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Clutch (G1)

2025-10-30T17:28:17Z

Crockalley: /* Masterpiece */ Fixing link (Reboost)

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:''Clutch is an [[Autobot]] drone-unit from the [[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Clutch-toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|I want to ride my bi-cy-cle, I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bi-cy-cle, I want to ride it where I like.]]
'''Clutch''' (クラッチ ''Kuratchi'') is a small, scooter-like robot carried in the trunk section of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] ambassador [[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]]. Its main function is to store all of Crosscut's memories and [[datatrax]], so in the event that Crosscut is captured or killed, Clutch can return to the Autobots with all of Crosscut's information.

It is not to be confused with the [[Autoscout]].

Also he is small.

==Toys==
===''Collector's Edition''===
*'''Crosscut''' ([[2002]])

: Clutch is a tiny, non-transforming Honda {{w|Motocompo}} scooter that fits in the trunk section of the Crosscut toy. This is a restored accessory from the pre-Transformers ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of the "Honda City" type toy that was dropped from [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. Clutch can seat a ''Diaclone'' pilot figure on its back. Naturally, it was only available with the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive Crosscut.

: Clutch was [[redeco]]ed into the unnamed scooter accessories for the ''[[Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3]]'' [[exclusive]]s [[Skids (G1)#QuantumOperativeToy|Skids]] and [[Screech (Generations)#Toys|Screech]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/CrossCut/crosscut.htm More info on Crosscut (with Clutch) at TFU.info]''
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-Clutch.jpg|230px|thumb|I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like / It's got a basket, a bell that rings / And things to make it look good]]
*'''Senatorcrosscut''' {{sic}} ([[March 26]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-53+'''

: A retool of the [[Component X]] that came with [[Reboost#Masterpiece|MP-54 Reboost]] (itself a retool of [[Skids (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-53 Skids]] sans the little motorbike), ''Masterpiece'' Clutch is a pack-in accessory for [[Crosscut (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-53+ Senatorcrosscut]] featuring a much more accurate rendition of the Motocompo. Like the original, it can be stored on the trunk of Senatorcrosscut's vehicle mode.

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==See also==
*[[Component X]]

[[Category:E-HOBBY exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 drones]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]

G-Shock Ã— Transformers

2025-08-02T02:48:39Z

Crockalley: /* Toys */ editing link

[[File:TakGShockLogo.jpg|240px|right]]

Produced in collaboration with {{w|Casio, Inc.}} to commemorate 35 years of both ''Transformers'' and the G-Shock watch, '''''G-Shock × Transformers''''' is a [[2018]] [[TakaraTomy]] toyline featuring [[Transformer]]s that change into watch holding pedestals, which could hold concurrently released Transformers-themed G-Shock watches. The toyline consisted of only one mold which was later retooled.

The toys were released as standalone figures, or packaged with compatible DW-6900TF-4 G-Shock watches. The releases which included the watches were unchanged from the figure-only releases, but were distinguished with "Resonant Mode" monikers (as well as a significantly higher price tag).

==Fiction==
The toyline featured accompanying fiction written by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] which was released along with each figure.

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*"[[Battle of G3 Prime and G-Shock]]"
*"[[Battle of the Primes]]"}}

==Toys==
<center><gallery>
File:G-Shock X Transformers Master Optimus Prime.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G-Shock_.C3.97_Transformers|Master Optimus Prime]]
File:G-Shock X Transformers Master Nemesis Prime with G-Shock.jpg|[[G3 Prime|Master Nemesis Prime]]
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[[Category:Crossover toylines]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]
[[Category:Japanese toylines]]

Megatron (G1)/Generations toys

2025-04-24T17:08:57Z

Crockalley: /* Thrilling 30 */ T30 deluxe redecoed into Calvin Johnson Megatron

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[[File:Kingdom Golden Disk Megatron returns to pits.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

Much like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Decepticon]] leader also continues to receive more toys than the average ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' character. While '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]''' doesn't have quite as many toys as his nemesis, he is one of ''at least'' [[Bumblebee (G1)|four]] [[Starscream (G1)|main]] characters that are guaranteed to get a new toy just about every year.

For the sake of finding an easy and definitive split from the main toy article, we have opted to make this page strictly for the various ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''-branded toylines, as this appears to be the brand [[Hasbro]] will likely continue adding Generation 1 characters to for the foreseeable future.

==GDO==
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[[File:GenerationsGDOtoy-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Bludgeon (RID 2001)|What goes around, comes around.]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' {{w|Katana}}, {{w|:Wakizashi|tanto}}
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Frankel]] (Hasbro)}}
:''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Megatron is an Asian market and Toys"R"Us-exclusive redeco/retool of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen: N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]]'' Voyager Class [[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Voyager|Bludgeon]], sporting a new, smiling head. Megatron transforms from a Japanese {{w|Type 90 Kyū-maru|Type 90}} tank into a samurai-esque robot mode. He features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank's main gun, as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode's left hip guard. The larger sword has a peghole at the bottom of the hilt; though it is specifically designed to allow the dagger's handle to fit in the base to form a double-bladed weapon, it can also fit any other accessory that uses [[5 mm post]]s. The post used to combine the swords remains unobstructed in vehicle mode, meaning you can attach the dagger to the end of Megatron's main tank cannon if you're feeling silly. He also has [[Mech Alive]] [[gimmick]]s in his thighs and turret: sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and pulling his turret open makes a sculpted white "disc" at the center rotate while a scabbard for the tantō hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.

:The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys. On the plus side, the tank turret can be rotated a full three-hundred sixty degrees, as can the purple machine gun that sits atop the turret.

:Unlike the other uses of this mold, Megatron comes [[Packaging|packaged]] in robot mode holding his swords, with additional plastic and paper ties in the tray imperfectly holding his swords in position. Because they were packaged this way since they were shipped out of the factory, most Megatrons come with the swords being badly bent and warped in the box. Fortunately, the swords' blades can be mostly straightened by leaving them sheathed in their hidden scabbards. Straightening their ''hilts'' is a different matter, though.

:As a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bludgeon mold, it is highly likely that Megatron is cursed with the same design fault as his brethren - the rubber treads break down over the course of years, causing them to corrode spots of plastic and leave melty gashes behind.

:This version of the mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Megatron (Cloud)#Toys|Megatron]], while the original version was redecoed into ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)#Toys|Banzaitron]], and differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overlord (G1)#Timelines|Gigatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GDOMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==''Thrilling 30''==
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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsMegatronChopShop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Watch yer wallet, Megs.]]
*'''Megatron & Chop Shop''' (Legends Class, [[2013]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #004'''
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Megatron is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. He transforms from a generic tank with rotating turret into a robot based on his [[Alex Milne]] pre-war design as seen in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]" from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s 2009-2011 ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' comic series, and features [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible]] ports for his hands and left forearm/turret roof.

:He comes with [[Chop Shop (G1)#Generations|Chop Shop]], who can transform into a stag beetle, a robot, a weapon with a 5 mm handle, and a mine plow that attaches to the front of Megatron's tank mode. He features gearing that opens his pinchers when his legs are moved.

:This mold also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Megatron (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Megatron]] and was retooled into ''Generations [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends Class [[Warpath (G1) #Combiner Wars|Warpath]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenLegMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Legends Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Generations IDW megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom collectively soiled itself.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist, uncredited)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''Thrilling 30'' Megatron is based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s stealth bomber design from the IDW Publishing [[Heart Like a Wheel|''The Transformers'' vol. 1]] ongoing series (which resembles a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit). In robot mode, his wingtips detach to combine and transform into his [[Fusion cannon#Deluxe|fusion cannon]] (although it's actually designed after the [[rail gun]] this body was equipped with in IDW's comics, but of course Hasbro couldn't call it ''that'' on a toy's packaging). The cannon can peg into 5mm ports on his hands and forearms. This design was actually taken from an official pitch without Figueroa's permission and with no compensation to the artist, a fact he was rather sore about.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/don-figueroa-designed-idw-s-stealth-bomber-megatron-but-wasn-t-compensated--t96022s0.php "So I read that this was being made into a toy? wow, and I thought only 3rd party companies take stuff without giving any notice, acknowledgement or compensation... FYI: hasbro nor idw solicited me to do this design, I did it on my own."]</ref>

:In the American release Megatron comes packed in with a copy of IDW's ''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]'', sporting a 'Hasbro Exclusive Cover' cropped from the [[Clayton Crain]] [[:File:Spotlight Megatron cvrRI.jpg|retailer incentive cover]]. In European and Canadian markets the figure was released without the ''Spotlight''.

:He was redecoed into [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Nike|Calvin Johnson Megatron]] and retooled into ''Generations'' [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]], and ''The Last Knight'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TLKDeluxe|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Thrilling 30'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''01 OF 30'''
:An [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC2013|Metroplex]] was made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013. He comes with 12 [[Slug figure|small, non-transforming figurines]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#SDCC2013|Orion Pax]], Megatron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Hoist]], all in both modes. The figurines are based on their ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class toys, and similarly to [[Decoy]]s, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-Metroplex-Megatron-HKACGCON.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I... can't... move...]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''
:Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#ACGHK2013|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#ACGHK2013|Orion Pax]], Megatron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Hoist]], but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.
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==''Generations'' (Japan)==
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[[File:TF-Generation-JP-TG25-Megatronus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Orion Pax VS Megatronus''' ([[October 26]], [[2013]])
**''ID number'': '''TG-25'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form cannon)
:Released in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|Generations]]'' lineup, Megatronus is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class Megatron in a darker shade of black, replacing the previously purple parts with more black and rendering the translucent plastic cannon a shade of red. Megatronus features extensive paint details, including purple lining inside the grooves on his head, shoulders, and knees, silver paint on his legs and engines and red eyes. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TG25|Orion Pax]].

:This toy is meant to depict Megatron as he was before the war broke out, hence the name, which originated as a pre-war name for [[Megatron (WFC)|Aligned continuity Megatron]].

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG28MegatronChopShop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|BURRITOOOS!!!!]]
*'''Megatron & Starscream''' ([[December 28]], 2013)
**''ID number:'' '''TG28'''
:The Japanese release of Legends Class Megatron is cast in his traditional gray, black, and red color scheme and features extensive metallic silver paint. He and [[Chop Shop (G1)#TG28|Chop Shop]] were only available in a multi-pack with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#TG28|Starscream]] and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TG28|Waspinator]].
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==''Combiner Wars''==
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[[File:LeaderMegatron2015.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.95|"What? No, of course I don't have an Autobot insignia! [[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Why would you think that?"]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Two guns (combine to form rifle), missile
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of 2015 ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Leader Class toys, Megatron transforms from a robot heavily inspired by his Generation 1 animation model into a tank featuring working treads. He includes a sticker sheet featuring two each of Decepticon and Autobot [[insignia]] (the latter in reference to IDW's ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''), plus stickers intended to replicate those on the original Megatron toy's chest and fusion cannon. Megatron also comes packaged with a collector's card featuring art from the initial release of the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. His box-back bio bears a superficial similarity to our wiki's article on [[Megatron (WFC)|another Megatron]]. He features a spark chamber hatch which is sculpted in likeness to the one seen in "[[Master Blaster]]". In a feature that goes undocumented in Megatron's instructions, his two combining guns can store underneath the rear of his alternate mode. Although the website description & the package billed the transformation as "15 steps", the toy actually has ''10'' steps. In keeping with that simplicity, his articulation is more limited than one might expect of a toy this size, with his restrictive knee articulation and lack of ankle joints making it tricky for him to stand in dynamic poses.

:In robot mode, Megatron's fusion cannon is on a pinned swivel, allowing it to be flipped in either direction, and appears to have been deliberately shaped to evoke the fusion cannon's traditional look no matter which way it faces. With the missile-firing tip backwards, the swivel piece allows the cannon to fold further out to the side, giving enough clearance for the arm to bend up to 90 degrees. In this configuration, the visible swivel piece matches the hexagonal detailing on the traditional cannon design, and a grooved dial sculpted into the cannon is slightly angled such that it perfectly matches the vertical position of the adjustment dial on the original scope/cannon. Of course, in that configuration Megatron can't shoot anyone with his missile, so where's the fun in that, you silly nerd?

:Select aspects of this design, such as the leg-mounted treads, the general transformation sequence and the tank alt-mode, were used to represent G1 Megatron in ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]''. The toy meanwhile was retooled into [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Generations|''Armada'' Megatron]], which was released at the same time. This mold’s tank mode bears almost no specific resemblance to that Megatron’s original ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toy, but in a concession to that character’s legacy, both versions of this mold feature ''Armada''-style [[Mini-Con]] connection ports; a rarity in any year of the ''Generations'' toyline.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Megatron at TFU.info]

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*'''Megatron''' (Lucky Draw Leader, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Two guns (combine to form rifle), missile
:Released as a contest prize for Toys R' Us Singapore, this ''Combiner Wars'' Leader Class Megatron is a redeco of the Leader Class toy above, featuring chrome (if by chrome, it means ''metallic'') silver and red paint on his paintable silver and red plastic parts (which includes neutering the light-up gimmick). The figure can be obtained by spending $600 worth of Transformers products only with their Star Card. The contest ran in March 1st till 31st.

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[[File:TFSS-5.0-Double-Pretender-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"[[Jason Marnocha|Fifty years I was alone... And when I'm finally saved from that loneliness, all I find is horror... In this form, I am powerless; doomed to witness these atrocities. I need a body...I WILL have a body!]]"]]
*'''Double Pretender Megatron''' (TFSS 5.0, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Pretender Shell, Sword for Pretender Shell, Rifle for Pretender Shell, [[Spacewarp#Generations|Spacewarp]] Mini-Con, Joint piece for Spacewarp/Rifle
:Released as a part of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#2017|Figure Subscription Service 5.0]], Megatron is a redeco of his [[#Thrilling 30|Legends Class toy]], with his coloration based on his canceled ''Generation 2'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#CombatHero|"arctic-camo" Combat Hero Megatron toy]]. He also comes with [[Spacewarp#Generations|Spacewarp]] (a redeco of [[Blast Master#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Payload]]) and his Pretender shell, which is redecoed from [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Grand Maximus]]'s. Double Pretender Megatron also comes with a joint piece for Spacewarp to let her fit in the shell along with Megatron. This joint piece is sculpted to resemble the large chromed laser cannon that the original G1 Megatron toy came with. His Pretender shell weapons are black repaints of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generations|Sentinel Prime]]'s rifle and Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TRVoyager|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Laser Rod (weapon)#Generations|sword]].

:Megatron and Spacewarp were released alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Optimus Prime]] and [[Hi-Q#Combiner Wars|Hi-Q]].

:There are two suggested ways to make Megatron and Spacewarp fit into the shell, though some fans may have their own methods:
::1. Fiddle the Megatron figure into a different position, and insert the joint piece on his chest to allow Spacewarp to attach on it.<ref>{{citesocial|quote= How it all fits: https://t.co/pFFmXwkzpl|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/857749521190801409|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=04|day=28|(defunct=)}}</ref>
::2. If the joint piece doesn't work due to its tolerance, rearrange Megatron in a slightly different position, and peg Spacewarp into Megatron's arm.<ref>{{citesocial|quote= If that doesn't work for you, you can skip the accessory and peg Spacewarp to Megatron's arm. https://t.co/aogfRbvhfD|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/857749905867251712|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=04|day=28|(defunct=)}}</ref>
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==''Cyber Series''==
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He may have rocket launchers in his feet, but that doesn't mean he has mistletoe.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Generations: Cyber Series]]'' Cyber Battalion figures, Megatron is a Voyager-sized figure and transforms into a futuristic tank with a [[transformation|transformation scheme]] that borrows much of its engineering from the [[#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' G2 Legends Class Megatron]] from 2008 though does have some unique steps. His large fusion cannon can be held in his fist or mounted on his arm as any classic representation of Megatron would.

:The ''Cyber Series'' as a whole was initially pretty hard to come by. This figure along with the others was available in limited quantities from online retailer BigBadToyStore.com, though other than that they haven't hit mass retail anywhere besides Asia and Latin America. The line was later sold in greater quantities through [[Walgreens]] stores in parts of the United States.

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[[File:TF-Heroes-and-Villains-Optimus-Prime-Megatron-2-pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime and Megatron''' (2-pack, 2021)

:In 2021, the ''Cyber Series'' [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/Generations_toys#Cyber_Series|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron figure were reissued as a 2-pack exclusive to Amazon.com.
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==''Titans Return''==
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blitzwing who? I'm just a Megatron who happens to turn into a tank ''and'' a jet. All the cool [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]]s are doing it!]]
*'''Doomshot & Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon, Rifle, Doomshot Titan Master
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Megatron transforms from robot to tank to plane and back. Megatron comes with [[Doomshot#Toys|Doomshot]], a [[Titan Master]] who becomes his head. The G1 toy-accurate 'scrollwork' details on his chest and all Decepticon insignias (on his robot mode chest, jet nosecone, and tank tread cowling) are chrome-backed, factory-applied, low-quality stickers which are notoriously prone to peeling off at the slightest disturbance. As their chrome-backed nature clashes heavily with Megatron's otherwise unpainted torso, replacing them is recommended. His wing stickers are similarly metallic, but appear to adhere better and clash less with the figure's overall aesthetic.

:The fusion cannon is shown in stock renders to be solid black, while the final one is light grey plastic dipped in black paint with the posts left bare. His dark-grey plastic is nowhere near as dark as the stock renders shows, though it is still darker than the light-grey plastic.

:Like all Voyager Class ''Titans Return'' figures, he has a pair of pop-up parts to fill in the area around his head; in this case, a pair of missile racks. While it initially looks like his chest does not contain a pivoting assembly for better range of movement on Megatron's neck, there is in fact one hidden under the grey parts that form his robot mode collar that allow the missile racks and the Titan Master port to turn in either direction.<ref name="neck">[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/titans-return-voyager-megatron-and-doomshot.1092333/page-18#post-14975031 Detailed look on TFW2005.com]</ref> Due to the nature of his transformation it is possible to transform Megatron into tank mode without removing his head, though this leaves it completely exposed at the back of the tank.

:His fusion cannon can plug into the short barrel of the tank turret or the rifle/Titan Master vehicle weapon. In an undocumented additional feature, the rifle can be inserted into the front end of the fusion cannon. The fusion cannon can be mounted on his forearm or held by any figure with 5mm hands. It also has a peg hole that an accessory such as his rifle can plug into, with extra square peg holes specifically to hold the rifle in place. The tank cannon on his turret, while held in ''very'' hard by a pair of ridges and a 5mm post, can also be removed; it can be pegged in by its 5mm post barrel onto a peghole in Megatron's shoulder to recreate G1 Megatron's classic shoulder barrel.

:The instructions for robot-to-tank transformation suggest that you move his robot mode chestplate downwards into the collapsed jet position. It appears to have a clearance issue, with the chest protruding too far; leaving it in robot mode position will ensure there are no clearance issues. However, the chest ''can'' be made to fit better by putting it into position before transforming the treads, preventing the tread panels from getting in the way. Also in some copies of the toy, Megatron's left and right leg panels will randomly pop and stick out. This is especially prominent in tank and jet mode.

:This mold was retooled into [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blitzwing]], and redecoed into ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Legends|G2 Megatron]] and ''[[Street Fighter II × Transformers]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Street Fighter II × Transformers|Megatron]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[M. Bison#Toys|Vega]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Megatron would have been redecoed/retooled into [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] with a new Titan Master face for Doomshot as part of the "Action on Hydrus Four" boxset for BotCon 2017 that never came to be.
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==''Platinum Edition''==
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-OsS-OsF-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"An official Red Ryder carbine-action, two-hundred-shot range-model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time."]]
*'''One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall''' (2-pack, 2016)
:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this Megatron is another redeco of the ''Classics'' Voyager toy. Megatron features a new and significantly different deco for the sake of [[for safety reasons|gun safety laws]]. The sides of his gun mode are entirely cast in clear red plastic, his arms are a different shade of red plastic and there is red paint on the legs as well–in addition to the bright orange parts on both the tip of the barrel and the scope, just like the ''Classics'' figure. Whether by design or by accident, his deco strongly resembles the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive [[Nerf]] "[[wikia:nerf:Sonic FIRE|Sonic Fire]]" color scheme.

:''Platinum Edition'' Megatron was only available as part of a 2-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#PEOSSOSF|Optimus Prime]], named "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall" after Prime's famous line in the movie. In the United States and Canada, this set was officially released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive. It was also available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely 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 Myer stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and available via Tesco's website (but never found in stores). Surprisingly, it was (and still is) a common find in Brazilian online stores.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/PlatinumMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall Megatron at TFU.info]
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==''Alt-Modes''==
[[File:Alt-Modes Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Starscream shall pay for this!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)
**''Series'': '''1, 2'''
**''Collection'': '''1, 2, 3''' (Series 1), '''1''' (Series 2)

:''[[Alt-Modes]]'' Megatron is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a tank when the Decepticon faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in all four cases of the first and second series.
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==''War for Cybertron: Siege''==
[[File:WFCS-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Such heroic nonsense.]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S12'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[March 30]], [[2019]]'''
**''Hidden message code'': '''KAON'''
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon", "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Gray]] (Hasbro)|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Megatron transforms from a G1 cartoon-esque robot to a <s>Grizzly battle tank from the ''Command & Conquer'' series</s> Cybertronian tank and back! Megatron's robot mode is pretty accurate to the original cartoon, despite having a completely different altmode. He is armed with 2 weapons compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], one of which is his trademark [[fusion cannon]] called the "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon". The other is the "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher," with two symmetrical blades facing the opposite direction, and can transform into a large sword resembling the sword included in the Takara release of the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Generation 1 toy]] and can be stored on his back. It can also be mounted on his back to resemble the gun barrel on the original cartoon model's back. Both can combine into the insanely large "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher," which is meant to be held in his hands or over his head. Like his contemporaries in the ''Siege'' toyline, Megatron features 'battle damage' paint applications all over his head, chest, arms, and legs.

:Due to the way Megatron transforms, it's possible to rotate the turret 180 degrees and use the fusion cannon solely as the tank barrel, in the event one should lose the "Laserstrike Launcher" accessory; while not as aesthetically pleasing as the intended transformation, it still works.

:Megatron also suffers a slight design flaw: unlike with the left ankle, the right ankle's pivoting joint has a tendency to not lock back to its straight position once it is unlocked. The only way to amend this is by pressing the top end of the black plastic peg on the right foot. The light grey backpack/central front tank kibble also has a tendency to dislodge if his waist is moved left or right. Due to the Fusion Cannon's slightly longer post, the hand's dorsal panel slightly protrudes when in tank mode.

