

*'''Starscream''' (Basic, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''9'''
: Part of the first wave of basic ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' toys, Starscream is a non-transforming action figure. His body parts can be removed and swapped with any other ''Hero Mashers'' figure to create zanier and wackier combinations.

:Starscream's torso sculpt is noticeably similar to that of the [[Titan Heroes|Titan Guardian]] Starscream released at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in [[2013]].
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===EZ Collection===
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*'''Starscream''' (EZ Collection, 2013)
**''Release Date: 2013-[[April 27|04-27]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''EG07'''

:This individual release of the EZ Collection Starscream is a redeco of the [[#Transformers .282010.29|2010 ''Transformers'' Legends Class Starscream]] toy, and it features metallic blue paint applications. However, unlike the ''Chronicle'' toy, his head is ''not'' entirely painted.

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===Transformers (2014)===
[[File:TF-2014-Legion-Class-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legion Class, 2014/2015/2017)
:Another release of the ''Reveal the Shield'' Legends Class sculpt. The deco for its initial release is unchanged from the ''Transformers'' release from 2012, whereas the tooling is identical to the 2012 release's running change variant, with the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with [[Cyberverse]] [[C joint|3mm]] pegs. Bizarrely, the [[package art]] is lifted directly from the ''Generations'' Legends Class Starscream/Waspinator two-pack's packaging, whereas the [[stock photography|stock photos]] depicted on the back of the packaging are taken from ''Reveal the Shield'' Starscream's packaging and only slightly altered, advertising a "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[rubsign]] [[gimmick]] the toy doesn't actually have. Meanwhile, Hasbro's official stock photos provided to online retailers (including an in-packaging photo) depict the toy with the Null Rays that came with the running change variant of the sculpt's 2012 release, even though the actual toy doesn't include the weapons.

:Legion Class Starscream has been found at Family Dollar and Dollar General stores in the United States. A later [[variant]] replaced the purple Decepticon insignia with black versions. This later version was also released at general retail in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

:This figure was made available again, without any changes, in 2015, this time in new packaging resembling the then-concurrent packaging design for the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' line, but replacing the name "Generations" with "Authentic Transformers". It was also given a new Hasbro product code number and UPC barcode, thereby technically making it a separate product. In 2017, it was re-released ''again'', this time in a minor variant of the 2014 version's packaging (including the original product code number and barcode) that now lacked the reference to the non-existing "Reveal the Shield" gimmick.

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===Cloud===
[[File:Takaratomy-cloud-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transforms from robot, to Arwing, to Landmaster and back! (Acid trip background not included).]]
*'''Starscream''' (2014-[[August 28|08-28]])
**''ID number:'' '''TFC-D02'''
**''Accessories:'' Two "Null-Beam Cannons", missile

: Starscream is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Doubledealer#Generations|Doubledealer]], itself a redeco/[[retool]] of [[Blitzwing (G1)#Generations|Blitzwing]] from the same line. Starscream transforms into two vaguely futuristic vehicles: a jet with an opening cockpit and back-mounted rocket boosters, as well as a tank with a rotating turret and a spring-loaded "Vertex Cannon" that launches its missile when the barrel is compressed. The cannon can also be swung out and deployed for use in jet mode. He lacks Doubledealer's blaster and sword accessories, but instead comes with two of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Starscream]]'s [[null-ray]] cannons that can plug into the [[5mm post]]s on his shoulders/vehicle sides, cannon base, and wings. Unfortunately, his shoulders suffer from the same [[design flaw]] Blitzwing and Doubledealer suffered from. Starscream was sold exclusively through [[e-HOBBY]].
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===Bearbrick===
[[File:Bearbrick Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Starscream''' (2014)

: A special edition [[Bearbrick]] released in celebration of the ''Transformers'' 30th anniversary, Starscream is a [[retool]] of the Bearbrick [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Optimus Prime]]/[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Megatron]] mold with a new chest and head, transforming from a Bearbrick painted up like himself to a bear-eared robot. He has no accessories, but holes in his robot mode hands can accommodate other toys' weapons.

: The chest used for this mold was also used to make the simultaneously released Bearbrick [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Bumblebee]].

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===Q-Transformers===
[[File:QTransformers Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' ([[2015]]-[[September 19|09-19]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-29'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Starscream transforms from a [[super deformed]] F-15 to a cute chubby little robot.

:This mold was also used, with slightly retooled facial expressions, for ''Q-Transformers'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Skywarp]], and given a whole new head for [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Jetfire]].
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[[File:QTransformers ClearStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Clear Starscream''' ([[2016]]-[[January 30|01-30]])

:Clear Starscream is a clear plastic redeco of the original ''Q-Transformers'' mold given away at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores with purchases of 5 or more ''Q-Transformers'' toys, and was limited to 3000 pieces. In the announcement for the toy, Starscream himself points out its resemblance to the "ghost mode" he's always getting toys of.

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===Timelines===
[[File:TFCC-G2-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Light and Sound Power Pack not included.]]
*'''G2 Starscream''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null-ray cannons (left and right), 2 missiles
:This Starscream toy is a redeco of Classics Starscream in his Generation 2 counterpart colors. It is part of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] Subscription Service 3.0.

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===Unite Warriors===
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[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW06-Ghost-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#GhostStarscream|Really?]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP3G|This]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#HenkeiGhost|again,]] [[TakaraTomy]]?]]
*'''Grand Galvatron''' ([[2016]]-[[April 30|04-30]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-06'''

:"Ghost Starscream" is a [[retool]] of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]] with a new head, cast almost completely in translucent plastic, presumably as a [[homage]] to either his ghost appearance in the third season of the cartoon, or the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive that was also based on the former. As a deluxe class ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' figure, he can combine to form the leg or arm of any combiner from Hasbro's ''Combiner Wars'' subline or any ''Unite Warriors'' figure or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, but would usually be associated with [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors 2|Grand Galvatron]].

:He was sold in an [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive giftset of Grand Galvatron along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Tactician Cyclonus]], [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#Unite Warriors 2|Zombie War Breakdown]], and [[Roller (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Wandering Roller]].

:This tooling of the mold was also used to make ''Combiner Wars'' [[Starscream (SG)#Generations|Shattered Glass Starscream]] and served as the model for ''Shattered Glass'' [[Thundercracker (SG)#Timelines|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (SG)#Timelines|Skywarp]] in "[[Epilogue Two]]".
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===Legends===
[[File:LG57-GhostStarscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm still '''[[Starscream (Animated)|ahead]]''' of the game Megatron!]]
*'''Octone''' ([[2017]]-[[December 30|12-30]])
**''ID number'': '''LG57'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Ghost Starscream is a semi transparent redeco/retool of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Nightbeat (G1)#Titans Return|Nightbeat]], featuring a new faceplate. His Headmaster form is designed to invoke the look of his ghost form. He comes as an accessory with Octone, homaging "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" with the aforementioned transparency. The stock photography shows that, in order to differentiate him in control of the body from Octone, the shoulder and head pylons should both be moved up instead of leaving them down. This might be an attempt to replicate Starscream's iconic shoulder pylons and head embellishments.
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===Authentics===
[[File:TF-Authentics-Starscream.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
*'''Decepticon Starscream''' (2017)
:*''Accessories:'' Two null-rays
:Released in the first wave of the [[Transformers Authentics|''Authentics'']] toyline, "Decepticon Starscream" is a new mold the size of a 2015 [[Transformers:_Robots_in_Disguise_(2015_toyline)#Mini-Con_Battle_Packs|''Robots in Disguise'' Battle Pack]] toy. He changes from an [[evergreen]]-inspired robot into a more G1-based Jet in just six steps.

:It should be noted that the Starscream's alternate mode is different from the PVC figurine included in the [[Starscream_(G1)/merchandise#My_Busy_Books|Transformers: My Busy Book]].

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==Notes==
[[File:G2BlackDeathStarscreamMockup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:G2BlackDeathStarscreamProductionColor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:G2SSJungleprotojet.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*A hand-painted mock-up and accompanying artwork for what seems to have been a proposed ''Generation 2''-era redeco of Starscream appeared in auctions on [[eBay]], amongst similar items put up for sale from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee. The mock-up features the words "Black Death" on its nosecone, which would probably lead fans to refer to the figure as "Black Death Starscream" if anyone were aware of it existing.
**Somewhat confusingly, there appear to be two different pieces of artwork related to this redeco concept: one is simply a palette-swapped version of Starscream's [[:File:G2StarscreamPackageArt.jpg|''Generation 2'' artwork]] (down to having exactly the same color stickers), while the other features numerous alterations, among them new foot, knee, and shoulder intake detailing, differently positioned wings, and the missile launchers included with the ''Generation 2'' releases of Starscream and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. Though unconfirmed, it is thought that the second piece of artwork was meant to go with the final release.
**Speaking of the final release: in 2012, it was revealed that "Black Death Starscream" was ''much'' further along in production than the fandom had previously suspected when a sticker-less test shot was discovered on the Chinese auction site TaoBao (from a seller also possessing loose ''Generation 2'' [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and a production-colors [[Sandstorm (G2)|Sandstorm]]). The test-shot differs from the package art and mock-up by possessing black missiles instead of blue ones and having no Decepticon symbols on the rear stabilizers (although it's possible those were meant to be stickers).
**The actuality of the figure being intended as Starscream is uncertain. In fact, the "desert" redeco of Ramjet discovered at the same time has been revealed as having been intended as [[Sandstorm (G2)|a separate new character]] and not an alternate version of Ramjet as had been assumed. It very well may be that this toy was likewise intended as a new character with the working name "Black Death," and not Starscream at all, but without confirmation of this it may as well remain listed here.
*A second unproduced redeco of Starscream for the ''Generation 2'' line was found in 2007, also in an auction on eBay. It is known to the fandom as "Jungle Attack Starscream", although just as with "Black Death Starscream", it is unclear if it was intended to actually be another Starscream toy.
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:''Ramhorn is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Ramhorn g1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Slaggit, Blaster, lemme out or I'll SMASH my way out!"]]
'''Ramhorn''' is one bad-tempered tape. In [[beast mode]], he's very aggressive and easily provoked. If somebody messes with his stuff, he'll most likely smash the offender, then smash the tampered-with belongings, then smash everything nearby for good measure. He's very strong, too, able to upend Barry Manilow's tour bus with a single blow if he wants to. Even in cassette mode, he can give off damaging vibrations. While these aren't going to derail any trains anytime soon, they're absolutely murderous to portable stereos.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Hostetter]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Imo Heite]] (German, ''Forever is a Long Time Coming''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Nightmare Planet''), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German, ''The Quintesson Journal''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Call of the Primitives'')}}

[[File:TFTM-Ramhorn.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Y'know, maybe if ''real'' rhinos had those hip-mounted weapons, they wouldn't be going extinct.]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Ramhorn and his fellow cassettes [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] fought their Decepticon counterparts, saving [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Ramhorn tackled Ratbat right out of the air in the battle. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ramhorn’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}

[[File:ForeverLongTime Ramhorn guardian.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ramhorn fights the [[scale|tiiiiniest]] Dark Guardian!]]
Ramhorn was one of the Autobots who were accidentally sent 11 million years back in time via the [[Quintesson]] time window, along with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], and the other Autobot cassettes. Ramhorn demonstrated his ability to speak, something which most Decepticon cassette beasts did not seem to possess (although he did have a weird stutter). He and the other temporally displaced Autobots agreed to help [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] and her ancient Autobot rebels launch an attack on the Quintesson capital of [[Hive City]], in a last-ditch effort to drive the five-faced oppressors from their planet. As the other future Autobots debated the best way to draw off the [[Dark Guardian]]s, Ramhorn did what he does best: violently charge the enemy head first. Unfortunately, the attack was nearly thwarted when the Autobots were overwhelmed by a reserve force of Dark Guardians. Luckily, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]], who had been stranded in the future via the time window, returned to the past at the last minute, disabling the Dark Guardians with his [[Coder Remote]] device, allowing Ramhorn and the others to return to the year 2006. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

Later, after [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] were accidentally sent to [[Menonia]], Ramhorn helped track them down. After briefly destroying a battering ram, Steeljaw sniffed out Daniel, who was trying to free the [[Golden One]] from his prison in a cave and stop [[Mara-Al-Utha]]. Steeljaw must be a pretty darn good friend of Ramhorn's, because the robo-rhino actually turned and left a battle in progress to join him in locating Daniel. None of the humans had the strength to move the rock entombing the Golden One. As he and Steeljaw didn't have opposable thumbs, Ramhorn did the next best thing: charge the rock blocking the cave at full speed. It shattered, with debris nearly hitting the fleshies. He still needs to work on that whole "protecting people" thing. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:Quintesson Journal Autobots journal.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Or maybe he's just a ''big frickin' rhino.'']]
Out in space once with Blaster and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], Ramhorn was riding inside [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in cassette mode when Perceptor sent them on a mission to identify a Quintesson locator beacon. Sky Lynx had trouble landing on the planet in question, so Ramhorn, Steeljaw and Blaster waddled out the airlock while still in their massively oversized cassette and player modes. It was hilarious. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

Ramhorn was briefly seen fighting the Decepticons in [[Europe]], alongside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. He and Steeljaw tackled [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in his cannon mode. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Ramhorn was among the so-called "primitives" summoned by a mysterious entity known only as [[Oracle (G1)|"The Primacron's Assistant"]] to combat [[Primacron]] and his latest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] brawled inside [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Ramhorn strangely did not participate in the battle, but tried to avoid it. Ramhorn didn't fare any better than the other primitives in battle with Tornedron and had his energy drained by the bizarre creature, only to be restored to life when Grimlock activated the reverse switch, dissipating the energy monster. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Scramble City''=====
[[File:ScrambleCity ramhorn missiles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the late 1980s, when the Autobots were in the process of creating a [[Metroplex (G1)|mobile battle fortress]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] attempted to infiltrate their subterranean facility and gain information on the construction project. Blaster deployed Ramhorn and Steeljaw to occupy Ravage and Laserbeak while he himself tried to fend off Ratbat; unfortunately, Ravage was able to dodge Ramhorn's missile attacks, and his feline agility allowed him to quickly get the better of the irascible rhino and take him down, while Blaster failed to prevent Ratbat from penetrating the facility and making off with data on the new "Scramble City". {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)
[[File:HMep4 ramhorn eject.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the year 2011, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes journeyed to the Arctic with Blaster to help [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in the search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. There, they confronted the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and Ramhorn got into a head-butting contest with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]], emerging on top and hurling him into the sky before following up with a missile barrage. The Decepticon cheated by switching to [[robot mode]] and shooting the rockets down. The battle ended in tragedy when Blaster was killed in battle with his arch-foe, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Ramhorn and the Cassettes mourned the loss of their friend so greatly that they couldn't even go on missions. Eventually, Rodimus Prime had Blaster rebuilt using [[Master (planet)|Master]] technology as Twincast. Reunited, Ramhorn and Twincast infiltrated [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the planet [[Chaar]] to stop Galvatron's [[Madmachine]] from being used against the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:HMep35 cassettes deploy.jpg|thumb|225px|Do not disturb a Darwin's frog during labor.]]
Later, in a form of stealth mission usually reserved for ''Decepticon'' Cassettes, Ramhorn and Steeljaw somehow managed to reach Chaar on their own and spy on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], learning all about his plans for [[plasma energy]] and witnessing the creation of his giant [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} Using this Transtector, the Decepticons departed Earth to search for energy on other planets, and Twincast, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes joined Fortress' crew in hunting them down. On [[Paradise]], Ramhorn was dispatched on a scouting mission with the other Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes ejected to help Twincast gather information on the recent upsurge of Decepticon activity. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Ramhorn and his fellow Mini-Cassettes did some investigating to make sure they were gone. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} The villains eventually returned, however, and in the final battle at the North Pole, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes were unleashed on [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] to save the Headmasters from his hypnotic powers. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}}}
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=====''Transformers Legends'' comic=====
When Twincast was infected with [[blackball]]s, shrinking his body, Ramhorn and the other cassettes turned out to be unaffected thanks to having been hidden away inside him at the time. They evacuated Twincast's body before it shrunk into nothingness, then helped with converting him and other blackball victims into Headmasters. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} After Twincast returned to being Blaster, he looked back at his past, remembering his spy missions with Ramhorn and the others. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}}

Ramhorn was injured in battle and repaired by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], who replaced his cassette mode with a new tank mode and gave him a third handheld weapon mode in the process. He initially disliked the changes, but grew to like being a tank after its firepower came in handy when saving Perceptor from [[Katsu Don]]. After being freed, Perceptor sent Katsu Don fleeing by aiming Ramhorn's weapon mode at him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 56|Bonus Edition Vol. 56}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
Ramhorn was one of the many cassettes deployed by Blaster against [[gbwiki:Re-Volt|Re-Volt]], [[gbwiki:Chaos|Chaos]], and [[gbwiki:Traitor|Traitor]] when the [[Renegade]]s tried to breach Autobot City. Ramhorn charged and trampled Traitor in the ensuing fight. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
[[File:SpacePirates5-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Oof! Right in the quintebeans!]]
When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2008]], Blaster was deactivated and strung up on the outer wall and Ramhorn was trapped inside with his fellow cassettes. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] managed to get to Blaster and free the cassettes later on, increasing their ranks in order to fight back against the Quintesson occupied city. Ramhorn was seen impaling a Quintesson in the guts with his horn. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During the [[Age of Internment]], Ramhorn served under Blaster and Perceptor as part of the last remaining Autobot force free and fighting the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Ramhorn accompanied Blaster as he used an ancient map of Cybertron's depths to infiltrate Megatron's slave camp, only for them to be discovered by Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}

In the modern era, Ramhorn was once again part of a resistance cell, this time being directed by Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. He, Blaster, and his fellow cassettes participated in the insurrection against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Cybertronian government. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Ramhorn carried [[Wild Bill]] into battle with [[Sixshot]] during the final battle with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:OP1 Hooligan.jpg|thumb|right|]]
In the era of [[Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], Ramhorn was seen among the crowd of protesters rallying against the [[Outback (G1)|Autobot cop]] who reportedly killed an unarmed [[Hefter|Decepticon agitator]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Ramhorn was among Blaster's team which infiltrated a human base in an attempt to prevent the Decepticons raiding the technology there. Unfortunately they discovered that [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his tapes had beaten them to it. {{storylink|Espionage}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{note|Ramhorn appears as a wearable accessory for [[Terence (AB)|Terence]] in the game.}}
{{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
{{charstubgame|Does he do anything, game-play wise? How about adding to the note how much it costs?}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Eject & Ramhorn''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

: Ramhorn transforms from robotic rhinoceros to microcassette and back. For the [[Hasbro]] line, he was only available in a two-pack with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

:Two versions of Ramhorn exist: one with silver vacuum metalized add-on weapons, and one with gold.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Ramhorn/ramhorn.htm More information on Ramhorn at TFU.info]

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*'''Ramhorn''' (Cassettebot, 1986, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-66''', '''C-119'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

: In Japan, Ramhorn — like most of the "Cassettebots" and "Cassettetrons" — was only (originally) individually available, and was released again in the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]''. toyline.
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 SDCC G1Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Blaster''' (2010)
**''Series:'' G1 Series
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

:Ramhorn was available in this [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster alongside Steeljaw and Eject. Released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case. This version of Ramhorn comes with silver add-on weapons and tampographed details (making it nearly identical to the Encore release just prior to this one sans the weapons).

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010.
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===Encore===
[[File:G1toy-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Whoops, tampographs.]]
*'''Great Cassette Operation 2''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''17'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

:As part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, Ramhorn was reissued along with [[Ratbat (G1)#Encore|Ratbat]], [[Slugfest (G1)#Encore|Slugfest]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Encore|Steeljaw]]. This version of Ramhorn comes with gold vacuum metalized add-on weapons, and his tape stickers were replaced with tampographs for this release.
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===Generations===
====Platinum Edition====
*'''Autobot Intel Ops''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': Concussion rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles, 6 slides, slide holder

:Hasbro again released [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Blaster]] in 2015 as part of the [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|''Platinum Edition'']] toyline. He was co-packed with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#IntelOps|Perceptor]], [[Eject (G1)#Generations|Eject]], Ramhorn, and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Generations|Steeljaw]] in a box with an opening front cover.

:In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, though it was initially only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. It was later revealed that multiple Target stores had kept it in their stockroom and eventually put it out on instant clearance many months later. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

:In the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and officially available via the UK division of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], making this the first official UK release of all the toys contained within! In Spain, it was officially available via the Spanish division of Amazon. In Germany, it was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in [[Nerf]] blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Autobot Intel Ops sets as a result.

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====Titans Return====
[[File:TitansReturntoy-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(More common, darker hue variant pictured.)]]
*'''Ramhorn''' (Titan Master, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rhino/tank/rocket-launcher vehicle

:Part of Wave 5 (and the ''only'' new guy in the wave) of [[Titans Return (toyline)|''Titans Return'']], Ramhorn is a retool of [[Shuffler#Generations|Shuffler]] who transforms from robot to a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' figure. He comes with a vehicle accessory, retooled from Shuffler's, which can transform from a rhino to a tank, or a rocket pack which can be held by larger figures. While the accessory's beast mode is clearly based on [[#Generation 1|G1 Ramhorn]], the main body's head mode is based on the unreleased rhino [[Autobot Master Warrior|Headmaster Warrior]].<ref>https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/titans-return-ramhorn-design-explained/37415/</ref>

:Ramhorn initially saw a very limited release in the United States, with sporadic sightings mostly at Meijer stores. For the Christmas 2017 season, however, he suddenly appeared at numerous Aldi stores, of all places. Two variants of Ramhorn are known to exist, differing in their base orange plastic color. The seemingly more-common version features a darker shade, whilst the other has a brighter orange closer to traditional depictions of Ramhorn (including the stock CG render on the packaging).

:Ramhorn's main body was later redecoed as ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Clouder#Legends|Clouder]] while his accessory was redecoed as ''Legends'' Amhorn (see next section).
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===Legends===
[[File:LG56-Ramhorn.jpg|I amhorn.|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Perceptor''' ([[2017]]-[[December 30|12-30]])
**''ID number'': '''LG56'''

:Available only with ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Legends|Perceptor]], "Amhorn" is is a redeco of his ''Titans Return'' partner drone accessory in cartoon-accurate colors, but does not include the Titan Master. Amhorn transforms from a rhino to a tank which Perceptor's Headmaster stage can ride to a rocket launcher which can be held by Perceptor.

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==Notes==
*Ramhorn has the distinction of being the only animal mini-cassette to speak throughout his time in the Generation 1 cartoon. The closest another came was [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], whose voice was [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|once heard]] giving a playback of information in tape mode and Steeljaw giving Twincast a single heavyhearted "farewell brother" {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}.
*Although Ramhorn didn't ''explicitly'' appear in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel US]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|comic]] he's featured on the cover of the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback collection ''[[Transformers: Cybertron Redux|Cybertron Redux]]'', implying that he was the red cassette that [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] handed to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in "[[The Smelting Pool!]]".
*Thus far, Ramhorn has never displayed [[Wikipedia:Rhinoceros#Historical representations|a desire to stomp out a fire]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Amhorn''' (アムホーン ''Amuhōn'')
*''French:'' '''Rhinoféroce''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Cuneo''', '''Striker''' (''The Headmasters'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xīniú''' (犀牛, "Rhinoceros")
*''Russian:'' '''Bodun''' (Бодун, "Hangover")

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]

Ramhorn (G1)

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{{disambig3|Ramhorn}}
:''Ramhorn is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Ramhorn g1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Slaggit, Blaster, lemme out or I'll SMASH my way out!"]]
'''Ramhorn''' is one bad-tempered tape. In [[beast mode]], he's very aggressive and easily provoked. If somebody messes with his stuff, he'll most likely smash the offender, then smash the tampered-with belongings, then smash everything nearby for good measure. He's very strong, too, able to upend Barry Manilow's tour bus with a single blow if he wants to. Even in cassette mode, he can give off damaging vibrations. While these aren't going to derail any trains anytime soon, they're absolutely murderous to portable stereos.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Hostetter]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Imo Heite]] (German, ''Forever is a Long Time Coming''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Nightmare Planet''), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German, ''The Quintesson Journal''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Call of the Primitives'')}}

[[File:TFTM-Ramhorn.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Y'know, maybe if ''real'' rhinos had those hip-mounted weapons, they wouldn't be going extinct.]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Ramhorn and his fellow cassettes [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] fought their Decepticon counterparts, saving [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Ramhorn tackled Ratbat right out of the air in the battle. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ramhorn’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}

[[File:ForeverLongTime Ramhorn guardian.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ramhorn fights the [[scale|tiiiiniest]] Dark Guardian!]]
Ramhorn was one of the Autobots who were accidentally sent 11 million years back in time via the [[Quintesson]] time window, along with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], and the other Autobot cassettes. Ramhorn demonstrated his ability to speak, something which most Decepticon cassette beasts did not seem to possess (although he did have a weird stutter). He and the other temporally displaced Autobots agreed to help [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] and her ancient Autobot rebels launch an attack on the Quintesson capital of [[Hive City]], in a last-ditch effort to drive the five-faced oppressors from their planet. As the other future Autobots debated the best way to draw off the [[Dark Guardian]]s, Ramhorn did what he does best: violently charge the enemy head first. Unfortunately, the attack was nearly thwarted when the Autobots were overwhelmed by a reserve force of Dark Guardians. Luckily, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]], who had been stranded in the future via the time window, returned to the past at the last minute, disabling the Dark Guardians with his [[Coder Remote]] device, allowing Ramhorn and the others to return to the year 2006. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

Later, after [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] were accidentally sent to [[Menonia]], Ramhorn helped track them down. After briefly destroying a battering ram, Steeljaw sniffed out Daniel, who was trying to free the [[Golden One]] from his prison in a cave and stop [[Mara-Al-Utha]]. Steeljaw must be a pretty darn good friend of Ramhorn's, because the robo-rhino actually turned and left a battle in progress to join him in locating Daniel. None of the humans had the strength to move the rock entombing the Golden One. As he and Steeljaw didn't have opposable thumbs, Ramhorn did the next best thing: charge the rock blocking the cave at full speed. It shattered, with debris nearly hitting the fleshies. He still needs to work on that whole "protecting people" thing. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:Quintesson Journal Autobots journal.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Or maybe he's just a ''big frickin' rhino.'']]
Out in space once with Blaster and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], Ramhorn was riding inside [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in cassette mode when Perceptor sent them on a mission to identify a Quintesson locator beacon. Sky Lynx had trouble landing on the planet in question, so Ramhorn, Steeljaw and Blaster waddled out the airlock while still in their massively oversized cassette and player modes. It was hilarious. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

Ramhorn was briefly seen fighting the Decepticons in [[Europe]], alongside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. He and Steeljaw tackled [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in his cannon mode. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Ramhorn was among the so-called "primitives" summoned by a mysterious entity known only as [[Oracle (G1)|"The Primacron's Assistant"]] to combat [[Primacron]] and his latest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] brawled inside [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Ramhorn strangely did not participate in the battle, but tried to avoid it. Ramhorn didn't fare any better than the other primitives in battle with Tornedron and had his energy drained by the bizarre creature, only to be restored to life when Grimlock activated the reverse switch, dissipating the energy monster. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Scramble City''=====
[[File:ScrambleCity ramhorn missiles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the late 1980s, when the Autobots were in the process of creating a [[Metroplex (G1)|mobile battle fortress]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] attempted to infiltrate their subterranean facility and gain information on the construction project. Blaster deployed Ramhorn and Steeljaw to occupy Ravage and Laserbeak while he himself tried to fend off Ratbat; unfortunately, Ravage was able to dodge Ramhorn's missile attacks, and his feline agility allowed him to quickly get the better of the irascible rhino and take him down, while Blaster failed to prevent Ratbat from penetrating the facility and making off with data on the new "Scramble City". {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)
[[File:HMep4 ramhorn eject.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the year 2011, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes journeyed to the Arctic with Blaster to help [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in the search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. There, they confronted the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and Ramhorn got into a head-butting contest with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]], emerging on top and hurling him into the sky before following up with a missile barrage. The Decepticon cheated by switching to [[robot mode]] and shooting the rockets down. The battle ended in tragedy when Blaster was killed in battle with his arch-foe, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Ramhorn and the Cassettes mourned the loss of their friend so greatly that they couldn't even go on missions. Eventually, Rodimus Prime had Blaster rebuilt using [[Master (planet)|Master]] technology as Twincast. Reunited, Ramhorn and Twincast infiltrated [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the planet [[Chaar]] to stop Galvatron's [[Madmachine]] from being used against the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:HMep35 cassettes deploy.jpg|thumb|225px|Do not disturb a Darwin's frog during labor.]]
Later, in a form of stealth mission usually reserved for ''Decepticon'' Cassettes, Ramhorn and Steeljaw somehow managed to reach Chaar on their own and spy on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], learning all about his plans for [[plasma energy]] and witnessing the creation of his giant [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} Using this Transtector, the Decepticons departed Earth to search for energy on other planets, and Twincast, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes joined Fortress' crew in hunting them down. On [[Paradise]], Ramhorn was dispatched on a scouting mission with the other Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes ejected to help Twincast gather information on the recent upsurge of Decepticon activity. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Ramhorn and his fellow Mini-Cassettes did some investigating to make sure they were gone. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} The villains eventually returned, however, and in the final battle at the North Pole, Ramhorn and the Mini-Cassettes were unleashed on [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] to save the Headmasters from his hypnotic powers. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}}}
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=====''Transformers Legends'' comic=====
When Twincast was infected with [[blackball]]s, shrinking his body, Ramhorn and the other cassettes turned out to be unaffected thanks to having been hidden away inside him at the time. They evacuated Twincast's body before it shrunk into nothingness, then helped with converting him and other blackball victims into Headmasters. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} After Twincast returned to being Blaster, he looked back at his past, remembering his spy missions with Ramhorn and the others. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}}

Ramhorn was injured in battle and repaired by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], who replaced his cassette mode with a new tank mode and gave him a third handheld weapon mode in the process. He initially disliked the changes, but grew to like being a tank after its firepower came in handy when saving Perceptor from [[Katsu Don]]. After being freed, Perceptor sent Katsu Don fleeing by aiming Ramhorn's weapon mode at him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 56|Bonus Edition Vol. 56}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
Ramhorn was one of the many cassettes deployed by Blaster against [[gbwiki:Re-Volt|Re-Volt]], [[gbwiki:Chaos|Chaos]], and [[gbwiki:Traitor|Traitor]] when the [[Renegade]]s tried to breach Autobot City. Ramhorn charged and trampled Traitor in the ensuing fight. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
[[File:SpacePirates5-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Oof! Right in the quintebeans!]]
When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2008]], Blaster was deactivated and strung up on the outer wall and Ramhorn was trapped inside with his fellow cassettes. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] managed to get to Blaster and free the cassettes later on, increasing their ranks in order to fight back against the Quintesson occupied city. Ramhorn was seen impaling a Quintesson in the guts with his horn. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During the [[Age of Internment]], Ramhorn served under Blaster and Perceptor as part of the last remaining Autobot force free and fighting the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Ramhorn accompanied Blaster as he used an ancient map of Cybertron's depths to infiltrate Megatron's slave camp, only for them to be discovered by Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}

In the modern era, Ramhorn was once again part of a resistance cell, this time being directed by Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. He, Blaster, and his fellow cassettes participated in the insurrection against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Cybertronian government. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Ramhorn carried [[Wild Bill]] into battle with [[Sixshot]] during the final battle with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:OP1 Hooligan.jpg|thumb|right|]]
In the era of [[Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], Ramhorn was seen among the crowd of protesters rallying against the [[Outback (G1)|Autobot cop]] who reportedly killed an unarmed [[Hefter|Decepticon agitator]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Ramhorn was among Blaster's team which infiltrated a human base in an attempt to prevent the Decepticons raiding the technology there. Unfortunately they discovered that [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his tapes had beaten them to it. {{storylink|Espionage}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{note|Ramhorn appears as a wearable accessory for [[Terence (AB)|Terence]] in the game.}}
{{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
{{charstubgame|Does he do anything, game-play wise? How about adding to the note how much it costs?}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Eject & Ramhorn''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

: Ramhorn transforms from robotic rhinoceros to microcassette and back. For the [[Hasbro]] line, he was only available in a two-pack with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

:Two versions of Ramhorn exist: one with silver vacuum metalized add-on weapons, and one with gold.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Ramhorn/ramhorn.htm More information on Ramhorn at TFU.info]

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*'''Ramhorn''' (Cassettebot, 1986, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-66''', '''C-119'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

: In Japan, Ramhorn — like most of the "Cassettebots" and "Cassettetrons" — was only (originally) individually available, and was released again in the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]''. toyline.
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 SDCC G1Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Blaster''' (2010)
**''Series:'' G1 Series
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

:Ramhorn was available in this [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster alongside Steeljaw and Eject. Released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case. This version of Ramhorn comes with silver add-on weapons and tampographed details (making it nearly identical to the Encore release just prior to this one sans the weapons).

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010.
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===Encore===
[[File:G1toy-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Whoops, tampographs.]]
*'''Great Cassette Operation 2''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''17'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile Batteries

:As part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, Ramhorn was reissued along with [[Ratbat (G1)#Encore|Ratbat]], [[Slugfest (G1)#Encore|Slugfest]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Encore|Steeljaw]]. This version of Ramhorn comes with gold vacuum metalized add-on weapons, and his tape stickers were replaced with tampographs for this release.
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===Generations===
====Platinum Edition====
*'''Autobot Intel Ops''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': Concussion rifle, missile launcher, 3 missiles, 6 slides, slide holder

:Hasbro again released [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Blaster]] in 2015 as part of the [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|''Platinum Edition'']] toyline. He was co-packed with [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#IntelOps|Perceptor]], [[Eject (G1)#Generations|Eject]], Ramhorn, and [[Steeljaw (G1)#Generations|Steeljaw]] in a box with an opening front cover.

:In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, though it was initially only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. It was later revealed that multiple Target stores had kept it in their stockroom and eventually put it out on instant clearance many months later. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

:In the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and officially available via the UK division of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], making this the first official UK release of all the toys contained within! In Spain, it was officially available via the Spanish division of Amazon. In Germany, it was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in [[Nerf]] blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German [[fandom|fan]] sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Autobot Intel Ops sets as a result.

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====Titans Return====
[[File:TitansReturntoy-Ramhorn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(More common, darker hue variant pictured.)]]
*'''Ramhorn''' (Titan Master, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rhino/tank/rocket-launcher vehicle

:Part of Wave 5 (and the ''only'' new guy in the wave) of [[Titans Return (toyline)|''Titans Return'']], Ramhorn is a retool of [[Shuffler#Generations|Shuffler]] who transforms from robot to a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' figure. He comes with a vehicle accessory, retooled from Shuffler's, which can transform from a rhino to a tank, or a rocket pack which can be held by larger figures. While the accessory's beast mode is clearly based on [[#Generation 1|G1 Ramhorn]], the main body's head mode is based on the unreleased rhino [[Autobot Master Warrior|Headmaster Warrior]].<ref>https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/titans-return-ramhorn-design-explained/37415/</ref>

:Ramhorn initially saw a very limited release in the United States, with sporadic sightings mostly at Meijer stores. For the Christmas 2017 season, however, he suddenly appeared at numerous Aldi stores, of all places. Two variants of Ramhorn are known to exist, differing in their base orange plastic color. The seemingly more-common version features a darker shade, whilst the other has a brighter orange closer to traditional depictions of Ramhorn (including the stock CG render on the packaging).

:Ramhorn's main body was later redecoed as ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Clouder#Legends|Clouder]] while his accessory was redecoed as ''Legends'' Amhorn (see next section).
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===Legends===
[[File:LG56-Ramhorn.jpg|upright=1.66|I amhorn.|thumb|]]
*'''Perceptor''' ([[2017]]-[[December 30|12-30]])
**''ID number'': '''LG56'''

:Available only with ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Legends|Perceptor]], "Amhorn" is is a redeco of his ''Titans Return'' partner drone accessory in cartoon-accurate colors, but does not include the Titan Master. Amhorn transforms from a rhino to a tank which Perceptor's Headmaster stage can ride to a rocket launcher which can be held by Perceptor.

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==Notes==
*Ramhorn has the distinction of being the only animal mini-cassette to speak throughout his time in the Generation 1 cartoon. The closest another came was [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], whose voice was [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|once heard]] giving a playback of information in tape mode and Steeljaw giving Twincast a single heavyhearted "farewell brother" {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}.
*Although Ramhorn didn't ''explicitly'' appear in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel US]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|comic]] he's featured on the cover of the [[Titan Books]] trade paperback collection ''[[Transformers: Cybertron Redux|Cybertron Redux]]'', implying that he was the red cassette that [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] handed to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in "[[The Smelting Pool!]]".
*Thus far, Ramhorn has never displayed [[Wikipedia:Rhinoceros#Historical representations|a desire to stomp out a fire]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Amhorn''' (アムホーン ''Amuhōn'')
*''French:'' '''Rhinoféroce''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Cuneo''', '''Striker''' (''The Headmasters'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xīniú''' (犀牛, "Rhinoceros")
*''Russian:'' '''Bodun''' (Бодун, "Hangover")

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]

Vorath

2018-01-08T22:44:49Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Generations */

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:''Vorath is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Nebulan]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Vorath.jpg|thumb|The {{w|Barry Jones (Australian politician)|Barry Jones}} of eeevil.]]
'''Vorath''' was the former Minister of Science of the planet [[Nebulos]]. A [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] loyalist, Vorath was expelled from his office when [[Galen]] uncovered his involvement in illegal medical experiments on live subjects. Seeking revenge, Vorath gained the chance to do so and continue his experiments with the arrival of [[Transformer]]s and the creation of the Headmasters, when he agreed to [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] to [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]].

While enjoying the excitement of his new life as a Headmaster, Vorath is a scientist to the core, and the more secular-minded Nebulan's outlook often causes conflict with his more mystical-minded partner.

Vorath's nature varies. In some universes he is an organic Nebulan; in others he is a robotic Cybertronian.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
When [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'s Autobots first came to Cybertron, [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]] became convinced they had arrived with ill-intent, and set about producing a campaign of fear-mongering against the aliens. Serving as Zarak's technical adviser, Vorath was a key player in helping him spread xenophobia among the people of his planet. After observing an anti-Autobot riot staged by Zarak, Vorath paid visit to the Autobots' headquarters with his boss. There, Vorath copied some broadcast signals so that his associates could later contact Cybertron, and beckon the Autobots' enemies to come over and exterminate them. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

Following the Decepticons' arrival on Nebulos, Vorath helped reverse-engineer the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] technology for their forces. He was binary-bonded with Mindwipe, and became able to transform into the Decepticon's head. With their newfound battle prowess, the Decepticons lured their heroic counterparts into an ambush, where Vorath/Mindwipe proved instrumental in securing a Decepticon victory. They hypnotized a group of Nebulon Council delegates, ordering the civilians to enter the Decepticon base so they could be enclosed inside levitating bubbles. With the Council Peers under threat of floating up beyond Nebulon's atmosphere, the Autobots were forced to refocus their efforts into rescuing them. This allowed the Decepticons time to outflank Fortress Maximus's soldiers, and gun them down at their leisure. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Decepticons' next conflict against the Autobots took them to the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where Vorath acted independently for most of the clash. [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] called upon him to merge with Mindwipe for the final push, and the few Autobots that hadn't been slaughtered were sent fleeing into Nebulos's swamp lands. Upon seperating from his Decepticon partner, Vorath boasted off that their triumph had been guaranteed due to their technological superiority. Some time later, Vorath intercepted an Autobot communication, alerting him and Zarak to the existence of Earth; there, a greater conflict between the Cybertronians was taking place. Another project he was assigned to was duplicating the Autobots' [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process. But by this time, Zarak had grown concerned about the suffering the war had brought to his homeworld. Soon after Vorath's latest creations were unleashed, both factions quit Nebulos for the planet he had learned about earlier. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Upon approaching the "mudball," Vorath pinpointed the exact location from where the Autobots' distress signal had emanated from. Joining up with his Decepticon partner once more, he then accompanied Scorponok to the planet's surface, leading to a confrontation against the Autobots within the caverns of [[Mount St. Hilary]]. In his combined configuration, he made the mistake of calling his boss "Zarak", and was swiftly corrected: henceforth, their leader preferred to always be addressed as "Scorponok" when himself combined with his robot body. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

Vorath next helped Scorponok set up a genetics lab, where the two of them created the Decepticons' [[Pretender]] forces. As six of their troops were bonded with synthoplasmic outer shells, however, Vorath noticed that a program had infiltrated their systems. Though he attempted to get rid of the intruder with a debugging sequence, the program soon returned to shift through their files. Having grown curious about these incidents, Scorponok had Vorath input his mind into the computer so he could more closely inspect who was interfering with their plans. Following a brief confrontation against [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] in the digital world, Scorponok had Vorath pull him back into the physical world to avoid total defeat at his opponent's hand. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

''After Scorponok managed to isolate Highbrow in the wilderness, he had Mindwipe use his hypnotic powers to give the Autobot a severe case of amnesia. Scorponok tried to convince the brainwashed Highbrow that he was really a Decepticon, but Highbrow remained ill at ease. The Decepticons tried to defuse the tense atmosphere by transforming their heads into Nebulan mode. Unfortunately, it was at this point that they discovered Mindwipe's fatal mistake: He had neglected to also blank the mind of Highbrow's partner, Gort. With a swift uppercut, Gort knocked out Vorath, taking Mindwipe out of the fight, and leaving Scorponok to deal with the Autobot alone.'' {{storylink|All in the Minds!}}

After [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] voiced his disgust for organics during a meeting between his troops and those serving under Scorponok, the latter took offense at the comment. He had Zarak reveal his human form to show Ratbat that he was in fact dealing with the very kind of life form he abhorred, with Vorath and the other Decepticon Headmasters following suit. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German)}}
[[File:VorathStretch.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He's such a dork, a perfect match for Mindwipe.]]
Vorath was among several [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] members who were rebuilt as [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] in order to match the firepower of the Hive's rivals and their new [[Autobot]] allies. Vorath complained about being required to merge with Mindwipe, feeling that as a prestigious scientist, he deserved better than being partnered with a night-stalking bat. But Mindwipe hypnotized Vorath, who was then powerless to resist the binary-bonding process and called Mindwipe "Master" afterwards. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}}}

===Toy pack-in material===
When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Vorath joined a small strike force of Decepticons called S.T.O.P. ([[Seek and Terminate Optimus Prime]]) to either destroy or recruit the amnesic Autobot leader. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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[[File:Desert of Danger Weirdwolf Monzo and Vorath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
{{note|In "Desert of Danger" Vorath, like all Nebulans, is mechanical rather than organic.}}
Vorath helped his Decepticon allies in a plot to smuggle an army of [[Attack Squad robot]]s onto Nebulos. Whether this plot succeeded depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Cyclonus consulted Vorath about Nebulos's energy resources. The Nebulan explained that his planet drew power from a distant pulsar, through a fluke of cosmic gravitation. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 1086.0 Kappa]], Vorath and [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], working for [[Zarak (G1)|Mortilus Zarak]], fused the remnants of Transformers defeated by the Nebulans into the entity known as [[Zarak Maximus]]. Part of their experimentation was [[binary bonding]] Zarak with the robot, which drove him insane. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/11}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
An ancient [[Titan Master]], Vorath had the ability to take over another bot's central processors. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Vorath and Mindwipe toy bio}} Vorath, as Mindwipe's head, was part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[Eukaris]] in the hopes of intercepting [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]. Their ambush was spoiled when [[Apeface]] blew their cover, allowing the two Autobots the opportunity to counterattack. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After several Transformers blasted their way to the planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], they were forced to surrender to the locals. Vorath was one of several Nebulons who fused with a Cybertronian partner, so that the war between Autobots and Decepticons could resume on their world. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Vorath, [[Grax]], and [[Monzo]] rode atop of their Decepticon partners into battle, coming to blows against their Autobot-allied counterparts in the middle of a Nebulan city. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
*Vorath watched over [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s training at the Decepticon Headmasters' secret base. There, he had his Decepticon partner smash stone sculptures of their Autobot enemies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Vorath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Mindwipe''' (Headmaster, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-87'''

:Available only with his larger partner [[Mindwipe (G1)#Toys|Mindwipe]], Vorath transforms from an armored humanoid into a robot head. His head mode is compatible with any Headmaster body. On the larger Headmasters, he gives three of Mindwipe's [[Tech Spec]] stats in their display window, but the smaller 1988 Headmasters still display their normal heads' stats due to their single-tumbler construction.

:Vorath is designed to sit in any of the 1987 Headmasters' pilot compartments as well; for Mindwipe, this puts him in the larger robot's bat-mode chest.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Mindwipe/mindwipe.htm More information on Vorath (with Mindwipe) at TFU.info]
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TitansReturn Vorath.jpg|I’m a scientist, not a hypnotist!|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Vorath & Mindwipe''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])

:Available only with ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]], Vorath transforms from a head into a tiny robot. In robot mode, he can sit in Mindwipe's chest or pilot any ''Titans Return'' vehicle, and features ports on his feet to peg onto onto figures. In head mode, he can attach to Mindwipe or any other Deluxe-or-larger Titans Return figure.

:Vorath was [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Vorath, the small Headmaster stage of ''Legends'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Legends|Wipe]].

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vorath''' (ボラス ''Borasu'')

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The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End

2017-12-31T22:06:37Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Errors */

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|title="The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End"
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 27]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=November 2017
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Jack Lawrence]] (pgs 1-7, 12-20), [[Andrew Griffith]] (pgs 8-11)
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]], [[John-Paul Bove]], and [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
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'''The Protectobots make their stand against Getaway.'''

==Synopsis==
After pushing [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] into the oil reservoir, [[Getaway]] counts to thirty—the length of time it takes [[scraplet]]s to strip a mech down to their [[life cord]]—and considers the deed done. [[Atomizer]] feels a pang of guilt over Riptide's death, especially the needlessly cruel way Getaway spoke to him beforehand, but Getaway has already moved on to finding ways to beef up security on the ship. As the ''[[Lost Light]]'' exits the [[Warren]] and returns to regular space (four minutes ''before'' they left, thanks to its time-and-space bending properties), Getaway instructs [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] to put in a call to someone that will be able to help out with that matter. But it turns out that Getaway and Atomizer have left the oil reservoir just a bit too soon: a moment later, Riptide bursts out of its depths, having survived by transforming to boat mode despite the fact the blast he received from Getaway's [[nudge gun]] should have made that impossible.

Getaway and Atomizer show [[Froid]] the "time window" created by [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s [[time case]], allowing them to look back on a moment from the recent past when [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], and the rest of the team they exiled, were enjoying a drink in [[Swerve's]]. Getaway falls silent when he witnesses [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] sharing a moment, in which Skids calls the [[Caminus|Camien]] his "best friend," only speaking up again to voice his belief that the castaways have all survived their encounter with the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and will be coming after the ''Lost Light''. But Getaway announces he is perfectly happy about this, since that means they'll be there to see him achieve his victory, finding [[Cyberutopia]] and becoming a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Froid idly muses about ''[[primus apotheosis]]'', but ''assures'' Getaway he doesn't think ''his'' desire to be a Prime means ''he'' is delusional. Getaway notes that condition was first identified by [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]; Froid notes that his old rival is the most likely candidate to have died at the DJD's hands, and makes a point of describing him as "one of life's good guys."

Later, Getaway takes Atomizer to the medibay, where [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], [[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]], and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] all lie unconscious, trapped in memory loops. Sensing Atomizer's growing doubt, Getaway places a gun in his hand and instructs him to choose one of the Protectobots to kill, nominally to prevent them from forming [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] should they ever escape, but more than that, to deal with Atomizer's wavering conviction by dirtying his hands past the point of no return. Atomizer seems about to blast [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], but at the last moment, shoots [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] instead, blowing him to pieces. Atomizer is left distraught by what he has been forced to do, but neither he nor Getaway realize the scene has been witnessed by Riptide, hiding the vents in the ceiling.

On the planet [[Frayus]], the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] are living up to their name scrounging around in the abandoned [[Decepticon]] outpost [[Camp Conclave]] for a rumored "secret stash" of [[ununtrium]] to get rich off of, but they find nothing of use. The misfits emerge from the soundproofed bunker to discover that the forces of the [[Galactic Council]] and the [[Black Block Consortia]] are at war on its doorstep, with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and his troops—now under the command of former DJD member [[Nickel]]—caught in the middle! Nickel is puzzled as to the Consortia's sudden interest in this sector of space; Deathsaurus notes that it is rich in raw materials for [[eco-structuring|cyberforming]], but that export of those materials was recently taken over by a mysterious third party. The Scavengers, meanwhile, discover that the teleportal they used to get from [[Weak Anthropic Principle|their ship]] down to Frayus's surface has disappeared, evidently due to the orbiting ship being damaged in the battle—but a new avenue of escape opens when another portal appears right in front of them. On the other side, an unseen figure that the group recognizes beckons them through, offering them "everything they've ever wanted," and the Scavengers don't hestiate to jump in... followed a moment later by Nickel, who is unintentionally hurled through by an explosion.

Back on the ''Lost Light'', Riptide awakens First Aid from his memory loop and fills him in on recent events; the medic is able to deduce that Riptide is "naturally immune" to the nudge gun thanks to his low intelligence. The pair wake up the other sleepers, and, realizing that the whole ship is against them, they decide to make a run for it. However, Getaway and the security team are in the shuttle bay to greet the new arrival Blaster contacted earlier, so to get past them all, the team make a stop at the ship's morgue to pick up the corpse of [[Ambulon]], who is able to take the departed Rook's place as a leg for the Protectobots' combined form. As Defensor, the team smashes into the shuttle bay and start tearing through the security team, while Thunderclash tackles Getaway himself. Unfortunately, Thunderclash is immediately blasted by Getaway's "new hire": former enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]] and religious lunatic [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]! Mirage entreats Star Saber to stand down and listen so he can explain what is going on, but Star Saber is heedless: he slices Mirage to pieces, then cleaves Defensor into his component Protectobots. The security team cuts them down where they stand, save for First Aid, who tries to lug Thunderclash to safety with Riptide's help. They are only able to escape when Atomizer has an attack of conscience and leaps on Star Saber's back, blasting him with the nudge gun, allowing the three survivors to flee aboard Star Saber's ship.

A little later, Getaway contacts Froid to request another "favor" from [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]]: Getaway has murdered Atomizer with his bare hands in retribution for his betrayal, and needs the security team's memories altered to make them think Thunderclash did it during the fight. Sunder's rising life cord price is too steep to pay, but before they can argue it out, Blaster breaks into the call with incredible news—the ''Lost Light'' has just arrived at its final destination. Before the ship lies a brilliant, shining, rainbow-hued metallic world.

They have found [[Cyberutopia]]!

==Featured characters==
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*[[Atomizer]] (1)
*[[Getaway]] (2)
*[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (3)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Perceptor]] (4)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (5)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (7)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (8)
*[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (9)
*''[[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]]'' (10)
*''[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'' (11)
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*''[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'' (14)
*''[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'' (15)
*''[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]'' (16)
*''[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Minimus Ambus]]'' (17)
*''[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'' (18)
*''[[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]]'' (19)
*[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (21)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (22)
*[[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] (23)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (24)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (25)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (26)
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*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (27)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] (30)
*[[Ambulon]]'s corpse (39)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (40)
*[[Pointblank]] (41)
*[[Aquabat]] (42)
*[[Grotusque]] (43)
*[[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]] (44)
*[[Doublecross]] (45)
*[[Powerflash]] (47)
*[[Boss (G1)|Boss]] (48)
*[[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] (49)
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*[[Fulcrum]] (28)
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (29)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (31)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (32)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (33)
*[[Eaglebreast]] (34)
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (35)
*[[Liokaiser]] (36)
*[[Tigerbreast]] (37)
*[[Nickel]] (38)
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*''[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]'' (12)
*[[Froid]] (20)
*[[Galactic Council]] troops (34)
*[[Black Block Consortia]] troops (35)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (46)
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==Quotes==
"You're '''winning,''' Getaway. You needn't be so cruel."
:—'''Atomizer'''

"Look, I know what you've been thinking. Ever since Froid. Ever since Sunder. 'He's gone too far.' And you know what? You're right. I '''have''' gone too far. And now... so have you."
:—'''Getaway''' torments Atomizer after making him kill Rook

'''Fulcrum:''' "If there '''had''' been any ununtrium, I bet it would've been hidden behind a series of '''traps'''—each one more deadly and elaborate than the last." 
'''Misfire:''' "Yeah, but by overcoming each trap we'd have learned something important about ourselves." 
'''Crankcase:''' "Just so we're clear, by the end of our labors, would we have realized that friendship is more precious than metal?" 
'''Spinister:''' "Great—another pretend adventure you've had without me."

"On the day Primus was handing out '''brains''', you were at the back of the line. In fact, you weren't even '''in''' the line. You joined a different line by mistake." 
"I don't understand." 
"...is a gentler way of putting it, yes."
:—'''First Aid''' and '''Riptide'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The time window in Swerve's was introduced in [[No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases|''More than Meets the Eye'' #50]]. The final panel of that story revealed that Getaway had discovered it, at some point prior to the events of this story. Atomizer notes that the window was originally discovered while he and Getaway were "in the brig," between issues [[Speak, Memory! (Part 2)|issue #49]] and 50.
*As we observed in our notes for last issue, Getaway believes he is destined to be a Prime because, as revealed in [[Twenty Plus One|''More than Meets the Eye'' #31]] he has displayed the [[Signs of Affinity]] for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. The signs are listed in this issue as being: "liberty blue" optics, the same color as the [[Matrix Flame]]; finding [[living metal|sentio metallico]] wet to the touch; becoming "giddy" while standing on a [[hot spot]]; and being able to make a [[photonic crystal]] "snap" when placed in your chest (though Roberts notes the specific meaning of the word "snap" in this context is deliberately left ambiguous, possibly referring to making it break, making it make a noise, or something else<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/944918662326243329 James Roberts on "making a photonic crystal snap" on Twitter]</ref>). Of these, the idea that one's optic color is connected to Matrix affinity was first expressed in the prose story "[[Zero Point]]," in which [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s eyes were noted to be "an arresting, thousand-watt Matrix Blue," indicating that he was "Compatible."
*''Primus apotheosis'', the identity sickness that makes one think they are [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], was introduced in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', in which [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] suffered from it.
*It's not clear if "Camp Conclave" is the literal name for the Decepticon base the Scavengers explore, or if it's a nickname Misfire is giving it. Either way, the name refers to the "[[conclave]]" of high-ranking Decepticons originally mentioned in [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]], at least one of whom it was noted was needed to be present to formally perform the [[Rite of the Deceptibrand]], which Crankcase describes undergoing in this story. Its design—a giant honking Decepticon symbol carved into a mountain—is very similar to a Decepticon base seen in [[Shining Armor issue 5|''Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor'' #5]].
*Crankcase reveals that before undergoing the Rite and receiving his [[Insignia|Decepticon badge]] proper, he was a [[Genericon]]—a lowly ranking class of cannon fodder troops introduced in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #4 where First Aid noted that their badges were a different size and shape. See also "Real-life references" below.
*The Scavengers are visiting Camp Conclave in search of [[ununtrium]], the super-metal used to create [[Phase Sixer]]s, introduced in [[Remembrance Day|''More than Meets the Eye'' #14]]. The same issue noted that [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s infusion with the substance likely represented the last ununtrium remaining anywhere at all.
*The Council and Consortia were previously established to be fighting over Frayus last issue, when Getaway turned down a request for aid from the planet's natives.
*Deathsaurus and Nickel last appeared in [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|''More than Meets the Eye'' #55]], when they abandoned the DJD to their fate at Megatron's hands. Deathsaurus was noted to be famous for cyberforming organic worlds in [[The Permanent Revolution|issue #39]], while Fulcrum had been established to have been part of a cyberforming unit in [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|issue #8]]; this issue consolidates the two by revealing that Fulcrum served under Deathsaurus.
*The [[Breastforce]] were originally shown to be under Deathsaurus's command in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #39. This issue reveals that they have the power to combine into Liokaiser in this continuity—though given the general rarity of combiners in IDW continuity, exactly ''how'' that can be remains to be seen. See "Transformers references" below for more on Liokaiser, but also "Errors".
*Riptide's lack of intelligence has been his predominant characteristic since ''More than Meets the Eye'' #31, in which he sorrowfully recalled how much he struggled with exams.
*Ambulon died in [[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|''More than Meets the Eye'' #19]], and had his remains rebuilt into a cannon by [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] in [[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|issue #20]]. Evidently, Ratchet restored him to normal and reattached the bisected halves of his body for interment.
*The idea that a dead Transformer can still combine with others was established in [[Chaos Part Three: Kings|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #28]], in which the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were able to do so with [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. Defensor winds up a lot more mobile than [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] did, however; the Constructicon combiner had a "dead leg" as a result.
*Star Saber was last seen in [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|''More than Meets the Eye'' #21]]; Getaway refers to the "bad blood" that exists between him and [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], who defeated him in a duel in that issue.

===Transformers references===
*Liokaiser is drawn based directly on his [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Transformers: Victory'' cartoon]] [[character model]], but is colored like the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Liokaiser toy, with a black-and-yellow helmet (teal on the original), a grey abdomen, and teal hips (both black on the original). But, see "Errors."
*First Aid laments about the fact he never got to know Rook, a tongue-in-cheek reference to his recent addition to the Protectobot Team as a result of the ''Combiner Wars'' toyline back in 2015.

===Real-life references===
*Crankcase refers to the Genericons' badges as "learner plates"; in [[James Roberts]]' native [[United Kingdom]] (and a few other countries besides) probationary drivers are required to display {{w|L-plate}}s on their vehicle before they have passed their driving test.

===Errors===
*Having been drawn based on his classic character model, Liokaiser therefore has [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] for a left arm. In IDW continuity, Hellbat died in [[Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4|''Empire of Stone'' #4]], and wasn't part of Deathsaurus's unit—stand-in member [[Deathcobra (Victory)|Deathcobra]] took his place, and should be the arm here. Also, the wings on Liokaiser's chesplate, which should be teal since they're part of [[Leozack]], are incorrectly colored (one magenta, one blue) as if they are part of [[Guyhawk]] and Hellbat; only his left hip is teal while his right is grey like the rest of his pelvis and abdomen; and he's got blue thighs, which isn't based on either the classic colour scheme or the ''Combiner Wars'' one that's otherwise being used here.
*Getaway identifies First Aid and Rook as Defensor's legs, but Rook only ever formed one of the combiner's arms in previous appearances. We will note, however, that Rook and First Aid are forming his legs in [[:File:Defensor Combiner Wars.jpg|TFWiki's picture of the toy]]...
*Getaway claims that the Protectobots, but not Mirage or Thunderclash, are combiners... but Mirage ''is'' a combiner limb, having been merged into [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] during ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]'' (which also means that the Protectobots don't actually ''need'' to use Ambulon's dead body to complete Defensor). This could be chalked up to Getaway not knowing about Mirage's combining ability... but if he managed to find out about Defensor, it seems to stretch credibility that he wouldn't also know about Mirage.
*The Protectobots use the intact corpse of Ambulon to serve as a replacement limb, and Defensor suffers no ill effects. Meanwhile, when the Contructicons tried this with the cadaver of Scrapper, Devastator ended up with a non functioning leg.

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in November, this issue arrives noticeably late, in the final week of December.
*It's not really clear on the page ''why'' Riptide isn't eaten by the scraplets despite being able to transform, since he's still submerged under the oil for thirty seconds regardless. His high-speed exit from the reservoir, launching himself to safety in a way that wouldn't be possible in robot mode, suggests he's been whizzing around below the surface, evading the critters until he could burst free.

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJUJTGUH0mc Planet Sizes]" by {{w|Steve Mason (musician)|Steve Mason}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOK_vqtXgbk Beat Surrender]" by {{w|The Jam}}

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' Defensor looms over Getaway, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Cover B:''' An invisible Mirage, spattered with energon, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Cover C:''' Getaway versus Defensor, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Megatron by [[Livio Ramondelli]]; companion piece to Ramondelli's Optimus Prime cover for [[The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|''Optimus Prime'' #13]]

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[[Category: Lost Light issues]]

The Chosen One

2017-12-31T03:11:12Z

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|title="The Chosen One"
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|date=[[December 20]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=December 2017
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
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|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
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'''Windblade strikes out on her own and competes against Starscream and Elita One in Cybertron's first election.'''

==Synopsis==
A new day dawns on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] awakes to an [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] still in ruins after the long string of disasters that has befallen it—most recently, [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]]'s invasion. Windblade is saddened that the Transformers always find themselves ''re''building, unable to take the action so revered on [[Caminus]] and actually create anything ''new''. Worse yet, she knows that the opportunity for such a thing is unlikely to present itself in the near future, with the threat of [[Liege Maximo]] looming over the planet—especially since the power struggle between [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] shows no signs of abating. Today is the day that Windblade retakes her place on the [[Council of Worlds]], but before entering the council chamber in the [[Spire]], she takes a moment to re-watch a message of encouragement left for her by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], who has departed the planet on Starscream's orders to hunt Liege Maximo, along with a team that includes [[Vigilem|Carcerian]] volunteers [[Greenlight]] and [[Lancer]].

Her heart buoyed by the words of her friend, Windblade enters the council chamber and is greeted with applause from the delegates. Windblade is a little surprised to find Starscream has arranged such a welcome for her... until it turns out news reporters [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] are also present, and the whole thing is just a photo op. She starts to remark that Starscream is just trying to earn some goodwill before Liege Maximo returns, forcing an alarmed Starscream to have the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] usher the reporters out before Windblade can finish her sentence. Windblade is appalled to discover that the council have not actually told the public about Maximo, and turns on the [[Mistress of Flame]] for going along with the deception. The Mistress sneers down at her, warning her to watch her tone; when Windblade refuses, and even profanes the name of the [[Thirteen|Primes]], the Mistress slaps her across the face. That's the last straw for Windblade: she spins on her heel, exits the chamber, and catches up to Circuit and Longtooth. Before the Mistress can stop her, Windblade has told them the truth about Liego Maximo and his escape, which they immediately share with the rest of the planet.

Windblade is expelled from the council and the Mistress exiles her from Caminus, but she has no regrets for her actions—not even when she becomes a target for the angry, scared populace, who attack her outside her home. [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] come to her rescue, sending her attackers fleeing, after which Blurr reveals the surprising reason they have come to see her: the elections demanded by Elita One to appoint a new ruler of Cybertron are still going ahead, and Blurr wants Windblade to run for office! Tankor and Waspinator lend their voices to Blurr's, reminding her of all the good she has done, and she agrees to toss her hat in the ring.

Public support for Windblade picks up quickly, but Starscream proves surprisingly unconcerned, confident that he can win. The "ghost" of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] is apprehensive, cautioning Starscream that there is no way he going to be able to cheat his way to victory this time... but Starscream, it turns out, has no intentions of doing so. His experience sharing a mind with Windblade—during which he saw his "true self," the 'bot he would have become had his life taken a different track, buried deep within himself—has changed him; he genuinely wants to improve Cybertron, and is sure his honest, forward-looking objectives will win him the election. He draws up protocols for the election and the transfer of power and hands them off to [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]—who remains slack-jawed that Starscream is actually going through with it—to release to the press.

Windblade successfully gets enough signatures from the public to be added to the ballot along with Starscream and Elita. A party to celebrate is held at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], but Windblade, overcome by the moment, runs away to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[brain module]] chamber, where the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] listens as she tells him her worries. She shared a mind with [[Vigilem]]... how can she be sure that her agreeing to do this, to potentially take power in this manner, isn't his lingering personality affecting hers? With effort, Metroplex speaks "normally," and tells Windblade how she can prove it one way or the other: Vigilem listened to nobody but Liege Maximo, but if Windblade meets her constituents, and listens to and helps them just as she has helped Metroplex since they met, she will know she is acting free of the evil Titan's impulses.

Convinced by Metroplex's words, Windblade holds a special "rally" in Maccadam's, offering free drinks and speaking one-on-one with anyone and everyone. It's a long night, as one after another, people share their thoughts with her: [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] suggests she push to repopulate other areas of the planet; he dislikes how cramped Iacon is, but stays because [[Breakdown (IDW)|his conjunx]] is happy there. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] recounts how she and [[Tigatron]] are ostracized for being together on their homeworld of [[Eukaris]], but how nobody cares on Cybertron. [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] reveals a shocking personal secret: despite being a soldier who reveled in warfare, his near-death experience as part of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] has instilled a fear of death in him that has made him realize he does not want the war to return, and he believes only Windblade can prevent that. Finally, as dawn grows near, Rattrap is the last to approach her—but rather than seeking to talk, he has come with an offer. He reveals that he has been working against Starscream from the inside for a long time, having been the one responsible for guiding [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] in his uprising against Starscream, and that he has collected a briefcase's worth of evidence that can unambiguously bring his "boss" down... a briefcase he now hands to Windblade. Windblade asks why Rattrap doesn't simply blow the whistle himself; Rattrap admits that Starscream has begun acting differently since merging minds with Windblade, and that he can't tell if he's being genuine or if it's another trick. Therefore, he's essentially passing the buck and making it Windblade's responsibility. Windblade refuses to take the case, but Rattrap likewise refuses to take it back. He's blowing this pop stand and heading for Eukaris for a while, but he leaves Windblade with the knowledge that ''ignoring'' the incriminating information within the case is practically the same as ''condoning'' the crimes that were committed.

Windblade relents and reads the contents of the case, discovering all the illicit schemes Starscream has perpetrated while in office, from orchestrating the "Combiner Wars" to having [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] [[mnemosurgery|brainwash]] the Combaticons. Furious, she confronts Starscream in his chambers, and tells him that she will be telling the public everything at the upcoming electoral debate. As she leaves, storming out past [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Starscream turns to the spectral Bumblebee and urges him to help assemble a "defense" against the claims, finding some way to poke holes in what Windblade is about to tell the world... but Bumblebee refuses. Starscream begs him; Elita is too dangerous to let win, and Starscream's own plans for the future will definitely change Cybertron for the better... isn't that worth something? Bumblebee assures him that it is... but that Starscream must now decide how ''much'' it is worth.

The night before the debate, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] reports to Elita One aboard Carcer that his calculations indicate a sure victory for her in the election. He offers to help her prepare for the debate, but she orders him to instead draw up plans for Liege Maximo's attack, informing him that a 33% percent fatality rate is acceptable...

The following day, Windblade is chosen to give the first opening statement at the debate. She lauds Cybertron as a society that has transcended the differences of its people, a melting pot where 'bots of all forms and shapes from each of the more tribal colony worlds have been able to come together and be united by the things that set them apart from others. Starscream is momentarily lost in her words, but snaps back to reality when he is called to the podium to deliver his own speech. After a moment to gain his composure... of his own volition, before the eyes of all of Cybertron, Starscream confesses to every crime he has committed.