:There is a message written in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian letters]] on Megatron's box art, which reads "RISE FROM THE SHADOWS". Megatron's pose in the instruction manual's front cover is based on the [[:File:Megatronguido.jpg|promotional artwork]] by [[Guido Guidi]].

:Amusingly, the first TakaraTomy (and later, Hasbro's secondary) stock photos of his robot mode depict him wielding the fusion cannon like a handheld weapon.

:Megatron was a notorious shelfwarmer, particularly in Asia, often unsold in large numbers.

:This mold was redecoed and retooled into multiple different Megatrons below, and [[Megatron (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Megatron]].
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[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-35th-Voyager-Classic-Animation-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I thought you're made of sterner stuff, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Walmart35thVoyager|Optimus."]]]]
*'''Classic Animation Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2019)
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-S66'''
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

:Specially branded for the 35th anniversary of the ''Transformers'' brand, ''Siege'' "Classic Animation Megatron" is a redeco of the Voyager figure above, featuring a cel-shaded paint pattern that evokes his appearance in the cartoon (though the physical result is reminiscent of [[Transformers: Devastation|''Devastation'']]). In addition, the figure omits the paint on the shoulders and his launcher/sword, and the front tank tread panels are now grey.

:Secondary stock photos of the robot mode still depicts his Fusion Cannon as a handheld weapon.

:Alongside fellow cel-shaded figure [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#S65|Optimus]], Megatron was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in Canada and the United States.
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==''War for Cybertron Trilogy''==
[[File:TF-Netflix-WFC-Trilogy-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|1,000,000 years and still functioning.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''WFC-07'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[December 19]], 2020
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher"), Pinpointer [[Battle Master]], Lionizer Battle Master, 3 [[Fire Blast effect]]s
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:Promoting the ''Siege'' chapter of the [[Netflix]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], this ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' redeco of ''Siege'' Megatron slathers the Decepticon leader in an ''extensive'' paint wash coating to represent accumulated grime and battle scars. Aside from the mold's usual weapons, Megatron comes with redecos of ''Siege'' Firedrive into "[[Pinpointer (G1)#Generations|Captive Pinpointer]]" and "[[Lionizer (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Captive Lionizer]]" with the original orange-and-grey color scheme, both with their own respective blast effects. Battle damage aside, Megatron's grey plastic is molded in a darker shade and his black plastic lacks any hints of brown. He also features metallic silver across his front on the silver sections, serving as a base for the battle damage. This Megatron features tighter ankle joints and a weakened snap, allowing for easier posing.

:The unpaintable metallic plastic parts, such as the sword's blades, the upper thighs, and the joints, are prone to [[photodegradation]].

:As with other Netflix series figures, Megatron was exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the United States. Megatron was also available as a Kmart exclusive in Australia.
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[[File:WarForCybertronCenturionDroneWeaponizerPack.jpeg|upright=1.66|thumb|Are you sure it's not an upside-down submarine?]]
*'''Deluxe Centurion Drone''' (Deluxe Class with accessories pack, 2020)
:An accessory of Megatron's Pistol form is available as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack]]. It also comes with a silencer, but does not include the stock. In Japan, the toy was released as a [[TakaraTomy]] Mall exclusive for ''Earthrise''.<ref name="TT Twitter">{{citesocial|quote=＼フォロワー27 000人突破／新情報2つ目はアースライズシリーズ「センチュリオンドローン＆ウェポナイザー」発売決定しました！予約開始は少し先の予定ですが楽しみしてにお待ち下さい！ #トランスフォーマー #Transformers https://t.co/8DpFsjRCuP|link=https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1285098906422931456/|name=Transformers PR|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=07|day=20|(defunct=)}}</ref>

:It should be noted that this is the first ''Generations'' toy to depict his alt mode as a gun, albeit in a non-converting accessory form. It was soon followed by the ''Kingdom'' Core Class toy below.

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[[File:TF-Netflix-WFC-Trilogy-Spoiler-Pack-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Spoiler Pack''' (Leader Unboxing, [[2021]])
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher"), [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Spoiler|Matrix of Leadership]] bandolier, [[AllSpark#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Allspark]], two Fire Blast effects, [[Play-Doh|compound]]
:Promoting the ''Kingdom'' chapter of the Netflix ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon, Megatron is a minor redeco of the [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|above]] Netflix ''Siege''-based Megatron, with blue highlights on the "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" instead of red, and more accurate chest battle damage (albeit, to his appearance in the ''Siege'' and first half of ''Earthrise'' chapters). His silver paint is also a lighter shade while the other paint applications are a darker shade. The set includes the translucent purple "[[Skelivore#Toys|Fossilizer Skelivore]]", the [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Spoiler|Matrix of Leadership]] on a bandolier, and a compound through which a buyer can dig to reveal two blue "Fire Blast" effects (redecoed from ''Earthrise'' [[Slitherfang#Toys|Slitherfang]] and [[Doublecrosser (Earthrise)#Toys|Doublecrosser]]'s effects parts) and the [[AllSpark#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Allspark]].

:The Matrix bandolier can latch onto his robot mode chest or his tank turret, and the Allspark is compatible with the 3 mm effects part system, featuring a 3 mm port on one face and a shallow 3 mm post of its own on the opposite side. Skelivore can use the C.O.M.B.A.T. System/[[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology]] to weaponize Megatron, with two official configurations, and their head specifically evoking Megatron's classic [[energon mace]].

:Much like previous Spoiler Packs, this set is in a windowless box designed to look like an ammo crate and features translatable [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]] inside the box. The lateral side of the package also features artwork of Megatron, reused from the ''Kingdom'' [[:File:Kingdom Golden Disk Megatron returns to pits.jpg|Wave 2 Golden Disk card]]. Compared to the previous [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Spoiler Pack]], the packaging itself uses less cardboard and tape and has two Decepticon-themed quotes as opposed to one Autobot and one Decepticon. The "spoiler" text reads "WITH THE MATRIX IN HAND / I CAN WIN THE ALLSPARK / AND USE IT TO RESHAPE / CYBERTRON IN MY IMAGE" and "TAKE THE MATRIX / MEGATRON THEN THE / ALLSPARK MAY IT HAVE / MERCY ON YOU", quotes from Megatron and Optimus Prime respectively from [[Kingdom episode 4|''Kingdom'' episode 4]], though Megatron's quote in the cartoon lacks "With the Matrix in hand".

:Megatron's renders in the instructions feature the battle damage from the first [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Netflix ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toy]], as opposed to the battle damage on this release. Also, the image showing the completely assembled second official weaponizer configuration in the instructions depicts the included effect parts being plugged onto the ends of the back-mounted cannons to simulate muzzle-flash effects; however, this configuration is impossible with the selected effect part mold types that were included with this set.

:As with other Netflix-series figures, this Spoiler Pack was exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the United States. This set was also available as a Kmart exclusive in Australia and was on [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the US and the UK in limited quantities.
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==''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''==
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-E-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What, were you expecting a [[Sixshot (G1)#toys|submarine]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-E38'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''ER-13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 30]], [[2021]]
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon, tank turret/bladed weapon, tank-filler part/shield
:Released as part of the third and final wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Voyager Class toys, Megatron is a heavy retool of ''Siege'' Megatron that converts into an Earth-based tank (particularly resembling an M1A2 Abrams) while sharing a mostly identical transformation scheme (and parts, such as the thighs, feet, front of the upper arms, forearms, and various inner parts). Megatron also retains the "battle damage" paint his ''Siege'' figure featured, mostly focused around his legs and tank body. Unlike the stock render, the rear half of Megatron's shoulders are molded in black plastic. Megatron also features a "D-16" marking on the left side of his tank body, referencing his Japanese ID number.

:Like the ''Siege'' figure, Megatron's turret also doubles as a melee weapon, though it must be forearm mounted in order to use the blade. The blade can be a shield if paired with the sword from the ''Siege'' toy above. To try and reduce his alternate mode's resemblance to an H-tank, he has a [[Partformer|partforming]] piece that is attached between his shins, or onto the bladed weapon. Stock photography for the above ''Generations Selects'' redeco shows the melee weapon can plug into his back as a back-mounted cannon, much like his "G1" cartoon design, and the filler part can be a forearm-mounted shield.

:The new tooling to keep his head/neck flap more secure can make pulling his head out while transforming him to robot mode ''very'' difficult; the strain of doing so can cause the ball joint socket to crack, and form stress marks on his cheeks. This can be remedied by pushing the flap up from beneath using the filler/shield piece tabs.

:The unpaintable plastic parts, such as the thighs and the joints, are prone to [[photodegradation]].

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, Megatron comes with an exclusive piece of a clip-and-save of a larger star map, along with a translucent red decoder. Megatron's piece of the map, aptly, is the labeled location of "[[Cybertron (planet)|CYBERTRON]]".

:The [[energon mace]] accessory was sold separately as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone]] set above. The mace is intended for ''Earthrise'' Megatron's newly molded hands, so keep caution for a breakage risk if used on ''Siege'' Megatron.
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==''Generations Selects''==
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[[File:Selects-Voyager-CombatMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|After many years, unobtainium has finally become obtainable.]]
*'''Combat Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[2019]])
**''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Siege'''''
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-GS01'''
**''Accessories:'' "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon," "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
{{toydesigner|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

:"Combat Megatron", a ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''Siege'', is a redeco and new head retool of the above Voyager Class mold in the arctic camouflage deco of the unreleased ''Generation 2'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#CombatHero|Combat Hero figure]]. The figure's new head is based on Megatron's initial "miner" appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', drawing most heavily on [[Marcelo Matere]]'s covers for the series. (Coincidentally or not, the [[#TFSS|last Megatron toy]] based on the same unreleased deco ''also'' used tooling based on IDW Megatron's mining days.)

:Announced at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]], this Megatron was an exclusive debuted at the regular Voyager price through the [[Hasbro Pulse]] website in the U.S. market. Combat Megatron comes in a mostly plain cardboard box with black spray-paint deco in the form of a drippy Autobot symbol, "WAR" spelled out in Cybertronian, and the "War for Cybertron Trilogy" nameplate. While the instructions replaced the ID number and Megatron's name with "Combat Megatron", the CGI renders still depict the original head. Also included is a thank you letter from Hasbro's [[John Warden]].

:Despite being the third ''Generations Selects'' figure to be announced, Combat Megatron came out ahead of [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Generations|Ricochet]] and [[Swoop (G1)/toys#POTPGS|Red Swoop]].

:This toy was repurposed as [[White Megatron]] in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.
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[[File:TF-Selects-Super-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why do [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Future|you]] throw your turn away so recklessly?"]]
*'''Super Megatron''' ([[September 26]], [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS09'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon/starship nose/tank turret, triple-barrelled cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Ban Magami]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Super Megatron is an extensive retool of [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Voyager Class Galvatron]], with the Titan Master gimmick being removed. The figure is based upon illustrations by [[Ban Magami]] for [[:File:SuperAndUltraMegatron.jpg|Super Megatron and Ultra Megatron]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars]]'' story pages, and is capable of assuming the two robot modes and two alternate modes featured therein; the figure is very faithful to the much older art because Magami created the character designs with a working transformation in mind.<ref>[https://tfsource.com/blog/2020/04/03/countdown-answering-5-big-questions-about-the-generations-selects-super-megatron/ COUNTDOWN: Answering 5 big questions about the Generations Selects Super Megatron at TFSource]</ref> Although not officially a part of the [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|''War for Cybertron'']] toyline, he has a grand total of 19(!) [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] distributed throughout his new tooling, making him more than compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]].

:Being faithful to the illustrations it is based upon, the figure has both a "Super Jet Mode" and a triple-barreled "Ultra Tank Mode". The figure comes with his signature fusion cannon, which forms the nose of his gunship mode and the turret of his tank mode. He also has a triple-barreled cannon, which is stored inside the fusion cannon, and can be accessed by unfolding the front of the cannon and opening it up from the bottom. The triple-barreled cannon is detachable from the fusion cannon, and can be wielded by Super Megatron as a handheld weapon if you so choose.

:As mentioned before, the figure also has two robot modes to represent Super Megatron and his upgraded '''Ultra Megatron''' form, which differ in forehead and chest detailing. In service to this, Super Megatron's forehead and chest can be swapped around between his two robot modes. The two robot modes are also distinguished by weapon configuration (the fusion cannon being closed for Super Megatron and open for Ultra Megatron, and Ultra Megatron also featuring the triple-barrelled cannon mounted on his right shoulder) and gunship mode wing arrangement (folded for Super Megatron and unfolded for Ultra Megatron).

:Original to the figure and its [[Super Megatron comic 2|accompanying fiction]], a third robot mode was also designed and given the name '''Ultra Megatron Omega''', formed by taking the figure in its Ultra Megatron robot mode and swapping its face out for a more monstrous one. This new face appears to be an amalgam taking cues from both his [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action film counterpart]]'s mask in ''The Last Knight'', as well as the face of [[Dark Nova]]. If one so wishes, he can take the [[Silver Matrix]] accessory included with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Selects|''Generations Selects'' Star Convoy]] and plug it into this figure's left shoulder to replicate [[:File:Ultra Megatron Omega Selects.jpg|his initial appearance]] upon transforming into this form.

:The ''Selects'' [[God Neptune comic 2|Special Comic promoting God Neptune]] further introduces a ''fourth'' robot mode, '''[[:File:Megatron Omega Perfect Selects.jpg|Megatron Omega: Perfect Form]]''', into which the figure can also be configured. To achieve this, his shoulder pads must be folded back, with the smaller wing pieces angled up at a 45° angle; his chest piece with the insignia, folded forward to partially reveal the tread details; his back wings folded down at a 45° angle; and his Fusion Cannon/triple-barreled cannon should be in tank mode configuration, tabbed into the port on his upper-back, with the triple-barrels facing straight up. His Fusion Cannon barrel halves should then be angled up at 45° angles, to create an "X-wing" shape behind him.

:The aforementioned God Neptune chapter also depicts a third alternate mode for Ultra Megatron Omega, an "[[:File:GS-Ultra-Megatron-Omega-SF-Gun-Turret--Mode.jpg|SF Gun Turret Mode]]". To achieve this mode, Megatron must first be placed into his Super Jet Mode, from there the subsequent steps can be taken in any order. With his waist kept in the same configuration, his legs must be rotated at the thigh, then folded up alongside his torso; his arms must be folded straight down, with the forearms folded forward, so that the figure is now resting on both them and the tank treads on his legs; the chestplate must then be lowered slightly, so that the treads touch the ground; his larger wings should be folded up into the tank mode configuration; and his smaller wings should be folded straight back.

:A feature not mentioned in the instructions is that the lower part of his helmet is attached via a [[C joint]] on the neck, and can be removed to allow easier access to the forehead and face-swapping gimmick. This is particularly helpful, as otherwise there isn't much clearance for it to turn, and the swivel is fairly tight.

:Contrary to popular belief, this figure ''is'' in scale with ''Selects'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]].

:This toy was released exclusively through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] in Japan and an EB Games exclusive in Australia.

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[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Voyager-G2-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voice of Doom sadly not included.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2020)
**''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Earthrise'''''
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-GS14'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon, tank turret/spear, tank-filler part/shield
:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', this version of Megatron is a redeco of the ''Earthrise'' Voyager Class mold above in the first ''Generation 2'' toy-themed colors.

:Much like most 2020 ''Selects'' products, the toy is only branded as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' and not ''Earthrise''.
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* '''Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:This release of Megatron is as a non-transforming and immobile [[Slug figure|minifigure]], barely 10mm tall, scaled to interact with the immense [[Unicron/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Unicron]] figure and its clear display base. This was one of a set of 14 minifigures in the "Unicron Companion Pack" that was included with the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#BeholdGalvatron|"reformatting" version of Galvatron]]. The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]].
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==''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''==
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Add in a 5mm peg, and you can have Megatron holding Megatron holding Megatron.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Core Class, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K13'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD EX-06'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 31]], 2021
**''Accessories:'' Blaster/Tank Barrel
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/PdsHMGVDZFg?si=7IIIhq2AU8jwMnSx Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel</ref>

:''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Core Class Megatron is a Legends-sized toy that can interact with Titan Class figures. He takes many cues from his larger ''Earthrise'' toy sculpt-wise, with similar robot and Earth-based tank forms... save for the head, which seems to be based on his ''Masterpiece'' figure. His tank mode lacks any kind of rolling wheels.

:Megatron features his trademark Fusion Cannon, attached with a mushroom joint. He includes a blaster resembling his original pistol alternate mode which forms his (rather unconvincing) tank mode's barrel and has a stacked peg with 3-millimeter and 5-millimeter portions for compatibility with other Core figures as well as larger size classes. As shown in the instructions, but not specifically pointed out as such, the gun can plug into his back to replicate the gun barrel from the G1 figure. Due to the right forearm needing two pieces for the transformation, Megatron ends up having two asymmetrical forearm parts.

:Megatron suffers from a mildly annoying issue regarding his shoulder joints; the hook tabs can barely lock into place, and they can be dislodged if his arms are bent back in robot mode. Fortunately, the shoulder ball-and-socket joints are loose enough (though not to a greater extent) to counter this.
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==''Premium Finish''==
[[File:TF-Premium-Finish-PF-WFC-02-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Why [[#War_for_Cybertron Trilogy|throw]] [[#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|away]] away your money so recklessly?"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, [[November 27]], 2021)
**''ID number'': '''PF WFC-02'''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''GE-02'''
**''Accessories'': "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon", "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher" (combines to form "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher")
:As part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|''Premium Finish'']]'' subline, Megatron is a detailed redeco of the [[#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|''Siege'']] mold, featuring more paint applications that represent his appearance in [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''Transformers: War for Cybertron: Siege'']] and with the same weapons as the aforementioned mold.

:For some reason, the stock photos depict his shoulders sitting a bit too low, due to them not being fully inserted to the joint.
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==''Collaborative''==
[[File:Collab-toy-Megatron-HISS-Tank.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron opted for the lady because [[Cobra Commander|her boss]] reminds him too much of Starscream [[Chris Latta|for some reason]]...]]
*'''Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank and Baroness''' ([[2022]])
**''Accessories'': [[Baroness#Collaborative|Baroness]], backpack, rifle, battle stand, fusion cannon, 2x turret guns, HISS tank rear panel/shield
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mario Carreiro]] (packaging)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy3IcQd3g4 The Hasbro ''Transformers'' Panel] at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San Diego Comic-Con 2024]] with [[Mario Carreiro]], [[John Warden]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]], recorded at the "Memo's Collection" YouTube channel.</ref>}}

:The tenth figure released in the ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' line, "Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank" transforms from an almost 100% accurate [[Cobra]] signature original [[HISS tank|H.I.S.S. tank]] into a roughly Commander Class-sized Megatron. He comes with his traditional fusion cannon accessory and has a swiveling twin turret backpack, whose guns can be lowered down to tilt over Megatron's head or turn left or right. Both turret guns are attached via 5mm pegs and features pegs for [[Fire Blast effect|fire blast effects]]. Megatron's fusion cannon can either mount atop his H.I.S.S. form's turret platform or on the outside of either fist.

:His hips are ratchet joints, but the rest are all simple friction joints, including his lateral thigh swivels, which when combined with the weight of half the vehicle mode hanging off his back means that he's prone to tipping over in certain poses. Megatron's sizeable heel spurs do a lot to alleviate the problem, thankfully. The back plating and rear guard of the H.I.S.S. detaches to form a shield. The back of his fusion cannon is severely truncated to clear the H.I.S.S. parts on his shoulders or the turret gunner in vehicle mode, which looks more than a little silly. Said cannon and shield both attach via fairly shallow 5mm pegs. Due to packaging constraints, most of the H.I.S.S. tank is detached from Megatron in the box, with only the treads and lower part of the cockpit built into the main figure. Megatron is also a considerably warmer gray than depicted in his stock renders.

:The set also includes a new recreated original 3.75" [[Baroness]] figure, with recreations of her accessories as well as a battle stand, who can ride in Megatron's H.I.S.S. mode cockpit or man his turret guns. Rather impressively, Megatron can be transformed entirely without removing the figure from the turret, though the same can't be said for the one in the cockpit.

:Although originally set to release in January 2023, Megatron and The Baroness were spotted at a [[Toys"R"Us]] in [[Taiwan]] in late [[June]] 2022 and was released more widely via online outlets starting in [[October]] of that year.

:This toy also doubles as the independent ''[[Transformers Roleplaying Game]]'' character [[Fusion (RPG)|Fusion]].
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==''Legacy''==
[[File:TF-Legacy-Core-Class-G2-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A worthy opponent for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|this guy.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''G2 Universe Megatron''' (Core Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blaster/tank barrel

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Core Class toys, "G2 Universe Megatron" is a [[redeco]] of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Core Class Megatron]] in the colors of his ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|tank incarnation]], and serves as a scaled-down version of the [[#GS14|''Generations Selects'' repaint]] of the Voyager Class ''Earthrise'' mold. Megatron includes the same blaster accessory as the original ''Kingdom'' toy, this time cast in green.

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[[File:TF-Legacy-Miner-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Just a miner retool.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Rise of Tyranny 2-Pack''' (2-pack, 2023) }}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Drill, drill attachment, pickaxe, handle
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[May 16]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFnqhvXhTs Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Ben MacCrae]], and [[Sixo]].</ref>

: Revealed during the [[May 16]]th, 2023 Transformers Fanstream, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Miner Megatron" is a retool of the ''Siege'' mold to match his younger appearance in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], with a new chest, shoulders, hazard stripes and an [[Alex Milne]]-inspired head. Oddly, this newly molded head is a completely different mold from the ''Generations Selects'' Combat Megatron toy's head, which was also inspired by Megatron's miner design. While his helmet has details from ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', the color scheme and molding changes reference his appearance in ''[[Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. He includes a new pickaxe, drill, and drill mount rather than his fusion cannon and sword. He is capable of attaching the pickaxe head between the drill and mount to create a crossbow-like weapon through Evo-Fusion.

: Some copies of the figure have been reported to have their inner knee joints misassembled—the circular detail above the screw should be towards the back instead of the front. One way to remedy this is to unscrew the knees, pop the pin in the thigh and swap the knee joint. This also has been reported to (somewhat) improve the joint's looseness.<ref>[https://twitter.com/shihshihming1/status/1677047933429239808 @ShihShihMing1's tweet showcasing the issue], 6 July 2023</ref>

: He is included in a "Cybertronian Origins" two-pack with [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Legacy|Senator Ratbat]].

: Amazon mistakenly mixed up the product IDs for the Rise of Tyranny and Humble Origins two-packs; as a result, customers who pre-ordered this set were actually sent [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#HumbleOrigins|Data Clerk Orion Pax]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#HumbleOrigins|Senator Shockwave]]. This was corrected a few days after the pre-orders started arriving; customers who purchase this set now will receive what they ordered.

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CsUU9MpO8M9/ Designer commentary on Miner Megatron from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''
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[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Fractured-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2sq409UGtY "I'm Spartacus!"]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Fractured Friendship 2-Pack''' (2-pack, [[2024]]) }}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Drill, drill attachment, pickaxe, handle, energy sword, energon hammer

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' "Gladiator Megatron" is a redeco of the ''Legacy: Evolution'' figure above, this time based specifically on his gladiator look from ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''. He includes all of Miner Megatron's accessories, now recolored to match Gladiator Megatron's light gray color scheme, as well as a red energy sword and a pink energon hammer, both taken from his battle with [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]] in [[Megatron Origin issue 2|issue #2]]. These weapons can peg into his shoulders for storage in robot mode, but unusually for a modern ''Transformers'' toys, there's nowhere for them to go while he's in vehicle mode.

: Gladiator Megatron is included in the "Fractured Friendship" 2-pack alongside the similarly IDW-inspired [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#FracturedFriendship|Security Officer Orion Pax]]. The two-pack was revealed by IGN on [[June 27]], 2024 as an exclusive for that year's [[San Diego Comic-Con]], with limited quantities to later be made available on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The set was spotted at Chinese retail soon after its official reveal. <ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/hasbro-sdcc-exclusive-figures-star-wars-marvel-transformers-gi-joe Hasbro SDCC 2024 exclusives reveal] - on IGN</ref>
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==''Generations Comic Edition''==
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Fusion cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Guido Guidi]] (original concept, packaging artist)|[[Mario Carreiro]] (packaging)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJopRdWtZA ''Transformers'' panel] at [[Megacon Orlando#2025|Megacon Orlando 2025]] with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]], recorded at the "V-man" YouTube channel.</ref>

: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition|Timelines Comic Edition]]'' Megatron is based on [[Guido Guidi]]'s unused design for the character in ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', and transforms from a robot into a wheeled cannon. He comes packaged with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition|Bumblebee]].

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==References==
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Insignia/Gallery

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There are so many variations of [[insignia]] across the breadth of the [[Transformers brand]] that it might be a fool's errand to try and list them all — but we are those fools!

While many of these insignia, such as that of the [[Wreckers]], are used in multiple [[continuity|continuities]] or [[continuity family|families]], others, such as the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] insignia, are confined to [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|only one]].

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==Factions==
===Autobots===
In the real world, the Autobot insignia was derived from the head of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s toy.

Its in-universe origin varies: in [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] it was applied by the [[Quintesson]]s to their "consumer good" creations, while in [[Marvel Comics continuity]] it is seemingly based on the [[Last Autobot]]. In [[2005 IDW continuity]] it was "created" by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who claimed it to be the face of [[Primus]], as part of an ontological paradox.
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File:Symbol autobot reg.png|'''[[Autobot]]''' 
File:G1PackagingAutobotInsignia.png|The Autobot symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging and cartoon [[scene transition]]s.
File:AutobotInsignia-TheArk.png|The model sheet of the Autobot symbol created for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]].
File:AutobotlogoMarvelcoloringbook.jpg|The [[Search for Treasure Under the Sea]] variant of the toy packaging insignia.
File:Live action Autobot insignia.png|'''Autobot''' ''([[Live-action film series|live-action film]])'' The biggest change is that the tops of the eye sockets, horizontal in the G1 symbol, tip down towards the middle in the Movie symbol.
File:Movie Autobot.JPG|A metallic variant of the movie Autobot symbol.
File:TitanmagAutobotinsigniaburning.jpg|A burning movie Autobot symbol from a sticker sheet that came with the [[Transformers Comic issue 17]].
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File:G2AutobotInsignia.png|'''Autobot''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' The G2 Autobot symbol is based on the face of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].
File:G2AutobotInsigniaAlternate.png|'''Autobot''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' Alternate colors of the G2 Autobot symbol. Seen on the Generation 2 logo.
File:Ancient Autobot Symbol.png|'''[[Primon|Ancient Robot]]''' This symbol appears to be a prototypical Autobot insignia. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFoD}} In [[2005 IDW continuity]], it is the symbol denoting a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. {{storylink|Informed}}
File:War Within Autobot Symbol.png|An early war Autobot insignia variant used in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]. 
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===Decepticons===
In the real world, the Decepticon insignia was based on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s toy head. In the 1980s the crest of the symbol usually had a "squared-off" bottom, while modern portrayals generally have the crest pointed at the base.

Its origin in-universe is generally less-explored than that of the Autobots. In the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] it was a symbol applied to the Quintessons' "military hardware", while in the [[live-action film series]], [[Aligned continuity family]], and ''[[Transformers One (film)|One]]'', it is based on the face of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]].
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File:Symbol decept reg.png|'''[[Decepticon]]''' 
File:G1PackagingDecepticonInsignia.png|The Decepticon symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging and cartoon [[scene transition]]s.
File:DecepticonInsignia-TheArk.png|The model sheet of the Decepticon symbol created for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]]—note the third spike and blunt base on the crest.
File:DecepticoninsigniaMarvelcoloringbook.jpg|The [[Search for Treasure Under the Sea]] variant of the toy packaging insignia.
File:MarvelTFUDecepticonInsignia.png|The Decepticon sigil as it appeared in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]''.
File:Live action Decepticon insignia.png|'''Decepticon''' ''([[Live-action film series|live-action film]])'' The movie symbol has diamond-shaped eyes, as opposed to the triangular eyes of the G1 symbol.
File:Movie Decepticon.JPG|A metallic variant of the movie Decepticon symbol.
File:TitanmagDecepticonfrozen.jpg|A frozen movie Decepticon symbol from a sticker sheet that came with the [[Transformers Comic issue 17]].
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File:Con-g2.png|'''Decepticon''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' The G2 Decepticon symbol is inexplicably identical, aside from color, from the insignia used by the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. 
File:Con-g2alternate.png|'''Decepticon''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' Alternate colors of the G2 Decepticon symbol.
File:Decepticon warwithin symbol.png|An early war Decepticon insignia variant used in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]].
File:Decepticon Knights.jpg|A variant Decepticon symbol seen in promotional material for ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''.
File:Ascenticon insignia.png|'''Ascenticon''' The insignia of the proto-Decepticon faction from the [[Transformers (2019 comic)|2019 IDW comics]].
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===Maximals===
The Maximal insignia is a stylised canine or feline face, reflecting the Maximals being primarily made up of mammals and birds.
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File:Maximal symbol.png|'''[[Maximal]]''' Certain characters and toy packaging featured this insignia in alternate colors, such as red or dark green.
File:Maximal symbol bm.png|'''Maximal''' ''([[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|BM]])'' A variant insignia worn by the Maximals in [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|''Beast Machines'']].
File:Kingdom Maximal insignia.png|'''Maximal''' (''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'') A variant incorporating elements of the Autobot insignia, used on packaging and promotional items for ''Kingdom'', though not on the actual toys.
File:ROTB Maximal insignia.png|'''Maximal''' (''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]]'') ''Another'' variant of the Maximal insignia, retaining the Autobot elements from ''Kingdom'' but with proportions closer to the original ''Beast Wars'' version.
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===Predacons===
The Predacon insignia is a stylised insect head, as the Predacons consist mainly of invertebrates and reptiles.
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File:Predacon symbol.png|'''[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]''' Certain characters and toy packaging featured this insignia in alternate colors, such as yellow.
File:Timelines Predacon Symbol.png|'''Predacon''' ''([[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|BM]])'' A variant insignia worn by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]''.
File:Kingdom Predacon insignia.png|'''Predacon''' (''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'') As with the ''Kingdom'' Maximal symbol, this variant integrates elements of the Decepticon insignia, and was used as part of packaging and promotional items but not on any of the toys. It is also used for the instructions on [[Scorponok (ROTB)#Studio Series|Studio Series Scorponok.]]
File:ROTB Predacon insigna.png|'''Predacon''' (''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]]'') ''Another'' variant of the Predacon insignia, retaining some Decepticon elements from ''Kingdom'' but with proportions closer to the original ''Beast Wars'' version.
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===Other factions===

====[[Unicron]]====
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File:Blentron red.png|'''[[Blentron]]''' This symbol is based on the face of Unicron, reflecting the Blentrons' true allegiance.
File:Unicron faction symbol.png|'''[[Herald of Unicron]]''' A recolor of the Blentron insignia, first found on a [[sticker|sticker sheet]] included with ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'' [[Overcharge (G1)#Collector's Edition|Overcharge]], later used by the ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' book to denote Unicron and his followers.
File:Unicron energon symbol.png|A recolor of the [[Mini-Con]] symbol; used on the Japanese packaging of ''Armada'' Unicron and on Takara's website for the [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'' toyline]], it was also seen in the background of Unicron's transformation sequence in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]].''
File:Unicronsymbol dwmtmte.png|Used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Armada profile book]] to denote Unicron-allied Transformers.
File:Terrorcon symbol.png|"[[Movie continuity family|Movie]]" '''[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]'''
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====Combined factions====
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File:MarvelUS-77-AutobotDecepticonAlliance.png|'''Autobot/Decepticon Alliance''' {{storylink|Exodus!}}
File:Cybertron-Alliance.png|'''[[Cybertron Alliance]]''' First introduced in the [[Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 story pages]], this symbol is used for various (doomed) Autobot/Decepticon coalition governments in the world of the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon]].
File:Ancient Transformer Symbol.png|'''Ancient [[Transformer]]''' In [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave G1 continuity]], an ancient symbol discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who claimed that Autobots and Decepticons were once one race. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Generation One #5}} In [[Beast Wars: Uprising|BWU]] continuity, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] designed it for the unified postwar [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]], but it [[:File:CulturalAppropriation QuickmixMicroTrailer.jpg|received little]] popular traction. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}
Cobra Decepticon symbol.png|'''Cobra/Decepticon''' Initially used on [[:File:GI Joe vs Transformers 1rep.jpg|covers]] for ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers]]'', this symbol would later return on [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|various]] [[Viper (CW)|toys]].
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====Others====
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File:Optimus symbol.png|'''[[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]''' The "heroic" faction of the Brazilian [[Estrela]] G1 toyline.
File:Malignus symbol.png|'''[[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]]''' The "villainous" faction of the Brazilian [[Estrela]] G1 toyline.
File:Cybertronian.png|'''[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]]''' Used by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s Cybertronian Empire, this symbol is inexplicably identical to the Generation 2 Decepticon insignia aside from color.
File:Vehicon symbol.png|'''[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]'''
File:Minicon symbol.png|'''[[Mini-Con]]''' As the Mini-Cons in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' were created by [[Unicron]], the "M" echoes Unicron's face and the border represents his orbital ring.
File:Symbol star seeker reg.png|'''[[Star Seeker]]s'''
File:PredaconPrimeLogo.png|"[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]]" '''[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]'''
File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|This symbol was originally planned to represent the ''Prime'' Predacons before [http://sunnybutte.tumblr.com/post/131368170623/and-if-you-were-wondering-why-beast-hunters-was being replaced]; it still made it onto a number of toys and stock photos.
File:Mercenary-Symbol.png|'''[[Mercenary]]'''
File:WFCScorponokInsignia.png|'''[[Scorponok (group)|Scorponok]]''' This symbol was used for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s race in promotional materials for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''Earthrise'']] cartoon.
File:Primus Vanguard Insignia Clean.png|'''[[Primus Vanguard]]''' This Autobot symbol recolor is used to denote the followers of [[Primus]] in the [[Precursor World continuity|Precursor World]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic|CMCpc}}
File:Straxus Insignia.png|'''[[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus]]''' The villainous splinter faction of the Primus Vanguard led by, well, Straxus. {{storylink|Cybertron Convobat prequel comic|CCpc}}
File:ExarchonSymbol.png|'''[[Exarchon]]'''
File:Terran Insignia.png|'''[[Terran]]'''
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==Subgroups==
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===Autobot subgroups===
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File:Wreckers symbol.png|'''[[Wreckers]]'''
File:Wreckers TCG.png|'''Wreckers''' Variation introduced for the ''Titans Masters Attack'' set of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]''.
File:Wreckeridw.png|'''Wreckers''' ''[[Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits|Tread & Circuits]]'' variation
File:TeamRodimus-EnergonClean.png|'''[[Team Rodimus (Energon)|Team Rodimus]]''' (Version 1) The early version of the insignia used on flags wielded by the group led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]].
File:TeamRodimus-EnergonInsignia.png|'''[[Team Rodimus (Energon)|Team Rodimus]]''' (Version 2) The upgraded insignia used on flags wielded by the group and also used on [[Team Rodimus's ship|their ship]]'s flags.
File:Team Ironhide symbol.png|'''[[Team Ironhide]]''' An insignia worn by [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] and a group of Omnicons under his command.
File:Cybertron Defence.png|'''[[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]]''' Used by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], after their collective reconstruction.
File:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|'''[[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]]'''
File:TFA Autotrooper Badge.png|'''[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]]'''
File:RescueBots symbol.png|'''[[Rescue Bot]]s'''
File:RescueBots cartoon insignia.png|Simplified Rescue Bot insignia
File:Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|'''[[Lightning Strike Coalition|Lightning Strike Coalition Force]]'''
File:DinobotFactionInsignia.png|'''[[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]'''
File:Samswordbotsym.png|'''[[Swordbot Samurai Team]]'''
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===Decepticon subgroups===
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File:CybertronGuard.png|'''[[Cybertron Guard]]''' This symbol represents the Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]]'s command charged with Cybertron's security. It was [[Retcon|retroactively]] named in 2007 by TakaraTomy's [[World of the Transformers]] website, but unnamed in its original context. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer}}
File:Ultracon symbol.png|'''[[Ultracon]]''' Used by a Decepticon splinter faction led by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath}}
File:Seeker-Con Airforce.png|'''Seeker/Decepticon "Air Force"''' Appears on several [[live-action film series]] toys, and is worn by ''Prime'' [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]].
File:Stunticon Symbol.jpg|'''[[Team Stunticon|Stunticon]]'''
File:Yokohama Decepticon.png|'''[[Yokohama Convoy|Yokohama Decepticon]]''' {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base|YDSB}}
File:StudioSeries Dev Sym.jpg| '''[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]''' Appears on the ''[[Studio Series]]'' boxes for the components of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].
File:MayhemAttackSquaed-Insignia-LegacyToyline.png| '''[[Mayhem Attack Squad]]''' Utilized by the group in the ''[[Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits|Tread & Circuits]]'' comic series. Appears on the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' "Doom 'n Destruction Collection" figures and instructions.
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===Others===
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File:Mutants symbol.png|'''[[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]'''
File:Maximal Guard Insignia.png|'''Maximal Peacekeeper''' Worn by knight-like Maximal soldiers/peacekeepers in [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]].
File:Space pirate seacon sign.png|'''Space Pirate [[Seacon (BW)|Seacons]]'''
File:Dinobots symbol.png|''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' '''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]''' 
File:Car Robots Destron.png|'''[[Commando (RID)|Combatron]]''' An inverted ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol, derived from the symbol molded into the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]] toy and its [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] redeco. The symbol was removed from the toyline when ''Car Robots'' was released in the West as [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|''Robots in Disguise'']], though it was still occasionally seen in the cartoon.
File:Protector Insignia.png|'''[[Protector]]''' This insignia is based on the face of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], whose [[function]] given on his Generation 1 toy was "Protector".
File:Cybertron Knights.png|'''[[Cybertronian Knight]]'''
File:Raptoricon symbol.png|'''[[Raptoricon]]'''
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==Individuals==
;Generation 1 [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]
These symbols appeared on the walls of a transwarp shunt room in IDW's [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]. They depict the [[beast mode]]s of the original Predacon combiner team.
<gallery>
File:Razorclaw Symbol.png|'''[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'''
File:Tantrum Symbol.png|'''[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]'''
File:Divebomb symbol.png|'''[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]'''
File:Headstrong symbol.png|'''[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]'''
File:Rampage symbol.png|'''[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Sparkbot]]s
<gallery>
File:Sparkbot Angela symbol.gif|'''[[Angela]]'''
File:Sparkbot Stardust symbol.gif|'''[[Star Dust]]'''
File:Sparkbot Zangetsu symbol.gif|'''[[Zangetsu]]'''
</gallery>

;''[[Transformers: Devastation]]''
Each playable Autobot has a Generation-1 style insignia next to their name on the character select screen, combining details of the classic Autobot symbol and the character's head (in Grimlock's case, his beast mode head). These symbols also serve as icons for certain character-related achievements. Other characters from the game also receive their own insignia as achievement icons.
<gallery>
File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'''
File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''
File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|'''[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'''
File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|'''[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'''
File:Devastation The King.jpg|'''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'''
File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|'''[[Nova Prime]]'''
</gallery>

<gallery>
Devastation Halfway There.jpg|'''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'''
File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|'''[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'''
File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|'''[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'''
File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|'''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'''
File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|'''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'''
File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|'''[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'''
File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|'''[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'''
File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|'''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'''
File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|''Rise of the Beasts'']] [[Maximal]]s
These Mesoamerican-inspired symbols appeared on the packaging of the Maximals in the ''Rise of the Beasts'' toyline.
<gallery>
File:ROTB symbol Airazor.jpg|'''[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Cheetor.jpg|'''[[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Optimus Primal.jpg|'''[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Rhinox.jpg|'''[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Nezha: Transformers (franchise)|''Nezha: Transformers'']]
<gallery>
File:Nezha insignia.png|'''[[Nezha]]'''
File:Lei zhenzi insignia.png|'''[[Lei Zhenzi]]'''
File:Tu xingsun insignia.png|'''[[Tu Xingsun]]'''
</gallery>

;Others
<gallery>
File:Tarantulas_Logo.png|'''[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]''' Painted on Tarantulas' [[Arachnoid]] drones. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}
File:Moon symbol clean.png|'''[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]'''
File:Emirate Xeon symbol.png|'''[[Xeon|Emirate Xeon]]''' This symbol appeared on the helmet of the deceased politician Emirate Xeon. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}
File:Cobybot Logo.png|'''[[Cobybot]]''' This symbol was placed on the shoulder of the reformatted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] piloted by [[Coby Hansen]]. {{storylink|City}}
File:Megatron Origin Symbol.png|'''[[Clench (G1)|Clench]]''' This symbol was worn by Clench's team, later [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s, in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]'s [[Gladiatorial combat|illegal pitfights]] prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}
File:Movie Bonecrusher Sym.jpg| '''[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]''' Appeared on the side of Bonecrusher's vehicle mode both in-film and as a sticker on his Deluxe Class toys.{{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
File:ROTF Mixmaster Decepti-dog.jpg|'''[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]''' Mixmaster possesses a {{w|Mack Trucks|Mack}} bulldog hood ornament with a Decepticon sigil for a head. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
File:PrimeSharkticonSymbol.png|'''[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Sharkticon Megatron]]
File:Prowl symbol.jpg|'''[[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]'''
File:Bumblebee_Movie_Symbol.jpg|'''[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]''' Used in promotional material and seen during the end credits of the movie. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
</gallery>

==Religious symbols==
;The [[Thirteen]]
<gallery>
File:PotP-Prima.png|'''[[Prima]]'''
File:PotP-VectorPrime.png|'''[[Vector Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AlphaTrion.png|'''[[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]]'''
File:PotP-SolusPrime.png|'''[[Solus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-MicronusPrime.png|'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AlchemistPrime.png|'''[[Alchemist Prime]]'''
File:PotP-NexusPrime.png|'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-OnyxPrime.png|'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|'''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'''
File:PotP-QuintusPrime.png|'''[[Quintus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-LiegeMaximo.png|'''[[Liege Maximo]]'''
File:PotP-Megatronus.png|'''[[The Fallen|Megatronus/The Fallen]]'''
File:Fallen faction symbol.png|'''[[The Fallen]]''' {{storylink|Titanium Series}}
File:PotP-Thirteenth.png|'''The [[Thirteenth Prime]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Guiding Hand]]
<gallery>
File:Primus.png|'''[[Primus]]''' 
File:Solomus.png|'''[[Solomus]]''' 
File:Mortilus.png|'''[[Mortilus]]''' 
File:Epistemus.png|'''[[Epistemus]]''' 
File:GrandArchitectInsignia.png|'''[[Adaptus]]''' 
</gallery>

==Governments==
{{main|Transformer government}}
<gallery>
File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png|'''[[Senate]]'''
File:Security symbol Megatron Origin.png|'''Security Services''' Used by the Autobot Security Services crew operating under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and at the state funeral of [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].
File:Functionist council insignia.png|'''[[Functionist Council]]'''
File:Functionary insignia.png|A variant Functionist Council insignia worn by [[Functionary]] enforcers.
File:CSF Insignia.png|'''[[Cybertronian Security Force]]''' Insignia used by the CSF under the administration of Ironhide, after whom it was designed. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}
</gallery>

==Non-Cybertronian insignia==
;Human governments
<gallery>
File:Federation of western europe.jpg|'''[[Federation of Western Europe]]'''
File:E27 earthfederationlogo.png|'''[[Earth Federation]]'''</gallery>

;Human defense forces
<gallery>
File:EDC Symbol.png|'''[[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]''' (cartoon)
File:DW EDC.png|'''[[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]''' (Dreamwave)
File:Skywatch Logo.png|'''[[Skywatch]]'''
File:Sector7logo.png|'''[[Sector Seven]]'''
File:NEST insignia.png|'''[[NEST]]''' Depicted on vehicles and uniforms of NEST personnel. Variations include a version with Autobot insignia over the top.
File:NEST Global Alliance.png|'''NEST''' Insignia used on Autobot toys from the "N.E.S.T. Global Alliance" toyline.
File:Unit E.png|'''[[Unit:E]]'''
File:CemeteryWind.png|'''[[Cemetery Wind]]''' {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}
File:TRFlogo.png|'''[[Transformers Reaction Force]]'''
File:GHOST Insignia.png|'''[[G.H.O.S.T.]]''' Insignia worn by human G.H.O.S.T. personnel. For Cybertronian members, their faction symbol appears in place of the insignia's "jaw".
</gallery>

;Other human organizations
<gallery>
File:RobotMasterInsignia.png|'''[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]'''
File:Z Foundation.png|'''[[Z Foundation]]'''
File:Machination logo.png|'''[[Machination]]'''
File:Stopsector7.png|'''[[Stop Sector Seven]]'''
File:Sumdac Systems.PNG|'''[[Sumdac Systems]]''' The corporate logo of [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]]'s company, as seen in the foyer of [[Sumdac Tower]].
File:Otoboto-faction symbol.png|'''[[Otoboto family]]''' Symbol for ''Animated's'' live-action shell-sequence in Japan.
File:Doctor Morocco logo.png|'''[[Doctor Morocco]]'''
File:MECHlogo.png|'''[[MECH]]'''
File:KSILogo.png|'''[[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]]'''
File:Mandroid Insignia.png|'''[[Mandroid]]''' Visible on special badges and control chips placed by Mandroid onto his victims.
</gallery>