After that, there is virtually no contest—Windblade emerges victorious in the election and is installed as the new ruler of Iacon and head of the council. All her fear is forgotten; now, the chance to truly build something new is before her, and she is ready to take on the challenge. Two weeks after her victory, [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] comes to her office to have her sign the paperwork on Starscream's arrest and conviction; he is given life in prison, and Rattrap, Airachnid, and the Combaticons are all locked up as well. After signing, Windblade visits Starscream in prison to ask him why he confessed—but in truth, as Starscream tells her, thanks to their shared experience inside each other's minds, she already knows. As a parting token, Windblade gives Starscream a small holo-projector, containing the image of his true self—the "Chosen One," the uniter of Cybertron, the legend that he has finally managed to live up to.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (1)
*''[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'' (6)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'s "ghost" (27)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (28)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (29)

|c2=
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (3)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (5)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (25)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (26)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (30)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (31)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (33)

|c3=
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (15)

|c4=
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{{!}}-
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*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (4)
*''[[Sparkstalker]]'' (7)
*''[[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]]'' (8)
*''[[Greenlight]]'' (9)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (10)
*''[[Lancer]]'' (11)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (12)
*[[Mistress of Flame]] (13)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (14)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (16)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (17)
*[[Longtooth]] (18)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (19)
*[[Tigatron]] (20)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (21)
*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (22)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (23)
*''Multiple [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]]'' (24)
*[[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]] (32)
*[[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] (34)
{{!}}}
}}

==Quotes==
"The other council members whisper about Elita One, frightened at her growing power and popularity. But what did you expect from someone who paints themselves the color of energon?"
:—'''Windblade'''

"You may speak for the Primes, Mistress, but your words mean precisely '''scrap''' to me."
:—'''Windblade''' lets the Mistress of Flame have it

"The only people who talk about 'the people' are people who don't give a scrap about anyone but themselves."
:—'''Blurr'''

"Hey, where's [[Octane|Tall Tankor]]?" 
"We're not welded together, you know." 
... 
"...Blurr needed someone to watch the bar."
:—'''Windblade''' and '''Fat Tankor'''

"There are a lot of signs down there for Windblade." 
"Yes, I do allow quite a bit of protest for a tyrant."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"If you lead others to make your life better, you will be a tyrant. If you lead others to make their lives better, you will be a hero."
:—'''Metroplex''' gives Windblade advice

"I don't want the war to come back. But it's gonna happen if any of us takes over. Or that Elita. It '''has''' to be you. You never fought a war. You never learned to like it."
:—'''Brawl''' supports Windblade

"I like to '''do''' good more than '''be''' good."
:—'''Rattrap'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Windblade lists off all the recent chaos that has repeatedly wrecked Iacon: the events of ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]'', [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s rampage in [[The Line Between Us|issue #4]], the attack of the undead Titans in [[Ping|issue #5]]-[[Rubicon|8]], and most recently, the events of the ''[[First Strike]]'' crossover, which took place between the [[Your First Mistake|end]] of the regular ''Till All Are One'' series and this annual. She also observes the strangeness going on with Starscream and the Combaticons (unaware of the brainwashing he subjected them to in [[The Price of You|issue #10]]) and recalls her mental merge with Starscream and Vigilem, which occurred in [[Your First Mistake|issue #12]], and in which she helped Starscream discover the "true self" at his core.
*Liege Maximo escaped his imprisonment in [[Rubicon|issue #8]]. Chromia was subsequently charged with hunting him down in [[Heavy|issue #9]], leaving the planet at an unseen point thereafter. If the shot of them loading supplies onto her ship is anything to go by, it's apparent that the team going with her includes [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] and [[Sparkstalker]].
*Chromia expresses disdain for [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]], a fellow Camien who appeared in [[The Sensuous Frame|''More than Meets the Eye'' #41]]-[[The Frail Gaze|42]], and whose personality... well, let's say it's easy to see why Chromia wouldn't like her.
*Though Airazor's outrage can be read as such, this is evidently not the first time the rest of the council is learning about Liege Maximo's escape; the matter was previously discussed openly by the whole council in [[First Strike issue 4|''First Strike'' #4]].
*Waspinator remembers how Windblade was nice to him the first time they met, way back in [[Windblade issue 2|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #2]].
*Airazor talks about how she and Tigatron were banished from their tribes for being together, as originally seen in [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #6]].
*Rattrap was first revealed to be conspiring against Starscream in [[The Possible Light|''The Transformers'' #40]]. He reveals that he is the secret informant "DC-357," who Onslaught received a note from in [[07:00:00|issue #1]], which in turn makes clear that the "coercion" he was under when he aided the Combaticons in [[Things We Said We'd Never Do|issue #3]] was for show on his part.
*Windblade makes an offhand mention of "the creatures underground" in her speech; see ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' for what's going on there!
* Brawl's new-found fear of dying comes from combining with the other Combaticons, including the mostly-dead Swindle, in [[The Line Between Us|issue #4]].
*The title of this issue, "The Chosen One," is the epithet that Starscream has been using to describe himself for about five years now, ever since [[Primus: All Good Things|the 2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], when the Titan [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] identified him as the prophesied individual who would "unite Cybertron's scattered warriors." After years of trying to do that as their ruler, Starscream finally fulfills that prophecy this issue by uniting them ''against'' him, opening the door for Windblade's victory and the beginning of a new age for the planet.

===Transformers references===
*Circuit's news broadcast about Liege Maximo includes an "artist's rendition" of the evil Prime, which is based on the character's original, more monstrous appearance from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic book]].

===Other trivia===
*This double-length annual features 40 pages of story, followed by a letter from Scott wishing the readers farewell.

===Covers (2)===
*'''Cover A:''' Our cast, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Cover B''' Elita, Windblade, and Starscream, by [[J.N. Wiedle]]; one of a pair of variant covers by Wiedle for December's ''Transformers'' titles

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</gallery>

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==External links==
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[[Category:Till All Are One issues]]

Heatseeker

2017-12-16T22:47:06Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon|primestunticon}}
{{disambig3|Heat Seeker}}
:''Heatseeker is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[File:Hseeker.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I'm as deliciously wicked and unscrupulous as ever!"]]

'''Heatseeker''' is a pretty simple robot. If it drives and it's not a fellow [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]], smash it. If you can't smash it, blow it up with guided missiles. Both options are a lot of fun for the lunkheaded, thuggish Heatseeker, who takes great delight in throwing his weight around. And unfortunately for anything else on the road, he's skilled enough at both of those to generally make up for his lack of imagination.

Sometimes however, he just can't get the job done on his own. If such a rarity should occur, he can combine with [[Slashmark]] to form [[Heatmark]] to deal with it, or if even that isn't enough he can combine with the other Stunticons to form [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]].

{{quote|One guided missile to make all your dreams come true!|Heatseeker (firing '''two''' missiles)|"[[Disordered Personalities]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Mikey Kelley]] (English)}}
[[File:TRID E 47 Heatseeker Robot Mode.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mess with the truck, you get the horns...and some rocket propelled grenades.]]

Heatseeker was assigned to claim [[Grand Valley]] as Stunticon territory by [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]]. His tangling with some cops alerted Team Bee, who deployed [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] in response to the situation, but after toying with them for a while, Heatseeker easily lost them by collapsing a tunnel on them. Taking up a position at the top of a rocky outcropping, he began firing guided missiles at them. When the Autobots managed to get the missiles to slam into each other and hid, Heatseeker held his position and waited for them to come out again. When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] arrived as backup, they were unaware that Heatseeker had already spotted them, and the Stunticon fired off five more missiles, which threatened to detonate a nuclear waste disposal site close by. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} Heatseeker's missile attack was thwarted when Drift, recognizing the type of missile used, quickly instructed Team Bee how to use their comms to scramble and disable the missiles' detonators. Heatseeker retreated, chased by Bumblebee, Drift, and (eventually) Grimlock.

[[File:TRID E 47 Heatseeker Vehicle Mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The V-Stacks were in Arkansas at the Munitions Factory. They were there to collect explosives for the navy. It was a very dangerous operation, but worth a great deal of money to Motormaster, who had put Heatseeker in charge.]]
He laid a trap in the form of a huge number of oil-filled barrels scattered around a disused gas station, using his missiles to detonate them. Unable to use their now-malfunctioning comms to disable the missiles, the Autobots were kept running for cover. Thanks to the intervention of a [[Stuntwing|mysterious Mini-Con]], Heatseeker was once again forced to run, returning to the edge of the waste disposal site.

Encountering a lone [[Hermit|human]], Heatseeker intended to use him for leverage, but he didn't have the chance before the Autobots arrived and surrounded him. Heatseeker prepared another missile barrage, but was quickly dog-piled. One massive explosion later, Heatseeker opted to cut and run while the Autobots were unconscious. As he sped past the gas station, he noticed a Cybertronian tracking device in a crater, and quickly decided this would be the perfect way to lie to Motormaster about just ''why'' he had left his post, presenting it as a gift. Motormaster was unimpressed, but Heatseeker was able to talk him around. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

Heatseeker joined his fellow Stunticons in the Crown City Grand Prix, believing that the "Ruler of the Roads" title awarded to its winner was literal. Disdainful of the "squishies" he was competing against, he revealed himself to Grimlock (temporarily swapped into Drift's body), and then proceeded to duel with the Autobot, attempting to push him off a cliff before spinning him out. As the race approached its finish, he launched his missiles at [[Casey (RID)|Casey]] in an attempt to give [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]] a clear run for the win, only for the Autobots to dupe the missiles into doubling back and nailing the three Stunticons themselves. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

[[File:RiD2015 - The Golden Knight - Heatmark and company.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"If I'm not the star of your next project, then no-one will be. "]]
Recovering from the setback, Heatseeker joined his fellow Stunticons in running the humans out of [[Star Visitor Estates]], followed by his Crash Combining with [[Slashmark]] to celebrate their victory. They were then joined by Motormaster, who was less than impressed at the pace of their conquering of Earth's roads. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

Along with the other Stunticons, Heatseeker went on a joyride across the roads to assert their dominance over Earth, but a impressively fast train caught the attention and ire of Motormaster, who demanded the engine of the offending machine. Heatseeker and the other Stunticons met the Bee Team on the way to their objective but met their defeat during a brawl on top of the speeding vehicle. Motormaster took their report of failure badly and loomed ominously over his underlings, stating that he had various ideas of how they could make up for the loss. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Class-Heatseeker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
* '''Heatseeker''' (Legion, 2017)

:Released as part of the 12th wave of the Legion Class subline, Heatseeker transforms from SUV to robot and back in just a few easy steps, with his transformation scheme taking cues from the Legion Class [[Strongarm (RID)#Legion Class|Strongarm]] figure.

:Some units were erroneously packed with [[Optimus_Prime_(WFC)/toys#Legion_Class|Legion Class Optimus Prime]]'s instructions.

{{-}}{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Combiner-Force-One-Step-Heatseeker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
* '''Heatseeker''' (One-Step Changer, 2017)

:Released as part of the 11th wave of One-Step Changers, Heatseeker is a heavy retool/redeco of the 2016 One-Step [[Strongarm (RID)#OneStep2016|Strongarm]] figure. Transforming from SUV to robot in one easy step. One if you discount pushing the arms down that is. His scannable badge is located at his vehicle bonnet, accessible while in-package.

:Due to how the legs are molded, Heatseeker cannot ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp & Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]].

{{-}}{{anchor|Menasor}}
[[File:RIDHeatseekertoy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
* '''Menasor''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

: Available only in the [[Menasor (RID)#Toys|Menasor]] Team Combiner 5-pack, this version of Heatseeker transforms into an off-road vehicle of made-up model in a few simple steps. He can also convert into a leg for a Team Combiner super-robot, though his nominal placement is as the left leg of Menasor.

: Heetseeker uses the universal connector joint shared by all Team Combiners and [[Crash Combiner]]s, but since he can ''only'' form a leg in combined mode, this can lead to some ''interesting''-looking combinations.

: He is a [[retool]] of his teammate [[Slashmark#Toys|Slashmark]], with a different headsculpt.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Heatseeker's toy depicts him with a reticle in his robot form. However, he was never seen using such device in the series.

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]

Cyclonus (WFC)

2017-12-16T22:43:46Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Cyclonus}}
{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Cyclonus is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus RM 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Come Magic Cloud!]]

'''Cyclonus''' is, on the face of it, an extremely loyal and efficient air warrior in the Decepticon army. His chilling voice speaks of the destruction that they will rain down on their enemies, and he delights in his cruelty.

However, his career is not exactly as glorious as his boasts suggest. In the past, he's turned and ran with his tailfins between his legs when things got out of his control. And lately he's taken mostly to subterfuge, manipulation and working through [[Steeljaw (RID)|patsies]]. But he still knows how to throw down, and now that he has gained the ability to combine with his fellow Decepticons [[Cyberwarp]], [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]], [[Treadshock]], and [[Riotgear]] to form [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]], he's got the muscle to back up his mouth.

{{quote|Oh, they don't ''have'' to suffer, Cyberwarp. That's just a happy bonus.|Cyclonus explaining he enjoys his work|"[[Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy]]"}}

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Harry Lennix]] (English)}}
[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus AD.jpg|thumb|left|Maybe if you're trying to disguise yourself as an Autobot, don't have a head that's shaped so much like a Decepticon symbol.]]
Following [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|the restoration]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] came to rule the planet. Cyclonus and his troops easily usurped the Council however and used [[Cyberwarp]]'s [[Light Bender]] to conceal their true identities so as to assume control of the planet. They also put into motion plans to make [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] into their errand boy and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] into their ally so as to usher a new Cybertronian age. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

For Steeljaw [[Steeljaw's Pack|and his pack]], Cyclonus and the rest of the Council broke him out of imprisonment to torment the Autobots on Earth as a distraction. {{storylink|Exiles}} For Soundwave, they genetically reprogrammed a small group of [[Mini-Con]]s to bring him three [[Decepticon Hunter]]s to free him from the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] and reformat him; they also gave him the directive to summon back Megatron to lead their conquest of Cybertron. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus VM.jpg|right|thumb|Three horned flying purple people eater]]

With their plans reaching fruition, Cyberwarp asked why [[alien]]s had to suffer for Cybertron's ascension to which Cyclonus responded that they didn't ''have'' to suffer. It was just a happy bonus before he told her to play her part and make a broadcast. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus wielding axe-weapon.jpg|thumb|left|With allies like me, Cyberwarp, you don’t need character development.]]

When Cyberwarp hesitated in making her broadcast, Cyclonus took over and finished it before shooting down her concerns about morality and ordering [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] to activate the [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]] to [[Earth]]. The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] infiltrated the Council chambers however and destroyed the Light Bender to which Cyclonus ordered an attack over Cyberwarp's protests. When fighting the Autobots one-on-one failed, Cyclonus ordered his troops to combine into [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]]. Cyberwarp's reservations however allowed [[Ultra Bee]] to defeat them, separating them back into their individual robot modes. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[Image:WFCDS Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|108px]]
{{voiceactor|[[Liam O'Brien]] (English)}}
{{Note|Cyclonus is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version]] of ''War for Cybertron'' (Decepticon version), unlocked by completing the "Streets 6" Arena level. Like the other unlockable characters, he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode.}}
While the [[Decepticon]]s were training on the streets of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], they received a message issuing a challenge from Cyclonus. Cyclonus met a small group of Decepticons atop a building, announcing he was going to "bring them back to reality". They proceeded to battle until Cyclonus was soundly defeated and agreed to join the Decepticon cause.

He was subsequently part of the mission in which the Decepticons kidnapped [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] for their [[Dark Energon]] experiments. As the Autobots tried to retrieve their friend, Cyclonus confronted them. Standing behind a force field, he unleashed his "minions"—some [[swarm (WFC)|swarm]]s and a few turrets—to attack the Autobots. When those fell and his force field was disabled, Cyclonus was reduced to a cowardly wreck, promising to open the door to the laboratory if they didn't hurt him. Once the Autobots had retrieved Swoop, Cyclonus revealed he'd rigged the lab to blow, and sped off in his jet mode, activating force fields to keep the Autobots from following him. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Cyclonus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Cyclonus''' (Legion Class, 2017)

:Part of the twelfth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion class toys, Cyclonus transforms from robot to Cybertronian starfighter in a few simple steps.

:He shares engineering with Legion class [[Windblade (RID)#Toys|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (WFC)#Legion|Starscream]], but is an entirely new mold.

{{-}}{{anchor|TeamCombiner}}
[[File:RID15-toy CyclonusCombiner.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At least I don't think with my stomach...]]
*'''Galvatronus''' (Team Combiner, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:Team Combiner Cyclonus is a Deluxe-scaled toy that transforms from robot to Cybertronian starfighter and back. The large rifle the set comes with can be mounted on top of Cyclonus's starfighter mode, but his robot mode has no way of holding it.

: He can also transform into the torso of [[Galvatronus (RID)#Toys|Galvatronus]]. His limb-ports use a universal connector joint shared by other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some very ''interesting'' combinations.

: This version of Cyclonus was available only as part of the Galvatronus box set, with his subordiantes [[Cyberwarp#Toys|Cyberwarp]], [[Riotgear#Toys|Riotgear]], [[Treadshock#Toys|Treadshock]] and [[Skyjack (RID)#Toys|Skyjack]].

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Wfc-cyclonus.jpg‎|thumb|250px|]]

*Cyclonus's ''War for Cybertron'' design was created by illustrator [[David White]].

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Council members]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Cyclonus (WFC)

2017-12-16T22:42:29Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Cyclonus}}
{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Cyclonus is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus RM 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Come Magic Cloud!]]

'''Cyclonus''' is, on the face of it, an extremely loyal and efficient air warrior in the Decepticon army. His chilling voice speaks of the destruction that they will rain down on their enemies, and he delights in his cruelty.

However, his career is not exactly as glorious as his boasts suggest. In the past, he's turned and ran with his tailfins between his legs when things got out of his control. And lately he's taken mostly to subterfuge, manipulation and working through [[Steeljaw (RID)|patsies]]. But he still knows how to throw down, and now that he has gained the ability to combine with his fellow Decepticons [[Cyberwarp]], [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]], [[Treadshock]], and [[Riotgear]] to form [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]], he's got the muscle to back up his mouth.

{{quote|Oh, they don't ''have'' to suffer, Cyberwarp. That's just a happy bonus.|Cyclonus explaining he enjoys his work|"[[Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy]]"}}

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Harry Lennix]] (English)}}
[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus AD.jpg|thumb|left|Maybe if you're trying to disguise yourself as an Autobot, don't have a head that's shaped so much like a Decepticon symbol.]]
Following [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|the restoration]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] came to rule the planet. Cyclonus and his troops easily usurped the Council however and used [[Cyberwarp]]'s [[Light Bender]] to conceal their true identities so as to assume control of the planet. They also put into motion plans to make [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] into their errand boy and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] into their ally so as to usher a new Cybertronian age. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

For Steeljaw [[Steeljaw's Pack|and his pack]], Cyclonus and the rest of the Council broke him out of imprisonment to torment the Autobots on Earth as a distraction. {{storylink|Exiles}} For Soundwave, they genetically reprogrammed a small group of [[Mini-Con]]s to bring him three [[Decepticon Hunter]]s to free him from the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] and reformat him; they also gave him the directive to summon back Megatron to lead their conquest of Cybertron. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus VM.jpg|right|thumb|]]

With their plans reaching fruition, Cyberwarp asked why [[alien]]s had to suffer for Cybertron's ascension to which Cyclonus responded that they didn't ''have'' to suffer. It was just a happy bonus before he told her to play her part and make a broadcast. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

[[File:TRID SF Cyclonus wielding axe-weapon.jpg|thumb|left|With allies like me, Cyberwarp, you don’t need character development.]]

When Cyberwarp hesitated in making her broadcast, Cyclonus took over and finished it before shooting down her concerns about morality and ordering [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]] to activate the [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]] to [[Earth]]. The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] infiltrated the Council chambers however and destroyed the Light Bender to which Cyclonus ordered an attack over Cyberwarp's protests. When fighting the Autobots one-on-one failed, Cyclonus ordered his troops to combine into [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]]. Cyberwarp's reservations however allowed [[Ultra Bee]] to defeat them, separating them back into their individual robot modes. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[Image:WFCDS Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|108px]]
{{voiceactor|[[Liam O'Brien]] (English)}}
{{Note|Cyclonus is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version]] of ''War for Cybertron'' (Decepticon version), unlocked by completing the "Streets 6" Arena level. Like the other unlockable characters, he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode.}}
While the [[Decepticon]]s were training on the streets of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], they received a message issuing a challenge from Cyclonus. Cyclonus met a small group of Decepticons atop a building, announcing he was going to "bring them back to reality". They proceeded to battle until Cyclonus was soundly defeated and agreed to join the Decepticon cause.

He was subsequently part of the mission in which the Decepticons kidnapped [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] for their [[Dark Energon]] experiments. As the Autobots tried to retrieve their friend, Cyclonus confronted them. Standing behind a force field, he unleashed his "minions"—some [[swarm (WFC)|swarm]]s and a few turrets—to attack the Autobots. When those fell and his force field was disabled, Cyclonus was reduced to a cowardly wreck, promising to open the door to the laboratory if they didn't hurt him. Once the Autobots had retrieved Swoop, Cyclonus revealed he'd rigged the lab to blow, and sped off in his jet mode, activating force fields to keep the Autobots from following him. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Cyclonus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Cyclonus''' (Legion Class, 2017)

:Part of the twelfth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion class toys, Cyclonus transforms from robot to Cybertronian starfighter in a few simple steps.

:He shares engineering with Legion class [[Windblade (RID)#Toys|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (WFC)#Legion|Starscream]], but is an entirely new mold.

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[[File:RID15-toy CyclonusCombiner.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At least I don't think with my stomach...]]
*'''Galvatronus''' (Team Combiner, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:Team Combiner Cyclonus is a Deluxe-scaled toy that transforms from robot to Cybertronian starfighter and back. The large rifle the set comes with can be mounted on top of Cyclonus's starfighter mode, but his robot mode has no way of holding it.

: He can also transform into the torso of [[Galvatronus (RID)#Toys|Galvatronus]]. His limb-ports use a universal connector joint shared by other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some very ''interesting'' combinations.

: This version of Cyclonus was available only as part of the Galvatronus box set, with his subordiantes [[Cyberwarp#Toys|Cyberwarp]], [[Riotgear#Toys|Riotgear]], [[Treadshock#Toys|Treadshock]] and [[Skyjack (RID)#Toys|Skyjack]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:Wfc-cyclonus.jpg‎|thumb|250px|]]

*Cyclonus's ''War for Cybertron'' design was created by illustrator [[David White]].

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[[Category:Council members]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle

2017-11-29T01:44:14Z

Caffeinated Spider:

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|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|The Transformers: Lost Light]]'' #10
|prev=Chasing the Infinite
|next=The Plotters' Club (Part 2)
|image=LL10_cvrA.jpg
|title="The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle"
|caption=Third homage’s the charm?
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 18]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=September 2017
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Jack Lawrence]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}
'''The Protectobots return to the ''Lost Light'', but a lot has changed in their absence.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] are on course to return to the ''[[Lost Light]]''—but it hasn't been a smooth flight, as their crippled [[O Fortuna|shuttle]] is on the verge of going offline completely. The team manage a controlled crash-landing into one of the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shuttle bays, but when they emerge from the wreck, they find themselves staring down the gun barrels of the ship's security team. [[Getaway]] appears and orders the security team to lower their weapons, then warmly embraces [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], welcoming him and the others back aboard. The returnees are quick to notice the absence of [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], and are gobsmacked to learn that ''Getaway'' is now in charge of the ship. Getaway is quick to dodge his way around their many questions, instead pointing out the injuries that [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] has sustained in the crash and suggesting First Aid deal with them first.

In the medibay, First Aid tends to Blades's wounds, and the pair conclude that something fishy is going on. Blades is a little addled from the crash and starts panicking about the possibility that a plague has killed off members of the crew in their absence, and First Aid can't even reassure him because it turns out the computer's medical files have been password protected. Instead, he runs a [[spark]] check on the ship, which confirms that there are significantly fewer 'bots on board than there were when the Protectobots left... and moreover, the nearest spark is in the medibay with them, on the other side of a locked door. Blades leaves to try and get answers from someone while First Aid sets to the door with a [[laser scalpel]], whereupon Getaway enters and offers his help. The door opens at Getaway's touch—"wasn't even locked," the new captain claims—revealing that the 'bot on the other side is [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], comatose once more for reasons the acting medical officer, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], has been unable to discern. Getaway strides off to "sort out" the problem with the medical files, but First Aid jogs along after him, demanding some proper answers. The pair stop outside the door to the ship's oil reservoir; Getaway subtly fingers the door controls as he asks First Aid if he can trust him, pulling his hand away when the medic responds affirmatively. Megatron and Rodimus, Getaway tells First Aid, "abandoned" the ''Lost Light'' due to their frustration at the crew's lack of progress, taking a team of close friends off to find a shortcut to [[Cyberutopia]]. Getaway claims he didn't tell First Aid this right away because he is upset at having been left behind, then quickly changes the subject, urging the medic to go find Hoist and get the information he needs about Thunderclash. First Aid heads off in the direction of [[Swerve's]], but Getaway corrects him—that's not where the crew gathers to socialize anymore...

First Aid finds the rest of the crew in [["Visages"]], Mirage's old cocktail lounge, where the once and former owner has already found his way back behind the bar. First Aid finds several fellow drinkers side-eyeing him until he is called over by Hoist to join him and some of the friendlier 'bots in attendance. Among the group is Hound, who First Aid is a little surprised did not become the new captain, but Hound observes that the security team being pro-Getaway ruled that out—and that he can't complain ''that'' much, since they've made incredible progress and are only weeks away from finding Cyberutopia (even if it has meant that they've ceased stopping to help others on their way). The group goes on to fill First Aid in on Rodimus and Megatron's "departure," listing off all the 'bots who went with them... but something about the list seems to unsettle First Aid, and he excuses himself for the night.

First Aid proceeds to break into the shuttered and locked Swerve's and calls Mirage and the other Protectobots to meet him there. Sitting in the dark, First Aid expresses his concerns to the team: the number of absentee crew members he ascertained earlier is much greater than the number who "deserted" with Rodimus and Megatron, meaning that multiple 'bots are unaccounted for. Mirage takes great offense at First Aid's insinuation that the rest of the crew is lying to them, and blames Megatron for everything—he should have been executed, Mirage insists, and he knows that's not a controversial position to take because Getaway and [[Atomizer]] had approached him about getting rid of Megatron in the past. The other Protectobots have no memory of being approached themselves, but First Aid does—and he came to regret telling Getaway he would side with him. No sooner have those words passed First Aid's lips than [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] steps out the shadows, having been waiting for the right moment to make his entrance. He, too, has had second thoughts about the answer he gave Getaway when that same question was asked of him, and he now tells Mirage and the Protectobots the whole truth—Rodimus and company didn't desert; rather, Getaway staged a mutiny and exiled them. He starts to explain that Thunderclash is in a coma because he also disagreed with Getaway, but before he can say any more, Getaway himself, along with the ship's security team, casually struts into the bar. All pretense abandoned, Getaway takes up Riptide's story and explains that Thunderclash is not comatose; rather, he is trapped in a memory loop, unable to tell that he is living and re-living the same series of events over and over inside his mind. Just then, [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] finds the switch that turns on the lights... and the sight that comes into view as the bar is illuminated is a horrifying one: [[brain module]]s, torn from their bodies but still attached to their spinal columns, pocked with ''teeth-marks'', floating preserved in the bar's vats of [[engex]]! Realizing the point of no return has been crossed, Getaway readies his gun... but is suddenly ambushed by the invisible Mirage, who smashes a glass across his face. As Riptide holds the security team off, Mirage and the Protectobots flip the bar's large central table and use it as a battering ram/shield to charge their way out of the room, then leg it for the shuttle bay, intending to escape the ship and alert [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to what has transpired. Blades takes a bad hit as they flee, but the group makes it to their shuttle (which has been repaired with curious speed), and manages to blast off. In moments, however, a proton missile fired by the ''Lost Light'' cripples the shuttle, and a tractor beam starts pulling it back to the ship...

[[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] are on course to return to the ''[[Lost Light]]''—but it hasn't been a smooth flight, as their crippled [[O Fortuna|shuttle]] is on the verge of going offline completely. The team manage a controlled crash-landing into one of the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shuttle bays, but when they emerge from the wreck, they find themselves staring down the gun barrels of the ship's security team. [[Getaway]] appears and orders the security team to lower their weapons, then warmly embraces [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], welcoming him and the others back aboard... all of them completely unaware that, like Thunderclash, their minds are also trapped in a memory loop...

==Featured characters==
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*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] (5)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (6)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (7)
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*[[Pointblank]] (13)
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] (14)
*[[Aquabat]] (15)
*[[Atomizer]] (16)
*[[Grotusque]] (17)
*[[Getaway]] (18)
*[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (19)
*[[Waverider]] (20)
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*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (21)
*[[Rad (G1)|Rad]] (22)
*[[Dipstick]] (23)
*[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (24)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (25)
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]] (26)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (27)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (28)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (29)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (30)
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*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (31)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (32)
*[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (33)
*[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (34)
*[[Hound (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hound]] (35)
*[[Xaaron]] (36)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (37)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (38)
*[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (39)
*[[Ammo]] (40)
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==Quotes==
"D'you remember when [Rodimus] went '''door-to-door''' showing everyone his new '''roller-skates?''' Or the time he trod '''oil''' onto the bridge and Ultra Magnus had that '''seizure?'''" 
"I remember his plan to win the '''hide-and-seek final''' by painting himself '''space color''' and standing in front of a window..."
:—'''Blades''' and '''First Aid'''

"Question: Getaway. Do you like him?" 
"Do I like him. Do I '''like''' him. Yeah. Yeah, he's okay. You?" 
"I like him a lot. But I don't know if I trust him."
:—'''First Aid''' and '''Blades'''

"Give me your least pretentious drink."
:—'''First Aid''' doesn't think too highly of "Visages"

"'''Whirl?''' You're telling me '''Whirl''' was frustrated that you weren't making progress?" 
"I think he was just '''frustrated.''' You know Whirl: he's got no idea what he wants, but he sure as hell knows he hasn't got it."
:—'''First Aid''' and '''Mainframe'''

"Don't tell me: '''foul play''' — and '''everyone's''' implicated. Even you. Even me." 
"You're not taking this seriously, Rook." 
"Correct. Because '''locked doors and dodgy maths''' do not a conspiracy make."
:—'''Rook''' and '''First Aid'''

"Bomp '''that.'''"
:—'''Mirage''' glasses Getaway

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The Protectobots left the ''Lost Light'' in [[The One Where They Go to Earth|''More than Meets the Eye'' #43]] to take part in the [[Combiner Wars (comic)|''Combiner Wars'' crossover]], arriving in the story in-progress in [[The Possible Light|''The Transformers'' #40]]. During that story, in [[Mistakes and Mayhem|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #2]], Rook suddenly appeared among the team, despite being totally unmentioned in the script; the rather notorious end result of a rushed production and error-riddled artwork. The recap page for this issue quietly smooths this away by explaining that he was a civilian Autobot who—we're not kidding—just happened to be standing near the Protectobots when they got merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Oof.
*We return to the ''Lost Light'' for the first time since [[The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|''More than Meets the Eye'' #50]], published 18 months earlier, in which Getaway staged his mutiny and banished Megatron and his various "sympathizers" from the ship.
*Standing behind/above Getaway, right in the middle of page 3, is a character who has not appeared on-panel before. Given their bat-wing-like ear-fins, plus the pair of fully-sized wings on their back, they must be [[Aquabat]], the triple-changing [[Hydrobot (G1)|Hydrobot]] who transforms into a hovercraft and a "weird, winged creature," mentioned but once before in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|''More than Meets the Eye'' #28]].
*Blades calls to the idea of a plague sweeping the ''Lost Light'' as "[[Delphi]]: Mark 2," referring to the [[Red Rust]] virus that consumed the Autobot medical facility First Aid used to work at, as seen in [[Life After the Big Bang|More than Meets the Eye'' #4]]–[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|5]].
*Hoist is the acting medic; he was previously seen attempting (and presumably [[The Gloaming|failing]]) to repair [[Tripodeca]] at a triage station set up in Swerve's bar during [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s rampage in [[No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases|issue #50's back-up strip]].
*First Aid recalls the last time Thunderclash was in a coma, back in [[The Sensuous Frame|''More than Meets the Eye'' #41]]–[[The Frail Gaze|42]].
*When listing off 'bots who "left" with Rodimus and Megatron, Getaway refers to [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] only as "the psychiatrist," the latest in a long line of instance of people being unable to remember his name.
*Getaway may be lying with the truth when he laments he thought ''he'' was in the 'Rod Squad'. He had been an 'inner circle' character for ''Remain in Light'' and ''[[Dark Cybertron]]'', he'd been friendly with Nightbeat and old comrades with Skids (both of whom turned him down), and he had been angry at how he'd been treated, his limbs and voice stripped away, when he was arrested.
*First Aid remarks that he always thought Hound would be next-in-line for captaincy. Hound has taken charge of the ship a few times in the past, during the absense of Magnus and Rodimus in the ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' crossover.
*Xaaron and Bluestreak refer to Magnus and Swerve, respectively, 'leaving' as a "blow"/"a shock". Xaaron and Magnus worked together in the law, and Bluestreak had been a friend of Swerve's and went to a lot of trouble trying to save him in "[[The One Where They Go to Earth]]". (That story had also established how everyone liked Swerve) Mainframe, meanwhile, is positively ''gleeful'' when discussing how Whirl is gone, and it was him in ''MTMTE'' #50 that ensured Whirl was taken off the ship.
*Mirage tells the others how he was approached by Getaway and Atomizer before the ''Lost Light'' launched in the wake of Megatron's trial—something that we learned the two 'bots did to everyone from their own mouths in [[The Lopsided Triangle|''More than Meets the Eye'' #47]]. Groove, Streetwise, Hot Spot, and Blades believe they were not spoken to, but we can easily conclude that they ''were'', that they said they wouldn't side with Getaway in the event of a mutiny, and don't remember because Getaway erased their memory of the conversation with his [[nudge gun]].
*Riptide believes that Getaway "sent the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]" after Rodimus and company, which was the same misconception we as an audience labored under after ''MTMTE'' #50. As we know from [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|issue #55]], he actually sent the [[Galactic Council]] after them, so why Riptide believes otherwise is unclear... unless Getaway really did do it?
*Speaking of the DJD, "teethmarks in a brain module" certainly calls to mind DJD member [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]'s method of torturing his victims, in which he placed their brain module in their own mouth (as described in [[slaughterhouse|''More than Meets the Eye'' #31]] and seen in [[The Permanent Revolution|issue #39]]), but Helex was killed by Megatron in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #55 so that's likely just a misdirect...
*Getaway notes that Thunderclash once carried the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was something we learned in [[Little Victories|''More than Meets the Eye'' #22]].
*First Aid calls the act of flipping a table "going Full Prowl," in reference to the [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Autobot security officer]]'s penchant for doing the same, as originally introduced back in [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|''More than Meets the Eye'' #1]] and reiterated several times since.
*The ''Lost Light'' fires a proton missile at the Protectobots' shuttle, a rare use of the arsenal the ship was equipped with in [[Signal to Noise|''More than Meets the Eye'' #13]].

===Transformers references===
*On page 9, Smokescreen and Inferno are seen having a very intense conversation with each other over a drink. In the Marvel UK comics, Smokescreen and Inferno were [[:File:Smokescreeninferno.jpg|very very very very PLATONICALLY close]], and in the Marvel G2 comics, [[Escalation!|Inferno essentially sacrifices himself once Smokescreen is killed in battle]]. Looks like that bond has hopped universes.
*Riptide's warning to the Protectobots starts with the words "You're being deceived", one of IDW Megatron's rallying cries which formed the basis of the Decepticon movement. Hard to imagine that that line was chosen at random.

===Real-life references===
*This issue's title appears to derive from the real-life "[http://www.thepottersclub.co.uk/ Potters' Club]," a prestigious private club in the [[United Kingdom]].

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in September, this issue arrives a few weeks late, in mid-October.
*Mirage mentions an unseen crewmember named "[[Tiretread]]" with whom he raced in the past.
*The time-loop the Protectobots are trapped in is illustrated by the story ending with a reprint of its first 4 pages, with a tweaked speech bubble in the final panel, the addition of the story title at the end, and curiously, the change of First Aid's "Oh." to an "Ah." These are in addition to the standard 20 story pages of the issue, meaning the story runs to 24 pages total.
*On a re-read it becomes apparent that some of the dialogue is pretty loaded with foreshadowing:
**"Good to see you again, doctor." (page 3, Getaway to First Aid)
**"It's our fault" (page 3, Atomizer, when Getaway asks about the crash)
**"It's a long, circuitous story" (page 4, Getaway referring to how he became captain)
**"We'll return to this conversation later." (page 5, conspicuously spread over a page break)
**"We keep going around in circles." (page 7, Getaway, in regards to Thunderclash's 'treatment')
**"I've seen him like this before." (page 7, First Aid, of Thunderclash)
**"We'll come back and fix things!" (page 18, First Aid - a promise he might end up keeping sooner than he thinks...)
*There's also quite a lot of whitespace at the bottom of page 4, because including the title this early would probably give the game away!

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYLpDeSxBac A Lack of Understanding]" by {{w|The Vaccines}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aP9cA5BAwNk Yes]" by {{w|McAlmont and Butler}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzPLLyVl-x0 Introducing Angels]" by {{w|Destroyer (band)|Destroyer}}

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' The mutineers act out another homage to Kevin Maguire's cover for 1987's ''Justice League'' #1, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]; this has become something of a series hallmark, with past homages featured as covers for [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|''More than Meets the Eye'' #1]], [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]], and [[The One Where They Go to Earth|#43]]
*'''Cover B:''' Getaway punches Thunderclash off the ''Lost Light'' and into space, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Cover C:''' The mutineers versus the Protectobots, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] by [[Marcelo Matere]]; one of retailer incentive variants done by Matere for September's ''Transformers'' titles
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[[Category: Lost Light issues]]

Cutthroat (SG)

2017-11-28T01:57:37Z

Caffeinated Spider:

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{{disambig2|the heroic Decepticon Terrorcon|his evil counterpart|Cutthroat (G1)}}
:''Cutthroat is a heroic [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (SG)|Terrorcon]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Cutthroat''' used to be one of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s top corporate moguls, running his businesses with a killer combination of morality, fairness, and snappy commercial slogans. When the war demolished everything he worked for, he nearly had a processor breakdown, but [[Blot (SG)|Blot]]'s expertise ended up keeping him on the level. Now he helps [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] in the [[Decepticon]]s' fight for freedom, combining with the other [[Terrorcon (SG)|Terrorcon]]s to form [[Abominus (SG)|Abominus]].

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
Cutthroat was sent out by [[Reflector (SG)|Reflector]] as part of [[Abominus (SG)|Abominus]] to confront [[Computron (SG)|Computron]], who had been chasing [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], and [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] on their way to the Decepticons' base. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}}

Apparently Computron was somehow dealt with, as Abominus was next seen facing [[Omega Doom]], who had also recently arrived at the Decepticon base. Omega Doom brought Abominus to his knees with a cannon blast, but Omega's next shot was blocked by a force field that [[Nexus Prime]] projected around the beleaguered combiner just in the nick of time.

Cutthroat himself was later present and healthy-looking during [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]]'s farewell to Nexus Prime and Aquarius. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

==Notes==
* Cutthroat is colored like [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]].

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Decepticons]]
[[Category:Terrorcons]]

Galvatronus (RID)

2017-11-06T02:12:16Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon combiner|the Generation 1 Decepticon combiner|Galvatronus (Generations)}}
:''Galvatronus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[File:RID15-boxart Galvatronus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"For so long, I've been able to take anything I wanted. But it wasn't enough. I should have been able to rule the world with my power! And through you, that's exactly what I'm doing."]]

'''Galvatronus''' is a [[combiner]] composed of [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]], [[Cyberwarp]], [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]], [[Treadshock]], and [[Riotgear]].

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Galvatronus was formed when the corrupt Cybertronian Council quickly lost to Team Bee. In retaliation, they formed [[Ultra Bee]] and the two clashed. Strongarm quickly noted that Galvatronus was a great deal stronger than [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]], despite not being completely unified. During the fight, Cyclonus furiously revealed his manipulations from the start, and proceeded to quickly beat Ultra Bee, primarily focused on Bumbleebee himself. During the fight, Cyberwarp, the arm holding Galvatronus's weapon, began to hesitate, regreating the Decepticon way, and managed to hold back Galvatronus. This opening allowed Ultra Bee to deliver the final blow, and separated the five. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Mobage-Galvatronus.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|"'Evil'? Come on, how reductive."]]
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Galvatronus was among the many Decepticons available to repel an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] invasion. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Galvatronus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"I've always been bad at small talk. I'm used to just saying things and they happen. It spoils you."]]
*'''Galvatronus''' (Team Combiner, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Team Combiners, Galvatronus was only available as a complete 5-pack of bots. Each toy has a vehicle-to-robot transformation as well as a combined mode. The Deluxe-scale [[Cyclonus (WFC)#TeamCombiner|Cyclonus]] forms the torso, while the four Legends-sized Decepticons form the limbs: space-fighters [[Cyberwarp#Toys|Cyberwarp]] and [[Skyjack (RID)#Toys|Skyjack]] form the arms, while ground vehicles [[Treadshock#Toys|Treadshock]] and [[Riotgear#Toys|Riotgear]] form the legs.

: Each toy uses the same universal combination joint as the other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some... ''interesting'' combinations, given that most robots form very specific body parts when combined. Mixing Crash Combiners with Team Combiners leads to some ''especially'' weird results.
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==Notes==
* Gavlatronus actually got an early "release" through the [[HasCon 2017]] "Boutique" (aka "buy our stuff" area), which featured several Hasbro toys that hadn't made it out to retail yet.
* Galvatronus was never named on screen.
* While the toy comes with a “small” rifle, Galvatronus wields a large battle axe made from his components’ individual weapons in the show.
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Cyclonus (WFC)

2017-11-06T02:05:00Z

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{{disambig3|Cyclonus}}
{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Cyclonus is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID15-boxart Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Come Magic Cloud!]]

'''Cyclonus''' is, on the face of it, an extremely loyal and efficient air warrior in the Decepticon army. His chilling voice speaks of the destruction that they will rain down on their enemies, and he delights in his cruelty.

However, his career is not exactly as glorious as his boasts suggest. In the past, he's turned and ran with his tailfins between his legs when things got out of his control. And lately he's taken mostly to subterfuge, manipulation and working through [[Steeljaw (RID)|patsies]]. But he still knows how to throw down, and now that he has gained the ability to combine with his fellow Decepticons [[Cyberwarp]], [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]], [[Treadshock]], and [[Riotgear]] to form [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]], he's got the muscle to back up his mouth.

{{quote|Oh, they don't ''have'' to suffer, Cyberwarp. That's just a happy bonus.|Cyclonus explaining he enjoys his work|"[[Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy]]"}}

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Harry Lennix]] (English), TBA (Japanese)}}
[[File:TRID-S3-E25-EOME-Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|With an ally like me, Cyberwarp, you don’t need character development.]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}{{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[Image:WFCDS Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|108px]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Liam O'Brien]]
{{Note|Cyclonus is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version]] of ''War for Cybertron'' (Decepticon version), unlocked by completing the "Streets 6" Arena level. Like the other unlockable characters, he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode.}}
While the [[Decepticon]]s were training on the streets of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], they received a message issuing a challenge from Cyclonus. Cyclonus met a small group of Decepticons atop a building, announcing he was going to "bring them back to reality". They proceeded to battle until Cyclonus was soundly defeated and agreed to join the Decepticon cause.

He was subsequently part of the mission in which the Decepticons kidnapped [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] for their [[Dark Energon]] experiments. As the Autobots tried to retrieve their friend, Cyclonus confronted them. Standing behind a force field, he unleashed his "minions"—some [[swarm (WFC)|swarm]]s and a few turrets—to attack the Autobots. When those fell and his force field was disabled, Cyclonus was reduced to a cowardly wreck, promising to open the door to the laboratory if they didn't hurt him. Once the Autobots had retrieved Swoop, Cyclonus revealed he'd rigged the lab to blow, and sped off in his jet mode, activating force fields to keep the Autobots from following him. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Cyclonus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Cyclonus''' (Legion Class, 2017)

:Part of the twelfth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion class toys, Cyclonus transforms from robot to Cybertronian starfighter in a few simple steps.

:He shares engineering with Legion class [[Windblade (RID)#Toys|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (WFC)#Legion|Starscream]], but is an entirely new mold.

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[[File:RID15-toy CyclonusCombiner.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At least I don't think with my stomach...]]
*'''Galvatronus''' (Team Combiner, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:Team Combiner Cyclonus is a Deluxe-scaled toy that transforms from robot to Cybertronian starfighter and back. The large rifle the set comes with can be mounted on top of Cyclonus's starfighter mode, but his robot mode has no way of holding it.

: He can also transform into the torso of [[Galvatronus (RID)#Toys|Galvatronus]]. His limb-ports use a universal connector joint shared by other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some very ''interesting'' combinations.

: This version of Cyclonus was available only as part of the Galvatronus box set, with his subordiantes [[Cyberwarp#Toys|Cyberwarp]], [[Riotgear#Toys|Riotgear]], [[Treadshock#Toys|Treadshock]] and [[Skyjack (RID)#Toys|Skyjack]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:Wfc-cyclonus.jpg‎|thumb|250px|]]

*Cyclonus's ''War for Cybertron'' design was created by illustrator [[David White]].
*This is not [[Cyclonus (G1)|the first Cyclonus]] to form the torso of [[Galvatronus (Generations)|a Galvatronus]].

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Cyberwarp (RID)

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:''Cyberwarp is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[File:RID15-boxart Cyberwarp.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Yellow is the new green.]]

Though she is part of an elite team of Decepticons, '''Cyberwarp''' has her doubts as to her chosen faction's tactics, especially in a post-war [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. She's put off by her commander [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]]'s ruthlessness, and isn't terribly keen on bringing harm to [[human]]s either.

She can combine with her commander and her fellow enforcers [[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]], [[Treadshock]], and [[Riotgear]] to form the powerful [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]].

{{quote|We... share a planet. There has to be a better way... to settle our differences... than destroying one other.|"[[Freedom Fighters]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brooke Goldner]] (English)}}

[[File:TRID-S3-E25-EOME-Cyberwarp.jpg|thumb|left|The perils of being the Token Good Teammate.]]
As the [[Autobot High Council]] met to discuss the immenent success of their plans, Cyberwarp was the lone member to express concern, asking why the rest of the galaxy had to suffer for Cybertron's ascension, and worrying that Cyclonus was enjoying himself too much when it came to that suffering. However, with Cyclonus' urging her to "play her part", she uncertainly acqueised to continue with the plan. When the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] and [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] arrived on Cybertron, they were greeted by a video broadcast of Cyberwarp proclaiming the High Council's propaganda on every video board around [[Kaon Plaza]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} She continued to transmit her propaganda messages until she hesitated, forcing Cyclonus to step in and finish. When the Bee Team infiltrated the Council Building, they removed Cyberwarp’s Light Bender device, revealing the true colors of both her and her cohorts. In the battle that ensued, she stood on the sidelines unsure of what to do; obey Cyclonus or do what she felt was best. Eventually, Cyclonus had enough and forced her to join him in combining into Galvatronus. At first, she was reluctantly compliant, but just when Ultra Bee was about to be done in, she stopped and prevented Galvatronus from using his right arm. After they decombined, an exhausted Cyberwarp told Bumblebee that surely there is a way Autobots and Decepticons can coexist peacefully.{{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Cyberwarp.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
* '''Galvatronus''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

: Available only in the [[Galvatronus (RID)#Toys|Galvatronus]] Team Combiner 5-pack, Cyberwarp transforms into a Cybertronian VTOL-pod in a few simple steps. She can also convert into an arm for any Team Combiner super-robot, though her nominal placement is as the right arm of Galvatronus.

: Cyberwarp uses the universal connector joint shared by all Team Combiners and [[Crash Combiner]]s, but since she can ''only'' form an arm in combined mode, this can lead to some ''interesting''-looking combinations.

: She is a [[retool]] of her teammate [[Skyjack (RID)#Toys|Skyjack]], with a different headsculpt. There is a mismatch between the two's decos: Cyberwarp's art shows her with yellow piping, but the toy has green, while Skyjack has the reverse issue. You can ''try'' to correct this by knocking out the pin and swapping heads, but good luck with that.

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Scrapper (ROTF)

2017-11-06T01:50:38Z

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{{disambig3|Scrapper}}

:''Scrapper is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:HeatScramble_ROTFScrapper.jpg|thumb|250px|Dammit, my hand fell off again.]]

'''Scrapper''' is a [[Constructicon Scout]] that transforms into a front load shovel. When combined with his fellow [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s, he becomes the right arm of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. He may also share a name with another robot of the same model who saw action at the battle of [[Egypt]], or yet a third one who saw action in the battle of [[Chicago]].

His body-type is also shared with [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]] and [[Trench]].

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
Scrapper's body type was one of the early "construction drones" used to build [[Star Harvester]]s. One of the Scrappers joined [[the Fallen]]'s original Decepticons. He tried to battle the turncoat [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and was quickly taken out. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}} {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

===Movies===
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
[[Image:ROTF Scrapper HDTrailer.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"Look! I did appear in the movie! For all of ten seconds..."]] During the climactic [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]] in [[Egypt]] between the Autobots, their [[human]] [[NEST]] allies and [[The Fallen]]'s Decepticons, Scrapper appeared in a quarry with the other Constructicons before merging into Devastator to attack former [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]].

[[Image:ROTF Scrapper protoform death.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"And I outlived all the Constructicons that got toys, too!"]]
Meanwhile at the Egyptian town, another Decepticon with Scrapper's [[body-type]] joined [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s group to search for the fugitive [[Sam Witwicky]]. When the boy and [[Mikaela Banes]] were flushed out of hiding, Scrapper attempted to crush them with his fist/mace on a chain, but the humans escaped in the chaos.

Elsewhere, as Devastator smashed away at the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] after shrugging off Skids and Mudflap, Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to fire upon the giant Decepticon. The [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[Rail gun|railgun]], smashing the Scrapper arm to pieces and destroying Devastator. Back at the Egyptian town, the other Scrapper was destroyed when the [[United States Air Force]] bombed the heck out of the battlefield. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Scrapper’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel “[[The Last Prime]]"; the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]”; and the storybook "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]."}}
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====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
[[Image:DOTMScrapper.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I even showed up in the sequel!"]]
A Scrapper was hiding under the surface of [[Earth]]'s [[moon (moon)|moon]] with scores of other Decepticon troops. Once the Autobot traitor [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] activated the [[space bridge]] pillars, he and other Decepticons were able to cross over from the moon into the middle of [[Washington, D.C.]]. The Scrapper then participated in the subsequent invasion of [[Chicago]]. During the climatic battle in Chicago, he was killed by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Dual Energon Swords|energon sword]] when he came charging down the main battlefield. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Legends_Scrapper.jpg|thumb|200px|"So why ''don't'' I have a Voyager toy?!"]]
*'''Scrapper''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''D5'''

:Scrapper and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually. He forms the right arm of Devastator.

*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)

:In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, the Legends Constructicons are sold together as a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] multipack.

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[[Image:ROTFLegends_ScrapperG1Colors.JPG|thumb|right|200px|"I mean, I even have a G1 homage!"]]
*'''EZ Collection Devastator - G1 Colors Version''' (Legends, 2010)
:Takara also released the seven Legend class Constructicons in G1 inspired green and purple color schemes.

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====Combiner Class toys====
[[Image:TF-ROTF-Combiner-Class-Devastator-Scrapper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"And why don't I have a Voyager toy that transforms?!"]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)
:Scrapper is a scoop loader that becomes one of Devastator's arms. In fiction and in the instructions, he forms the right arm. As with the other Constructicons in this set, he lacks a robot mode. Bummer.
:He has the code "BG-E" printed below his Decepticon symbol.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/SupScrapper/scrapper.htm More information on Combiner Scrapper at TFU.info]''
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====Mega Power Bots====
[[Image:ROTF MegaPowerBots Devastator.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"... into a robot?! Why don't I have a Voyager toy that transforms into a robot??!!"]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)
: [[Power Bots|Mega Power Bots]] Devastator is a simple toy for younger children, featuring plenty of playing sounds and flashing lights. His limbs have limited swivel articulation and do not detach into separate vehicles. He has a distinctly more humanoid stature than normal.

: Unlike regular [[Power Bots]], and unlike other portrayals of the character in general, Devastator features a transformation! It consists of putting his arms up and laying him flat on his stomach, which lets him roll around using the wheels on his limbs.

: Pressing down the Decepticon shield on his crotch (!) spins the vortex in his chest, lights up his eyes and makes him utter one of many Welker-recorded phrases, including [[The Transformers: The Movie|"Prepare for extermination!"]], "Crush Autobots!" and "I am Devastator!" Pressing on the crane of his excavator arm makes a cannon blast sound effect, while pressing the cab of his loader arm turns the scoop into claws.

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===Transformers (2010)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:TF2010-toy_Legends_green_Scrapper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Two! That's two homages! Why do I ''still'' not have a Voyager toy??!!]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure giftset, 2010)

:A [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive Generation 1-themed redeco of Legends Devastator and his components. Unlike Takara's go at the same idea, Scrapper and the other Constructicons are mostly just lime green and gray, with the only bits of purple being their windshields. They do, however, have brown [[paint operation]]s on and around their wheels to simulate dirt.

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[[Image:TF2010MegsRisingScrapper.jpg|thumb|300px|“That’s it! I give up!”]]
*'''Megatron Rising''' (Figure multi-pack)

:This retailer exclusive multi-pack recreated the scene in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' where the Constructicons resurrect Megatron. This red redeco of Scrapper was most likely intended to be [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]], better known as "Ze little one" who was sacrificed to rebuild the Decepticon leader. He comes packed with (apparently) unchanged Constructicon Devastator figures of [[Long Haul (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Long Haul]], [[Rampage (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Rampage]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)#MegatronRising|Mixmaster]], and a metallic green redeco of Voyager Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#MegatronRising|Megatron]].

:It has never been revealed for which retailer this multi-pack was intended.
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===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Devastator''' (Legends, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD13'''

: Released as part of Takara's [[Movie Advanced Series]] Devastator set, Scrapper is a redeco of the ROTF Legends Scrapper to closely resemble his on-screen portrayal.

==Merchandise==
===Burger King===
[[Image:ROTFMerchandise-BurgerKingScrapper.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No, you can't use him as reusable mousetrap bait. We've tried.]]
*'''Constructin' Devastator''' (2009)
:An extremely-simplified version of Scrapper's vehicle mode is included as part of [[Devastator (ROTF)#Burger_King|Burger King Devastator]]. Though his ball socket is compatible with any of Devastator's limb connections, it's marked with an A to indicate he forms Devastator's right arm.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Punchy!]]

:Scrapper is the sculpted right arm of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] in their vehicle modes and [[William Lennox]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:ROTF Constructicon concept.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Scrapper or [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]? Hell if we know.]]
* In the scene where the Constructicons revive Megatron, an aerial shot of the Constructicons in vehicle form shows [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|a Decepticon]] with a front load shovel alternate mode and body type similar to Scrapper. However [[Hasbro]] [http://www.actionfigs.com/index.php?categoryid=21&p2_articleid=2471 do not consider ze little one Scrapper,] based on their comment that [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], Rampage, Mixmaster and Long Haul received figures first because they had more screentime. Additionally, a latter shot showed a Volvo excavator in place of the front loader. So, Scrapper was not killed by his fellow Constructicons. He's still considered dead from aerial bombardment, though.
** The bot who was killed and used to rebuild Megatron (i.e. "Ze Little One"), was given the name Scrapmetal.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scrapper''' (スクラッパー ''Sukurappā'')

[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]
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New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost

2017-10-13T14:49:27Z

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{{Comicstory
|series=op|issueno=5
|prev=New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows
|next=New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets
|caption=Someone hates Weird Al.
|image=OP5 regcvr.jpg
|title="New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 22]], 2017
|coverdate=March 2017
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Kei Zama]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''As Optimus Prime leads the counter-attack against the Junkions, Soundwave employs a subtler form of combat to turn the tide of the battle.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Mexico City]], [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] continues to shadow [[Sofía Orozco|the human woman]] he recently encountered, still hoping that he can open up lines of communication for their mutual benefit. She remains uninterested; even his presence is making her a target, she argues, as she has begun to suffer online harassment over her apparent association with him. Jazz is forced to concede that she may have a point when, suddenly, the sky rips open and [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] begin spilling through the portal and into the city, eating everything in sight!

Above the [[Matterhorn]], the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] plunge the pointed tip of their [[Quintesson Cruiser|corkscrew spaceship]] straight into [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], causing chaos down on the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]'s deck. While [[Aileron]] and [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] evacuate the visiting human delegates and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] transports the comatose [[Sideswipe (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sideswipe]] to safety, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] awes his colonist followers by calling upon Metrotitan to partially transform and seize the Junkion ship to prevent it from escaping. With the ship held firmly in place, Prime orders the Autobots to begin an all-out counter-attack against the Junkions. [[Pyra Magna]] expresses some discontent in the violent, ruthless order, but nevertheless orders the [[Torchbearer]]s to combine into [[Victorion]] to take part in the fight.

''Four million years ago, Orion Pax and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] fit Jetfire with a "wire" that will record his impending meeting with Decepticon gun-runners [[Horri-Bull]] and [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]]. Though the operation has the potential to mark him as the hero who separated true Decepticon ideology from terrorist violence, Jetfire is hardly ebullient, wishing that he could just have his normal life back. Worse still, when he finally meets with Needlenose and his cohorts, he discovers that the weapons they are selling were provided by [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] himself, which means his claims that he was unconnected to the gunrunners were lies.''

Flung from the Junkion ship just before the beginning of the battle, the badly-wounded [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] is safely recovered by Soundwave and undergoes treatment at the hands of [[Sanjay Bharwaney|Hi-Tech]] at the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] encampment on the Matterhorn. As Cosmos weakly recounts the sight of the cramped pen that held the Sharkticons aboard the Junkion ship, Soundwave has a realization: the Sharkticons are the Junkons' ''servants'', and Soundwave knows ''exactly'' how to rile up an underclass. Flying up into the midst of the Sharkticon swarm, Soundwave addresses the creatures and quotes from one of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s old pre-war texts, urging them to understand that they are oppressed, and have the power to cast off their own shackles.

''Soundwave meets with [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] to discuss the plan the latter has brewing. Soundwave is concerned that the scheme will result in the death of loyal Decepticons, but Starscream is perfectly willing to carry out such a sacrifice; yet another reason for Soundwave to doubt the tactics the Decepticons are employing in the name of their beliefs. Whatever doubts Soundwave may have, however, are far eclipsed by Orion Pax's fury at learning the Decepticon communicator lied to him. Prowl is unsurprised and tries to calm the angry Orion, but this act of dishonesty seems to the last straw for Cybertron's "hero cop"—his sympathy for the Decepticons has evaporated, and he is out to bring them all in, regardless of consequences.''

As the battle between the Autobots and Junkions continues to rage, [[Oiler]] meets his end when his head is cut in half by a Junkion's sword. Seeing her brother's death sends [[Slide]] into a fit of rage, and she unleashes a barrage of firepower that annihilates the Junkion. The escalation of the conflict leads the Junkions to realize that the Cybertronians are more dangerous than they had expected, and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] decides to sneak away, his heart never having truly been in the fight in the first place. As he tries to slip into the shadows, though, he is confronted by [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]], who demands that he take her to the [[positron core]] that he previously offered the Autobots so she can use it to repair Sideswipe. The babbling Wreck-Gar insists that he ''can't''... but only because, as he reveals a moment later, he doesn't have to ''take'' her anywhere, since he's got it on his person already.

Back in Mexico City, Jazz tries to hold off the Sharkticons, while the woman angrily laments that situations like this are proof that her employer is wrong, and that the Autobots don't need another platform to spread their message. Jazz is intrigued to find out what she does for a living, but notes he'll have to wait until after the fight before they can talk about it... at which point, the Sharkticons all stop attacking. Soundwave's speech has worked, and as one, the Sharkticons all transform to robot mode and turn on the Junkions!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] (4)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime/''Orion Pax'']] (6)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (7)
*[[Aileron]] (8)
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] (10)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (16)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (17)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sideswipe]] (18)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (20)
*[[Stormclash]] (21)
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*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (22)
*[[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] (23)
*[[Rust Dust]] (24)
*[[Bump]] (25)
*[[Slide]] (26)
*[[Oiler]] (27)
*[[Dust Up]] (28)
*[[Jumpstream]] (29)
*[[Gimlet]] (30)
*''[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'' (31)
*[[Victorion]] (35)
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*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (13)
*''[[Horri-Bull]]'' (32)
*''[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]]'' (33)
*''[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (38)

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*[[Rum-Maj]] (11)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (12)
*Various [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] (34)

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*[[Zilong Qian|Talon]] (14)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike]] (15)
*[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (36)
*[[Sanjay Bharwaney|Hi-Tech]] (37)

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*[[Sofía Orozco|Conspicuously unnamed Mexican woman]] (1)
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] (3)
*[[President of the United States]] (9)
*[[D.0.C.]] (19)
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==Quotes==
'''Cosmos: Disagreed With Something That Ate Him.'''
:—Cosmos's post-Sharkticon-encounter ID caption

"Protect the humans at all cost! '''That's''' why we came here!" 
"Ah, the '''decisive orders''' one would expect from the '''killer of Galvatron.'''"
:—'''Optimus''' is trying, '''Pyra Magna''', could you just... could you just ''not'', for once?

"My daddy used to say, 'you never go wrong with killing the robots.'"
:—'''Spike''', could ''you'' also not, thanks?

"What, did you think you'd joined a '''book club?'''"
:—'''Needlenose''' reacts to Jetfire's surprise at the sight of weapons

"These Sharkticons '''serve''' the Junkions. They are an '''underclass.''' And fortunately for us, '''class warfare''' is my '''specialty.'''"
:—'''Soundwave'''

"Think this '''through''', Orion." 
"What '''is''' there to think through? We were '''wrong'''. The Decepticons '''are''' running guns." 
"We don't have any reason to think '''Hefter''' was involved." 
"Maybe he should have picked '''better friends.'''"
:—'''Prowl''' witnesses '''Orion Pax's''' turn to the dark side

"We pray to '''Primus''' or whoever... we ask for '''change.''' We think it matters what we '''want'''. But 'Primus' is just a '''thermodynamic reaction''' set in motion at the beginning of time. When we place our faith in '''others''', real or imaginary, we set ourselves up for that '''ultimate fall.''' Words can '''inspire'''... but where inspiration meets reality, '''desperation''' rules. '''Thermodynamics''' set in motion at the '''beginning of time''' can corrupt the '''noblest thoughts'''... until the final truth is revealed: '''only the strong survive.'''"
:—'''Arcee''' lays out her beliefs

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*In her narration, Arcee reveals that she hails from the "[[Darklands]]", the region of ancient Cybertron that [[Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|''Robots in Disguise'' #30]] noted was the home of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. That would suggest that Arcee (who it's easy to forget is ''super'' old) was a member of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s tribe back during the era of the [[Thirteen|Primes]]. Further information would come in [[Origin Myths|issue #10]].
*Having being previously alluded to in [[All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|''The Transformers'' #52]] and [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|''Sins of the Wreckers'' #3]], Arcee again makes some veiled references to having been an ally of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and the rest of Galvatron and [[Nova Prime]]'s group when they rebuilt Cybertronian society after the end of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Arcee notes that "even I was just a lie I told myself," and that she "truly became herself" later, dialogue in-keeping with earlier remarks made in #52 that the being she is now is who she was "always meant to be." Though gender is not specifically referenced here, it was in #52, suggesting that these implications are intended to mitigate the longstanding questionable circumstances of what Jhiaxus did to her.
*Soundwave quotes from the unnamed work of Megatron's seen being composed in [[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|''More than Meets the Eye'' #34]].
*Orion's turning point in this issue shows how he went from the optimistic guy from earlier stories like "Chaos Theory" and "Shadowplay" to the jaded, skull-busting cop seen in ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]''.
*Arcee talks again about her friendship with [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] while they lived on [[Gorlam Prime]] together, between ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'', and Hardhead's death in [[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|''More than Meets the Eye'' #25]].

===Transformers references===
*As in their debut appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', the Sharkticons are "defeated" not through force, but by being convinced to turn against their masters. Soundwave accomplishes it with a little more finesse than [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]'s roaring and foot-stomping.
*Rum-Maj swears by "the sacred voice of [[Weirrall]]", a reference to [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], who provided the Junkion song "[[Dare to Be Stupid]]" for the movie soundtrack, and voiced the [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|''Animated'' incarnation of Wreck-Gar]].
*Wreck-Gar refers to himself as "Wreck-n-Rool", referencing the oft-slung catchphrase of the [[Wrecker]]s.
*The Sharkticons' robot modes are drawn and colored largely based on the concurrently-available ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Gnaw#Generations|Gnaw]] toy (though of course, none of them are identified as being Gnaw himself).

===Real-life references===
*As with all chapters of "New Cybertron", this issue's subtitle is taken from the lyrics to the {{w|Covenant (band)|Covenant}} song, "Babel".
*"Junkionisms" used by Wreck-Gar this issue include:
**"Now what's what I call a counterattack, volume eleven!" — A reference to the multi-volume ''{{w|Now That's What I Call Music!}}'' album series. The "volume eleven" part might also be a reference to the movie ''{{w|This Is Spinal Tap}}'', and its famous speakers with volume knobs that "go up to eleven."
**"Tune in same Wreck-Time, same Wreck-Channel." — The famous closing narration of the 1966 {{w|Batman (TV series)|''Batman'' television series}}.

===Covers (4)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Arcee lays into Wreck-Gar, by [[Kei Zama]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Optimus, Arcee, and Victorion watch as the Sharkticons descend, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Buster watches a Sharkticon chow down on Michelangelo's ''David'', by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Optimus Prime by [[E. J. Su]]; connects to the Su cover of [[Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|''Lost Light'' #4]] to form a complete image, which homages Su's connecting covers to [[Infiltration issue 5|''Infitration'' #5]] and [[Infiltration issue 6|6]].

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Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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Read about the adventures of '''Sludge''' in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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Early during the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the warriors who would later become the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] began to suspect that one day they might become fed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership and strike out on their own. In preparation, they snuck into a [[Decepticon]] spaceport, stole a number of ships, and hid them in the [[Rad Zone]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

Sludge wound up being one of the Autobots selected to accompany Optimus Prime in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on a mission to clear a path for Cybertron through an asteroid belt, only for the ship to crash on [[Earth]]. While the [[Autobot]]s remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Ark detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the Ark learned that [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots, who travelled there in a [[Ark shuttlecraft#"Slave-I" type|shuttle]] to fight Shockwave, but all combatants became trapped in a tar pit. Information on this battle was stored on the Ark's memory banks and were discovered four million years later by [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]], {{storylink|The Last Stand}} and Ratchet, at that moment the last Autobot on Earth that remained functional, tempted [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] with details of Shockwave's alleged defeat as currency for a deal with him. Promising Megatron that he would find the Dinobots and use them to defeat Shockwave on Megatron's behalf, {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet traveled to the Savage Land and retrieved the bodies of Sludge and the others. Upon being reactivated, they helped Ratchet fight and defeat Megatron. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

''On the way back to the Ark, Sludge had his first encounter with a [[human]], which ended with the organic fleeing in terror. Ratchet sought to explain why humans feared them with a story about the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons at [[Sherman Dam]]. At story's end, they reached the Ark, only to find the reprogrammed [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] blocking their path.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''Seeing the Guardian pounding [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] unconscious sent the rest of the Dinobots into a rage, but their might was no match for that of the Omega Class battle droid. Ratchet intervened, sending the Guardian fleeing into the Ark by blasting into its cerebral access port. While Ratchet went to work repairing the rest of the Autobots, Sludge and the Dinobots began tracking down the Guardian as it stumbled through the Ark. Together, they managed to bring it down to its knees just as Ratchet discovered that the Guardian had been booby-trapped with a thermo-nuclear bomb.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] managed to prevent the Dinobots from reducing the Ark to a smoldering crater by remote-controlling Optimus Prime's body, interrupting their execution of Guardian. This unfortunately allowed the droid to strike back, and it fled after knocking all of its opponents aside. The Dinobots reconvened in the medical bay, where Grimlock made sure Ratchet attended to Swoop in short order. Just as repairs on their comrade neared completion, Guardian burst into the room, and the Dinobots engaged the droid once again. However, Guardian was not planning to beat the Autobots through brute force this time around; instead, the droid had activated the bomb within its body, and was counting down to detonation. Sludge and the others were spared from utter destruction by Swoop, who flew Guardian up into the sky before the bomb went off. Believing their comrade to have perished, the Dinobots went off on their own afterwards.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

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''Sludge, like the other Dinobots, went a-wandering after this but reverted to his base instincts after his primary [[cybo-dendron]]s burnt out, probably because the insulation that protected them had been eroded by [[Repeat Performance!|4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]]. The Autobots learned that Sludge was due to regress as such after tangling with Swoop,'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''and organized to seek him out. Sludge had ended up in the waterways of Littlewood, California, where he was befriended by [[Joy Meadows]]. Unfortunately, the Decepticons attacked, took him away from his newfound love, and made him fight [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] in the human settlement of [[Doonstown]]. The Autobots found themselves struggling to contain the two Dinobots' clash, only for it to come to a sudden end when Bumblebee destroyed a [[sonic lance]], which had been used by the Decepticons to aggravate the Dinobots into their uncontrollable frenzy. Following the weapon's destruction, Sludge fell into a comatose state.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

''While Sludge was recovering from brain surgery, he dreamed of Joy.'' {{storylink|Victory!}} ''Sludge and the other Dinobots eventually recovered fully from their ordeal, although they were still none too happy to see Ratchet upon awakening.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} When Prime organized a battle unit to assault the Decepticon base, not to demolish their enemy but to record some vital data, the Dinobots balked at the idea. Going into battle without intending to win was an anathema to them. Grimlock, Sludge and the other Dinobots chose to abandon the Autobot cause instead of putting up with Optimus Prime's "cowardly" ways any longer. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

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''After leaving, Sludge spotted Joy again on TV and decided to search her out. On a whim, the rest of the Dinobots agreed to accompany him on this endeavor. It was lucky they did, because both the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] and the Decepticons had marked her for death to protect their stakes in the "[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]" story. Happening upon Meadows as she was being swarmed by Triple-I agents, the Dinobots rescued her and spirited her away. Afterwards, Sludge found himself doing little more than dreamily staring at her... Both Meadows and the other Dinobots viewed Sludge's open crush as quite weird. While Sludge was lost in his own thoughts, the rest of the team agreed to be interviewed by Meadows so they could set the record straight over Transformers being autonomous life forms, and not the tools of a so-called "terrorist." However, even the power of unrequited love couldn't stop the Decepticons from interfering. After tracking them down, Megatron and his forces defeated the Dinobots and forced Joy to stop her investigation. Though they grumbled afterwards, the Dinobots also gave up on telling their side of the story to the public.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''When Optimus Prime and Prowl confronted the Dinobots about their latest adventure, Sludge and the others refused to divulge anything and walked off in a huff.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''When the future Decepticon named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returned to the 1980s, his first act was to destroy [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], a mechanoid who had befriended the Dinobots. Seeking revenge, they came after Galvatron in a pitched battle alongside [[Cybertron Seven|several Autobots]]. Using his massive beast mode, Sludge stomped down on Galvatron, only for his attacks to yield little result. The [[time travel]]er only retreated when the Decepticons joined the fray, as Galvatron was unwilling to destroy his own future-troops.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

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The Dinobots were still on their own, stealing fuel from the humans, when they learned of Optimus Prime's death. After Grimlock attempted to claim leadership of the Autobots for himself and failed, Sludge and the Dinobots happened upon [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacking the Ark. Sludge was content to sit back and mock the Autobots' efforts at first, but when Grimlock leaped into the fray, he insisted their leader "share" his fight. Trypticon was driven back through a space bridge by their attack, and Grimlock's leadership convinced the Autobots that Grimlock should be leader after all. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

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''While browsing tv channels, Sludge came upon a live broadcast showing the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] attacking a circus. Ecstatic at the chance to get into a scrap, he first showed Swoop his find before planning to head off and tell Grimlock about it too. Upon seeing the footage though, Swoop revealed that among the Predacons was a face he recognized from long ago: [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], the Decepticon who had stolen his original name after defeating him. Swoop insisted on heading out alone to confront his rival.'' {{storylink|What's in a Name?}} ''Sludge gathered the rest of the Dinobots, and they caught up to Swoop as he was getting ganged up on by the Predacons. Though [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] got the upper hand on Sludge in the scuffle that followed, Sludge was simply too dumb to admit he had gotten himself into a precarious position, and managed to wear down his opponent by soldiering through his beating. The Dinobots emerged victorious, but Swoop convinced the rest of his teammates to let the Predacons go, so that their grudges could be resolve in a proper fashion later.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

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Under Grimlock's leadership, the Ark became spaceborne once more, though some Autobots began rebelling against their brutal commander. Chief among these insurgents was Blaster, who was tracked down to the Earth's orbit. Though the Autobots managed to capture four [[Spacehikers|young human]] allied to their rogue agent, Blaster himself remained elusive. In order to draw him out, Grimlock cast the children out into the void of space (with spacesuits), only for his trap to be foiled by the interference of another Autobot, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Refusing to give up, Grimlock called upon Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots to help him hunt down Sky Lynx and his new passengers through a nearby asteroid belt. Sky Lynx proved too agile for them to catch up to, but Blaster was lured out nonetheless, as the ongoing chase threatened to exhaust the humans' limited oxygen supply. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} With the rebel troublemaker taken captive, Grimlock returned to his capricious rule, with Sludge and the other Dinobots attending to his every need. His time of lazily lounging about was interrupted when the Ark's crew came in contact with another team of Autobots, this one operating under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. Unwilling to share leadership duties, Grimlock challenged the new arrival to a duel. Blaster wound up taking up the fight in Maximus's stead, with nearly all of the other Autobots acting as audience to their match. The Dinobots cheered for Grimlock, though the fight came to an abrupt end when the Decepticons launched a surprise attack. Grimlock and Blaster momentarily put aside their differences to chase away the attackers, and in the battle's aftermath, Goldbug had left with several others to reconstruct Optimus Prime on [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Upon Prime's return he confronted Grimlock, Sludge and the other Dinobots, who were none too happy about having to cede control of the Autobots back to him. However, Prime proved to be his usual persuasive self and managed to sweet-talk them into following his orders again. These events were witnessed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

''The super-Decepticon known as Galvatron had become more and more of a threat to the Transformers, not only due to his raw power but also because of the time-warping effect his prolonged presence in the past was having. Optimus Prime and Grimlock were in the midst of rallying their troops for a major offensive against Galvatron, before the time storm consumed them all, when several Autobots travelled back in time from [[2009]]. The resulting [[mass substitution]] effect, however, made it appear as if Prime and several other Autobots were disintegrated on the spot. Enraged, Fortress Maximus led Sludge and several other Autobots into battle against the murderous "impostors". Sludge tried to sneak up on the future [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] during the scuffle, only to have [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] slammed into him as he charged forward.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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When an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Sludge was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to [[Japan]] to try and stop him. There, Starscream destroyed him with a blast of cosmic energy before he got a chance to get some shots in himself. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

Sludge's remains were recovered, but Ratchet was tormented by his inability to repair all of the Autobots under his care. The medic started to have nightmares about Sludge and various other deactivated Autobots reviving as [[zombie]]s to kill him for his failures. Ratchet's nightmares came true for a short while, when the Decepticon [[Sports Car Patrol]] managed to infiltrate the Ark and took control of the damaged Autobots' bodies to torment him. When this failed to make Ratchet snap completely, the Decepticons' plan was abandoned and Sludge was shut down once more. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}}

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Eventually, Sludge was revived with [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] by Grimlock on [[Hydrus Four]], {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} where all the Dinobots proceeded to stock up on the miracle-substance, planning on using it to revive the rest of their fallen comrades aboard the Ark. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} They found both the ship and Earth itself devoid of Transformers activity however, as [[Primus]] had teleported all Earth-bound Transformers back to Cybertron in anticipation for [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s arrival. Grimlock quickly guessed as to what had transpired during the Dinobots' absence, and had Swoop pilot the ship towards their homeworld while Sludge and Slag were tasked with dispensing the Nucleon. Though Sludge asked Grimlock if he wanted to check up on those they would revive first, Grimlock told him to not waste time, and to simply distribute the Nucleon indiscriminately. Had Grimlock heeded Sludge's suggestion, the Dinobots might have avoided reviving Megatron, then stored within a stasis pod. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Their comrades revived, the Dinobots approached Cybertron with the battle against Unicron already underway. Grimlock rammed the Ark into the Chaos-Bringer's face, sending the Ark plummeting towards the planet's surface, and forcing all aboard to leap out before it crashed. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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Unicron's defeat also resulted in Optimus Prime's death, and his dying words placed Grimlock back in command. His first decision once assigned his rank was to take the Dinobots and seek out the Ark, several inoperative Autobots still housed within it. En-route however, Grimlock suddenly seized up, rendering him completely immobile. Inconveniently enough, this perplexing problem was followed by [[Hi-Q]]'s arrival, and the Nebulan was on the run from [[demon]]s from below Cybertron's surface! The Dinobots found themselves hopelessly outmatched by the monstrous horde, Sludge getting himself in quite the precarious position, surrounded on all sides by the creatures. Thankfully, Grimlock's frozen state was the beginning stage of his transformation into an [[Action Master]], and his new powerful form was able to fend off the demons, saving the lives of Sludge and the others. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

When the planet threatened to tear itself apart, the Decepticons abandoned the Autobots to their fate, but Sludge and the other Dinobots retrieved the Decepticon battle cruisers they had stashed in the [[Rad Zone]] aeons before, allowing them to pursue their enemies to the planet [[Klo]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} However, the Decepticons had anticipated the Autobots' arrival, and lured them into a trap as soon as they made planetfall. Sludge was killed in the ensuing ambush, only to be later resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]] as the Autobots claimed victory in the war... {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
''When Optimus received word that [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] was being besieged by Megatron and his Decepticons in the year [[2005]], he enlisted the aid of the Dinobots to repel the enemy forces. Sludge and his teammates battled Devastator as he tried to breach the outpost's defenses, though even their might failed to fell the combiner. The Autobots nonetheless managed to repel the Decepticons, though at a steep cost; Optimus was fatally wounded in combat.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

[[File:Sludge judgment day.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
''The Autobots were only given a brief respite before more bad news reached them: a "monster planet," [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was approaching Cybertron, and devouring the planet's moons! The Autobots quickly prepared to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, only to be attacked by Decepticon forces led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the upgraded form of Megatron. Sludge's group managed to lose their pursuers, and the Dinobots watched as [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] trained with an [[auto-combatant]] once they believed themselves out of harm's way. But the Decepticons found them once more, shot up their ship, and forced them into the proximity of planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]. A planetary defense system then brought the shuttle into a crash-landing. Sludge, Slag, and Swoop were separated from the rest of the crew. By the time they found them again, [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], Hot Rod, and Grimlock were being escorted by a gang of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], and so the Dinobots opted to stay out of sight and follow them. En route, they met the young Autobot [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who joined their rescue effort. When Grimlock and the others began fighting back against their captors, Sludge's group joined in the scuffle, successfully beating back the hordes of Sharkticons. After their show of force, the Autobots convinced the Sharkticons to turn on their cruel [[Quintesson]] masters. They then went off to find a means to get off-world.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

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''Sludge's group tracked down several of their friends to the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], at the time being accosted by the world's hostile [[Junkion (species)|natives]]. By speaking the [[Universal greeting]] and making a peace-offering of Energon sticks, Hot Rod and Kup were successful in befriending the Junkions. With these new allies, the Autobots headed back on course towards Cybertron, finding Unicron already ravaging the planet. Unicron was defeated when Hot Rod managed to open the Autobots' [[Matrix of Leadership]] (which upgraded him into Rodimus Prime in the process) and the Autobots once more gained a foothold on Cybertron in the aftermath.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:Dinobots legacy of unicron 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
In [[2008]], Sludge and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by Unicron himself who was reconstructing himself on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Sludge and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}
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===Earthforce===
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[[File:Breakaway-Dinobots.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
After Grimlock revived the Dinobots under mysterious circumstances, Shockwave and his Decepticons attempted to beat the information out of the Dinobots. Didn't work too well. Sludge engaged in some serious swordplay with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], pitting [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] against [[ionizer sword]]. The Decepticons were quickly beaten down, but snuck off when Optimus appeared on the battlefield to berate Grimlock over his recklessness, which inadvertently had put some nearby humans at risk. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This led to a shouting match between Grimlock and Optimus, where the former threatened to take his Dinobots and leave the Autobot army. The situation deteriorated further, with Sludge and the others hanging back as Optimus and Grimlock eventually knocked some sense into one another. Grimlock was promoted to the Earth's Autobot commander while Optimus headed into space with his own group. Naturally, Sludge and the Dinobots joined Grimlock's new Earthforce. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Although Grimlock had promised Optimus Prime that he would show restraint on Earth, Sludge was present at the first meeting of the Earthforce where their leader ''literally'' threw the [[Autobot Code|rule book]] out of the window. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

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Early on, the Dinobots tried to teach Grimlock the value of a good joke; feeling their leader was taking his new gig too seriously, they sent him out on a wild robo-goose chase for Shockwave, only to end up at an ice sculpture of the Decepticon set behind an "[[April Fools' Day|April Fools!]]" sign. Grimlock didn't take this too well, and was later seen headed towards Sludge and the Dinobots with the world's biggest snowball. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

Sludge was present with the entire Earthforce team outside Autobot Earthbase when Wheeljack unveiled his brand-new unbreachable defensive system. This was unfortunate, as Wheeljack had forgotten that, once activated, the system could only be turned off from the inside, forcing Prowl to run the gauntlet and reach the shutdown console within. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}}

Every four million years (give or take), Slag's lack of [[emotional damper]]s played up for a while, turning him from moderately savage to mindlessly savage. It was a secret the Dinobots had kept since they first formed, but unfortunately, this attack occurred when Optimus Prime came back to Earth to inspect the new base. While Grimlock kept Prime occupied, Sludge and the other Dinobots had the unenviable task of keeping the berserker in check so Prime wouldn't find out. Slag escaped Sludge's hold by punching him in the jaw, then made a run for it. The Dinobots managed to catch back up to Slag and wrangle him long enough for him to burn himself out, and their secret was safe for another four million years. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}

[[File:Earthforce external forces.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0|Snarl was sick, so Sludge... borrowed his shoulders?]]
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Later, [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] began to suffer from the rusting disease called [[Corrodia Gravis]], leaving Earthforce in the uncomfortable position of getting help from the only Transformer who could give Snarl a compatible systems boost: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. Fortunately, they found the perfect opportunity for quid pro quo when they came upon the Decepticons' Louisiana headquarters and found Starscream under attack by Megatron, Shockwave and a group of assassins. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Grimlock stuttered a bit on the order, but he sent Sludge and Swoop to keep Starscream alive. They fought off the Mayhems and kept Starscream around long enough for him to give Snarl the boost. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

In [[1992]] Snarl once again fell victim to Corrodia Gravis so Sludge and the Dinobots returned him to the [[Savage Land]] to retrieve the [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from their old shuttle in an attempt to save his life. Finding that a human named [[Embrey|Professor Embrey]] had used the crystal to save some of the area's [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] from a disease that was killing them, they were unwilling to trade Snarl's life for the dinosaurs'. Instead, the Dinobots transferred his mind into a ''Stegosaurus'' until they could find another way to save him. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}
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===Another Time & Place===
Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Sludge and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Sludge and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Sludge and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Eating contest.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Doesn't he know he's supposed to be a vegetarian?]]
Sludge and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot firestormers when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots to discuss the matter, they were captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], leader of this new enemy force. The seeming insignificance of their previous conflicts weighed heavily on Optimus, but once Grimlock convinced him of the need to fight on, the Autobots burst free from their cell. Sludge and the others became part of a major offensive against not only Jhiaxus and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Sludge and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Sludge and the others were captured almost immediately, though, and only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Grimlock mellowed a bit after that exchange, and so Sludge and the Dinobots were relegated to training exercises with the other newly arriving Autobots from other regions of space until a new plan of attack against the Cybertronian Empire could be made. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When Grimlock learned that Optimus had left to confront Megatron alone on Earth, hoping to negotiate a treaty and join forces against Jhiaxus's army, the Dinobot immediately recognized the foolishness in this decision. He gathered up Sludge among others to come to their commander's rescue, their arrival interrupting Megatron before he could deliver a killing blow. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Sludge continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades on planet [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things — they teamed up with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in a metal-munching contest, to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] weren't there to make it a real contest. {{storylink|Total War!}}

==''Classics''==
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When [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]], and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] joined that huge jerk [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], that was just asking too much. Sludge and [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] ditched the team, and went off on their own to track down Decepticons. The pair wound up busting into a sting headed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], thinking it was a Decepticon mercenary recruiting operation. The only thing that saved the detective from the two then intoxicated Dinobots was the timely arrival of some real Decepticons. Afterwards Sludge and Slag joined Nightbeat's entourage, becoming the muscle to his wandering detective organization. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|Slag's profile in Club magazine #22}} {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

[[File:Sludge cheap shots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
This venture didn't have the greatest of starts though, as the group's ship wound up crash-landing in the only repair bay on the planet [[Azure]], stranding them. When [[Vorg|three]] [[Narfl|big]] [[Vorg and Narfl's buddy|organics]] picked a barroom fight with their new leader, Sludge got to earn his keep by putting an end to it. Violently. It turned out these thugs were only there to deliver a message from Nightbeat's newest employer: the sentient starship ''[[Amory]]''. Nightbeat's crew was tasked with tracking down [[Phyrion]], the ''Amory'''s binary-bonded pilot. Sludge and Slag participated in the search by browbeating citizens of [[Purgatory (asteroids)|Purgatory]] for answers. A lead led them to an abandoned warehouse, where a new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] was waiting for the team, their quarry in-hand as a hostage. Sludge got to wrestle with [[Stranglehold]], and soon got him in a headlock, forcing the Pretender to cry "uncle!" Phyrion was retrieved from enemy hands, and the Decepticons were forced to flee. Nightbeat's gang fulfilled their contract... only to realize they were still without a means to get off-planet once the ''Amory'' left without them. Scrap. {{storylink|Cheap Shots}} Some time later, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Prowl]], [[Silverbolt (G1)#Classics|Silverbolt]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Ironhide]] tracked down Sludge and Slag on Azure, and approached them to "persuade" Grimlock to rejoin the Autobot forces on Cybertron. The meeting between Grimlock and the trio wound up being cut short by a distress call from Earth, and they left together in order to respond to it. Before his departure, Grimlock left behind a secret message for Sludge and Slag, instructing them to gather up all the Autobots on Azure and bring them to Earth. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|Grimlock's profile Club in magazine #50}}

==''Regeneration One''==
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[[File:Dinobots natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
In [[2007]], Sludge and the Dinobots reached a breaking point in their relationship with Grimlock. His reckless use of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] on himself, them, and the other Autobots had caused too many consequences. Even their fellow Dinobot Slag was reduced to a mindlessly feral state in the [[Nursery]]. Learning the wrong lesson from the dressing-down, Grimlock swore to reverse the Nucleon effect on his comrades...again, regardless of the consequences. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Five years later, Grimlock had formed an alliance of convenience with the evil [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], who was using a [[Gene Key]] device to rewrite all Autobots on Cybertron into essentially Decepticons. Sludge and the Dinobots were being hunted down by Scorponok's legions as further leverage to use against Grimlock. Reckoning that their fearless leader had finally gone too far, the Dinobots set off alarms at the Nursery as a challenge to Grimlock. When he arrived, the Dinobots attempted to give their traitorous former leader a quick death. A detachment of Scorponok's minions interrupted their squabble, and after Grimlock defeated the newcomers, Sludge and the others decided to give him one more chance. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

After retaking the [[Civil Defense Hub]], the Dinobots raced to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to prevent Scorponok from activating a pan-global Gene Key to affect the entire planet at once. Sludge and the Dinobots damaged the bridge supports holding up the Key's position, but they were unable to stop Grimlock from sacrificing himself by grappling with Scorponok all the way down into the bottomless chasm below. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

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Once Slag was restored by the Nebulan process, Sludge and the other Dinobots came to the new Autobot leader, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. They all had a feeling that Grimlock wasn't really dead, and wanted to join Hot Rod on his expedition into Cybertron's core. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Their search led them deep into Cybertron's under-structure, following a "map" imprinted on Hot Rod's mind by the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} In the [[Primus]] chamber, the group was confronted by [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]], who only retreated after the arrival of Grimlock, aglow and inhabited by the power of Primus. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Sludge and the other Dinobots entered a form of mind-lock while Primus and Hot Rod conversed. After Primus dispatched Hot Rod on a quest through [[Zero Space]], the Dinobots awoke to find a very confused Grimlock. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As they made their way back towards the surface, the Dinobots realized the primitives were passively following them as well. Emerging from the ground in the middle of a Decepticon invasion, the Dinobots took up arms against the 'Cons and their [[Blitz Engine]]s, and led the primitives into battle as much needed reinforcements for the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

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After the invasion, however, the Autobots were unsettled by the presence of the Dinobots' new "friends". Even the newly risen Rodimus Prime, who first began the quest to reconnect with these ancestors, didn't want to know them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Sludge and the other Dinobots were unsettled by the ghetto constructed on the surface by the Autobots to house the primitives, and were suspicious of how passive the primitives had quickly become. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] highly advanced [[Primum Fugae]] arrived on Cybertron, they quickly judged the primitives to be an evolutionary insult and began exterminating them. Sludge and the others stepped up to defend the creatures, but the Primum Fugae proved incredibly powerful. Sludge in particular wascritically damaged by one of the new Cybertronians, who impaled him on a set of blades, leaving him helpless like a fish on a line. The Primum Fugae only retreated after a larger Autobot force arrived. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Because of their collective injuries, the Dinobots remained behind on Cybertron when Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus's Hub worlds. Sludge apparently recovered, and was seen with the other Dinobots on Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} but he wasn't seen again after the rise of the shadow-demons. It's unknown if Sludge fell to the Anti-Matrix's spawn before the return of the other Autobots from the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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Volcanicus (POTP)

2017-10-10T00:55:17Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Generations */

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{{disambig2|the combiner made up of the Autobot Dinobots|the similarly-named combiner made up of Decepticon dinosaurs|Volcanicon}}
:''Volcanicus is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Earth Wars Volcanicus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|But whither [[Slash (Generations)|Slash]]?]]

'''Volcanicus''' is the fearsome combination of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], ready to deliver [[Decepticon]]s 65 million years of pain.

He comprises:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (torso)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slug]] (left arm)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (right arm)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (left leg)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (right leg)

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Volcanicus EarthWars SurvivaloftheFittest.jpg|thumb|300px|'Monster' is a relative term. To a canary, a cat is a monster. We're just used to being the cat.]]

After Snarl retrieved the plans for the Quintesson Hive Matrix, he stated that the Dinobots would soon be one. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Mission Accomplished}}

Grimlock wanted to form his combiner almost immediately, so he got help from Jetfire to open the Enigma vault, and got his hands on the Enigma. But Swoop noticed a cerebro shell in the back of Jetfire's head. Trying to form Volcanicus, Grimock ordered the dinobots to combine, but nothing happened! As it turns out, the Dinobots didn't know how to work the enigma! Soon, Bruticus and Superion arrive, and the two duke it out while Grimlock desperately tries to figure out how to use the enigma.

*'''Class:''' Combiner
*'''Weapons''': Volcanicus jumps onto things and smashes them with his fists and his sword. He also can use Slag / Slug's natural fire ability to set a large area on fire. Volcanicus can also use his sword to send a beam up that rains down as Meteors to heavily damage an area.
*'''Abilities''':
**'''Energo-Sword''' - Jump and strike with the Energo-Sword! Deals damage to the target and anything directly behind it.
**'''Fire And Brimstone''' - Set a wide area on fire dealing an average of 2,280 damage over 8 seconds.
**'''Extinction''' - A shower of meteors bombards a very large area dealing an average damage over 10 seconds. Quadruple damage to walls.
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Volcanicus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me Volcanicus have all the candy corn!]]

*'''Grimlock'''
*'''Dinobot Slug'''
*'''Dinobot Snarl'''
*'''Dinobot Sludge'''
*'''Dinobot Swoop'''

:Part of the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'', Volcanicus is formed from one Voyager Class Dinobot and four Deluxe Class Dinobots. As a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style combiner, Volcanicus can also utilize any ''Combiner Wars'' or ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Deluxe as a limb.
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==Notes==
*Volcanicus's sword is based on the one used by ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]].
*Four of the original five Dinobot designs served as the templates for the "Geisters", recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]''. In what might be called a vision of things to come, the four were once briefly fused into a single robot called "[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]" (マッドガイスター ''Maddo Gaisutā''). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly for them. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Ptera Geist and Thunder Geist forming the centaur-esque "[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Pteder]]" (プテダー ''Putedā'') and Horn Geist and Armor Geist forming "[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Hormor]]" (ホーマー ''Hōmā'').

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Volcanicus''' (ボルカニカス ''Borukanikasu'')

==See also==
*[[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]
*[[Mega-Dinobot]]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
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[[Category:Generation 1 Dinobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes]]
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Hot Rod (DOTM)

2017-09-23T02:13:47Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* The Last Knight film */

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{{disambigm|Hot Rod (disambiguation)|Rodimus (disambiguation)}}
:''Hot Rod is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TLK-HotRodPromoArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Oui oui, mon ami, je m’appelle'' Hot Rod 
The Lancelot of the second World War 
I came from [[Cybertron (planet)|afar]] just to say ''bonsoir'' 
Tell the [[Megatron (Movie)|king]] ''"casse-toi"'' 
Who’s the best, ''c’est moi'']]
'''Hot Rod''' is a Autobot who has been on Earth for a long time. Brother-in-arms to [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], as the two have fought in many battles together. Brave and patient, he has spent years undercover on earth after having been assigned to watch over [[Viviane Wembly]], who he has grown very fond of.<ref name="moviehotrod">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/08/04/hot-rod-coming-transformers-last-knight-321051]</ref><ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/12/06/transformers-last-knight-plot-roundup-329777]</ref> He is a close ally of [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] and in addition to regular weapons, Hot Rod possesses a special weapon that can create temporary temporal bubbles in which time slows to a crawl. He also finds his inability to get rid of his hated French accent a source of constant frustration.

He is also known as '''Rodimus'''. In certain universes, he is also known as '''Rodimus Prime'''.

==Fiction==
===''The Last Knight'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Omar Sy]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/OmarSy/status/876117284615446529]</ref> (English, French), [[Yōhei Tadano]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:TLK-WW2HotRod.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Here is what I have that Shockwave doesn't: both of my arms, depth perception, and a pulse!]]

Hot Rod was an [[Autobot]] warrior who had been on [[Earth]] for some time. At some point after arriving on the planet, he somehow picked up a [[France|French]] accent that he did not know how to get rid of, something that caused him much frustration. Along with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], he joined the Allies in [[World War II]]; using their vehicle modes to infiltrate a Nazi convoy and attack an occupied Nazi command post. Their adventures in the war were documented and covered up by the [[Order of Witwiccans]], who had covertly monitored Transformer activity on Earth for centuries.

[[File:TLK-CitroenHotRod.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Qu'est que c'est?]]

In the modern day, Hot Rod had become the primary confidant of the surviving Witwiccans, working closely with [[Edmund Burton]] and the father of Oxford University professor [[Viviane Wembly]]. As Wembley was, in reality, the last living descendant of the ancient [[Merlin]] and thus the only one able to wield his Cybertronian staff, Hot Rod became her deep cover bodyguard, spending years disguised as her Citroen and coming to admire her. Following the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the impending awakening of [[Unicron]], Burton tracked him down and told him the time to recruit Viviane to fulfill her destiny had come. The next day, as she prepared to leave for work, Hot Rod sprang into action, locking her in and racing through the London streets. When she broke his window in an attempt to escape, he broke cover, begging her to stop. With his true nature revealed, she mistook him for a [[Decepticon]] and grew more frantic in her escape, wondering aloud if he was "[[Soundwave (ROTF)|one of the]] [[Shockwave (Movie)|famous ones]]". He grew angrier as she continued to try and escape, and on the way, he scanned and upgraded into a new Lamborghini Centenario vehicle mode.

[[File:TLK-HotRodAndViviane.jpg|thumb|left|250px|That would be your mother.]]

He arrived with her at Burton's castle, mere seconds after the arrival of [[Cade Yeager]] and his old comrade Bumblebee. He transformed and attempted to calm the frantic Viviane, who he thought was being very difficult. After things had calmed down a bit, he formally introduced himself to Viviane, though she found understanding his accent very hard. He once again bemoaned his inability to get rid of the hated accent.

[[File:TLK-HotRodsWeapon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gentlemen.]]

When the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] tracked them down and stormed the castle, Hot Rod volunteered to buy time to cover their escape, using his time bubble gun to slow down their pursuers while the group made their escape. The humans and Autobots raced to [[London]]'s [[Wikipedia:Royal Navy Submarine Museum]] in search of a working water vehicle. When they found themselves pursued by the authorities on arrival, Hot Rod volunteered to lead them away so the others could continue the search for the Staff.

He later made his way to [[Stonehenge]] and joined with the other Autobots, humans, and [[Knights of Iacon|guardian knights]]. The returned [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] rallied them all to save Earth from [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s plan to drain [[Unicron]], who resided within the planet, of energy to restore the recently arrived [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. En-route to Cybertron, he and the other Autobots were not impressed by the intimidating guardian knights. As the battle began, he rode an [[Orbital Assault Carrier]] as they took on the airborne Decepticons.

[[File:TLK-HotRodGun.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You have not seen the last of Le Quack.]]

He was eventually shot down by [[Infernocus]] but survived and joined Optimus's charge on the control chamber, congratulating [[Sqweeks]] on his destruction of the enemy gun emplacement. He was very happy to see Viviane had returned rather than flee with the TRF. As the battle raged in the unstable chamber, he used his time gun to freeze Megatron, saving [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]'s life. Quintessa and Megatron were quickly defeated and his beloved Viviane retrieved the Staff. As the control center fell to Earth, he managed to save Viviane and Cade from falling to their deaths by freezing them with his gun, buying them just enough time to be grabbed and flown to safety by Optimus. He and the other Autobots managed to survive the crash of the control center and soon bid farewell to the humans as the left to return home to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

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===''Timelines''===
In a universe where [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] died in the Battle of [[Chicago#Dark of the Moon film|Chicago]], Rodimus took the mantle of Prime, ultimately defeating [[Megatron (Movie)#TransTech|Megatron]] in a struggle atop a [[space bridge]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)#TransTech|Botcon 2015 Megatron bio card}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Hot-Rod-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|250px|"Does this remind you of anything, ''monsieur''?"]]
Hot Rod was one of the Autobots pulled from [[Live-action film series|his universe]] by the [[Quintessons]] and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|A Question of Loyalty - Chapter 2: Volatile Reunion - Uncharted Territory}}
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*'''Class:''' Warrior
*'''Basic Abilities'''
**''Ranged Attacks'': Hot Rod’s Time Bubble Gun has a 60% chance to inflict '''Deceleration''' for 3.2 seconds, preventing the opponent from Evading attacks and reduces the opponent’s Power Flow by 22~37.5% per stack.
**''Melee Attacks'': Gains a Critical Rate Buff for 2.8 seconds when the opponent is under the effect of a Deceleration Debuff, increasing Critical Hit Rate by 7.9~18%.
**''Critical Heavy Attacks'': 40% chance to Stun for 1.2 seconds.
*'''Signature Ability: Acceleration''' - Successful Special Attacks Overclocks Hot Rods engines, increasing his Power Flow on attacks by 60~120% for 7 seconds. Additionally, while Acceleration is active, Hot Rod has a 30% chance to Evade Ranged Attacks.
*'''Special Attacks'''
#'''Punishing Pirouette''' - ''A flurry of aerial kicks to knockdown the opponent.''
#'''Time Tampering''' - ''Series of acrobatic kicks that ends with a taste of the Time Bubble Gun.'' - inflicts Deceleration for 9 seconds.
#'''Time Bubble Blast''' - ''A temporal coup de grâce.'' - Hot Rod uses the most powerful setting on his Time Gun, inflicting Deceleration for 20 seconds.
*'''Synergy Bonuses''' - ''
**'''Code 12: Reckless Driving''' (Prowl->) - Prowl gives Hot Rod an Attack Buff when Heavy Attacking.
**'''Brother in Arms''' (Bumblebee ->) Bumblebee gives Autobots +2-8% Armor and +4-6% Melee Damage in Solo Missions.
**'''Allies''' (Bumblebee <-) - Hot Rod gives Bumblebee +2-8% Armor.
**'''Enemies''' (Barricade) - Both bots get a 2-8% Attack Rating.
**'''Racing Rivals''' (Mirage) - Both bots get +8-30% Critical Damage.

==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
[[File:DOTMCyberverseRodimus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|It's a pretty impressive...''promotion'' for a bonus figure.]]
*'''Bumblebee / Soundwave''' with '''Rodimus''' (Cyberverse 3-pack, 2011)

: Rodimus is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Rodimus]], transforming into an orange sports car. On the United States market, he is only available as a [[Walmart]] exclusive, as the "Bonus" figure in a pack with [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Soundwave]]. This three-pack was also available as an Asda exclusive in the United Kingdom and from Rossmann stores in Germany and Auchan stores in Hungary and Italy. Of note is that the [[Multilingual packaging|European packaging]] does ''not'' market Rodimus as a "bonus figure" (presumably so stores can charge full price for three toys), and his window lacks the yellow edges highlighting him as a special feature, despite still being separated from Bumblebee and Soundwave, who share a common window like in the U.S. version. Despite this, Rodimus still doesn't get a mention on the back of the packaging, which only features a one-sentence "bio" about Bumblebee planning to bring down Soundwave in twelve different languages.

: All versions of the packaging also lack any logos that label the toys as [[Cyberverse]] products.

: This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/WMLegRodimus/rodimus.htm More information on Rodimus at TFU.info]''
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===The Last Knight===
[[File:TLK-toy TTC-HotRod.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Yup, it's ze whopper alright."]]
*'''Autobot Hot Rod''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2017)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Bag Code'': '''P'''

:Released in Series 2 of [[blindpacking|blindbagged]] [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Hot Rod is a small soft-plastic transformable figure based that changes from robot to luxury sports car tank in a few simple steps. He has articulated shoulders and his hands can grip 3mm posts and other small accessories. Like all Tiny Turbo Changers, he can't roll in vehicle mode.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Turbo-Changer-2-pack-Hot-Rod.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Seriously, turning back into a car is ''very difficult''!"]]
*'''Autobots Unite''' (Turbo Changer 2-pack, 2017)

:Released as part of the Walmart-exclusive Turbo Changer 2-pack along with his brother-in-arms Bumblebee, Hot Rod is a retool of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' Turbo Changer [[Lockdown (ROTF)#OneStepChangers|Lockdown]], transforming from vehicle to robot by pressing a button on his vehicle mode. His only articulation is the elbows, which they can only pivot up and down.

:As he shares with the same transformation scheme with Lockdown, Hot Rod's vehicle kibble seems to have some difficulties locking together from their proper position.

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[[File:TF-TLK-FnC-Hot-Rod.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Hey Hasbro, don't you have better things to do now than retooling Lockdown's body for me?"]]
*'''Autobot Hot Rod''' (Flip N' Change, 2017)

:Flip N' Change Hot Rod is a retool of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' Flip N' Change [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Robots in Disguise (2014)|Lockdown]] with a new head. He is a simplified toy that can auto-transforms from an unlicensed approximation of a Lamborghini Aventador rather than a Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4 into a Voyager-sized robot by pulling out the arms first, and then flip the figure over itself. He features articulation on his arms and features 5mm compatible hands.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Legion-Class-Hot-Rod.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ma Petite Chou-Fleur.]]
*'''Autobot Hot Rod''' (Legion Class, 2017)

:Released as part of Walmart's ''Autobots Unite'' subline, Legion Class Hot Rod transforms from a robot into a fictionalized Lamborghini Centenario with an added spoiler.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Mission-to-Cybertron-Legion-Class-2-pack-HR&B-Hot-Rod.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Paint me <s>Ferrari Red</s> Magneta ASAP. So I can let [[Viviane Wembly|her]] ride in style!]]
*'''Autobot Hot Rod & Bumblebee''' (Legion Class 2-pack, 2017)

:Packed along with his brothers-in-arms Bumblebee, this Hot Rod is a "stealth-themed" black redeco of the figure above. As a reference to his [[Hot Rod (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]], he features a flame tampograph (complete with an Autobot insignia) on his vehicle mode's front hood, as well as a yellow spoiler.

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====Premier Edition====
[[File:TF-TLK-Deluxe-Class-Hot-Rod.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No thanks, I've had enough Cajun for one day.]]
*'''Autobot Hot Rod''' (Deluxe Class, 2017)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TLK-20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2017-[[September 16|09-16]]'''

:Released as part of Walmart's ''Autobots Unite'' subline, Deluxe Class Hot Rod is an ''extensive'' retool of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' Deluxe Class [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Generations|Lockdown]], transforming into a Lamborghini Centenario. While almost the entire figure has been remolded, the lower legs and feet as well as some internal structuring parts remain unchanged. Along with added transformation steps, Hot Rod's new tooling makes him ''substantially'' taller than the original mold taking it from being one of the shorter Deluxe molds to being one of the tallest Deluxes in the line. Uncommon for deluxe class toys, the figure does ''not'' include any weapons or accessories.

:His box art is strange in that it features a CG render of Hot Rod and Bumblebee standing side-by-side, however Bumblebee is in the forefront and is far more prominent. Unlike most modern instruction pamphlets, Hot Rod's instructions are printed in full color. Additionally, he is thus far the only ''Premier Edition'' Deluxe Class figure to have a full-length bio on his box.
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==Merchandise==
===Hot Rod===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Die-cast Figurine, 2017)

:This Hot Rod is a 1/64 non-transforming robot mode figurine, and like the [[MetaColle]] figures, he was made partially out of Die-cast metal.

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*'''Hot Rod''' (Die-cast cars, 2017)

:This Hot Rod is a 1/64 non-transforming but screen-accurate vehicle mode based on his alternate mode seen in the film.

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===Jada Toys===
{{note|All of the releases below are Walmart exclusives. The 1/24 and 1/32 scale cars also saw release in Japan in November 2017.}}
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[[File:TF-TLK-Jada-1-24-Hot-Rod-Car.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let's burn rubber, ''madame''!]]
*'''Hot Rod''' (1/24 Scale Die Cast Car, 2017)
:A 1/24-scaled non-transforming diecast car based on Hot Rod'2017 Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4 form, and he features opening doors and vehicle front hood, revealing the driver's seat (with its steering wheel chromed) & engines (also chromed). And similar to ''Robot Powered Machines'', Hot Rod features a sculpted robot mode underneath. He also comes with a collector's coin with his face engraved on it.
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*'''Hot Rod''' (1/32 Scale Die Cast Car, 2017)
:A medium-sized version of the Hot Rod car is also available. The opening gimmick is only limited to the doors.
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[[File:TF-TLK-Jada-Toys-1-64-Hot-Rod-car.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"We can't hold out forever, Viviane, but we can give them one humongous repair bill.]]
*'''Hot Rod''' (1/64 Scale Die Cast Car, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Display base
:A smaller, Hot Wheels/Matchbox-sized version of the Hot Rod car is also available. He also comes with his own Display Base with his picture printed on it.
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==Notes==
[[File:JoshNizzi-WWIIHotRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1|]]
*''Dark of the Moon'' Rodimus's packaging has no technical notes or biographical information on the character, but does sport information on Soundwave and Bumblebee.
*Concept art for "Hot Rod" appeared in the "Transformers 3" section of [[Massive Black Volume 2]], along with various other designs.<ref>http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/flipbook/mb_2/index.php</ref>
*Early concept designs for ''The Last Knight''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Lamborghini Centenario character were simply labelled "Side Kick".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hot Rod''' (ホットロッド ''Hotto Roddo'')
*''Korean:'' '''Hot Rod''' (홋 로드 ''Hot Rodeu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huǒbào Rod''' (Taiwan, 火爆洛迪 ''Huǒbào Luòdí'', "Hot Rod"), '''Rè Pò''' (China, 热破, "Hot Break")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Honschyk''' (Гонщик, "Racer")

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Primes]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity

2017-09-12T01:25:56Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* The Decepticon ideal */

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[[File:StarscreamIDWF22-Infiltration4cvrA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"BANZAAAAI KICK!"]]

Ever the opportunist, '''Starscream''''s boundless ambition drew him into the nascent Decepticon movement and catapulted him through the ranks as Cybertron collapsed into endless war. Though an intelligent, capable leader in his own right, Starscream struggled to distinguish himself from the shadow of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] - a relationship that ended with Megatron invariably reminding Starscream of his place after several failed coups and bungled stints at leadership.

Following the end of the war and the revitalization of Cybertron, Starscream found the burden of leadership placed on his shoulders once more after a wayward [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] declared him Cybertron's "Chosen One", destined to reunite and rebuild their ruined world. A subsequent series of crises saw Starscream leaving the Decepticons forever, establishing himself as the "High Chancellor" of Cybertron's growing [[NAIL|neutral population]] and carving out a new anti-factionalist government in the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. But even after finally achieving his dream, Starscream still seems to be the same person he's always been: self-serving, prideful, treacherous, and perfectly willing to cheat, lie, and step on other 'bots to get his own way. His stubborn refusal to change his ways for the greater good is a constant thorn in the side of his reluctant allies.

Beneath it all, though, Starscream struggles with the ramifications of his morally dubious actions and the growing shadow of his future legacy - a struggle that, in the end, he may not win.

{{quote|What kind of monster '''are''' you?" "A '''goal-oriented''' one.|[[Stardrive]] and Starscream|[[Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1]]}}

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==IDW Generation 1 comics==
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===There at the beginning===
[[File:MegOrigin3 seekers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Starscream was [[Reproduction|constructed cold]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Despite this, his spark still carried instructions for a unique form to shape ''[[living metal|sentio metallico]]'' into. However it was implanted into one of many identical, pre-constructed bodies. {{storylink|Your First Mistake}} Four million years ago, Starscream was a fan of gladiatorial games, and witnessed the earliest fights by the rising star and famous political activist [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} He idolised Megatron for teaching that Transformers didn't ''have'' to [[Functionism|accept their lot]] in life. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} When they were approached by [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]], Starscream and his comrades [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] believed that they were being recruited to join Megatron's team in the arena, and though startled by the sight of the damaged Megatron undergoing repairs, Starscream proclaimed his allegiance to his new master and thanked him for the opportunity. It was then that Megatron explained his true purpose in seeking them out: his [[Decepticon]] movement required air support as they made the move from activists to insurgents and beyond. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

Early on, the charismatic and cunning Starscream was tasked with recruitment of others to the Decepticon cause; significantly, he was the one assigned to approach the disenfranchised [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Senator Shockwave]] and bring him into the fold. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Starscream was also given another key Senate-related task when he and his fellow Seekers were ordered to capture Senator [[Decimus]], who would then supposedly be executed at Megatron's next recruitment rally. When security forces intervened in the rally and arrested the Decepticons, Starscream bargained for his freedom by offering to reveal all of Megatron's plans. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} However, this turned out to have ''been'' Megatron's plan—brought before an emergency assembly of the Senate for questioning, Starscream, together with Soundwave, executed the Senators, then freed every prisoner in the building. He proceeded to round up a variety of weapons for the Decepticons, presenting Megatron with the mighty [[fusion cannon]] that would become his signature weapon, then joined in their attack on [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], during which he bested [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. The battle culminated in Megatron's defeat of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], whose body Starscream dumped in front of Sentinel's men in a fly-by. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Starscream later oversaw the shipment of weapons from off-world showing off his shiny new toy to a shocked [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} After hatching a new evil plan, Starscream assured Soundwave that the Decepticons caught in the crossfire were making the ultimate sacrifice for the cause. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} Said evil plan was detonating the weapons cache in case the Autobots ever found it. Though Soundwave was appalled, Starscream felt Megatron would have approved. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

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With war now definitively declared, Starscream continued in his recruitment duties; he was unable to convince the youthful [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] to join the Decepticons {{storylink|Ruins}}, and had similarly bad luck with racing champion [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] despite a very pointed effort. Not long after, Starscream was part of a unit that tried to stop Blurr from couriering a message to new planet leader [[Zeta Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} At some point after Zeta Prime's ascent to leadership, Starscream participated alongside [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and Thundercracker in a mission to rescue Soundwave from the [[Institute|New Institute]]. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} His identity evidently unknown to most, Starscream was also positioned as a delegate to the new Senate that was formed by Zeta Prime, though exactly who or where he was masquerading as the delegate ''of'' is unclear. While attending one of Zeta's security sessions, he brought a disguised Soundwave with him to record the Senate's newest plans for how to stop the growing Decepticon menace. When Zeta expressed surprise at how easily Starscream accepted his idea of draining energy from civilians to power [[vamparc ribbon|weapons]], he almost let slip that he'd done worse things in Megatron's name. To cover up his blunder, he drew attention to the spy in their midst, giving Soundwave a cue to reveal himself and stage an escape, distracting Zeta. {{storylink|Parasites}}

Since turning down Starscream's offer to join the Decepticons, Hot Rod had carried out some insurgent activities of his own, and Megatron and Starscream monitored the situation through [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] with some degree of pleasure as [[Autobot]] leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] hunted him down. {{storylink|Ruins}} In Orion's absence, Zeta Prime then attacked [[Nyon]]'s population with his vamparc ribbons and [[Guardian robot|Omega Destructors]]—an action Starscream compared to Megatron's own tactics, though, Megatron assured him he was capable of much more. {{storylink|Purge}} In spite of Starscream's opinion that Megatron was a "stubborn wreck" for his repeated attempts to sway Orion Pax to his cause, they were successful, and the Decepticons joined forces with Orion's Autobots against Zeta Prime. {{storylink|Choices}} Together, they attacked Zeta Prime and his Omega Destructors, with Starscream personally leading the Seekers as air support. {{storylink|Overthrown}}
[[File:Autocracy9 take them away.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.95]]
After Zeta Prime was defeated, Megatron betrayed Orion and installed himself as ruler of Cybertron, then had the Decepticons hunt down all remaining Autobots. Starscream led a force to raid an Autobot hiding place in [[Ultrix]] and took special interest in Hot Rod, once again offering him the chance to join the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} Starscream also tortured and interrogated Bumblebee, but learned little for his efforts. {{storylink|Rise}} Orion soon returned, however, having become [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], and with new warriors at his side, he led the Autobots in an attack on Megatron's citadel. Starscream and the Seekers were ordered to take them out but were intercepted by the Aerialbots. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

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Megatron was subsequently defeated by Optimus Prime, and Starscream conspired with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to overthrow him and have him exiled to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. {{storylink|Derelicts}} While Scorponok became the new Decepticon leader, Starscream seemingly preferred to stay in the background and showed no signs of being his second-in-command in public. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} He annoyed Scorponok by urging him to take action rather than just hold grandiose speeches, causing Scorponok to let him in on his plan to capture the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]] for the Decepticons. Starscream participated in this attack by leading his Seekers to the refinery. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} Scorponok ordered him to keep the Autobot defenders busy while he left to deal with [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] personally. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} The plan ended disastrously when the refinery exploded, killing thousands and leaving the planet cripplingly low on [[energon]]; Starscream berated Scorponok for his actions, unable to see any point in staying on the dying planet himself. {{storylink|Massacre}} Fortuntely, Megatron soon returned from his exile and retook Decepticon command. Starscream attempted to welcome him back, but was quickly silenced. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}}

There was a brief lull in the war {{storylink|Primacy issue 1}} before Megatron regrouped the scattered Decepticons for an all-out attack on Iacon. Starscream went to [[Canis Tor]] to inform the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] that Megatron was back and after that, bribed the Combaticons into coming home. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2}} He fought during the siege of Iacon but it led in a Decepticon rout. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3}}{{storylink|Primacy issue 4}}

As the war bore on, Starscream was present when Megatron faced Optimus Prime in open battle on [[Sherma Bridge]], {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory #1}} witnessed [[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|a yellow Autobot]] get destroyed in an Decepticon-Autobot crossfire in another of the war's countless battles, {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} and stood side-by-side with the Decepticon Deadlock in many other combat scenarios. {{storylink|Drift issue 3|Drift #3}} He would later admit that at one point, he had genuinely looked up to Megatron, but that changed when he realized that he ''feared'' the Decepticon leader, rather than ''respected'' him {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} and was disgruntled that Megatron was leading them into a seemingly endless war. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10}} That epiphany evidently led to further attempts to take leadership from Megatron, but in time, these power plays ceased, and Megatron hoped that it meant he had moved beyond such things. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Starscream would even eventually end up as Megatron's bodyguard, and developed a mutual hatred with [[Sixshot]], professing that he would not be able to defend Megatron against such a powerhouse. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} But Starscream's appointment to this position was largely for show—Megatron could, of course, protect himself, and would later reveal that he kept Starscream close by despite his predilection for treachery as a reminder to himself to always watch his back. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

===Earth and Ore-13===
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Millions of years later, after the war had resulted in Cybertron becoming uninhabitable and the Autobots and Decepticons had spread out across the galaxy, Starscream came to be in command of one the small Decepticon units that secretly infiltrated planets across the galaxy. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} In the mid-19th century, the group had conquered the [[Huni System]] and were approached by the [[Dire Wraith]] [[Vekktral]] to propose an alliance. Though Starscream initially wanted to kill the organic, Vekktral made him interested by showing him the [[Space Knight]] [[Stardrive]]. Though [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] had his doubts, Starscream realized the [[Solstar Order]] must have an Energon source to keep Stardrive alive and agreed to Vekktral's alliance. The group slew a [[Galactic Council]] force due to meet with the Solstar Order and Starscream left behind a [[Vehicon (G1)|Vehicon]] and a bloke who turned into a bulldozer to destroy their ship while Astrotrain assumed its form. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

Upon arriving at ''[[Orchid Crossing]]'', Starscream swatted [[Rom|some pest]] out of the sky before he tried to recruit Stardrive. Failing to do so, he instead used her as a battering ram to reach her [[Energon synthesizer|energon synthesizer]] only for [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to show up with a Mexican standoff ensuing. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} As Stardrive expressed confusion over who the Autobots were, Starscream again offerred her a spot in the Decepticons only to be shot through a wall by Ultra Magnus. No sooner had the Seeker regained his bearings did Magnus ram Starscream in truck mode. After a Wraith had merged with [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]] and turned into an ungodly abomination, Starscream opted for the better part of valour and decided the Wraiths could serve as canon fodder. Grabbing [[Doomwings (G1)|Doomwings]] (after getting his name wrong), Starscream made his way to the energon synthesizer only for the Wraith/Cybertronian hybrid to tear Doomwings apart. Starscream told Vekktral to get the beast under control only to learn neither the Wraith or Sky Blast was in control. Starscream then took Astrotrain and made another run for their prize only for the station to begin tumbling. He emerged to find Magnus had disabled its power and he quickly destroyed the Autobot shuttle before giving the evacuation order deciding to dig the energon synthesizer out of the rubble. In the skies of [[Xetaxxis]], Starscream questioned if the synthesizer was durable enough to survive reentry and how long it took for space stations to fall before being informed the hybrid had survived. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

Roughly a century later, learning through undisclosed means of at least some of the secrets behind Shockwave's [[Regenesis]] program and the super-powerful [[energon]] [[Ore-13]] that the scientist had seeded on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Shockpoint}} and seeing in it the potential to challenge Megatron for Decepticon leadership once again, Starscream took his unit to that planet. There, they set about destabilizing Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy in accordance with the strict [[infiltration protocol]] the Decepticons now operated to, all the while searching for Ore-13. After around four years, their search bore fruit when a seam of Ore-13 was uncovered in [[Nebraska]], but later, the discovery of an even purer source of the ore in [[Oregon]] prompted Starscream to step outside traditional infiltration protocols and move the Decepticons' base of operations to the new site, establishing a fortified "siege mode" bunker well in advance of the standard timeline. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} Unfortunately for Starscream, the abandoned Nebraska bunker was then infiltrated by [[Stoker]], an agent of the human organization known as the [[Machination]], necessitating that both he and the data he gathered—including images of Starscream himself—be eliminated by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} Starscream sent Thundercracker, [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] after Stoker, and although they were successful in slaying the human, Starscream failed to count on [[Verity Carlo|another human]] obtaining Stoker's [[SM-40]] computer and falling in with the Autobot counter-insurgency unit also operating on the planet. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}}

[[File:Infiltration6 takeyourpunishment.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Starscream, seen here actually getting off easy!]]
{{bigquote|Thanks to Ore-13, Megatron, I have evolved... beyond you! I am the ''future!''|Starscream|[[Infiltration issue 6]]}}
Concurrently with the search for Stoker, Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] successfully mined the first batch of Ore-13 from the Oregon seam. Starscream urged speed, aware that breaking protocol the way they had was sure to elicit a response from Megatron. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} As he waited for the ore to process, Starscream ordered [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and Skywarp to cover the Decepticons' tracks by destroying all evidence of Stoker's travels, including what remained of the Nebraska bunker. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} Unfortunately for them, Megatron himself had arrived on Earth and was ''in'' the bunker, catching up on what Starscream had been up to, when they attacked. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} Starscream emerged from the infusion capsule brimming with the incredible power of Ore-13 just as a furious Megatron arrived at the Oregon bunker and offered the Decepticons a choice: stand down, or be destroyed. Every one of his men surrendered, but the super-powered Starscream roared into battle and unleashed his full fury against Megatron. Alas, the power conveyed by Ore-13 proved insufficient to destroy the Decepticon leader, and Megatron blasted Starscream with his fusion cannon at point-blank range, virtually obliterating him. Megatron left Starscream's remains to be tended to by the Decepticons, unconcerned if he lived or died. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

[[File:Starcasm idw dev6.jpg|left|upright=1.95|thumb|Sarcasm from Starscream?? NO!]]
Starscream was placed in a [[CR chamber]] for extensive repairs but even with him out of the picture, the power of Ore-13 convinced Megatron to continue Starscream's subversion of infiltration protocol. The last straw for the other Decepticons came when Megatron called Sixshot in early, leading Astrotrain to propose reactivating Starscream so that he could challenge Megatron's actions. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Blitzwing and Astrotrain proceeded to bring Starscream back online, but no sooner was he back on his feet than the alien [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} With Megatron unaware he had been reactivated, Starscream initially decided to hold back and allow the Reapers to cause trouble first, but when Sixshot arrived, Starscream emerged from base and called the hated Six-Changer out. Starscream's appearance caused the living weapon to decide to accept the Reapers' offer to join their ranks... at which point Starscream promptly activated Sixshot's shutdown command, sending him crashing to the ground. Starscream then turned his weapons on the Reapers, causing Megatron to agree to take the fight to the aliens. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}} Starscream once again accepted Megatron as his liege, and together they teamed up to destroy the alien invaders, with Starscream wielding Megatron in his Ore-13 empowered pistol mode to devastating effect. As the battle came to an end, Starscream stopped Megatron from punishing Blitzwing for going behind his back with the observation that a fleet of human jet fighters had arrived, and that the Decepticons' existence was now known to humanity. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

===The Decepticon ideal===
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While the Decepticons were occupied battling the Reapers, the Autobots had left Earth to deal with an incursion by the [[Dead Universe]]. Exploiting their enemies' absence, Starscream and the Decepticons went into hiding; when Autobots returned, they could find no trace of the villains, who kept one step ahead of them for months. They secretly returned to Cybertron, where Starscream stood by his leader's side as he received updates from scientist [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] on his experiments to create a monstrous [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]]. Upon returning to Earth, the Decepticons then staged a phony schism within their ranks, allowing the Autobots to believe that they had "disappeared" as a result of a power struggle that had split their ranks into two camps, one led by Megatron and one by Starscream. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} To complete their plot, Starscream approached the disenfranchised Autobot [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] with the proposition that the Autobots join with his fictitious forces against Megatron. Sunstreaker accepted, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} but when he led the Autobots to the designated time and place, they were instead confronted by the united Decepticon army and promptly defeated. Starscream stood by Megatron's side and watched as the bested Autobots were exiled back to Cybertron through a [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

[[File:AHM3Starscream.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Hey, I just spotted the janitor from ''Futurama''!]]
With a year now passed since their battle with the Reapers, and with their enemies disposed of, the Decepticons began to lay waste to the Earth with the intention of taking it for their new homeworld. Starscream headed up the attack on [[New York City]] with glee, though he objected to Skywarp's insinuation that he could not sow destruction and terror on the same level as Megatron; Megatron soon arrived to prove him wrong. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} After joining in the efforts to beat back military attacks and bomb the city's bridges, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} Starscream headed for [[Washington, D.C.]], where he personally shot down the fleeing [[Air Force One]]. That task done, he returned to New York, to join Megatron in savoring their victory. Megatron mused that it was fitting to have a long-serving a Decepticon at Starscream beside him; Starscream believed he was being sarcastic, but Megatron's praise was genuine, going so far as to describe Starscream as the living embodiment of the Decepticon ideal, but a step short of full embracing it due to his own blindness to that fact. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}

With the conquest completed, Starscream stood at Megatron's side as he addressed the gathered Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}} However, as time passed and Megatron made no further new moves, content to allow his troops to wreak havoc around the world, Starscream began to suspect that Megatron ''had'' no further plan, and was merely giving his troops free reign as a distraction to keep them from turning on them. He confronted Megatron with this knowledge, and taunted him with the fact it was essentially his own fault for assembling an army of sociopaths and monsters in the first place. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} Legitimately disheartened to see the leader he had once looked up to go so far astray, having led them through an endless war with no vision for what lay beyond, Starscream began secretly meeting with the other Decepticons, recruiting those who shared his feelings in preparation for a coup. After winning over the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], he approached the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], and also successfully convinced them to join him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

[[File:AHM11 all hail megatron.jpg|thumb|*roll credits*|upright=1.4]]
Starscream made his move a short while later, sending the Insecticons to attack Megatron, but the Decepticon leader summarily defeated them and revealed that he had known about Starscream's plans all along; he had, in fact, been doing nothing in order to allow the dissenting element of his army to weed themselves out. He had, however, failed to predict that the Constructicons would take Starscream's side. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} As fate would have it, Starscream's uprising was suddenly cut short when the Decepticons came under attack, first from human jets arrived from [[Europe]], and then the returning Autobots. Starscream was forced to team up with Megatron, who assured him that someday he would get be in charge, someday after the Decepticons won, after he successfully crushed Megatron in the way that the taking of leadership required... but not today. After giving this some thought, Starscream organized his troops to fight back, hailing Megatron's name. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}}

Megatron was subsequently defeated by Optimus Prime, but as the Autobot leader moved to inspect his fallen body, Starscream stepped in and picked up his injured leader, refusing to let the Autobots finish him off. For the moment, Megatron's words had struck home: Starscream told Prime that he now knew leadership had to taken by force, not gained through chance. Starscream led the Decepticons in withdrawing from the planet, though as he left, he reminded Prime that though the Autobots had won a battle, the Decepticons still reigned throughout the galaxy. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

===Leadership of the Decepticons===
[[File:AHM13 starscream and matrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Starscream: "Now light our darkest hour!" Decepticons: "You ARE our darkest hour, you putz!"]]
Along with a few other Decepticons, Starscream took off into space aboard Astrotrain. Despite what he had told Prime, he was not pleased that Soundwave was keeping Megatron on life support, but his attempts to dissuade the loyalist were met with failure. Afraid of the uncertainty that simply tossing Megatron out and airlock would result in, Starscream was ready to give up, knowing that the Decepticons had no real reason to follow him, and that the faction would fall to infighting as soon as others challenged his rule. All he had was the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], which Megatron had seized from Optimus Prime earlier, but he had failed to find any supposed "ultimate power" within it, and prepared to throw it away. Caught in the act by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], Starscream was reminded of the talisman's significance to the Autobots by the Insecticon, and had the idea to use its reputation for his own ends. Gathering the Decepticons, he professed that the Matrix had chosen him to light their [[darkest hour]], but as they began hailing his name in the face of this alleged holy appointment, he stepped from the room already regretting his decision. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

[[File:Ongoing13 sad starscream is sad.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Real Decepticon leaders chill on the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial.]]]]
Starscream took the Decepticons to a barren asteroid that they could use as a staging base to regroup, but as more and more soldiers began arriving, circumstances quickly spiraled out of his control. With most of their limited resources tied up by Shockwave, who he had assigned the task of building a space bridge, Starscream charged [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] with finding a way to fabricate energon to feed his starving troops. When no breakthrough ensued, and the energy-deprived Decepticons turned to cannibalizing each other's bodies to survive, Starscream stormed into Insecticon's lab to discover he had been spending his time working on mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]]s. Though initially angry, Starscream conceded that he could use these devices after he employed one to take out a rebellious [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]. {{storylink|All His Engines}} Later, visiting Shockwave for an update on his progress, Starscream discovered the scientist working with Soundwave to cut open Megatron's body and make weapons from his remains. Just as Starscream began to express fake outrage about this presumed "coup", Megatron himself appeared, revealing that the two had built him a new body with a built-in space bridge. He grudgingly admitted he knew Megatron would be back sooner or later, though Megatron neglected to take back leadership as long as Starscream had the Matrix, which he considered a possible threat. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}}

[[File:SLMegs just do it.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"At the very least [[Fire in the Sky|bean me with an energon cube!]] I got one right here! It'll be like old times!"]]
His leadership a complete failure, Starscream became sullen and withdrawn, lost in distant contemplation of the unknowable mysteries within the Matrix that hung around his neck and lashing out at any Decepticons who attempted to touch the talisman. After Starscream ignored his warning that an Autobot ship had crashed on the asteroid, Bombshell tried to remove the Matrix in hopes of snapping him out of his stupor, but was violently struck for his trouble. As it turned out, the wrecked ship had contained [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], on a quest to take back the Matrix. After first using a cerebro-shell on [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to make him attack Starscream, he confronted the Decepticon leader on his own. Starscream was unimpressed, having used his rank to give himself nigh-impenetrable armor, only to be taken by surprise when Rodimus shot the Matrix around his neck instead, causing it to release a burst of energy and incapacitate Starscream. Rodimus snagged the Matrix, but both he and it were then blasted out into space by Megatron. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} With the threat of the Matrix now removed, Megatron re-established himself as leader of the Decepticons, and decided to inaugurate his return by beating the living daylights out of Starscream. The Seeker, however, had lost the will to continue: he would not rise to Megatron's mockery, and when the Decepticon leader aimed his fusion cannon at him, Starscream simply held it to his chest and demanded he fire. But Megatron kept pushing, eventually causing Starscream to snap and open fire with his own weapons, only to immediately regret the decision and attempt to flee in [[alternate mode|jet mode]]. A vicious dogfight above the asteroid ensued, culminating in a pained Starscream questioning how Megatron could understand what it felt like to have his dream crumble so completely. This inquiry only enraged Megatron further—his dream was the Decepticon faction itself, and Starscream had utterly destroyed it in his absence. But Megatron was not without mercy, and after pummeling Starscream to within an inch of his life, he offered him the chance to return to the fold as his subordinate. Meekly, Starscream accepted. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

[[File:Ongoing16 brawn vs starscream.jpg|thumb|275px|Well, since Ironhide's not here to punch him...]]
As Megatron put his new plans into action and had the Decepticons return to Earth, Starscream went off on his own to meet with Thundercracker, who had abandoned the Decepticon cause following their previous defeat. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} He tried to convince his fellow Seeker to join with him and overthrow Megatron again, seeing him as obsessed with petty revenge on humanity and lacking long-term goals. When Thundercracker refused, Starscream lost patience and gunned him down, but before he could finish the job he was attacked by [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. Starscream denied Brawn's accusation that he had been responsible for shooting down a plane carrying Optimus Prime, pleading for his life by suggesting he would be more valuable as a hostage. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}} Fortunately for him, Brawn chose to carry Thundercracker to safety rather than capture him. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}} Starscream returned to the other Decepticons and watched Optimus Prime confront Megatron in a one-on-one battle. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

Megatron subsequently surrendered to the Autobots and had himself transported back to Cybertron, in order to use his built-in space bridge to teleport the Decepticons back to their homeworld. Starscream and the other Decepticons gathered at a Native American settlement to await the bridge's opening, but were found by Bumblebee at the last minute. Starscream ordered the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to dispose of the Autobot, while he led the other Decepticons through the bridge. {{storylink|The Question}} Emerging on Cybertron in the midst of the Autobots' battle with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army of [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], Starscream and the Decepticons soon found themselves entranced by Galvatron's unseen puppetmaster, the [[D-Void]], who merged their bodies and minds together with the Sweeps to form a huge monster. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} Once this "[[Deceptigod]]" was defeated, the weakened component Decepticons were captured by the Autobots and outfitted with [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

===The Chosen One===
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Two weeks after the Deceptigod's defeat, the Decepticons were still imprisoned, and Starscream was growing increasingly tired of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s attempts to control the situation. Realizing that it was better to go along with the Autobots' orders for now rather than push back against them, Starscream joined most of his fellow Decepticons in serving as an enforcer, helping to put down a riot by [[NAIL]]s—unaffiliated Cybertronians who had recently returned to Cybertron and objected to Autobot governance. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} He lurked in the background when [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] visited the Decepticon camp to lecture Ratbat, {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} then finally elected to depart the Decepticon camp after an argument with the new self-appointed Decepticon leader. Considering Ratbat's methods and goals regressive and seeking a new approach to power, Starscream paid a visit to Autobot high command with a legitimate desire to talk with Bumblebee about the future, only to be shocked by the distrusting Autobot's taser-cane and taken into custody for his troubles. Interrogated by Prowl, Starscream explained that Ratbat was planning to assassinate Bumblebee during the memorial ceremony for the ''Lost Light''. While the Autobots dealt with that threat, Starscream proceeded to gate-crash the ceremony himself and announced to the gathered masses his desire to be part of the planet's new government. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}}

Naturally, all the Autobots were suspicious, but Starscream did his best to prove his good faith: he helped Prowl to cover up [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]'s assassination of Ratbat, then worked with [[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to rescue some NAILs from a series of mysterious explosions. Wheeljack spoke up in his favor, convincing Bumblebee to let him join the government; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were so disgusted that they ceded from Bumblebee's leadership, and while Starscream expressed his regret to 'Bee in private later, he assured him the Autobot he would not regret his choice. {{storylink|Stick Together}} That proved untrue almost immediately, as Bumblebee, Starscream, and NAIL representative [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] soon held a public assembly to introduce their joint governance, and Starscream talked rings around both of them. {{storylink|Devisive}} Soon afterwards, Starscream approached [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] to buy his services as he made his play for Iacon's leadership. In exchange for protecting him from those like the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] or unruly bots, Starscream would allow Onslaught a position of power when the time came. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

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Starscream joined Metalhawk in greeting ex-Decepticon [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] when he returned to Cybertron, but the new arrival's obvious distaste for his former faction prompted Starscream to step back and leave the welcoming to his fellow leaders. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} Given his genuine desire to see the new government work out, Starscream was just as suspicious of the next returnee as his fellow leaders—noted Decepticon warmonger [[Turmoil]], claiming altruism, no less. Turmoil immediately began to foment distrust among the government by planting more doubts about the Autobots in Metalhawk's mind, so Starscream took the NAIL to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] to talk the matter out, calling upon bar owner Blurr to recount his own experiences with Turmoil as evidence for the prosecution. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}

Not long after the Turmoil incident, Starscream and Metalhawk paid a visit to Autobot High Command to pester Bumblebee about setting up elections. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} That night, the pair returned to High Command, this time to check on the recently injured Wheeljack and to offer their assistance in locating [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who had gone missing in the wilderness earlier that evening. Fearing that Starscream could leverage a successful rescue to his advantage during the elections, Bumblebee refused their offer. {{storylink|Night and the City}}

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That, however, didn't stop the pair from setting out regardless at dawn the next day. They watched as Blurr, also out searching, was caught in an explosion which revealed a subterranean cavern, but were prevented from entering the cave by the quick arrival of Prowl's security team. To put pressure on the Autobots, Starscream rounded up a crowd of NAILs and Decepticons and demanded that Prowl explain the situation to them. The Autobot was forced to admit that the cavern was home to the abandoned [[Crystal City]], and that [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] had teleported into the abandoned city, injuring itself in the process such that the surrounding area would shortly be destroyed. As Prowl returned to Wheeljack, at work in the cavern, Starscream snuck in after him, and a brief chase with the security officer led them to the Titan's face. Suddenly, it awoke, and lauded Starscream as a conqueror who would unite Cybertron, something witnessed by the entire crowd, who had followed them down into the city. The group fled to escape the Titan's detonation, and on the way back to Iacon, the divinely blessed Starscream was held aloft by NAILs and Decepticons. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

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Being a 'bot of little faith, Starscream didn't actually ''believe'' Metrotitan's words, but he knew how to exploit ''everyone else's'' belief to virtually guarantee himself victory in the upcoming elections. He attempted to get an endorsement from [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] live on television, but Omega had greater matters to ponder; however, that night, Omega was the victim of a bombing that Starscream presumed to be the actions of the other Decepticons attempting to ruin his aspirations for political power. Finding that public opinion was already turning against him by association, Starscream confronted Shockwave over the attack, but received only an ambiguous warning to keep out of the one-eyed Decepticon's way. As he was leaving the Decepticon pen, Starscream was approached by [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], who sought to trade information on Prowl's recent shady dealings in exchange for sanctuary from the coming storm. Starscream accepted, and used the info to blackmail Prowl into disposing of Shockwave's Decepticons for him. He was feeling quite pleased with himself, until a one-two punch of bad news took him down a peg: first, Arcee revealed she knew exactly where he had secreted Dirge away, meaning his bargaining chip was essentially useless... and second, Megatron returned. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}}

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Starscream alerted the Autobot to Megatron's approach on the city, and watched as Bumblebee and the Autobots gunned him down and took him into custody. Starscream tried to dissuade the other Decepticons from marching on high command to call for Megatron's release with a stirring speech about discarding the old ways, but it failed rather spectacularly, so Starscream decided to visit the medical center and appeal to Megatron directly. {{storylink|City on Fire}} This "chat" was very one-sided as Megatron offered no response to Starscream's word save a smile—though that alone was enough to terrify the Seeker. The Decepticons' march subsequently turned into a riot, during which the prison was stormed and Megatron was liberated. The Decepticon leader dragged Starscream along to the [[Black Room]], where it was revealed that Prowl, mind-controlled by Bombshell, had been working for Megatron all along. {{storylink|The Verge}} Bumblebee and Metalhawk were soon brought to the Black Room as well, and Starscream tried to explain to them that he had had no part in Megatron's scheme; Megatron verified that, save to note that Starscream's political machinations had provided a useful distraction. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}}

[[File:RID16 heavyisthehead.jpg|thumb|225px|Oh no, nothing's worse than <s>Cartman</s> Starscream with ''authoritah''!]]Megatron then began his endgame, unleashing a perfected Devastator upon Iacon, and forcing Starscream to watch, professing that any political victory he had won would have been one of compromise, rather than a true Decepticon triumph. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Rendered near-paralytic with the seeming totality of his defeat, Starscream was dragged through the streets by Megatron, until the Autobots and Metalhawk surprised him by coming to his rescue. Separated from the main fight, Starscream and Metalhawk were confronted by Turmoil, and the re-energized Starscream killed him using Metalhawk's severed arm as a blade. The Autobots then foiled Megatron's scheme, and Starscream saw his moment to strike: though he admitted to Metalhawk that he genuinely was his friend, he used Turmoil's cannon to kill him, and presented his body to the crowd as a victim of the fighting. He called for the abandonment of factions, and the majority of the population rallied behind him, appointing him their leader {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} and cheering for the banishment of all those who didn't renounce their faction.