;Other species
<gallery>
File:Junkion symbol.png|'''[[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]'''
File:Quintesson symbol.png|'''[[Quintesson]] [[Terrorbot]]'''
File:Earthrise Quintesson insignia.png|'''Quintesson''' {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise}}
File:Zarak Consortium Logo.png|'''[[Zarak Consortium]]'''
File:AmmoniteInsignia.png|'''[[Ammonite]]s'''
File:Destructon Symbol.png|'''[[Destructon]]'''
File:Waruder Symbol.png|'''[[Waruder]]'''
File:BF-toy FireWaterWood.jpg|'''[[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]]''' Fire / Water / Wood
</gallery>

==''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''==
{{main|Cybertronian military insignia/gallery}}
<gallery>
File:WFCT Insignia Overview.jpg|
File:WFCSiege Insignia Chromia.png|'''Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant''' An example of an Autobot rank insignia. Used by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].
File:WFCSiege_Insignia_Starscream.png|'''Air Command Infantry Captain''' An example of a Decepticon rank insignia. Used by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].
</gallery>

==[[Transtech]]==
<gallery>
File:Transtech Autobot symbol.png|'''Autobot'''
File:Transtech Decepticon symbol.png|'''Decepticon'''
File:Axion Nexus Security Administration symbol.png|'''[[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]]'''
File:Ozsa badge.png|'''Offworlder Zone Security Administration'''
File:Convoysymbol.png|'''[[Convoy (group)|Convoy]]''' Worn by members of the Convoy to allow them to remain in [[Axiom Nexus]].
</gallery>

==''Shattered Glass''==
The alternate reality of the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] timeline posits an army of evil Cybertronians united under the leering visage of a purple insignia badge... though perhaps not the one you were expecting.
<gallery>
File:Autobot Shattered Glass.png|Evil '''Autobot'''
File:Autobotsecretpolice.png|Evil '''Autobot [[Secret Police]]''' Worn by [[Nightbeat (SG)|Nightbeat]] and presumably his subordinates.
File:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|Evil '''Elite Guard''' Worn by [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] and presumably his subordinates.
File:Decepticon Shattered Glass.png|Heroic '''Decepticon'''
File:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|Heroic '''Elite Guard''' Worn by [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]] and presumably all pre-war officers of the Elite Guard.
</gallery>

==''BotBots'' ==
<gallery>
BackpackBunch.png|'''[[Backpack Bunch]]'''
GreaserGang.png|'''[[Greaser Gang]]'''
JockSquad.png|'''[[Jock Squad]]'''
LostBots.png|'''[[Lost Bots]]'''
ShedHeads.png|'''[[Shed Heads]]'''
SugarShocks.png|'''[[Sugar Shocks]]'''
TechieTeam.png|'''[[Techie Team]]'''
ToiletTroop.png|'''[[Toilet Troop]]'''
BakeryBytes.png|'''[[Bakery Bytes]]'''
LawnLeague.png|'''[[Lawn League]]'''
MusicMob.png|'''[[Music Mob]]'''
SpoiledRottens.png|'''[[Spoiled Rottens]]'''
SwagStylers.png|'''[[Swag Stylers]]'''
ArcadeRenegades.png|'''[[Arcade Renegades]]'''
FreshSqueezes.png|'''[[Fresh Squeezes]]'''
GooGooGroopies.png|'''[[Goo-Goo Groopies]]'''
PlayroomPosse.png|'''[[Playroom Posse]]'''
PlayroomPosse-alt.png|Alternate '''Playroom Posse''' insignia (web)
SeasonsGreeters.png|'''[[Seasons Greeters]]'''
HomeRangers.png|'''[[Home Rangers]]'''
LosDeliciosos.png|'''[[Los Deliciosos]]'''
MagicTricksters.png|'''[[Magic Tricksters]]'''
MovieMoguls.png|'''[[Movie Moguls]]'''
RetroReplays.png|'''[[Retro Replays]]'''
Sciencealliance.png|'''[[Science Alliance]]'''
WildernessTroop.png|'''[[Wilderness Troop]]'''
WinnersCircle.png|'''[[Winner's Circle]]'''
CardioClique.png|'''[[Cardio Clique]]'''
FrequentFlyers.png|'''[[Frequent Flyers]]'''
HibotchiHeats.png|'''[[Hibotchi Heats]]'''
PartyFavors.png|'''[[Party Favors]]'''
Meetngreets.png|'''[[Meet N' Greets]]'''
Lineleague.png|'''[[Line League]]'''
Fantasticfuelers.png|'''[[Fantastic Fuelers]]'''
HungerHubs Insignia.png|'''[[Greaser Gang|Hunger Hubs]]'''
CustodialCrewInsignia.png|'''[[Toilet Troop|Custodial Crew]]'''
GamerGeeksInsignia.png|'''[[Gamer Geeks]]'''
PetMobInsignia.png|'''[[Pet Mob]]'''
BotBots - Pet Mob alternate insignia.jpg|Alternate/canceled '''Pet Mob''' insignia
CaffeineCollective.png|'''[[Caffeine Collective]]'''
GiftedGuild.png|'''[[Gifted Guild]]'''
File:PlayPlexers.png|'''[[Play Plexers]]'''
FashionForwardsInsignia.png|'''[[Swag Stylers|Fashion Forwards]]'''
</gallery>

==Others==
;[[Rubsign]]s
<gallery>
File:Rubsign inactive.png|'''[[Rubsign]]''' Unactivated rubsign.
File:Rts-symbol.png|'''[[Rubsign]]''' Unactivated [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]] variant.
File:Fastlane.png|'''[[Fastlane]]''' Rubsign used on Autobot Clone Fastlane.
File:Cloudraker.png|'''[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]''' Rubsign used on Autobot Clone Cloudraker.
File:Pounce.png|'''[[Pounce]]''' Rubsign used on Decepticon Clone Pounce.
File:Wingspan.png|'''[[Wingspan]]''' Rubsign used on Decepticon Clone Wingspan.
</gallery>

;[[Powerlinx]]
<gallery>
File:Energon Powerlinx symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Black''' Used by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|his]] [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|combiner]] [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|partners]].
File:Energon Powerlinx Gold symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Gold''' Worn by Mega-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Mega- and Deluxe-sized Transformers.
File:Energon Powerlinx Silver symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Silver''' Worn by Deluxe-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Deluxe- and Mega-sized Transformers.
File:Energon Powerlinx Red symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Red''' Worn by Ultra-sized Transformers, who can combine with additional vehicle mode parts to form a "brute mode".
File:Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Blue''' Used by the [[Air Team]], the [[Construction Team]], and the [[Destruction Team]].
</gallery>

;[[Cyber Key]]s
<gallery>
File:Cyber Key symbol Earth.png|'''[[Earth]]'''
File:Cyber Key symbol Velocitron.png|'''[[Velocitron]]'''
File:Cyber Key symbol Jungle Planet.png|'''[[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]'''
File:Cyber Key symbol Gigantion.png|'''[[Gigantion]]'''
File:Cyber Key Combatron.png|'''[[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]''' {{storylink|Force of Habit}}
</gallery>

;Others
<gallery>
File:Energon symbol.png|'''Energon''' Used to denote [[energon]]. It is a stylized representation of an Autobot [[Energon star]].
File:Cyberglyphics Prime Symbol.png|The [[Cyberglyphics|Cyberglyphic]] symbol for [[Prime (rank)|Primes]].
File:Gobots auto symbol.png|'''[[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]'''
File:Playschool Go-Bots G.png|'''[[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]'''
File:FirstTFinsignia.png|'''[[First Transformers]]'''
</gallery>

==Other properties==
;''[[GoBots]]''
<gallery>
GuardianSymbol.png|'''[[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]'''
RenegadeSymbol.png|'''[[Renegade]]'''
</gallery>

;''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''
<gallery>
Joelogo.png|'''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'''
GIJoe-movie-insignia.png|'''G.I. Joe''' (live-action films) As seen in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''
ActionForce Logo.png|'''[[Action Force (team)|Action Force]]''' The European localization of the ''G.I. Joe'' brand.
Cobralogo.png|'''[[Cobra]]'''
Arbco logo.png|'''[[Arbco]]'''
AdventureTeamLogo.png|'''[[Adventure Team]]'''
</gallery>

;Other Hasbro properties
<gallery>
File:Autotots sigil.png|'''[[Autotot]]'''
File:Protectonsymbol.png|'''[[Protecton]]'''
File:Terrakor symbol.png|'''[[Terrakor]]'''
MASKlogo.png|'''[[M.A.S.K.]]'''
VENOMlogo.png|'''[[V.E.N.O.M.]]'''
ActionManinsignia.png|'''[[Action Man]]'''
Dr X logo.png|'''[[Doctor X]]'''
</gallery>

;''Star Wars''
<gallery>
Alliance Starbird.png|'''[[Rebel Alliance]]'''
Republic Emblem.png|'''[[Galactic Republic]]'''
Imperial Emblem.png|'''[[Empire]]'''
Sith Quad-Sun.png|'''[[Sith]]'''
</gallery>

;Other external properties
<gallery>
File:MickeyMouseTransformer.png|'''[[Mickey Mouse]]''' ([[Transformers Disney Label|Disney Label]])
File:Donald Disney Label Insignia.png|'''[[Donald Duck]]''' (Disney Label)
File:Autobirds symbol.png|'''[[Autobird]]s''' ([[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]])
File:Autobird Wreckers symbol.png|'''Autobird''' '''[[Wreckers]]''' (Angry Birds Transformers)
File:Deceptihog symbol.png|'''[[Deceptihog]]s''' (Angry Birds Transformers)
File:Garikunsym copy.jpg|'''[[Gari Robo-kun]]
File:Autobot Terminator Insignia.png|'''Autobot/[[T-800]]''' ([[Transformers vs. The Terminator]])
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Animorphlogo.png|'''[[Animorph]]'''
Nerv Logo.png|'''[[Nerv]]'''
ShadalooLogo.png|'''[[Shadaloo]]'''
Starfleet.png|'''[[Starfleet]]'''
KlingonEmpire.png|'''[[Klingon Empire]]'''
Ghostbusters.png|'''[[Ghostbusters]]'''
Elitemountaindewrobots.png|'''[[Mountain Dew Robot|Mountain Dew]]'''
Lunchables brigade symbol.png|'''[[Lunchables Brigade|Lunchables]]'''
File:TRUFactionSymbol.png|'''[[Toys"R"Us Prime|Toys"R"Us]]'''
</gallery>

==Files==
*[[:File:Transformers Symbols.ttf|Transformers Insignias True Type Font]]

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Insignia| *]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Prowl (Animated)

2024-08-15T17:04:25Z

Crockalley: /* Animated cartoon */ changing link to Animated Megatron instead of G1 Megatron.

{{factions|autobot|primusvanguard|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Prowl}}
:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].''
[[Image:Animated_Prowl_character_model.jpg|right|230px|thumb|True warriors must move like water. NINJA water.]]

Some people are team players, and some... well, aren't. '''Prowl''' falls into the latter category. A loner at heart, he has little interest in teamwork, something [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] finds extremely frustrating. Prowl feels cooperation with the [[Bumblebee (Animated)|loud]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|unsubtle]] Autobots around him would cramp his style: a keen [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]] prowess with elements of [[Circuit-Su]]<ref>Prowl's on-package [[bio]]</ref> and [[Metallikato]].<ref name="TEG">"[[The Elite Guard]]"</ref>

Seemingly bound up in his martial-arts philosophy is his deep, deep fascination with [[Earth]]'s natural environment. His quarters on [[Earth]] is missing most of its ceiling, allowing him a permanent window into nature. In fact, he seems to have a deeper appreciation of his new surroundings than the [[human]]s who grew up with them. The phrase "stop and smell the roses" is a life truth for Prowl, and he can spend hours motionless, watching the organic world play out around him.

When called to battle, Prowl uses an array of throwing weapons, such as cutting discs, that he can hurl with high accuracy. While useful as projectiles, these weapons tend to be far more damaging at close range and will occasionally bounce off their target with little damage if thrown from too great a distance. He can project [[hologram]]s of himself, using them to misdirect his enemies. He also has a jetpack, granting him limited flight.

Prowl is probably the most skilled fighter of his comrades, but this might not be saying much, as they were a mere [[space bridge]] repair crew before finding themselves suddenly defending the [[AllSpark]] against the resurgent [[Decepticon]]s.<ref>"[[Transform and Roll Out]]"</ref> In fact, [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], witnessing him in action, remarked that Prowl must not have ''finished'' his cyber ninja training.<ref name="TEG">"[[The Elite Guard]]"</ref> The true story is more complex: having failed to protect the infant protoforms,<ref>"[[Five Servos of Doom]]"</ref> Prowl ended his studies in disgrace, seeking to commune with the Allspark. His quest for redemption and inner peace has ended in failure...so far.

{{bigquote|Stillness... then ''strike''.|Prowl getting past motion detectors|"[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{Idw-tfa}}
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)|[[Lutz Schnell]] (German), [[Louis van Beek]] (Dutch), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Junseok Song]] (Korean), [[Fritz Gianvitto]] (Portuguese), [[Rodrigo de la Paz]] (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Mario Gutiérrez]] (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), [[Suso Álvarez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Joonas Suominen]] (Finnish), [[Vincent Violette]] (French)}}

[[Image:TFA Five Servos Yoketron vs Prowl.JPG|thumb|left|300px|This looks ''way'' more exciting in motion.]]

Prowl tried to avoid being drafted into fighting in the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], but was apprehended by [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] and taken to [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]]'s [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo|dojo]]. Seeing potential in the young 'bot, Yoketron offered to teach Prowl in exchange for dropping the charges against him. Despite some initial difficulties, Prowl soon became an accomplished martial artist, and eventually Yoketron deemed him worthy of a place in the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. After receiving the shurikens that would become his signature weapons, Yoketron showed Prowl a hidden room in the dojo, accessible only via the advanced [[processor-over-matter]] technique. This room contained the [[protoform]]s the Cyber-Ninja Corps had sworn to protect, a last-ditch reserve of potential soldiers should [[Project Omega]] fail. However, Prowl proved unable to operate the door, and Yoketron thus sent him on an optics quest to master the skill and become a true Cyber-Ninja.

Prowl continued to struggle with the technique, however, and on returning to the dojo he discovered that an [[Lockdown (Animated)|unknown assailant]] had ransacked the dojo, stolen the protoforms, and mortally wounded Yoketron. Prowl attempted to save his master's life by transferring Yoketron's [[spark]] into the last remaining protoform, but only managed to make his master unhappy by sacrificing a little of the future to save the past. Assured by Yoketron that he would understand some day, Prowl watched his sensei's spark expire and mourned his loss. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

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Determined to find a way to finish his training, Prowl eventually left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entirely aboard his own personal [[Dawn Treader|starship]] and secluded himself in deep space for at least a million stellar cycles in the hopes of communing with the [[AllSpark]]. While meditating on a remote asteroid, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[space bridge]] repair crew stumbled across the Cyber-Ninja. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] promised to work around him, but an [[energon cube]] set by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] fell into the cavern and accidentally destroyed Prowl's ship. Stranded, Prowl grudgingly accepted Optimus Prime's offer to take him back to Cybertron after completing their tour of the sector, but fumed that his path had taken so many twists and turns that he didn't even know where he was... a sentiment to which Optimus Prime could relate. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

As the impromptu fifth member of Optimus Prime's repair crew aboard the starship ''[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Orion]]'', Prowl showed a lack of interest in both teamwork and in Optimus Prime's motivational speeches. While performing some routine maintenance on a malfunctioning space bridge, the team abruptly discovered the AllSpark itself, the life-giving artifact which had been hidden offworld during the Great War. However, the presence of the AllSpark ''also'' attracted the attentions of a group of [[Decepticon]]s led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Determined to seize the artifact for himself, Megatron boarded the ''Orion'' and fought the Autobots inside, with Prowl responsible for cutting off one of Megatron's arms. The ship careened through the active space bridge and rematerialized over the planet [[Earth]]; though Prime managed to eject Megatron—wounded due to [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s sabotage—from their vessel, they were unable to stop the ship from crash-landing beneath [[Lake Erie]] and entered [[stasis pod]]s to survive.

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Fifty years later, a glob of nanotechnological matter found its way into the vessel, which triggered the ship's autonomus systems and brought its Autobot crew back online. The Autobots decided to help the locals defend themselves from the nanotech monster wreaking havoc in nearby [[Detroit]], but mistook cars and trucks for the native life-forms and reformatted themselves into suitable disguises. The Autobots successfully took down the monster, but Prowl's refusal to work with the team led to him taking on the creature by himself and getting absorbed for his troubles. Gravely wounded, the Autobots rushed him back to their ship where Ratchet unsuccessfully tried to operate on him—it's likely that he might have died had [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] not discovered the power of her [[AllSpark Key]] and used it to miraculously save his life.

Over the next few days, the Autobots settled into life on Earth, became local celebrities, and set up shop in an [[Autobot Earth Base|abandoned factory]] while Prowl discovered he had a particular fondness for the planet's organic fauna. During the team's next major battle against [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], Prowl showed that he had become a much better team player after working with Bumblebee and Sari to save [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]] and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] from the airborne Decepticon, using his thrusters to slow a falling train car. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

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Prowl watched a local [[Skippy|cat]] stalk a bird and found it fascinating, but was aggravated when he was interrupted by human fans. Returning to base, he hid out in his Japanese-themed room, only to be interrupted by Prime and Bumblebee. Even worse, Sari threw a slumber party, pushing Prowl to the edge with the commotion. Ironically, when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] took over the factory, Prowl was able to show Bumblebee the value of stillness in battle, something the pair would work on later in a game of Twister. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

Prowl joined Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead in an attempt to learn about Earth customs by watching television. They eventually stumbled upon a program wherein [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] pitted the bio-enhanced [[Colossus Rhodes]] against Bumblebee, and the other four Autobots had to come to Bumblebee's rescue after Rhodes lost control of his augmentations. Prowl managed to take down Rhodes by throwing a couple of shurikens at the pistons that triggered Rhodes's enhancements and later helped rescue Professor Sumdac after Black had become the mutated "Meltdown". Finding Sumdac Tower in defense mode upon their arrival, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet were pitted against Colossus Rhodes once more. Prowl tried to take Rhodes out as he had before, only to learn that Rhodes's one weakness had been reinforced since their last encounter. The battle was eventually won when Prowl noticed that a nearby church bell's toll was interfering with Rhodes's upgrades. Using this to their advantage, the Autobots managed to defeat the villain. Through some quick thinking, the Autobots then overpowered Meltdown by using the same force-field that had kept the Autobots from reaching him beforehand. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

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''Bumblebee and Prowl inadvertently exposed the [[Wraith]]'s modus operandi on live television when they captured the Angry Archer. Later, when a news broadcast showed the Wraith using his holographic equipment to pass off as a ghostly figure, Bumblebee asked why the fellow couldn't just "scan a new altmode". Prowl explained that, even if the Wraith could, it would make little difference; the vigilante relied on mystery to aid him in his crime-fighting career. Since he and Bumblebee had stripped away the mystery, a change of appearance would hardly make a difference.''