The Autobots attempted to fight this, first pointing to their wounded needing care, but Starscream promised they'd be fixed up. And hey, you didn't ''have'' to leave. All you had to was just... stop being an Autobot or Decepticon.

You're almost all leaving? Such a shame. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

===Starscream the First===
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Starscream's first night of leadership was a troubled one as the city of Iacon struggled to deal with the aftermath of Megatron's attack. One of the many problems he had to deal with was the blackouts that the city was suffering from. This was only made worse for Starscream by [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] and his construction patrol vowing to repair the city. He then visited the Medical Center to check on Dirge's condition but he was rebuffed by the former seeker. During an interview with Circuit on how he was planning to deal with the city's problems the power was restored by Scoop, it was at this moment that [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] approached him with the revelation that the power grid had been sabotaged with phosphex. As Scoop repaired the communication array he attempted to open his toolbox and instead found out that Scoop was a "religious nut" who believed Metrotitan's prophecy. When Rattrap tripped over Scoop, Starscream soon took the opportunity to accuse him of sabotaging the power grid, however Starscream later revealed that he was fully aware that Rattrap had planted the phosphex in Scoop's toolbox. {{storylink|Three Monologues}}

Soon afterwards, [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]] was activated, and Starscream was among those affected, and Starscream wondered if Megatron was causing it. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} However Starscream was saved thanks to Rodimus and Perceptor's {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} He later succeeded in getting a "pep" talk from Wheeljack's headless body - who had survived being shot by Prowl earlier. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} Starscream was the one who answered when the ''Lost Light'' when they called Cybertron with Tyrest's communication system; by this point, he'd started calling the place the [[Republic of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}} Having successfully risen to power, Starscream reneged on his deal with Onslaught. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

[[File:DarkCybertron1-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Even the Mini-Cons have abandoned me.]]
After being rebuilt into a new body, Starscream's secluded admiration of his new form was interrupted by Rattrap's worries about an unidentified glow just over the horizon. A scan of the phenomenon revealed a classified-but-familiar reading, that of the [[Dead Universe]], causing Starscream to seek out the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' for expertise, particularly that of [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Subsequently, an [[Necrotitan|undead Titan]] suddenly burst free from the ground, and so Starscream rounded up some weaponry in order to take out the behemoth, but Rattrap instead suggested caution. Starscream decided to visit Scoop in his cell, and the zealot pronounced Starscream as the dark answer to a prophesy hidden in the [[Covenant of Primes]]. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} Next Starscream visited the dead body of Metalhawk, succeeding in getting a "pep talk" out of his "old friend" as Rattrap eavesdropped. On his way out of the building, Starscream reassured his citizens that he could handle the ongoing situation—after all, he handled Megatron—and flew out towards the Necrotitan. Meanwhile, Scoop confided in Rattrap that while Starscream was the Chosen One, he may have been chosen to destroy everything. Starscream landed on the Necrotitan's shoulder and tried to start a conversation, but suddenly its eyes flashed and a deadly, chaotic wave of energy burst forth from its body. Starscream desperately tried to beat the wavefront home, but arrived just before it lay waste to the city. The wavefront had a strange and inconsistent effect on everyone, to the point that it reanimated the dead body of Metalhawk. Metalhawk beat down his murderer and abducted the captured body of Megatron, leaving with it for elsewhere. In the chaos that followed the city's destruction, Starscream soon found himself the subject of everyone's ire. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} The wave also left a strange black mark on Starscream's chest that Scoop believed was a message from [[Primus]]—Starscream was the cause of Iacon's problems. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}

He later had the mark checked out at the Iacon Medical Center by Flatline and used this as an opportunity to check on the casualties of the Necrotitan's wave. This merely led to him being berated by [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] on how he was letting the population down—only for the Necrotitan to then smash its way into the medical center. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} Starscream then received another berating, this time from Scoop, on how the fact he was the "Chosen One" was a responsibility to the people of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} He was later approached by Rattrap and the remaining Autobots and Decepticons and merely lamented that all hope of defeating Shockwave was lost while Prowl explained his plan. He did however inform Prowl of the situation at the medical center as Flatline and Fixit "teamed up", he was then present when Megatron explained his alternative plan on defeating Shockwave. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}}

[[File:DarkCybertronFinale-StarscreamRunsThroughJhiaxorange.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"THAT'S your secret weapon, Jhiaxius?! Turning into a redeco of myself?!"]]
Later, Starscream was further lamenting about the hopelessness of the situation when the Lost Light arrived with Metroplex. He was observing the battle between the Necrotitan and Metroplex when Scoop started to recite the "Dark Cybertron" prophecy and was later cured when Metroplex released the [[Ore-7]] stored within his thumb. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} Starscream was later gloating to Scoop about how the prophecy was not fulfilled when he learnt its true origin—Shockwave. It was just at this moment when Metalhawk appeared with Skywarp and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and shot him. It was at this moment that Shockwave started to reveal his endgame to Galvatron and ''70 billion'' Ammonites appeared in the sky above Cybertron. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} Starscream then provided Bumblebee's group with a way of reaching Shockwave's base by revealing that Skywarp was still alive. He elected to take Waspinator along (much to Waspinator's objections) as the group required someone who knew the layout of the base, however he was nearly driven catatonic by the fact that Scoop willingly volunteered to remain behind instead of helping to defeat Shockwave with rest of the group. When he recovered he attacked Jhiaxus but the reactive armor Jhiaxus was wearing provided him with all of Starscream's new body's abilities. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Starscream was not impressed by the reactive armor however (even going so far as accusing Jhiaxus of [[Fandom|cosplaying]] as him) and continued to fight Jhiaxus, even though Jhiaxus had the advantage due to him knowing everything that his new body contained and could do. He beat Jhiaxus by using the swords that were integrated into his body. He was later unfazed by Rattrap's claim that he would have difficulty maintaining control due to Metalhawk sacrificing himself to defeat the Ammonites by claiming that by killing them Metalhawk was a "genocidal despot" {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:Words Hang in the Air - Honorable Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"LORD Starscream, High Chancellor of the Refulgent Cybertronian Dynasty, Emperor Perpetua, and Defender of the Realm."]]
Starscream attended a meeting on the subject of what was to be done with Megatron to represent the People of Cybertron—who wanted a trial. Rodimus was not impressed with Starscream's rule of Cybertron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} He was later called to provide a statement where he claimed to be "High Chancellor of the Refulgent Cybertronian Dynasty, Emperor Perpetua and Defender of the Realm". His statement on Megatron claimed that the former Decepticon leader was addled and impotent with a lack of control over his forces and that he deserved pity. Starscream was pleased with his statement as it increased his approval ratings with only one downside—the ratings of the Autobots increased as well. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} Starscream's testimony had also convinced Megatron that he needed to leave behind a better legacy, and changed his plea to not guilty while invoking one of the forgotten laws of Luna-2. Starscream, fearing that Megatron wouldn't be executed as he hoped, protested, however Optimus would allow Megatron freedom of movement and shared command of the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

Some time after Megatron's trial, Starscream approached Prowl and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to gloat about his control of Cybertron, only to be reminded by Optimus Prime that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was an Autobot and that Ironhide and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] were keeping a close eye on him as well; upon being asked if he had any further comments on the situation by Circuit, he merely claimed that he couldn't feel better. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} Some time after Metroplex started acting as a city for Cybertrons population, Starscream began mining operations on the Titan's filtration systems in an attempt to retrieve one of Shockwave's ores from the Titan, and hired some of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] as guards. {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}}

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Six months after the events of Dark Cybertron, Starscream maintained a less than healthy relationship with Windblade due to Metroplex's constant systems failures. He confronted Windblade on the constant blackouts Metroplex was suffering with the claim that the population was blaming him for the system failures, he then threatened Windblade with serious consequences if she didn't solve the problem and left with Rattrap to discuss the rebuilding Iacon again. Starscream later claimed the blast that damaged Windblade was caused by poor maintenance and later entered her recovery room uttering the phrase "Well. Look who isn't dead". {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} The ruler of Cybertron then went on to insist on how the explosion was a fortunate accident as Windblade had survived it with only minor injuries. He then threatened the cityspeaker again by claiming that she would probably not be able to cheat death twice before being kicked out of the room. Starscream then asked Rattrap to ensure that he was in the clear before Windblade made a move... {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}}

Starscream later oversaw the capture of Windblade and the group she had taken into Metroplex to expose his mining operations. With the group in his custody, Starscream attempted to obtain confessions to prove that Windblade was trying to undermine his regime as well as revealing the [[Badgeless]]- his new anonymous enforcers. He then tried to find out Windblade's try purpose on Cybertron as he believed that she was deliberately trying to sabotage Metroplex to gain further power. Starscream was last seen confronting Blurr and Slug as Windblade and Chromia escaped from his prison. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} As Chromia and Windblade rushed towards Metroplex's brain, Starscream fought Slug and Blurr, he easily defeated them thanks to his handy shoulder cannons and then left to pursue the Camiens. Catching up to them at Metroplex's brain, Starscream was then attacked by Chromia as the fembot tried to buy more time for Windblade to merge with Metroplex. Starscream, however, managed to quickly dispatch Chromia and wound Windblade, before the Cityspeaker managed to successfully merge with the Titan. Despite this, Windblade still managed to merge with Metroplex and activate the Titan's defenses while she made one last attempt to find out who the mystery bomber was.

While Chromia attempted to convince Windblade to use Metroplex's space bridge to jump to [[Caminus]], a desperate Starscream cried out that jumping while Metroplex still served as a city would kill all those who were not completely within the Titan's borders. Deciding to not make the jump, Windblade revealed to Starscream that there were other colonies formed by the ancient Titans and offered the use of Metroplex's space bridge to the leader of Cybertron to unite the colonies in return for not revealing any of the events surrounding the bombing to anyone else. Agreeing to the deal, Starscream left Windblade to deal with the aftermath. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}

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With Monstructor still on the loose and Devastator causing trouble on Earth, Starscream became aware of his own military shortcomings. To this end, he reactivated Wheeljack, in the hopes of bringing Megatron's failed experiment [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] back into fighting shape for the sake of his regime. Still struggling to come to terms with the vastly changed Cybertron, Wheeljack reluctantly agreed and began repairing the gestalt. A Decepticon ghetto had also grown up outside Metroplex, made up of 'Cons who were disgruntled with the status quo and loathed Starscream as a sellout. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

A series of murders took place in the Decepticon ghetto, which Starscream was willing to dismiss as just one of them things but allowed his passionate officer [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] to investigate. Starscream then left to welcome Optimus back to Cybertron after a six-month absence and, with Windblade, talk him through the new status quo. The Prime's social conscience saw them both walking the ghetto {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} and sparking a riot. Mid-riot, they watched the murderer kill [[Heavy Barrel (G1)|Heavy Barrel]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} Eventually, Starscream settled on the [[Firecon]]s as the obvious scapegoats culprits and joined Optimus in capturing them: a mission that went disastrously wrong thanks to brutality by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} Optimus went on to suspect the Dinobots.

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When the murderer followed up by killing ''Autobots'', Starscream told Optimus he'd been dumb and decided to raze the ghetto: the public would accept Decepticon murders but would want harsh action for Autobot ones. Barricade refused the order and went on to find a crucial clue {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} and Optimus talked Starscream into helping him with a plan: faking a fight with the Dinobots to draw out the real killer, who turned out to be Sandstorm all along. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

After Windblade repaired Metroplex's space bridge, Starscream hatched a plan to turn Caminus back into a protectorate of Cybertron- a plan that involved the recently purloined [[Enigma of Combination]]. Starscream recruited Swindle and the Stunticons for the job. While he bided his time, Starscream decided to pick out a new body for himself, although he was interrupted by Optimus Prime. The two bickered for a while about using Superion as a weapon (it's part of planetary security, honest) drawing up a truly representative government for Cybertron (as if!). Starscream finally shot down Optimus by pointing out that the people of Cybertron had chosen him as leader, although Optimus insisted that if Cybertron contacted its colonies, the governing body needed a council, not an empire.

On his orders, Swindle used the Enigma on the Stunticons and Starscream's mole [[Blackjack]], combining them together and re-creating [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Now, however, Blackjack's short temper amplified Menasor's already prominent anger problems, creating a completely uncontrollable monster. Starscream sicced Menasor and Swindle on Caminus, intending to use the similarly revived Superion to swoop in, save the day, and win the permanent adoration of the Camiens. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Unfortunately word got out to Optimus Prime and Windblade, forcing him to deploy Superion early on. Starscream just couldn't win, especially after Optimus- a holy figure to the people of Caminus- upstaged Starscream in front of the [[Mistress of Flame]]. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

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In the lull, Starscream took the opportunity to upgrade into his new body before overseeing the first contact ceremony between Caminus and Cybertron. While he was there, he bragged about Superion and how the combiner would keep them all safe. With that done, Starscream let Swindle take the fall for his actions by throwing him in his secret prison. But then, at the Space Bridge, Optimus Prime announced on live TV that Starscream intended to build a democratic [[Council of Worlds]], throwing a wrench in Starscream's imperialistic plans and forcing him to go through. Starscream ''really'' just couldn't win. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} Starscream, Prime, and some Camiens set about hammering out a legislation, although things didn't go particularly well - mostly because Starscream knew that the Camiens would always follow Optimus Prime's vote. The meeting was quickly adjourned after Mirage brought word of an attack on the space bridge. It turned out that Prowl wasn't happy about the situation, and had decided to form Devastator and just smash the Space Bridge. Not even Superion managed to defeat him, so Starscream used the Enigma to resuscitate the defeated Aerialbots. Realizing that Superion couldn't do the job alone, Starscream zapped a recently arrived group of representatives from the ''Lost Light'', fusing them together into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The two combiners trounced Devastator, and in the aftermath Starscream had Prowl dragged off to a public jail. Not the Constructicons, though; he had plans for them... {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

[[File:CombinerWars5-disappointed.jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''YOU!''' Where the '''SLAG''' is your '''CHIN?''']]

Starscream stationed both of his combiners on Caminus to keep the peace and guard the space bridge before heading back to his secret prison, where he had stashed the Constructicons. Hoping to turn Devastator back to his side, Starscream used the Enigma on Scoop and the Constructicons. This new version of Devastator, while still temperamental, was willing to go along with the commands of his "Chosen One" thanks to Scoop's mental influence. After an escaped Menasor sparked a Decepticon riot, Starscream deployed Devastator to calm things down. Defensor wound up attacking Devastator, who in turn went postal and started wrecking up Caminus. Oops. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} With no other recourse, Starscream and his Badgeless troops put in a personal appearance at the space bridge, helping to keep down the non-combined Decepticons while Devastator and the newly born [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] tumbled from colony to colony. With Devastator defeated, Starscream's snide remarks convinced Optimus Maximus to separate so that Prowl could be arrested. {{storylink|All That Remains}} Starscream later permitted Devastator to reform so that the Constructicons could be safely removed from Caminus. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}}

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===A weakening grip===
{{quote|''Look'' at this place. I spent ''how long'' on dank battlefields, or huddled inside ''Astrotrain'' gathering troops for ''somebody else's'' cause? I ''made'' it, goldenrod.|Starscream, "[[The Transgressors]]"}}

[[File:Windblade DS 4 Velocitronian Ambassadors.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"And I hate him already."]]

Despite finally starting to bring the colonies together, Starscream was bitter and frustrated that nobody believed he could do it and that people were talking about him behind his back... so he said to ''a hallucinated ghost Bumblebee'', who he demanded recognise that he'd finally ''made it''. Arcee, unaware of what was going on, arrived with a captured Badgeless and executed him in front of Starscream to make a point. She informed him of a growing problem with the Decepticons, who Starscream needed to keep happy on Cybertron to avoid an uprising and invasion of other planets, and that he was the only one keeping the planet together so he better try harder. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

With Caminus in the Council, Starscream turned his attention to the next Titan colony: [[Velocitron]]. To this end he met with delegates [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] and [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]], although Knock Out wasn't particularly impressed with Cybertronian culture. Starscream was disturbed by the extremely hostile planet he'd glimpsed through the Space Bridge, and mentioned to Rattrap that he wouldn't set foot on the planet if he was paid. This might be why negotiations broke down. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

[[File:WindbladeVol2Issue6-deadlygame.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos instead."]]

After Windblade decided to sneak off to Velocitron to convince them to join the Council, Starscream recruited Superion for a secret jaunt of his own: a trip to the planet [[Devisiun]]. The tiny modular colonists were very impressed by Superion's combiner technology, and sent [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] and [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] as delegates. Windblade had had enough of the secret power plays, though, so after a heated debate the two agreed to travel to the next colony together. That planet turned out to be [[Eukaris]], a planet colonized by xenophobic [[beast mode]] Transformers, who were less than thrilled to have vehicle-based Transformers set foot on their planet. Their Titan, [[Chela]], was even ''less'' thrilled than they were, so unhappy that he decided to just blow them up and be done with it. Starscream thought otherwise, and flew into his brain module, where he shot the Titan dead in spite of Windblade's protests. At least Eukaris decided to join the council. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

Windblade and Starscream bickered some more after returning from Eukaris, although Starscream maintained that he had done the right thing- even saved Windblade from certain death. The next day, the two headed out to the final colony Metroplex had discovered, a spaceborne Titan he identified as [[Tempo]], crewed by philosophers. As it turned out, the ship was actually staffed by a well-armed military dictatorship. Captain [[Elita One]] claimed that their Titan was actually named [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. Starscream tried to convince them to join the council, but his remarks just made Elita angry, and she threatened to kill him. Windblade managed to salvage the situation at the last minute, convincing them to join the council so as to counter Starscream's growing influence. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}

[[File:ChooseMe_starscreamiest_grin.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: Stink, stank, stunk!'']]

In a conversation with dead Bumblebee, a bitter and lonely Starscream decided to get some of the goodwill felt by the colonies' return and declared a new holiday, "[[Chosen One Day]]". While he intended for everyone to remember they owed their goodwill to ''him'' and show him some, it was misread as a holiday to show your loved ones goodwill instead. This worked in his favour as everyone assumed he'd done that deliberately. Wheeljack, Windblade, and the Council members showed up to toast him and honour him with a night of friendship. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

During a broodfest, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] showed up with his fellow Decepticons to ''oh so politely'' ask for a 'favour': they wanted Starscream to look the other way while they used the spacebridge later. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Rather than cause trouble, Starscream allowed it and when [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] at the space port noticed the Decepticon movement, Starscream told him not to "overreact" to "a stroll". Later, unsure and talking it through with 'Bumblebee', he let an actual moment of ''conscience'' decide his actions and informed Windblade of the Decepticon movement. But a bit too late! {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} Starscream headed in with reinforcements to help in the form of Badgeless and Superion and was pissed to find Optimus there already with [[Victorion|his ''own'' combiner]], pulling rank again. He ordered all the defeated Decepticons rounded up for later and agreed to get the spacebridge up and running to allow Optimus to stop Galvatron on Earth. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} The situation swiftly went terrible again as the Decepticons started fighting again as soon as Victorion was gone and when Starscream called in Devastator, he only trashed the place and let fugitives escape. Man, how could this get worse—Optimus declaring Earth a protectorate? Yeah, that'd do it. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

[[File:NewWorldsOrder-StarscreamAndBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"And I didn't even get the lousiest of T-shirts."]]
After Windblade, Optimus et al. had kept hinting he was a dodgy neo-imperialist, Starscream was ''utterly livid'' when Optimus ''actually'' annexed a planet and part of the Council of Worlds, all without talking to anyone else. He said they couldn't give Prime a seat and justify conquest, and was left distraught when Windblade agreed but said they should give Prime the ''benefit of the doubt''. In a conversation with dead Bumblebee, Starscream compared Prime's actions to Megatron's and [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s and warned that this would go the same way. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} Shortly after, Starscream witnessed a broadcast from the ''Lost Light'' of crew members about to be executed. He watched with fear as he knew they were victims of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Roughly around this time, Starscream came into contact with [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]], a [[Eukaris|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] whom he tasked with finding [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle's]] body. {{storylink|The Price of You}}

Airachnid's methods however were less than subtle and following a series of mnemosurgical attacks on Decepticons around Iacon, Starscream oversaw a meeting of councillor [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]'s Justice Committee. The Carcer delegate proposed Ironhide be appointed to investigate possible Badgeless involvement in the crimes, and Starscream reluctantly agreed to consider the proposal while feigning ignorance about the murders. After Badgeless officers shot a drunk Decepticon under suspicious circumstances later that day, Windblade accused Starscream of orchestrating the murders in an attempt to locate the seemingly missing corpse of Swindle, but the sovereign of Cybertron threatened her in return with his knowledge of Chromia's bomb plot. Immediately afterwards, Starscream was aghast to discover that video footage of the murder had surfaced and was being broadcast on the city news. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

[[File:ApplicableSkills-ourfearlessleader.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"It's out of control. It's out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."]]

A mob of angry citizens quickly formed outside Starscream's residence. After being needled by dead Bumblebee, the ruler of Cybertron was dragged to an emergency meeting of the Council of Worlds, where he immediately proposed that the Decepticon ghetto be locked down by the Badgeless. The other councillors quickly shot down the idea, and Starscream in return refused Rattrap's proposal to summons Victorion from Earth. He went on to explain his fear that events were being manipulated by his former ally [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], out for revenge, before eventually agreeing to a plan for the situation: appoint Ironhide the new head of the Badgeless, to carry out a full investigation of recent events. As they watched Ironhide, Starscream confided in Windblade that he didn't possess Swindle's body, before blackmailing the Cityspeaker into taking responsibility for dealing with Onslaught and his [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

Several weeks later, Starscream caught Windblade on the way out of a council session to demanded a report, and was told that Onslaught was, by all appearances, not carrying out any scheme or plan. They were interrupted by an incoming message for the Cityspeaker, but Starscream refused to let her answer it until he was certain she was carrying out his bidding, again dangling his knowledge of Chromia's misdeeds in front of Windblade. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} As it happened, the call had been from Chromia, who had now witnessed the Combaticons use the Enigma of Combination to merge with the brain-dead Swindle into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. As security forces evacuated the councillors, Starscream attempted to blackmail Windblade into helping kill the rampaging combiner. Ultimately, however, Ironhide took down Bruticus, whilst Chromia admitted to her crimes on a live news broadcast, as an unhappy Starscream looked on. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

[[File:ItsBeginningToAndBackAgain-StarscreamAndRattrap.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Yeah well, I'm gonna go raise my own Titan. With blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the Titan!"]]

Optimus (who'd been haunted by dreams of Starscream accusing him of hypocrisy) finally contacted Starscream, along with the Mistress of Flame and Soundwave, proposing to meet with each of them to discuss recent events. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}} When Prime arrived on Cybertron for his meeting with Starscream and the Council of Worlds, the ex-Decepticon took a moment to revel in the Autobot leader's newfound bad reputation before arriving fashionably late. Accusing Optimus of starting an interstellar war, Starscream dismissed Optimus as another tyrannical [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] who ''took'' power rather than being ''chosen'' like he was. Citing the general populace's loss of faith in Optimus, Cybertron's leader announced that the council would not stand with Optimus, before striding away. The next morning, Starscream summoned the news team of [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] for a special task – travelling to Earth to show everybody firsthand what Optimus Prime's actions had wrought. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}}

This plan worked out rather nicely for Starscream, who watched with joy as live footage of human military forces attacking Optimus Prime's troops was beamed back to Cybertron. Dead Bumblebee insisted Prime's refusal to retaliate would show his heroism, but Cybertron's leader was confident he could spin any outcome to his advantage. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} When the humans finally surrounded Prime, Starscream was ecstatic, but moments later, was taken aback when the Autobot raised Metrotitan, thought dead, from the ground! {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} The ex-Decepticon was quickly called to an emergency council meeting by Windblade. Prime's holy act changed the group's tune, and they soon decided to declare Earth a colony world. Looking out over his planet, Starscream sulked about the decision whilst Bumblebee said "I told you so" – Optimus Prime had come out on top. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

When a massive energy discharge was detected at the former site of Kaon, Starscream was roped into investigating personally by Windblade. Shockingly, they found the city intact within a crater, but this matter was quickly forgotten when the pair were called back to Iacon, where none other than the long-dead Sentinel Prime was on a rampage! Starscream fired on the false Prime, but got a [[spark disruptor]] thrown onto his chest for his troubles. Luckily for the ex-Decepticon, Windblade was able to jump the disruptor onto her own spark, where its detonation was non-fatal thanks to the differing frequency of Camien sparks. The pair quickly flew to regroup with the forces fighting Sentinel Prime at the space bridge. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

Discussing recent events, General [[Joe Colton]], [[Scarlett]] and [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] recalled Starscream's part in the [[Transformer]]s' early battles over Ore-13 on Earth. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} When Windblade merged with Metrotitan's mind, she saw glimpses of all her possibles pasts and futures, many of which included Starscream. {{storylink|Informed}}

[[File:Ping-Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"I ''am'' the Senate."]]

Starscream and Rattrap were soon summoned to Ironhide's office to discuss turning over the [[Enigma of Combination]] to Ironhide which Starscream (shockingly) refused to do. Ironhide them gave him a stirring speech telling him it was time for Starscream to actually start leading instead of playing political games. Before anything else could be said all three of their communicators pinged at the exact same time. Regrouping at the [[Spire]], Starscream was shocked to hear Windblade and Obsidian's report of a fleet of undead [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]] bearing down on Cybertron. Taking Ironhide's speech to spark, Starscream told everyone to rally for war and drafted every ship into service. After transmitting a rousing speech (and saying any ship who fled would be either shot down or declared an enemy of the state), the fighting began. While things began promisingly enough, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] soon fell and Starscream saw fit to contact [[Elita One]] to request [[Vigilem|Carcer]] be transformed and brought to the surface. She refused. {{storylink|Ping}} After another failed try, Starscream gathered the [[Council of Worlds]] and told them to begin evacuating Cybertron. Windblade refused to do so however believing that either she or [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] could access Carcer's brain and convince the Titan to aid Cybertron on their own. Agreeing, Starscream sent a contingent of Cybertronian ships and Devastator to attack Carcer as a distraction informing Elita to never underestimate the depths of his pettiness. {{storylink|Desperate Times}} While waiting for news, Bumblebee commented that Windblade and Starscream would get so much more accomplished if they were actually friends. Starscream reminded Bumblebee what [[Death|happened]] to the [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|last person]] Starscream had considered a friend prompting a confused look from [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] at Starscream for talking to himself. {{storylink|Desperate Measures}} When Windblade had succeeded in awakening Carcer who himself had been successful in destroying the invaders Starscream cheered! {{storylink| Rubicon}}

Which was short lived because not only was Starscream informed "Carcer" was Vigilem and he'd freed [[Liege Maximo]], he soon had to preside over a court case regarding a [[Badgeless]] killing [[Drunkatron|some pleb]]. Though the Badgeless was clearly innocent, Starscream wondered if declaring him guilty would help things. He called a recess when he learned Elita was taking credit for "Carcer's" victory and called her to his office flanked by [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]], [[Tigatron]], [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] and the [[Mistress of Flame]]. When Elita arrived, she recapped the history of Maximo and his Titan before explaining she'd thought to keep their existence a secret in case someone might have proven foolish, arrogant or desperate enough to free the ancient Prime before telling the Council to ready themselves for war against the member of the [[Thirteen]] and walked off. Starscream agreed that, for the moment, Maximo's freedom should be kept a secret before the Mistress of Flame requested Chromia be turned over to her. Starscream refused so the Mistress instead requested [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Bumblebee soon appeared to Starscream and told him what to do: Rule the Badgeless innocent, hand over Chromia and stand against Elita. When Starscream pointed out doing all three would make him an easy target, Bumblebee said Starscream was choosing to fight and he could be better. Too bad Starscream didn't believe that himself as he convicted the innocent 'bot. He then freed Chromia into the Mistress's custody on the condition that she hunt down and slay Liege Maximo. {{storylink|Heavy}}

[[File:ThePriceOfYou-StarscreamBumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"The way is open."]]
With Elita soon ready to return to orbit, Starscream was summoned by Airachnid to give her report on the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Airachnid revealed that while it was normally impractical to try and alter the minds of so many, she could do so after the five had combined but needed a willing lynchpin to make sure the other four didn't pick up on the lie. Starscream had Airachnid patch him into [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off's]] mind where Starscream offerred to make his dream of "domestic bliss" with Onslaught a reality. Blast Off agreed and Starscream later spoke with Ironhide that the now loyal Combaticons would not be prosecuted since Airachnid had discovered (through genuine medical examination of course) that the Combaticons could not be held culpable for their actions. {{storylink|The Price of You}} Starscream was soon approached by [[Windblade's doctor|a doctor]] who brought him to [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] revealing her to not be brain dead but to have shut down due to ''too much'' data in her brain. Deducing it was Vigilem, Starscream nonetheless refused to delegate a mnemosurgeon. This was the final straw for Bumblebee who demanded to know why Starscream always pushed good people away. Starscream responded that every time he opened himself up, life (usually wearing Megatron's face) would beat the tar out of him. Seeing the odd looks he was getting, Starscream pretended to turn on his comm. and told Bumblebee to leave if he was so disgusted by him. And leave Bumblebee did. Starscream then allowed Blast Off to see Swindle while consulting Airachnid about how to help Windblade. The answer was simple: A third bot would enter her head and help her destroy Vigilem assuming the strain of three minds didn't kill all three. Reluctantly Starscream realized he had no choice but to help her. {{storylink|If I Know You}}

Starscream arrived and made a heroic entrance by shooting Vigilem in the back. Alas, Windblade was not grateful as Starscream had failed to consider a risk in the plan. By linking his mind to hers, Vigilem was able to access it and escape through Starscream. The evil Titan smirked and adopted the form of Starscream's worst fear: [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron.]]

[[File:Your First Mistake - Screamys True Form.jpg|right|thumb|250px|This ''is'' his final form.]]
Now in Starscream's mind, Vigilem began beating Starscream through all his bodies wearing down his confidence before he prepared to execute him and take his body. Windblade saved him by scooping up Starscream's spark before she witnessed his birth. Horrified by cold construction, Windblade summoned a mental copy of the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and began forging Starscream's true self, each strike bringing up a mental projection of someone who had an impact on Starscream's life, the ghosts holding off Vigilem. When she was done, Starscream stood as a towering version of what he would like were his spark allowed to shape its own body. Stomping down Vigilem, the two jets were able to defeat the Titan and returned to the real world though Starscream insisted nothing had changed. Windblade cheekily bounced away telling Starscream not to be so foolish or close minded and that she'd now be her own bot and not just a mouthpiece for others. {{storylink|Your First Mistake}}

Optimus Prime later showed up to try and petition the [[Council of Worlds]] to grant [[Earth]] a spot on the Council and trade with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. Starscream refused both citing the [[Tyrest Accord]] saying Cybertron needed its resources to rebuild and that aliens were likely to use Cybertronian technology to attack Cybertron. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} When [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] was interviewed by humans, he remembered Starscream's presence in the invasion of Earth as well as mentioning that Starscream now ruled Cybertron. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}} When [[Sideswipe (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sideswipe]] was given a mental projection to die peacefully, he remembered Starscream's deal with Sunstreaker. {{storylink|The Life of Sideswipe}}

When Optimus and [[Pyra Magna]] returned to Cybertron to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], Starscream spied on them from afar with Bumblebee. Starscream scoffed at how saccharine Bumblebee's origins were before the conversation turned to [[Onyx Prime]]. Starscream then flew off while commenting to Bumblebee that the yellow 'bot was just a figment of the Seeker's imagination. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

While a new [[hot spot]] had lit up in [[Alyon]] a few months earlier, Starscream was in no rush to harvest the sparks and instead kept its existence a secret, explaining to an outraged [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] that what with all the recent attacks, Cybertron was currently too dangerous to introduce a new generation to. He also sought to take care of the Dinobots, who'd gone rogue, killed many Badgeless and supposedly kidnapped [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]], but since they were still Autobots and he didn't want conflict with Optimus Prime, he acted off the record by offering Sandstorm freedom in exchange for their deaths. Unfortunately the Alyon sparks were stolen by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and used to revive [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. prompting Starscream to deploy Devastator in Iacon's defense. After Trypticon was freed from Bludgeon's control and made off with the sparks, Starscream recovered the defeated Bludgeon, one of his mutated sparks and the remains of Slug, and began making plans. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

Soon before Earth announced its chosen ambassador, Lord Starscream (best to get in the habit now) was called to Alpha Trion's apartment (and was bemused by the books) where the old sage recounted the origins of the Autobot insignia. Starscream failed to grasp the meaning, questioned whether he was supposed to be [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] or Arcee, expressed disbelief that Arcee and Galvatron were twins, found "Megatronus" to be a made-up name and asked that since Alpha Trion said all stories were lies, why should be believed any of it? Earth then called to announce its representative to the [[Council of Worlds]], [[Marissa Faireborn]]. Starscream grumbled and said he'd prepare the plaza. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

As the ceremony started, Starscream began a speech only for an explosion to cut him off. Demanding a status report from Ironhide and Windblade, he learnt that tiny red robots were waiting to strike inside false Cybertronians. Starscream suspected human involvement and ordered the Space Bridge closed. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} Heroically cowering in the [[Spire]], Starscream accused Elita One of treachery only for the femme to say humans were responsible and prepared to execute Marissa. Marissa however soon humbled Elita into calling for reinforcements from Carcer...only for the [[Solstar Order]] to transmit to Cybertron that they'd detected Dire Wraith energy signatures emanating from Cybertron and had quarantined the planet. Starscream called foul on this, familiar with the tactics of the Dire Wraiths and suspected Elita was up to another trick but the Carcerian informed him that Cybertron was on its own. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}

==Spotlight: Mirage==
At the war's end, Starscream and a small team of Decepticons accompanied the mercenary [[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] to the [[Pegasus Star Cluster]]. He led the Decepticons into the Autobot bunker after Mirage destroyed the Autobot security system, but stood back during the ensuing fight. After Megatron ordered the Autobot prisoners executed, Starscream held [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] back as Mirage prepared to kill [[Hound (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hound]].

But it was all Mirage's dream... or was it? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}

==Notes==
[[File:Wfc-starscream-0.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*Starscream's appearance in ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' seems to be based more on this concept drawing of him for the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' game, rather than his actual appearance in either of the two games. This is most noticeable when looking at his pelvic region and thighs.
*As the issues go by, Starscream takes to a habit of changing into a new body whenever the then-toyline at the time releases a new toy rendition of him.
*Also, the crown he occasionally wears in later issues of the comic is based on the crown he sports in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'', which in itself is based on the crown he wears in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

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==External links==
*{{i|Starscream}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Your First Mistake

2017-09-12T01:24:11Z

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{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #12
|prev=If I Know You
|next=Till All Are One Annual
|image=TAAO12 cvrA.jpg
|caption=Considering it's only at the end you screwed up, I'd say that's a pretty good run.
|title="Your First Mistake"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 9]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=July 2017
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''Starscream joins Windblade's mental battle with Vigilem, but time is running out for all three of them, and only the truth will set them free.'''

==Synopsis==
Within [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s mind, the [[cityspeaker]] defends her brain against takeover by [[Vigilem]], preferring to die with him than allow him to return to the conscious world. Vigilem splits his mental projection into three in an attempt to overpower Windblade, but her control of her mindscape remains strong, and she is able to hold him off by pinning his three forms with pylons she extrudes from the matter of the "world" around them. Vigilem smashes through the pylons and lunges at her, but is suddenly struck by a blast from behind—[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] has linked his mind to Windblade's and come to aid her in expelling the evil [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]! Alas, Windblade is not grateful; she does not believe expelling Vigilem is ''possible'', and rather than help her, Starscream's presence only affords Vigilem another avenue of escape. Adopting the form of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] to overwhelm Starscream with fear, Vigilem smashes through from Windblade's mind into Starscream's own, the landscape of which takes the form of the decaying [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. Vigilem pummels Starscream, stripping layer after layer from his mental projection until his [[spark]] is exposed... but at the last second, just before Vigilem can extinguish it, Windblade swoops in and snatches his spark out of his "body" to safety.

Confident that Starscream is mentally beaten, Vigilem begins to overwrite his mind, in order to take control of his body and return to the waking world. This affords Windblade time to turn her own thoughts inward, peering into Starscream's memories and witnessing the moment of his birth. Starscream was one of the countless Transformers produced via [[reproduction|cold construction]], a process that does not exist on [[Caminus]], the sight of which is horrifying to Windblade; sparks placed into pre-designed bodies, their metal never able to adopt the true shape meant for them by [[Primus]]. Recalling the words of the [[Mistress of Flame]] on the subject of forging a singular truth, Windblade mentally generates a replica of [[Solus Prime]]'s [[Forge of Solus Prime|forging hammer]] and begins to "forge" Starscream's spark. With each strike of the hammer, the spectral form of a Transformer from Starscream's life manifests before them, until a small army of robots stands between Windblade and Vigilem—all those who left indelible marks on Starscream's memory. Vigilem tries to intervene, but the specters pile atop him, holding him down until Windblade can complete her work—until, with the hammer's final strike, the substance of Starscream's mindscape reforms around his spark, and takes a ''new'' form. Towering over everything, Starscream is born anew in his ''true'' form, the form he would have taken had the circumstances of his birth been different... and with a single stomp of his titanic foot, Starscream forces Vigilem out of his mind and back into Windblade's. There, realizing the secret to defeating Vigilem, Windblade assumes a giant form of her own and picks up the weakened Titan, lifting him into her own spark chamber. Just as the forge of Starscream's spark burned away everything until the singular truth of his being was revealed, Windblade uses her spark as a forge to burn away Vigilem until all that remains is ''his'' single truth... but there is no truth to be found in the heart of the Titan that serves [[Liege Maximo]], Prime of Lies, and he is incinerated in the fires of her soul.

With a start, Windblade and Starscream awaken back in the real world. Attending physician [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] gives them both the all-clear, but Starscream quickly orders her out of the room so he and Windblade can speak privately. Starscream insists the experience they have just shared changes nothing between them, but Windblade entreats him not to be so foolish; Starscream has literally just glimpsed the perfect truth of his own being, the life he was meant to have, and ''that'' should change ''everything''. But that is for Starscream to decide: Windblade has been changed by the experience too, and has come to a decision. No longer will she just serve as a mouthpiece for others, holding back her own thoughts: she has found her own truth as well, and now all of Cybertron is going to hear what she has to say.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks, and mental illusions and images. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (1)
*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'' (7)
*''[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]]'' (11)
*''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'' (13)
*''[[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]]'' (14)
*''[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]]'' (16)
*''[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'' (18)

|c2=
*''[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (4)
*''[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'' (10)
*''[[Ravage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ravage]]'' (15)
*''[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]'' (17)

|c4=
*[[Vigilem]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*''[[Mistress of Flame]]'' (5)
*''[[Solus Prime]]'' (6)
*''[[Elita One]]'' (8)
*''[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]'' (9)
*''[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'' (12)
*[[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] (19)

}}

==Quotes==
"You're not real. You can't hurt me. I know that." 
"Are you sure, Starscream? After all, there are so many kinds of pain."
:—Fear overcomes '''Starscream''' as '''Vigilem''' takes on the form of Megatron

"So vain, Starscream. Wrapping yourself in all these facades. Maximo always said to beware of 'bots who changed their skin too often. They're always trying to hide a rotten core."
:—'''Vigilem'''

"The act of creation is sacred above all things, but no task is most costly than the building of something new. Every new alliance, new weapon, new world is forged and reforged in the burning heart of truth until all slag falls away. It is only the purest servant of Solus Prime who can keep forging until they reach the real miracle... the creation of a single true thing."
:—'''Mistress of Flame'''

"A spark is shaped by all who touch it, but the first hand meant to is Primus'; sparks are meant to be forged in the design of his divine choosing... but not for you. What is this horror? This cold construction? 'Bots not born, but built. Never allowed to find their true shape. Instead forged and formed to the specifications of another's greed. Is that what you were truly seeking, Starscream? Escape from a foreign skin? The belonging you thought was lost forever? Did you forget that it was here all along?"
:—'''Windblade''' views Starscream's birth

"I'm going to do what I came here to do. I'm going to build a better future. And I'm not going to let you or anyone else stop me. (...) I'm done hiding. I'm done holding back. And I'm done speaking for the Mistress of Flame, or Metroplex, or you, or anyone else. Solus and Primus gave me truth, too, and I'm going to speak it with my own voice from now on. I hope you agree with what I have to say."
:—'''Windblade''' finds her own truth

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The three forms Vigilem takes in this issue are his original form (seen in flashbacks in [[Rubicon|issue #8]]), his present-day appearance, altered by years of his inhabitants replacing parts of his body (first seen when he transformed, also in #8), and the corrupted form of Windblade herself, portending his takeover of her body, which he used last issue.
*Windblade pins Vigilem's three forms to the wall with pylons she extrudes from the floor of her mental arena, mirroring when she had [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] do the same thing to Starscream back in [[Windblade issue 4|''Windblade'' #4]].
*When Vigilem takes the form of Megatron, he appears with the body-design used by the Decepticon leader circa ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. Of course, it's no surprise that this would be the form that Starscream would most fear, but we did get an overt reminder of his relationship with Megatron last issue when he noted he would "beat the truth back into him" on the reg.
*Windblade remarks that the real-life Kaon looks only marginally better off than Starscream's mental projection of it; the abandoned Kaon was rediscovered in the [[The Last Autobot|''Titans Return'' one-shot]] and is still awaiting repopulation.
*As Vigilem strips layers off of Starscream, the ex-Decepticon is reduced to a previous body-design each time, including his recently-discarded "Combiner Wars" look (adopted in [[The Possible Light|''The Transformers'' #40]], based on the 2015 ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Leader-class figure), his "Armada" design (introduced in [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|''Dark Cybertron'']], based on the 2014 [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] Deluxe-class figure), and finally his original, classic F-15 form (which Starscream used in this continuity during ''All Hail Megatron'').
*Starscream's status as a cold-constructed Transformer was established in [[Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|''More than Meets the Eye'' #20]].

===Transformers references===
*Jetfire is one of the spectral figures who emerges during Windblade's forging of Starscream's spark, in an allusion to the characters' history as friends and colleagues in a lot of Transformers media, which began with the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Fire in the Sky]]". However, this relationship has not yet been shown to exist between the two characters in IDW continuity.
*An unnamed Transformer is seen inserting Starscream's spark into one of a series of identical cold-constructed [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] bodies. This is inherently a reference to the ubiquity of the bodyform in Transformers, so frequently redecoed and retooled as it is, and it's entirely reasonable that his wingmates [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] might be among the other bodies seen in this issue, not yet brought to life. Quite how that would square with Skywarp's attestation in [[All Hail Megatron issue 6|''All Hail Megatron'' #6]] that Seekers are identical because they take the form of their commander in homage and respect to him, though, is harder to say.

===Other trivia===
*This issue's name doesn't appear in the issue, but was [https://twitter.com/MairghreadScott/status/895320165302247424 provided] by Mairghread Scott on Twitter.
*Solicited for release in July, this issue arrives just a little late, early in August.
*Windblade's speculation that Starscream changes bodies so often because he's subconsciously rejecting them due to them not being his "true" body may at least partially explain why some characters suddenly change bodies for no apparent reason.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Starscream and Windblade, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]; fourth and final in a series of themed two-character covers for this arc by Pitre-Durocher.
*'''Cover B''' The specter of Windblade haunts Starscream, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Windblade by [[Zerob]]

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[[Category:Till All Are One issues]]

Heavy

2017-09-12T01:22:05Z

Caffeinated Spider:

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #9
|prev=Rubicon
|next=The Price of You
|image=TAAO9 regcvr.jpg
|caption=Innocents? There are no "innocents". There are heroes, and there are criminals.
|title="Heavy"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 3]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=April 2017
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|additional colors=Sara Pitre-Durocher (pgs 9-10)
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''The weight of leadership presses down on Starscream as he finds himself confronted with a series of unwinnable situations.'''

==Synopsis==
Now that the twin threats of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s undead [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] army and the reawakened [[Vigilem]] have been quelled, [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] turns to rebuilding. [[Cityspeaker]]s work to repair [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], while [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] voluntarily returns to jail, with [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s fate going undisclosed. [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], meanwhile, adjudicates the trial of the [[Badgeless]] officer accused of murdering [[Drunkatron|a Decepticon]], which set off the chain of events that led to [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s rampage through the city. The 'bot pleads innocence in the face of the prosecutor's aggressive questioning, and though the wearying Starscream internally ''believes'' him, he wonders if giving an honest ruling even ''matters'', when declaring the accused guilty will make everyone happy.

When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] arrives with a message for him, Starscream calls a recess. Unfortunately, his aide does not bring ''good'' news, but rather, a recording of a TV broadcast of [[Elita One]] speaking to the press, accepting public accolades for "[[Vigilem|Carcer]]"'s defeat of the undead army, and passive-aggressively undermining Starscream for ordering the attempt to take control of the Titan from her by force. The furious Starscream demands Rattrap find Elita and summon her to his office, and stomps off to wait for her there, only to find the [[Mistress of Flame]] waiting for him with an issue of her own. As she observes his frazzled state, Starscream testily informs her that her problem must wait, and invites her in to wait for Elita with [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]], [[Tigatron]], and [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]].

When Elita arrives, Starscream demands to know the truth about the secrets she was keeping involving Vigilem and [[Liege Maximo]], who the group now knows escaped from his prison within Vigilem's body before the Titan's death. The Mistress, being the only one present who was unaware of these events, is shocked and horrified, but Elita's anger is reserved for Starscream, whose attempt to take control of Vigilem she blames for causing Maximo's release. Elita recounts the history of Maximo and Vigilem, and how, in ancient times, those that followed Maximo were inspired by his silver tongue, and treated "helpful lies" as more beneficial than "harmful truths." But when Maximo's ambitions grew, and he used his lies to cause [[Solus Prime]]'s death at [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s hands, his own followers turned on him and willingly became his jailers when he was sealed within Vigilem's deactivated body and banished to the stars. The group insists that Elita should have told them the whole truth, but she has no remorse for not doing so; in fact, Maximo's escape only convinces her she was in the right. Starscream threatens to release all this information to the public, but Elita counters that if he does, she will simply blame him and Windblade for Maximo's escape. That said, Elita is not interested in rivalries or in-fighting; it will take weeks to repair Vigilem's ship mode and ''years'' to get him out of orbit, meaning that she and her crew will be dependent on Cybertron for a long time, and it is important that they all remain united in the face of the looming threat the freed Liege Maximo now represents. That, Elita concludes, is the choice Starscream and the council now face: keep the secret and the peace, or reveal it and risk disunity and panic.

After Elita excuses herself, the Council finds itself split down the middle on how to proceed: Tigatron and Moonracer want to inform the people, while Fireshot and the Mistress believe the secret should be kept. Left with the deciding vote, Starscream requests time to think it over. The group leaves, but the Mistress lingers to bring up her own issue with Starscream: in honor of the fact that Windblade, a Camien, was the one who saved Cybertron using Vigilem, she requests that Chromia be released into Camien custody. Starscream balks at the notion, to which the Mistress proposes that he hand over [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] instead, that Camien justice might be visited upon them for their attack on the planet. Left alone to consider the three rulings he must now make, Starscream is once more visited by the hallucinatory "ghost" of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]], who urges him to make the right choices: don't give in to Elita, hand over Chromia to the Mistress, and rule the Badgeless innocent. The stressed Starscream points out that to do the "right thing" is to give up his advantage in every corner; he recognizes Elita's ultimatum as a power grab, and he needs to keep Bruticus and Menasor in his arsenal to fight her if need be. That's just the problem, 'Bee points out: Starscream is ''choosing to fight'', when he can find another, better way.

A short time later, Starscream returns to the courtroom, where he delivers his verdict. Bumblebee's face falls as Starscream's declaration of "guilty" condemns the innocent 'bot. Starscream, it seems, cannot find a better way.

After the trial, Starscream releases Chromia into the Mistress's custody, with one caveat: that she hunt down and kill Liege Maximo. Doing so will remove the Sword of Damocles Elita has hovering over Starscream's head, and, of course, will also spare Cybertron Maximo's wrath... but Chromia can tell that's not the ''real'' reason he's doing it. Resignedly, Starscream admits the full truth. Bumblebee believed he could be better, but he is beyond hope. Windblade believed Chromia could be better... and Starscream does not want her to waste that opportunity and end up like him.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 4)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (6)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (19)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s hand (10)

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*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Air Hammer]] (2)
*Accused [[Badgeless]] (3)
*Dead [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]] (5)
*[[Vigilem]]'s corpse (7)
*[[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] (8)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (11)
*[[Elita One]] (12)
*[[Mistress of Flame]](13)
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*[[Longtooth]] (14)
*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (15)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (16)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (17)
*[[Tigatron]] (18)
*''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'' (19)
*''[[Nexus Prime]]'' (20)
*''[[Vector Prime]]'' (21)
*''[[Micronus Prime]]'' (22)
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*''[[Prima]]'' (23)
*''[[The Arisen]]'' (24)
*''[[Solus Prime]]'' (25)
*''[[Alchemist Prime]]'' (26)
*''[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (27)
*''[[Onyx Prime]]'' (28)
*''[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'' (29)
*''[[Quintus Prime]]'' (30)
*''[[Liege Maximo]]'' (31)
{{!}}}
}}

==Quotes==
"What is justice after all we've done?"
:—'''Starscream'''

"Starscream. You appear distressed." 
"And I'm sure you care deeply about that, Ms. '''of Flame'''. But unfortunately, my distress is keeping me somewhat busy at the moment." 
"Clearly. When you've been in power a bit longer, perhaps you will become more accustomed to its rigors."
:—'''Mistress of Flame''' and '''Starscream'''

"'''Consensus''' and '''truth''' do not always align."
:—'''Elita One'''

"I won't let them think of you as the hero who sacrificed her ship to save us when you admit you've pushed us all the brink of extinction '''twice'''!" 
"Will you tell them the '''truth''' then? Because truth is always messy, and few but Carcerians seem able to truly hear it."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Elita One''' get into it

"A unified, repopulated Cybertron is a dream that only holds sway as long as everyone agrees not to wake up from it."
:—'''Elita One'''

"Just because I will not lie does not oblige me to correct every lie I hear."
:—'''Elita One'''

"You know, there's a saying on Earth. Something about a crown being heavier than you'd expect." 
"I hate you." 
"You hate a lot of people."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"I know someone who thought I could be better than I am. And they were wrong. '''You''' knew someone who thought you could be better than you were and you still have a chance at it. Chromia of Caminus, I hereby banish you from Cybertron. Be better... for both of us."
:—'''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The Badgeless is on trial for the shooting in [[07:00:00|issue #1]]. He blames his partner, but we know from that issue that it was actually [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], who stole his partner's armor to disguise himself.
*Everyone in the stands at the trial is a generic Transformer, except, oddly, for [[Air Hammer]] (in the top-left corner of the panel). He previously occupied this unusual role of "sole recognizable character in a group of generics" in [[The Line Between Us|issue #4]].
*The story keeps Windblade's fate following her apparent death last issue a secret ("Speaking of corpses... well, I won't get into that," says Starscream), but... c'mon, we all know she's going to be okay. And not just because [[New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|''Optimus Prime'' #4]] upgraded her condition from "dead" to "injured", either!
*It's a little unusual to see Fireshot without his twin [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]], but he (along with [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]]) is absent for a reason: the only 'bots in the room besides Starscream and the Mistress (who Screamer invites) are those who were present for Windblade's merge with Vigilem and the reveal of the Titan's true identity, and are the only ones who know about it, save the incarcerated Chromia.
*The Mistress is shown in this issue without the hammer she normally carries with her, marking the first time we see her without it.
*Elita One mentions that "[[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] must be brought back online." The former Decepticon capital was discovered intact beneath the surface of the planet in the [[The Last Autobot|''Titans Return'' one-shot]]. This sentiment was first expressed by Obsidian in [[Ping|issue #5]].
*Starscream recalls the time Elita One wanted to kill him for lying, when she ordered Strika to do it, as seen in [[The Will of the Few|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #7]].
*The Mistress reminds Starscream of Swindle and Menasor's attack on Caminus, which took place in [[The Sum and Its Parts|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #1]]. Starscream in turn cites Chromia's public confession from issue #4.

===Transformers references===
*Numerous aspects of the Thirteen's story from the [[Aligned continuity family]] are imported for their history here:
**As with all previous appearances of members of the group in IDW continuity up to this point, they all appear in Elita One's flashback based on their "Aligned" designs, as seen in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. In particular, this includes the unnamed Thirteenth Prime, known in IDW continuity only as "[[The Arisen]]", who appears as an indistinct figure whose features are obscured by the light emanating from within him.
**Solus Prime is explicitly established to have been killed by Megatronus (previous issues had only said he "broke a promise" to her). The image of Megatronus killing Solus Prime is based heavily on the image of the same scene from the ''Covenant of Primus''. It's unclear if Solus' passing has something to do with the dearth of [[female Transformers]] on the post-war, pre-Council Cybertron.
**Elita One mentions that Transformers are still broadly split along the lines set by the Thirteen, following the "Aligned" idea that the Thirteen were the "archetypes" on which future Cybertronians were based. This gels nicely into the IDW fiction which had previously portrayed ancient Cybertron as a far more diverse place than the era just before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] – by this time, the Primes had either died or departed their homeworld, leaving behind a largely homogeneous planet of male-identifying vehicle-formers.
*One of Maximo's whispering lie-spreaders has a face that looks a lot like the Decepticon symbol. Though modern incarnations of Megatronus tend to identify him as the original Decepticon, this seems to be evoking Maximo's mostly-discarded status as the progenitor of the faction, as he alluded to in his original appearance way back at [[A Rage in Heaven!|the close]] of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic book]].

===Real-world references===
*The title of this issue is derived, as Bumblebee alludes to in-story, from the saying "heavy is the head that wears the crown," which itself actually a common paraphrasing of a quote from Shakespeare's ''{{w|Henry IV, Part 2}}'', "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." It was previously used in reference to Starscream as the title of [[Heavy Is the Head|''Robots in Disguise'' #16]].

===Errors===
*When Elita recounts the history of Liege Maximo and Vigilem, Vigilem's starship mode is depicted with his "modern day" appearance as it leaves Cybertron, when we know from last issue's flashback that he is supposed to have had entirely different colours and proportions when he was banished, only changing to his current appearance over time as the Carcerians used their own bodies to repair and sustain him.

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in April 2017 (following a skip month; no issue of the series was solicited for released in March), this issue arrived just a smidge late, in the first week of May.
*Starscream has had stained glass windows of ''himself'' installed in the courtroom. Screamer, you're so extra.
*Despite the reveal of "Carcer's" true identity, Elita One continues to refer to her people as "Carcerians". Obviously, she and her crew choose to identify themselves by the Titan's alias, as his jailers, rather than be thought to associate themselves with his true identity as a follower of Liege Maximo.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' The Mistress of Flame and Chromia, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]; first in a series of themed two-character covers for this arc by Pitre-Durocher.
*'''Subscription cover:''' Starscream looks unhappy as the crowds cheer for Elita One, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Starscream, Windblade, Elita One, and Chromia, by [[Jin Kim]]; part of a series of incentive covers by Kim for April's Transformers titles.

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[[Category:Till All Are One issues]]

Bruticus (G1)

2017-09-12T01:18:18Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

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:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Bruticusg1guido.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''They all combine and kick Superion's behind'' ''As the big, bad, battlin' Bruticus!'']]
'''Bruticus''' is the combined form of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] team. A terrifying sight on the battlefield, Bruticus is among the strongest of all Transformers. He can pulverize a suspension bridge with a single 14,000 psi punch. He can lift up to 500,000 pounds. His armor is impervious to most artillery and radiation.

He's also as dumb as a sack of hammers. But as far as Decepticon combiners go, [[Devastator (G1)|that's not a problem,]] [[Menasor (G1)|as mental problems]] [[Abominus (G1)|aren't terribly]] [[Dinoking |uncommon]]. In fact, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] wishes that he had an army of Bruticuses, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is thankful that he doesn't.

Bruticus is composed of:

*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
:and sometimes also
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger C. Carmel]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese) |[[Lin Dongfu]] (Chinese), [[Edgar Wald]] (Spanish), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, "Fight or Flee", "The Burden Hardest to Bear"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'' "Starscream's Brigade", "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Fight or Flee")}}

[[File:Bruticus cartoon head.jpg|left|upright=0.9|thumb|Winnie the Crapp drawing]]
Bruticus became active for the first time during a battle between [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s rogue Decepticon brigade and Megatron's forces. Anticipating [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s expected moves, he waited for his former leader to order the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Starscream then unleashed his surprise—he similarly ordered the Combaticons to form the mighty Bruticus. Though extremely low in intelligence, even by the standards of combined robots, he was also extremely powerful, easily defeating Devastator and sending the remaining Decepticons loyal to Megatron into retreat. Unfortunately, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrived and formed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], who launched an attack from behind, quickly subduing Bruticus. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:Bruticus cartoon.jpg|right|upright=0.9|thumb|"Bruticus crush... Bruticus destroy human who draw Bruticus wrong!"]]
Starscream and the Combaticons were banished from [[Earth]] on an asteroid, and the group quickly had a falling-out. After Starscream left, the Combaticons attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], easily defeating [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his drones. Thirsting for revenge, the Combaticons reprogrammed the [[space bridge]] to pull Earth closer to the Sun, in the hopes of destroying it and every Transformer there. The Autobots and Decepticons temporarily joined forces to retake Cybertron and prevent Earth's destruction, and with Starscream's help, they deactivated the Combaticons once they formed Bruticus through a failsafe device built into the treacherous giant's back. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron agreed that Bruticus must be destroyed, but the Decepticon leader fooled the Autobots by using Shockwave's holographic simulator to make it appear as though Bruticus was destroyed, when in reality the combiner was reprogrammed to be loyal only to Megatron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|"Bruticus want be drawn proper!"]]

Soon afterwards, during Megatron's latest scheme on Earth involving the theft of fighter aircraft using Middle-Eastern criminals, the Combaticons were called into service to defend Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin]], a large... thing that apparently pumped oil. Or something. Struggling against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Combaticons formed Bruticus, yet were still knocked over when the Autobot planes twisted a tow cable around his legs. The Decepticon combiner was finally defeated when the Aerialbots ignited the nearby oil wells, causing a massive explosion that sent Megatron, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Bruticus flying away. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:Revenge of bruticus 16 brains.jpg|right|upright=0.9|thumb|"See! Bruticus head not empty!"]]

Later, Bruticus was walking down the street, minding his own business (i.e. attacking a human city) when BAM! Bruticus was destroyed in battle with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (man, this guy can't seem to catch a break). Only Swindle survived, and he sold the remains of his comrades to various mercenaries and [[El Presidente|third-world dictator-types]], only to be forced to locate and rebuild the Combaticons by Megatron. The reformed Bruticus was then defeated when Megatron's [[orbit disruptor cannon]] was overloaded by the human-built [[B.O.T. (G1)|B.O.T.]], once again sending the Decepticon flying into the sky. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Bruticus punch planebot.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Bruticus punch planebot so hard, make artist draw all over cel!"]]
For some reason, in the year 2006 the Combaticons were idly hanging around as Bruticus during the Decepticon occupation of [[Paradron]]. He served as something of a comic foil for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], acting as straight-man while Galvatron delivered witticisms that were completely lost on the giant warrior. Also... that old line about "losing your head if you weren't attached to it"? Apparently, you can lose a foot even if it was attached, because [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] was seen manning a molecular cannon while Bruticus was in the control room with Galvatron. If you don't watch those feet, they just run right off on their own. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

During a Decepticon invasion of Japan, Bruticus was battling Defensor near a dojo. He enraged his opponent by negligently putting the humans in danger with their combat and, once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived to back up Defensor, Bruticus split into the individual Combaticons and fled. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

Invading [[Gregory Swofford|Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan|Morgan]]'s lab, Bruticus was the first Decepticon infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}
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====''The Animated Movie''====
[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005, Bruticus and Menasor staged an attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], occupying the attentions of Omega Supreme, Superion, and Defensor and preventing them from coming to the aid of their comrades in the besieged city. {{storylink|Transformers: The Animated Movie|The Animated Movie trade paperback}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
When Superion and Defensor teamed up to take on Menasor as he was attacking a baseball stadium, Bruticus stepped in to aid his fellow Decepticon combiner. After a short skirmish, the Decepticons seemed assured a victory, until Bruticus got his legs knocked off. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] then latched onto the stumps and blasted Bruticus away, dumping him in the Pacific Ocean, far away from Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

The Combaticons pursued a dog imbued with Decepticon super-science until [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] interfered. They combined into Bruticus as a unit of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] came to aid Powerglide, but the dog granted the awesome energy within it to Powerglide, allowing him to [[Minibot combiner|combine with the other Autobots]] and blow Bruticus away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}
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=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====

Bruticus and Menasor were defeated in battle with Defensor and the Aerialbots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRLT #13}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Bruticus participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia, battling alongside Devastator and Menasor against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits.{{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:SCcelMenSupBrut.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Et tu, Bruticus?]]
In 1986, the Autobots and their human allies worked diligently on their "Scramble City" project, a giant mobile fortress. Several Decepticons under the command of Starscream were dispatched to attack the secret construction site, but were defeated by the Aerialbots. Due to Starscream's failure to stop the Aerialbots, the Stunticons were quickly sent in, and soon in the battle formed Menasor. Menasor managed to corrupt Superion's formation by shooting one of ''his own'' limbs onto his opponent, rendering Superion vulnerable. However, he was soon stopped, and Superion regained his balance. Eventually, the Combaticons came in to help Menasor (though not willingly), forming Bruticus. The two tag-teamed against Superion, but were both stopped when [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City itself]] was brought into battle to end the conflict. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
After tearing Superion into his component Aerialbots, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus and joined Menasor in defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinobase]] against incursion by the Protectobots. While his men kept the pair busy, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] used his repair bay mode to fix up the injured Aerialbots, who then blinded the giants with their dazzling "Scramble Shot" fly-by attack. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}
{{-}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Michitaka Kobayashi]] (Japanese), [[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese, ep 13)}}

[[File:HeadOn RaidenVsBruticus.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bruticus duel with light... poles."]]
Bruticus joined up with several other Decepticon combiners during a Decepticon assault on Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} but they were all driven away by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} When the Combaticons were sent out to stop [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from finding the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they clashed with the Protectobots again. Both teams combined, but Defensor eventually blasted the mountain behind Bruticus, who was buried in the ensuing rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} While defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against intruders, the Combaticons formed Bruticus to fight back against the incoming [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Bruticus scuffled with Defensor yet again during a new attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} but was defeated by a flying punch to the neck. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} Next up, Bruticus was set with ambushing any Autobots who came to stop [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] planted by the Decepticons in [[San Francisco]]. When the [[Trainbot]]s arrived, Bruticus and [[Raiden]] did battle with energy swords. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Bruticus was formed by the Combaticons as part of Sixshot's major strike on Earth. He attacked an Autobot outpost as four other outposts were being assaulted simultaneously by the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

On the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Bruticus later helped a group of Decepticons lead Fortress Maximus away from their base. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Later, back on Earth, he stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Finally, Bruticus participated in the large-scale battle with the Autobots at the North Pole, and was seen holding down [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] so [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] could kick him. When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart, Bruticus retreated into the atmosphere to watch the results alongside the rest of the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone'' manga and story pages=====
[[File:BruticusZone1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bruticus finally drawn right... with fire."]]
Over fifteen years later, after several more Decepticon leaders had come and gone, the faction came under the rulership of the supernatural entity [[Violen Jiger]]. This mysterious creature's first action was to recruit a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history; Bruticus was enlisted as his "Flame General" and outfitted with new armor and weaponry to make him even more powerful than before. Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], Violen Jiger sent his generals forth to conquer planets. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} Bruticus was the first to encounter the [[Autobot]]s when he attacked the planet [[Feminia]]. He was defeated by the combined might of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], [[Super Car Patrol Team]], [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]], [[Galaxy Rocket]] and [[Moonradar (Zone)|Moonradar]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

The Generals then united to attack planet Feminia once again, this time destroying it utterly. Violen Jiger next charged his Generals with collecting [[Energon Z]] and the all-powerful [[Zodiac]], which he intended to use to fuel his conquest. Bruticus, together with [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], attacked planet Zone; striking quickly, they stole the Energon Z before the local [[Micromaster]] teams could even muster a defense. As they gloated over their success, the tiny Autobots transformed [[Zone Base]] to try and mount a counter attack, and the generals fled with their prize. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}
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=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)}}
{{note|The ''Zone'' cartoon tells a slightly different, expanded version of Bruticus and the other Generals' attack on Zone.}}
Bruticus did little with the new power Violen Jiger gave him; while he joined Abominus, Menasor, and Overlord on a raid for [[Energon Z]] on planet [[Micro|Zone]], he was not seen to engage in battle at any time. His comrades waded through the barrage of firepower unleashed by Zone Base, fending off attacks by the Micromasters, and tore the Energon Z power core out of the base. Bruticus then joined his comrades in escaping with their prize, which they handed off to the other generals to take to Earth as they searched for the Zodiac there. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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[[File:ComingStorm5-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|200px|awww tell us how you REALLY feel]]

Combination technology was something the [[Decepticon Warlord]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] had long tinkered with, since the days of his fortress in [[Gygax]]. Although his early experiments were discontinued thanks to the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Autobot Elite Guard]], he remained interested in the idea, and eventually found the perfect means to implement it. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36|Bruticus's profile in Club magazine #36}}

When the Combaticons were swayed to joining forces with Deathsaurus they received various upgrades. They demonstrated the most potent of these upgrades when they were surrounded by their former comrades in the Elite Guard and combined into Bruticus. The combiner then proceeded to crush their former commanding officer Sentinel Major with one mighty hand. This prompted the other Elite Guardsmen to attack in search of vengeance. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

Tragically for the Guard, Bruticus proved to be virtually unstoppable and easily wiped out several of the Elite Guard teams before [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team arrived. Despite the heroic efforts of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] and [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], Bruticus quickly slew them before [[Dion]] managed to blind the mighty combiner and force him to separate. This forced the Combaticons to retreat, but not before killing Metalhawk as well. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

The Combaticons underwent repairs at Deathsaurus's base, but shocked to learn that the repairs included a remote activation for their combination into Bruticus. The combiner, confused and still blinded from his battle, lashed out at the Constructicons repairing him, and they were forced to use the override they'd fitted to stop the giant in his tracks. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} During the battle to defend the base against the Elite Guard, the Combaticons again attempted to form Bruticus, only to be promptly blasted. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Bruticus-ukcard.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Where Bruticus helmet go?"]]
''In a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] saw the future, where Autobot and Decepticon [[Special Teams]] battled over the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. One such team was the Combaticons, who merged into the massive warrior, Bruticus. Unfortunately for the Autobots, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] managed to tap into this induced dream, allowing the Decepticons to see the same possibilities the Autobots did.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

[[File:G1 Child'sPlay Defensor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|"Bruticus DESTROY hobo's home!"]]
Megatron and the Combaticons invaded [[Energy Futures Industries]] with the intent of stealing the powerful [[hydrothermocline]]. Confronted by Optimus Prime and the Protectobots, Megatron attempted to prove the superiority of his forces by ordering them to combine into... Bruticus! His gloating was cut short, however, when the Protectobots demonstrated the equally impressive ability to combine into... [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]! Fortunately for all sides, the fleshling [[Ethan Zachary]] arrived with a solution that didn't involve Bruticus and Defensor going at it until the entire complex (and the hydrothermocline) was annihilated. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

The Combaticons formed Bruticus in a northern [[California]] railyard to battle the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who subsequently formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The two soon battled to a standstill, as Bruticus's sonic stun gun proved no match for Defensor's force field, but the Decepticon eventually managed to topple his foe by smacking him around with an ''entire train''. Bruticus then noticed [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who claimed to have left the [[Autobot]]s, and seemingly killed [[Sammy Wainwright|a child]] to prove it. Bruticus was so impressed that he didn't notice Blaster toppling a power line on him, blasting him into his component parts. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}
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===The Special Teams===
Upon the Combaticons’ creation, Bruticus was imbued with Starscream’s violent, criminal personality. When the Combaticons encountered Menasor and Defensor battling one another after being sent to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], Onslaught ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. Bruticus was then urged by Menasor to aid him in taking down Defensor before the Aerialbots got a chance to merge into their combined formed as well. The opening was lost as the Aerialbots combined immediately, and stood next to Defensor, ready to take on their opponents. Bruticus took on Defensor while Menasor squared off against Superion. Bruticus was defeated by Defensor when he become momentarily distracted by Menasor mid-battle. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Bruticus participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] shot at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as they entered the conflict. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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The Combaticons, and by extension Bruticus, were part of the crew of Decepticons serving under Galvatron near the planet Barrenikon when they shot down a ship captained by Ultra Magnus. The Combaticons only merged once in one possible scenario that followed, where they found [[you]] stuck in a quicksand hole in a swamp. Bruticus took you to the Decepticon ship as his prisoner. Though you tried to start a conversation with him to pass the time, Bruticus remained silent the entire journey to the ship's hold. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Bruticus-Wolves.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
Bruticus was created in [[1939]] as part of a plot by [[Destro]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to overthrow their [[Cobra Commander|respective]] [[Megatron (G1)|leaders]]. A fusion of human and Cybertronian technology, Bruticus had no mind of his own, and was made only to follow his creators' orders. {{storylink|Wolves}} Later, when the combined forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the Autobots were moving against [[Cobra]], Destro betrayed Starscream and activated Bruticus, ordering him to destroy everyone. Screaming that he hated everything and that he only wanted to "sleep again", Bruticus went on a wild rampage and caused an avalanche. As the giant swept aside any Autobot resistance, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] deduced that Bruticus was an artificial creation and wasn't really "alive" like the other Transformers. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] saw only one way to stop him—destroying the [[Matrix of Leadership]] that was connected to the lifeforce of all Transformers. On Prime's orders, [[Snake-Eyes]] let Bruticus smash the Matrix, causing a flash of light that destroyed the raging giant. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:BlackSunshine Bruticusdamaged.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bruticus suntan lotion no work!"]]
Mighty Bruticus created from members of [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. But then [[Optimus Prime (G1)|truckbot]] and [[Megatron (G1)|bossbot]] go away, thought killed, though not by Bruticus. Robots make [[Crisis Intervention Accord|deal]] which make Combaticons not work together. Bruticus not like deal, but components agree, forcing Bruticus to go to sleep... {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

[[Starscream (G1)|Starbot]] later take components to [[Earth|fleshie world]]. Bruticus defeat puny Autobots, make Starbot compliment, Bruticus happy. But Starbot call Bruticus stupid for letting other bots get away, make Bruticus sad. Bruticus attack [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], but Autobots blow up base. Starbot angry at Bruticus again because Starbot wanted base in one piece. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Starbot yell at Bruticus, but not Bruticus fault. Soon, Bruticus components damaged in battle by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Burning bot]], Starbot order components to form mighty Bruticus! Bruticus try to smash Burning bot, but Burning bot too fast. ARGH! Bruticus head blown up by [[Mini Vehicle|Little Bot]] [[Orion|spaceship]]! Bruticus go to sleep... {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[File:RouteofAllEvil Bruticus.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Give purse to BRUTICUS!"]]
Later, components training by fighting [[Sky Lynx (G1)|egobot]] when [[Predaking (G1)|strangebot]] interrupt. Components recognize danger, and form Mighty Bruticus! Strangebot attack Bruticus! Bruticus ANGRY! Bruticus try to stop strangebot guns, but strangebot use foot-gun to hurt Bruticus!

Coward Starbot fly away like coward. Strangebot, open wings like birdbot and chase, but Bruticus stop birdbot. Bruticus want birdbot to DIE! No! Stupid gun, broken! Birdbot hurt Bruticus again, and Bruticus go to sleep... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

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===''The Beast Within''===
The Combaticons merged to form Bruticus in order to fight [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] during a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. He didn’t last too long against the Dinobot gestalt. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===''Mystery of Convoy''===
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====''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga====
Though Bruticus tried to sneak up on Ultra Magnus to blast him with his shoulder beam, the Autobot evaded his blast. Ultra Magnus then managed to hit Bruticus's forehead upon returning fire. Having received a blow to his weak spot, Bruticus was defeated. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Stage 7: Watch Out for Bruticus's Shoulder Beam!|Watch Out for Bruticus's Shoulder Beam!}}

====''Alternity''====
Bruticus, amongst others, was empowered by a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] in order to be pitted against a higher-dimensional [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]] in a cross-dimensional "game full of death and suffering". {{storylink|To Die Game!}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
The Combaticons attacked the Autobots in the form of Bruticus, only to halt the assault because [[Vortex (Kre-O)|Vortex]] didn't want to be there, he wanted to be home and guard the Decepticon base. In order to make him happy again, the other three Combaticons separated and went home with him. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} Bruticus later helped [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] put the finishing touch on [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s new solar power tower, only to drop the ball and wreck the tower instead. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} When the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] tried to capture Swindle, he combined with his buddies to form Bruticus, only for the giant to be promptly defeated by the Protectobots' own combined form, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

At some point, Bruticus, Devastator and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] attacked [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]] and were faced with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. Making use of [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s fear of heights, the three scared Superion by throwing him into the air, but were defeated after the Autobot combiner re-combined onto the ground and rolled into their legs. {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}

===''Cloud''===
[[File:Cloud Bruticus.jpg|thumb]]
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons cast aside their [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguises and merged into Bruticus to join in the attack on the [[United Nations]]. He clashed with both Joes and [[GIJONIN]], using the helicopter blades on his arm to mow down the ninjas. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:TheLineBetweenUs Bruticus rampage.jpg|thumb|The [[Combiner Wars|war's]] over, but better late than never.|left|upright=1.5]]
Bruticus was formed when Onslaught needed to search through the mind of a brain-dead Swindle for damaging information on [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. After getting the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], the Combaticons merged into the gestalt but were unable to properly form a combined mind due to Swindle. The combiner almost mindlessly rampaged throughout Iacon, constantly muttering that everything must burn. Vortex reveled in the power that they wielded as Bruticus, Brawl was wallowing in pain after feeling Swindle's death, Blast Off struggled to keep them all together, and Onslaught dug through Swindle's memories. As Bruticus rampaged, [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] and his security forces were called in put him down, while [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] tried to reason with Bruticus to coax out the information they had on Starscream. Bruticus promptly backhanded Windblade out of the sky and when he was about to blast Chromia, Ironhide shot a rocket at his head, blowing it to pieces and sending the Combaticons back to their components. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Wanting another combiner on his side, Starscream had the [[Eukaris|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] try to manipulate the Combaticons' minds so that he would have Bruticus under control. Because the Combaticons minds had imprinted on each other during their combination, Airachnid found them more susceptible to the process, and thus had them believe that they had always been working for Starscream, using the aware-of-the-manipulation Blast Off to cover any holes in the story. As a result, the Combaticons came to believe that their forming of Bruticus had been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life with Starscream's approval. {{storylink|The Price of You}}
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===''Combiner Wars'' toy bios===
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] created Bruticus. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Combiner Wars Shockwave toy bio}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:TF-G1-Commercial-Combaticon-Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
* The Combaticons formed Bruticus in order to take on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As his opponent changed into robot mode, Bruticus took to the skies to better avoid the citybot's weapons-fire. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
* Bruticus battled [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in the suburbs while a small boy cheered on the Autobot. A particularly powerful blow from his opponent knocked Bruticus's arms off, but they quickly reattached themselves to that the duel could continue. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Aerialbots and Combaticons|Generation 2 Aerialbots and Combaticons commercial}}
* During a massive battle between Kreons, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus. He and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] then proceeded to send the Autobots fleeing for their tiny lives. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets commercial}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
As [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] searched for the truth behind [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s death, he battled Bruticus in a game of death and suffering. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and Bruticus stood guard over [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] on Cybertron. They were defeated and their prisoners were rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Bruticus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. He was a Super Rare combiner that could be recruited to a team if all of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:BruticusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|300px|Bruticus, Fanmode ACTIVATE!]]

To gain another combiner, Megatron and Shockwave enlists the Combaticons despite some of their complaints. When Bruticus first successfully forms, he boasts that he beat anyone. Starscream sends him out to battle [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] just so he can soften him up for the other 'cons to finish the job.

To obtain Bruticus, one must collect all five three or four star Combaticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Combiner
*'''Lowest Star ratings''': 3 Star
*'''Weapons''': Bruticus usually smashes things with his Fists and feet. He sometimes shoots small laser blasts out of his knuckles.
*'''Abilities:''':
**'''Earth Shatter''': Smash into the earth sending a shockwave of damage in a line towards the target area! Deals 600% more damage to Walls!
**'''Frantic Rage''': Gain 30% movement speed, 30% damage reduction, and close range Splash radius, and attack with +50% more damage for the next 10 seconds!
**'''Shockfire Missiles''' (4 star): Fire 4 rockets dealing a large amount of damage and disabling all defenses around the blast radius!

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:bruticus| Bruticus at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Bruticus toy.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|"Rargh... many transform Bruticus wrong... and blame Bruticus design..."]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[1986]], [[1991]], [[2009]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-69'''

:Bruticus is formed from all five Combaticon toys. The four smaller Combaticons attach via sockets in Onslaught's shoulders and the bottom of his feet. Fists and feet pads attach onto the four limbs, and Bruticus is completed with a large chest plate and a helmet covering Onslaught's head. He wields Onslaught's [[sonic stun-gun]] in battle. The gun can also be stored on his backpack using two rectangular pegs which hold the gun in place via its targeting sight. As with all [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style [[combiner]] teams, his limbs can be rearranged into any slot of one's choosing.

:In most markets, only the individual Combaticons were released, and the [[giftset]] was only available in Japan and Italy.

:The individual Combaticons were re-released in various European markets as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line in 1991, and a Bruticus giftset was reissued by [[TakaraTomy]] in Japan in 2009.

:This mold was redecoed and later retooled to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Battle Gaia]], and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']]/''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2bruticus.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|"Bruticus feel... pretty?"]]
*'''Onslaught''' ([[1994]])
*'''Blast Off''' (1994)
*'''Brawl''' (1994)
*'''Swindle''' (1994)
*'''Vortex''' (1994)

:During ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' in 1994, only the individual Combaticons were released. ''Generation 2'' Bruticus is a [[redeco]] of the original Bruticus toy, or more accurately, a redeco of the entire Combaticon team. Functionally, he is nearly identical to the original toy, other than being slightly enhanced by a missile launcher (the same launcher that came with Jazz and Sideswipe) and a post-hole in Onslaught's backpack which allows the launcher to be stored there.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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{{Anchor|WFC}}
[[File:G2toy-BruticusAmazon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You all laugh when Bruticus wear these colors before. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!?"]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Box set, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Sonic Cannon

:This version of Bruticus comes as a gift set, [[exclusive]] to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]]. Packaged in a ''Generation 2''-styled box complete with hand-painted character art, it contains [[redeco]]es of all five ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] in their Generation 1 doppelgangers' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors, complete with ''Generation 2'' Decepticon insignia.

:Preorders for the set began on [[July 6]] of 2012 via Amazon (BigBadToyStore would not put up theirs until much later), and the final product was shipped out in early/mid-November. This may be considered a tie-in to Amazon's preorder bonus for the game: a "''Generation 2''"-themed skin for Bruticus. This set was also available at normal retail in Australia.

:These molds were [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Ruination (FOC)|Ruination]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy BruticusMaximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why Bruticus no have hands?"]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series:'' '''G1 Series'''
:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Bruticus, now named Bruticus Maximus (presumably for [[trademark]] reasons), is a redeco of the [[Destruction Team]]/[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] combiner from ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''. While [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] retain their previous modes of tank and helicopter respectively, [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] is now the combiner's second tank, and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] a sand-colored helicopter. As a redeco of an Energon combiner, Bruticus Maximus feature universal connection points for the limbs, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different Energon Combiner teams.

[[File:Tf universe 25th bruticus a.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]
:Like [[Superion (G1)#Universe (2008)|Superion]], Bruticus Maximus, 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, 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 [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]], with all the individual components retaining their names as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBruticusMaximus/bruticusmaximus.htm More information on Bruticus Maximus at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
[[File:BruticusG1-Encore.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
:In 2009, the Generation 1 set was reissued under the ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' line, using the [[retool]]ed molds from the ''Car Robots'' and ''Robots in Disguise'' lines.

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===''United''===
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (Gift set, [[November 7|11-7]]-2012)

:Released exclusively in Takara's Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colours similar to the previous ''Universe'' (2008)/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a much greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Additionally, the hand/feet/weapons previously cast in translucent coloured plastic are now opaque grey.

===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|300px|For those who aren't fans of beige.]]
*Part 1 of 5: '''[[Onslaught (WFC)#Retail|Onslaught]]''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*Part 2 of 5: '''[[Blast Off (FOC)#Retail|Blast Off]]''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*Part 3 of 5: '''[[Vortex (FOC)#Retail|Vortex]]''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*Part 4 of 5: '''[[Swindle (FOC)#Retail|Swindle]]''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*Part 5 of 5: '''[[Brawl (WFC)#Retail|Decepticon Brawl]]''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Sonic Cannon
{{note|The TakaraTomy release of ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' Bruticus.}}

: The mass-retail release of ''Fall of Cybertron'' "Decepticon Bruticus" is created by combining the five Combaticons, which were only available separately as part of the second wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys. They each feature more colorful decoes. While Onslaught forms the torso, the remaining team members can serve as any of the four limbs, though the official configuration has Vortex as the left arm, Blast Off as the right arm, Brawl as the left leg, and Swindle as the right leg. The individual weapons the Combaticons have can be combined into a "[[sonic cannon]]" for Bruticus to wield via [[5mm post]].

: It should be noted that Bruticus can have some balance issues. This is mostly caused by having ALL of the Combaticons being Deluxes, Onslaught included. Although the 4 limb Combaticons can assume either an arm or foot position, certain members fair very poorly in certain modes, such as Brawl as an arm or Blast Off as a foot, which create further balancing problems for Bruticus.

: Perhaps the most dissapointing fact aimed at the [[Fandom]] is that Bruticus cannot retain his game-accurate [[gimmick]] of being able to use his Rotor-blades as a weapon/Sheild. If you do attempt this. it leaves Bruticus highly unstable, or robbing Bruticus of a functional left elbow.

: These toys were [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Bruticus (G1)#WFC|Bruticus]] and [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Ruination (FOC)|Ruination]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on retail Bruticus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CWBruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|OH [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|SWEET]] [[Bruticus (WFC)#Generations|MERCIFUL]] DAY!]]
*'''[[Onslaught (G1)#CombinerWars|Onslaught]]''' ([[2016]])
*'''[[Blast Off (G1)#CombinerWars|Blast Off]]''' (2016)
*'''[[Brawl (G1)#CombinerWars|Brawl]]''' (2016)
*'''[[Swindle (G1)#CombinerWars|Swindle]]''' (2016)
*'''[[Vortex (G1)#CombinerWars|Vortex]]''' (2016)
*'''[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Shockwave]]''' (2016)

:Bruticus is formed from all five Combaticon figures and [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Shockwave]]. Designed in the "Scramble City" style, all four Deluxe Combaticons can each become either an arm or a leg, and come with double-barrelled guns that can transform into either a foot or a fist to complete the limb. The stock photography shows Blast Off and Vortex as arms and Swindle and Brawl as legs. Notably, he is the first 'classic' combiner in the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' series to not have a 'replacement' member. Shockwave transforms into the combiner robot's handheld weapon.

: For some reason, this version of Bruticus very much ''CAN'' use Vortex's limb mode to create a shield/weapon thingy '''BETTER''' than [[Bruticus (WFC)| FOC Bruticus's]] toy can.

:There may be a running change in Bruticus's colors; initial shipments feature the chest on Onslaught cast in silver for a Bruticus-accurate color scheme. A tan color scheme has been revealed, but only the version with a silver chest plate ever made it to retail, and it appears that the version with a tan chestplate has been canceled altogether.

:Like [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]] before him, all four limbs were released in the same wave, making it much easier to complete a set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBruticus/bruticus.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Combiner_Wars_G2_Bruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|TASTE THE RAINBOW MOTHERF***ER!]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Giftset, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons/Combiner Extremities, Onslaught's two guns, Blast Off's gun, Vortex's gun, Brawl's barrel rifle, Swindle's gun, Shockwave figure

:A giftset of the <s> one metamorphin' Dudicus</s> one big, bad, battlin' Bruticus featuring redecoes of all five ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticons in their ''Generation 2'' colour schemes, plus an [[Action Master]]-inspired [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#G2BruticusSet|Shockwave]], whose color scheme is also inspired by ''Generation 2'' Onslaught's missile launcher.

:Despite having ''Generation 2''-themed colors, all of the Combaticons have ''Generation 1'' insignias, while Shockwave comes with the movie version of the Decepticon faction symbol.

:Compared to most of the other Combiner Wars [[Generation 2]] repaint sets Bruticus is very accurate to the original deco (other than the incorrect faction symbols and mold issues with Swindle, Blast off and Onslaught)

:Bruticus also comes with a poster and a collector card based on his packaging art.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Generation 2 ''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''

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===Kre-O===
[[Image:KreO-Toy Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bruticus feel.... Tiny?]]

*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2225'''

:One of the first ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]] combiner sets, Bruticus includes four [[Kreon]]s: [[Onslaught (G1)#Kre-O|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (G1)#Kre-O|Brawl]], [[Vortex (Kre-O)|Vortex]], and [[Swindle (G1)#Kre-O|Swindle]]. These four component Kreons can be rebuilt into their alternate modes or taken apart and combined into Bruticus.

:Like all Micro Changer combiner sets, Bruticus comes with only ''one'' Kre-O display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg, arm and right shoulder details and a ''Kre-O'' logo. Due to the limb stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts could render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention on where you should put the ''Kre-O'' logo sticker. Also, Bruticus's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OBruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Bruticus at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|Combiner3pack}}
*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, 2016)
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''

:3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners, Superion, Bruticus and Menasor is reissed and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-UW07-Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So cartoon accurate his chest is based on what some people would call an animation error!]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, 2016-[[June 25|06-25]])
**''ID Number:'' '''UW-07'''

:The Japanese-market release of Bruticus comes in a much more cartoon accurate color scheme, with a recolored chest plate, and color matching hand/foot/gun pieces for Swindle and Brawl. He has a completely new mold in the form of Blast Off as a space shuttle, rather than the recolored jet mold of his American release. Vortex also includes the more cartoon accurate four-bladed rotor blades as opposed to the two-bladed rotors his Hasbro version carried over from the Alpha Bravo mold. Shockwave is not included with this release, as the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' line doesn't include Legends Class figures with their giftsets.

:The giftset included a collector commemorative coin when purchased in select retailers outside Japan.

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==Notes==
[[File:EuroClassicsBruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|First person to insert a "Don't shoot the caption" gag gets summarily banned.]]
*Much like the individual Combaticons who form him, Bruticus's [[character model]] has a couple of oddities.
**Bruticus's chest plate is drawn to look like it is formed from parts of [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]—mainly his wings, but the central portion of the chestplate is drawn to look like his shuttle cockpit hull, with the orientation of its details reversed. Certain detailed combination sequences, seen in "[[Aerial Assault]]," "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]", and [[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]", actually show Blast Off's wings disconnecting and moving into place as the chestplate, but these sequences also misinterpret some of Bruticus's details, and wind up depicting the two wheels at the base of the chestplate, which are supposed to be part of Onslaught's torso, as being connected to the plate and hence part of Blast Off.
**While Bruticus' toy has wheels on the back of its thighs, his cartoon model only depicts this detail on his ''left'' thigh, almost certainly a product of his rear-view character model being designed without the toy for reference, like multiple other season 2 characters—not that it matters much in practise, as the odd detail is almost consistently omitted from his actual in-show appearances.
**Bruticus has two head designs in the cartoon: the detailed one seen in his full-body character model, which features in most of his animated appearances, and a simplified, more angular one that appears consistently in "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]" and "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]," and in select brief scenes of other episodes.
*The packaging of the 1991 [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European]] [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original Onslaught toy depicted Bruticus and the Combaticons in (mostly) new color schemes, despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors were the cause of an error with the hue settings of the [[stock photography|stock photos]], rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
*Several attributes of [[Action Master Elite]] [[Turbo Master]], including his face and chest plate, suggest that he was originally intended to be Bruticus. However, according to ''[[Transformers Generations]]'', at one point a non-transforming version of Action Master Bruticus was planned, which would have looked significantly different from [[Turbo Master]].
*For every version of the original Bruticus mold, the packaging art depicts the Brawl figure on backwards.
*''Earth Wars'' Bruticus' Earth Shatter ability is most likely a reference to his [[Bruticus (WFC)|''War for Cybertron'' counterpart]]'s shockwave ability, given how it affects a large area and do mass amounts of damage. The same could also be said about Shockfire Missiles, during his boss fight in the final few parts of ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'', in which the cannons on his back to deal damage to the player, though in this case you can actually do it ''while'' using him.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bruticus''' (ブルーティカス ''Burūtikasu'')
*''Italian:'' '''Multiforce''' (toy)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bruticus''' (Taiwan, 布魯提卡斯 ''Bù Lǔ Thí Khǎ Ssū''), '''Hùn Tiān Bào''' (China, 混天豹)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Brutus''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Grubikus''' (Грубикус)

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Applicable Skills

2017-09-12T01:14:18Z

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{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #2
|prev=07:00:00
|next=Things We Said We'd Never Do
|image=TAAO2 regcvr.jpg
|caption=Whose to blame? The beast? Or the one controlling the beast?
|title="Applicable Skills"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 6]], [[2016]]
|coverdate=July 2016
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''It's chaos in the streets as the Combaticons lead a public uprising against Starscream's police state, and Ironhide is put in charge of keeping order. But all is not as it appears...'''

==Synopsis==
Civil unrest ripples through [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] following [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]]'s broadcast of the footage of the [[Badgeless]] officers murdering [[Drunkatron|a Decepticon]]. [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] ditches the Badgeless armor he was given, and, trying to convince himself that events ''had'' to unfold this way, returns to the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' home. [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] are eager to go out and join the rioting, but [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] is reluctant to allow it, his strategic mind thinking several steps ahead and concluding that any displays of civil disobedience by the Decepticons will run the risk of erasing any sympathy the colonists have for their current plight. Blast Off tries to convince him, suggesting they use the chaos to take out [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], but Onslaught suspects the whole thing is a plot by Starscream to draw them out. When Blast Off, a little ''too'' quickly and insistently, claims that it is not, Onslaught drags him into his room and demands he explain how he could know that...

A little later, in the skies over the city, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] are discussing the complex, factionalized politics of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when their attention is suddenly drawn to a mob being led through the streets below by Onslaught, marching on the council building. Inside the building, Starscream is fairly nonplussed by the sight; it takes the arrival of [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] in his office, blaming him for the police state that has given rise to the mob, to raise his hackles. Meeting with the rest of the council, Starscream coldly announces his intent to meet force with force, giving the rioters the war they seemingly want, but [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] speaks out against the idea, and the other council members agree. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] suggests calling on [[Victorion]]—presently on [[Earth]]—for aid, but Starscream shoots the plan down, refusing to open the [[space bridge]] with Onslaught still on the loose. In response to questions from council members, Starscream explains that, some time before he took power, he made a deal with Onslaught to have the Combaticons on his side during his political rise. When Starscream actually succeeded and became ruler of Iacon, however, he reneged on the deal and cut ties with Onslaught; he now suspects Onslaught is acting out of a desire for revenge. Ironhide speaks up again, and volunteers the only bloodless solution he can think of—a solution he ''knows'' Starscream will hate.

As the rioters pelt the council building with garbage, Ironhide appears on its front steps to address them. Determined to keep the peace they have all fought and suffered for, Ironhide announces that he has been appointed head of the Badgeless. He vows to investigate the murder to the fullest, and invites 'bots of any faction, and any planetary origin, to sign up to the police force to help him. At first, it seems nobody is going to take him up on the offer; the silence of the crowd is broken only by an insult and a chunk of rock that harmlessly strikes Ironhide's helmet. But, just as all hope seems lost, [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] burst out of the crowd to pledge their support, followed quickly by [[Sparkstalker]]. Onslaught is disgusted, and attacks Ironhide, demanding that he reveal where [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s body is being kept—until Blast Off jumps into action, wrestling his leader to the ground as he tells him he is tired of being held back. As the crowd begins to peacefully disperse, Blast Off asks Ironhide if he too can join his team, leading a furious Onslaught to warn Blast Off to watch his back. Blast Off simply retorts that he has gone above and beyond to help Onslaught, but has concluded that he cannot save him from himself.

The council watch the crowd break up from the window of Starscream's chambers, after which Starscream ushers them out so he can collect his thoughts and prepare a statement. Windblade, of course, refuses to leave, and demands to know if Starscream really does have Swindle's body; driven to honesty through sheer exasperation (and the needling words of the hallucinatory [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]), Starscream admits that he does not, but urges Windblade to be wary of Onslaught and his razor-sharp mind. A smirk creeps over Starscream's face as he declares that Windblade will now be personally responsible for dealing with the Combaticons' threat; he is tired of her undermining him, and if she does not accept this task, then he will spill all of Windblade's dirty secrets—including her co-conspiratorial cover-up of [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'s killings—and destroy the council and the alliance of worlds for everyone.

Out in the streets, Fat Tankor catches up to Blast Off, and invites him to crash in his and Tall Tankor's living space if he needs to. Blast Off accepts the offer, but leaves to clear his head first... slinking off into a dark alley, where Onslaught warmly greets him and congratulates him on a job well done...

==Featured characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 11)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (12)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (13)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (14)

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*"[[Drunkatron]]" (1)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (3)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (5)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (6)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (7)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (22)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (23)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (24)

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*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (2)
*Assorted [[Badgeless]] (4)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (8)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (9)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (15)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (16)
*[[Tigatron]] (17)
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*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (18)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (19)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (20)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (21)
{{!}}}
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==Quotes==
'''Vortex:''' "'''Yay!''' You're not dead! '''Brawl''', pay up!" 
'''Brawl:''' "Ah, scrap. That was my last bottle of '''Engex'''." 
'''Blast Off:''' "Thanks for the concern."
:—The Combaticons react to Blast Off's return

'''Tigatron:''' "Who is Onslaught?" 
'''Starscream:''' "A former associate." 
'''Ironhide:''' "A '''psychopath''' and a '''murderer.'''" 
'''Starscream:''' "I said he was an '''associate''', not my '''Conjunx Endura'''!"

"Unfortunately, circumstances... changed. I couldn't be seen with 'bots like Onslaught anymore. He didn't take it well and I would '''not''' be surprised if this '''entire''' fiasco traced back to some pathetic attempt at '''revenge'''. It's how '''his''' kind always thinks." 
"Decepticons?" 
"'''Little people.'''"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Ironhide'''

"There '''is''' a line, Starscream." 
"Is there? Well, I'm sure you'll '''scream''' when I cross it."
:—'''Windblade''' and '''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Airazor says the planet is more "fractured than Eukaris", which [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #6]] established was being divided between four grumpy factions. Harsh but fair!
*Starscream's flashback to his past alliance with Onslaught appears to take place circa the earliest issues of [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''Robots in Disguise'']], before Starscream actually attained power. Starscream notes it happened after "Onslaught and his team had returned to the Decepticons"; this allusion to a time when the Combaticons were ''not'' with the Decepticons refers to when they were in the employ of [[North Korea]] while stranded on [[Earth]] during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]].
*In the flashback, Onslaught says he can save Starscream from "the D.J.D. or someone else coming in the night", referring to the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and their brutal murder of anyone they consider a traitor. By cosying up to the Autobot leadership and [[Metalhawk]] like he was doing at the time, Starscream would have definitely been a target if they'd heard.
*Sparkstalker refers to fighting alongside Ironhide before, which happened on [[Caminus]] during ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''.
*Starscream says Onslaught once outmaneuvered him. That may be a reference to "Conquerers", where the Decepticons (including Onslaught) pressured Starscream into letting them use the spacebridge.

===Real-world references===
*Starscream's dialogue "Every broken window, every crack in the pavement gets prosecuted and punished." is likely a reference to the {{w|broken windows theory}}.
*The protestors chant "No justice! No peace!", a slogan popularly used (as "no justice, no peace") in protests against police violence. At the time Scott was writing, it had recently been used in protests against police shooting African-Americans.

===Other trivia===
*This issue also contains the first part of the [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Revolution Prelude]] back-up strip, a four prequel laying the groundwork for September's "[[Revolution]]" crossover which appears in several of IDW's July titles. The digital edition was initially missing it, with a five-page preview of the first issue of ''[[Rom]]'' included in its place. This was corrected within the day for some users, but not for all.

===Errors===
*More fun with squished Obsidian this week, as his alt mode now resembles a squat stealth bomber with helicopters rotors.
*The Combaticons are completely public despite having ''very recently'' been part of a group that shot at people and tried to invade Earth for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Nobody's mentioned a general amnesty being held so how are they not in jail?

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Windblade and Metroplex, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Windblade and Chromia help [[Rom]] try out some [[Caminus|Camien]] facepaint, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]] and [[Thomas Deer]]; part of a series of Rom-themed covers featured on numerous IDW titles in July, in celebration of the launch of the character's new ongoing series.
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Windblade by [[Carlos Valenzuela]]

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==External links==
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[[Category:Till All Are One issues]]

07:00:00

2017-09-12T01:12:28Z

Caffeinated Spider:

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' #1
|prev=The Will of the Few
|next=Applicable Skills
|image=TAAO1 regcvr.jpg
|caption=Space Robot Politics: The Graphic Novel
|title="07:00:00"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 15]], [[2016]]
|coverdate=June 2016
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}
'''When public distrust of Starscream's secret police force escalates to the point that citizens begin dying, Ironhide is assigned to the case.'''

==Synopsis==
Life on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has changed following the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]]. As more citizens from the various colony worlds arrive on Cybertron, pressure on [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] to allow expansion outside of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]/[[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] has increased. Starscream, however, has more pressing concerns. A mysterious informant known only as "[[DC-357]]" has led [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the remaining [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to believe that their supposedly-deceased comrade [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] is actually still alive, and a conspiracy that claims he's really being held prisoner by Starscream has subsequently spread through the populace, carried by a simple, spray-painted slogan: "Swindle Lives!" This much, at least, is untrue; Starscream knows he is not holding Swindle, but the threat that the Combaticon con-man and the secrets he holds could pose to his political position means that the "Chosen One" is dedicating all his energy to finding out whether or not he is actually alive. Unfortunately, the aggressive attitudes of his "[[Badgeless]]" secret police employed in pursuit of this goal has in turn led to increased public distrust of them, leading more and more citizens to hire the services of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s new private security firm [[I.H. Cybertronian Securities]] to keep them and their enterprises safe.

Ironhide is summoned to a meeting of the council, where [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] talks all assembled through a recent series of attacks on Decepticons that have left them badly beaten and sporting [[mnemosurgery]] wounds. Starscream insists that it is an internal Cybertronian matter for him and his Badgeless to investigate, until Obsidian reveals that the most recent victim, who has died from his injuries, was a supplier of parts to [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. Consequently, the Titan-ship's captain [[Elita One]] has insisted that the attacks be investigated as a Council matter. Obsidian gives voice to the suspicion that the Badgeless themselves are responsible for the attacks, and that the victims are being targeted for information about Swindle, then proposes that Ironhide's company be retained to investigate the matter. Starscream bristles at the suggestion, but promises to deliver a ruling the following day.

Elsewhere in Iacon, Onslaught is deep in thought over the Combaticons' current predicament. As far as he is concerned, the increased aggression of the Badgeless is proof that their informant was telling the truth about Swindle—but despite an intensive search of every nook and cranny of Metroplex, Onslaught can find no trace of him. His team-mates are growing concerned, voicing a need for cash and employment, and when Blast Off tries to talk Onslaught into giving up the search, the Combaticon leader angrily storms out. In doing so, however, he leaves his datapad behind... just as a new communication from DC-357 arrives. Blast Off reads the message and follows its directions to a dumpster behind [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam]]'s, inside which he finds a parcel containing a suit of Badgeless armor. Grabbing and incapacitating a passing Badgeless, he uses the suit to take the officer's place...

After the council meeting lets out, Ironhide receives a call from [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] at Maccadam's to deal with an unruly customer. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] have other commitments, so Ironhide heads to the bar alone, where the [[Drunkatron|drunk Decepticon]] is harassing [[Greenlight]] and [[Lancer]]. Ironhide forcibly escorts the 'Con outside, where two Badgeless immediately take notice of them. Ironhide tries to play down the "disagreement," but the drunk gets belligerent and attacks one of the officers, shouting "Swindle lives!" The slogan is all the justification the Badgeless need, as they overpower him and threaten to "cut up his memories" to find out what he knows about Swindle; when Ironhide ties to intercede, the terrified 'bot breaks away and runs into a nearby alley. One Badgeless follows, and, with both 'bots out of sight, the sound of a gun discharging is heard. The other Badgeless clocks Ironhide and runs into the alley; two more gunshots sound before Ironhide can stagger to the alley entrance, where he sees the drunk lying dead on the ground, and the two Badgeless—guns smoking—standing over his body. The Badgeless insist they were attacked and merely defended themselves, but the noise has drawn a crowd of passers-by, who quickly accuse them of murder and threaten to riot. Unnoticed in the fracas, a lone Badgeless slips away, after which a shot fired in the air sends the citizens fleeing, just as Windblade, Starscream, and Obsidian arrive in response to a summons from Ironhide. Once briefed on the situation, Windblade accuses Starscream of being responsible for the recent attacks, and Obsidian departs to inform Elita and the rest of the Council about the incident. Alone for a moment, Starscream warns Windblade that if she pushes the matter, he will all too happily reveal what ''he'' knows about the deaths called by Chromia's bombings and Windblade conspiring to cover it up. Before the pair can argue any further, however, news reporter [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] comes running up to get a statement from Starscream about the murder. Starscream claims it is far too early to call the 'bot's death "murder," but Circuit thinks otherwise: footage of the 'bot being shot has already been sent to his station, and is now broadcasting live across Iacon!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic'' text appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
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*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (1)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (5)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (6)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (11)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 16)
*[[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] (24)
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*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (8)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (9)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (10)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (21)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (22)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (23)
*"[[Drunkatron]]" (25)
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*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (2)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (3)
*[[Tigatron]] (4)
*[[Elita One]] (7)
*[[Quicklightning]] (12)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (13)
*"[[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]]" (14)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (17)
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*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (18)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (19)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (20)
*[[Lancer]] (26)
*[[Greenlight]] (27)
*Assorted [[Badgeless]] (28)
*[[Longtooth]] (29)
*[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (30)
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==Quotes==
'''Ironhide:''' "Does anyone want a drink?" 
'''Windblade:''' "I have a mountain of paperwork that barely makes sense sober." 
'''Chromia:''' "Strika and I are gonna do some sparring. I am not fightin' that lady drunk."

"You.....you're one of those 'Cam-yans' right? The fam-bots?" 
"Those aren't words, Drunkatron. For Prime's sake."
:—'''"Drunkatron"''' doesn't realize he's barking up the wrong tree with '''Lancer'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*And we're back! ''Till All Are One'' continues where the [[The Transformers: Windblade|second ''Windblade'' series]] left off, following the formation of the Council of Worlds in the final issue.
*Scott has said this takes place "roughly in the same timeframe... give or take a couple of weeks, couple of months" as [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''Transformers'']] in general and the "All Hail Optimus" storyline in particular. <ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2016/06/episode-177-mairghread-scott-talks-till-all-are-one/ Episode 177 – Mairghread Scott Talks Till All Are One], 35:48 to 37:00</ref>
*Windblade notes in conversation with Metroplex that [[Navitas]], Titan of [[Velocitron]], is on the mend. We met this Titan in [[Race Against the Light|''Windblade'' #5]], where it was explained that years of neglect had left him in a state of disrepair.
*Starscream killed Swindle in [[All That Remains|''Windblade'' #3]], in order to prevent him from revealing that Starscream was responsible for orchestrating [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s attack on [[Caminus]]. The Combaticons began spray-painting the "Swindle Lives" slogan around the city in [[The Will of the Few|''Windblade'' #7]].
*Obsidian refers to Optimus Prime's annexation of Earth, currently taking place over in ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]'', as well as Galvatron's "instigations" on Cybertron, referring to the short-lived Decepticon insurgency that took place in that book during the "Conquerors" storyline. It's not clear when ''precisely'' this issue occurs in relation to "All Hail Optimus," though, as Circuit and Longtooth were sent to Earth during that story (in [[All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|issue #53]], to be precise), and they are active on Cybertron in this one. A reasonable guess might be that this issue is roughly concurrent with [[All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|''The Transformers'' #51]], given that they were originally intended for release the same month ([[#Other trivia|see below]]).
*Brawl and Onslaught have hooked back up with Blast Off and Vortex after visiting Earth in the aforementioned "Conquerors" storyline, then traveling by spacebridge back to Cybertron in [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|''The Transformers'' #50]] and escaping in the chaos of that story. But see "Errors" below!
*Blast Off sarcastically recalls how all the Combaticons had to worry about in the past was "an Autobot putting a flaming sword into [their] guts." It might sound like he's speaking generally and just referring to the war, but no: [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] stabbed him through the chest with her flaming sword all the way back in ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]''!
*Greenlight and Lancer appeared previously in ''Windblade'' #7. The ill-fated Decepticon, who Lancer derisively refers to as "Drunkatron," is still having trouble getting his head around colonies and genders, as he assumes that since they're female, they must be Camiens.
*When threatening Windblade, Starscream refers back to Chromia's crimes and Windblade's cover up, events from the first ''Windblade'' mini-series.
*The fact the assaulted Decepticons have all suffered mnemnosurgery comes back around later in [[The Price of You|issue #10]]...

===Transformers references===
*Ironhide running a security firm is an outgrowth of his original function as "Security," as described in his [[bio]], which has never factored much into his depictions in-fiction.
*The Combaticons are now all sporting stylized versions of their ''Combiner Wars'' designs. Blast Off in particular is sporting his [[Blast Off (G1)#CombinerWars|''Combiner Wars'' head design]], with a visible mouth and nose, but he's also got a deployable [[mouthplate]] to give himself a more traditional appearance. Vortex is also shown with four helicopter blades rather than two.
*One crowd member fleeing after the Badgeless fire a shot into the air looks rather like the mecha of the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]] over in sister title ''The Transformers''. With only one optic, the (most likely) 'con looks to be a victim of [[empurata]].

===Real world references===
*Policemen shooting dead someone they wanted for a minor crime, claiming he had attacked them, and being caught on tape doing the dirty deed is a combination of multiple American police scandals of the mid-2010s.

===Errors===
*Vanquish and Fireshot's color schemes are swapped on page 5.
*Last time we saw Brawl, he was firing on security forces after his involvement in sedition and invasion had gone tits up. Starscream complains that criminals are escaping, meaning Brawl. But yet here, the Combaticons, Brawl included, are pulling day jobs and are not on the lam. Starscream runs a forgiving police state!
*Obsidian's head has been squashed down from its usual long self. This is probably our fault, as the majority of pics on Obsidian's page showed his head dead-on from the front at the time. Still not as big a "whoops" as that time the wiki got [[Roadburner#Transformers Legends|Roadburner]] coloured wrong!
*On the final panel of page 19, Starscream says "I can take you, Chromia and '''and''' your entire little planet down with me." This remain uncorrected in the trade paperback.

===Other trivia===
*''Till All Are One'' was originally announced with a March 2016 release date, but was apparently held back until June to give ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Sins of the Wreckers]]'', which was filling the gap between series but was delayed during production, time to finish.
*The title of this issue is the hour of the day that the story begins, counted down to in captions on the first page as the last of the Decepticon victims is seen staggering around the outskirts of town before collapsing.
*In a silent panel, we see that Chromia has the names "[[Exhaust]]" and "[[Technimus]]" written on (scored into?) her metal skin beneath her helmet.
*Badgeless armor is revealed to both project a hologram around its wearer and disguise their voice, allowing all members of the secret police to remaining anonymous by looking and sounding exactly alike.

===Covers (6)===
*'''Regular cover:''' The cast, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Ironhide pores over some photographic evidence, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Windblade and Metroplex, by Sara Pitre-Durocher and [[Thomas Deer]]; one of three retailer incentive covers by Pitre-Durocher for June's Transformers titles, which all feature Windblade in commemoration of the launch of this series.
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' The cast, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Transmissions Podcast exclusive cover:''' Windblade and Starscream recreate the [[:File:MarvelUS-18.jpg|cover]] of [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|Marvel's ''The Transformers'' #18]], by Alex Milne and Josh Perez. Produced exclusively for the [http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/ TransMissions Podcast]; TransMissions logo artwork by Kristal Gonzalez.
*'''Montreal Comiccon exclusive cover:''' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Windblade, and Chromia recreate the [[:File:MarvelUS-01.jpg|cover]] of [[The Transformers (issue)|Marvel's ''The Transformers'' #1]], by [[Livio Ramondelli]]. Produced exclusively for the [http://www.montrealcomiccon.com/ Montreal Comiccon].

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*IDW ''Transformers'' reading guide
*''[[Revolution]]''
*''[[The Last Autobot|Titans Return]]'' one-shot
* ''Tales From the Darkside'' comic (back cover)

==External links==
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==References==
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[[Category: Till All Are One issues]]

Hun-Gurrr (G1)

2017-09-12T01:09:00Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers */

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Decepticon|his good counterpart|Hun-Grrr|Hun-Gurrr}}
:''Hun-Gurrr is a [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEHun-Gurrr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My need to feed gives me the will to survive!]]
'''Hun-Gurrr''' is the leader of the Terrorcons and would be quite the model Decepticon and military strategist if he could just stop stuffing his two mouths. Hun-Gurrr is a terrible glutton, constantly filling his stomach with as much energy and materials as he can find. He only ever stops his insatiable feeding frenzies to fulfill his other desire: wanton destruction. In this capacity he is quite adept as a military leader, although his underlings are sometimes unable to understand his commands when Hun-Gurrr has stuffed his face(s) full of fallen [[Autobot]]s.

Hun-Gurrr can combine with the other Terrorcons to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and sometimes he combines with other Decepticons to form [[Abomenaticus]] or [[Destron Super Scramble]].

His name is also spelled '''Hun-Grr''', '''Hun-Garr''', '''Hun-Grrr''', and '''Hun-Gar'''.

{{quote|Hun-Grr, hungry!|Hun-Grr|"[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]], [[Marshall Efron]] (English, Beast mode), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Thomas Rau]] (German), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Grimlocks New Brain")}}
[[File:Money-is-everything-hungurrr-beast2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Hun-Gurr attempts to eat outer space.]]
Hun-Grr and the rest of the Terrorcons were first encountered when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] went to [[Unicron]]'s head to acquire [[anti-electron]]s. During a fight with the [[Autobot]]s, the Terrorcons did a decent job of fighting them, with Hun-Grr grabbing [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] with his mouths. However, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and Hun-Grr ordered the Terrorcons to merge into Abominus. The Technobots merged into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], but Abominus grabbed Computron. The Autobot combiner defeated Abominus by vibrating, forcing Abominus to separate back into his component Terrorcons. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Hungrrtoon.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hun-Grr contemplates eating his own hand.]]
[[File:Money-is-everything-hungurrr-robot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I am Hun, and this is Gurr, and we're here to EAT *clap*YOU UP!"]]
Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons were next seen in the employ of the [[Quintesson]]s. At some point, the Quintessons installed an [[automatic timer]] on one or all of the Terrorcons, limiting the time they could spend combined as Abominus. A ravenous Hun-Gurrr was sent to attack rogue trader [[Dirk Manus]], finding time to devour a satellite along the way (and spit it back out as a pair of missiles). Crashing headlong into two Technobots and then the planet's surface, Hun-Gurrr was finally driven off by the Technobots' combined firepower. Later, after Abominus shot down the Technobots over Saturn and chased Manus's ship to Titan's surface, he expressed frustration at being forced to separate from the others before their hunt was done. He was soon hungry again, and didn't take kindly to Sinnertwin's suggestion that he eat something. The Terrorcons in their combined form were defeated a second time by Computron shortly thereafter, and fled from Titan. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:Terrorconcall.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hun-Gurrr's Inside Story.]]
Hun-Grr was one of the [[Primitive]]s summoned to fight [[Tornedron]]. During the interaction with the Primitives, Hun-Grr picked fights with everyone for any possible reason. While stuck on the world of [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]], Hun-Grr attempted to fight Tornedron by spitting chewed-up rocks at the energy being. This was actually not an entirely unreasonable tactic, given that Tornedron was plainly feeding off the energy weapons all of the other Primitives were using against him. It didn't work, though. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Hun-Grr led the Terrorcons' attack on [[Jessica Morgan]]'s father's laboratory, intending to steal a new super-alloy for Galvatron. They were delayed for a moment by the Technobots, but a quick merge into Abominus blasted Computron out of the battle long enough for the Terrorcons to grab the alloy. As the Technobots attacked again, Hun-Grr said "Got what we came for! We go, fight another day!" and they took off. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In [[2007]], Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons participated in an attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in order to draw the Autobots' attention while [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] stole the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} They were later seen wearing down the Autobot defenses on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War'' manga=====
Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons were defeated in battle as Abominus by Computron. They switched tactics and split into their individual modes to spray Computron with "[[Cohesive Control Liquid]]", forcing him onto the Decepticon side. The Technobots were eventually freed when Spike Witwicky blasted them with a counter-spray. The now clear-minded Computron then proceeded to crush the individual Terrorcons.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons journeyed to Cybertron over the long-abandoned Decepticon [[space bridge|Space Bridge]]. They were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hun-Gurrr's team combined into Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] at the Autobots on [[Athenia]], he brought along Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons to occupy the Autobot forces. Linking up as Abominus, they once again battled Computron and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scorponok devised a scheme to harvest [[plasma energy]] from the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] by setting off a series of explosives that would utterly destroy the planet, releasing its stored energies. Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons were responsible for planting the bombs. Hun-Gurrr was spotted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Shouki]] of the Trainbots, but the other Terrorcons managed to take them hostage. Hun-Gurrr left [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in charge of the hostages, while he took the other Terrorcons to finish planting the charges. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} They managed to get two of the three sites set before being set upon by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. By forming Abominus, Hun-Grrr's team held their own until Scorponok arrived with his mighty [[Transtector]], MegaZarak. The giant scorpion occupied the Autobots long enough for the Terrorcons to finish their work, and Mars was consumed by the resultant atomic inferno. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Soon after, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons joined Sixshot the returning Galvatron on an energy raid. They sought to prevent the Autobots from re-energizing the distant world of [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and steal the energy for themselves. Hun-Gurrr's team formed Abominus for yet another in a series of battles against Computron. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Galvatron left for deep space to plunder new sources of energy, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons went with him. He and Sinnertwin were seen gathering energon on the planet [[Paradise]], and the Terrorcons later formed Abominus to battle the [[Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Hun-Gurrr returned with Galvatron and the other Decepticons, setting up shop on Earth under Sixshot's command. He joined an enormous offensive against the Autobots' facility in [[Florida|Miami]], drawing out the troops from Autobot City so that Sixshot could kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Body-slamming Computron as Abominus was just icing on the cake. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The warfare on Earth continued, as Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons assembled as Abominus in part of a five-fold simultaneous strike on Autobot interests engineered by Sixshot. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} As Scorponok assumed control of the Decepticons again, Hun-Gurrr was seen at a rally being held in his honor on Chaar. Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons later joined a Decepticon strike on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], seeking to gain control of the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

As Scorponok abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Hun-Gurrr was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} As part of Abominus, Hun-Gurrr participated in the final battle with the Autobots at the North Pole. He escaped into space with the rest of Scorponok's Decepticons. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Hun-Gurrr was one of those summoned, but only as a part of [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Hun-gurr brothers in armor.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He spits, then.]]
Hun-Gurrr and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] served [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] on Cybertron, and journeyed to [[Nebulos]] under his command to conquer the populace and destroy their old foes, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his crew. The Terrorcons made a rather poor showing of themselves upon their first mission, however. As they trampled through the city of [[Splendora]], they were met and driven off by [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and a pair of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], despite being backed up by the [[Horrorcon]]s. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} While battling the Autobots at [[The Nursery]], Hun-Garr showed that even he wouldn't eat some food when he caught [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]'s rocket-propelled grenades in his twin heads and then immediately spat them back out at his opponent. Despite the Decepticons' opponents having recently been upgraded into [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], Hun-Gurrr and the others held their own until the Autobots came to realize the battle was bringing too great destruction to the agricultural facility. They fled from the Decepticons to bring an end to the carnage. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

The Decepticons eventually left Nebulos for Earth, and entered into talks with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew who were already stationed there. The talks didn't go too well. Looking out the window of their starship, Hun-Grr and [[Triggerhappy]] saw the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] attacking Scorponok and his entourage. They rallied their fellow Decepticons and led them out into a Decepticon Civil War against Ratbat's troops. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

Soon after, Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons were destroyed battling an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Hun-gurr time wars.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Eating the humans, on the other hand, is perfectly okay.]]
By [[2008]], Hun-Grr was repaired and serving under [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s command on Cybertron when ol' one-eye was assassinated by the minions of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], leaving [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to lead the Decepticons into an ill-advised conflict with the Autobots. It was Hun-Gurrr who pointed out to [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] when Cyclonus and Scourge fled the field of battle, and together they then sounded the retreat for all the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Later that year, Soundwave learned that most of the Autobots were allegedly off-world, and planned to attack the Autobot-controlled territories in their enemies' absence. Hun-Grr was seen among Soundwave's top generals and sub-commanders rocketing into battle. The information proved false however, and the Decepticons were caught in a Quintesson ambush. They were forced to call upon the Autobots for help to prevent Cybertron's forceful colonization by the aliens. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In [[2009]], Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons carried out Soundwave's important plan to ransack Earth and leech energy out of the planet itself. Hun-Grr showed more competence than the other Terrorcons, forcing them to stop attacking human settlements for fun when they should be working. Amusingly, he also reacted quickly after overhearing humans wondering where the Autobots were, and announced to the fleshlings that the Autobots had been their advance guard, softening up the population for the kill. Heh. Decepticon humor.

After the Autobots destroyed their energy leech machine, Soundwave and the Terrorcons followed them back to Autobot City and found an open [[trans-time dimensional portal]] back to 1989. Hun-Grr insisted they follow the Autobots back into the past and seek revenge, and Soundwave agreed in order to maintain a good relationship with his men. Once there, however, they learned of the all-encompassing timestorm, and its threat to the entire timestream. Realizing the threat was too large to handle themselves, Soundwave and Hun-Grr had the Terrorcons quietly extract themselves from the battle with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his allies, and transported back to 2009. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====''Classics''====
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Hun-Gurr had a mother named [[Ma-Grrr]]. He and the Terrorcons were eventually repaired and brought back on-line as part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces. Hun-Grrr also had himself reconstructed into a new, THREE-headed dragon mode, maximizing his chances for gluttony. He was pleased to now have three heads in [[robot mode]] as well as [[beast mode]], and his enhanced power made the Abominus combination even more fearsome.

As Bludgeon's forces prepared for war with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Hun-Grrr worked out of the armory, keeping the planetary defense cannons in proper order. He was in such a good mood, he even offered some of his Energon chips to Bludgeon and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] as they approached. Hun-Grrr's good mood quickly soured when his leader not only accused him of betraying their cause, he actually... refused... FOOD! The furious Terrorcon leader attempted to shoot Bludgeon, only for his [[sonic stun-gun]] to be cleanly sliced in two. Blot arrived in time to stop Bludgeon's killing stroke, and after exchanging some fierce blows with the [[Pretender]] and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], Hun-Grrr was in no mood to even try to proclaim his innocence. Summoning the rest of the Terrorcons with a mighty bellow, Hun-Grrr triggered their formation into Abominus.

Abominus was forced to contend with the Seacons' united form, [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. The bestial fury that so often served him well in battle was no match for the consummate hunter, and Abominus was soon impaled through the chest on Piranacon's coral sword. The giant began twitching helplessly as Hun-Grrr went into stasis lock and the other Terrorcons desperately tried to fight off the symbiotic shock. They failed, and the Terrorcons were carted away by [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] at Bludgeon's order, for waste disposal. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Megatrons zombie army loose ends 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Who died and made you king of the zombies?]]
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Following his death in the [[Underbase Saga|Underbase battles]], Hun-Gurrr's body was retrieved by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] who reanimated and lobotomized him. In [[2012]], as part of Megatron's [[zombie]] army, Hun-Gurrr was ordered to track down [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s but was led away from the main group by [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} He and the other zombified Cybertronians were offlined permanently after [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Regeneration One|Circuit Smasher]] frizzle-fried the Ark's computer, [[Aunty|Auntie]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} After Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Hun-Gurrr and Motormaster bring Optimus AoW4.jpg|thumb|One of the rare times he isn't hungry.]]
Hun-Grrr and his Terrorcons were among the scattered Decepticons that the newly arrived [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] united in his bid to take over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Although he was doubtful about being ordered around by such a tiny being and not too happy about working with the "obsolete" [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], Hun-Grrr saw the light when Serpent O.R. plugged into his brain and proved that he was the "son" of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

Now organized properly under Serpent O.R.'s leadership, the Decepticon launched a massive attack against the Autobots. They managed to capture Optimus Prime, who was delivered to Serpent O.R. in chains by Hun-Gurrr and Motormaster. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} But the Autobot leader broke free of his bonds and took Serpent O.R. by surprise. Hun-Grrr took Optimus on alongside several other combiner team leaders—and was promptly knocked out. He only regained consciousness when the battle was over, and not sure what was going on, decided to kill the weakened Optimus Prime anyway... only to be blasted through the chest by the 70mm cannon on [[Cover Girl]]'s [[A.W.E. Striker]]. Oh bummer... {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Back before the war, Hun-Grrr fought for [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial deathmatches]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} From here he fell in league with the Decepticons, attending Megatron's rallies and show of power as the new faction took shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

When Megatron was first defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], Hun-Gar was unimpressed that [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] had him punished him with mere exile and made it his mission to finish the job. He took his Terrorcons with him to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to kill his former leader, intending to do the same to Scorponok later on. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} While Megatron was able to fight off the other Terrorcons, Hun-Gar held his own and might've won if Megatron hadn't been able to trap him under some rubble, buying him enough time to regain his strength and blast a hole through the Terrorcon's torso. Recognizing Megatron's power, Hun-Gar swore loyalty to him and begged to be finished off, but Megatron spared him and brought the Terrorcons back to Cybertron for revenge on Scorponok. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After he was done beating Scorponok into a sorry pulp, Megatron allowed Hun-Gar's Terrorcons to torture the usurper. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Hun-Gar went on to participate in Megatron's all-out assault on Iacon. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

[[File:SpotlightSixshot Cutthroat Hun-Gurrr.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He was elected unanimously, with one abstention. He ate his own ballot.]]
In the present, Hun-Grrr became the president of the Official [[Sixshot]] Fanclub. He and the other Terrorcons were sent to [[Mumu-Obscura]], but were taken prisoner by the [[Reaper]]s to lure Sixshot to the planet. The Reapers offered membership to their little club so long as Sixshot destroyed the Terrorcons. When they thought Sixshot was seriously considering the offer, Hun-Grrr tried to persuade Sixshot that the Decepticon war machine didn't need the Reapers, as he already had a group of misfit friends in the Terrorcons. He was left speechless when Sixshot demonstrated his skill to the Reapers by intentionally missing the Terrorcons, and the Reapers allowed the Decepticons to leave in peace. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

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Following the end of the war, Hun-Gar and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snap Trap]] combined their forces and invaded [[Temptoria]]. They began converting the natives into [[energon]] using [[pink alchemy]], but it was not long before the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' arrived and gave them a good pounding, eventually liberating the planet. {{storylink|Before & After}}

During Megatron's trial, Hun-Grr, Snap Trap, and several other of their forces imprisoned within the ''Lost Light'' and assaulted the trial with the misguided goal of liberating Megatron. Hun-Grr voiced his legal objection to Optimus Prime's intervention, but it was overruled by Optimus's fist to his face. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*During a battle between the Terrorcons and the Technobots, Hun-Gurr fell into one of the Technobots' many traps and was caged by his opponents. The other Terrorcons continued to viciously attack their opponents nonetheless, giving them "one horrific battle." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}
*Hun-Gurr and the Terrorcons launched an assault on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], only to be blasted away by the Autobot city's battle station mode. The Terrorcons regrouped and combined into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] to tear into Maximus's armament. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Fortress Maximus|Fortress Maximus commercial}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{Note|Hun-Gurrr is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Hun-gurr and his team were cloned from ancient [[CNA]] by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and promptly escaped to cause havoc. [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] were dispatched and managed to recapture Hun-gurr and his team, returning them to Shockwave's control, for now anyway. {{storylink|Unleash the Beasts}}

In order to gain the key to Autobot City and neutralize [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Hun-Gurrr and the other Terrorcons launched a surprise attack against the Technobots. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Quintessons sent Hun-Gurrr and Cutthroat to attack the ''Lazy Sue'' and steal the Recreator, but they failed due to the intervention of the Technobots. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Hun-Gurrr.jpg|thumb|left|400px| He ate all the thumbs that unfortunately touched him.]]
Hun-Gurrr participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character available as a reward in the "Abominus Rampage" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Hun-Gurrr-Earth-Wars-Modelsheet.png|thumb|250px|Then he ate the designer. Hurr-hurr!]]
Hun-Gurrr was originally leaked to the general public, along with Kup, long before his actual debut.

During [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]]'s search for a new Decepticon from the multiverse, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sent Hun-Gurrr to hunt down Barricade and make sure he failed. But Hun-Gurrr had a hard time adjusting to the space-time continuum. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Critical Mass}}

Hun-Gurrr caught up to Barricade into [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|a garish universe]]. Barricade quickly deduced Hun-Gurrr's true intentions, but subsequently convinced Hun-Gurrr to team up. They traveled to [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|a new universe]],
and witnessed the power of [[Megatron (Armada)|the local Megatron]], concluding that he was a good candidate for recruitment. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Worlds Collide}}

Hun-Gurrr was later sent on a retrieval mission to [[Quintessa]], but the Decepticons back on Earth lost contact with him due to chronic interference. He snacked on one of the native creatures when he ran into [[Snarl (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Snarl]], who was also after the same thing. Just then they were swarmed by Sharkticons! {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Quintessential}}
Snarl convinced Hun-Gurrr to team up against the Sharkticons, and he gobbled up as many as he can. He was getting full when Snarl unleashed a solar blast and fired the horde.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Death's Trap}} The Deceptions reestablished communications, and gave him new orders to kill Snarl.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Face to Face}}

They were too evenly-matched, however, and he quickly agreed for a truce, as a new wave of Sharkticons approached. He explained that the Sharkticons have a hive mind: hurt one, hurt them all. He then divided from Snarl, leaving him be conquered. He ducked into an ancient temple, where he discovered engravings of him and Snarl. Soundwave recalled him, and Hun-Gurrr reported to Megatron that he downloaded the plans for a Quintesson Hive Matrix, which Shockwave could use in the development of a new combiner... {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Mission Accomplished}}

*'''Stats:''' Statwise, Hun-Gurrr is comparable to the leader of Predacons - Razorclaw. He has an impressive movement speed of 3.4 (0.2 faster than Razorclaw) but his health is 10% lower than Razorclaw’s.
*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weaponry:''' In his beast mode, Hun-Gurrr has a series of vicious melee attacks as well as a medium-range fire breathing move similar to the one of Grimlock. In robot form, Hun-Gurr has a blazing sword that deals massive damage to all targets.
*'''Ability: Fire Frenzy:''' Attacks with fierce strength hitting multiple targets in a line, setting enemy buildings on fire and dealing up to 300% (lvl 1) - 425% (lvl 10) of damage. This mode lasts 15 seconds.
**'''Cost:''' 6 ability points +3 cost increase.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Hun-Gurrr toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His favorite video game is ''Double Dragon''. Or ''Burgertime''.]]
*'''Hun-Gurrr''' (Terrorcon, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''TR5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-79'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Sonic stun-gun|Sonic Stun Gun]]", Abominus's head, chest shield, 2 fists (left & right), 2 feet (left & right)

:Hun-Gurrr transforms into a white/grey and purple two-headed dragon (specifically an "[[Algean two-headed razor beast]]", if the biography of his [[Hun-Grrr|''Shattered Glass'' counterpart]] is to be believed). He has plenty of articulation for a Generation 1 toy in this mode, located mostly in the beast mode necks, and this extends to his robot mode, with multiple points in his arms and legs and even his head, which rotates for transformation. One can attach Abominus's chest plate onto his shoulder in robot mode. Hun-Gurrr combines with his fellow Terrorcons to form Abominus, serving as the super-robot's torso. He can also combine with any other Transformers that use the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style connection system.

:There is a later-run variant of Hun-Gurrr which does not have the [[rubsign]] indent on his bicep/hindleg.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Hun-Grrr/hun-grrr.htm More information on Hun-Gurrr at TFU.info]''
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*'''Abominus''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-84'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Sonic stun-gun|Sonic Stun Gun]]", Abominus's head, chest shield, 2 fists (left & right), 2 feet (left & right)

:Hun-Gurrr was also available in a gift set with the rest of the Terrorcons. All of the Terrorcons are identical to their individual releases, although it is unknown if the versions without the rubsign indents were released in this format.
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===Universe (2008)===
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*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:Hun-Gurrr is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] toy, transforming into a robotic three-headed dragon. Guess he got a-''head''! Hahahahahahahhaaaooooh kill me. He is available only in a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] five-pack with miniature versions of combiner-team leaders [[Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hot Zone]], [[Razorclaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Razorclaw]], [[Scattershot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Scattorshot]], and [[Silverbolt (G1)#Legend|Silverbolt]].

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Trypticon (G1)#Classics|Trypticon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/TFUHun-Gurrr/hun-gurrr.htm More information on ''Universe'' Hun-Gurrr at TFU.info]''

===Generations===
*'''Hun-Gurrr''' (Voyager, 2018)

:Hun-Gurr is a new mold released in ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''. He transformers into a double-headed dragon, similar to his G1 self. He can also turn into the torso of [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], and can attach any ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' or ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figure. He also includes to arm-mounted bucklers that can hold a [[Prime Master]]. These also double as feet for Abominus.

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==Notes==
[[File:Hun-gurrrAlt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|It seems to be some kind of high-tech ice cream dispenser. How fitting.]]
*The spelling of Hun-Gurrr's name has varied a ''lot''. The spelling used for the title of this article appears on the toy's packaging and instructions, and in the [[1987]] toy catalog. Conversely, the toy's tech specs, the [[1988]] toy catalog, [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]'s ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' profile, [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' entry for the character, [[Devil's Due Press]] fiction, and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] publications like ''[[Spotlight: Sixshot]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Ark|The Ark]]'' all spelled it '''Hun-Grrr''', except in "[[Before & After]]" and ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'', where it was '''Hun-Gar'''. Finally, the [[Marvel Comics]] and [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]] scripts spelled it '''Hun-Grr''' except for part 3 of the UK reprint of "[[Brothers in Armor!!]]", where he was deliberately renamed '''Hun-Garr'''. Phew.
*Hun-Gurrr's character art shows that he has an aborted base mode. The toy is capable of assuming this mode, but it doesn't look like much of anything. It does explain why the toy has knees that otherwise would not be needed for transformation, a feature that is not shared by many Generation 1 toys, and technological-looking molded details on the otherwise-unseen robot mode back/beast mode belly.
*Hun-Gurrr is not [[Hungary|Hungarian]]. He's Hun-Gurrrian.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hun-Gurur''' (ハングルー ''Hangurū'')
*''French:'' '''Ogrrr''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hurr-Kurr'''
*''Italian:'' '''Grifobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bàolì Lóng''' (暴力龙, "Violent Dragon"), '''È Lóng''' (饿龙, "Hungry Dragon")
*''Russian:'' '''Golod''' (cartoon, Голод, "Hunger")

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Terrorcon (G1)

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:''The Terrorcons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Loveandsteel-terrorcons1a.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Not a good day to be a Nebulan]]
Sometimes it's hard to take the '''Terrorcons''' seriously. Even for Decepticons, they've got a bunch of personality problems, not to mention a lack of decency. Individually, they're not much, and it's not very hard to outsmart them. One on one, an Autobot would probably win.

Then you actually meet the Terrorcons as a group, and you pray that [[Primus]] has mercy on you, because the Terrorcons sure as hell won't. They'll kill you for a bunch of reasons: orders, sport, boredom, a dare. They're not what you'd call soldiers, warriors, or even brawlers. They're animals, and they bring that thought pattern to everything they do, including their choice of [[Alternate mode|altmodes]], which are the forms of frightening beasts. They're all positively insane.

The Terrorcons consist of:

*The brilliant yet gluttonous [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (leader)
*The superiority obsessed [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*The disgusting [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*The predatory [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*The overly-violent [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]

They combine to form the incredibly destructive (but surprisingly cute) [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]].

{{bigquote |Terrorcons, fight everybody! Rrarrr!|Hun-Gurrr|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Terrorconfight.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|We're the only seven-headed combiner group, blagh! blagh!]]
At some point the Terrorcons were either found or created by Galvatron or the Quintessons. It's a coin toss really.