''Later, when Bumblebee apprehended Colossus Rhodes, Prowl helped sign autographs for the grateful Detroiters. Later still, when the Autobots saw "Bumblebee" attack Michigan Stadium, Prowl helped clear the little Autobot's name by halting what was really a plot by the jealous Wraith. Prowl attempted to capture the Wraith as he made his getaway, only to realize he had been fooled by one of the masked vigilante's many holographic projections. Thankfully, Optimus Prime grabbed the real Wrait, who was shipped off the an asylum for treatment.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2|Attention Surplus Disorder}}

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''Prowl joined the rest of the Autobots in investigating a theft at Sumdac's laboratories. They discovered that the crime in question had been committed by an industrial saboteur going by the name of "[[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]]". She soon attempted to collapse Detroit's Ambassador Bridge, prompting the Autobots to leap into action. During the confrontation, Prowl used his holographic abilities to blindside Stiletto. Stiletto managed to recover quickly from Prowl's trickery. She then used trickery of her own to dupe Bumblebee into exploding a truck's payload of gasoline, rendering Prowl unconscious for the remainder of the battle. The Autobots nonetheless managed to capture Stiletto, and Prowl was later patched up at Autobot headquarters.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

''Prowl and the other Autobots had to calm Bulkhead down when Porter C. Powell began to market Bulkhead's altmode as a vehicle for the masses, and further rubbed salt in the wound by using highly-doctored footage to have Bulkhead "promote" the vehicle. Thankfully, Sari and Bulkhead proved that the vehicle wasn't safe for the everyday citizen. Prowl later watched an announcement on television declaring that the "Bulkhead" line was being recalled.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}

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In an attempt to get [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to be less bumbling and destructive after an embarrassing incident at the [[Dino Drive]] park, Prowl tried to teach Bulkhead how to move with ninja-lke grace. His unsuccessful attempts to teach Bulkhead only undermined the green Autobot's confidence, and Prowl was taken out of commission when the park's rebuilt animatronics malfunctioned and Bulkhead fell on him. Finally, when these newly minted [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] escaped from a Sumdac lab and ran amok, Prowl realized that Bulkhead's destructive approach had its place and encouraged him to do what he did best. After the capture of the Dinobots, Prowl sensed [[spark]]s within the trio and, unwilling to let them be destroyed, secretly hid them on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|a small island]] before they were melted down. As he explained to Bulkhead, "Just because something's big and lumbering and destructive, doesn't mean you give up on it." {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

When [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], a bounty hunter from Ratchet's past, appeared on Earth to abduct Optimus, Prowl and the other Autobots intervened. Though Prowl got passed the defenses of [[Death's Head (Animated)|Lockdown's ship]], and got the drop on the bounty hunter with his ninja skills, Lockdown managed to shut down Prowl by using one of his trophies: Ratchet's old [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP generator]]. Thankfully, Ratchet was immune to the device, and rescued Optimus while the other Autobots were indisposed. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

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Prowl was put on a training assignment to help Bumblebee and Bulkhead learn how to better blend in with their environment. Bumblebee's impatience put an early end to the exercise, and the yellow 'bot ran afoul of [[Nanosec]], a criminal that had nearly gotten away from him the day before. Prowl was unable to stop the speedy villain when he joined in trying to apprehend him. Later, the Autobots caught news of Nanosec robbing Sumdac Laboratories and pursued him across town until Nanosec's high-tech suit accelerated his aging until he collapsed from fatigue. With his boosters, Prowl aided Bumblebee as the yellow Autobot hurled Nanosec's stolen [[Destronium]] supply into Earth's upper atmosphere, where it exploded harmlessly. Prowl asked Bumblebee if he would like to race him back to base, but Bumblebee declined, having gotten enough high-speed chases for the day. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

Prowl and the other Autobots attended Sari's eighth birthday party. Though he wound up entertaining Sari's guests, Sari herself was left behind with Bulkhead. A few days after the event, Sari's birthday present [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] gained sentience and became a Decepticon, taking control of Detroits robots in an attempt to subjugate the city's human population. Prowl teamed up with Ratchet to fight back against the hostile robots, but between their sheer numbers and Soundwave interfering with their communications, the pair were soon overwhelmed until Bulkhead took out Soundwave and returned the malfucntioning robots to normal. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the Decepticons [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, the Autobots were quickly bested by the duo, and Optimus Prime decided that the AllSpark was no longer safe on the planet. When Prowl and the others headed off to fix their ship at the bottom of lake Erie, they encountered Blitzwing and Lugnut once more and fought them underwater, where their enemies couldn't use their flight powers. Optimus kicked up dirt from the bottom of the lake as cover, which Prowl used to great advantage to sneak up on and attack Blitzwing before the Autobots retreated back to their ship... which had been armed by Ratchet and Sari while Prowl and the others had bought them time. The Decepticons were blown away, and Prowl returned to their Earth base for repairs. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

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Reasoning correctly that the Decepticons would target Sari to get at the AllSpark Key, Prowl took to instructing her in the art of "ninja nerve blows". It was shortly after one of these sessions that his decision to save the Dinobots seemingly came back to haunt him when the gargantuan robots kidnapped the girl. He headed to their island home with Bulkhead in tow, the suspicious [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] shadowing them somewhat clumsily the whole way. However, the police captain was not prepared for the environmental hazards of the secluded island and had to be rescued by the pair of Autobots. Together, the three of them discovered that the Dinobots had been coerced into kidnapping Sari by [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]], whose corrosive touch they had come to fear. Forced along with Fanzone to fight the mad geneticist's [[Fusion creature|creations]] in a gladiatorial arena, Prowl began to develop a bond with the captain, who in turn came to trust Prowl. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

After his latest rescue mission ended in destructive disaster, Bulkhead attempted to pick up painting, to prove he could create as well as destroy. Prowl showed some appreciation for Bulkhead's new hobby, admiring his friend's capability of creating an image whole-cloth from his imagination... until he learned that the painting he was contemplating was, in fact, a still life depicting an "accident" Bulkhead had with Ratchet's blowtorch. Later, [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]], aka "The Headmaster" stole Bulkhead's body and used it to hold the entire city at ransom by threatening to overload the city's [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant|power plant]]. Unable to overpower the Headmaster or prevent the power plant from overloading Sari and the Autobots instead quickly built and animated a makeshift robot that took the fatal trip into the plant's core and halted the chain reaction from within. The city safe once more, Prowl and the other Autobots attended the successful opening of Bulkhead's art show. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

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When the Autobots detected a non-sentient Cybertronian energy signature form the woods outside of Detroit, Optimus sent Prowl, Bumblebee, and Sari to investigate on an impromptu "camping trip". Though Prowl felt at home in the middle of nature, his two companions weren't as well-adjusted to the change of scenery: Sari had an idealized vision of what camping was based on movies, and Bumblebee simply couldn't cope without technology. Prowl attempted to teach the other two the value of disconnecting one's self from the technological, only for the lesson to be cut short when a monstrous colony of mutant [[space barnacle]]s attacked. Prowl's attempt to fight the creature proved ineffective and he was eventually infected by the alien creatures, pursuing and eventually turning Bumblebee into a monster as well. By this time, however, Sari had found the boiler room within one of her father's mines and turned the scalding water on the Autobots to eradicate the aliens and restore them to normal. Returning to base, the Autobots came to the agreement that nature and technology could work in harmony to achieve greater things than either could on its own. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

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When Decepticon energy signals were detected, the Autobots quickly realized that they were outnumbered. Bulkhead mentioned that the Dinobots might be able to help, not aware that Prowl hadn't told Optimus they had moved them to Dinobot Island. Prime was furious and ordered the two to take him there at once. After searching the island, the Autobots found the Dinobots. Prime's introduction was less than friendly, and Prowl was forced to smooth things over with Grimlock. They were unwilling to help, so the Autobots left, unsure of their next move. When Bumblebee contacted Prime, saying that Starscream was at Sumdac Tower, he ordered him to stand down. When they arrived at the tower, they saw Bumblebee fighting Starscream. Prime dryly noted that disobeying orders was becoming a habit, but Prowl wasn't too insulted.

He was too busy being shocked by Megatron bursting through Sumdac Tower. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

Quickly regaining their composure, the Autobots attacked, only for Megatron to defeat all three of them himself. After the battle, Sumdac revealed his role in Megatron's resurrection, explaining that he had built his robotics empire by reverse-engineering Cybertronian technology; although Prowl and the other Autobots were furious at learning this, Prime reminded them that they had other priorities. Using residual AllSpark Key energy in Sumdac's lab, the Autobots repaired themselves, and Prime apologized for his harsh words. Although Ratchet and Sari had gotten the ''Orion'' flightworthy, the ship was shot down over Dinobot Island, where the Autobots made their last stand. During the subsequent battle, Prowl noticed that [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing's]] multiple personalities were connected to his [[alternate mode]]s. To cause his hotheaded side to emerge and transform into a tank, Prowl suggested that Bumblebee use his greatest strength—his obnoxious personality. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

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Though the Autobots managed to drive off the Decepticons, the cost proved high: not only had the AllSpark been lost, its essence shattered into a thousand crystalline fragments, and not only had Isaac Sumdac disappeared, kidnapped by the Decepticons as the villains went into hiding, but the destructive battle meant that humanity now viewed the team as potential menaces, despite their best efforts to repair the damage. Eventually, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and several members of the Autobot [[Elite Guard]] touched down in the city, and Prowl joined the rest of the team in meeting them aboard the ''[[Sigma Supreme]]''. Unable to detect the energy signatures of the hidden Decepticons, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] doubted the veractity of Prime's tale, and tensions nearly boiled over until the two Autobot teams worked together to quell a flood of police robots at a malfunctioning Sumdac plant. During the fight, Prowl was awed by Jazz's superior cyber-ninja skills. Prowl helped Jazz and Optimus infiltrate the plant while the others kept the drones busy, and together they removed the AllSpark shard that had caused the disaster—proving that Prime's story had some truth to it after all. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

Shortly afterwards, Sari was kicked out of her home by [[Porter C. Powell]]. Bumblebee and Bulkhead attempted to cheer up their friend after she moved in to live with the Autobots, but they botched every attempt they made. Prowl eventually felt the need to intervene, and advised the pair to simply listen to Sari. It turned out to be sound advice. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}} Prowl later helped stop a runaway train powered by an AllSpark fragment. When Starscream stopped by again, Prowl was tasked with keeping civilians out of harm's way while Sentinel, Optimus and Jazz took down the AllSpark-powered Decepticon. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} Prowl helped clear trash from the city of Detroit during a garbage dispute in an effort to mend strained Autobot/human relations. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}} Later, he helped search for an AllSpark fragment, only for the mission to be interrupted by a group of illegal street racers, the Street Demons, zooming by. When one of the racers caused two others to crash, Prowl stopped to help [[Ming-Li]] out of her wrecked vehicle. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

[[Image:Samprowl.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Got to get back... Back to the past. Samurai <s>Jack</s> <s>Jazz</s> Prowl.]]

As the Autobots helped fix an overpass as part of their ongoing repair efforts, the group spotted Blitzwing and Lugnut trying to sneak off with some construction supplies and had to stay late to fix it after failing to capture the duo. That night, Bulkhead returned home with two new 'bots in tow: [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]], two former construction vehicles brought to life by a pair of AllSpark fragments. Prowl tried his best to keep Sari away from the crass duo, and her encounter with the Constructibots left her without her signature pigtails. Though these new "Constructibots" were insufferable to begin with, they became an actual threat when they allied themselves with Megatron. Now calling themselves the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicon]]s, the duo attempted to snatch away the Autobots' AllSpark fragments for their new boss, but Bulkhead was able to drive off the pair. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

While responding to a report of rampages on Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead were given Ratchet's EMP generator and stasis cuffs to detain the Dinobots. Discovering that Grimlock had a metal shard wedged in his foot, Prowl used the generator to dull Grimlock's sensors and remove the shard. However, they then received a call from [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] that Starscream had escaped. Heading to the Autobots' crashed ship, Prowl used [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]] to scan for Starscream, discovering him on the Moon. When Bulkhead refused to go on the mission, deeming it a suicide run, Prowl stole a shuttle and went off by himself. Locating Starscream on the Moon, he managed to place stasis cuffs on the Decepticon, but [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] appeared to take Starscream off Prowl's hands. During their fight, Starscream escaped and destroyed Prowl's shuttle. Stowing away on Lockdown's ship, Prowl suggested an alliance to capture him and Lockdown gave him a set of armor that would assist him in the hunt. Together, the pair cornered [[Clone number 3370318|what appeared to be Starscream]], but Lockdown revealed that he was working for Megatron. Prowl would not allow "Starscream" to be taken, but Lockdown tied Prowl up and left.

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The other Autobots arrived and chewed out Prowl for his actions, but Prowl insisted that they retrieve Starscream first. During their pursuit, a [[Clone number 2716057|second Starscream]] somehow showed up and offered an alliance against Megatron. Prowl took down Starscream, but in his actions, he destroyed a bird's nest. Realizing that the modifications he had were going to his head, he resolved to abandon them... once they got Starscream. Prowl initially flubbed an attempt to spy on the meet between Megatron and Lockdown and quickly found himself outgunned until the other Autobots arrived with the second Starscream. During the standoff that followed, the two Starscreams revealed that they had bombs inside them. Prowl used the armor he had been given to send them into the sky, saving Detroit from destruction. Lockdown then contacted Prowl, offering him a partnership, but Prowl declined and returned Ratchet's EMP generator. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

Prowl took part in a pursuit to catch Nanosec after the super-speedy villain got a second wind, but the chase came to an end when Bumblebee mysteriously slowed down to a stop. After the other Autobots returned to base for repairs, Bumblebee alerted the rest of his team that [[Swindle (Animated)|a Decepticon]] had built a machine that could freeze any electronic machine within its range, just as he had been earlier that day. Prowl and the others sped out to take on the threat. They were all affected by the device's power before they could reach their destination, and were only able to take on Swindle once Sari had deactivated his weapon. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

Prowl and the other Autobots gathered to listen in on an all-points bulletin from Ultra Magnus, alerting them that the criminal [[Wasp]] had escaped from prison. Later, Bumblebee told the rest of his team that he had stumbled upon a Decepticon transmission, and they reported his findings to the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

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Due to his inability to stay quiet, Prowl placed a bet on Bumblebee—that he couldn't go 10 cycles without talking. Should he keep to this, Prowl would fork over a case of axel grease. Bumblebee kept on slipping up, though Prowl was gracious enough to give him multiple shots at winning the bet. Prime took Prowl and Bumblebee with him to Dinobot Island to investigate Meltdown's prison break. The pair's bet was put on hold after both Prowl and Bumblebee were off-lined by Blackarachnia's cyber venom. After the day was saved, Prime used the antidote on the bots, and Bumblebee pointed out he'd been quiet for ages! Prowl dryly noted it took Bumblebee being comatose to achieve this, but the yellow bot didn't care—he just wanted his grease! {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

Prowl had been helping Sari train through an obstacle course when he learned from Optimus that the Constructobots had resurfaced. The Autobots looked high and low throughout Detroit for Mixmaster and Scrapper, but without Sari's key to track their AllSpark signatures, the search proved fruitless. Then, Blitzwing dropped out of the sky and took on the whole crew. Pinned down by the Decepticon the Autobots learned that Sari was dealing with the Constructobots on her own back at headquarters, but couldn't get back to help her until Blitzwing abruptly ditched the battle. Although the Autobots raced home, they found that Sari had taken care of the intruders all by herself. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

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When Bulkhead was kidnapped, Bumblebee brought the Autobot intelligence agent [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] to the plant, who revealed that Megatron was building a space bridge to conquer Cybertron from within. As Sari and Ratchet went to repair the ship, Prowl went with the others to rescue Bulkhead and shut down the space bridge. However, they were incapacitated by the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]... just in time for Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]] to attack. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Escaping the Constructicons, Prowl was able to lock stasis cuffs on [[Ramjet (Animated)|a lying clone]], but was soon occupied with [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]. When Prowl managed to disengage long enough to check on an injured Prime, [[Sunstorm (Animated)|a fawning clone]] managed to place stasis cuffs on him. Once he came back online, Prowl once again tried the processor-over-matter technique to disable his stasis cuffs, a gamble that ultimately paid off, and Prowl was able to throw a shuriken at Prime's stasis cuffs as he was being thrown through the space bridge. Unfortunately, power problems with the bridge arose, causing Megatron to add Starscream's AllSpark infused head to the mix. This caused a power overload which sucked up Megatron and Starscream, and nearly sucked up the Autobots as well. Fortunately, Ratchet had gone to the ''Orion'' and brought his old friend [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] back online; their transformed ship allowed himself to be sucked into the malfunctioning space-bridge, overloading and destroying the structure. Although the Autobots managed to rescue Professor Sumdac and reunited him with his daughter, Sari discovered that the skin of her right arm had been torn, revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

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Hearing of Professor Sumdac's sketchy explanation of Sari's origins, Prowl infiltrated Sumdac's lab, scanned the professor and accessed his computer data. He later revealed his conclusions: Sari had begun her existence as a Cybertronian protoform. When a [[Rock Lord]] was TransWarped to Earth with Bumblebee inside, Prowl was surprised that Ratchet was taking his EMP generator into battle again. They barely got a chance to face the thing when Sari upgraded herself with her key and smashed the Rock Lord into bits. Unfortunately her upgrades went out of control and she wounded Bumblebee. While Ratchet tended to Bumblebee, Prime, Bulkhead and Prowl attempted to remove Sari's key from her. Prowl's ninja moves allowed him to extract the key and he rushed it back to Ratchet, only to find its charge had been expended.

After all that excitement was done, the Autobots were surprised when Omega Supreme, now under Megatron's control, transwarped into view and attacked them. Optimus and Prowl infiltrated the giant's leg, and Prowl headed for Omega's spark chamber while Optimus went to keep Megatron distracted. Prowl jacked in to Omega's memory, and was able to successfully encourage Omega Supreme to reject Megatron's control and reassert his own. The victory was short-lived, as Starscream took the opportunity to take over and eject both Prowl and Optimus from Omega Supreme. The problem was later solved via the application of a [[plasma dynamic thruster]], which sent Omega Supreme and his two prisoners randomly transwarping across the galaxy. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

With Professor Sumdac back on their side, the Autobots set about tracking down what remained of the Earthbound Decepticons. The first one they ran into was Lugnut. Optimus and Prowl managed to get stasis cuff onto him while the others kept him distracted. Of course, then they had the problem of getting him out of the crater, but while they were doing that, Bulkhead got into some trouble with the Constructicons and they were forced to go help. Prowl warned Bumblebee not to make any sparks because there was oil everywhere, but otherwise stood around watching everyone else win the fight. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}} Prowl's keen ninja senses somehow failed to detect when [[Wasp]] switched identities with Bumblebee. He and Bulkhead hunted the city for the now fugitive "Wasp" and found him attacking a [[Hot Dog Bot]]. He managed to convince the pair he was Bumblebee, but they were attacked by [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Prowl eventually clarified Bulkhead's garbled explanation to Optimus and Sentinel, after which they returned to the plant to unsuccessfully try to catch the real Wasp. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

[[Image:TFA Five Servos processor over matter.JPG|300px|right|thumb|Everyone knows ninjas have magical powers like that.]]

Assisting Optimus and the Elite Guard in hunting down a Decepticon, Prowl was as stunned as anyone else when Sentinel Prime apparently caught their quarry all by himself—and it was only the most recent of several solo captures Sentinel had made. He then learned that Optimus had spotted a silhouette wearing a unique helmet that evening. Going over the helmets in the data banks with Optimus, Prowl was amazed when his commander identified Yoketron's old helmet as the one he'd seen. As Prowl unsuccessfully tried to solve the mystery, Sentinel continued to capture Decepticons, but realized that all of the Decepticons were missing their unique weapons and modifications, despite Sentinel showing him Lugnut's power-punch mods in storage. Prowl still suspected something was up, however, and his theories were borne out when he overheard Sentinel talking via communicator to an unknown party.

Alerting Jazz, Prowl set out after Sentinel and discovered he'd been working with none other than Lockdown, who was wearing Yoketron's helmet. However, even as Prowl watched, Lockdown and the Starscream clone he'd just captured double-crossed Sentinel, and Lockdown revealed he'd been a student of Yoketron's too. Realizing who'd killed his sensei and destroyed the protoforms, Prowl attacked Lockdown and demanded the helmet. Lockdown complied, but the helmet had been rigged to spring a trap, and Prowl found himself bound tight and hauled aboard Lockdown's ship, there to have his mods removed and added to a duplicate of the power armor sidecar Lockdown had once lent him. However, Prowl was able to master the processor-over-matter technique to free himself, don the armor and battle Lockdown back outside. They landed by the Starscream clone just in time to have a scoreboard fall on them, but Prowl's processor-over-matter saved them from injury. The clone was captured, though Lockdown got away, and with a line to Cybertron finally open, Prime reported to [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] that Prowl was responsible for capturing all the Decepticons they had on the ship. Back in his quarters, Prowl graciously accepted Jazz's compliment that Yoketron would approve of the helmet's new owner, vowing to do all he could to be worthy of it. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

Prowl turned out with the other Autobots to see off Sentinel and his team as they left Earth for Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

[[File:TFA Human Error Part 1 Automen.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

At [[Christmas]], Prowl theorized that [[Santa Claus]] could use holograms to deliver billions of presents in one night. He joined the other Autobots in drinking [[oilnog]], unaware that their drink had been spiked by Soundwave, who took the opportunity to trap the five 'bots in a virtual reality world of his own making. In this simulation, the Autobots awoke on Christmas to discover that they'd somehow turned into humans. Only Prowl seemed at ease with the change, taking the opportunity to experience life from a different perspective as the Autobots made their way to Sumdac Tower, playing with a [[Nancy Witwicky|baby]] and trying vegetarian food at a [[Burger Bot]] restaurant. The peace was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, and the Autobots helped rescue people from a damaged building. Prowl dashed inside to rescue [[Gary]], exiting the building with a spectacular leap that ''should'' have been impossible. After an abortive attempt to fight the Decepticons in their new human forms, Prowl suggested they proceed to Sumdac Tower by bus.

They reached the tower, only to see the planet Cybertron move into view and blast it. As Megatron and a host of Decepticons landed, Prowl and Optimus began to come to the realization that none of what they were experiencing was real. When Megatron picked up Prowl, the Autobot was able to slice Megatron's arm off with one blow and resist being stepped on by Blitzwing. Prowl proceeded to float in the air, menacing Starscream before phasing through his foe's head. After the Decepticons evaporated, the Autobots found they were able to return to their robot forms just by willing it. At that point, a giant [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] scooped them up, while in the real world, Soundwave planned to reprogram them into Decepticons. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part2 Evil Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

After Soundwave's reprogramming was interrupted, Prowl used processor over matter to escape the virtual world. Soundwave promptly caught him trying to free Optimus and put him back into the simulation, turning them back into humans and forcing them to pursue Soundwave's virtual avatar in nearby vehicles that matched their alternate modes. They had great difficulty adapting to driving and Prowl inadvertently did wheelies on his police cycle. The five Autobots were cornered by Soundwave, who began reprogramming them. Prowl was successful in using processor-over-mater to resist Soundwave's control, and when Soundwave used the Autobots in the real world to attack Sari and the group of "[[Substitute Autobot]]s" she'd gathered, he carefully made sure no one was harmed. As Soundwave focused on getting Optimus to offline Sari, Prowl took the opportunity to knock [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] out of the Decepticon's hands, breaking his control. Soundwave responded by having Ratbat grab Prowl, lift him into the air and drop him into a building. After Optimus managed to defeat Soundwave, the Autobots reassembled, and Prowl reflected on how much they'd learned about what it meant to be organic. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[Image:EndgamePart2-Prowlsmiles.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Prowl turns that frown (and his sunglasses) upside down.]]

When Omega Supreme's energy signature was detected on the Moon, Optimus decided that he needed an upgrade to keep up with Megatron. Prowl offered his boosters for Ratchet to study, and also offered to go to the Moon to check things out. Jazz insisted he stay on Earth and try to complete his cyber-ninja training. The pair retired to some woods, where Prowl was able to reconstitute an AllSpark fragment through meditation. After returning to base, they watch Ratchet repair Optimus after the testing of Prime's boosters, and Prowl encouraged his leader to take up the [[Magnus Hammer]]. As the Autobots discovered when they rushed outside, Megatron had created three clones of Omega Supreme, and they were on their way to Detroit. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

With the three [[Lugnut Supreme]]s bearing in on the city, Optimus had serious doubts over whether he could take them. Prowl reassured him, saying that he'd be behind Optimus every step of the way. The two took to the sky, but despite their best efforts, the Lugnut Supremes couldn't be taken individually. When Prowl suggested looking for a way to remove them all at the same time, Prime used his Magnus Hammer to carry them away to Dinobot Island with a whirlwind. This destroyed one and disabled flight capabilities for the remaining two, but still they advanced.

Prime ordered Prowl and Jazz to help evacuate the city's humans towards Sumdac Tower, since its force shields should make it a safe place. After this was accomplished, Prowl and Jazz tried to stop the Lugnut Supremes with their melee weapons, but they were ineffectual. Prime radioed Prowl, telling him that the only way to stop them from destroying the city was to gather the power of the AllSpark. Prowl took Jazz back with him to the tower, which had just lost its force shield. As the two cyber-ninjas meditated, fragments of the AllSpark were telekinetically gathered from all corners of the city, thanks to their mastery of [[Processor-over-matter]]. Starscream was an unwitting casualty of this, as the Decepticon had flown too close, and the AllSpark fragment that kept him alive was yanked from his skull.

[[Image:EndgamePart2-lastminutesave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Who's that playing "Unchained Melody"?]]