The Terrorcons accompanied [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to acquire [[anti-electron]]s from [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head. During the adventure, they were attacked by [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. They managed to get the upper hand, but were quickly attacked by the newly made [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. The Terrorcons formed Abominus, but thanks to the sacrifice of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]'s super intelligence, the Technobots formed [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], and defeated the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-terrorcons-robotmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Soon afterwards, the Terrorcons were now under the control of the [[Quintesson]]s for no apparent reason. Hun-Grr was dispatched to attack [[Dirk Manus]], a [[human]] smuggler who had discovered [[Recreator|a device of great value]]. The Terrorcons had been modified by the Quintessons to disassemble from their Abominus form after a short period of time, which was their undoing: Computron detected the timer devices and activated it, forcing the Terrorcons and Quintessons into retreat. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:Abominus1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Prince has really bulked up.]]
The Terrorcons were among the Decepticons fighting the Autobots on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. They formed Abominus on Galvatron's command, but soon disassembled and left with the other "primitive" Transformers when the [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] called them away to fight the powerful [[Tornedron]]. The Terrorcons were the only primitives to fight the energy-draining Tornedron with something other than energy-based weaponry, but were quickly defeated. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Late in the year [[2006]], the Terrorcons attacked [[Gregory Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to steal their new [[Impervious alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. The fight between Abominus and Computron caused significant damage to the lab and seriously injured Morgan's daughter, [[Jessica Morgan|Jessica]], leading the two scientists to plot revenge on all the Transformers by infecting them with the [[Hate Plague]]. Nice going there, guys. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
In 2011, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons journeyed to Cybertron over the long-abandoned Decepticon [[space bridge]]. They were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hun-Gurrr's team combined into Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] at the Autobots on [[Athenia]], he brought along the Terrorcons to occupy the Autobot forces. Linking up as Abominus, they once again battled Computron and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scorponok devised a scheme to harvest [[plasma energy]] from the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] by setting off a series of explosives that would utterly destroy the planet, releasing its stored energies. The Terrorcons were responsible for planting the bombs. Hun-Gurrr was spotted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Shouki]] of the Trainbots, but the other Terrorcons managed to take them hostage. Hun-Gurrr left [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in charge of the hostages, while he took the other Terrorcons to finish planting the charges. The duo failed to notice when Danny set off a homing signal, however, and were soon forced to flee when the Headmasters arrived to rescue their friends. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} They managed to get two of the three sites set before being set upon by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. By forming Abominus, the Terrorcons held their own until Scorponok arrived with his mighty [[Transtector]], MegaZarak. The giant scorpion occupied the Autobots long enough for the Terrorcons to finish their work, and Mars was consumed by the resultant atomic inferno. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Soon after, the Terrorcons joined Sixshot and the returning Galvatron on an energy raid. They sought to prevent the Autobots from re-energizing the distant world of [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and steal the energy for themselves. The Terrorcons formed Abominus for yet another in a series of battles against Computron. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Galvatron left for deep space to plunder new sources of energy, the Terrorcons went with him. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} Hun-Gurrr and Sinnertwin were seen gathering energon on the planet [[Paradise]], and the Terrorcons later formed Abominus to battle the [[Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

The Terrorcons returned with Galvatron and the other Decepticons, setting up shop on Earth under Sixshot's command. He joined an enormous offensive against the Autobots' facility in [[Florida|Miami]], drawing out the troops from Autobot City so that Sixshot could kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Body-slamming Computron as Abominus was just icing on the cake. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The warfare on Earth continued, as the Terrorcons assembled as Abominus in part of a five-fold simultaneous strike on Autobot interests engineered by Sixshot. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

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====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Terrorcons were summoned, but only as [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and the other [[Cybertronian Knight]]s considered a mandatory meditation session and lecture from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] to be a worse challenge than, among other things, Terrorcons overwhelming the cities of Cybertron. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur, 2015/01/07}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Terrorcons-rollout1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Run away! Run—no wait. Run toward! Run toward!]]
The Terrorcons were among the many Decepticons under the command of Scorponok on Cybertron. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} They journeyed with their squad to the world of Nebulos, in pursuit of Fortress Maximus's Autobots. The mighty warrior Blot was chosen to participate in the Decepticons' initial attack on the Nebulans and Autobots in the capital city of [[Koraja]]. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

On Nebulos, the Terrorcons had a terrific time terrorizing organic creatures in the city of [[Splendora]], till the Technobots showed up and kicked their tails. Combining into Abominus didn't help much, as it basically provided Computron with a larger target. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Terrorcons later traveled with Scorponok to the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]] in response to an Autobot sighting there. The newly minted Targetmaster Autobots proved to be a fair match for them; only the Autobots' concern for the Gardens' well-being ended the battle, as they retreated to prevent further damage to them. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

The Terrorcons, along with the rest of the Decepticons, left Nebulos soon after, journeying to the planet Earth. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} There they participated in various battles, most notably against Ratbat's forces, {{storylink|Cold War!}} then briefly against an Autobot force under Optimus Prime's command. Shortly thereafter, they were deactivated by the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and not seen again. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
After [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] took command of the Decepticons, the Terrorcons were part of his elite soldiers, [[Time travel|accompanying him to the past]] during the [[Time Wars]] snafu. When things went bad, they returned to [[2009]]. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Hun-Grrr and Rippersnapper attended a Decepticon gathering called together by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who was looking to recruit more fighters to his cause. Hun-Grrr was skeptic to being ordered around by such a tiny leader, but was suitably convinced when Serpent O.R. proved to be the "son" of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Rippersnapper later helped defend the Decepticon base from a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] assault, {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} while Hun-Grrr protected Serpent O.R. from an furious [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Monstrosity2 Terrorcons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Hun-Grrr and Blot participated in [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s illegal gladiatorial deathmatches just prior to the formation of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

When Megatron was defeated early in the war, he was ousted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and banished to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Believing exile to be far too lenient a punishment for his failure, the Terrorcons traveled to the alien planet to finish their former leader off, planning to do the same to Scorponok later on. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} However, they severely underestimated Megatron, who was able to take down four of them with his bare hands even while running dangerously low on energon. Hun-Gar had the upper hand for a while, but was also defeated as soon as Megatron was able to refuel. Now aware of his power, the Terrorcons swore loyalty to Megatron in exchange for being spared, then brought him back to Cybertron to take revenge on Scorponok. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After Megatron was done punishing the usurper personally, he gave the Terrorcons free reins to tear into him... as long as they kept his pain receptors intact. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}}

[[File:SpotlightSixshot Terrorcons WhoUs.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't kill us! We contribute so much to the continuity!!]]
As the war went on, the Terrorcons became [[Sixshot]]'s biggest fans, hoping to one day be as powerful and feared as the Decepticons' number one mercenary. They were also the closest thing Sixshot has to "friends", as every other Decepticon was scared to death of the guy. The Terrorcons went on a mission to [[Mumu-Obscura]] where they were taken prisoner by the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] and the [[Reaper]]s. Sixshot came to their rescue, and though he was tempted to join the Reapers after Deathbringer extended an offer, Sixshot refused to pass the final test for membership: kill the Terrorcons. The Reapers accepted Sixshot's rejection and allowed him to leave with his "friends". {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

As the war ended, the Terrorcons apparently went their separate ways. Blot, Cutthroat, and Sinnertwin were among the Decepticons who returned to Cybertron. Blot may have been killed by the rogue Autobot [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] while standing watch. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} Cutthroat and Sinnertwin participated in the rioting when Megatron returned to the new Cybertronian settlements. {{storylink|City on Fire}} Hun-Gar and Blot's spark-brother [[Blip]] were part of a band of Decepticons caught practicing [[pink alchemy]] at [[Sensensica]] when the Autobots of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' intervened. {{storylink|Before & After}} Both of them were captured and brought back to Cybertron, where they participated in an ill-fated attempt to rescue Megatron from an Autobot trial. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

Cutthroat, Rippersnapper, and Sinnertwin were hired by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] to guard his [[Regenesis]] ore mine within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and challenged [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and her entourage when they came to investigate. Cutthroat fought with Windblade and [[Octane|Tankor]] while the other two faced off with [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] until Starscream himself intervened and captured the Autobots. {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]] became the galaxy's unlikely resistance against the Decepticons, deploying Terrorcon hordes against the Decepticon [[Zod]] drone army. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Tfl-unleashthebeasts.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Six continuity headaches in one.]]
The Terrorcons were cloned by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] based on ancient [[CNA]]. When they proved uncontrollable, Shockwave sent Predacons [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] to capture them. In the end they recaptured the Terrorcons and returned them to Shockwave's control. For now. {{storylink|Unleash the Beasts}}

{{note|This event was explicitly branded as a [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]] tie-in. However, given ''Transformers Legends''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s general predilection towards Generation 1 and the presence of Shockwave, Razorclaw, and Divebomb, TFWiki is treating it as part of the ''G1'' continuity family.}}

Fearing the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] would form Computron, the Terrorcons ambushed them outside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. After successfully defeating them, the Decepticon team attacked an unsuspecting Autobot City itself. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Hun-Gurrr toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hun-Gurrr! I want you so bad I can taste it!]]
[[File:G1Blot toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Nose monster!]]
*'''Terrorcons''' ([[1987]])
**[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
**[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
**[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]
**[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
**[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]

:The Terrorcons are a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner team: four simple, small figures who form the limbs of the combined form, sold carded at the $5 price point, and one larger leader who forms the central torso, sold boxed at $12. They can combine with members of any other Scramble City-style combiner team, or join together to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. They were sold both individually and as part of a gift set.

:The small toys are fairly simplistic, even for Scramble City limbs. Most of their transformations consist of flipping out the beast torso to form "legs", and flipping back the beast head to reveal the robot head. The robot forms are ''exceedingly'' kibble-laden, with beast arms, legs, heads, tails and wings all hanging off, hoping not to be noticed. They also tend to have rather stunted [[robot mode]] arms. Articulation is limited to a single swivel joint at each shoulder, and knee joints (not very useful due to their fused unifeet.) [[Beast mode]] articulation is much more wide-ranging, with most beast limbs having a swivel joint. They can wield their guns in either mode.

:The team does not share common plastic colors, but their collective palette is dominated by light gray, yellow, blue, purple and magenta.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:Hun-Gurrr is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] toy.

==Notes==
*Unlike many of the [[Special Teams]], the Terrorcons never really had an origin story. The "[[Unleash the Beasts]]" story event in ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' essentially transplants the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s' origins onto the group. You know, whatever works.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrortron''' (テラートロン ''Terātoron'')
*''English:'' '''Reptile Regiment''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Terrorbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lóngtóu Guài''' (龙头怪, "Dragon-head Monster")

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Terrorcon (G1)

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:''The Terrorcons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Loveandsteel-terrorcons1a.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Not a good day to be a Nebulan]]
Sometimes it's hard to take the '''Terrorcons''' seriously. Even for Decepticons, they've got a bunch of personality problems, not to mention a lack of decency. Individually, they're not much, and it's not very hard to outsmart them. One on one, an Autobot would probably win.

Then you actually meet the Terrorcons as a group, and you pray that [[Primus]] has mercy on you, because the Terrorcons sure as hell won't. They'll kill you for a bunch of reasons: orders, sport, boredom, a dare. They're not what you'd call soldiers, warriors, or even brawlers. They're animals, and they bring that thought pattern to everything they do, including their choice of [[Alternate mode|altmodes]], which are the forms of frightening beasts. They're all positively insane.

The Terrorcons consist of:

*The brilliant yet gluttonous [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (leader)
*The superiority obsessed [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*The disgusting [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*The predatory [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*The overly-violent [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]

They combine to form the incredibly destructive (but surprisingly cute) [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]].

{{bigquote |Terrorcons, fight everybody! Rrarrr!|Hun-Gurrr|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Terrorconfight.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|We're the only seven-headed combiner group, blagh! blagh!]]
The Terrorcons accompanied [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to acquire [[anti-electron]]s from [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head. During the adventure, they were attacked by [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. They managed to get the upper hand, but were quickly attacked by the newly made [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. The Terrorcons formed Abominus, but thanks to the sacrifice of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]'s super intelligence, the Technobots formed [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], and defeated the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-terrorcons-robotmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Soon afterwards, the Terrorcons were now under the control of the [[Quintesson]]s for no apparent reason. Hun-Grr was dispatched to attack [[Dirk Manus]], a [[human]] smuggler who had discovered [[Recreator|a device of great value]]. The Terrorcons had been modified by the Quintessons to disassemble from their Abominus form after a short period of time, which was their undoing: Computron detected the timer devices and activated it, forcing the Terrorcons and Quintessons into retreat. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:Abominus1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Prince has really bulked up.]]
The Terrorcons were among the Decepticons fighting the Autobots on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. They formed Abominus on Galvatron's command, but soon disassembled and left with the other "primitive" Transformers when the [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] called them away to fight the powerful [[Tornedron]]. The Terrorcons were the only primitives to fight the energy-draining Tornedron with something other than energy-based weaponry, but were quickly defeated. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Late in the year [[2006]], the Terrorcons attacked [[Gregory Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to steal their new [[Impervious alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. The fight between Abominus and Computron caused significant damage to the lab and seriously injured Morgan's daughter, [[Jessica Morgan|Jessica]], leading the two scientists to plot revenge on all the Transformers by infecting them with the [[Hate Plague]]. Nice going there, guys. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
In 2011, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons journeyed to Cybertron over the long-abandoned Decepticon [[space bridge]]. They were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hun-Gurrr's team combined into Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] at the Autobots on [[Athenia]], he brought along the Terrorcons to occupy the Autobot forces. Linking up as Abominus, they once again battled Computron and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scorponok devised a scheme to harvest [[plasma energy]] from the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] by setting off a series of explosives that would utterly destroy the planet, releasing its stored energies. The Terrorcons were responsible for planting the bombs. Hun-Gurrr was spotted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Shouki]] of the Trainbots, but the other Terrorcons managed to take them hostage. Hun-Gurrr left [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in charge of the hostages, while he took the other Terrorcons to finish planting the charges. The duo failed to notice when Danny set off a homing signal, however, and were soon forced to flee when the Headmasters arrived to rescue their friends. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} They managed to get two of the three sites set before being set upon by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. By forming Abominus, the Terrorcons held their own until Scorponok arrived with his mighty [[Transtector]], MegaZarak. The giant scorpion occupied the Autobots long enough for the Terrorcons to finish their work, and Mars was consumed by the resultant atomic inferno. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Soon after, the Terrorcons joined Sixshot and the returning Galvatron on an energy raid. They sought to prevent the Autobots from re-energizing the distant world of [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and steal the energy for themselves. The Terrorcons formed Abominus for yet another in a series of battles against Computron. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Galvatron left for deep space to plunder new sources of energy, the Terrorcons went with him. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} Hun-Gurrr and Sinnertwin were seen gathering energon on the planet [[Paradise]], and the Terrorcons later formed Abominus to battle the [[Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

The Terrorcons returned with Galvatron and the other Decepticons, setting up shop on Earth under Sixshot's command. He joined an enormous offensive against the Autobots' facility in [[Florida|Miami]], drawing out the troops from Autobot City so that Sixshot could kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Body-slamming Computron as Abominus was just icing on the cake. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The warfare on Earth continued, as the Terrorcons assembled as Abominus in part of a five-fold simultaneous strike on Autobot interests engineered by Sixshot. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

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====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Terrorcons were summoned, but only as [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and the other [[Cybertronian Knight]]s considered a mandatory meditation session and lecture from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] to be a worse challenge than, among other things, Terrorcons overwhelming the cities of Cybertron. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur, 2015/01/07}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Terrorcons-rollout1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Run away! Run—no wait. Run toward! Run toward!]]
The Terrorcons were among the many Decepticons under the command of Scorponok on Cybertron. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} They journeyed with their squad to the world of Nebulos, in pursuit of Fortress Maximus's Autobots. The mighty warrior Blot was chosen to participate in the Decepticons' initial attack on the Nebulans and Autobots in the capital city of [[Koraja]]. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

On Nebulos, the Terrorcons had a terrific time terrorizing organic creatures in the city of [[Splendora]], till the Technobots showed up and kicked their tails. Combining into Abominus didn't help much, as it basically provided Computron with a larger target. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Terrorcons later traveled with Scorponok to the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]] in response to an Autobot sighting there. The newly minted Targetmaster Autobots proved to be a fair match for them; only the Autobots' concern for the Gardens' well-being ended the battle, as they retreated to prevent further damage to them. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

The Terrorcons, along with the rest of the Decepticons, left Nebulos soon after, journeying to the planet Earth. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} There they participated in various battles, most notably against Ratbat's forces, {{storylink|Cold War!}} then briefly against an Autobot force under Optimus Prime's command. Shortly thereafter, they were deactivated by the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and not seen again. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
After [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] took command of the Decepticons, the Terrorcons were part of his elite soldiers, [[Time travel|accompanying him to the past]] during the [[Time Wars]] snafu. When things went bad, they returned to [[2009]]. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Hun-Grrr and Rippersnapper attended a Decepticon gathering called together by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who was looking to recruit more fighters to his cause. Hun-Grrr was skeptic to being ordered around by such a tiny leader, but was suitably convinced when Serpent O.R. proved to be the "son" of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Rippersnapper later helped defend the Decepticon base from a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] assault, {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} while Hun-Grrr protected Serpent O.R. from an furious [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Monstrosity2 Terrorcons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Hun-Grrr and Blot participated in [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s illegal gladiatorial deathmatches just prior to the formation of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

When Megatron was defeated early in the war, he was ousted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and banished to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Believing exile to be far too lenient a punishment for his failure, the Terrorcons traveled to the alien planet to finish their former leader off, planning to do the same to Scorponok later on. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} However, they severely underestimated Megatron, who was able to take down four of them with his bare hands even while running dangerously low on energon. Hun-Gar had the upper hand for a while, but was also defeated as soon as Megatron was able to refuel. Now aware of his power, the Terrorcons swore loyalty to Megatron in exchange for being spared, then brought him back to Cybertron to take revenge on Scorponok. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After Megatron was done punishing the usurper personally, he gave the Terrorcons free reins to tear into him... as long as they kept his pain receptors intact. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}}

[[File:SpotlightSixshot Terrorcons WhoUs.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't kill us! We contribute so much to the continuity!!]]
As the war went on, the Terrorcons became [[Sixshot]]'s biggest fans, hoping to one day be as powerful and feared as the Decepticons' number one mercenary. They were also the closest thing Sixshot has to "friends", as every other Decepticon was scared to death of the guy. The Terrorcons went on a mission to [[Mumu-Obscura]] where they were taken prisoner by the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] and the [[Reaper]]s. Sixshot came to their rescue, and though he was tempted to join the Reapers after Deathbringer extended an offer, Sixshot refused to pass the final test for membership: kill the Terrorcons. The Reapers accepted Sixshot's rejection and allowed him to leave with his "friends". {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

As the war ended, the Terrorcons apparently went their separate ways. Blot, Cutthroat, and Sinnertwin were among the Decepticons who returned to Cybertron. Blot may have been killed by the rogue Autobot [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] while standing watch. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} Cutthroat and Sinnertwin participated in the rioting when Megatron returned to the new Cybertronian settlements. {{storylink|City on Fire}} Hun-Gar and Blot's spark-brother [[Blip]] were part of a band of Decepticons caught practicing [[pink alchemy]] at [[Sensensica]] when the Autobots of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' intervened. {{storylink|Before & After}} Both of them were captured and brought back to Cybertron, where they participated in an ill-fated attempt to rescue Megatron from an Autobot trial. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

Cutthroat, Rippersnapper, and Sinnertwin were hired by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] to guard his [[Regenesis]] ore mine within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and challenged [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and her entourage when they came to investigate. Cutthroat fought with Windblade and [[Octane|Tankor]] while the other two faced off with [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] until Starscream himself intervened and captured the Autobots. {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]] became the galaxy's unlikely resistance against the Decepticons, deploying Terrorcon hordes against the Decepticon [[Zod]] drone army. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Tfl-unleashthebeasts.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Six continuity headaches in one.]]
The Terrorcons were cloned by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] based on ancient [[CNA]]. When they proved uncontrollable, Shockwave sent Predacons [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] to capture them. In the end they recaptured the Terrorcons and returned them to Shockwave's control. For now. {{storylink|Unleash the Beasts}}

{{note|This event was explicitly branded as a [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]] tie-in. However, given ''Transformers Legends''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s general predilection towards Generation 1 and the presence of Shockwave, Razorclaw, and Divebomb, TFWiki is treating it as part of the ''G1'' continuity family.}}

Fearing the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] would form Computron, the Terrorcons ambushed them outside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. After successfully defeating them, the Decepticon team attacked an unsuspecting Autobot City itself. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Hun-Gurrr toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hun-Gurrr! I want you so bad I can taste it!]]
[[File:G1Blot toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Nose monster!]]
*'''Terrorcons''' ([[1987]])
**[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
**[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
**[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]
**[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
**[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]

:The Terrorcons are a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner team: four simple, small figures who form the limbs of the combined form, sold carded at the $5 price point, and one larger leader who forms the central torso, sold boxed at $12. They can combine with members of any other Scramble City-style combiner team, or join together to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. They were sold both individually and as part of a gift set.

:The small toys are fairly simplistic, even for Scramble City limbs. Most of their transformations consist of flipping out the beast torso to form "legs", and flipping back the beast head to reveal the robot head. The robot forms are ''exceedingly'' kibble-laden, with beast arms, legs, heads, tails and wings all hanging off, hoping not to be noticed. They also tend to have rather stunted [[robot mode]] arms. Articulation is limited to a single swivel joint at each shoulder, and knee joints (not very useful due to their fused unifeet.) [[Beast mode]] articulation is much more wide-ranging, with most beast limbs having a swivel joint. They can wield their guns in either mode.

:The team does not share common plastic colors, but their collective palette is dominated by light gray, yellow, blue, purple and magenta.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:Hun-Gurrr is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] toy.

==Notes==
*Unlike many of the [[Special Teams]], the Terrorcons never really had an origin story. The "[[Unleash the Beasts]]" story event in ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' essentially transplants the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s' origins onto the group. You know, whatever works.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrortron''' (テラートロン ''Terātoron'')
*''English:'' '''Reptile Regiment''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Terrorbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lóngtóu Guài''' (龙头怪, "Dragon-head Monster")

[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Terrorcons|Terrorcon (G1)]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Volcanicus (POTP)

2017-09-09T20:06:39Z

Caffeinated Spider:

Motormaster (WFC)

2017-08-17T02:02:50Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Notes */

{{faction|decepticon|primestunticon}}
{{disambig3|Motormaster}}
:''Motormaster is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:TRID E 57 Motormaster RM.jpg|right|thumb|350px|"I am the Motormaster, and you will obey me."]]

'''Motormaster''' has a very simple goal: to be the king of the road. ''Very'' simple. Some might argue "simple to the point of stupid". His ambitions don't seem to get much higher than that, and just what exactly "king of the road" entails is similarly vague. What is certain though is that it involves smashing anything in his way, smashing anything that annoys him, and just generally smashing things. And this hulking semi has the muscle to do so with ease.

The leader of the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s, Motormaster leads primarily through threats of violence followed by violence. His subordinates are scared oil-less of him, which is close to loyalty, but not quite. When even his conisderable strength isn't enough to get the smashing done, he can combine with his lackeys to form the walking demolition derby [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]].

{{quote|If we control this planet's roads, we control this planet. I'm sick of these [[human]]s and [[Autobot]]s gettin' in our business. It's time to show 'em we're ''serious''.|Motormaster's grand plan|"[[The Great Divide]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Travis Willingham]] (English), TBA (Japanese)}}
[[File:TRID E 47 Motormaster silhouette.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"This is useless in your hands...you have moral scruples."]]
After [[Heatseeker]] found [[Cybertronian technology finder|a device]] which could help track Cybertronian tech, he reported back to Motormaster. Though not exactly happy with the failure of Heatseeker's ''assigned'' mission, Motormaster accepted the device, plotting to stock up on tech to help the Stunticons control the roads of Earth. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}} [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] later managed to acquire the device so that he and [[Wildbreak]] could get in Motormaster's good graces.{{storylink|Bee Cool}}

Drag Strip presented a [[Gravitic Adjuster]] to Motormaster that he tested on Wildbreak before Motormaster called his minion off and promptly sent him to stir up some trouble to show Autobots and humans alike that the Stunticons meant business. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} As Heatseeker, Drag Strip, Wildbreak, and [[Slashmark]] raced in the [[Crown City Grand Prix]], Drag Strip thought about keeping the title of "Ruler of the Roads" to himself; Wildbreak replied that Motormaster would most likely run Drag Strip over, back up, and run him over again. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

When his subordinate Stunticons were on a mission to clear the humans off of the roads of [[Star Visitor Estates]], Motormaster unexpectedly joined them, declaring that he was dissatisfied with their performance at taking over Earth's roads and, therefore, he would show them how things were done ''himself''. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

[[File:RiD2015 - Railroad Rage - Motormaster altmode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I have too few worthy opponents. When they've gone I always miss them."]]
Accompanying the Stunticons on a road-claiming mission, Motormaster boasted that no vehicles on Earth were faster than the Stunticons - just in time for a maglev train to pass them. Declaring that he would not abide anything being faster than him, he ordered the Stunticons to retrieve its engine. After they were thwarted by the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]], he answered Drag Strip's offer of "making it up to him somehow" by declaring he had ''many'' ideas for how they could do so. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[File:MotorMasterWFCDSconcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"We have them now, but beware. The Autobots are never more dangerous than when the odds are against them."]]
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}

Motormaster was responsible for a strange signal coming from the collapsing sewers, prompting the Decepticons to investigate just what was going on down there. After watching them trash the sewer system, he decided that they were his kind of robots... but there was going to be a rumble anyway! Motormaster put up a pretty good fight, but after the Decepticons bested him, he offered his services as a terrorist to their cause. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron — Autobots/Decepticons}}

{{Note|Motormaster is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron'']], gained by defeating him in Sewers 6 in Arena mode. On the Decepticon version he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode.}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
* '''Menasor''' (Team Combiner, 2017)
[[File:RIDmotormastertoy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Now then, citizens of the roads; please attend carefully!"]]

:Released as part of the Menasor set, Motormaster transforms from a futuristic truck into a ''[[Brick (term)|non-poseable]]'' robot (with his swiveling lower legs as his ''only'' poseable part), or into the upper torso of the gestalt. As a torso, Motormaster can swap arms from legs from various Team Combiner sets like Galvatronus, although he can only swap arms with Strongarm & Sideswipe.

:Secondary stock photos of the toy is mistransformed: his Combiner head was in his original head's place.

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==Notes==
*Motormaster is playable in both the Autobot and Decepticon versions of the ''War for Cybertron'' games for the DS. He can be used only for multiplayer, bonus missions and Arena mode in the Autobot version, and multiplayer, Arena mode, and campaign in the Decepticon version.
*In the game credits, Motormaster's name is capitalized as "'''MotorMaster'''" for reasons unknown.
*His model appears to use a standard head with a box like protrusion behind it. This is perhaps calling back to the original G1 toy and differs from the box head of the G1 cartoon.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Menasor (RID)

2017-08-17T01:58:34Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Menasor}}
{{faction|decepticon|primestunticon}}
:''Menasor is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].

[[File:RiD2015 - Combine and Conquer - Menasor Cares Not.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Menasor cares not for your G1-accuracy complaints.]]

The fearsome '''Menasor''' is the combined form of [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], [[Heatseeker]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]], and [[Slashmark]]. His powerful body has the combined strength of his [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] components, but using it can be a challenge. Being formed from five 'Cons who have clashing personalities and at best a low tolerance for each other, Menasor's coordination can be considerably hampered. Menasor spends more time yelling orders at his components than roaring threats at his enemies. But when he can get his act together, there is practically nothing he can't flatten.

{{quote|Welcome to the end of the road! Courtesy of ''Menasor!''.|Menasor|"[[Combine and Conquer]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RID2015 - Combine and Conquer - Menasor In The House.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Menasor cares not for your concerns about '[[scale]]'.]]
To show the Bee Team that he means business, Motormaster orders his underlings to combine with him forming Menasor. It was a terrifying sight for the Autobots...until he got his sword stuck in the ground. Menasor began barking orders to his arms and belittling them for their incompetence, allowing the Bee Team to escape. After finally freeing his weapon, he made straight to a human military base. He made short work of the autonomous defense tanks, expressing disdain that there was no squishies for him him to squash. He was promptly surprised when Ultrabee made an appearance, kicking Menasor to the ground. However, he quickly got the upper servo once more as Ultrabee struggled with learning any new attacks. He was about to land a final strike against the Autobot when Ultrabee aimed the asteroid deflector satellite at Menasor, sending him blasting off into the horizon.{{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID2015toy Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Menasor cares not for Wildbreak being the wrong color.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Team Combiners, 2017)

:Released as part of the Team Combiners subline, Menasor is a 5-pack consisting of [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] and the Scout-sized [[Heatseeker]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]], and [[Slashmark]]. While the 4 smaller Stunticons have simple robot-to-vehicle transformations, Motormaster has several steps in his transformation. The Stunticons can combine to form Menasor, and the arms & legs can swap with other Team Combiner limbs (though in the case of [[Ultra Bee]], he can only swap arms, due to Ultra Bee's nature as a 4-piece Combiner). Like every Team Combiner, Menasor has index-to-pinky finger articulation, but not the thumb.

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category: Stunticons]]

Menasor (RID)

2017-08-17T01:57:12Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Menasor}}
{{faction|decepticon|primestunticon}}
:''Menasor is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].

[[File:RiD2015 - Combine and Conquer - Menasor Cares Not.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Menasor cares not for your G1-accuracy complaints.]]

The fearsome '''Menasor''' is the combined form of [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], [[Heatseeker]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]], and [[Slashmark]]. His powerful body has the combined strength of his [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] components, but using it can be a challenge. Being formed from five 'Cons who have clashing personalities and at best a low tolerance for each other, Menasor's coordination can be considerably hampered. Menasor spends more time yelling orders at his components than roaring threats at his enemies. But when he can get his act together, there is practically nothing he can't flatten.

{{quote|Welcome to the end of the road! Courtesy of ''Menasor!''.|Menasor|"[[Combine and Conquer]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RID2015 - Combine and Conquer - Menasor In The House.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Menasor cares not for your concerns about '[[scale]]'.]]
To show the Bee Team that he means business, Motormaster orders his underlings to combine with him forming Menasor. It was a terrifying sight for the Autobots...until he go his sword stuck in the ground. Menasor began barking orders to his arms and belittingly them for their incompetence, allowing the Bee Team to escape. After finally freeing his weapon, he made straight to a human military base. He made short work of the autonomous defense tanks, expressing disdain that there was no squishies for him him to squash. He was promptly surprised when Ultrabee made an appearance, kicking Menasor to the ground. However, he quickly got the upper servo once more as Ultrabee struggled with learning any new attacks. He was about to land a final strike against the Autobot when Ultrabee aimed the asteroid deflector satellite at Menasor, sending him blasting off into the horizon.{{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID2015toy Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Menasor cares not for Wildbreak being the wrong color.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Team Combiners, 2017)

:Released as part of the Team Combiners subline, Menasor is a 5-pack consisting of [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] and the Scout-sized [[Heatseeker]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]], and [[Slashmark]]. While the 4 smaller Stunticons have simple robot-to-vehicle transformations, Motormaster has several steps in his transformation. The Stunticons can combine to form Menasor, and the arms & legs can swap with other Team Combiner limbs (though in the case of [[Ultra Bee]], he can only swap arms, due to Ultra Bee's nature as a 4-piece Combiner). Like every Team Combiner, Menasor has index-to-pinky finger articulation, but not the thumb.

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category: Stunticons]]

Menasor (RID)

2017-08-17T01:54:28Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Menasor}}
{{faction|decepticon|primestunticon}}
:''Menasor is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].

[[File:RiD2015 - Combine and Conquer - Menasor Cares Not.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Menasor cares not for your G1-accuracy complaints.]]

The fearsome '''Menasor''' is the combined form of [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]], [[Heatseeker]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]], and [[Slashmark]]. His powerful body has the combined strength of his [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] components, but using it can be a challenge. Being formed from five 'Cons who have clashing personalities and at best a low tolerance for each other, Menasor's coordination can be considerably hampered. Menasor spends more time yelling orders at his components than roaring threats at his enemies. But when he can get his act together, there is practically nothing he can't flatten.

{{quote|Welcome to the end of the road! Courtesy of ''Menasor!''.|Menasor|"[[Combine and Conquer]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RID2015 - Combine and Conquer - Menasor In The House.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Menasor cares not for your concerns about '[[scale]]'.]]
To show the Bee Team that he means business, Motormaster orders his underlings to combine with him forming Menasor. It was a terrifying sight for the Autobots...until he go his sword stuck in the ground. Menasor began barking orders to his arms and belittingly them for their incompetence, allowing the Bee Team to escape. After finally freeing his weapon, he made straight to a human military base. He made short work of the autonomous defense tanks, expressing disdain that there was no squishes for him him to squash. He was promptly surprised when Ultrabee made an appearance, kicking Menasor to the ground. However, he quickly got the upper servo once more as Ultrabee struggled with learning any new attacks. He was about to land a final strike against the Autobot when Ultrabee aimed the asteroid deflector satellite at Menasor, sending him blasting off into the horizon.{{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID2015toy Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Menasor cares not for Wildbreak being the wrong color.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Team Combiners, 2017)

:Released as part of the Team Combiners subline, Menasor is a 5-pack consisting of [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] and the Scout-sized [[Heatseeker]], [[Wildbreak]], [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]], and [[Slashmark]]. While the 4 smaller Stunticons have simple robot-to-vehicle transformations, Motormaster has several steps in his transformation. The Stunticons can combine to form Menasor, and the arms & legs can swap with other Team Combiner limbs (though in the case of [[Ultra Bee]], he can only swap arms, due to Ultra Bee's nature as a 4-piece Combiner). Like every Team Combiner, Menasor has index-to-pinky finger articulation, but not the thumb.

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category: Stunticons]]

Hun-Gurrr (G1)

2017-08-06T03:03:49Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Transformers: Earth Wars */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{picsneeded|Fictional appearances}}
{{disambig3.5|the evil Decepticon|his good counterpart|Hun-Grrr|Hun-Gurrr}}
:''Hun-Gurrr is a [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEHun-Gurrr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My need to feed gives me the will to survive!]]
'''Hun-Gurrr''' is the leader of the Terrorcons and would be quite the model Decepticon and military strategist if he could just stop stuffing his two mouths. Hun-Gurrr is a terrible glutton, constantly filling his stomach with as much energy and materials as he can find. He only ever stops his insatiable feeding frenzies to fulfill his other desire: wanton destruction. In this capacity he is quite adept as a military leader, although his underlings are sometimes unable to understand his commands when Hun-Gurrr has stuffed his face(s) full of fallen [[Autobot]]s.

Hun-Gurrr can combine with the other Terrorcons to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and sometimes he combines with other Decepticons to form [[Abomenaticus]] or [[Destron Super Scramble]].

His name is also spelled '''Hun-Grr''', '''Hun-Garr''', '''Hun-Grrr''', and '''Hun-Gar'''.

{{quote|Hun-Grr, hungry!|Hun-Grr|"[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]], [[Marshall Efron]] (English, Beast mode), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Thomas Rau]] (German), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Grimlocks New Brain")}}
[[File:Money-is-everything-hungurrr-beast2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Hun-Gurr attempts to eat outer space.]]
Hun-Grr and the rest of the Terrorcons were first encountered when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] went to [[Unicron]]'s head to acquire [[anti-electron]]s. During a fight with the [[Autobot]]s, the Terrorcons did a decent job of fighting them, with Hun-Grr grabbing [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] with his mouths. However, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and Hun-Grr ordered the Terrorcons to merge into Abominus. The Technobots merged into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], but Abominus grabbed Computron. The Autobot combiner defeated Abominus by vibrating, forcing Abominus to separate back into his component Terrorcons. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Hungrrtoon.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hun-Grr contemplates eating his own hand.]]
[[File:Money-is-everything-hungurrr-robot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I am Hun, and this is Gurr, and we're here to EAT *clap*YOU UP!"]]
Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons were next seen in the employ of the [[Quintesson]]s. At some point, the Quintessons installed an [[automatic timer]] on one or all of the Terrorcons, limiting the time they could spend combined as Abominus. A ravenous Hun-Gurrr was sent to attack rogue trader [[Dirk Manus]], finding time to devour a satellite along the way (and spit it back out as a pair of missiles). Crashing headlong into two Technobots and then the planet's surface, Hun-Gurrr was finally driven off by the Technobots' combined firepower. Later, after Abominus shot down the Technobots over Saturn and chased Manus's ship to Titan's surface, he expressed frustration at being forced to separate from the others before their hunt was done. He was soon hungry again, and didn't take kindly to Sinnertwin's suggestion that he eat something. The Terrorcons in their combined form were defeated a second time by Computron shortly thereafter, and fled from Titan. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:Terrorconcall.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hun-Gurrr's Inside Story.]]
Hun-Grr was one of the [[Primitive]]s summoned to fight [[Tornedron]]. During the interaction with the Primitives, Hun-Grr picked fights with everyone for any possible reason. While stuck on the world of [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]], Hun-Grr attempted to fight Tornedron by spitting chewed-up rocks at the energy being. This was actually not an entirely unreasonable tactic, given that Tornedron was plainly feeding off the energy weapons all of the other Primitives were using against him. It didn't work, though. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Hun-Grr led the Terrorcons' attack on [[Jessica Morgan]]'s father's laboratory, intending to steal a new super-alloy for Galvatron. They were delayed for a moment by the Technobots, but a quick merge into Abominus blasted Computron out of the battle long enough for the Terrorcons to grab the alloy. As the Technobots attacked again, Hun-Grr said "Got what we came for! We go, fight another day!" and they took off. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In [[2007]], Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons participated in an attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in order to draw the Autobots' attention while [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] stole the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} They were later seen wearing down the Autobot defenses on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War'' manga=====
Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons were defeated in battle as Abominus by Computron. They switched tactics and split into their individual modes to spray Computron with "[[Cohesive Control Liquid]]", forcing him onto the Decepticon side. The Technobots were eventually freed when Spike Witwicky blasted them with a counter-spray. The now clear-minded Computron then proceeded to crush the individual Terrorcons.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons journeyed to Cybertron over the long-abandoned Decepticon [[space bridge|Space Bridge]]. They were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hun-Gurrr's team combined into Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] at the Autobots on [[Athenia]], he brought along Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons to occupy the Autobot forces. Linking up as Abominus, they once again battled Computron and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scorponok devised a scheme to harvest [[plasma energy]] from the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] by setting off a series of explosives that would utterly destroy the planet, releasing its stored energies. Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons were responsible for planting the bombs. Hun-Gurrr was spotted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Shouki]] of the Trainbots, but the other Terrorcons managed to take them hostage. Hun-Gurrr left [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in charge of the hostages, while he took the other Terrorcons to finish planting the charges. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} They managed to get two of the three sites set before being set upon by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. By forming Abominus, Hun-Grrr's team held their own until Scorponok arrived with his mighty [[Transtector]], MegaZarak. The giant scorpion occupied the Autobots long enough for the Terrorcons to finish their work, and Mars was consumed by the resultant atomic inferno. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Soon after, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons joined Sixshot the returning Galvatron on an energy raid. They sought to prevent the Autobots from re-energizing the distant world of [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and steal the energy for themselves. Hun-Gurrr's team formed Abominus for yet another in a series of battles against Computron. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Galvatron left for deep space to plunder new sources of energy, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons went with him. He and Sinnertwin were seen gathering energon on the planet [[Paradise]], and the Terrorcons later formed Abominus to battle the [[Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Hun-Gurrr returned with Galvatron and the other Decepticons, setting up shop on Earth under Sixshot's command. He joined an enormous offensive against the Autobots' facility in [[Florida|Miami]], drawing out the troops from Autobot City so that Sixshot could kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Body-slamming Computron as Abominus was just icing on the cake. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The warfare on Earth continued, as Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons assembled as Abominus in part of a five-fold simultaneous strike on Autobot interests engineered by Sixshot. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} As Scorponok assumed control of the Decepticons again, Hun-Gurrr was seen at a rally being held in his honor on Chaar. Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons later joined a Decepticon strike on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], seeking to gain control of the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

As Scorponok abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Hun-Gurrr was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} As part of Abominus, Hun-Gurrr participated in the final battle with the Autobots at the North Pole. He escaped into space with the rest of Scorponok's Decepticons. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Hun-Gurrr was one of those summoned, but only as a part of [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Hun-gurr brothers in armor.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He spits, then.]]
Hun-Gurrr and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] served [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] on Cybertron, and journeyed to [[Nebulos]] under his command to conquer the populace and destroy their old foes, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his crew. The Terrorcons made a rather poor showing of themselves upon their first mission, however. As they trampled through the city of [[Splendora]], they were met and driven off by [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and a pair of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], despite being backed up by the [[Horrorcon]]s. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} While battling the Autobots at [[The Nursery]], Hun-Garr showed that even he wouldn't eat some food when he caught [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]'s rocket-propelled grenades in his twin heads and then immediately spat them back out at his opponent. Despite the Decepticons' opponents having recently been upgraded into [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], Hun-Gurrr and the others held their own until the Autobots came to realize the battle was bringing too great destruction to the agricultural facility. They fled from the Decepticons to bring an end to the carnage. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

The Decepticons eventually left Nebulos for Earth, and entered into talks with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew who were already stationed there. The talks didn't go too well. Looking out the window of their starship, Hun-Grr and [[Triggerhappy]] saw the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] attacking Scorponok and his entourage. They rallied their fellow Decepticons and led them out into a Decepticon Civil War against Ratbat's troops. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

Soon after, Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons were destroyed battling an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Hun-gurr time wars.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Eating the humans, on the other hand, is perfectly okay.]]
By [[2008]], Hun-Grr was repaired and serving under [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s command on Cybertron when ol' one-eye was assassinated by the minions of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], leaving [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to lead the Decepticons into an ill-advised conflict with the Autobots. It was Hun-Gurrr who pointed out to [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] when Cyclonus and Scourge fled the field of battle, and together they then sounded the retreat for all the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Later that year, Soundwave learned that most of the Autobots were allegedly off-world, and planned to attack the Autobot-controlled territories in their enemies' absence. Hun-Grr was seen among Soundwave's top generals and sub-commanders rocketing into battle. The information proved false however, and the Decepticons were caught in a Quintesson ambush. They were forced to call upon the Autobots for help to prevent Cybertron's forceful colonization by the aliens. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In [[2009]], Hun-Grr and the Terrorcons carried out Soundwave's important plan to ransack Earth and leech energy out of the planet itself. Hun-Grr showed more competence than the other Terrorcons, forcing them to stop attacking human settlements for fun when they should be working. Amusingly, he also reacted quickly after overhearing humans wondering where the Autobots were, and announced to the fleshlings that the Autobots had been their advance guard, softening up the population for the kill. Heh. Decepticon humor.

After the Autobots destroyed their energy leech machine, Soundwave and the Terrorcons followed them back to Autobot City and found an open [[trans-time dimensional portal]] back to 1989. Hun-Grr insisted they follow the Autobots back into the past and seek revenge, and Soundwave agreed in order to maintain a good relationship with his men. Once there, however, they learned of the all-encompassing timestorm, and its threat to the entire timestream. Realizing the threat was too large to handle themselves, Soundwave and Hun-Grr had the Terrorcons quietly extract themselves from the battle with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his allies, and transported back to 2009. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====''Classics''====
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Hun-Gurr had a mother named [[Ma-Grrr]]. He and the Terrorcons were eventually repaired and brought back on-line as part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces. Hun-Grrr also had himself reconstructed into a new, THREE-headed dragon mode, maximizing his chances for gluttony. He was pleased to now have three heads in [[robot mode]] as well as [[beast mode]], and his enhanced power made the Abominus combination even more fearsome.

As Bludgeon's forces prepared for war with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Hun-Grrr worked out of the armory, keeping the planetary defense cannons in proper order. He was in such a good mood, he even offered some of his Energon chips to Bludgeon and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] as they approached. Hun-Grrr's good mood quickly soured when his leader not only accused him of betraying their cause, he actually... refused... FOOD! The furious Terrorcon leader attempted to shoot Bludgeon, only for his [[sonic stun-gun]] to be cleanly sliced in two. Blot arrived in time to stop Bludgeon's killing stroke, and after exchanging some fierce blows with the [[Pretender]] and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], Hun-Grrr was in no mood to even try to proclaim his innocence. Summoning the rest of the Terrorcons with a mighty bellow, Hun-Grrr triggered their formation into Abominus.

Abominus was forced to contend with the Seacons' united form, [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. The bestial fury that so often served him well in battle was no match for the consummate hunter, and Abominus was soon impaled through the chest on Piranacon's coral sword. The giant began twitching helplessly as Hun-Grrr went into stasis lock and the other Terrorcons desperately tried to fight off the symbiotic shock. They failed, and the Terrorcons were carted away by [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] at Bludgeon's order, for waste disposal. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Megatrons zombie army loose ends 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Who died and made you king of the zombies?]]
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Following his death in the [[Underbase Saga|Underbase battles]], Hun-Gurrr's body was retrieved by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] who reanimated and lobotomized him. In [[2012]], as part of Megatron's [[zombie]] army, Hun-Gurrr was ordered to track down [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the [[Wrecker]]s but was led away from the main group by [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} He and the other zombified Cybertronians were offlined permanently after [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Regeneration One|Circuit Smasher]] frizzle-fried the Ark's computer, [[Aunty|Auntie]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} After Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Hun-Gurrr and Motormaster bring Optimus AoW4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|left]]
Hun-Grrr and his Terrorcons were among the scattered Decepticons that the newly arrived [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] united in his bid to take over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Although he was doubtful about being ordered around by such a tiny being and not too happy about working with the "obsolete" [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], Hun-Grrr saw the light when Serpent O.R. plugged into his brain and proved that he was the "son" of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

Now organized properly under Serpent O.R.'s leadership, the Decepticon launched a massive attack against the Autobots. They managed to capture Optimus Prime, who was delivered to Serpent O.R. in chains by Hun-Gurrr and Motormaster. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} But the Autobot leader broke free of his bonds and took Serpent O.R. by surprise. Hun-Grrr took Optimus on alongside several other combiner team leaders—and was promptly knocked out. He only regained consciousness when the battle was over, and not sure what was going on, decided to kill the weakened Optimus Prime anyway... only to be blasted through the chest by the 70mm cannon on [[Cover Girl]]'s [[A.W.E. Striker]]. Oh bummer... {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Back before the war, Hun-Grrr fought for [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial deathmatches]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} From here he fell in league with the Decepticons, attending Megatron's rallies and show of power as the new faction took shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

When Megatron was first defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], Hun-Gar was unimpressed that [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] had him punished him with mere exile and made it his mission to finish the job. He took his Terrorcons with him to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to kill his former leader, intending to do the same to Scorponok later on. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} While Megatron was able to fight off the other Terrorcons, Hun-Gar held his own and might've won if Megatron hadn't been able to trap him under some rubble, buying him enough time to regain his strength and blast a hole through the Terrorcon's torso. Recognizing Megatron's power, Hun-Gar swore loyalty to him and begged to be finished off, but Megatron spared him and brought the Terrorcons back to Cybertron for revenge on Scorponok. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After he was done beating Scorponok into a sorry pulp, Megatron allowed Hun-Gar's Terrorcons to torture the usurper. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Hun-Gar went on to participate in Megatron's all-out assault on Iacon. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

[[File:SpotlightSixshot Cutthroat Hun-Gurrr.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He was elected unanimously, with one abstention. He ate his own ballot.]]
In the present, Hun-Grrr became the president of the Official [[Sixshot]] Fanclub. He and the other Terrorcons were sent to [[Mumu-Obscura]], but were taken prisoner by the [[Reaper]]s to lure Sixshot to the planet. The Reapers offered membership to their little club so long as Sixshot destroyed the Terrorcons. When they thought Sixshot was seriously considering the offer, Hun-Grrr tried to persuade Sixshot that the Decepticon war machine didn't need the Reapers, as he already had a group of misfit friends in the Terrorcons. He was left speechless when Sixshot demonstrated his skill to the Reapers by intentionally missing the Terrorcons, and the Reapers allowed the Decepticons to leave in peace. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

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Following the end of the war, Hun-Gar and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snap Trap]] combined their forces and invaded [[Temptoria]]. They began converting the natives into [[energon]] using [[pink alchemy]], but it was not long before the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' arrived and gave them a good pounding, eventually liberating the planet. {{storylink|Before & After}}

During Megatron's trial, Hun-Grr, Snap Trap, and several other of their forces imprisoned within the ''Lost Light'' and assaulted the trial with the misguided goal of liberating Megatron. Hun-Grr voiced his legal objection to Optimus Prime's intervention, but it was overruled by Optimus's fist to his face. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*During a battle between the Terrorcons and the Technobots, Hun-Gurr fell into one of the Technobots' many traps and was caged by his opponents. The other Terrorcons continued to viciously attack their opponents nonetheless, giving them "one horrific battle." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}
*Hun-Gurr and the Terrorcons launched an assault on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], only to be blasted away by the Autobot city's battle station mode. The Terrorcons regrouped and combined into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] to tear into Maximus's armament. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Fortress Maximus|Fortress Maximus commercial}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{Note|Hun-Gurrr is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Hun-gurr and his team were cloned from ancient [[CNA]] by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and promptly escaped to cause havoc. [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] were dispatched and managed to recapture Hun-gurr and his team, returning them to Shockwave's control, for now anyway. {{storylink|Unleash the Beasts}}

In order to gain the key to Autobot City and neutralize [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Hun-Gurrr and the other Terrorcons launched a surprise attack against the Technobots. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Quintessons sent Hun-Gurrr and Cutthroat to attack the ''Lazy Sue'' and steal the Recreator, but they failed due to the intervention of the Technobots. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Hun-Gurrr.jpg|thumb|left|400px| He ate all the thumbs that unfortunately touched him.]]
Hun-Gurrr participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character available as a reward in the "Abominus Rampage" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Hun-Gurrr-Earth-Wars-Modelsheet.png|thumb|250px|Then he ate the designer. Hurr-hurr!]]
Hun-Gurrr was originally leaked to the general public, along with Kup, long before his actual debut.

During [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]]'s search for a new Decepticon from the multiverse, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sent Hun-Gurrr to hunt down Barricade and make sure he failed. But Hun-Gurrr had a hard time adjusting to the space-time continuum. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Critical Mass}}

Hun-Gurrr caught up to Barricade into [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|a garish universe]]. Barricade quickly deduced Hun-Gurrr's true intentions, but subsequently convinced Hun-Gurrr to team up. They traveled to [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|a new universe]],
and witnessed the power of [[Megatron (Armada)|the local Megatron]], concluding that he was a good candidate for recruitment. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Worlds Collide}}

Hun-Gurrr was later sent on a retrieval mission to an [[Quintessa| new planet]], but the Decepticons back on Earth lost contact with him due to chronic interference. He snacked on one of the native creatures when he ran into [[Snarl (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Snarl]] , who was also after the same thing. Just then they were swarmed by Sharkticons! {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Quintessential}}
Snarl convinced Hun-Gurrr to team up against the Sharkticons, and he gobbled up as many as he can. He was getting full when Snarl unleashed a solar blast and "frying tonight". the hordes.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Death's Trap}}

The Deceptions reestablished communications, and gave him new orders to kill Snarl.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Face to Face}}

*'''Stats:''' Statwise, Hun-Gurrr is comparable to the leader of Predacons - Razorclaw. He has an impressive movement speed of 3.4 (0.2 faster than Razorclaw) but his health is 10% lower than Razorclaw’s.
*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weaponry:''' In his beast mode, Hun-Gurrr has a series of vicious melee attacks as well as a medium-range fire breathing move similar to the one of Grimlock.
*'''Ability: Fire Frenzy:''' Attacks with fierce strength hitting multiple targets in a line, setting enemy buildings on fire and dealing up to 300% (lvl 1) - 425% (lvl 10) of damage. This mode lasts 15 seconds.
**'''Cost:'''

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Hun-Gurrr toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His favorite video game is ''Double Dragon''. Or ''Burgertime''.]]
*'''Hun-Gurrr''' (Terrorcon, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''TR5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-79'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Sonic stun-gun|Sonic Stun Gun]]", Abominus's head, chest shield, 2 fists (left & right), 2 feet (left & right)

:Hun-Gurrr transforms into a white/grey and purple two-headed dragon (specifically an "[[Algean two-headed razor beast]]", if the biography of his [[Hun-Grrr|''Shattered Glass'' counterpart]] is to be believed). He has plenty of articulation for a Generation 1 toy in this mode, located mostly in the beast mode necks, and this extends to his robot mode, with multiple points in his arms and legs and even his head, which rotates for transformation. One can attach Abominus's chest plate onto his shoulder in robot mode. Hun-Gurrr combines with his fellow Terrorcons to form Abominus, serving as the super-robot's torso. He can also combine with any other Transformers that use the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style connection system.

:There is a later-run variant of Hun-Gurrr which does not have the [[rubsign]] indent on his bicep/hindleg.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Hun-Grrr/hun-grrr.htm More information on Hun-Gurrr at TFU.info]''
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*'''Abominus''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-84'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Sonic stun-gun|Sonic Stun Gun]]", Abominus's head, chest shield, 2 fists (left & right), 2 feet (left & right)

:Hun-Gurrr was also available in a gift set with the rest of the Terrorcons. All of the Terrorcons are identical to their individual releases, although it is unknown if the versions without the rubsign indents were released in this format.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
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*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:Hun-Gurrr is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] toy, transforming into a robotic three-headed dragon. Guess he got a-''head''! Hahahahahahahhaaaooooh kill me. He is available only in a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] five-pack with miniature versions of combiner-team leaders [[Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hot Zone]], [[Razorclaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Razorclaw]], [[Scattershot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Scattorshot]], and [[Silverbolt (G1)#Legend|Silverbolt]].

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Trypticon (G1)#Classics|Trypticon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/TFUHun-Gurrr/hun-gurrr.htm More information on ''Universe'' Hun-Gurrr at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[File:Hun-gurrrAlt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|It seems to be some kind of high-tech ice cream dispenser. How fitting.]]
*The spelling of Hun-Gurrr's name has varied a ''lot''. The spelling used for the title of this article appears on the toy's packaging and instructions, and in the [[1987]] toy catalog. Conversely, the toy's tech specs, the [[1988]] toy catalog, [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]'s ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' profile, [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' entry for the character, [[Devil's Due Press]] fiction, and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] publications like ''[[Spotlight: Sixshot]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Ark|The Ark]]'' all spelled it '''Hun-Grrr''', except in "[[Before & After]]" and ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'', where it was '''Hun-Gar'''. Finally, the [[Marvel Comics]] and [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]] scripts spelled it '''Hun-Grr''' except for part 3 of the UK reprint of "[[Brothers in Armor!!]]", where he was deliberately renamed '''Hun-Garr'''. Phew.
*Hun-Gurrr's character art shows that he has an aborted base mode. The toy is capable of assuming this mode, but it doesn't look like much of anything. It does explain why the toy has knees that otherwise would not be needed for transformation, a feature that is not shared by many Generation 1 toys, and technological-looking molded details on the otherwise-unseen robot mode back/beast mode belly.
*Hun-Gurrr is not [[Hungary|Hungarian]]. He's Hun-Gurrrian.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hun-Gurur''' (ハングルー ''Hangurū'')
*''French:'' '''Ogrrr''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hurr-Kurr'''
*''Italian:'' '''Grifobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bàolì Lóng''' (暴力龙, "Violent Dragon"), '''È Lóng''' (饿龙, "Hungry Dragon")
*''Russian:'' '''Golod''' (cartoon, Голод, "Hunger")

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:''Blastwave is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015art Blastwave.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Darn that...(Yawns)]]

'''Blastwave''' is a bounty hunter who, despite being unable to talk all that much, is the high-tech weapons base for the Autobots. A 'shoot first, ask questions later' type, he has the weapon expertise to know exactly what equipment it takes to blow a Decepticon into scrap.<ref>[http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/htsusa/-c0930as00?cm_cr=No+Campaign-_-Web+Activity-_-ProductPageLayout+-+Slot+8_0-_-Widget_IBMProductRecommendations_701_3074457345618281629-_--productImageLink&langId=-1&storeId=10151&krypto=wEMBeoQYaDKOleveBTkbu%2BaE%2BHGWL6lszPDkIO17VMKhZFMsIHityWFZ5n8cZiHjdEJmoHSk47W%2B6S9wA5Ch5IZDjxSMDCuBULzzT5UkCqkY%2B%2Fmu4l%2BTr9AfJc4kMG%2FsgW9517oOFRGmhfV0rzKlzZpLngXe1fmn4xhujTnfRQI%3D&ddkey=http%3Aen%2Fhtsusa%2F-c0930as00 Blastwave's HasbroToyShop bio]</ref>

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==Fiction==
===2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English)}}
[[File:RiD2015 - Guilty As Charged - Blastwave aboard ship.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough, Dinobot.]]
Blastwave was in pursuit of the rogue Autobot Nightra, who stole his Light Bending Device and bounty hunter ID badge and fled to Earth. Following the fugitive, he encountered Bee's team, who believed that he was the criminal and Nightra was the bounty hunter. He fired upon Nightra, causing her to flee and for Bee's team to retaliate. Blastwave mopped the floor with them-using Grimlock as a weapon no less-and then went back to his ship. He then tracked Strongarm and Bumblebee's signals as they looked for Nightra. He promptly opened a space bridge right next to them, grabbed Nightra, and left. He was placing Nightra in a containment unit when Bee's team came to stop him. Nightra escaped again and Blastwave was thrown in the cell meant for her. In the cell, Bee's team finally realized that Blastwave was an Autobot, who spoke to them with Cybertronian sign language, setting the record straight. He was released and helped save Bee's team from being sucked out into the void of space. A captured Nightra was given to Blastwave by Strongarm as well as his badge and Light Bending Device.

Blastwave was pleased. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Blastwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"BLAST THAT...(Yawns even harder)"]]
*'''Blastwave''' (Deluxe, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Double-barreled blaster, sword

:Part of the 9th wave of the Warrior Class line, now sporting the "Combiner Force" subline logo, Blastwave transforms from a robot to a double-barreled tank of fictional origin. Blastwave is a heavy [[retool]] of the previous year's [[The Fallen/toys#WarriorClash|Deluxe Megatronus]], with pretty much all of the figure from the waist up being redesigned, plus new kneepads. The cannon barrels in tank mode are articulated, and can be removed from the figure's back to be used as a hand-held weapon. The figure also has a peg hole on the back of its head meant to "store" the sword in tank mode; but it can also be used in conjunction with the cannons to allow for the figure to be displayed in a more offense-focused configuration.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Bludgeon]].

==Notes==
* Despite being a fairly extensive retool affecting nearly every area of the toy, Blastwave's card art and on-screen [[character model]] are blatantly an unchanged Megatronus body with only a new head and chest.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Blastwave

2017-07-19T21:51:42Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Blastwave is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015art Blastwave.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Darn that...(Yawns)]]

'''Blastwave''' is a bounty hunter who, despite being unable to talk all that much, is the high-tech weapons base for the Autobots. A 'shoot first, ask questions later' type, he has the weapon expertise to know exactly what equipment it takes to blow a Decepticon into scrap.<ref>[http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/htsusa/-c0930as00?cm_cr=No+Campaign-_-Web+Activity-_-ProductPageLayout+-+Slot+8_0-_-Widget_IBMProductRecommendations_701_3074457345618281629-_--productImageLink&langId=-1&storeId=10151&krypto=wEMBeoQYaDKOleveBTkbu%2BaE%2BHGWL6lszPDkIO17VMKhZFMsIHityWFZ5n8cZiHjdEJmoHSk47W%2B6S9wA5Ch5IZDjxSMDCuBULzzT5UkCqkY%2B%2Fmu4l%2BTr9AfJc4kMG%2FsgW9517oOFRGmhfV0rzKlzZpLngXe1fmn4xhujTnfRQI%3D&ddkey=http%3Aen%2Fhtsusa%2F-c0930as00 Blastwave's HasbroToyShop bio]</ref>

{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English)}}
[[File:RiD2015 - Guilty As Charged - Blastwave aboard ship.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough, Dinobot.]]
Blastwave was in pursuit of the rogue Autobot Nightra, who stole his Light Bending Device and bounty hunter ID badge and fled to Earth. Following the fugitive, he encountered Bee's team, who believed that he was the criminal and Nightra was the bounty hunter. He fired upon Nightra, causing her to flee and for Bee's team to retaliate. Blastwave mopped the floor with them-using Grimlock as a weapon no less-and then went back to his ship. He then tracked Strongarm and Bumblebee's signals as they looked for Nightra. He promptly opened a space bridge right next to them, grabbed Nightra, and left. He was placing Nightra in a containment unit when Bee's team came to stop him. Nightra escaped again and Blastwave was thrown in the cell meant for her. In the cell, Bee's team finally realized that Blastwave was an Autobot, who spoke to them with Cybertronian sign language, setting the record straight. He was released and helped save Bee's team from being sucked out into the void of space. A captured Nightra was given to Blastwave by Strongarm as well as his badge and Light Bending Device.
Blastwave was pleased. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Blastwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"BLAST THAT...(Yawns even harder)"]]
*'''Blastwave''' (Deluxe, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Double-barreled blaster, sword

:Part of the 9th wave of the Warrior Class line, now sporting the "Combiner Force" subline logo, Blastwave transforms from a robot to a double-barreled tank of fictional origin. Blastwave is a heavy [[retool]] of the previous year's [[The Fallen/toys#WarriorClash|Deluxe Megatronus]], with pretty much all of the figure from the waist up being redesigned, plus new kneepads. The cannon barrels in tank mode are articulated, and can be removed from the figure's back to be used as a hand-held weapon. The figure also has a peg hole on the back of its head meant to "store" the sword in tank mode; but it can also be used in conjunction with the cannons to allow for the figure to be displayed in a more offense-focused configuration.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Bludgeon]].

==Notes==
* Despite being a fairly extensive retool affecting nearly every area of the toy, Blastwave's card art and on-screen [[character model]] are blatantly an unchanged Megatronus body with only a new head and chest.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Blastwave

2017-07-19T21:49:47Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Blastwave is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015art Blastwave.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Darn that...(Yawns)]]

'''Blastwave''' is a bounty hunter who, despite being unable to talk all that much, is the high-tech weapons base for the Autobots. A 'shoot first, ask questions later' type, he has the weapon expertise to know exactly what equipment it takes to blow a Decepticon into scrap.<ref>[http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/htsusa/-c0930as00?cm_cr=No+Campaign-_-Web+Activity-_-ProductPageLayout+-+Slot+8_0-_-Widget_IBMProductRecommendations_701_3074457345618281629-_--productImageLink&langId=-1&storeId=10151&krypto=wEMBeoQYaDKOleveBTkbu%2BaE%2BHGWL6lszPDkIO17VMKhZFMsIHityWFZ5n8cZiHjdEJmoHSk47W%2B6S9wA5Ch5IZDjxSMDCuBULzzT5UkCqkY%2B%2Fmu4l%2BTr9AfJc4kMG%2FsgW9517oOFRGmhfV0rzKlzZpLngXe1fmn4xhujTnfRQI%3D&ddkey=http%3Aen%2Fhtsusa%2F-c0930as00 Blastwave's HasbroToyShop bio]</ref>

{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English)}}
[[File:RiD2015 - Guilty As Charged - Blastwave aboard ship.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough, Dinobot.]]
Blastwave was in pursuit of the rogue Autobot Nightra, who stole his Light Bending Device and bounty hunter ID badge and fled to Earth. Following the fugitive, he encountered Bee's team, who believed that he was the criminal and Nightra was the bounty hunter. He fired upon Nightra, causing her to flee and for Bee's team to retaliate. Blastwave mopped the floor with them-using Grimlock as a weapon no less-and then went back to his ship. He then tracked Strongarm and Bumblebee's signals as they looked for Nightra. He promptly opened a space bridge right next to them, grabbed Nightra, and left. He was placing Nightra in a containment unit when Bee's team came to stop him. Nightra escaped again and Blastwave was thrown in the cell meant for her. In the cell, Bee's team finally realized that Blastwave was an Autobot, who spoke to them with Cybertronian sign language, setting the record straight. He was released and helped save Bee's team from being sucked out into the void of space. A captured Nightra was given to Blastwave by Strongarm as well as his badge and Light Bending Device. Blastwave was pleased. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Blastwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"BLAST THAT...(Yawns even harder)"]]
*'''Blastwave''' (Deluxe, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Double-barreled blaster, sword

:Part of the 9th wave of the Warrior Class line, now sporting the "Combiner Force" subline logo, Blastwave transforms from a robot to a double-barreled tank of fictional origin. Blastwave is a heavy [[retool]] of the previous year's [[The Fallen/toys#WarriorClash|Deluxe Megatronus]], with pretty much all of the figure from the waist up being redesigned, plus new kneepads. The cannon barrels in tank mode are articulated, and can be removed from the figure's back to be used as a hand-held weapon. The figure also has a peg hole on the back of its head meant to "store" the sword in tank mode; but it can also be used in conjunction with the cannons to allow for the figure to be displayed in a more offense-focused configuration.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Bludgeon]].

==Notes==
* Despite being a fairly extensive retool affecting nearly every area of the toy, Blastwave's card art and on-screen [[character model]] are blatantly an unchanged Megatronus body with only a new head and chest.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Blastwave

2017-07-19T21:48:35Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Blastwave is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015art Blastwave.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Darn that...(Yawns)]]

'''Blastwave''' is a bounty hunter who, despite being unable to talk all that much, is the high-tech weapons base for the Autobots. A 'shoot first, ask questions later' type, he has the weapon expertise to know exactly what equipment it takes to blow a Decepticon into scrap.<ref>[http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/htsusa/-c0930as00?cm_cr=No+Campaign-_-Web+Activity-_-ProductPageLayout+-+Slot+8_0-_-Widget_IBMProductRecommendations_701_3074457345618281629-_--productImageLink&langId=-1&storeId=10151&krypto=wEMBeoQYaDKOleveBTkbu%2BaE%2BHGWL6lszPDkIO17VMKhZFMsIHityWFZ5n8cZiHjdEJmoHSk47W%2B6S9wA5Ch5IZDjxSMDCuBULzzT5UkCqkY%2B%2Fmu4l%2BTr9AfJc4kMG%2FsgW9517oOFRGmhfV0rzKlzZpLngXe1fmn4xhujTnfRQI%3D&ddkey=http%3Aen%2Fhtsusa%2F-c0930as00 Blastwave's HasbroToyShop bio]</ref>

{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English)}}
[[File:RiD2015 - Guilty As Charged - Blastwave aboard ship.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough, Dinobot.]]
Blastwave was in pursuit of the rogue Autobot Nightra, who stole his Light Bending Device and bounty hunter ID badge and fled to Earth. Following the fugitive, he encountered Bee's team, who believed that he was the criminal and Nightra was the bounty hunter. He fired upon Nightra, causing her to flee and for Bee's team to retaliate. Blastwave mopped the floor with them-using Grimlock as a weapon no less-and then went back to his ship. He then tracked Strongarm and Bumblebee's signals as they looked for Nightra. He promptly opened a space bridge right next to them, grabbed Nightra, and left. He was placing Nightra in a containment unit when Bee's team came to stop him. Nightra escaped again and Blastwave was thrown in the cell meant for her. In the cell, Bee's team finally realized that Blastwave was an Autobot, who spoke to them with Cybertronian sign language, setting the record straight. He was released and helped save Bee's team from being sucked out into the void of space. A captured Nightra was given to Blastwave by Strongarm as well as his badge and Light Bending Device. Blastwave was pleased. {{Guilty as Charged|}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Blastwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"BLAST THAT...(Yawns even harder)"]]
*'''Blastwave''' (Deluxe, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Double-barreled blaster, sword

:Part of the 9th wave of the Warrior Class line, now sporting the "Combiner Force" subline logo, Blastwave transforms from a robot to a double-barreled tank of fictional origin. Blastwave is a heavy [[retool]] of the previous year's [[The Fallen/toys#WarriorClash|Deluxe Megatronus]], with pretty much all of the figure from the waist up being redesigned, plus new kneepads. The cannon barrels in tank mode are articulated, and can be removed from the figure's back to be used as a hand-held weapon. The figure also has a peg hole on the back of its head meant to "store" the sword in tank mode; but it can also be used in conjunction with the cannons to allow for the figure to be displayed in a more offense-focused configuration.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Bludgeon]].

==Notes==
* Despite being a fairly extensive retool affecting nearly every area of the toy, Blastwave's card art and on-screen [[character model]] are blatantly an unchanged Megatronus body with only a new head and chest.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Transformers: The Last Knight (film)

2017-07-07T08:03:34Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Continuity notes */

{{Nav-tlk}}
[[File:TLK Poster.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and "X" never, ever marks the spot.]]
'''''Transformers: The Last Knight''''' is the fifth film in the [[live-action film series]], serving as a sequel to ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'', and was released on [[June 21]], [[2017]].

When he is gifted a [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]] by a dying [[Transformer]] knight, [[Cade Yeager]] finds himself pursued by both the [[Decepticon]]s and the [[Transformers Reaction Force]]. He soon finds himself recruited along with [[Viviane Wembly]] by [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]], last of the [[Order of the Witwiccans]], to once again save the world from a new impending threat.

==Synopsis==
It is the year [[484]] in [[England]]. A medieval battle rages. [[King Arthur]] and his [[Knights of the Round Table|knight]]s are looking down the barrel of defeat at the hands of the [[Saxon]]s, and their only hope lies with the magician [[Merlin]]. Elsewhere Merlin, in reality merely a drunkard, rides up to a long-crashed alien ship and beseeches the occupants for help. He has kept their secret, but now needs their help. The other knights are losing hope, but Arthur believes Merlin will come through. Merlin manages to convince a giant metal knight at the ship to help, and it presents him with a [[Staff of Merlin|staff]], allowing him to return to the battle with a [[Dragonstorm|giant metal dragon]]. The battle is won in favor of Camelot.

Present day: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] drifts apparently lifeless in space. Both he and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] have vanished from [[Earth]], and Transformers have been declared illegal, with the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] set up to track them down, though they've found refuge in some places such as [[Cuba]], where [[Seymour Simmons]] is hanging out with the remaining [[Wrecker]]s. Transformers continue to arrive in waves and [[NASA]] scientists detect something large incoming.

Four kids, craving adventure, breach a fence and enter a section of city ruined by a previous Transformer battle. They stumble on a crashed Transformer ship with a still-living occupant. TRF [[Sentinel (TLK)|Sentinels]] close in on them and warn them that they're trespassing; however [[Izabella]] appears out of nowhere to help, slinging bottles of green ooze which result in one Sentinels shooting another. Izabella's tiny robot [[Sqweeks]] wraps a cable around the legs of the remaining Sentinel and it topples over, allowing the kids time to get away. Pursued by another Sentinel, Izabella takes the kids to shelter — a Transformer named [[Canopy]] whose back is a hollow mound of rubble. They're joined by Sqweeks, who's lost his arm in the battle. Canopy and the kids start moving, unaware the TRF has spotted them. Unable to determine what faction Canopy is and with kids possibly in danger, TRF commander [[Santos]] orders an air strike. The missile takes out Canopy, who thanks a tearful Izabella before dying. The kids are soon rescued by [[Cade Yeager]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] who destroy another Sentinel.

Cade drives the kids to the border of the no-go zone and drops them off before returning to the crashed ship. Despite his efforts, the pilot within dies, but not before attempting to present Cade with the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]]. Cade does not take it. He reports the pilot's death to Bumblebee shortly before [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] appears and Cade is suddenly surrounded by TRF forces. Meanwhile, the Talisman sprouts legs and crawls away from the ship. Cade refuses to divulge where the other Transformers are. Bumblebee arrives, only to be blown to pieces by the TRF. Moments later, the parts start reconnecting as Bumblebee reassembles himself, sending the TRF forces into disarray as he does so. He and Cade take Santos hostage, but the standoff is interrupted by the arrival of [[William Lennox|Lennox]] who tries to talk Cade and Bee into standing down. [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]'s appearance settles things however, and Cade, Bee and Hound leave, though the TRF manages to get a tracking device onto Bumblebee.

Lennox reports to [[Morshower|General Morshower]] who plays a recording of Barricade reporting back to Megatron. Megatron is disappointed Barricade failed to secure the Talisman as it is the object they need to lead them to the staff, but Barricade believes the TRF will lead them to it. Morshower orders Lennox to return to his covert infiltration of the TRF.

Optimus's voyage through space comes to an end as he crashes on the ravaged surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which has been mysteriously disassembled into many pieces. He encounters and attacks [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]], who claims to be his creator and the "Prime of Life," but she easily restrains him.

As he returns to the [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] he calls home, Cade realizes that the Talisman has somehow ended up in his vehicle. In England, [[Cogman]] alerts [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] to the arrival of the Talisman. Elsewhere in England, [[Viviane Wembly]] wins a game of polo for her team before returning to the [[University of Oxford]]. She lectures her class on King Arthur, someone she believes to be a made-up legend, unaware she's being watched by Burton. Burton gives instructions to a nearby parked car.

Quintessa tells Optimus that he must retrieve her staff, stolen by her knight guardians and hidden on Earth.

[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] are hanging out in the junkyard. Cade, Hound, and Bumblebee stop off on their way back so Cade can banter with the local authority, Chief [[Sherman]], who complains that his cruiser has been stolen. The trio continue to the junkyard where [[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]] and [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] are looking at online photos of custom cars. They are unaware Izabella and Sqweeks have stowed away on Hound. While Bumblebee and Crosshairs come to blows, Cade persuades Grimlock to cough up Sherman's cruiser, or what's left of it. [[Daytrader]] arrives, bringing [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s head and a new voicebox for Bumblebee. He's interested in Cade's Talisman, and says it's a sign of the impending apocalypse. Izabella fronts up to Cade and attempts to pursuade him to let her stay. They return to Cade's trailer for antics with the [[Mini Dinobot]]s and trade stories of lost family members. Izabella manages to impress Cade with her knowledge of Cybertronian physiology and he's convinced to let her stay.

In [[Namibia]], scientists arrive at a location to find a giant metal horn poking out of the ground. News of the horn, and five more like it, get back to Simmons and Burton. Meanwhile the NASA scientists meet with [[President of the United States|presidential]] staff to report they have detected an approaching planet, which they say will arrive in three days.

Helped by Hound, Cade makes an untraceable satellite phone call to [[Tessa Yeager|his daughter]] at college, but is unable to speak to her for fear that his voice will be recognized by the [[CIA]], and can only listen as she tries to convince him to get a girlfriend.

Lennox meets Morshower at the [[Pentagon]] for a briefing on the horns — Megatron has been spotted visiting them and has snatched up two CIA operatives as hostages. Lennox and some lawyers meet with Megatron to negotiate the return of some of his men. They agree to release [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], and [[Nitro Zeus]]; [[Berserker]], however, turns out to be a step too far, and Megatron is forced to select [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] instead. Morshower believes they can use Megatron so they can get hold of Cade's Talisman themselves.

As morning breaks over the junkyard, the Decepticons prepare to move in, observed by the TRF. Izabella attaches a new arm to Sqweeks, before helping Cade fit Bumblebee's new voicebox. Bee is not happy with the result, which sounds like a GPS. Sherman gives the group advanced warning of the impending Decepticon assault, and the Autobots and humans scramble to get ready to escape. Megatron's group arrives to find the junkyard deserted, at least until Hound pops up and starts shooting. Megatron returns fire. The Autobot group heads into the nearby town, where Drift finds the tracking device on Bee. Grimlock and [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] ambush the TRF forces en route to the town. Santos has a swarm of unmanned drones sent in. The Decepticons arrive in the middle of town and immediately spot Sqweeks, which draws Izabella out in an attempt to save the tiny Autobot. Cade detonates the explosives hidden around town and flees with Izabella, pursued by Barricade. The 'Con is taken out by Grimlock, and as the battle rapidly turns against the Decepticons, Megatron calls a retreat. Cade, Izabella, and Jimmy take cover in a disused church as the TRF drones move in, however the drones continue to pursue them through the church. Cade and Izabella take two of them out, but Jimmy tries to bluff a third, banking on the idea it's using facial recognition. He gets shot anyway, but fortunately it was only a beanbag.

The trio head into another disused building and enter a lift where they encounter Cogman, who announces he's come to collect Cade. The discussion ends when a drone arrives, and Cade ends up clinging to it as it flies wildly around the street. Cogman phones Sir Burton to report the bad news, but fortunately Cade survives his impromptu flight, partly thanks to the Talisman protecting him from bullets. He manages to ride another drone to the ground and is met by Cogman who explains that he's important because of the Talisman. Crosshairs attempts to prevent Cogman from doing anything, only for the smaller robot to break his finger. Cogman convinces Cade to go with him and leave the others. Cade and Bee accompany Cogman on a plane to England.

Morshower and Lennox track the flight, and note that Megatron's group is giving pursuit. Lennox is ordered to take the TRF team to the UK as well.

Simmons calls Sir Burton to let him know a book has been tracked down. NASA continues tracking the incoming planet, now identified as Cybertron. Quintessa reveals to Optimus that Earth is actually [[Unicron]] and that they're going to kill him with the staff, an act which will destroy Earth and restore Cybertron. Optimus's optics turn purple as Quintessa addresses him as "Nemesis Prime". Optimus swears to fight anyone who interferes with his new mission.

Viviane and her family watch a news report on the giant horns. Conversation turns to her dead father, and her mother suggests she check her father's study in case there's anything useful for her work. Disinterested, she instead gets into her car where an invitation falls out of the glove compartment. The car takes off of its own accord and starts driving her through the streets of [[London]]. When she smashes a window, the car complains in a French accent and throws her into the trunk. She calls for help, having realized she's in a Transformer, and the car [[scanning|scans]] a passing Lamborghini, reconfiguring itself into a copy of the other vehicle.

Cade's plane lands at Sir Burton's castle, where he and Bumblebee are shot at by [[Bulldog (TLK)|a tank Transformer]]. Sir Burton apologizes and takes a look at the Talisman. [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] arrives carrying Viviane, who is unhappy at being kidnapped. Once things calm down, Sir Burton explains he's the last of the [[Order of the Witwiccans]]. Cade's boorish behavior towards Viviane results in him being assaulted by Cogman. Sir Burton shows off portraits of his family tree and the Witwiccans, and relates how the Transformers have been helping humans for centuries, such as when Bumblebee and Hot Rod took part in [[World War II]]. They head to another building which houses the original [[Round Table]] used by King Arthur and his knights when they teamed up with the twelve [[Knights of Iacon]]. Further there is a legend that a last knight would be found and thanks to possessing the Talisman, that's Cade. Only Merlin's DNA can unlock the power of the staff, which is where Viviane comes in as a direct descendant of Merlin. She has no idea where the staff might be though. Further discussion is halted as [[MI6]] and TRF forces arrive to assault the castle. Hot Rod's time stopper weapon gives the group enough time to escape.

Simmons makes an irate call to Sir Burton, who is currently being pursued through London and is late for the appointment at [[Trinity Library]]. Bumblebee arrives at Viviane's house with her and Cade, and the pair start rifling through her father's study in search of a clue. Sir Burton's dropped off at the library, but Simmons demands to be inducted into the Order of Witwiccans before he'll point Sir Burton to the book, which reveals Earth is Unicron and points them to [[Stonehenge]]. Cade and Viviane find a clue in an old popup book which points them to the [[HMS Alliance|HMS ''Alliance'']] at the navy museum. The TRF arrive at the house. Meanwhile, Sir Burton and Cogman switch cars and a high-speed chase through the streets of London ensues. Cade and Viviane, now also making a getaway in Bumblebee, let them know about the navy museum. Cogman manages to shake his pursuers while Bumblebee manages to shake Barricade by blasting the Decepticon.

Bumblebee reaches the naval museum at the same time as Cogman and Sir Burton, and they have the HMS ''Alliance'' evacuated. Sir Burton leaves the others to it, explaining that the submarine, in reality a Transformer, knows the way to the staff. The sub launches, with Bumblebee clinging to the exterior so he cam come along for the ride. The sub's departure is noted by TRF and they track it as it heads away from England. The TRF scramble their own submersibles to give chase. A nuclear sub fires missiles at the ''Alliance'' which responds by ramming the other sub and diving deeper into the ocean. Cogman fires himself out through a torpedo tube.

Sir Burton arrives at Number 10 to see the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], but is turned away. Cogman returns to the sub with a couple of fish he's caught. Viviane and Cade share clumsy sexual chemistry until Cogman reveals he's made sushi as a "last meal". Sir Burton takes a secret back entrance into Number 10 to talk to the PM, holding off security by threatening to release the [[watch that killed Hitler]]. Sir Burton tells the PM to mobilize the military to Stonehenge. The ''Alliance'' zeros in on a vast undersea Transformer ship, which lights up as they approach. The pursuing TRF subs also spot the ship, but have to make their own way in after the airlock doors close behind the ''Alliance''. The ''Alliance'' surfaces beyond the airlock, and the group starts exploring.

Back at the junkyard, Izabella, Sqweeks, and Crosshairs look up at the approaching Cybertron. Elsewhere, NASA scientists give a briefing as the approaching planet scrapes the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. The doomsday news is broadcast on [[television]] around the world. The subs carrying the TRF teams led by Lennox and Santos emerge into an air pocket, and they move out. Daytrader arrives back at the junkyard with the [[Knight Ship|Autobots' ship]], and the group there prepares to head to England to help out. Cade and Viviane find a chamber holding motionless Knights of Iacon. Cybertron moves into Earth's atmosphere, passing the [[International Space Station]]. Viviane touches a Celtic engraving which reveals Merlin's sarcophagus, inside which they find a wooden staff. As the TRF moves through the same chamber, [[Skullitron|one of the knights]] springs to life. Cade keeps it distracted as the TRF attacks it, eventually bringing it down. Viviane grabs the wooden staff which transforms into metal in her hands. Lennox and Santos attempt to get her to hand it over, but she reveals only she can use it. More knights revive and attack, however a short time later, Optimus kills them and forces Viviane to turn the staff over to him. Sending the others back to the sub, Cade, Lennox, and Bumblebee go after Optimus.

Bumblebee fights with Optimus atop the vast ship as it comes to the surface. Bumblebee manages to get the better of his former leader, and Cade attempt to persuade Optimus to stop fighting. As the ship rises out of the water, Optimus is able to get the upper hand and is prepared to end Bumblebee when Bee manages to talk in his own voice. Shaking Quintessa's influence, Optimus drops his sword, just in time for Megatron to swoop in and claim the staff. After the Decepticons leave, the remaining Knights of Iacon emerge from the ship and are ready to execute Optimus for aiding Quintessa's cause. The Talisman transforms into a sword which Cade uses to block the killing strike, and the Knights recognize Cade as a knight. Though Prime is ready to die, Cade talks him out of sacrificing himself, and Optimus announces they have to destroy Quintessa. Also the other Autobots show up in their ship.

Cybertron makes touchdown on Earth, causing untold destruction. Megatron arrives at Stonehenge with the staff. Lennox contacts Morshower with the coordinates for the "end game", an [[ignition chamber]] which is part of one of the dangling pieces of Cybertron and military forces move in. Cade comes up with a plan to load Ospreys onto the Autobot ship so they can get close enough to the ignition chamber to land. NASA thinks this is a bad plan and works on an alternate idea. The massive ship continues towards Stonehenge where the Decepticons, along with Sir Burton and the military forces, are waiting. At Sir Burton's signal, the military opens fire on the Decepticons as the massive ship arrives directly overhead. Megatron blasts Sir Burton. The Autobots regroup with Cade and the TRF and Optimus Prime gives a stirring speech before blasting off. Cogman manages to find Sir Burton shortly before he expires.

Megatron returns to the Ignition Chamber where Quintessa is waiting. She plugs the staff into the floor, and lightning starts arcing about. The pieces of Cybertron start moving about and joining together, causing those on the ground to run for their lives. Massive worldwide destruction ensues. As the Autobot ship carries Autobots, knights and humans up to their fates, Cade asks Viviane out on a date. Jets soften up the defenses around the ignition chamber while the humans all board the Ospreys, and Cade has it out with Santos. Shamed, the TRF troops all rip off their insignias. The Ospreys launch, and Izabella and Sqweeks reveal they've stowed away on the one carrying Cade and Viviane. Covered by the jets and the giant three-headed dragon, the Ospreys head to the ignition chamber, and crash-land on the surface. The landing site is immediately a war zone as Megatron and his Decepticons stand in their way. Lennox spots the entrance to the chamber, but the team is pinned down by a gun emplacement. Izabella instructs Sqweeks to go blow the gun emplacement up. [[Infernocus]] merges and knocks Bumblebee and co out of the air.

Meanwhile the NASA scientists have come up with a plan to use nukes to cause a nearby chunk of Cybertron to destroy the ignition chamber. Morshower contacts Lennox to let him know the new plan, and the TRF forces start withdrawing. Sqweeks succeeds in blowing up the gun emplacement. Optimus arrives aboard the dragon and takes out Infernocus. As the TRF troops parachute off the platform, the jets nuke the neighbouring chunk of Cybertron. Viviane drops her parachute and heads back towards the chamber, followed by Cade. The chunk hits the platform containing the chamber, however despite the devastating impact, the chamber continues to function. The chamber tumbles down until it comes to rest on another part of Cybertron. Inside, chaos reigns as the Autobots and Decepticons fight and Viviane grabs the staff. Optimus kicks Megatron through a wall shortly before another impact sends the chamber tumbling out of the sky. Optimus and Bumblebee manage to defeat Quintessa, the latter blasting her. Quintessa vanishes in a flash of blue light. Viviane finally pulls the staff free, shutting down the Ignition Chamber just before it crashes to the ground. Optimus dramatically drives out of the cloud of debris raised by its impact, carrying Cade and Viviane. As everyone reunites, Optimus gives another stirring speech about how Earth and Cybertron are now joined as one.

Meanwhile, back in Namibia, Quintessa, now in a human form, walks up to one of the scientists studying the giant metal horn and offers to tell him how to kill Unicron.

==Quotes==
"All right, I am what they say. I'm a liar, a charlatan. I've deceived my whole life, but if I could, for one moment, change this world for the better, I would give up everything! Everything! I'd give up drink! Money! Wom- Drink and money!"
:—'''Merlin'''

"Go to hell!" 
"'This planet ''is'' hell!"
:—'''Izabella''' and '''Megatron''' exchange smack talk

"The end is near, my old treacherous friend...what a shame you'll be unable to see it."
:—'''Megatron''' musing to the decapitated head of Starscream

"Don't kill the messenger... or the messenger will kill ''you''."
:—'''Cogman'''

"You are needed, sir. Urgently. My master is fond of saying that all the important decisions in life often come down to just one moment."
:—'''Cogman''' impresses on Cade the gravity of the situation.

"Introductions. Miss Viviane Wembly: Master of History, Oxford; Doctor of Philosophy, also Oxford; and Doctor of Letters, Oxford again, I think. Anything else? Anyway, meet Cade." 
"... Yeager. Cade Yeager. I'm an inventor."
:—'''Sir Edmund Burton''' and '''Cade Yeager'''

'''Hot Rod:''' "Bonjour, chérie! J'em appelle Hot Rôd." 
'''Viviane:''' "Ut what?" 
'''Hot Rod:''' "Hot ''Rôd.''" 
'''Viviane''' "Hut Rud?" 
'''Hot Rod:''' "''Hot Rôd!''" 
'''Sir Edmund Burton:''' "Hot. Rod." 
'''Hot Rod:''' "Mhmm." 
'''Sir Edmund Burton:''' "It's his French accent." 
'''Viviane:''' "Is he French?" 
'''Sir Edmund Burton:''' "No, he just likes the accent." 
'''Hot Rod:''' "Non! No no no, I ''hate'' the accent! But I can't get rid of it! I'm ''stuck'' with the accent!"

"I-I am Bumblebee...your oldest friend! Optimus...I would lay down my life for you."
:—'''Bumblebee''' regains his voice, and Optimus regains his mind.

"Did you forget who I am? I am Optimus Prime!"
:—'''Optimus''' as he kills the Infernocons. They should've run for cover.

"We were brothers once!" 
"''Once.''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Erik Aadahl]])
*[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] ([[Omar Sy]])
*[[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] ([[John Goodman]])
*[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] ([[Ken Watanabe]])
*[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Cogman]] ([[Jim Carter]])
*[[Sqweeks]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]
*[[Slug (AOE)|Slug]]
*[[Mini Dinobot|Mini-Dinobots]]
**Mini Grimlock
**Mini Slug
**Mini Strafe
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Daytrader]] ([[Steve Buscemi]])
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin/Volleybot]] ([[Steven Barr]])
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]
*[[Canopy]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*"[[Bulldog (TLK)|Bulldog]]" ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Excavator Autobot]]
*[[Hurricane Autobot]]
*[[Northrop Autobot]]
*[[HMS Alliance|HMS ''Alliance'']] Autobot

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (Frank Welker)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Nitro Zeus]] (John DiMaggio/Steven Barr)*
*[[Mohawk]] (Reno Wilson)
*[[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] (John DiMaggio)
*[[Dreadbot]]
*[[Berserker]] (Steven Barr)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s head
*Decepticon [[protoform]]s

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Cade Yeager]] ([[Mark Wahlberg]])
*[[Viviane Wembly]] ([[Laura Haddock]])
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Izabella]] ([[Isabela Moner]])
*[[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] ([[Anthony Hopkins]])
*[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Santos]] ([[Santiago Cabrera]])
*[[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]] ([[Jerrod Carmichael]])
*[[Morshower]] ([[Glenn Morshower]])
*[[Merlin]] ([[Stanley Tucci]])
*[[King Arthur|King Arthur]] ([[Liam Garrigan]])
*[[JPL Engineer]] ([[Tony Hale]])

|h4=[[Knights of Iacon]]|c4=
*[[Dragonstorm]]
**[[Dragonicus]]
**[[Stormreign]]
**[[Skullitron]]
**[[Steelbane]]

|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] ([[Gemma Chan]])
*[[Infernocus]]
**[[Infernocon]]s
*[[Unicron]]
*The [[watch that killed Hitler]]
*[[Vatti Transformer]]
|nonumbering=true
}}
*Nitro Zeus' voice actor varies depending on the version of the film, with one having him played by John DiMaggio, and the other with him played by Steven Barr.

==Continuity notes==
*Optimus left Earth at the end of [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|the last movie]], to look for the mysterious [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]]. No sign or mention of that [[Seed]] he was carrying, though he announced at the time he was going to take it where "it can never be found."
*The Dinobots were "set free" by Optimus at the end of the last movie, though they have since joined up with the main Autobot team in hiding, presumably for pragmatic reasons.
*Cade's daughter Tessa was a soon to graduate high school student in ''Age of Extinction'', and she has since gone on to college.
*Izabella's parents were killed during the Decepticon invasion in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.
*Starscream was killed by a [[NEST]] boomstick at the climax of ''Dark of the Moon''. ''Age of Extinction'' established that scavengers had salvaged many objects from the Battle of Chicago.
*Megatron addresses Starscream's disembodied head as "my treacherous old friend". Back in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Megatron accused Starscream of abandoning him to die in the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]]. We wouldn't call that a justified accusation, but what can we do? It's the word of a dead skull against that of the universe's greatest warlord.
*While [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] was killed by [[Cemetery Wind]] in a video recording in ''Age of Extinction'', his two fellow [[Wrecker]]s were nowhere to be seen. This film reveals both to have survived.
*When Viviane is abducted by Hot Rod, she asks if her captor is a famous Transformer such as [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] or [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]].
*Daytrader gives the Autobots [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]], which was last seen being attacked by [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese military]] jets in Hong Kong.
*The T.R.F. uses the exact same tactic to take out one of the Knights as N.E.S.T. used to take out Shockwave and Barricade in ''Dark of the Moon''.
*The ''Ark'' is briefly seen on the Moon, where it was revealed to be back in ''Dark of the Moon'', having been left there untouched in the years since, along with the site of the [[Apollo 11]] moon landing.
*Among the landmarks trashed by the hanging chunks of Cybertron is the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], where the climax of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' took place, recognizable by the top missing to reveal the Star Harvester hidden underneath.
*The Decepticons are seen using several [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]s, as they were in ''Dark of the Moon'', though there's no word on if these Carriers are the same ones from the Chicago operation.
*Quintessa teleports herself away; she seems to have a bodily [[space bridge]] much as [[The Fallen]] did.
*It's never made clear whether or not [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] is one the [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]] alluded to in the previous film. She claims to be the "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]] of Life" and to have created the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] species, but that is up for debate.
*Drift only has one of his swords, like the end of the previous film, showing that he never retrieved the other from the battle with the KSI drones.
*Sir Burton states that Viviane is the last descendent of Merlin still alive, indirectly stating that [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] is dead at this point.

==Transformers references==
* Quintessa is a loose adaptation of the [[Quintesson]]s—the recurring race of antagonistic extraterrestrials who terrorized both the Autobots and Decepticons in season 3 of the original 1980's cartoon. In the cartoon continuity, the Quintessons were the creators of the Transformers, in the same way that Quintessa claims to be in the film. Here, though, Quintessa seems to be physically based off of [[Quintus Prime]], a relatively new character introduced through 2013's ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''; the decision to make the character female is something wholly new, although it may speak to some influence from [[Solus Prime]].
* Unicron having a connection to the Earth seems inspired by the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon; in that series, Unicron's ''was'' the core of the Earth, with the rest of the planet having formed around his dormant body during his hibernation. Whether or not this corporeality holds true for this incarnation of Unicron remains to be seen.
* When Optimus Prime falls under Quintessa's control, he is dubbed "[[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]]", an obvious reference to the evil clone of Optimus Prime that has appeared in many [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|conti]][[Nemesis Prime (G1)|nui]][[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|ties]].
* Edmund Burton claims Cogman is a [[Headmaster (technology)|"headmaster"]], which is typically a human-sized bot that transforms into the head of a larger bot. While this reference ''is'' borne out by his [[Cogman#Toys|toy]], which features a larger vehicle body and a detachable head, we don't actually see Cogman do anything like that in the movie itself.
*This is not the first time the Transformers have been [[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|associated with Arthurian times]].
* Galvatron eventually returns back to using his true name. [[Megatron (Armada)|Like we haven't seen that before]].

==Real-life references==
*The bogus voice box Bumblebee gets from Daytrader has the voice of {{w|Siri}}, the AI assistant found in most iPhones.
*Crosshairs calls Cogman a "[[Star_Wars_(film)|C-3PO]] ripoff".
*Sir Edmund Burton quotes the song ''[[w:It's a Long Way to Tipperary|It's a Long Way to Tipperary]]'' in reference to World War I.

==Other editions==
*Two versions of the film were released to theaters: one screened in English-speaking countries, which seems to be the "finished" version, and another shown internationally, with foreign language subtitles, which appears to be an earlier version. There are numerous differences in dialogue between the two versions, with some lines being dropped, added, or changed completely for the finished version, including ones that even help to make the film make more sense!
**When Hound shows up when TRF are talking to Bee and Cade, in the finished version he says, "Am I late to this ass kicking? My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail." The alternate version has him say "Mornin', fellas! I like showing up to a gun fight! This round mound's gonna mow you down. Translation: Sayonara, suckers!"
**When Daytrader says "You always resort to violence", in the finished version Hound says "I love violence". That scene is skipped in the alternate version.
**In the "earlier" version, all of Nitro Zeus's dialogue is provided by Steven Barr, and the actor receives an on-screen credit for the role. For the "finished" version, it was all re-recorded by John DiMaggio (with the credits altered to reflect the change), with some differences. During his introduction, for instance, the finished version has him say: "I know where you live, Enrique, say hello to your wife for me!" while the other, he says: "By the way, Enrique, Chad's sleeping with your wife!"
**When arriving at the Junkyard, DiMaggio-Nitro remarks "Aw man, I kicked more ass in prison!" upon learning that Cade and co. have left, while in the alternate version Barr-Nitro says "Unfortunate, because I was looking to knock some heads!".
**While Megatron is musing to the head of Starscream, as he says "The end is near", DiMaggio-Nitro cuts in with "Oh, she's coming!" while Barr-Nitro remains silent.
**When the Decepticons arrive in the abandoned town, Barr-Nitro says: "I know they're close!" while DiMaggio-Nitro says: "Oh, I feel a fight comin'!"
**In the final film, when the Autobots discover the tracker planted on Bumblebee, Crosshairs remarks "The tracker led 'em right to us! When are you gonna grow up?" but in the alternate version, he says "What's this? You brought 'em right to us!"
**After the town battle, Crosshairs calls the TRF drones "gnats" as he shoots them down in the finished version. He remains silent in the alternate version.
**In the finished version, when Crosshairs is talking about Cogman he says, "Hey Cade, what's with the C-3PO ripoff?", but in the alternate version he says, "I'll swat this metal cockroach for you Cade."
**Crosshairs whines that his finger is broken in the background when Cogman is speaking to Cade in the finished version. He remains silent in the alternate version.
**When Megatron steals the staff from Optimus, the "finished" film features Nitro Zeus saying: "You blew your chance to kill Unicron!" followed by Megatron saying: "I knew you couldn't do it. Your time is over, Prime! You failed!" The other has no Nitro Zeus dialogue, and instead features Megatron saying: "Quintessa, the most ruthless of our Gods, knew you couldn't do it. She knows I'm strong and you're weak."
**When the Knights of Iacon attack Optimus, in the alternate version one of the Knights tells Prime "She put you under a spell!". In the finished version, that line was removed.
**Barricade has an extra line at Stonehenge in the alternate version, where he says "Yes! Drain Unicron! He will be powerless!"
**The finished version adds an extra line between Cade and Lennox on Cybertron about Optimus never having made it to the Ignition Chamber, while the alternate version never acknowledges his absence.
**When Optimus Prime attacks Quintessa, In the finished version she says, "You traitor!", and Optimus retracts his faceplate. In the alternate version she says, "Nemesis! You traitor!", and Optimus' faceplate does not retract.
**The final version has Quintessa scream as Bumblebee blasts her, while Bumblebee quips "Sting like a bee!"—but in the other version, Quintessa is silent, and Bumblebee's dialogue is very slightly different, with him saying "''I'' sting like a bee."
*The Chinese release adds roughly 2 minutes of content just for soft-advertising.

==Errors==
===Continuity errors===
*Sir Burton says the battle depicted at the start of the movie took place in 484 AD, while a caption over the first present day scene says it takes place 1600 years later, which would result in the rest of the film taking place in 2084.
*No explanation is offered for how Galvatron has become Megatron again. He even transforms normally now, as opposed to bursting into a cloud of [[Transformium]] and reforming the way he did in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.
*When Cade and Izzy are fitting a new voice box into Bumblebee, it is clear that they are using a prop on set, with no sign of Bumblebee's body. It is possible that due to his reforming ability, Bee was able to remove his head for the procedure. His head being reattached to his body is not shown.
*How does Daytrader have [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s head if it was destroyed in the third film?
*Sqweeks is missing his scavenged Decepticon arm when the Decepticons invade the junkyard, his original arm appearing back in its place. It returns in all subsequent scenes with the character.
*The abandoned town the Autobots and humans seek refuge in has buildings which are a few stories tall at most, then Jimmy, Cade and Izabella are abruptly in a multi-story building with janitorial staff and an external lift when they encounter Cogman. After Cade's ride on a drone, they're suddenly back in the area with no tall buildings in sight.
*Ironhide and Optimus Prime are depicted in historical paintings, but both were clearly seen arriving on Earth in the [[Transformers (film)|first film]]. Though it could be possible that they came and went from Earth, or that other Transformers looked the same.
*How does Hot Rod have the Lamborghini chest in an old war photo if he selected the new disguise merely seconds ago and Lamborghini didn't ''exist'' until 1963?
*Despite the Decepticons all following Cade and Bumblebee to England, only Barricade apparently bothers to try to track them down once there.
*Bumblebee tears out the "defective" voicebox yet is able to talk to Optimus later with no voicebox.
*Optimus remarks that he has not heard Bumblebee's voice "since Cybertron fell". Bumblebee actually spoke with his real voice briefly at the end of the [[Transformers (film)|first film]], albeit it with a different voice actor.
*Where does Optimus go between taking off after giving his speech, and later turning up on Dragonstorm? The "finished" version of the film briefly addresses this by adding an exchange between Cade and Lennox, where the latter says Optimus didn't make it.
*En-route to Cybertron, despite Bumblebee having regained his voice, he once again insists on speaking with an audio clip.

===Technical/animation errors===
*A promotional clip of the scene showing Hot Rod and Viviane's arrival at Burton's estate appears to feature an actor other than Omar Sy performing Hot Rod's voice. Presumably, it was just the "scratch track" that Sy then recorded over; Hot Rod's first line in the clip ("Leetle lady, non!") is replaced in the film (with "Non non non, leetle lady, why do you have to be like zat? Pour quoi?") but his second ("She's very difficult!") remains performed by the scratch track actor.
*When Cade, Viviane, and Cogman are aboard HMS ''Alliance'', there is a camera shot of Cade looking through the periscope with Cogman to the right of screen. The camera angle then changes and shows Viviane in another part of the chamber. The camera returns to Cade, Cogman has vanished. The camera pans back to Viviane again, then returns to Cade, with Cogman back in the shot.
*Bumblebee just sort of...appears in the room where Merlin's staff is held, having not been there ''the entire scene'', and then suddenly standing next to Cade as Optimus leaves with the staff.
*That's not Jess Harnell providing Barricade's dialogue at Stonehenge.

===Geographic discontinuities===
*When the authorities arrive at Burton's mansion, it is noted that "TRF and MI6" are in pursuit. In real life, MI6 is the UK's ''external'' intelligence agency; it is more likely that {{w|MI5}}, the UK's domestic intelligence agency, would be the British central government's agency present.
*American street signs of the hanging green-coloured variety can be seen during the chase scene in London.

==Adaptations==
==Music==
==Score==
:''Main Article'': [[The Last Knight (Music From the Motion Picture)]]
Continuing the tradition of the previous films, the music is once again composed by [[Steve Jablonsky]]. The ending theme of the movie is Torches by [[X Ambassadors]].

==Home video releases==
==Theatrical posters==
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==Reception==

{{quote|[sighs] Here we go again.|BBC Radio 5 critic Mark Kermode on ''The Last Knight''<ref>[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ee6xh5AmQo Mark Kermode review]</ref>}}

After four films where critics hated it but the audience showered it with money, ''The Last Knight'' broke the trend by ''not'' being showered with money. It had been projected to make $70-75m in its first days in North America, itself the lowest opening<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/spider-man-homecoming-hoping-to-catch-opening-in-the-100m-vicinity-1202114641/ Deadline, June 15th 20917: "‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Hoping To Catch Opening In The $100M Vicinit"]</ref>, but that was downgraded to $63m after the first few days were even lower than the lowest expected.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/ "Deadline: ‘Transformers’ Still Rusty At $63M+"]</ref> In the end it made almost $70m over the first five days, better than the revised projection but lower than all of the previous films. <ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/ Deadline: "Why ‘Transformers’ Is Screaming For Reboot After $69M Start; ‘Wonder Woman’ & ‘Cars 3’ Fight Over 2nd Place"], 25th June 2017</ref> This meant a lot of critics began to zero in on the sluggish profit, taking the view that American audiences were just getting bored of Bay's version of the franchise.

Internationally the film did $196.2m in the same first five days, of which $123.4m came from [[China]] alone<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/ Deadline: "Why ‘Transformers’ Is Screaming For Reboot After $69M Start; ‘Wonder Woman’ & ‘Cars 3’ Fight Over 2nd Place"], 25th June 2017</ref>(who love the franchise so much delaying ''The Last Knight'' reduced 2016 cinema growth to 3%, down from 48% in 2015!)<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: "'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty"]</ref> The Chinese had been expected to spend up to $290m on the film's run. <ref>[http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/chinas-weying-boards-paramounts-transformers-the-last-knight-1202465635/ Variety:"China’s Weying Boards Paramount’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’"]</ref> However, after 10 days the Chinese box office was $198 million, which was seen as a disappointment and left it unlikely the film would perform as well as ''Age of Extinction'' had.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-transformers-5-crashes-back-earth-75-percent-slide-second-weekend-1018449]</ref>

==Production staff==
The film was directed by [[Michael Bay]], and was written by [[Art Marcum]], [[Matt Holloway]], and [[Ken Nolan]].

==Development details==
[[File:Transformers 5 provisional logo.png|thumb|right|143px|Transfivemers doesn't have the same ring to it.]]
*December 18, 2014 — [[Mark Wahlberg]] confirms to MTV that he is signed on for the next two Transformers films.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/2030612/mark-wahlberg-transformers-5/ Mark Wahlberg Just Found A 'Transformers' Sequel] on MTV.com</ref>
*March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Christina Hodson]] (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
*May 27, 2015 — As part of the news surrounding Barrer and Ferrari joining the room, it's revealed that another pitch is an animated prequel movie set on Cybertron, with the working title of ''Transformers One''.<ref name="barrerferrari" />
*June 8, 2015 — The writers meet on the Paramount lot for the writer's room.<ref name="nolandworet" /> The writers work for the next three months to plot out the next ten years of ''Transformers'' films.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://youtu.be/F_P2fw_DlS4?t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>
*July 28, 2015 — DeKnight reports that as a result of the gathering of writers, Goldsman and Pinkner will be co-writing Transformers 5.<ref name="deknightreveals">[http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/07/28/daredevils-steven-deknight-on-the-transformers-writers-room-and-planning-ahead Daredevil's Steven DeKnight on the Transformers Writers Room and Planning Ahead] on IGN</ref>
*September 17, 2015 — Deadline reveals more about the writer's room process and reports that Barrer and Ferrari will write the animated feature, with Pinkner and Beer writing later films.<ref name="deadlinereveal" /> Bay remains uncommitted to directing.<ref>[https://twitter.com/michaelbay/status/644622092110032896 Tweet by Michael Bay]</ref>
*October 3, 2015 — [[Hasbro Studios]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] relates more details of the writing process in a keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote" />
*November 20, 2015 — With Goldsman now enlisted to create a writer's room for ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Microman|Micronauts]]'', Paramount begins negotiating with Marcum, Holloway and Nolan to write the film.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/11/transformers-g-i-joe-micronauts-akiva-goldsman-paramount-hasbro-1201632388/ Akiva Goldsman 'Transformers' Writers Room Leads Paramount & Hasbro To Set One For 'G.I. Joe', 'Micronauts'] on Deadline</ref>
*December 14, 2015 — Wahlberg re-confirms in an interview with CinePop that he'll be back in Transformers 5.<ref>[http://cinepop.com.br/exclusivo-mark-wahlberg-confirma-ao-cinepop-que-estara-em-transformers-5-109295 Mark Wahlberg interview with CinePop]</ref>
*January 4, 2016 — Bay confirms he will be returning to direct.<ref name="rollingstone">[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/13-hours-can-michael-bay-pull-off-a-gritty-movie-about-benghazi-20160104 '13 Hours': Can Michael Bay Pull Off a Gritty Movie About Benghazi?] on Rolling Stone</ref>
*January 12, 2016 — It's totally definitely the last ''Transformers'' film for him this time though.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Yn9bkPNV4JA?t=472 Michael Bay interview with Collider]</ref>
*February 12, 2016 — Transformers 5 is now being released on June 23, 2017. In addition, [[Transformers Universe: Bumblebee|Transformers 6]], acting as a [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] spin-off, and [[Transformers 7]] are set to be released respectively on [[June 8]], 2018 and [[June 28]], 2019.<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref><ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-6-tentative-title-revealed-bumblebee-movie-309597 Transformers 6 Tentative Title Revealed – The Bumblebee Movie] at TFW2005</ref>
*February 18, 2016 — Casting calls go out for June filming in [[London]] and [[Detroit]], also confirming [[Peter Cullen]]'s return as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].<ref>[http://www.acting-auditions.org/2016/02/transformers-5-casting-calls-for-new-lead-roles.html Transformers 5 casting call for new lead roles] on acting-auditions.org</ref>
*February 26, 2016 — After negotiations, it's announced that Michigan will provide $21 million in incentives towards the film.<ref>[http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIEDC/bulletins/138dd29 'Transformers 5' lands in Detroit] from the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office</ref>
[[File:TLK Optiface Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px|5 movies in and [[Michael Bay]] is still finding ways to make my face even more ridiculously detailed. Pretty soon I'm going to look like [[Deceptigod]].]]
*April 6, 2016 — Cinematographer [[Jonathan Sela]] is reported as being booked to work on the film.<ref>[http://variety.com/2016/artisans/news/agencies-book-artisans-on-fast-8-transformers-5-to-the-bone-macgyver-and-altered-carbon-1201747892/ Agencies Book Artisans on 'Fast 8,' 'Transformers 5,' 'To the Bone,' 'MacGyver' and 'Altered Carbon'] on Variety</ref>
*April 13, 2016 — Filming dates are revealed via a casting call on acting-auditions.org.<ref>[http://www.acting-auditions.org/2016/04/transformers-5-casting-calls-auditions-information.html 'Transformers 5' Casting Calls and Auditions Information] on acting-auditions.org</ref>
*May 12, 2016 — [[Isabela Moner]] tweets that she's been cast in the movie.<ref>[https://twitter.com/isabelamoner/status/730835465163530241 Tweet by Isabela Moner]</ref>
*May 14, 2016 — Bay suggests [[Tyrese Gibson]] is under consideration to return.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BFXbTA2IWpr/]</ref>
*May 16, 2016 — The film's title is officially revealed to be ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' in [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfCGhRoMmW/?taken-by=transformersmoviea teaser trailer] posted on a newly-launched Transformers Movie Instagram.
*May 17, 2016 — [[Josh Duhamel]] announced to be returning for ''Transformers: The Last Knight''.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BFg6ffIoMvx/]</ref>
*May 25, 2016 — Michael Bay posts a [https://www.instagram.com/p/BF1sPamoWtc/?taken-by=michaelbay photo] as production begins in Cuba.
*May 27, 2016 — A [https://twitter.com/transformers/status/736286302870605824 teaser] is posted containing morse code which translates to "I'm coming for you May 31st."
*May 31, 2016 — Michael Bay posts [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFEZ9vIWv1/a video] of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and announces production is about to start.
*June 3, 2016 — [[Anthony Hopkins]] joins the cast.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/anthony-hopkins-joins-transformers-5-899343]</ref>
*June 4, 2016 — [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPsjYZoMpq/?taken-by=transformersmovie&hl=en First look] at [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s vehicle mode, which is a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPsjYZoMpq/?taken-by=transformersmovie&hl=en Bumblebee vehicle mode reveal]</ref>
*June 4, 2016 — The [[Freya|World's Loneliest Dog]] is cast.<ref>[http://michaelbay.com/2016/06/04/freya/ MichaelBay.com - Freya]</ref>
*June 10, 2016 — [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] is confirmed to return as a 2016 Ford Mustang.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BGes1IfoMqf/?taken-by=transformersmovie&hl=en]</ref>
*June 18, 2016 — [[Mitch Pileggi]] reveals he has a role.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mitchpileggi1/status/743667068138979329 Tweet from Mitch Pileggi]</ref>
[[File:TLK Bumblebee profile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Back to the basics.]]
*June 20, 2016 — [[Laura Haddock]] joins the cast.<ref>[https://twitter.com/laurajhaddock/status/744915023299026944 Tweet from Laura Haddock]</ref>
*June 22, 2016 — New robot character [[Sqweeks]] is revealed.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BG-IEBroWgA/ Michael Bay on Instagram]</ref>
*June 28, 2016 — Tyrese Gibson is confirmed to return.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHLBipSDqcO/ Tyrese on Instagram]</ref>
*June 30, 2016 — [[Santiago Cabrera]] joins the cast.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSfP9EAIi_/ Official movie Instagram reveal of Santiago Cabrera]</ref>
*July 1, 2016 — [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] is confirmed to return with a new Mercedes alt-mode.<ref>[http://michaelbay.com/2016/07/01/drift/ Drift - MichaelBay.com]</ref>
*July 27, 2016 — [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] is confirmed to appear in the film.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1112021768833269/?type=3&theater Onslaught photo] on the official Transformers movie Facebook page.</ref>
*August 4–13, 2016 — A series of character profiles are released on the official movie Facebook. New character [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1116775651691214/?type=3&theater Hot Rod Facebook reveal]</ref> is first to be revealed, and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1119387291430050/?type=3&theater Crosshairs Facebook reveal]</ref> and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1120161021352677/?type=3&theater Hound Facebook reveal]</ref> are confirmed to return. Also shown are profiles for Drift,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1117988908236555/?type=3&theater Drift Facebook reveal]</ref> Sqweeks,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1118574891511290/?type=3&theater Sqweeks Facebook reveal]</ref> Barricade,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1120871694614943/?type=3&theater Barricade Facebook reveal]</ref> Megatron,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1121491451219634/?type=3&theater Megatron Facebook reveal]</ref> and Bumblebee.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1122785391090240/?type=3&theaterBumblebee Facebook reveal]</ref>
*August 9, 2016 — Members of a number of ''Transformers'' fan sites, including TFWiki, are treated to [[Transformers 5 set visit|a set visit]].
*September 4, 2016 — [[Stanley Tucci]] is back as [[Joshua Joyce]] (He later turned out to be playing Merlin, but it's unclear from the article where the confusion originated).<ref>[http://variety.com/2016/film/global/stanley-tucci-to-reprise-transformers-role-in-the-last-knight-1201852108/ Stanley Tucci to Reprise 'Transformers' Role in 'The Last Knight'] on Variety</ref>
[[File:TLK Izabella trailer speech.jpg|thumb|right|250px|True fact: Isabela had to beat Megatron in an arm wrestling contest to get this part.]]
*September 24, 2016 — Location shooting at Blenheim Palace in England proved controversial as [[Winston Churchill]]'s birthplace became draped in Nazi banners. Bay told BBC News that veterans shouldn't be too upset as Churchill is a "big hero" in the film.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-37453284 Transformers' Blenheim Palace 'Nazi' scenes defended] from the BBC</ref>
*October 14, 2016 — Bay announces via Facebook that [[John Turturro]] will be back as [[Seymour Simmons]] & [[John Goodman]] back to voice [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/videos/1174984035870375/ Michael Bay video on Facebook]</ref>
*December 5, 2016 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVKK87hYYM teaser trailer] is released.
*February 3, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npaVgxxtKxQ "Big Game Spot"] is released on YouTube.
*March 12, 2017 — The [https://twitter.com/transformers/status/840751026693062656 Kid's Choice Award Clip] is revealed.
*March 17, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYSyiL4iis "Izzy Stays and Fights" preview], a family-aimed trailer attached to ''{{w|Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast}}'', is released.
*March 22, 2017 — Eight [http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/22/transformers-last-knight-motion-posters/ "motion posters"] for the film's robot cast are released.
*April 12, 2017 — Another [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FIH1TeIS9Q trailer] is released.
*April 24, 2017 — As part of the "[[Reveal Your Shield]]" promotion, Hasbro releases [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWXj0JSZQjE a video] featuring [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Frank Welker]] credited as the voices of Optimus and Megatron.
*May 5, 2017 — Variety reports that the film's release is being moved forward two days to June 21.<ref name="datemove">[http://variety.com/2017/film/news/mark-wahlberg-transformers-the-last-knight-1202410380/ 'Transformers: The Last Knight' Moves Forward Two Days]</ref>
*May 7, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toS4s_79ZA "Optimus Prime Dialog Coach" teaser] is released.
*May 9, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVZhsL3vV8M "Secret Past" TV spot] is released.
*May 15, 2017 — A preview of an Empire Magazine feature on the film includes the news that [[Jim Carter]] has been cast as Cogman.<ref>[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/transformers-last-knight/exclusive-explosive-new-look-bumblebee-transformers-last-knight/ Exclusive, Explosive New Look At Bumblebee In Transformers: The Last Knight] on Empire Online</ref>
*May 17, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue7cNNfjCyc International Trailer] is released.
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==Notes==
*Tyrese Gibson was intended to return as [[Robert Epps]], but the logistics of filming in Europe resulted in him being unable to take part.<ref>[http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/1104536/tyrese-gibson-transformers-the-last-knight-robert-epps-josh-duhamel-mark-wahlberg-michael-bay Tyrese Gibson exclusively admits he was 'p****d' to miss out on filming Transformers: The Last Knight alongside original co-star Josh Josh Duhamel] on OK! Online</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers Saigo no Kishiō''''' (トランスフォーマー最後の騎士王, "Transformers: The Last Knight King")
*''Finnish:'' '''''Transformers: Viimeinen Ritari''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Italian:'' '''''Transformers - L'ultimo cavaliere''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Korean:'' '''''Teulaenseupomeo: Choehuui Gisa''''' (트랜스포머: 최후의 기사, "Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng 5: Zuìhòu de Qíshì''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛5：最後的騎士, "Transformers 5: The Last Knight"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng 5: Zuìhòu de Qíshì''''' (China, 变形金刚5：最后的骑士, "Transformers 5: The Last Knight")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Último Cavaleiro''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Last Knight"), '''''Transformers 5''''' (Portugal)
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery: Posledniy rytsar' ''''' (Трансформеры: Последний рыцарь, "Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El último caballero''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''''Трансформери - Останній лицар''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3371366/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ''The Last Knight'' at IMDB.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight ''The Last Knight'' film on Wikipedia]
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_last_knight/ ''The Last Knight'' on RottenTomatoes.com]

==References==
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Transformers: The Last Knight (film)

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[[File:TLK Poster.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and "X" never, ever marks the spot.]]
'''''Transformers: The Last Knight''''' is the fifth film in the [[live-action film series]], serving as a sequel to ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'', and was released on [[June 21]], [[2017]].

When he is gifted a [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]] by a dying [[Transformer]] knight, [[Cade Yeager]] finds himself pursued by both the [[Decepticon]]s and the [[Transformers Reaction Force]]. He soon finds himself recruited along with [[Viviane Wembly]] by [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]], last of the [[Order of the Witwiccans]], to once again save the world from a new impending threat.

==Synopsis==
It is the year [[484]] in [[England]]. A medieval battle rages. [[King Arthur]] and his [[Knights of the Round Table|knight]]s are looking down the barrel of defeat at the hands of the [[Saxon]]s, and their only hope lies with the magician [[Merlin]]. Elsewhere Merlin, in reality merely a drunkard, rides up to a long-crashed alien ship and beseeches the occupants for help. He has kept their secret, but now needs their help. The other knights are losing hope, but Arthur believes Merlin will come through. Merlin manages to convince a giant metal knight at the ship to help, and it presents him with a [[Staff of Merlin|staff]], allowing him to return to the battle with a [[Dragonstorm|giant metal dragon]]. The battle is won in favor of Camelot.

Present day: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] drifts apparently lifeless in space. Both he and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] have vanished from [[Earth]], and Transformers have been declared illegal, with the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] set up to track them down, though they've found refuge in some places such as [[Cuba]], where [[Seymour Simmons]] is hanging out with the remaining [[Wrecker]]s. Transformers continue to arrive in waves and [[NASA]] scientists detect something large incoming.

Four kids, craving adventure, breach a fence and enter a section of city ruined by a previous Transformer battle. They stumble on a crashed Transformer ship with a still-living occupant. TRF [[Sentinel (TLK)|Sentinels]] close in on them and warn them that they're trespassing; however [[Izabella]] appears out of nowhere to help, slinging bottles of green ooze which result in one Sentinels shooting another. Izabella's tiny robot [[Sqweeks]] wraps a cable around the legs of the remaining Sentinel and it topples over, allowing the kids time to get away. Pursued by another Sentinel, Izabella takes the kids to shelter — a Transformer named [[Canopy]] whose back is a hollow mound of rubble. They're joined by Sqweeks, who's lost his arm in the battle. Canopy and the kids start moving, unaware the TRF has spotted them. Unable to determine what faction Canopy is and with kids possibly in danger, TRF commander [[Santos]] orders an air strike. The missile takes out Canopy, who thanks a tearful Izabella before dying. The kids are soon rescued by [[Cade Yeager]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] who destroy another Sentinel.

Cade drives the kids to the border of the no-go zone and drops them off before returning to the crashed ship. Despite his efforts, the pilot within dies, but not before attempting to present Cade with the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]]. Cade does not take it. He reports the pilot's death to Bumblebee shortly before [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] appears and Cade is suddenly surrounded by TRF forces. Meanwhile, the Talisman sprouts legs and crawls away from the ship. Cade refuses to divulge where the other Transformers are. Bumblebee arrives, only to be blown to pieces by the TRF. Moments later, the parts start reconnecting as Bumblebee reassembles himself, sending the TRF forces into disarray as he does so. He and Cade take Santos hostage, but the standoff is interrupted by the arrival of [[William Lennox|Lennox]] who tries to talk Cade and Bee into standing down. [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]'s appearance settles things however, and Cade, Bee and Hound leave, though the TRF manages to get a tracking device onto Bumblebee.

Lennox reports to [[Morshower|General Morshower]] who plays a recording of Barricade reporting back to Megatron. Megatron is disappointed Barricade failed to secure the Talisman as it is the object they need to lead them to the staff, but Barricade believes the TRF will lead them to it. Morshower orders Lennox to return to his covert infiltration of the TRF.

Optimus's voyage through space comes to an end as he crashes on the ravaged surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which has been mysteriously disassembled into many pieces. He encounters and attacks [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]], who claims to be his creator and the "Prime of Life," but she easily restrains him.

As he returns to the [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] he calls home, Cade realizes that the Talisman has somehow ended up in his vehicle. In England, [[Cogman]] alerts [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] to the arrival of the Talisman. Elsewhere in England, [[Viviane Wembly]] wins a game of polo for her team before returning to the [[University of Oxford]]. She lectures her class on King Arthur, someone she believes to be a made-up legend, unaware she's being watched by Burton. Burton gives instructions to a nearby parked car.

Quintessa tells Optimus that he must retrieve her staff, stolen by her knight guardians and hidden on Earth.

[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] are hanging out in the junkyard. Cade, Hound, and Bumblebee stop off on their way back so Cade can banter with the local authority, Chief [[Sherman]], who complains that his cruiser has been stolen. The trio continue to the junkyard where [[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]] and [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] are looking at online photos of custom cars. They are unaware Izabella and Sqweeks have stowed away on Hound. While Bumblebee and Crosshairs come to blows, Cade persuades Grimlock to cough up Sherman's cruiser, or what's left of it. [[Daytrader]] arrives, bringing [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s head and a new voicebox for Bumblebee. He's interested in Cade's Talisman, and says it's a sign of the impending apocalypse. Izabella fronts up to Cade and attempts to pursuade him to let her stay. They return to Cade's trailer for antics with the [[Mini Dinobot]]s and trade stories of lost family members. Izabella manages to impress Cade with her knowledge of Cybertronian physiology and he's convinced to let her stay.

In [[Namibia]], scientists arrive at a location to find a giant metal horn poking out of the ground. News of the horn, and five more like it, get back to Simmons and Burton. Meanwhile the NASA scientists meet with [[President of the United States|presidential]] staff to report they have detected an approaching planet, which they say will arrive in three days.

Helped by Hound, Cade makes an untraceable satellite phone call to [[Tessa Yeager|his daughter]] at college, but is unable to speak to her for fear that his voice will be recognized by the [[CIA]], and can only listen as she tries to convince him to get a girlfriend.

Lennox meets Morshower at the [[Pentagon]] for a briefing on the horns — Megatron has been spotted visiting them and has snatched up two CIA operatives as hostages. Lennox and some lawyers meet with Megatron to negotiate the return of some of his men. They agree to release [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], and [[Nitro Zeus]]; [[Berserker]], however, turns out to be a step too far, and Megatron is forced to select [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] instead. Morshower believes they can use Megatron so they can get hold of Cade's Talisman themselves.

As morning breaks over the junkyard, the Decepticons prepare to move in, observed by the TRF. Izabella attaches a new arm to Sqweeks, before helping Cade fit Bumblebee's new voicebox. Bee is not happy with the result, which sounds like a GPS. Sherman gives the group advanced warning of the impending Decepticon assault, and the Autobots and humans scramble to get ready to escape. Megatron's group arrives to find the junkyard deserted, at least until Hound pops up and starts shooting. Megatron returns fire. The Autobot group heads into the nearby town, where Drift finds the tracking device on Bee. Grimlock and [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] ambush the TRF forces en route to the town. Santos has a swarm of unmanned drones sent in. The Decepticons arrive in the middle of town and immediately spot Sqweeks, which draws Izabella out in an attempt to save the tiny Autobot. Cade detonates the explosives hidden around town and flees with Izabella, pursued by Barricade. The 'Con is taken out by Grimlock, and as the battle rapidly turns against the Decepticons, Megatron calls a retreat. Cade, Izabella, and Jimmy take cover in a disused church as the TRF drones move in, however the drones continue to pursue them through the church. Cade and Izabella take two of them out, but Jimmy tries to bluff a third, banking on the idea it's using facial recognition. He gets shot anyway, but fortunately it was only a beanbag.

The trio head into another disused building and enter a lift where they encounter Cogman, who announces he's come to collect Cade. The discussion ends when a drone arrives, and Cade ends up clinging to it as it flies wildly around the street. Cogman phones Sir Burton to report the bad news, but fortunately Cade survives his impromptu flight, partly thanks to the Talisman protecting him from bullets. He manages to ride another drone to the ground and is met by Cogman who explains that he's important because of the Talisman. Crosshairs attempts to prevent Cogman from doing anything, only for the smaller robot to break his finger. Cogman convinces Cade to go with him and leave the others. Cade and Bee accompany Cogman on a plane to England.

Morshower and Lennox track the flight, and note that Megatron's group is giving pursuit. Lennox is ordered to take the TRF team to the UK as well.

Simmons calls Sir Burton to let him know a book has been tracked down. NASA continues tracking the incoming planet, now identified as Cybertron. Quintessa reveals to Optimus that Earth is actually [[Unicron]] and that they're going to kill him with the staff, an act which will destroy Earth and restore Cybertron. Optimus's optics turn purple as Quintessa addresses him as "Nemesis Prime". Optimus swears to fight anyone who interferes with his new mission.

Viviane and her family watch a news report on the giant horns. Conversation turns to her dead father, and her mother suggests she check her father's study in case there's anything useful for her work. Disinterested, she instead gets into her car where an invitation falls out of the glove compartment. The car takes off of its own accord and starts driving her through the streets of [[London]]. When she smashes a window, the car complains in a French accent and throws her into the trunk. She calls for help, having realized she's in a Transformer, and the car [[scanning|scans]] a passing Lamborghini, reconfiguring itself into a copy of the other vehicle.

Cade's plane lands at Sir Burton's castle, where he and Bumblebee are shot at by [[Bulldog (TLK)|a tank Transformer]]. Sir Burton apologizes and takes a look at the Talisman. [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] arrives carrying Viviane, who is unhappy at being kidnapped. Once things calm down, Sir Burton explains he's the last of the [[Order of the Witwiccans]]. Cade's boorish behavior towards Viviane results in him being assaulted by Cogman. Sir Burton shows off portraits of his family tree and the Witwiccans, and relates how the Transformers have been helping humans for centuries, such as when Bumblebee and Hot Rod took part in [[World War II]]. They head to another building which houses the original [[Round Table]] used by King Arthur and his knights when they teamed up with the twelve [[Knights of Iacon]]. Further there is a legend that a last knight would be found and thanks to possessing the Talisman, that's Cade. Only Merlin's DNA can unlock the power of the staff, which is where Viviane comes in as a direct descendant of Merlin. She has no idea where the staff might be though. Further discussion is halted as [[MI6]] and TRF forces arrive to assault the castle. Hot Rod's time stopper weapon gives the group enough time to escape.

Simmons makes an irate call to Sir Burton, who is currently being pursued through London and is late for the appointment at [[Trinity Library]]. Bumblebee arrives at Viviane's house with her and Cade, and the pair start rifling through her father's study in search of a clue. Sir Burton's dropped off at the library, but Simmons demands to be inducted into the Order of Witwiccans before he'll point Sir Burton to the book, which reveals Earth is Unicron and points them to [[Stonehenge]]. Cade and Viviane find a clue in an old popup book which points them to the [[HMS Alliance|HMS ''Alliance'']] at the navy museum. The TRF arrive at the house. Meanwhile, Sir Burton and Cogman switch cars and a high-speed chase through the streets of London ensues. Cade and Viviane, now also making a getaway in Bumblebee, let them know about the navy museum. Cogman manages to shake his pursuers while Bumblebee manages to shake Barricade by blasting the Decepticon.

Bumblebee reaches the naval museum at the same time as Cogman and Sir Burton, and they have the HMS ''Alliance'' evacuated. Sir Burton leaves the others to it, explaining that the submarine, in reality a Transformer, knows the way to the staff. The sub launches, with Bumblebee clinging to the exterior so he cam come along for the ride. The sub's departure is noted by TRF and they track it as it heads away from England. The TRF scramble their own submersibles to give chase. A nuclear sub fires missiles at the ''Alliance'' which responds by ramming the other sub and diving deeper into the ocean. Cogman fires himself out through a torpedo tube.

Sir Burton arrives at Number 10 to see the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], but is turned away. Cogman returns to the sub with a couple of fish he's caught. Viviane and Cade share clumsy sexual chemistry until Cogman reveals he's made sushi as a "last meal". Sir Burton takes a secret back entrance into Number 10 to talk to the PM, holding off security by threatening to release the [[watch that killed Hitler]]. Sir Burton tells the PM to mobilize the military to Stonehenge. The ''Alliance'' zeros in on a vast undersea Transformer ship, which lights up as they approach. The pursuing TRF subs also spot the ship, but have to make their own way in after the airlock doors close behind the ''Alliance''. The ''Alliance'' surfaces beyond the airlock, and the group starts exploring.

Back at the junkyard, Izabella, Sqweeks, and Crosshairs look up at the approaching Cybertron. Elsewhere, NASA scientists give a briefing as the approaching planet scrapes the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. The doomsday news is broadcast on [[television]] around the world. The subs carrying the TRF teams led by Lennox and Santos emerge into an air pocket, and they move out. Daytrader arrives back at the junkyard with the [[Knight Ship|Autobots' ship]], and the group there prepares to head to England to help out. Cade and Viviane find a chamber holding motionless Knights of Iacon. Cybertron moves into Earth's atmosphere, passing the [[International Space Station]]. Viviane touches a Celtic engraving which reveals Merlin's sarcophagus, inside which they find a wooden staff. As the TRF moves through the same chamber, [[Skullitron|one of the knights]] springs to life. Cade keeps it distracted as the TRF attacks it, eventually bringing it down. Viviane grabs the wooden staff which transforms into metal in her hands. Lennox and Santos attempt to get her to hand it over, but she reveals only she can use it. More knights revive and attack, however a short time later, Optimus kills them and forces Viviane to turn the staff over to him. Sending the others back to the sub, Cade, Lennox, and Bumblebee go after Optimus.

Bumblebee fights with Optimus atop the vast ship as it comes to the surface. Bumblebee manages to get the better of his former leader, and Cade attempt to persuade Optimus to stop fighting. As the ship rises out of the water, Optimus is able to get the upper hand and is prepared to end Bumblebee when Bee manages to talk in his own voice. Shaking Quintessa's influence, Optimus drops his sword, just in time for Megatron to swoop in and claim the staff. After the Decepticons leave, the remaining Knights of Iacon emerge from the ship and are ready to execute Optimus for aiding Quintessa's cause. The Talisman transforms into a sword which Cade uses to block the killing strike, and the Knights recognize Cade as a knight. Though Prime is ready to die, Cade talks him out of sacrificing himself, and Optimus announces they have to destroy Quintessa. Also the other Autobots show up in their ship.

Cybertron makes touchdown on Earth, causing untold destruction. Megatron arrives at Stonehenge with the staff. Lennox contacts Morshower with the coordinates for the "end game", an [[ignition chamber]] which is part of one of the dangling pieces of Cybertron and military forces move in. Cade comes up with a plan to load Ospreys onto the Autobot ship so they can get close enough to the ignition chamber to land. NASA thinks this is a bad plan and works on an alternate idea. The massive ship continues towards Stonehenge where the Decepticons, along with Sir Burton and the military forces, are waiting. At Sir Burton's signal, the military opens fire on the Decepticons as the massive ship arrives directly overhead. Megatron blasts Sir Burton. The Autobots regroup with Cade and the TRF and Optimus Prime gives a stirring speech before blasting off. Cogman manages to find Sir Burton shortly before he expires.

Megatron returns to the Ignition Chamber where Quintessa is waiting. She plugs the staff into the floor, and lightning starts arcing about. The pieces of Cybertron start moving about and joining together, causing those on the ground to run for their lives. Massive worldwide destruction ensues. As the Autobot ship carries Autobots, knights and humans up to their fates, Cade asks Viviane out on a date. Jets soften up the defenses around the ignition chamber while the humans all board the Ospreys, and Cade has it out with Santos. Shamed, the TRF troops all rip off their insignias. The Ospreys launch, and Izabella and Sqweeks reveal they've stowed away on the one carrying Cade and Viviane. Covered by the jets and the giant three-headed dragon, the Ospreys head to the ignition chamber, and crash-land on the surface. The landing site is immediately a war zone as Megatron and his Decepticons stand in their way. Lennox spots the entrance to the chamber, but the team is pinned down by a gun emplacement. Izabella instructs Sqweeks to go blow the gun emplacement up. [[Infernocus]] merges and knocks Bumblebee and co out of the air.

Meanwhile the NASA scientists have come up with a plan to use nukes to cause a nearby chunk of Cybertron to destroy the ignition chamber. Morshower contacts Lennox to let him know the new plan, and the TRF forces start withdrawing. Sqweeks succeeds in blowing up the gun emplacement. Optimus arrives aboard the dragon and takes out Infernocus. As the TRF troops parachute off the platform, the jets nuke the neighbouring chunk of Cybertron. Viviane drops her parachute and heads back towards the chamber, followed by Cade. The chunk hits the platform containing the chamber, however despite the devastating impact, the chamber continues to function. The chamber tumbles down until it comes to rest on another part of Cybertron. Inside, chaos reigns as the Autobots and Decepticons fight and Viviane grabs the staff. Optimus kicks Megatron through a wall shortly before another impact sends the chamber tumbling out of the sky. Optimus and Bumblebee manage to defeat Quintessa, the latter blasting her. Quintessa vanishes in a flash of blue light. Viviane finally pulls the staff free, shutting down the Ignition Chamber just before it crashes to the ground. Optimus dramatically drives out of the cloud of debris raised by its impact, carrying Cade and Viviane. As everyone reunites, Optimus gives another stirring speech about how Earth and Cybertron are now joined as one.

Meanwhile, back in Namibia, Quintessa, now in a human form, walks up to one of the scientists studying the giant metal horn and offers to tell him how to kill Unicron.

==Quotes==
"All right, I am what they say. I'm a liar, a charlatan. I've deceived my whole life, but if I could, for one moment, change this world for the better, I would give up everything! Everything! I'd give up drink! Money! Wom- Drink and money!"
:—'''Merlin'''

"Go to hell!" 
"'This planet ''is'' hell!"
:—'''Izabella''' and '''Megatron''' exchange smack talk

"The end is near, my old treacherous friend...what a shame you'll be unable to see it."
:—'''Megatron''' musing to the decapitated head of Starscream

"Don't kill the messenger... or the messenger will kill ''you''."
:—'''Cogman'''

"You are needed, sir. Urgently. My master is fond of saying that all the important decisions in life often come down to just one moment."
:—'''Cogman''' impresses on Cade the gravity of the situation.

"Introductions. Miss Viviane Wembly: Master of History, Oxford; Doctor of Philosophy, also Oxford; and Doctor of Letters, Oxford again, I think. Anything else? Anyway, meet Cade." 
"... Yeager. Cade Yeager. I'm an inventor."
:—'''Sir Edmund Burton''' and '''Cade Yeager'''

'''Hot Rod:''' "Bonjour, chérie! J'em appelle Hot Rôd." 
'''Viviane:''' "Ut what?" 
'''Hot Rod:''' "Hot ''Rôd.''" 
'''Viviane''' "Hut Rud?" 
'''Hot Rod:''' "''Hot Rôd!''" 
'''Sir Edmund Burton:''' "Hot. Rod." 
'''Hot Rod:''' "Mhmm." 
'''Sir Edmund Burton:''' "It's his French accent." 
'''Viviane:''' "Is he French?" 
'''Sir Edmund Burton:''' "No, he just likes the accent." 
'''Hot Rod:''' "Non! No no no, I ''hate'' the accent! But I can't get rid of it! I'm ''stuck'' with the accent!"

"I-I am Bumblebee...your oldest friend! Optimus...I would lay down my life for you."
:—'''Bumblebee''' regains his voice, and Optimus regains his mind.

"Did you forget who I am? I am Optimus Prime!"
:—'''Optimus''' as he kills the Infernocons. They should've run for cover.