But Prowl and Jazz couldn't muster enough AllSpark fragments to serve their needs. Some of it was missing! With the Lugnut Supremes now threatening to blow up the city and everything else in a 100-mile radius, Prowl made a tough choice. He levitated himself up towards their growing AllSpark fragment collection and relinquished his own [[spark]], despite Jazz's protests. With one last serene smile, Prowl was lost momentarily in a flash of light. His uncolored body fell into Jazz's arms as the light dimmed.

[[File:EndgamePartII-CorpsemasterProwl.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Inaction Master Prowl, available at stores near you.]]

This last, desperate act enveloped the final Lugnut Supreme in an AllSpark-powered shell, capturing both Optimus Prime and Megatron inside. Prowl appeared once more, as an AllSpark ghost, to carry Prime away to safety.

With Megatron seemingly destroyed, Jazz carried the dead body of Prowl to the others. But before the Autobots could begin to mourn, Megatron reappeared, though heavily damaged. Prime fought the Decepticon leader with renewed vigor in the knowledge that this battle cost the life of his friend, but he stopped just short of killing the villain. Megatron and the other Decepticons were taken in captivity back to Cybertron, along with Prowl's body. Bumblebee, Jazz, Ratchet, and Bulkhead were Prowl's pallbearers, and the crowds of Cybertron cheered their victory. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}
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===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====''Prime Suspect''====
When the police began pursuing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] for breaking and entering, Prowl protected [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] and [[You|another kid]] who had been caught up in things, using his holograms to distract the cops. The trail led the Autobots to [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory, where the two kids were sent in to find the security footage of Prime apparently breaking in, which later necessitated a rescue by Prowl and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. The Autobots continued to follow the clues to HomeTech's main warehouse, where they fought [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], the real mastermind behind the theft. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Animated)|Prime Suspect}}

====''Quest for the AllSpark''====
Prowl chose [[Texas]] to conceal a fake [[AllSpark]] when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] took control of [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce in an attempt to locate the artifact. He returned to Detroit in time to join [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] as they went to help Optimus and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] fight [[Crush-A]]. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

====''Web of Deception''====
Prowl saved Sari and her friend from drowning after their [[Sumdac Aquaskimmer Mk 1|Aquaskimmer]] was destroyed on the surface of Lake Erie. He, Bumblebee and Bulkhead subsequently found that the Autobot ship was offline and Optimus missing. Once everything was working again, Ratchet's scans located [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s ship parked on the lake bed nearby, sending Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl and the two young humans on a mission to investigate. While fighting the bounty hunter, they discovered the involvement of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who wanted revenge on Prime. After the clash, Prowl found he had to use [[Circuit-Su]] mediation to realign his inner processes before he could continue, however the delay led to Sari's young friend locating Blackarachnia and her eventual defeat. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

====''Time-Quake''====
When strange time distortions began occurring across Detroit, the Autobots split up with special scanners to try and track down the cause of the problem. Prowl traced the signal to a disused warehouse on the Detroit River, arriving at around the same time as Bulkhead and a random [[You|human]]. Within, Prowl narrowly rescued the human when the floor collapsed, and in the basement the trio found a time machine. After Bulkhead and the human were plunged back in time, Prowl remained at the warehouse, but it was several days before the pair returned, having jaunted around history. Meanwhile, the other Autobots had tracked down the culprit behind the strange machine. Prowl and Bulkhead joined them at said culprit's hideout, but the foe was able to keep the Autobots at bay, forcing the human to go in to wrap things up. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
When [[Quake-Maker]] attacked Detroit with, yep, earthquakes, Prowl was there saving people from falling rubble before the villain temporarily buried him. Once he got out, he found himself following the orders of new arrival [[Afterburn]] and helped beat Quake-Maker. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1#Burnout|Burnout}}

On his day off, Prowl went to a [[basketball]] game with Bulkhead, Sari and Afterburn. The speed, grace and tactics of the game thrilled him, leaving him with the belief they could learn much from basketball. Unfortunately he had to duck out of the game to stop the supervillain [[Crossroads]], who was causing robotic systems across Detroit. Working out with Sari that this was a diversionary tactic so Crossroads could reach [[Sumdac Tower]], Prowl and the others headed for the building, and Prowl disabled the villain's robot-controlling gauntlets with well-aimed shurikens. And he spouted basketball terms while doing this for... well, we dunno.

He stood in front of Afterburn while saying they should all keep their eyes out for the enemy. Surely a coincidental posing! {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}

[[Image:Prowl_CRUNK!.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Take that, ''Shattered Glass'' Bumblebee!]]

When Bumblebee was boasting about his incredible speed, Prowl pointed out that he was also reckless and a dangerous driver. Why, if Bumblebee had to follow rules when he drove, Prowl could whip him! This throwing of the gauntlet led to the two Autobots having a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], with Bulkhead joining in for the heck of it. With his superior reflexes and ''driving over'' his opponent, Prowl shot into the lead, smugly noting that reckless actions get you into trouble...

...and then, not looking where he was going, ran into a Decepticon trap. With Lugnut planning to use him as a piñata, only Bumblebee's arrival saved him, and reckless action saw the two escape. If that wasn't embarrassing enough for Prowl, Bumblebee beat him in the rest of the race and ''Bulkhead'' won the whole thing... ! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Prowl shared his weight loss secrets with a [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] from another universe. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
Witnessing the mysterious Allspark being uncovered, Prowl along with the rest of Optimus Prime's crew fled through a space bridge gate in order to keep the artifact out of Decepticon clutches. Unfortunately, Megatron was able to board their ship and left Prowl defeated on the floor, leaving Optimus to deal with the Decepticon leader by himself. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Prowl was among the Autobots who traveled to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]] in order to protect the [[AllSpark]] from the Decepticons. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] attacked, Prowl joined in the fray, pitting his skills against Blackarachnia. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

[[Image:The CoolAutobotsRevivePrime01.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]

The Autobots were unable to prevent Starscream from seizing the AllSpark, however, and Prowl was helpless to defend himself from Starscream's AllSpark-powered aerial attacks. When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] died stopping Starscream, and was subsequently revived by the power of [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]]'s [[AllSpark Key|key]], Prowl was there to greet him. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Prowl later took part in defending [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] from a Decepticon raid. He expressed displeasure at [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]'s aerial bombardments, observing that their weapons didn't have the range to counterattack. Once the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s saved the day, however, Prowl saw them off along with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Prowl was present at [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters when Megatron was revived in a new body. He fared poorly in battle, as Megatron swatted him away with a single blast of his [[fusion cannon]]. Prowl survived the fight and later greeted the [[Elite Guard]] when they arrived on Earth. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Later, Prowl joined up with Lockdown, donning a set of power-boosting armor in order to take down [[Clone number 3370318|Clone #3370318]] (whom he mistook for the real Starscream). When Prowl learned that Lockdown would be selling "Starscream" to Megatron rather than Ultra Magnus, he attempted to stop his ex-partner, only to be subdued and rendered unconscious. Prowl eventually came to, joining the rest of the Autobots as [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]] attacked. Prowl defeated the clone, but destroyed an entire city park in the process. Prowl then recalled a lesson from his [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]] master, [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]], regarding power and choices. Realizing there was one Starscream too many, Prowl and the Autobots then rushed to a warehouse where Lockdown was meeting Megatron. The ''real'' Starscream had rigged the clones to explode and kill everyone. Using his head, Prowl attached his armor's rocket packs to the clones and sent them flying; harmlessly detonating in the sky. Prowl then discarded his armor, vowing to the memory of Yoketron that he would start his training over from scratch. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

Prowl then joined in the battle for the Decepticon [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]]. He registered horror at the sight of Optimus Prime being blasted by [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}} When the battle for the Space Bridge had ended, Prowl joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], who sacrificed himself in the fight. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

At Autobot HQ, Prowl performed a full body-scan on Sari and determined that she was originally a Transformer [[protoform]] that scanned Professor Sumdac's DNA, creating an entirely new lifeform. Suddenly, the Autobots were attacked by Starscream in Omega Supreme's body! Prowl encouraged Bulkhead to keep the fiend busy until Optimus could return from wherever it is that he went. Once Optimus ''did'' return and vanquished the Decepticon, Prowl was put in charge of finding Starscream's leftovers and pulling them out of Omega Supreme. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Prior to the final confrontation against the Decepticons, Prowl stood heroically alongside his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

When Optimus was nearly killed during his epic showdown with Megatron, Prowl joined the rest of the Autobots in looking on in horror. However, when the Autobots returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] victorious, Prowl was nowhere to be seen. His fate remains a mystery. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a white Prowl was a member of the [[White Order]]. At their base on the [[White Planet]], he notified his commander [[White Gallant Convoy]] of the conflict between [[G1 World|extradimensional]] warriors [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Super Megatron]] on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]]. When he suggested they intervene, Gallant directed him to stand down and let the [[Blue Order]] do their work. The matter resolved, the pair kept watching and marveled at Star Convoy's heroics for a time. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

Later, the Warrior was nearby when Gallant found out he'd made a real bad call as the [[Primus Vanguard]]'s [[Primus#The old universe|eponymous supreme leader]] warned him of the fall of the Blue Order and the threat of the now-supercharged Ultra Megatron Omega. Later still, the Warrior supported Gallant in battle when the similarly dimension-hopping [[Seacon (BW)|pirate]] [[Halfshell]] attacked looking to plunder the Order's holy [[Matrix Saber]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

===''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''===
Prowl, with an embedded [[AllSpark]] fragment, was a spectator for the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]]. He decided to join an impromptu third iteration of the race. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Animated: The Game''===
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Prowl.jpg|thumb|right|120px]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English)}}
Prowl set up the Autobots' headquarters into an obstacle course for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to practice their skills on. When Ratchet picked up a Decepticon signal, Optimus dispatched Prowl to investigate. Taking to the roads, Prowl located a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]] and shot it down. After Ratchet modified the drone to return home, it escaped from the Autobot base and Prowl chased after it but failed to catch up with it. He later tracked down and captured [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], after the bounty hunter gave Bumblebee some trouble. He joined Bumblebee at the Decepticon mine base, and offered [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] a lift back to headquarters. Following the safe return from Cybertron of Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, he expressed incredulity that Optimus had turned down the chance to join the [[Elite Guard]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}
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===''Transformers Animated: Action Packs''===
{{note|Prowl is featured as a playable game card. He is a black card, has a value of 6 points, and has the following power: "x2 if any Starscream is in play".}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}
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==Toys==
===''Animated''===
====Legends Class====
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[[Image:Legends animated prowl.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Even as a legend he keeps the epic transformation.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Rescue Ratchet''' (Animated 3-pack, 2008)}}</ul>

: The [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Prowl toy is a smaller, simplified version of his Deluxe toy (below), transforming into a sleek police motorcycle. Even at that size, he retains his wheels-in-legs transformation!

: This toy came packaged with [[Ratchet (Animated)#Rescue|Ratchet]], as well as a Legends [[Starscream (Animated)#Legends Class|Starscream]], in a set [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores in the US. It features a slightly different deco from the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)| Universe]]'' release of the mold, having a silver chevron and a silver Autobot sigil.

: Other than the various Legends Prowls below, this mold would have also been used to make ''[[EZ Collection]]'' [[Turbo Cycle (G1)#EZ Collection|Turbo Cycle]], but that toy was cancelled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/AniLegendsProwl/prowl.htm Prowl (Rescue Ratchet 3-pack) at TFU.info]

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[[Image:AniLegendsProwlClearSmoke.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Clear smoke? Future Detroit's air filtration systems are truly amazing!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl Clear Smoke Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2010)}}</ul>

: A redeco of Legends Prowl in smoky translucent black, with some opaque grey parts. He was only available at Apita stores in Japan, a [[campaign item|free promotional toy]] for customers who purchased Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#Voyager Class|Optimus Prime]] or [[Megatron (Animated)#Voyager Class|Megatron]], at a certain -and sadly currently-unknown- date.

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[[Image:AniEZLimited.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''EZ Collection Limited Clear Version''' (EZ Collection multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>

: The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set included a redeco of Legends Prowl in mostly translucent black with opaque tan nylon parts. Unlike Prowl Clear Smoke Version, this version of Prowl is painted to resemble his normal coloration, only clear.

: This set was part of a raffle token promotion in Family Mart stores in Japan. The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set was prize D, and included four different translucent EZ Collection figures, the other three being [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#LimitedClear|Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#LimitedClear|Optimus Prime]], and [[Starscream (Animated)#LimitedClear|Starscream]].

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[[Image:AniEZEliteGuardProwl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|This needs Saba badly.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl Elite Guard Version''' (EZ Collection, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[July 24]], 2010

: A white, black, and gold redeco of Legends Prowl, "Prowl Elite Guard Version" shares its overall deco with the Tokyo Toy Show exclusive Deluxe Class "[[#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Prowl]]" figure (below).

: It was only available in Volume 4 of TakaraTomy's blindpacked ''[[EZ Collection]]'' series.
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====Deluxe Class====
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[[Image:Prowl anim toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|No, you're not seeing things, both of his wheels are part of his robot mode, and it's still symmetrical.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2008 / 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TA-05'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[March 27]], 2010
:*''Accessories'': 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Prowl transforms into a black and gold police "superbike" of made-up model. As advertised on the back of the box, his rear bike mode lights can flip forward in robot mode to form "flash blasters".

: Two of his hubcaps are removable, and they both can reconfigure into three-bladed "mecha stars" which he can hold in robot mode. The mecha stars have a pseudo-[[Automorph Technology|automorph feature]]; pulling out on one blade simultaneously opens the other two. He also comes with a traffic light "chain" weapon which he can hold in robot mode, but it cannot be stowed in superbike mode. Unfortunately, it also has a tendency to break his thumbs off if held by the handle. So maybe don't.

: Partly due to his lithe proportions, as well as both the waist ball joint and double-jointed knees required for his transformation, Prowl is ''extremely'' [[Articulation|poseable]].

: [[TakaraTomy]] released this toy a few years later in the first wave of their [[Transformers Animated (toyline)#TakaraTomy Animated toyline|''Animated'' toyline]]. This release of the toy features a glossy, shiny paint job for the entire front of his bike, painting his headlights, and having an almost [[Vacuum metallizing|vac-metal]]-like finish for his headlights and gold parts. The Autobot [[insignia]] on his abdomen/vehicle front is now in full color, bordered in white.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm Prowl at TFU.info]

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Battle in Space''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: This [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] two-pack features an unchanged Deluxe Prowl and an unchanged Battle Damaged Deluxe [[Megatron (Animated)#Deluxe Class|Megatron]] from the ''Battle Begins'' two-pack.

: This bundle was a 2008 [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] release.

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[[Image:Samuraiprowldeluxe.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Bludgeon redeco in 5...4...3...]]
[[Image:Samuraiprowlsplitwheels.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Yours won't do this.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Samurai Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2009 / 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TA-34'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[August 28]], 2010
:*''Accessories'': Sidecar/battle armor, wheel/"sword"
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe Class toys, this [[redeco]] and heavy [[retool]] of Prowl includes an all-new sidecar which transforms into the "samurai" armor that appeared in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]". Roughly 80% of the original robot mode is retooled, leaving only parts such as the biceps, interior of the arms, and the lower legs untouched. Among other deco changes, his gold is paler, and all of his translucent plastic is now teal. The robot mode "wings" are now designed to fold upwards, and a pair of slots were added to accommodate the body of the samurai armor. A new, smaller head with a translucent plastic visor replaces the original head so that the samurai helmet can fit, and either of the new pegs on his forearms can be used to mount the new wheel/blade weapon. Additionally, he gains thigh [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s, making him even ''more'' posable.

: A change was made to the wheel/sword weapon between the photography and final production stages. The Hasbro stock photography shows that the wheel was originally able to split down the middle, with each half pegging onto a forearm. However, this is not possible on the production version. The two halves are screwed together, and there's no hint of a second connection piece when disassembled. It's probable that the divided pieces constituted [[For safety reasons|a choking hazard]]. This modification, on the other hand, allows the sidecar to actually roll.

: Prowl's bladed ninja stars don't really seem to be intended to be removed from his legs, but with a bit of force, you can still pry them out of there. They have, however, been remolded so they're now fused together and no longer able to open, but they are exchangeable with the stars from the original Deluxe Prowl. While not being included, he can also still hold the chain traffic light from the original version.

: Prowl loses a lot of his original maneuverability when you put his Samurai armor on, and also becomes a little more tricky to balance, but that's the price you pay for the ability to blind your enemies with overexposure to pure awesomeness and teal translucent plastic.

: The Japanese release, part of the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''Animated'' line, is virtually identical to the Hasbro version, with the only notable change being the use of a white and red Autobot symbol on his torso rather than a non-outlined silver one.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/SamuraiProwl/prowl.htm Samurai Prowl at TFU.info]

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Darkness Showdown: Prowl / Blitzwing''' (VS pack, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[April 24]], 2010
:*''Accessories'': 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: In the Takara ''Animated'' line, Prowl was also available in a "Darkness Showdown" (暗闇の対決, ''kurayami no taiketsu'', also called "Battle in the Dark" on English on the box-back) two-pack with [[Blitzwing (Animated)#Toys|Blitzwing]].

: Released in the second wave of ''Animated'' product, both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Ani-toy Prowl EliteGuardDx.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now he's a different kind of assassin.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl Elite Guard Ver.''' (Deluxe, -[[July 18|18]] 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[July 15]], 2010
:*''Accessories:'' 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: "Prowl Elite Guard Ver." is a redeco of the original Deluxe-class Prowl toy in a pseudo-policey white, black and gold color scheme, with a head deco inspired by [[Prowl (G1)|"Generation 1" Prowl]], silver-chromed headlamps, and of course the [[Elite Guard]] symbol on his windshield/chest. Yes, even the traffic light "chain" weapon is redecoed in white.

: He was an [[exclusive]] to the [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2010, held from [[July 15]] through the [[July 18|18th]]. The packaging is unchanged from the original retail release, bar a sticker on the front of the bubble. It is currently unknown how many of this toy were produced.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[Image:Legends animated prowl.JPG|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Itty-bitty ninja.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl''' (Legends, 2008)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

: A slight [[repaint]] of the Legends Prowl included with the "Rescue Ratchet" three-pack was sold in the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]]. The main difference is his Autobot symbol is now red with white outlines rather than un-outlined silver.

: This mold was going to be used as "[[Turbo Cycle (G1)#EZ Collection|Turbo Cycle]]" in Takara's ''[[EZ Collection]]'' series, but that release was ultimately canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/AniLegendsProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Universe'' Prowl at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Classic Legends''' (Multi-pack, 2008)}}</ul>

: ''Universe'' Prowl was also available as part of a three-pack with the ''Universe'' releases of Legends [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Universe (2008)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Universe (2008)|Bumblebee]]. This set had the three regular-release toys, still on their normal cards, bound together in a larger cardboard sleeve.

: It is currently unknown if this set was a normal-retail release or a store exclusive.
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===''EZ Collection''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl''' (EZ Collection, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''EZ-19'''
:*''Release date'': [[April 24]], 2010

: In Japan, the ''Universe'' Animated Prowl toy was released without changes as part of the third volume of ''[[EZ Collection]]'', in blindpacked packaging.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Class-Aniprowl.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|In order to become one with the Allspark, Prowl had to sacrifice his lithe thighs, and some of his [[chin]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Animated Universe Prowl''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-33'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 26]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': 2 Bladed Mecha Stars
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJwohOubg1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D Design notes on ''Legacy'' Prowl] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Sam Smith]]</ref>}}<ref>[[January 31]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33J9hIaQm8 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Delaney Norris]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]].</ref>

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Deluxes, "Animated Universe Prowl" is a ''Generations''-styled version of the character that transforms into a police motorcycle in 20 steps. He comes with two Mecha Stars, dubbed as "[[Evo-Fusion]]" technology. Like his original toy, they can be stored in his motorcycle wheels, but now open by twisting the outside instead of by a single blade. Both hands are sculpted to hold the stars by their blades, while his right hand can additionally hold [[5 mm post|5 mm accessories]]. Unfortunately, it's generally impossible for the right hand to properly hold the weapon.

: Hilariously, his head can be seen peeking out from his front window in vehicle mode due to his transformation; he even has a fuel gauge and a speedometer molded into the back of his head.

: Notably, this is the first mainline ''Animated'' toy since the show's cancellation in [[2009]].

: This figure was later redecoed with a new head into ''Legacy: United'' [[Chromia (Cyberverse)#Legacy|Cyberverse Chromia.]] Because of the design flaw on the right hand, one of [[TakaraTomy]]'s stock photos had a slightly visible adhesive tack when the figure was holding the weapon.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJwohOubg1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Prowl from Sam Smith]''
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==Merchandise==
[[File:TFA-Board-Game-Prowl-figurine.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Animated Game Collection''' (2008)

: Released as part of the board game set, this Prowl is a (very) show-accurate mini-figure figure based on his animation model.

: Prowl is also sold with Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Optimus Prime minifigures, and of course: 3 board games (''Transformers Animated'' Game, Checkers, and Tic Tac Toe), and a 100-piece puzzle.
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==Notes==
[[File:Animated_Prowl_season_3_character_model.jpg|thumb|Hhm, [[Drift (AOE)|foreshadowing]]?]]
*Prowl's eyes are a reference to ''{{w|2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD}}''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s {{w|ABC Warriors}},<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=8564559979841180115 Comment section for "Back from Botcon" entry in Derrick Wyatt's blog]</ref> specifically to the character Joe Pineapples.
*Prowl's general robot mode design, down to his khaki legs, tall boots, and helmet-shaped head, is meant to evoke a {{w|California Highway Patrol}} motorcycle cop, circa ''{{w|CHiPs}}''. Eat your heart out, {{w|Erik Estrada}}.<ref name="Hey">[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/09/hey-everybody-its-prowl.html Derrick Wyatt explains Prowl's design in his personal blog]</ref>
*Despite his alternate mode being the smallest among the core cast, [[Size changing|Prowl's robot mode is about the same height as Ratchet's, and much taller than Bumblebee's]].
*Since he was in the AllSpark energy and able to save Optimus Prime after he relinquished his spark he seems to have fused with it much like [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Vector Sigma]]. It also seems possible that his spark, rather than truly being extinguished has fused with the AllSpark since he did appear as a spark ghost.
*Amazingly, Hasbro hadn't originally intended to make a Samurai Prowl toy until one of their team saw the episode.<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html Derrick J. Wyatt Q&A... answers!]</ref> The on-show introduction of the samurai armor certainly wasn't your typical [[To sell toys|marketing vehicle]], considering Prowl's speech about how he didn't need the armor after all and everybody crediting him with a wise choice when he abandoned and destroyed it. This leads to some mildly amusing backtracking once Hasbro finally produced the toy, with a [[Five Servos of Doom|new episode]] airing that just happened to feature a second, identical set of armor that Prowl could now wear because he <s>had a new toy out</s> had grown as a person and could now handle the responsibility.
*Prowl's retractable [[mouthplate]] was inspired by [[Snake-Eyes]] from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]].<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/09/hey-everybody-its-prowl.html Response to comments in "Hey Everybody, It's Prowl!" article on Derrick Wyatt's blog]</ref>
*Prowl shares his [[body-type]] with fellow Autobots [[Horsepower (Animated)|Horsepower]] and [[Sparkride (Animated)|Sparkride]].
*In the ''Transformers Animated'' profile shorts, Prowl is introduced to the audience by Bulkhead in "[[Meet Prowl]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prowl''' (プロール ''Purōru'')
*''Russian:'' '''Syshhik''' (Сыщик, "Detective")
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==References==
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[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Cyber-Ninja Corps]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:White Order]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Insignia/Gallery

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There are so many variations of [[insignia]] across the breadth of the [[Transformers brand]] that it might be a fool's errand to try and list them all — but we are those fools!