"We were brothers once!" 
"''Once.''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Erik Aadahl]])
*[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] ([[Omar Sy]])
*[[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] ([[John Goodman]])
*[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] ([[Ken Watanabe]])
*[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Cogman]] ([[Jim Carter]])
*[[Sqweeks]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]
*[[Slug (AOE)|Slug]]
*[[Mini Dinobot|Mini-Dinobots]]
**Mini Grimlock
**Mini Slug
**Mini Strafe
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Daytrader]] ([[Steve Buscemi]])
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin/Volleybot]] ([[Steven Barr]])
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]
*[[Canopy]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*"[[Bulldog (TLK)|Bulldog]]" ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Excavator Autobot]]
*[[Hurricane Autobot]]
*[[Northrop Autobot]]
*[[HMS Alliance|HMS ''Alliance'']] Autobot

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (Frank Welker)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Nitro Zeus]] (John DiMaggio/Steven Barr)*
*[[Mohawk]] (Reno Wilson)
*[[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] (John DiMaggio)
*[[Dreadbot]]
*[[Berserker]] (Steven Barr)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s head
*Decepticon [[protoform]]s

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Cade Yeager]] ([[Mark Wahlberg]])
*[[Viviane Wembly]] ([[Laura Haddock]])
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Izabella]] ([[Isabela Moner]])
*[[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] ([[Anthony Hopkins]])
*[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Santos]] ([[Santiago Cabrera]])
*[[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]] ([[Jerrod Carmichael]])
*[[Morshower]] ([[Glenn Morshower]])
*[[Merlin]] ([[Stanley Tucci]])
*[[King Arthur|King Arthur]] ([[Liam Garrigan]])
*[[JPL Engineer]] ([[Tony Hale]])

|h4=[[Knights of Iacon]]|c4=
*[[Dragonstorm]]
**[[Dragonicus]]
**[[Stormreign]]
**[[Skullitron]]
**[[Steelbane]]

|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] ([[Gemma Chan]])
*[[Infernocus]]
**[[Infernocon]]s
*[[Unicron]]
*The [[watch that killed Hitler]]
*[[Vatti Transformer]]
|nonumbering=true
}}
*Nitro Zeus' voice actor varies depending on the version of the film, with one having him played by John DiMaggio, and the other with him played by Steven Barr.

==Continuity notes==
*Optimus left Earth at the end of [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|the last movie]], to look for the mysterious [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]]. No sign or mention of that [[Seed]] he was carrying, though he announced at the time he was going to take it where "it can never be found."
*The Dinobots were "set free" by Optimus at the end of the last movie, though they have since joined up with the main Autobot team in hiding, presumably for pragmatic reasons.
*Cade's daughter Tessa was a soon to graduate high school student in ''Age of Extinction'', and she has since gone on to college.
*Izabella's parents were killed during the Decepticon invasion in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.
*Starscream was killed by a [[NEST]] boomstick at the climax of ''Dark of the Moon''. ''Age of Extinction'' established that scavengers had salvaged many objects from the Battle of Chicago.
*Megatron addresses Starscream's disembodied head as "my treacherous old friend". Back in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Megatron accused Starscream of abandoning him to die in the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]]. We wouldn't call that a justified accusation, but what can we do? It's the word of a dead skull against that of the universe's greatest warlord.
*While [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] was killed by [[Cemetery Wind]] in a video recording in ''Age of Extinction'', his two fellow [[Wrecker]]s were nowhere to be seen. This film reveals both to have survived.
*When Viviane is abducted by Hot Rod, she asks if her captor is a famous Transformer such as [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] or [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]].
*Daytrader gives the Autobots [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]], which was last seen being attacked by [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese military]] jets in Hong Kong.
*The T.R.F. uses the exact same tactic to take out one of the Knights as N.E.S.T. used to take out Shockwave and Barricade in ''Dark of the Moon''.
*The ''Ark'' is briefly seen on the Moon, where it was revealed to be back in ''Dark of the Moon'', having been left there untouched in the years since, along with the site of the [[Apollo 11]] moon landing.
*Among the landmarks trashed by the hanging chunks of Cybertron is the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], where the climax of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' took place, recognizable by the top missing to reveal the Star Harvester hidden underneath.
*The Decepticons are seen using several [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]s, as they were in ''Dark of the Moon'', though there's no word on if these Carriers are the same ones from the Chicago operation.
*Quintessa teleports herself away; she seems to have a bodily [[space bridge]] much as [[The Fallen]] did.
*It's never made clear whether or not [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] is one the [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]] alluded to in the previous film. She claims to be the "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]] of Life" and to have created the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] species, but that is up for debate.
*Drift only has one of his swords, like the end of the previous film, showing that he never retrieved the other from the battle with the KSI drones.
*Sir Burton states to Viviane is the last descendent of Merlin still alive, indirectly stating that [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] is dead at this point.

==Transformers references==
* Quintessa is a loose adaptation of the [[Quintesson]]s—the recurring race of antagonistic extraterrestrials who terrorized both the Autobots and Decepticons in season 3 of the original 1980's cartoon. In the cartoon continuity, the Quintessons were the creators of the Transformers, in the same way that Quintessa claims to be in the film. Here, though, Quintessa seems to be physically based off of [[Quintus Prime]], a relatively new character introduced through 2013's ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''; the decision to make the character female is something wholly new, although it may speak to some influence from [[Solus Prime]].
* Unicron having a connection to the Earth seems inspired by the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon; in that series, Unicron's ''was'' the core of the Earth, with the rest of the planet having formed around his dormant body during his hibernation. Whether or not this corporeality holds true for this incarnation of Unicron remains to be seen.
* When Optimus Prime falls under Quintessa's control, he is dubbed "[[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]]", an obvious reference to the evil clone of Optimus Prime that has appeared in many [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|conti]][[Nemesis Prime (G1)|nui]][[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|ties]].
* Edmund Burton claims Cogman is a [[Headmaster (technology)|"headmaster"]], which is typically a human-sized bot that transforms into the head of a larger bot. While this reference ''is'' borne out by his [[Cogman#Toys|toy]], which features a larger vehicle body and a detachable head, we don't actually see Cogman do anything like that in the movie itself.
*This is not the first time the Transformers have been [[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|associated with Arthurian times]].
* Galvatron eventually returns back to using his true name. [[Megatron (Armada)|Like we haven't seen that before]].

==Real-life references==
*The bogus voice box Bumblebee gets from Daytrader has the voice of {{w|Siri}}, the AI assistant found in most iPhones.
*Crosshairs calls Cogman a "[[Star_Wars_(film)|C-3PO]] ripoff".
*Sir Edmund Burton quotes the song ''[[w:It's a Long Way to Tipperary|It's a Long Way to Tipperary]]'' in reference to World War I.

==Other editions==
*Two versions of the film were released to theaters: one screened in English-speaking countries, which seems to be the "finished" version, and another shown internationally, with foreign language subtitles, which appears to be an earlier version. There are numerous differences in dialogue between the two versions, with some lines being dropped, added, or changed completely for the finished version, including ones that even help to make the film make more sense!
**When Hound shows up when TRF are talking to Bee and Cade, in the finished version he says, "Am I late to this ass kicking? My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail." The alternate version has him say "Mornin', fellas! I like showing up to a gun fight! This round mound's gonna mow you down. Translation: Sayonara, suckers!"
**When Daytrader says "You always resort to violence", in the finished version Hound says "I love violence". That scene is skipped in the alternate version.
**In the "earlier" version, all of Nitro Zeus's dialogue is provided by Steven Barr, and the actor receives an on-screen credit for the role. For the "finished" version, it was all re-recorded by John DiMaggio (with the credits altered to reflect the change), with some differences. During his introduction, for instance, the finished version has him say: "I know where you live, Enrique, say hello to your wife for me!" while the other, he says: "By the way, Enrique, Chad's sleeping with your wife!"
**When arriving at the Junkyard, DiMaggio-Nitro remarks "Aw man, I kicked more ass in prison!" upon learning that Cade and co. have left, while in the alternate version Barr-Nitro says "Unfortunate, because I was looking to knock some heads!".
**While Megatron is musing to the head of Starscream, as he says "The end is near", DiMaggio-Nitro cuts in with "Oh, she's coming!" while Barr-Nitro remains silent.
**When the Decepticons arrive in the abandoned town, Barr-Nitro says: "I know they're close!" while DiMaggio-Nitro says: "Oh, I feel a fight comin'!"
**In the final film, when the Autobots discover the tracker planted on Bumblebee, Crosshairs remarks "The tracker led 'em right to us! When are you gonna grow up?" but in the alternate version, he says "What's this? You brought 'em right to us!"
**After the town battle, Crosshairs calls the TRF drones "gnats" as he shoots them down in the finished version. He remains silent in the alternate version.
**In the finished version, when Crosshairs is talking about Cogman he says, "Hey Cade, what's with the C-3PO ripoff?", but in the alternate version he says, "I'll swat this metal cockroach for you Cade."
**Crosshairs whines that his finger is broken in the background when Cogman is speaking to Cade in the finished version. He remains silent in the alternate version.
**When Megatron steals the staff from Optimus, the "finished" film features Nitro Zeus saying: "You blew your chance to kill Unicron!" followed by Megatron saying: "I knew you couldn't do it. Your time is over, Prime! You failed!" The other has no Nitro Zeus dialogue, and instead features Megatron saying: "Quintessa, the most ruthless of our Gods, knew you couldn't do it. She knows I'm strong and you're weak."
**When the Knights of Iacon attack Optimus, in the alternate version one of the Knights tells Prime "She put you under a spell!". In the finished version, that line was removed.
**Barricade has an extra line at Stonehenge in the alternate version, where he says "Yes! Drain Unicron! He will be powerless!"
**The finished version adds an extra line between Cade and Lennox on Cybertron about Optimus never having made it to the Ignition Chamber, while the alternate version never acknowledges his absence.
**When Optimus Prime attacks Quintessa, In the finished version she says, "You traitor!", and Optimus retracts his faceplate. In the alternate version she says, "Nemesis! You traitor!", and Optimus' faceplate does not retract.
**The final version has Quintessa scream as Bumblebee blasts her, while Bumblebee quips "Sting like a bee!"—but in the other version, Quintessa is silent, and Bumblebee's dialogue is very slightly different, with him saying "''I'' sting like a bee."
*The Chinese release adds roughly 2 minutes of content just for soft-advertising.

==Errors==
===Continuity errors===
*Sir Burton says the battle depicted at the start of the movie took place in 484 AD, while a caption over the first present day scene says it takes place 1600 years later, which would result in the rest of the film taking place in 2084.
*No explanation is offered for how Galvatron has become Megatron again. He even transforms normally now, as opposed to bursting into a cloud of [[Transformium]] and reforming the way he did in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.
*When Cade and Izzy are fitting a new voice box into Bumblebee, it is clear that they are using a prop on set, with no sign of Bumblebee's body. It is possible that due to his reforming ability, Bee was able to remove his head for the procedure. His head being reattached to his body is not shown.
*How does Daytrader have [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s head if it was destroyed in the third film?
*Sqweeks is missing his scavenged Decepticon arm when the Decepticons invade the junkyard, his original arm appearing back in its place. It returns in all subsequent scenes with the character.
*The abandoned town the Autobots and humans seek refuge in has buildings which are a few stories tall at most, then Jimmy, Cade and Izabella are abruptly in a multi-story building with janitorial staff and an external lift when they encounter Cogman. After Cade's ride on a drone, they're suddenly back in the area with no tall buildings in sight.
*Ironhide and Optimus Prime are depicted in historical paintings, but both were clearly seen arriving on Earth in the [[Transformers (film)|first film]]. Though it could be possible that they came and went from Earth, or that other Transformers looked the same.
*How does Hot Rod have the Lamborghini chest in an old war photo if he selected the new disguise merely seconds ago and Lamborghini didn't ''exist'' until 1963?
*Despite the Decepticons all following Cade and Bumblebee to England, only Barricade apparently bothers to try to track them down once there.
*Bumblebee tears out the "defective" voicebox yet is able to talk to Optimus later with no voicebox.
*Optimus remarks that he has not heard Bumblebee's voice "since Cybertron fell". Bumblebee actually spoke with his real voice briefly at the end of the [[Transformers (film)|first film]], albeit it with a different voice actor.
*Where does Optimus go between taking off after giving his speech, and later turning up on Dragonstorm? The "finished" version of the film briefly addresses this by adding an exchange between Cade and Lennox, where the latter says Optimus didn't make it.
*En-route to Cybertron, despite Bumblebee having regained his voice, he once again insists on speaking with an audio clip.

===Technical/animation errors===
*A promotional clip of the scene showing Hot Rod and Viviane's arrival at Burton's estate appears to feature an actor other than Omar Sy performing Hot Rod's voice. Presumably, it was just the "scratch track" that Sy then recorded over; Hot Rod's first line in the clip ("Leetle lady, non!") is replaced in the film (with "Non non non, leetle lady, why do you have to be like zat? Pour quoi?") but his second ("She's very difficult!") remains performed by the scratch track actor.
*When Cade, Viviane, and Cogman are aboard HMS ''Alliance'', there is a camera shot of Cade looking through the periscope with Cogman to the right of screen. The camera angle then changes and shows Viviane in another part of the chamber. The camera returns to Cade, Cogman has vanished. The camera pans back to Viviane again, then returns to Cade, with Cogman back in the shot.
*Bumblebee just sort of...appears in the room where Merlin's staff is held, having not been there ''the entire scene'', and then suddenly standing next to Cade as Optimus leaves with the staff.
*That's not Jess Harnell providing Barricade's dialogue at Stonehenge.

===Geographic discontinuities===
*When the authorities arrive at Burton's mansion, it is noted that "TRF and MI6" are in pursuit. In real life, MI6 is the UK's ''external'' intelligence agency; it is more likely that {{w|MI5}}, the UK's domestic intelligence agency, would be the British central government's agency present.
*American street signs of the hanging green-coloured variety can be seen during the chase scene in London.

==Adaptations==
==Music==
==Score==
:''Main Article'': [[The Last Knight (Music From the Motion Picture)]]
Continuing the tradition of the previous films, the music is once again composed by [[Steve Jablonsky]]. The ending theme of the movie is Torches by [[X Ambassadors]].

==Home video releases==
==Theatrical posters==
<center><gallery>
File:TLK Poster wide Dragonstorm.jpg
File:TLK Poster Rethink Heroes.jpg
File:TLK Poster.JPG
File:TLK Poster Stonehenge.jpg
File:TLK Poster Legend Secret.jpg|Nazis. I hate those guys.
File:TLK Poster Here Forever.jpg
File:TLK Poster IMAX 3D.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Optimus Prime.jpg|Optimus "Barely Appearing in this Movie" Prime
File:TLK Poster char Megatron.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Bumblebee.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Hound.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Hot Rod.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Cogman.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Burton.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Lennox.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Yeager.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Izabella.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Jimmy.jpg
File:TLK Poster char Wembly.jpg
</gallery></center>

==Reception==

{{quote|[sighs] Here we go again.|BBC Radio 5 critic Mark Kermode on ''The Last Knight''<ref>[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ee6xh5AmQo Mark Kermode review]</ref>}}

After four films where critics hated it but the audience showered it with money, ''The Last Knight'' broke the trend by ''not'' being showered with money. It had been projected to make $70-75m in its first days in North America, itself the lowest opening<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/spider-man-homecoming-hoping-to-catch-opening-in-the-100m-vicinity-1202114641/ Deadline, June 15th 20917: "‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Hoping To Catch Opening In The $100M Vicinit"]</ref>, but that was downgraded to $63m after the first few days were even lower than the lowest expected.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/ "Deadline: ‘Transformers’ Still Rusty At $63M+"]</ref> In the end it made almost $70m over the first five days, better than the revised projection but lower than all of the previous films. <ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/ Deadline: "Why ‘Transformers’ Is Screaming For Reboot After $69M Start; ‘Wonder Woman’ & ‘Cars 3’ Fight Over 2nd Place"], 25th June 2017</ref> This meant a lot of critics began to zero in on the sluggish profit, taking the view that American audiences were just getting bored of Bay's version of the franchise.

Internationally the film did $196.2m in the same first five days, of which $123.4m came from [[China]] alone<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/ Deadline: "Why ‘Transformers’ Is Screaming For Reboot After $69M Start; ‘Wonder Woman’ & ‘Cars 3’ Fight Over 2nd Place"], 25th June 2017</ref>(who love the franchise so much delaying ''The Last Knight'' reduced 2016 cinema growth to 3%, down from 48% in 2015!)<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: "'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty"]</ref> The Chinese had been expected to spend up to $290m on the film's run. <ref>[http://variety.com/2017/film/asia/chinas-weying-boards-paramounts-transformers-the-last-knight-1202465635/ Variety:"China’s Weying Boards Paramount’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’"]</ref> However, after 10 days the Chinese box office was $198 million, which was seen as a disappointment and left it unlikely the film would perform as well as ''Age of Extinction'' had.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-transformers-5-crashes-back-earth-75-percent-slide-second-weekend-1018449]</ref>

==Production staff==
The film was directed by [[Michael Bay]], and was written by [[Art Marcum]], [[Matt Holloway]], and [[Ken Nolan]].

==Development details==
[[File:Transformers 5 provisional logo.png|thumb|right|143px|Transfivemers doesn't have the same ring to it.]]
*December 18, 2014 — [[Mark Wahlberg]] confirms to MTV that he is signed on for the next two Transformers films.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/2030612/mark-wahlberg-transformers-5/ Mark Wahlberg Just Found A 'Transformers' Sequel] on MTV.com</ref>
*March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Christina Hodson]] (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
*May 27, 2015 — As part of the news surrounding Barrer and Ferrari joining the room, it's revealed that another pitch is an animated prequel movie set on Cybertron, with the working title of ''Transformers One''.<ref name="barrerferrari" />
*June 8, 2015 — The writers meet on the Paramount lot for the writer's room.<ref name="nolandworet" /> The writers work for the next three months to plot out the next ten years of ''Transformers'' films.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://youtu.be/F_P2fw_DlS4?t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>
*July 28, 2015 — DeKnight reports that as a result of the gathering of writers, Goldsman and Pinkner will be co-writing Transformers 5.<ref name="deknightreveals">[http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/07/28/daredevils-steven-deknight-on-the-transformers-writers-room-and-planning-ahead Daredevil's Steven DeKnight on the Transformers Writers Room and Planning Ahead] on IGN</ref>
*September 17, 2015 — Deadline reveals more about the writer's room process and reports that Barrer and Ferrari will write the animated feature, with Pinkner and Beer writing later films.<ref name="deadlinereveal" /> Bay remains uncommitted to directing.<ref>[https://twitter.com/michaelbay/status/644622092110032896 Tweet by Michael Bay]</ref>
*October 3, 2015 — [[Hasbro Studios]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] relates more details of the writing process in a keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote" />
*November 20, 2015 — With Goldsman now enlisted to create a writer's room for ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Microman|Micronauts]]'', Paramount begins negotiating with Marcum, Holloway and Nolan to write the film.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2015/11/transformers-g-i-joe-micronauts-akiva-goldsman-paramount-hasbro-1201632388/ Akiva Goldsman 'Transformers' Writers Room Leads Paramount & Hasbro To Set One For 'G.I. Joe', 'Micronauts'] on Deadline</ref>
*December 14, 2015 — Wahlberg re-confirms in an interview with CinePop that he'll be back in Transformers 5.<ref>[http://cinepop.com.br/exclusivo-mark-wahlberg-confirma-ao-cinepop-que-estara-em-transformers-5-109295 Mark Wahlberg interview with CinePop]</ref>
*January 4, 2016 — Bay confirms he will be returning to direct.<ref name="rollingstone">[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/13-hours-can-michael-bay-pull-off-a-gritty-movie-about-benghazi-20160104 '13 Hours': Can Michael Bay Pull Off a Gritty Movie About Benghazi?] on Rolling Stone</ref>
*January 12, 2016 — It's totally definitely the last ''Transformers'' film for him this time though.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Yn9bkPNV4JA?t=472 Michael Bay interview with Collider]</ref>
*February 12, 2016 — Transformers 5 is now being released on June 23, 2017. In addition, [[Transformers Universe: Bumblebee|Transformers 6]], acting as a [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] spin-off, and [[Transformers 7]] are set to be released respectively on [[June 8]], 2018 and [[June 28]], 2019.<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref><ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-6-tentative-title-revealed-bumblebee-movie-309597 Transformers 6 Tentative Title Revealed – The Bumblebee Movie] at TFW2005</ref>
*February 18, 2016 — Casting calls go out for June filming in [[London]] and [[Detroit]], also confirming [[Peter Cullen]]'s return as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].<ref>[http://www.acting-auditions.org/2016/02/transformers-5-casting-calls-for-new-lead-roles.html Transformers 5 casting call for new lead roles] on acting-auditions.org</ref>
*February 26, 2016 — After negotiations, it's announced that Michigan will provide $21 million in incentives towards the film.<ref>[http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIEDC/bulletins/138dd29 'Transformers 5' lands in Detroit] from the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office</ref>
[[File:TLK Optiface Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px|5 movies in and [[Michael Bay]] is still finding ways to make my face even more ridiculously detailed. Pretty soon I'm going to look like [[Deceptigod]].]]
*April 6, 2016 — Cinematographer [[Jonathan Sela]] is reported as being booked to work on the film.<ref>[http://variety.com/2016/artisans/news/agencies-book-artisans-on-fast-8-transformers-5-to-the-bone-macgyver-and-altered-carbon-1201747892/ Agencies Book Artisans on 'Fast 8,' 'Transformers 5,' 'To the Bone,' 'MacGyver' and 'Altered Carbon'] on Variety</ref>
*April 13, 2016 — Filming dates are revealed via a casting call on acting-auditions.org.<ref>[http://www.acting-auditions.org/2016/04/transformers-5-casting-calls-auditions-information.html 'Transformers 5' Casting Calls and Auditions Information] on acting-auditions.org</ref>
*May 12, 2016 — [[Isabela Moner]] tweets that she's been cast in the movie.<ref>[https://twitter.com/isabelamoner/status/730835465163530241 Tweet by Isabela Moner]</ref>
*May 14, 2016 — Bay suggests [[Tyrese Gibson]] is under consideration to return.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BFXbTA2IWpr/]</ref>
*May 16, 2016 — The film's title is officially revealed to be ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' in [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFfCGhRoMmW/?taken-by=transformersmoviea teaser trailer] posted on a newly-launched Transformers Movie Instagram.
*May 17, 2016 — [[Josh Duhamel]] announced to be returning for ''Transformers: The Last Knight''.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BFg6ffIoMvx/]</ref>
*May 25, 2016 — Michael Bay posts a [https://www.instagram.com/p/BF1sPamoWtc/?taken-by=michaelbay photo] as production begins in Cuba.
*May 27, 2016 — A [https://twitter.com/transformers/status/736286302870605824 teaser] is posted containing morse code which translates to "I'm coming for you May 31st."
*May 31, 2016 — Michael Bay posts [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGFEZ9vIWv1/a video] of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and announces production is about to start.
*June 3, 2016 — [[Anthony Hopkins]] joins the cast.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/anthony-hopkins-joins-transformers-5-899343]</ref>
*June 4, 2016 — [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPsjYZoMpq/?taken-by=transformersmovie&hl=en First look] at [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s vehicle mode, which is a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPsjYZoMpq/?taken-by=transformersmovie&hl=en Bumblebee vehicle mode reveal]</ref>
*June 4, 2016 — The [[Freya|World's Loneliest Dog]] is cast.<ref>[http://michaelbay.com/2016/06/04/freya/ MichaelBay.com - Freya]</ref>
*June 10, 2016 — [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] is confirmed to return as a 2016 Ford Mustang.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BGes1IfoMqf/?taken-by=transformersmovie&hl=en]</ref>
*June 18, 2016 — [[Mitch Pileggi]] reveals he has a role.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mitchpileggi1/status/743667068138979329 Tweet from Mitch Pileggi]</ref>
[[File:TLK Bumblebee profile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Back to the basics.]]
*June 20, 2016 — [[Laura Haddock]] joins the cast.<ref>[https://twitter.com/laurajhaddock/status/744915023299026944 Tweet from Laura Haddock]</ref>
*June 22, 2016 — New robot character [[Sqweeks]] is revealed.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BG-IEBroWgA/ Michael Bay on Instagram]</ref>
*June 28, 2016 — Tyrese Gibson is confirmed to return.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHLBipSDqcO/ Tyrese on Instagram]</ref>
*June 30, 2016 — [[Santiago Cabrera]] joins the cast.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSfP9EAIi_/ Official movie Instagram reveal of Santiago Cabrera]</ref>
*July 1, 2016 — [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] is confirmed to return with a new Mercedes alt-mode.<ref>[http://michaelbay.com/2016/07/01/drift/ Drift - MichaelBay.com]</ref>
*July 27, 2016 — [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] is confirmed to appear in the film.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1112021768833269/?type=3&theater Onslaught photo] on the official Transformers movie Facebook page.</ref>
*August 4–13, 2016 — A series of character profiles are released on the official movie Facebook. New character [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1116775651691214/?type=3&theater Hot Rod Facebook reveal]</ref> is first to be revealed, and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1119387291430050/?type=3&theater Crosshairs Facebook reveal]</ref> and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1120161021352677/?type=3&theater Hound Facebook reveal]</ref> are confirmed to return. Also shown are profiles for Drift,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1117988908236555/?type=3&theater Drift Facebook reveal]</ref> Sqweeks,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1118574891511290/?type=3&theater Sqweeks Facebook reveal]</ref> Barricade,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1120871694614943/?type=3&theater Barricade Facebook reveal]</ref> Megatron,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1121491451219634/?type=3&theater Megatron Facebook reveal]</ref> and Bumblebee.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/a.196236317078490.37515.180774635291325/1122785391090240/?type=3&theaterBumblebee Facebook reveal]</ref>
*August 9, 2016 — Members of a number of ''Transformers'' fan sites, including TFWiki, are treated to [[Transformers 5 set visit|a set visit]].
*September 4, 2016 — [[Stanley Tucci]] is back as [[Joshua Joyce]] (He later turned out to be playing Merlin, but it's unclear from the article where the confusion originated).<ref>[http://variety.com/2016/film/global/stanley-tucci-to-reprise-transformers-role-in-the-last-knight-1201852108/ Stanley Tucci to Reprise 'Transformers' Role in 'The Last Knight'] on Variety</ref>
[[File:TLK Izabella trailer speech.jpg|thumb|right|250px|True fact: Isabela had to beat Megatron in an arm wrestling contest to get this part.]]
*September 24, 2016 — Location shooting at Blenheim Palace in England proved controversial as [[Winston Churchill]]'s birthplace became draped in Nazi banners. Bay told BBC News that veterans shouldn't be too upset as Churchill is a "big hero" in the film.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-37453284 Transformers' Blenheim Palace 'Nazi' scenes defended] from the BBC</ref>
*October 14, 2016 — Bay announces via Facebook that [[John Turturro]] will be back as [[Seymour Simmons]] & [[John Goodman]] back to voice [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/videos/1174984035870375/ Michael Bay video on Facebook]</ref>
*December 5, 2016 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVKK87hYYM teaser trailer] is released.
*February 3, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npaVgxxtKxQ "Big Game Spot"] is released on YouTube.
*March 12, 2017 — The [https://twitter.com/transformers/status/840751026693062656 Kid's Choice Award Clip] is revealed.
*March 17, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVYSyiL4iis "Izzy Stays and Fights" preview], a family-aimed trailer attached to ''{{w|Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast}}'', is released.
*March 22, 2017 — Eight [http://ew.com/movies/2017/03/22/transformers-last-knight-motion-posters/ "motion posters"] for the film's robot cast are released.
*April 12, 2017 — Another [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FIH1TeIS9Q trailer] is released.
*April 24, 2017 — As part of the "[[Reveal Your Shield]]" promotion, Hasbro releases [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWXj0JSZQjE a video] featuring [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Frank Welker]] credited as the voices of Optimus and Megatron.
*May 5, 2017 — Variety reports that the film's release is being moved forward two days to June 21.<ref name="datemove">[http://variety.com/2017/film/news/mark-wahlberg-transformers-the-last-knight-1202410380/ 'Transformers: The Last Knight' Moves Forward Two Days]</ref>
*May 7, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toS4s_79ZA "Optimus Prime Dialog Coach" teaser] is released.
*May 9, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVZhsL3vV8M "Secret Past" TV spot] is released.
*May 15, 2017 — A preview of an Empire Magazine feature on the film includes the news that [[Jim Carter]] has been cast as Cogman.<ref>[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/transformers-last-knight/exclusive-explosive-new-look-bumblebee-transformers-last-knight/ Exclusive, Explosive New Look At Bumblebee In Transformers: The Last Knight] on Empire Online</ref>
*May 17, 2017 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue7cNNfjCyc International Trailer] is released.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Tyrese Gibson was intended to return as [[Robert Epps]], but the logistics of filming in Europe resulted in him being unable to take part.<ref>[http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/1104536/tyrese-gibson-transformers-the-last-knight-robert-epps-josh-duhamel-mark-wahlberg-michael-bay Tyrese Gibson exclusively admits he was 'p****d' to miss out on filming Transformers: The Last Knight alongside original co-star Josh Josh Duhamel] on OK! Online</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers Saigo no Kishiō''''' (トランスフォーマー最後の騎士王, "Transformers: The Last Knight King")
*''Finnish:'' '''''Transformers: Viimeinen Ritari''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Italian:'' '''''Transformers - L'ultimo cavaliere''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Korean:'' '''''Teulaenseupomeo: Choehuui Gisa''''' (트랜스포머: 최후의 기사, "Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng 5: Zuìhòu de Qíshì''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛5：最後的騎士, "Transformers 5: The Last Knight"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng 5: Zuìhòu de Qíshì''''' (China, 变形金刚5：最后的骑士, "Transformers 5: The Last Knight")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Último Cavaleiro''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Last Knight"), '''''Transformers 5''''' (Portugal)
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery: Posledniy rytsar' ''''' (Трансформеры: Последний рыцарь, "Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El último caballero''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''''Трансформери - Останній лицар''''' ("Transformers: The Last Knight")

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3371366/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ''The Last Knight'' at IMDB.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight ''The Last Knight'' film on Wikipedia]
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_last_knight/ ''The Last Knight'' on RottenTomatoes.com]

==References==
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If I Know You

2017-07-07T06:51:15Z

Caffeinated Spider:

{{Comicstory
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|prev=The Price of You
|next=
|image=TAAO11 regcvr.jpg
|caption="Am I even in this issue?"
"No, but you are mentioned once."
|title="If I Know You"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 5]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=June 2017
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''While Windblade fights for her life inside her own head, Starscream finally gets to be alone in his.'''

==Synopsis==
After [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] plays the role required of him, feeding [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s lies about "memory loss," Starscream himself enters the room to welcome Onslaught back to the land of the living, and to let him know that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], too, is on the road to recovery. He takes some sadistic delight in offering the pair time off before returning to work, telling Blast Off he has "earned" the break, then heads out to get back to work himself, only to be immediately caught between [[Windblade's doctor|a doctor]] who wants to speak with him, and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] with a stack of briefs that need reading. Trapped in the crossfire of their arguing, Starscream elects to give the doctor a moment of his time, but immediately regrets it when he is led to the room containing the comatose Windblade. The doctor explains that, rather than being brain-dead, as was initially believed, Windblade's body has actually shut down because her brain is being overloaded—a result of the fact, Starscream and the doctor independently deduce, that [[Vigilem]] downloaded his consciousness into her mind before his own [[brain module]] was destroyed. The doctor is unable to separate the two brain patterns and believes a [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] may be able to help, but Starscream refuses to delegate the resources and stalks off.

The hallucinatory form of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] appears at Starscream's side to chastize him, and he finally loses his patience. Why, Bumblebee demands, is Starscream so intent on clinging to the outdated image of himself as a schemer and a betrayer who stands alone, when he is now surrounded by 'bots who believe in his leadership? Starscream screeches back that he ''must'' cling to that idea of himself, because every time in the past that he allowed himself to believe otherwise, everything came crumbling down around him. As others in the med-bay turn their heads at the sound of their leader apparently arguing with himself, Starscream lowers his voice, and tells Bumblebee to just ''leave'' if he finds his behavior so reprehensible. No response comes... and when Starscream looks around, Bumblebee has vanished.

Within Windblade's mind—represented as a decaying cityscape—Windblade hides among the ruins from the towering form of Vigilem, who urges her to merge with him so that they can ''both'' survive. Believing that Vigilem will try to merge with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] if he is released back into the world, Windblade refuses, and fights back, her mental "body" growing larger and more ornate with every blow she strikes against the evil Titan, until she stands level with him. His own form shifting to resemble a dark reflection of Windblade, Vigilem tells her that he has no such plan; he will never be strong enough to take over Metroplex, but if Windblade merges with him, he will share dark secrets with her and give her the power she needs to depose Starscream and become the rightful ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Through their mental link, Vigilem has seen Windblade's past—her dedication to her mission to help [[Caminus]], and the moral greying she has had to go through in the name of that greater good since coming to Cybertron—and invites her to wonder: has she compromised her idealism, or has she just come to realize how the world really works?

Days and nights pass as Starscream goes through his routine, still occasionally speaking aloud as if Bumblebee is there to reply before realizing the specter of the little yellow Autobot has not reappeared. At the end of Onslaught's first day "back" at work as head of Starscream's personal security, Blast Off and Starscream are left alone, and Blast Off demands to see Swindle, who is still in recuperation. Starscream refuses, but Blast Off warns him that he can blow the whistle on his scheme at any time, so Starscream relents and takes him to [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]]'s lab, where Swindle is conscious once more, and quite chipper about it. While Blast Off and Swindle reconnect, Starscream takes Airachnid aside to discuss a "delicate matter"; Airachnid thinks he is talking about his hallucinations, but he angrily explains he is actually referring to Windblade, and how she might be healed. Airachnid has familiarized herself with the situation, and has the answer, but it is a dangerous one: a ''third'' 'bot would have to connect themselves to Windblade's brain and help her destroy Vigilem from within, but would only have a short time to accomplish the task before the strain of a third consciousness destroys her mind and all three of them together.

Starscream retires to his quarters for the night, still speaking aloud to the Bumblebee who isn't there. He claims he only asked Airachnid out of curiosity, and wouldn't be so foolish as to risk his own life in such a stunt. He doesn't care about her, he protests, and he doesn't need her—what he ''needs'' is someone who can help him sway public opinion away from [[Elita One]] and back in his direction. A ''real'' hero, someone with real good will... and then, of course, he realizes that Windblade is ''exactly'' who he needs. Realizing what he has to do, Starscream mutters a final curse and shuts down to recharge for the night... whereupon the shadow of Bumblebee falls over him...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 4)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (7)
*''[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'' (10)

|c2=
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (1)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (2)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Windblade's doctor|Unnamed doctor]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Vigilem]] (8)
*''[[Mistress of Flame]]'' (9)
*[[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Do you really think Blast Off isn't going to try to hurt you for this?" 
"You assume he wasn't going to try to hurt me anyway."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"How long are you going to cling to this worn-out, narcissistic mask? Starscream the ruthless. The grand schemer. You haven't been that—just that—for a long time now. People expect things of you because they believe in you. And that should be something you're proud of. Not something you're determined to destroy. Why is it so important for you to be alone?" 
"Because '''I am alone!''' Because the '''nanosecond''' I forgot that, life—most often in the shape of '''Megatron'''—beat the truth back into me. Literally!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"I know how eager you were to become a cityspeaker. You couldn't wait to do everything in your power to help people. I've seen how you threw yourself into your work, even when others told you to hold back. To be less. I know you always wondered why they chose you for your mission. I know the whisper in your spark that it was only to be '''rid''' of you. To see you fail at this impossible thing. I remember the moment you refused to do that, no matter the cost."
:—'''Vigilem''', to Windblade

"Please, Blast Off. Regale me with your tales of woe. The job, the apartment. [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] even mentioned something about a date. That must be wretched." 
"Don't pretend I wanted this." 
"Then don't pretend you '''didn't'''. But please. Berate me, intimidate me, moralize at me. Just let me know which you intend to do first. I want to know which expression to fake."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Blast Off'''

"I hate you." 
"I know."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Vigilem's brain module was destroyed in [[Rubicon|issue #8]]; a moment beforehand, Windblade's eyes glowed red and Vigilem spoke through her, setting up the revelation in this issue that he has transferred himself into her mind.
*Starscream alludes to previous instances where his ambitions led to "the truth" being "beaten back into him." With his history, that's likely happened a ''lot'', but on-panel examples of such experiences have included his original stint on Earth all the way back in ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', where his plan to overthrow Megatron with the help of [[Ore-13]] ended with the Decepticon leader beating the tar out of Screamer, and ''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]'', in which his disastrous leadership of the Decepticons during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] concluded with Megatron pummeling him to near-death.
*Windblade's enhanced form in the mindscape is based on her ceremonial paint job from the ''Combiner Hunters'' [[An Uneventful Night|comic]] and boxset, and she wields [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]'s "[[Combiner Slayer]]" sword from the same theme.
*Flashbacks in this issue show Windblade being chosen for the mission to re-establish contact with Cybertron (prior to her first appearance in [[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|''More than Meets the Eye'' #26]], and to other flashbacks seen in [[A 'Bot and Her City|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #1]]); whispering in Starscream's ear as part of the cover-up of Chromia's crimes (as seen in [[Windblade issue 4|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #4]]); manipulating [[Navitas]]'s components (from [[Race Against the Light|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #5]]); and spying on the Combaticons' apartment (from [[Things We Said We'd Never Do|issue #3]]).
*The fact that Bumblebee is able to "appear" when Starscream is asleep, plus the fact he casts a ''shadow'', certainly suggests he's not just the "hallucination" Starscream perceives him as, and more than a "ghost" as well. In [[Ghost Stories|the 2017 ''Transformers'' annual]], it was revealed that Bumblebee was still alive within the [[Crystal City]] singularity that consumed his body shortly after his death in the closing chapters of [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|''Dark Cybertron'']], and implied that he was responsible for the "hallucination" Starscream has been interacting with.
*After several issues of obscurity and seeing only his brain dead body, Swindle is finally back online, albeit surprisingly more cheerful and sincere.

===Transformers references===
*The unnamed doctor who updates Starscream on Windblade's condition looks a lot like [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], doesn't he? He's not based on any specific incarnation of the character; IDW continuity has established that many of Ratchet's features, like his forehead chevron and coloration, are uniform attributes shared among many medics. Two more bots who can be seen turning around when Starscream starts yelling to "himself" carry on the trend.

===Other trivia===
*Solicited for release in June, this issue arrives just a pinch late, in the first week of July.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Vigilem and Metroplex, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]; third in a series of themed two-character covers for this arc by Pitre-Durocher.
*'''Subscription cover:''' The threat of Vigilem haunts Starscream, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Starscream by [[James Raiz]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]

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===Advertisements===
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*''[[The Transformers: Salvation]]''
*''[[My Little Pony]]: The Movie Prequel''
*''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' Vol. 1 TPB
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==External links==
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[[Category:Till All Are One issues]]

If I Know You

2017-07-07T06:49:45Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory
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|caption=
|title="If I Know You"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 5]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=June 2017
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''While Windblade fights for her life inside her own head, Starscream finally gets to be alone in his.'''

==Synopsis==
After [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] plays the role required of him, feeding [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s lies about "memory loss," Starscream himself enters the room to welcome Onslaught back to the land of the living, and to let him know that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], too, is on the road to recovery. He takes some sadistic delight in offering the pair time off before returning to work, telling Blast Off he has "earned" the break, then heads out to get back to work himself, only to be immediately caught between [[Windblade's doctor|a doctor]] who wants to speak with him, and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] with a stack of briefs that need reading. Trapped in the crossfire of their arguing, Starscream elects to give the doctor a moment of his time, but immediately regrets it when he is led to the room containing the comatose Windblade. The doctor explains that, rather than being brain-dead, as was initially believed, Windblade's body has actually shut down because her brain is being overloaded—a result of the fact, Starscream and the doctor independently deduce, that [[Vigilem]] downloaded his consciousness into her mind before his own [[brain module]] was destroyed. The doctor is unable to separate the two brain patterns and believes a [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] may be able to help, but Starscream refuses to delegate the resources and stalks off.

The hallucinatory form of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] appears at Starscream's side to chastize him, and he finally loses his patience. Why, Bumblebee demands, is Starscream so intent on clinging to the outdated image of himself as a schemer and a betrayer who stands alone, when he is now surrounded by 'bots who believe in his leadership? Starscream screeches back that he ''must'' cling to that idea of himself, because every time in the past that he allowed himself to believe otherwise, everything came crumbling down around him. As others in the med-bay turn their heads at the sound of their leader apparently arguing with himself, Starscream lowers his voice, and tells Bumblebee to just ''leave'' if he finds his behavior so reprehensible. No response comes... and when Starscream looks around, Bumblebee has vanished.

Within Windblade's mind—represented as a decaying cityscape—Windblade hides among the ruins from the towering form of Vigilem, who urges her to merge with him so that they can ''both'' survive. Believing that Vigilem will try to merge with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] if he is released back into the world, Windblade refuses, and fights back, her mental "body" growing larger and more ornate with every blow she strikes against the evil Titan, until she stands level with him. His own form shifting to resemble a dark reflection of Windblade, Vigilem tells her that he has no such plan; he will never be strong enough to take over Metroplex, but if Windblade merges with him, he will share dark secrets with her and give her the power she needs to depose Starscream and become the rightful ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Through their mental link, Vigilem has seen Windblade's past—her dedication to her mission to help [[Caminus]], and the moral greying she has had to go through in the name of that greater good since coming to Cybertron—and invites her to wonder: has she compromised her idealism, or has she just come to realize how the world really works?

Days and nights pass as Starscream goes through his routine, still occasionally speaking aloud as if Bumblebee is there to reply before realizing the specter of the little yellow Autobot has not reappeared. At the end of Onslaught's first day "back" at work as head of Starscream's personal security, Blast Off and Starscream are left alone, and Blast Off demands to see Swindle, who is still in recuperation. Starscream refuses, but Blast Off warns him that he can blow the whistle on his scheme at any time, so Starscream relents and takes him to [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]]'s lab, where Swindle is conscious once more, and quite chipper about it. While Blast Off and Swindle reconnect, Starscream takes Airachnid aside to discuss a "delicate matter"; Airachnid thinks he is talking about his hallucinations, but he angrily explains he is actually referring to Windblade, and how she might be healed. Airachnid has familiarized herself with the situation, and has the answer, but it is a dangerous one: a ''third'' 'bot would have to connect themselves to Windblade's brain and help her destroy Vigilem from within, but would only have a short time to accomplish the task before the strain of a third consciousness destroys her mind and all three of them together.

Starscream retires to his quarters for the night, still speaking aloud to the Bumblebee who isn't there. He claims he only asked Airachnid out of curiosity, and wouldn't be so foolish as to risk his own life in such a stunt. He doesn't care about her, he protests, and he doesn't need her—what he ''needs'' is someone who can help him sway public opinion away from [[Elita One]] and back in his direction. A ''real'' hero, someone with real good will... and then, of course, he realizes that Windblade is ''exactly'' who he needs. Realizing what he has to do, Starscream mutters a final curse and shuts down to recharge for the night... whereupon the shadow of Bumblebee falls over him...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 4)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (7)
*''[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'' (10)

|c2=
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (1)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (2)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Windblade's doctor|Unnamed doctor]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Vigilem]] (8)
*''[[Mistress of Flame]]'' (9)
*[[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"Do you really think Blast Off isn't going to try to hurt you for this?" 
"You assume he wasn't going to try to hurt me anyway."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"How long are you going to cling to this worn-out, narcissistic mask? Starscream the ruthless. The grand schemer. You haven't been that—just that—for a long time now. People expect things of you because they believe in you. And that should be something you're proud of. Not something you're determined to destroy. Why is it so important for you to be alone?" 
"Because '''I am alone!''' Because the '''nanosecond''' I forgot that, life—most often in the shape of '''Megatron'''—beat the truth back into me. Literally!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"I know how eager you were to become a cityspeaker. You couldn't wait to do everything in your power to help people. I've seen how you threw yourself into your work, even when others told you to hold back. To be less. I know you always wondered why they chose you for your mission. I know the whisper in your spark that it was only to be '''rid''' of you. To see you fail at this impossible thing. I remember the moment you refused to do that, no matter the cost."
:—'''Vigilem''', to Windblade

"Please, Blast Off. Regale me with your tales of woe. The job, the apartment. [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] even mentioned something about a date. That must be wretched." 
"Don't pretend I wanted this." 
"Then don't pretend you '''didn't'''. But please. Berate me, intimidate me, moralize at me. Just let me know which you intend to do first. I want to know which expression to fake."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Blast Off'''

"I hate you." 
"I know."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Bumblebee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Vigilem's brain module was destroyed in [[Rubicon|issue #8]]; a moment beforehand, Windblade's eyes glowed red and Vigilem spoke through her, setting up the revelation in this issue that he has transferred himself into her mind.
*Starscream alludes to previous instances where his ambitions led to "the truth" being "beaten back into him." With his history, that's likely happened a ''lot'', but on-panel examples of such experiences have included his original stint on Earth all the way back in ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', where his plan to overthrow Megatron with the help of [[Ore-13]] ended with the Decepticon leader beating the tar out of Screamer, and ''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]'', in which his disastrous leadership of the Decepticons during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] concluded with Megatron pummeling him to near-death.
*Windblade's enhanced form in the mindscape is based on her ceremonial paint job from the ''Combiner Hunters'' [[An Uneventful Night|comic]] and boxset, and she wields [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]'s "[[Combiner Slayer]]" sword from the same theme.
*Flashbacks in this issue show Windblade being chosen for the mission to re-establish contact with Cybertron (prior to her first appearance in [[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|''More than Meets the Eye'' #26]], and to other flashbacks seen in [[A 'Bot and Her City|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #1]]); whispering in Starscream's ear as part of the cover-up of Chromia's crimes (as seen in [[Windblade issue 4|''Windblade'' vol. 1 #4]]); manipulating [[Navitas]]'s components (from [[Race Against the Light|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #5]]); and spying on the Combaticons' apartment (from [[Things We Said We'd Never Do|issue #3]]).
*The fact that Bumblebee is able to "appear" when Starscream is asleep, plus the fact he casts a ''shadow'', certainly suggests he's not just the "hallucination" Starscream perceives him as, and more than a "ghost" as well. In [[Ghost Stories|the 2017 ''Transformers'' annual]], it was revealed that Bumblebee was still alive within the [[Crystal City]] singularity that consumed his body shortly after his death in the closing chapters of [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|''Dark Cybertron'']], and implied that he was responsible for the "hallucination" Starscream has been interacting with.
*After several issues of obscurity and seeing only his brain dead body, Swindle is finally back online, albeit surprisingly more cheerful and sincere.

===Transformers references===
*The unnamed doctor who updates Starscream on Windblade's condition looks a lot like [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], doesn't he? He's not based on any specific incarnation of the character; IDW continuity has established that many of Ratchet's features, like his forehead chevron and coloration, are uniform attributes shared among many medics. Two more bots who can be seen turning around when Starscream starts yelling to "himself" carry on the trend.

===Other trivia===
*Solicited for release in June, this issue arrives just a pinch late, in the first week of July.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Vigilem and Metroplex, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]; third in a series of themed two-character covers for this arc by Pitre-Durocher.
*'''Subscription cover:''' The threat of Vigilem haunts Starscream, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Starscream by [[James Raiz]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]

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File:TAAO11 subcvr.jpg|
File:TAAO11 cvrRI.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*''Till All Are One'' #12
*"The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting June's [[Hasbro Universe]] titles, [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 7|''G.I. Joe'' #7]], [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' #2]], [[What It's Really Like|''Optimus Prime'' #8]], ''Revolutionaries'' #7, [[After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|''Lost Light'' #7]], and [[The Transformers: Salvation|''Salvation'' one-shot]].
*''[[The Transformers: Salvation]]''
*''[[My Little Pony]]: The Movie Prequel''
*''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' Vol. 1 TPB
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The Price of You

2017-06-03T04:30:18Z

Caffeinated Spider:

{{Comicstory
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|prev=Heavy
|next=
|image=TAAO10 regcvr.jpg
|caption=Cybertronian Beauty
|title="The Price of You"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 31]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=May 2017
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''With the mnemosurgical help of Airachnid, Starscream leverages Blast Off to get the Combaticons under his control.'''

==Synopsis==
In his office in the [[Spire]], [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] ruminates on his recent decisions, including the release of [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and the conviction of the innocent [[Badgeless]] accused of murder—two steps forward, one step back, as his hallucinatory companion, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] puts it. [[Elita One]] has finished stripping the remains of [[Vigilem]] for usable parts and is preparing to return to orbit with her crew; Starscream recognizes the threat to his power she poses, and needs to shore up his forces in preparation for the possibility things may go south. Presently, a text message comes through that indicates some positive steps have been taken in that direction, and Starscream heads out to meet with the sender: [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]], a [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] from [[Eukaris]]. Exiled from her homeworld by her fellow [[Fate Spinner]]s for experimenting on—and ultimately killing—other 'bots in pursuit of a scientific way to expand the Spinners' prophetic powers, the unscrupulous Airachnid has been in Starscream's employ for some time, and now believes she has solved the problem of the comatose [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Typically, it is not practical to mnemosurgically change the memories of a close-knit group of 'bots because they will, among one another, usually manage to collectively detect the alterations. However, the fact that the Combaticons have previously [[combiner|combined]] means that their minds have imprinted on one another, which will make them more susceptible to the process—''if'' Starscream can get just one of the Combaticons on his side, who will keep the others from noticing when things don't seem quite right. The question is... which one?

[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] awakens in his apartment, nursing an apparent hangover, with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] lying beside him on the twin [[recharge slab]] they share. Onslaught urges him to get up so they can triple check the security plan for Starscream's meeting with a new envoy the next day; the disoriented Blast Off is puzzled to hear Starscream referred to as the team's employer, and finds that he can't recall much that has happened in recent memory, not least of all how he wound up in a relationship with Onslaught. Onslaught reminds him how they fell for one another after the war, but as the two lean in close... Onslaught promptly vanishes, and Starscream appears behind Blast Off, revealing that the entire scenario is a dream Airachnid is feeding the Combaticon of his greatest desires. Blast Off is revolted by this monstrous violation of his mind, but Starscream shrugs; sure, he's a monster, but he admits it and owns it—just like the rest of Blast Off's team are all monsters as well. Driven to murderous rage by the besmirching of Onslaught's name, Blast Off tackles Starscream and beats him to death... but of course, none of it is real, and Starscream just reappears on the other side of the room. Starscream explains the reason for his presence: he needs the Combaticons as his soldiers, but he needs them ''loyal'', so he intends to have Airachnid alter their memories, removing their knowledge of his role in [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s near-death and making them believe they combined into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] under Starscream's own supervision. Starscream proposes that Blast Off will be the sole member of the group who will be allowed to ''know'' the new memories are fake, and will prevent the other Combaticons from ever getting too close to the truth. In return, Airachnid will alter Onslaught's mind so that he "notices" Blast Off, making the "domestic bliss" that is Blast Off's dream a potential reality. Blast Off refuses, but Starscream continues; if the Combaticons' memories are unchanged, and ''if'' they emerge from their comas, their lives will still barely be worth living, and Onslaught will ultimately destroy himself trying to recapture former glories. Blast Off falters, but does not say anything, so Starscream turns to leave... whereupon Blast Off calls out for him to wait.

A little later, back in the "real world," Starscream informs [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] that the Combaticons have begun to wake up. Ironhide intends to prosecute them for the devastation Bruticus caused, but Starscream says that Airachnid's study of them has ever-so-conveniently led her to the conclusion that they are not culpable for their actions as a combiner. Yes, it doesn't look like the Combaticons will be going to jail any time soon...

Onslaught awakens to find Blast Off by his bedside, having been there he woke a few hours earlier. Touched that Blast Off has spent all that time watching over him, Onslaught reaches out to stroke his hand. There's just something about Blast Off he's never noticed before...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (hallucination, 2)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (3)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (7)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (10)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (11)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (12)
*''[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'' (13)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*Convicted [[Badgeless]] (4)
*[[Vigilem]]'s corpse (5)
*[[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] (6)
*''Third [[Fate Spinner]]'' (8)
*''[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'' (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"You don't have to answer that message." 
"You sound like [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]." 
"That's not an insult to me." 
"I didn't say I meant it as one."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"You know, I was beginning to think you'd forgotten about me and our little arrangement." 
"Airachnid, it is not possible to forget you unless you sliced into my mind and took the memories yourself." 
"You're too kind."
:—'''Airachnid''' and '''Starscream'''

"You were a garbage fighter during the war and it took '''everything''' in my power to stop you from being killed. Which is probably why I didn't realize how undeniably '''appealing''' you were until afterwards. So appealing that I had to use all my strategic acumen to entrap you in this very relationship." 
"So you find incompetence a '''turn-on?'''" 
"Only from you." 
"If I'd known that, I would have... pretended to be stupid... a lot... sooner..."
:—The dream version of '''Onslaught''' whispers sweet nothings to '''Blast Off'''

"You live in a hovel with three grown 'bots, including a drunk, a sadist, and someone who barely knows you're alive, let alone that you're infatuated with him. You're financially ruined, functionally brain-dead, and if you ever do make it out of here you'll likely be in prison for the rest of your life." 
"You think we can't escape?" 
"Prison? Of course you can. But even then, Onslaught will never escape this war."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Blast Off'''

"We won't make him fall in love with you. We'll just make him '''notice''' you. It's not '''really''' manipulation. It's just a little '''nudge.'''"
:—'''Starscream''' tempts Blast Off

"You know... just standing there isn't helping anything... right?" 
"Just plotting against you, boss." 
(...) 
"You spent that whole time watching me?" 
"Well, like I said, it takes a while to plan the perfect murder."
:—'''Onslaught''' awakes to the sight of '''Blast Off'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Back in [[07:00:00|issue #1]], it was noted that the multiple Decepticons who had been assaulted were marked with mnemosurgery scars, leading to the conclusion that someone was attempting to obtain information about Swindle's fate from their minds. This issue, we learn that was indeed the case, and that Airachnid was the mnemosurgeon responsible; on page 5, a flashback shows her invading the brain of the generic 'con who died of his wounds on the first page of #1.
*The Fate Spinners of Eukaris were introduced in [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #6]], but see Errors below.
*The Combaticons remain comatose following the events of the first arc of the series, which concluded in [[The Line Between Us|issue #4]].

===Transformers references===
*Airachnid is, of course, a straight import of the [[Airachnid (Prime)|''Transformers: Prime'' character]], unchanged in physical appearance, with a new backstory to fit her into IDW's world. Where her ''Prime'' self had only a spider-like robot mode, here, she actually turns into a spider.
*Starscream mentions Vortex's predilection for dropping 'bots in mid-air, which was a trait of his mentioned in his original Generation 1 [[bio|character profile]].
*On page 14, one of the Decepticons in the imaginary "coup" Starscream believes Onslaught might lead seems to be a G1-ified version of [[Steeljaw (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Steeljaw]].

===Real-world references===
*This issue's title is taken from the {{w|NoComply}} song of the same name.

===Errors===
*On page 5, panel 4, the verb "prophe''s''y" is used instead of the noun, "prophe''c''y."
*When the Fate Spinners were introduced back in ''Windblade'' #6, it was as the Fate''weavers''. Whether this is an out and out error or simply a change of name due to [[Mairghread Scott|authorial discretion]] is yet unknown.

===Other trivia===
*Random Eukarian citizens Airachnid is shown to have experimented on in the past include a gorilla, and a fuzzy guy who looks like he turns into a chipmunk or something similar.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Onslaught and Blast Off, framed by Airachnid's puppeting limbs, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]; second in a series of themed two-character covers for this arc by Pitre-Durocher.
*'''Subscription cover:''' The Combaticons, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Airachnid's claws grasp Onslaught's face, by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]]

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Stormtrooper (Cybertronian)

2017-05-03T01:38:29Z

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:''Stormtroopers are soldiers in the second generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel ''Generation 2'' portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Mindset Stormtrooper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Flying over the galaxy like vast predatory birds.]]

The '''stormtroopers''' are second generation Decepticons under the command of [[Mindset (G2)|Mindset]]. They are [[combiner]]s, with two troopers forming one "thunderjet" changeform.<ref>[[Volt]] uses the term "changeform" to describe the Cybertronians' combined [[alternate mode]]s in "[[Total War!]]".</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
Mindset and his stormtroopers were subduing the population of the planet [[Karn]] when they were attacked by the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. They put up a futile fight, and were annihilated. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

==Notes==
*It is unclear if any of the other Cybertronian troops are stormtroopers, or just the ones under Mindset's command.
*Their name and color schemes are references to the foot soldiers of the same name from Star Wars.

==References==
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Victorion

2017-04-02T16:33:35Z

Caffeinated Spider: /* Combiner Wars cartoon */

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

[[File:Victorion-packagingart.jpg|right|thumb|400px|''All I wanna do'' ''Is see you turn into'' ''A giant woman (a giant WOOOman)'']]

'''Victorion''' was created after the [[Torchbearer]]s—a team of explorers who seek ancient Cybertronian artifacts—were accidentally exposed to the energies of the [[Enigma of Combination]]. As all six of her components are devout followers of the [[Mistress of Flame]], the religious head of [[Caminus]], Victorion gets a leeeeeeetle bit tetchy when someone threatens sacred relics. And by "tetchy" we mean "summons the wrath of god upon their heads". Between her whirling blade weapons, gravity-control powers, and the ability to fly under her own power, the collection of Rust Renegades is more than capable of some righteous smiting.

The strong discipline and sense of unity among the Torchbearers, combined with their natural deference to Pyra Magna, means Victorion is one of the most mentally stable combiners. In ways she is much like Pyra, with the others contributing numerous smaller personality tics to ensure the whole is truly greater than the sum of its parts.

Victorion is formed from:
*[[Pyra Magna]]
*[[Stormclash]]
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]]
*[[Dust Up]]
*[[Jumpstream]]
*[[Rust Dust]]

{{bigquote|Heretics and defilers must pay for their crimes!|Victorion is not happy, "[[An Uneventful Night]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-victorionattacks.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Specific! Intelligent! Accurate! Faultless! Elegant! Controlled! Surgical! Graceful! And powerful! But yes, occasionally, I am known to smash."]]

When [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] stole the [[Enigma of Combination]] and fled to the [[Rust Sea]], she ran across the Torchbearers. During a standoff between the team, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], Arcee threatened to destroy the artifact, only for Rust Dust to make a grab for it, activating the Enigma and fusing the Torchbearers into Victorion.

The gestalt focused its energies on protecting the artifact of its birth... by trying to obliterate Arcee. Windblade and Chromia saved her, unwilling to let anyone die. Victorion proved more than a match for the three physically, but Windblade was ultimately able to talk sense to Victorion, reminding her of the Torchbearers' devotion to [[Solus Prime]], who created rather than destroyed. Accepting that honoring the legacy of the Primes must also include not engaging in unnecessary destruction, Victorion separated into her component individuals, much to Arcee's shock. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

She later confronted Optimus Prime, after a brief scuffle with him as her component Torchbearers. After combining, Optimus stated that he didn't think Caminus had combiners. Victorion replied that it didn't—that she was something new, then turned the conversation towards Optimus, asking him what ''he'' was. He told her that he had come to ask her opinion on the subject. She then pinned him to the ground with her gravity control powers, and demanded that he tell her what he knew about the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix of Light]]. Struggling to move, he recounted the legend of its creation and ended with his stated belief that it was technology, nothing more. Victorion sarcastically responded that ''this'' was the universe they lived in—where one carrying the holiest of objects on the planet didn't even believe in its divinity. Asking him how many had died during his carrying of the Matrix, he solemnly replied that too many had, and that death and war were the legacy of the Primes. She then told him that on Caminus, everyone learns the names of all the Primes, save for those of two: "[[The Fallen#IDW Generation 1 continuity|The Fallen]]" and "The Arisen". Her components left Caminus, and The [[Mistress of Flame|Mistress]]'s service, because of the latter's belief that she knew who The Arisen was—sacrilege to the combiner. Victorion claimed that the Matrix rightfully belonged to her, as a disciple of [[Solus Prime]], and she said she would one day possess it. Until then, however, she decided to use her talents as a builder to build up Optimus. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

[[File:AHO-earthannexed.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''I will fight for the place where I'm free! To live together and exist as me!'']]

Victorion later accompanied Optimus and her fellow combiner, Superion, to help put down the Decepticon takeover of the Spacebridge. She used her gravity powers to end the clash between Windblade and Dreadwing, and greeted Chromia and Windblade. She then went through the spacebridge to Earth, with Optimus, [[Sterling]], [[Aileron]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]], [[Bob (IDW)|Bob]], Chromia, Ironhide, and Wheeljack to stop Galvatron's takeover of the planet. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}

[[File:OnceUponATimeOnEarth-Victorion.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Hey Steven, want to see something cool?"]]

Victorion took part in the pitched battle that ensued after Optimus Prime forcefully annexed Earth into the [[Council of Worlds]], using her gravity powers to take down some of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. With the Decepticons weakened thanks to [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]]'s [[mindbomb]], the Autobots pushed the advantage, routing the Decepticons and the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]]. When Optimus's forces extracted their wounded back to Cybertron through the spacebridge, Victorion and Superion covered the retreat. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

After Aileron struck out on her own and aggressively arrived at the [[White House]], Victorion carried Optimus Prime and Sunstreaker to the White House lawn in order to defuse the situation. Victorion used her gravity powers to warp a satellite blast intended for Optimus Prime, then warped the light around the Autobots, turning them invisible and allowing them to escape. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

During the preparation for the attack on Galvatron and his Decepticon followers, Victorion questioned the Autobots' alliance with [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] and his Decepticons, as they didn't have a very deified view of the title of "Prime". After they began the attack, underneath the [[Indian Ocean]], Victorion and Superion held their own quite well against the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]'s [[Seeker clone|clone combiners]]. In response, Galvatron used the power of the Onyx Code version of the Enigma of Combination to merge a handful of his troops into the combiner [[Galvatronus]]! The Decepticon gestalt immediately grappled with Victorion, landing a punch on her before Galvatron used the Enigma again to forcibly separate her into her component Torchbearers, weakening the team. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} The Torchbearers were able to pull themselves back together during the subsequent cleanup effort, and formed Victorion to interfere with an EDC strafing run. On Jetfire's orders, she used her gravity powers to safely extract the Autobots and their prisoners.{{storylink|White Heat}}

[[File:ValleyForge-VictorionVsKarza.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I ain't exactly a [[4 Guards|deck of cards]] here."]]

Some months later, Victorion, Optimus Prime, and Soundwave travelled to [[Oregon]] to the besieged [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and Arcee, who had been targeted by attack from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I.Joe]]. Believing the Transformers to be behind the destabilization of [[Ore-13]], the Joes weren't inclined to talk things out; in the ensuing fight, Soundwave lauched an electromagnetic pulse to disrupt the human technology, and Victorion caught and safely set down the planes that had been knocked out of the air by the attack to prove their goodwill. Then, a [[Rom|mysterious silver alien]] intervened and began slaughtering the Joes, so Optimus ordered his troops to pursue the mechanical interloper. Victorion used her gravitational powers to airlift her Cybertronian allies away. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} When that situation had been dealt with, Victorion returned to standing guard outside [[Autobot City]] with Jazz and Arcee, {{storylink|O Ship of State}} but failed to notice [[Snake-Eyes]] sneaking into their base. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

When the Transformer-hunting taskforce [[M.A.S.K.]] arrived to besiege [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], Victorion moved to take down the humans and their shapeshifting vehicles, but was left unprepared for a massive onslaught of [[Dire Wraith]]s that arrived to help their benefactor [[Miles Mayhem]]. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} The Camien combiner soon recovered and leapt back into the action when the villainous [[Baron Karza]] showed up and merged with the Wraiths into a titanic new form. As the only member of the battle capable of fighting Karza on her own terms, Victorion slugged it out with the Baron, but split into her components after he revealed his ability to summon more Wraiths from within his body. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

The Torchbearers combined into Victorion once again when the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s made planetfall on Earth, providing backup for Optimus as he met with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Rum-Maj]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} When the Junkions launched a surprise attack on the assembled Autobots and their human guests, the Torchbearer deployed Victorion once more, using her gravity powers to tear her oncoming foes to bits. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}}

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Anna Akana]]}}
[[File:PreludeToCombinerWars-victorion.jpg|thumb|250px|right|I'm sorry, that was musical murder.]]
Following the disbanding of the Autobot and Decepticon factions, Victorion stepped forth to lead her people towards unity and peace, and proclaimed herself savior of the galaxy. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Victorion}} Upon sensing the Enigma of Combination was in danger, Victorion flew to Cybertron and faced off against Devestator. The fight didn't last long, as Starscream soon made his move and became "The Ultimate Comber" by using her, Devestator, and the corpses of Menasor and Computron to upgrade himself. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} After Starscream was defeated, Windblade gave the Enigma to Victorion, claiming that such an artifact belongs with them. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Victorion was one of many on Cybertron who attempted to stand against [[Thunder Mayhem]]. She failed. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CW-Victoriontoy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''I can see you hate the way we intermingle'' ''But I think you're just mad 'cause you're single'']]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Left & right hands, 2 feet, buildable broadsword

:Part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' series, Victorion is made up of Voyager-class [[Pyra Magna]] as the torso, with [[Rust Dust]] forming her chest, and [[Dust Up]], [[Stormclash]], [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]], and [[Jumpstream]] each forming a limb. Pyra Magna has been [[retool]]ed to give Victorion a new head. Having the copter-twins Skyburst and Stormclash as legs puts her in "flight mode". Her broadsword is the combined mode of her components' weapons, with the base of the sword resembling the [[Lightning Bug]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".

:Unlike earlier ''Combiner Wars'' gestalts, Victorion uses dedicated hand and foot parts, rather than the "can be either hand or a foot or a gun" parts that come with the rest of the limb-bots in the series. This is because her components aren't sold separately, resulting a reduced need for flexibility in the hand/foot-part department.

:Every one of Victorion's components had a Cybertronic tampographs in each of their vehicle mode, which reads:
::'''IF CYBERTRON BE YOUR HOME''' (Pyra Magna)
::'''FAR AWAY NEVER ROAM''' (Rust Dust)
::'''HEAR MY MESSAGE LISTEN AND FEAR''' (Skyburst)
::'''DANGER COMES THE END IS NEAR''' (Stormclash)
::'''JUST LIKE US YOU SOON WILL RUST''' (Dust Up)
::'''ALL SHALL BE TURNED TO DUST''' (Jumpstream)

:Victorion is only available as a box set, initially via Target.com and Hasbro Toy Shop, as well as online retailers Big Bad Toy Store and TFSource. The final product featured a more muted green compared to the prototype pictures.

:Victorion also comes with a poster and a collector card based on her packaging art.

:This mold-set, without Rust Dust, was redecoed to make ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Megatronia]].

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:CombinerHunters victorion.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Victorion's reveal image from [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/06/19/victorion-transformers-exclusive-first-look/28969983/ USAToday]]]

*Victorion was the result of the 2015 [[Fan Built Bot|Fan Built Combiner]] polls. Fan-voting determined:
**Her gender
**Her name
**The molds used
**Her color scheme
**Her special power (Gravity control)
**Her origin ("Rust Sea" won, so while the components are from Caminus, Victorion proper was "born" in the Rust Sea in-fiction.)
**Her "rival" (Galvatronus won, and on his first formation in IDW continuity, he immediately grapples with Victorion.)
**Her attitude ("doesn't take instruction well" won, and yeah, her first forming, she's kind of a loose cannon until Windblade talks her down.)
*Though she is the first female "traditional", Scramble City style combiner, the honor of first combiner to be referred to as female goes to [[Heavy Metal (SL)|Heavy Metal]], a [[Unicron Trilogy]] 3-bot [[Mini-Con]] combiner.
*In her first fictional appearance, she is drawn without any obvious integration of [[Rust Dust]], who forms her "chest armor" in toy form. Similarly, in his first appearance in IDW continuity, [[Defensor (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Defensor]] is also drawn without ''his'' chest armor component, [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]. Given that [[Pyra Magna]] is a retool of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], both of whom form the torsos of their respective combiners, it seems an odd omission to make twice.
[[File:HasbroDesignerDesk-Victorionfaceplate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*Occasionally, Victorion is drawn with a mouthplate and non-visored eyes rather than the exposed mouth and visored eyes the final toy has. This seems to be based on one of the earlier designs for Victorion, as seen in a clip from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiAuDJiJEkM Hasbro's "Designer Desk" video for Victorion] on YouTube.
*Victorion is one of the largest Transformers action figures to have [[heel struts]]. She also has hands that are ''much'' smaller than any other ''Combiner Wars'' combiner, even without the knuckle-guns that other figures have. They're close to the size of original G1 combiner toy hands.

==External links==
*"Female Transformers Come to the Fore" at [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/04/23/transformers-female-characters/26236633/ USAToday.com]

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