While many of these insignia, such as that of the [[Wreckers]], are used in multiple [[continuity|continuities]] or [[continuity family|families]], others, such as the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] insignia, are confined to [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|only one]].

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==Factions==
===Autobots===
In the real world, the Autobot insignia was derived from the head of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s toy.

Its in-universe origin varies: in [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] it was applied by the [[Quintesson]]s to their "consumer good" creations, while in [[Marvel Comics continuity]] it is seemingly based on the [[Last Autobot]]. In [[2005 IDW continuity]] it was "created" by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who claimed it to be the face of [[Primus]], as part of an ontological paradox.
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File:Symbol autobot reg.png|'''[[Autobot]]''' 
File:G1PackagingAutobotInsignia.png|The Autobot symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging and cartoon [[scene transition]]s.
File:AutobotInsignia-TheArk.png|The model sheet of the Autobot symbol created for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]].
File:AutobotlogoMarvelcoloringbook.jpg|The [[Search for Treasure Under the Sea]] variant of the toy packaging insignia.
File:Live action Autobot insignia.png|'''Autobot''' ''([[Live-action film series|live-action film]])'' The biggest change is that the tops of the eye sockets, horizontal in the G1 symbol, tip down towards the middle in the Movie symbol.
File:Movie Autobot.JPG|A metallic variant of the movie Autobot symbol.
File:TitanmagAutobotinsigniaburning.jpg|A burning movie Autobot symbol from a sticker sheet that came with the [[Transformers Comic issue 17]].
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File:G2AutobotInsignia.png|'''Autobot''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' The G2 Autobot symbol is based on the face of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].
File:G2AutobotInsigniaAlternate.png|'''Autobot''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' Alternate colors of the G2 Autobot symbol. Seen on the Generation 2 logo.
File:Ancient Autobot Symbol.png|'''[[Primon|Ancient Robot]]''' This symbol appears to be a prototypical Autobot insignia. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFoD}} In [[2005 IDW continuity]], it is the symbol denoting a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. {{storylink|Informed}}
File:War Within Autobot Symbol.png|An early war Autobot insignia variant used in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]. 
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===Decepticons===
In the real world, the Decepticon insignia was based on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s toy head. In the 1980s the crest of the symbol usually had a "squared-off" bottom, while modern portrayals generally have the crest pointed at the base.

Its origin in-universe is generally less-explored than that of the Autobots. In the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] it was a symbol applied to the Quintessons' "military hardware", while in the [[live-action film series]] and [[Aligned continuity family]] it is seemingly based on the face of [[the Fallen]].
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File:Symbol decept reg.png|'''[[Decepticon]]''' 
File:G1PackagingDecepticonInsignia.png|The Decepticon symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging and cartoon [[scene transition]]s.
File:DecepticonInsignia-TheArk.png|The model sheet of the Decepticon symbol created for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]]—note the third spike and blunt base on the crest.
File:DecepticoninsigniaMarvelcoloringbook.jpg|The [[Search for Treasure Under the Sea]] variant of the toy packaging insignia.
File:MarvelTFUDecepticonInsignia.png|The Decepticon sigil as it appeared in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]''.
File:Live action Decepticon insignia.png|'''Decepticon''' ''([[Live-action film series|live-action film]])'' The movie symbol has diamond-shaped eyes, as opposed to the triangular eyes of the G1 symbol.
File:Movie Decepticon.JPG|A metallic variant of the movie Decepticon symbol.
File:TitanmagDecepticonfrozen.jpg|A frozen movie Decepticon symbol from a sticker sheet that came with the [[Transformers Comic issue 17]].
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File:Con-g2.png|'''Decepticon''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' The G2 Decepticon symbol is inexplicably identical, aside from color, from the insignia used by the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. 
File:Con-g2alternate.png|'''Decepticon''' ''([[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|G2]])'' Alternate colors of the G2 Decepticon symbol.
File:Decepticon warwithin symbol.png|An early war Decepticon insignia variant used in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]].
File:Decepticon Knights.jpg|A variant Decepticon symbol seen in promotional material for ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''.
File:Ascenticon insignia.png|'''Ascenticon''' The insignia of the proto-Decepticon faction from the [[Transformers (2019 comic)|2019 IDW comics]].
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===Maximals===
The Maximal insignia is a stylised canine or feline face, reflecting the Maximals being primarily made up of mammals and birds.
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File:Maximal symbol.png|'''[[Maximal]]''' Certain characters and toy packaging featured this insignia in alternate colors, such as red or dark green.
File:Maximal symbol bm.png|'''Maximal''' ''([[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|BM]])'' A variant insignia worn by the Maximals in [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|''Beast Machines'']].
File:Kingdom Maximal insignia.png|'''Maximal''' (''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'') A variant incorporating elements of the Autobot insignia, used on packaging and promotional items for ''Kingdom'', though not on the actual toys.
File:ROTB Maximal insignia.png|'''Maximal''' (''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]]'') ''Another'' variant of the Maximal insignia, retaining the Autobot elements from ''Kingdom'' but with proportions closer to the original ''Beast Wars'' version.
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===Predacons===
The Predacon insignia is a stylised insect head, as the Predacons consist mainly of invertebrates and reptiles.
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File:Predacon symbol.png|'''[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]''' Certain characters and toy packaging featured this insignia in alternate colors, such as yellow.
File:Timelines Predacon Symbol.png|'''Predacon''' ''([[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|BM]])'' A variant insignia worn by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]''.
File:Kingdom Predacon insignia.png|'''Predacon''' (''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'') As with the ''Kingdom'' Maximal symbol, this variant integrates elements of the Decepticon insignia, and was used as part of packaging and promotional items but not on any of the toys. It is also used for the instructions on [[Scorponok (ROTB)#Studio Series|Studio Series Scorponok.]]
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===Other factions===

====[[Unicron]]====
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File:Blentron red.png|'''[[Blentron]]''' This symbol is based on the face of Unicron, reflecting the Blentrons' true allegiance.
File:Unicron faction symbol.png|'''[[Herald of Unicron]]''' A recolor of the Blentron insignia, first found on a [[sticker|sticker sheet]] included with ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition| Collector's Edition]]'' [[Overcharge (G1)#Collector's Edition|Overcharge]], later used by the ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' book to denote Unicron and his followers.
File:Unicron energon symbol.png|A recolor of the [[Mini-Con]] symbol; used on the Japanese packaging of ''Armada'' Unicron and on Takara's website for the [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'' toyline]], it was also seen in the background of Unicron's transformation sequence in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]].''
File:Unicronsymbol dwmtmte.png|Used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Armada profile book]] to denote Unicron-allied Transformers.
File:Terrorcon symbol.png|"[[Movie continuity family|Movie]]" '''[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]'''
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====Combined factions====
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File:MarvelUS-77-AutobotDecepticonAlliance.png|'''Autobot/Decepticon Alliance''' {{storylink|Exodus!}}
File:Cybertron-Alliance.png|'''[[Cybertron Alliance]]''' First introduced in the [[Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 story pages]], this symbol is used for various (doomed) Autobot/Decepticon coalition governments in the world of the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon]].
File:Ancient Transformer Symbol.png|'''Ancient [[Transformer]]''' An ancient symbol discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who claimed that Autobots and Decepticons were once one race. {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave) |Generation One}}
Cobra Decepticon symbol.png|'''Cobra/Decepticon''' Initially used on [[:File:GI Joe vs Transformers 1rep.jpg|covers]] for [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers]], this symbol would later return on [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|various]] [[Viper (CW)|toys]].
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====Others====
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File:Optimus symbol.png|'''[[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]''' The "heroic" faction of the Brazilian [[Estrela]] G1 toyline.
File:Malignus symbol.png|'''[[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]]''' The "villainous" faction of the Brazilian [[Estrela]] G1 toyline.
File:Cybertronian.png|'''[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]]''' Used by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s Cybertronian Empire, this symbol is inexplicably identical to the Generation 2 Decepticon insignia aside from color.
File:Vehicon symbol.png|'''[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]'''
File:Minicon symbol.png|'''[[Mini-Con]]''' As the Mini-Cons in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' were created by [[Unicron]], the "M" echoes Unicron's face and the border represents his orbital ring.
File:Symbol star seeker reg.png|'''[[Star Seeker]]s'''
File:PredaconPrimeLogo.png|"[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]]" '''[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]'''
File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|This symbol was originally planned to represent the ''Prime'' Predacons before [http://sunnybutte.tumblr.com/post/131368170623/and-if-you-were-wondering-why-beast-hunters-was being replaced]; it still made it onto a number of toys and stock photos.
File:Mercenary-Symbol.png|'''[[Mercenary]]'''
File:WFCScorponokInsignia.png|'''[[Scorponok (group)|Scorponok]]''' This symbol was used for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s race in promotional materials for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''Earthrise'']] cartoon.
File:Primus Vanguard Insignia Clean.png|'''[[Primus Vanguard]]''' This Autobot symbol recolor is used to denote the followers of [[Primus]] in the [[Precursor World continuity|Precursor World]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic|CMCpc}}
File:Straxus Insignia.png|'''[[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus]]''' The villainous splinter faction of the Primus Vanguard led by, well, Straxus. {{storylink|Cybertron Convobat prequel comic|CCpc}}
File:ExarchonSymbol.png|'''[[Exarchon]]'''
File:Terran Insignia.png|'''[[Terran]]''' Projected in the sky by Quintus Prime. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}
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==Subgroups==
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===Autobot subgroups===
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File:Wreckers symbol.png|'''[[Wreckers]]'''
File:Wreckers TCG.png|'''Wreckers''' Variation introduced for the ''Titans Masters Attack'' set of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]''.
File:Wreckeridw.png|'''Wreckers''' ''[[Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits|Tread & Circuits]]'' variation
File:TeamRodimus-EnergonClean.png|'''[[Team Rodimus (Energon)|Team Rodimus]]''' (Version 1) The early version of the insignia used on flags wielded by the group led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]].
File:TeamRodimus-EnergonInsignia.png|'''[[Team Rodimus (Energon)|Team Rodimus]]''' (Version 2) The upgraded insignia used on flags wielded by the group and also used on [[Team Rodimus's ship|their ship]]'s flags.
File:Team Ironhide symbol.png|'''[[Team Ironhide]]''' An insignia worn by [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] and a group of Omnicons under his command.
File:Cybertron Defence.png|'''[[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]]''' Used by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], after their collective reconstruction.
File:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|'''[[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]]'''
File:TFA Autotrooper Badge.png|'''[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]]'''
File:RescueBots symbol.png|'''[[Rescue Bot]]s'''
File:RescueBots cartoon insignia.png|Simplified Rescue Bot insignia
File:Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|'''[[Lightning Strike Coalition|Lightning Strike Coalition Force]]'''
File:DinobotFactionInsignia.png|'''[[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]'''
File:Samswordbotsym.png|'''[[Swordbot Samurai Team]]'''
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===Decepticon subgroups===
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File:CybertronGuard.png|'''[[Cybertron Guard]]''' This symbol represents the Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]]'s command charged with Cybertron's security. It was [[Retcon|retroactively]] named in 2007 by TakaraTomy's [[World of the Transformers]] website, but unnamed in its original context. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer}}
File:Ultracon symbol.png|'''[[Ultracon]]''' Used by a Decepticon splinter faction led by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath}}
File:Seeker-Con Airforce.png|'''Seeker/Decepticon "Air Force"''' Appears on several [[live-action film series]] toys, and is worn by ''Prime'' [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]].
File:Stunticon Symbol.jpg|'''[[Team Stunticon|Stunticon]]'''
File:Yokohama Decepticon.png|'''[[Yokohama Convoy|Yokohama Decepticon]]''' {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base|YDSB}}
File:StudioSeries Dev Sym.jpg| '''[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]''' Appears on the ''[[Studio Series]]'' boxes for the components of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].
File:MayhemAttackSquaed-Insignia-LegacyToyline.png| '''[[Mayhem Attack Squad]]''' Appears on the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' "Doom 'n Destruction Collection" figures and instructions.
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===Others===
<gallery>
File:Mutants symbol.png|'''[[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]'''
File:Maximal Guard Insignia.png|'''Maximal Peacekeeper''' Worn by knight-like Maximal soldiers/peacekeepers in [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]].
File:Space pirate seacon sign.png|'''Space Pirate [[Seacon (BW)|Seacons]]'''
File:Dinobots symbol.png|''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' '''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]''' 
File:Car Robots Destron.png|'''[[Commando (RID)|Combatron]]''' An inverted ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol, derived from the symbol molded into the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]] toy and its [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] redeco. The symbol was removed from the toyline when ''Car Robots'' was released in the West as [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|''Robots in Disguise'']], though it was still occasionally seen in the cartoon.
File:Protector Insignia.png|'''[[Protector]]''' This insignia is based on the face of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], whose [[function]] given on his Generation 1 toy was "Protector".
File:Cybertron Knights.png|'''[[Cybertronian Knight]]'''
File:Raptoricon symbol.png|'''[[Raptoricon]]'''
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==Individuals==
;Generation 1 [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]
These symbols appeared on the walls of a transwarp shunt room in IDW's [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]. They depict the [[beast mode]]s of the original Predacon combiner team.
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File:Razorclaw Symbol.png|'''[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'''
File:Tantrum Symbol.png|'''[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]'''
File:Divebomb symbol.png|'''[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]'''
File:Headstrong symbol.png|'''[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]'''
File:Rampage symbol.png|'''[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Sparkbot]]s
<gallery>
File:Sparkbot Angela symbol.gif|'''[[Angela]]'''
File:Sparkbot Stardust symbol.gif|'''[[Star Dust]]'''
File:Sparkbot Zangetsu symbol.gif|'''[[Zangetsu]]'''
</gallery>

;''[[Transformers: Devastation]]''
Each playable Autobot has a Generation-1 style insignia next to their name on the character select screen, combining details of the classic Autobot symbol and the character's head (in Grimlock's case, his beast mode head). These symbols also serve as icons for certain character-related achievements. Other characters from the game also receive their own insignia as achievement icons.
<gallery>
File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'''
File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''
File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|'''[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'''
File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|'''[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'''
File:Devastation The King.jpg|'''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'''
File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|'''[[Nova Prime]]'''
</gallery>

<gallery>
Devastation Halfway There.jpg|'''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'''
File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|'''[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'''
File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|'''[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'''
File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|'''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'''
File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|'''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'''
File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|'''[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'''
File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|'''[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'''
File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|'''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'''
File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|''Rise of the Beasts'']] [[Maximal]]s
These Mesoamerican-inspired symbols appeared on the packaging of the Maximals in the ''Rise of the Beasts'' toyline.
<gallery>
File:ROTB symbol Airazor.jpg|'''[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Cheetor.jpg|'''[[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Optimus Primal.jpg|'''[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Rhinox.jpg|'''[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]]'''
</gallery>

;[[Nezha: Transformers (franchise)|''Nezha: Transformers'']]
<gallery>
File:Nezha insignia.png|'''[[Nezha]]'''
File:Lei zhenzi insignia.png|'''[[Lei Zhenzi]]'''
File:Tu xingsun insignia.png|'''[[Tu Xingsun]]'''
</gallery>

;Others
<gallery>
File:Tarantulas_Logo.png|'''[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]''' Painted on Tarantulas' [[Arachnoid]] drones. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}
File:Moon symbol clean.png|'''[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]'''
File:Emirate Xeon symbol.png|'''[[Xeon|Emirate Xeon]]''' This symbol appeared on the helmet of the deceased politician Emirate Xeon. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}
File:Cobybot Logo.png|'''[[Cobybot]]''' This symbol was placed on the shoulder of the reformatted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] piloted by [[Coby Hansen]]. {{storylink|City}}
File:Megatron Origin Symbol.png|'''[[Clench (G1)|Clench]]''' This symbol was worn by Clench's team, later [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s, in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]'s [[Gladiatorial combat|illegal pitfights]] prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}
File:Movie Bonecrusher Sym.jpg| '''[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]''' Appeared on the side of Bonecrusher's vehicle mode both in-film and as a sticker on his Deluxe Class toys.{{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
File:ROTF Mixmaster Decepti-dog.jpg|'''[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]''' Mixmaster possesses a {{w|Mack Trucks|Mack}} bulldog hood ornament with a Decepticon sigil for a head. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
File:PrimeSharkticonSymbol.png|'''[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Sharkticon Megatron]]
File:Prowl symbol.jpg|'''[[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]'''
File:Bumblebee_Movie_Symbol.jpg|'''[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]''' Used in promotional material and seen during the end credits of the movie. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
</gallery>

==Religious symbols==
;The [[Thirteen]]
<gallery>
File:PotP-Prima.png|'''[[Prima]]'''
File:PotP-VectorPrime.png|'''[[Vector Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AlphaTrion.png|'''[[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]]'''
File:PotP-SolusPrime.png|'''[[Solus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-MicronusPrime.png|'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AlchemistPrime.png|'''[[Alchemist Prime]]'''
File:PotP-NexusPrime.png|'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-OnyxPrime.png|'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|'''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'''
File:PotP-QuintusPrime.png|'''[[Quintus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-LiegeMaximo.png|'''[[Liege Maximo]]'''
File:PotP-Megatronus.png|'''[[The Fallen|Megatronus/The Fallen]]'''
File:Fallen faction symbol.png|'''[[The Fallen]]''' {{storylink|Titanium Series}}
File:PotP-Thirteenth.png|'''The [[Thirteenth Prime]]'''
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;[[Guiding Hand]]
<gallery>
File:Primus.png|'''[[Primus]]''' 
File:Solomus.png|'''[[Solomus]]''' 
File:Mortilus.png|'''[[Mortilus]]''' 
File:Epistemus.png|'''[[Epistemus]]''' 
File:GrandArchitectInsignia.png|'''[[Adaptus]]''' 
</gallery>

==Governments==
{{main|Transformer government}}
<gallery>
File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png|'''[[Senate]]'''
File:Security symbol Megatron Origin.png|'''Security Services''' Used by the Autobot Security Services crew operating under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and at the state funeral of [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].
File:Functionist council insignia.png|'''[[Functionist Council]]'''
File:Functionary insignia.png|A variant Functionist Council insignia worn by [[Functionary]] enforcers.
File:CSF Insignia.png|'''[[Cybertronian Security Force]]''' Insignia used by the CSF under the administration of Ironhide, after whom it was designed. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}
</gallery>

==Non-Cybertronian insignia==
;Human governments
<gallery>
File:Federation of western europe.jpg|'''[[Federation of Western Europe]]'''
File:E27 earthfederationlogo.png|'''[[Earth Federation]]'''</gallery>

;Human defense forces
<gallery>
File:EDC Symbol.png|'''[[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]''' (cartoon)
File:DW EDC.png|'''[[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]''' (Dreamwave)
File:Skywatch Logo.png|'''[[Skywatch]]'''
File:Sector7logo.png|'''[[Sector Seven]]'''
File:NEST insignia.png|'''[[NEST]]''' Depicted on vehicles and uniforms of NEST personnel. Variations include a version with Autobot insignia over the top.
File:NEST Global Alliance.png|'''NEST''' Insignia used on Autobot toys from the "N.E.S.T. Global Alliance" toyline.
File:Unit E.png|'''[[Unit:E]]'''
File:CemeteryWind.png|'''[[Cemetery Wind]]''' {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}
File:TRFlogo.png|'''[[Transformers Reaction Force]]'''
File:GHOST Insignia.png|'''[[G.H.O.S.T.]]''' Insignia worn by human G.H.O.S.T. personnel. For Cybertronian members, their faction symbol appears in place of the insignia's "jaw".
</gallery>

;Other human organizations
<gallery>
File:RobotMasterInsignia.png|'''[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]'''
File:Z Foundation.png|'''[[Z Foundation]]'''
File:Machination logo.png|'''[[Machination]]'''
File:Stopsector7.png|'''[[Stop Sector Seven]]'''
File:Sumdac Systems.PNG|'''[[Sumdac Systems]]''' The corporate logo of [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]]'s company, as seen in the foyer of [[Sumdac Tower]].
File:Otoboto-faction symbol.png|'''[[Otoboto family]]''' Symbol for ''Animated's'' live-action shell-sequence in Japan.
File:Doctor Morocco logo.png|'''[[Doctor Morocco]]'''
File:MECHlogo.png|'''[[MECH]]'''
File:KSILogo.png|'''[[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]]'''
File:Mandroid Insignia.png|'''[[Mandroid]]''' Visible on special badges and control chips placed by Mandroid onto his victims.
</gallery>

;Other species
<gallery>
File:Junkion symbol.png|'''[[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]'''
File:Quintesson symbol.png|'''[[Quintesson]] [[Terrorbot]]'''
File:Earthrise Quintesson insignia.png|'''Quintesson''' {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise}}
File:Zarak Consortium Logo.png|'''[[Zarak Consortium]]'''
File:AmmoniteInsignia.png|'''[[Ammonite]]s'''
File:Destructon Symbol.png|'''[[Destructon]]'''
File:Waruder Symbol.png|'''[[Waruder]]'''
File:BF-toy FireWaterWood.jpg|'''[[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]]''' Fire / Water / Wood
</gallery>

==''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''==
{{main|Cybertronian military insignia/gallery}}
<gallery>
File:WFCT Insignia Overview.jpg|
File:WFCSiege Insignia Chromia.png|'''Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant''' An example of an Autobot rank insignia. Used by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].
File:WFCSiege_Insignia_Starscream.png|'''Air Command Infantry Captain''' An example of a Decepticon rank insignia. Used by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].
</gallery>

==[[Transtech]]==
<gallery>
File:Transtech Autobot symbol.png|'''Autobot'''
File:Transtech Decepticon symbol.png|'''Decepticon'''
File:Axion Nexus Security Administration symbol.png|'''[[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]]'''
File:Ozsa badge.png|'''Offworlder Zone Security Administration'''
File:Convoysymbol.png|'''[[Convoy (group)|Convoy]]''' Worn by members of the Convoy to allow them to remain in [[Axiom Nexus]].
</gallery>

==''Shattered Glass''==
The alternate reality of the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] timeline posits an army of evil Cybertronians united under the leering visage of a purple insignia badge... though perhaps not the one you were expecting.
<gallery>
File:Autobot Shattered Glass.png|Evil '''Autobot'''
File:Autobotsecretpolice.png|Evil '''Autobot [[Secret Police]]''' Worn by [[Nightbeat (SG)|Nightbeat]] and presumably his subordinates.
File:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|Evil '''Elite Guard''' Worn by [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] and presumably his subordinates.
File:Decepticon Shattered Glass.png|Heroic '''Decepticon'''
File:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|Heroic '''Elite Guard''' Worn by [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]] and presumably all pre-war officers of the Elite Guard.
</gallery>

==''BotBots'' ==
<gallery>
BackpackBunch.png|'''[[Backpack Bunch]]'''
GreaserGang.png|'''[[Greaser Gang]]'''
JockSquad.png|'''[[Jock Squad]]'''
LostBots.png|'''[[Lost Bots]]'''
ShedHeads.png|'''[[Shed Heads]]'''
SugarShocks.png|'''[[Sugar Shocks]]'''
TechieTeam.png|'''[[Techie Team]]'''
ToiletTroop.png|'''[[Toilet Troop]]'''
BakeryBytes.png|'''[[Bakery Bytes]]'''
LawnLeague.png|'''[[Lawn League]]'''
MusicMob.png|'''[[Music Mob]]'''
SpoiledRottens.png|'''[[Spoiled Rottens]]'''
SwagStylers.png|'''[[Swag Stylers]]'''
ArcadeRenegades.png|'''[[Arcade Renegades]]'''
FreshSqueezes.png|'''[[Fresh Squeezes]]'''
GooGooGroopies.png|'''[[Goo-Goo Groopies]]'''
PlayroomPosse.png|'''[[Playroom Posse]]'''
PlayroomPosse-alt.png|Alternate '''Playroom Posse''' insignia (web)
SeasonsGreeters.png|'''[[Seasons Greeters]]'''
HomeRangers.png|'''[[Home Rangers]]'''
LosDeliciosos.png|'''[[Los Deliciosos]]'''
MagicTricksters.png|'''[[Magic Tricksters]]'''
MovieMoguls.png|'''[[Movie Moguls]]'''
RetroReplays.png|'''[[Retro Replays]]'''
Sciencealliance.png|'''[[Science Alliance]]'''
WildernessTroop.png|'''[[Wilderness Troop]]'''
WinnersCircle.png|'''[[Winner's Circle]]'''
CardioClique.png|'''[[Cardio Clique]]'''
FrequentFlyers.png|'''[[Frequent Flyers]]'''
HibotchiHeats.png|'''[[Hibotchi Heats]]'''
PartyFavors.png|'''[[Party Favors]]'''
Meetngreets.png|'''[[Meet N' Greets]]'''
Lineleague.png|'''[[Line League]]'''
Fantasticfuelers.png|'''[[Fantastic Fuelers]]'''
HungerHubs Insignia.png|'''[[Greaser Gang|Hunger Hubs]]'''
CustodialCrewInsignia.png|'''[[Toilet Troop|Custodial Crew]]'''
GamerGeeksInsignia.png|'''[[Gamer Geeks]]'''
PetMobInsignia.png|'''[[Pet Mob]]'''
BotBots - Pet Mob alternate insignia.jpg|Alternate/canceled '''Pet Mob''' insignia
CaffeineCollective.png|'''[[Caffeine Collective]]'''
GiftedGuild.png|'''[[Gifted Guild]]'''
File:PlayPlexers.png|'''[[Play Plexers]]'''
FashionForwardsInsignia.png|'''[[Swag Stylers|Fashion Forwards]]'''
</gallery>

==Others==
;[[Rubsign]]s
<gallery>
File:Rubsign inactive.png|'''[[Rubsign]]''' Unactivated rubsign.
File:Rts-symbol.png|'''[[Rubsign]]''' Unactivated [[Transformers_(2010_toyline)#Hasbro_Reveal_the_Shield_subline|Reveal the Shield]] variant.
File:Fastlane.png|'''[[Fastlane]]''' Rubsign used on Autobot Clone Fastlane.
File:Cloudraker.png|'''[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]''' Rubsign used on Autobot Clone Cloudraker.
File:Pounce.png|'''[[Pounce]]''' Rubsign used on Decepticon Clone Pounce.
File:Wingspan.png|'''[[Wingspan]]''' Rubsign used on Decepticon Clone Wingspan.
</gallery>

;[[Powerlinx]]
<gallery>
File:Energon Powerlinx symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Black''' Used by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|his]] [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|combiner]] [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|partners]].
File:Energon Powerlinx Gold symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Gold''' Worn by Mega-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Mega- and Deluxe-sized Transformers.
File:Energon Powerlinx Silver symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Silver''' Worn by Deluxe-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Deluxe- and Mega-sized Transformers.
File:Energon Powerlinx Red symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Red''' Worn by Ultra-sized Transformers, who can combine with additional vehicle mode parts to form a "brute mode".
File:Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Blue''' Used by the [[Air Team]], the [[Construction Team]], and the [[Destruction Team]].
</gallery>

;[[Cyber Key]]s
<gallery>
File:Cyber Key symbol Earth.png|'''[[Earth]]'''
File:Cyber Key symbol Velocitron.png|'''[[Velocitron]]'''
File:Cyber Key symbol Jungle Planet.png|'''[[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]'''
File:Cyber Key symbol Gigantion.png|'''[[Gigantion]]'''
File:Cyber Key Combatron.png|'''[[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]''' {{storylink|Force of Habit}}
</gallery>

;Others
<gallery>
File:Energon symbol.png|'''Energon''' Used to denote [[energon]]. It is a stylized representation of an Autobot [[Energon star]].
File:Cyberglyphics Prime Symbol.png|The [[Cyberglyphics|Cyberglyphic]] symbol for [[Prime (rank)|Primes]].
File:Gobots auto symbol.png|'''[[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]'''
File:Playschool Go-Bots G.png|'''[[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]'''
File:FirstTFinsignia.png|'''[[First Transformers]]'''
</gallery>

==Other properties==
;''[[GoBots]]''
<gallery>
GuardianSymbol.png|'''[[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]'''
RenegadeSymbol.png|'''[[Renegade]]'''
</gallery>

;''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''
<gallery>
Joelogo.png|'''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'''
GIJoe-movie-insignia.png|'''G.I. Joe''' (live-action films) As seen in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''
ActionForce Logo.png|'''[[Action Force (team)|Action Force]]''' The European localization of the ''G.I. Joe'' brand.
Cobralogo.png|'''[[Cobra]]'''
Arbco logo.png|'''[[Arbco]]'''
AdventureTeamLogo.png|'''[[Adventure Team]]'''
</gallery>

;Other Hasbro properties
<gallery>
File:Autotots sigil.png|'''[[Autotot]]'''
File:Protectonsymbol.png|'''[[Protecton]]'''
File:Terrakor symbol.png|'''[[Terrakor]]'''
MASKlogo.png|'''[[M.A.S.K.]]'''
VENOMlogo.png|'''[[V.E.N.O.M.]]'''
ActionManinsignia.png|'''[[Action Man]]'''
Dr X logo.png|'''[[Doctor X]]'''
</gallery>

;''Star Wars''
<gallery>
Alliance Starbird.png|'''[[Rebel Alliance]]'''
Republic Emblem.png|'''[[Galactic Republic]]'''
Imperial Emblem.png|'''[[Empire]]'''
Sith Quad-Sun.png|'''[[Sith]]'''
</gallery>

;Other external properties
<gallery>
File:MickeyMouseTransformer.png|'''[[Mickey Mouse]]''' ([[Transformers Disney Label|Disney Label]])
File:Donald Disney Label Insignia.png|'''[[Donald Duck]]''' (Disney Label)
File:Autobirds symbol.png|'''[[Autobird]]s''' ([[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]])
File:Autobird Wreckers symbol.png|'''Autobird''' '''[[Wreckers]]''' (Angry Birds Transformers)
File:Deceptihog symbol.png|'''[[Deceptihog]]s''' (Angry Birds Transformers)
File:Garikunsym copy.jpg|'''[[Gari Robo-kun]]
File:Autobot Terminator Insignia.png|'''Autobot/[[T-800]]''' ([[Transformers vs. The Terminator]])
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Animorphlogo.png|'''[[Animorph]]'''
Nerv Logo.png|'''[[Nerv]]'''
ShadalooLogo.png|'''[[Shadaloo]]'''
Starfleet.png|'''[[Starfleet]]'''
KlingonEmpire.png|'''[[Klingon Empire]]'''
Ghostbusters.png|'''[[Ghostbusters]]'''
Elitemountaindewrobots.png|'''[[Mountain Dew Robot|Mountain Dew]]'''
Lunchables brigade symbol.png|'''[[Lunchables Brigade|Lunchables]]'''
File:TRUFactionSymbol.png|'''[[Toys"R"Us Prime|Toys"R"Us]]'''
</gallery>

==Files==
*[[:File:Transformers Symbols.ttf|Transformers Insignias True Type Font]]

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Insignia| *]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

File:MayhemAttackSquaed-Insignia-LegacyToyline.png

2024-06-25T19:56:46Z

Crockalley: The Mayhem Attack Squad insignia, featured in the "Doom 'n Destruction Collection" portion of the ''Legacy'' toyline. {{insignia}}

The [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] insignia, featured in the "Doom 'n Destruction Collection" portion of the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' toyline.

{{insignia}}

Barrage (Insecticon)

2024-06-20T02:13:22Z

Crockalley: /* Legacy */

{{factions|decepticon|ultracon}}
{{disambig3|Barrage}}
:''Barrage is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DW G1Barrage.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Crotchguns!]]
'''Barrage''' believes winning is not enough, all must be leveled to the ground, and then the rubble should be burned and the ashes scattered to the wind. Merciless and cruel, he feels kindness of any sort is allowing the enemy hope, and that is unacceptable. He will shoot the retreating and the wounded, and even those taken prisoner. Barrage takes no prisoners. Then he'll keep firing until the battlefield is a smoldering crater. When he's deployed to a battlefield, even the other Decepticons take a few steps back. He's disliked even among their ranks. Maybe it's those beady, creepy little red eyes.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath1 Barrage.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Barrage speaks a delicious pun to an equally delicious hologram.]]
After the fragmentation of the Decepticon forces following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s seeming destruction in a [[space bridge]] accident, Barrage joined [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s. Along with fellow Ultracons [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], he was involved in an altercation with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Barrage accompanied his leader to the [[Autobot]]/Decepticon peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]], where he granted a brief, violent 'interview' to the holo-image of [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath #1}}

When Megatron and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] retook [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and reunified the Decepticons, Barrage was assigned to supervise enslaved Autobot miners at [[Internment Camp Pi]] in [[Praxus]]. While there, he and [[Octane]] delivered a brutal beatdown to the rebellious [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], but were beaten back by [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2|The Age of Wrath #2}}

[[File:VictimsoftheRevolution Barrage dies.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Barrage, along with Chop Shop, [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], and Venom, remained on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]. The planet's chronic [[energon]] shortage reduced them to a vampiric existence, forcing them to capture [[Micromaster]]s and drain them of their fuel. While pursuing [[Falcon (OC)|Falcon]] and [[Flanker]] in the [[Wastelands]], they ran into the middle of a conflict between the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] and [[Race Track Patrol]]. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}

After devouring Falcon they soon set upon the other Micromasters, but were driven back by the timely arrival of [[Groundshaker (G1)|Groundshaker]], who left with the Hot Rod Patrol. The subsequent arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] prevented them from devouring the Race Track Patrol, but he did toss them Flanker as a snack. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} The Insecticons subsequently abducted the Race Track Patrol and several other Micromasters from [[Little Iacon]], in an attempt to ferret out the Hot Rod Patrol and gain some new recruits in the process. When [[Blaze Master]] refused to sign up, Barrage shot him unconscious. En route to Decepticon HQ, Barrage's [[sonic rifle]] was stolen by the kleptomaniacal Chop Shop. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} Upon reaching headquarters, Barrage and his cohorts were caught in the middle of a Micromaster invasion. After watching Ransack fall, Barrage was decapitated by [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]]. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Barrage defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. In the course of the battle, he was shot by [[Lady Jaye]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 4|''Stormbringer'' #4]]}}
[[File:Bumblebee stomps Barrage The Hunting Party.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|left|Beetle Battle.]]
During the early days of the war, Barrage served under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] as part of a team of [[Titan Hunter]]s sent to find the lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. On the two-hundred-and-thirty-eighth day of this grueling campaign, Barrage and his colleagues destroyed a [[Nibarian]] outpost because they believed it was between them and their quarry. A hunch from [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] led them further to a planet inhabited by [[Urtuskian]]s. As Barrage and the other Decepticons started obliterating the primitive outpost, believing Metroplex was underneath (and also because it was fun), their team was caught up to by a team of [[Autobot]]s who had been trailing them. Barrage was a casualty of this battle, and when the Decepticons retreated without accomplishing their goal, he and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were left behind. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

[[File:Stormbringer4 DCon groundforces.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|YOOOOOOOOOOOO...Cons?]]
Barrage got off that planet and was later stationed on board the ''[[Thanatos]]''. When [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] returned to decimate Cybertron once more, Barrage joined the battle under [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]'s command, serving as ground forces backing up [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Wreckers in their struggle. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}} He later got back to his Titan-hunting duties, this time as part of a new team commanded by [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]]. Their search led them to the ''[[Lost Light]]'', an Autobot ship that had run into a piece of Metroplex, but while salvaging it they were confronted by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] who tricked them into believing he had fearsome [[force field]] abilities. Mortified that the guy might make their [[spark]]s go "pop" at any second, Barrage and the other Decepticons fled back to their ship and never looked back. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

On the supposedly lost [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Barrage continued to work as part of Lockdown's crew, attacking [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and a few others from the ''Lost Light'' for "trespassing" on a [[spark]] hot spot. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Pursuing them into a huge graveyard of deactivated Titans, Barrage and the others captured most of the ''Lost Light''ers and delivered them into the custody of Chief Justice [[Solomus|Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

===''Transformers '84''===
[[File:Decepticons purge secrets and lies 1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
Early in the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on Cybertron, Barrage was part of a Decepticon assault alongside [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Octane]], [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], and the Autobot double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:StrengthInNumbers-InsecticonClones.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]

Barrage was among the [[Insecticon clone]]s who invaded [[Sweet Apple Acres]] with the intent of devouring everything in sight. Eventually, [[Applejack]] and the rest of the family were able to drive them away. {{storylink|Strength in Numbers}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When it was discovered that [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had formed the [[Bee Team (G1)|Bee Team]] to strike at Decepticon bases worldwide, Barrage and his fellow Insecticons managed to keep the Autobots at bay. {{storylink|The Bee Team}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Barrage was a cruel and brutal Insecticon who would often sacrifice the drones under his command for his own gain. {{storylink|Field Guide to Action and Adventure}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1 barrage toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't laugh at his guns.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Barrage''' (Deluxe Insecticon, [[1985]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "[[Sonic rifle]]", "[[electro-sword]]"
{{toydesigner|[[Shinji Aramaki]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in the second year of the US ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline, Barrage is a [[redeco]] of the [[Bandai]]-owned ''[[Armored Insect Corps Beetras]]'' "[[#Notes|Beet-Gadol]]" toy, transforming into a robotic Japanese rhinoceros beetle.

: As a robot, he is among the most posable of all Generation 1 toys. He is also notable for being among the very few insect Transformers to have all of its [[beast mode]] legs folded away and out of sight in [[robot mode]].

: As this mold was owned by Bandai, it was not included in Takara's version of ''Transformers''.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-deluxe-insecticons-barrage/889/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Barrage at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Barrage/barrage.htm More information on Barrage at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy BarrageKreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Excuse me, my butt is on backwards.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Barrage''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Bag number'': '''33501 34'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand brick, disruptor pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth assortment of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Barrage can be rebuilt from robot mode to an insect mode kinda-sorta rhino-beetle-ish. Moreso if you swing up the bug-mode mandible-things counter to the [[instructions]]. Otherwise, he resembles an ant.

: Like the other Kreons in this assortment, there is a minor mold variation to Barrage: the initial releases have the usual rounded-off "cuffs" of the forearms (pictured at right), while later runs have the forearms end in a sharp 90-degree angle, making them work better as studs to mount bricks on (though by this point not many Kreons used this trick).

: Later runs of this assortment (primarily sold through drug stores) would drop the ID codes on the bags, forcing you to feel for specific parts to know who was inside.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OBarrage/barrage.htm More information on ''Kre-O'' Barrage at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-Barrage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Maybe that theory about god having an inordinate fondness for beetles was true after all.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Doom 'n Destruction Collection 3-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Back insect legs/blasters, gun
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Ittoku Kuwazu]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[March 7]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pkz6oTI7W4 Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Barrage a [[retool]]ing of [[Bombshell (G1)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Bombshell]] with a new head, horn assembly, and rear legs, transforming into a robotic rhinoceros beetle. He comes with a pair of blasters that formed the rear insect legs on Bombshell, but their position is taken by the new hindleg pieces on Barrage. These now-extra blasters can also combine with his rifle to form a bigger rifle.

: Barrage's robot mode is actually transformed differently than Bombshell's, with his upper body being reversed from his mold-mate. His arms are also pre-swapped to accommodate. This does leave his shoulder assembly looking a bit hollow, but forward butterfly joints more than make up for this. Unfortunately, this approach also causes screws that were on the robot's back in previous uses of the base mold to become visibly prominent on his chest and torso.

: He was only available in a multi-pack with [[Chop Shop (G1)#Legacy|Chop Shop]] (himself a retooling of [[Shrapnel (G1)#Legacy|Shrapnel]] who was a retool of Bombshell, yay recursion!) and [[Malleus Minotaurus]], as part of the Mayhem Attack Squad-themed "Doom ‘n Destruction Collection". These sets are an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the US, with a small number sold through [[Hasbro Pulse]]. This set was revealed and set up for preorder on [[February 29]] [[2024]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C44EUIZOHWP/ Designer commentary on the Doom 'n Destruction Collection from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Barrage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Barrage''' (Tiny Titans, [[2016]])
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number'': '''12/12'''
:Part of the sixth and final assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Barrage is a very small, minimally-painted soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode.

:He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling (and mirrored from the actual toy sculpt, pose-wise). The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1Barrage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Barrage, Merciless Insecticon''' ([[2018]])
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T06/T40'''
**''Stars: ''7

:Barrage, Merciless Insecticon is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]''.

:The artwork on the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game, with line-work for both Bot and Alt Mode by [[Dan Khanna]]
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==Notes==
[[File:1985MuralDXInsecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Barrage, like all of the Deluxe Insecticons, was designed by [[Artmic]] and originally produced by [[Takatoku Toys]] for inclusion in their ''Armored Insect Corps Beetras'' toyline (機甲虫隊ビートラス). Decoed in black and grey, the mold first saw release under the name '''Beet-Gadol''' (ビート・ガドル ''Bīto Gadoru'')—based on the Japanese word for "rhinoceros beetle", ''kabutomushi'' (カブトムシ). Takatoku Toys went out of business a short while later in 1984, and their assets were purchased by fellow Japanese toymaker [[Bandai]]. At that time, the American market was one Bandai was not very active in, which made it a competitor of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], but not of [[Hasbro]]. Due to this, the company had no objection to licensing various Takatoku molds to Hasbro in 1985 for sale primarily in the American market as part of their version of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|''The Transformers'' toyline]]. Nowadays, Bandai has a worthwhile interest in every market and since it only licensed the molds, there is little likelihood that Barrage and company will ever be reissued.
*Since Hasbro and Takara shared the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] as promotional material for their respective versions of the toyline, Barrage and the other Deluxe Insecticons were not included in its cast to avoid giving Japanese market-competitor Bandai free publicity. The group was also omitted from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|U.S. Marvel comics]] and barely appeared in the UK Marvel comics, making them the least "successful" of the Takatoku molds.
*Barrage, Chop Shop, and Venom (but not Ransack) all appeared in their ''Beetras'' color schemes on Hasbro's 1985 packaging mural, along with several other toys in early or unused color schemes.
*Poor Barrage was one of several Transformers who never got a Marvel ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|The Transformers Universe]]'' bio. One was written by Bob Budiansky but was rarely seen until [[Jim Sorenson]] put [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/extended-bios.html it up on his ''Disciples of Boltax'' blog].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Barrage''' (バラージ ''Barāji'')

==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/gattaioh/beet/gad/index.html Beet-Gadol at Diaclone.net] (Japanese)

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Diaclone

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Crockalley: /* Car Robots */ changed "lilac" to "blue"

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[[File:Diaclone GRB logo.png|upright=1.66|thumb|Di...a...cloooooooone!!!]]

'''''Diaclone''''' (ダイアクロン ''Daiakuron'') was one of two [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] toy lines (the other being ''[[Micro Change]]'') from which the earliest [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] ''Transformers'' toys came. The line began as a thinly sketched space-age ''{{w|Starship Troopers}}'' riff as the heroic human pilots of the "[[Diaclone (faction)|Diaclone]]" force and the invading forces of the insectoid "[[Waruder]]" menace did battle in old-fashioned 60s-style {{w|super robot|super robots}} over the mysterious energy source known as "Freezone." The toyline made a hard pivot to real-world vehicles with some mumbling about the war entering a covert phase on Earth when robots that doubled as toy cars proved a hit with kids, and the rest is history. ''Diaclone'' has proven perhaps the most enduring of the various [[pre-Transformer]] brands, subject to a variety of remixes and revivals both within the ''Transformers'' brand and without.

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==Overview==
===Original toyline===
[[File:Diaclone Car Robots Illustration.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|You thought [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|the cartoon]] made up the flying thing, didn't you.]]
The ''Diaclone'' toyline was first introduced in [[1980]] with a focus on various piloted robots that could transform into various abstract sci-fi vehicles, bases, and creatures. However, in March [[1982]] toys with [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s based on realistic, present-day vehicles that many Transformers are known for today began to appear as part of the "''Car Robots''" sub-line. The first one was the ''Diaclone'' predecessor of [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys|Sunstreaker]], whom [[Hasbro]] now considers the first fully-fledged transforming car-to-robot toy ever designed.<ref name="hof2010">[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/TRANSFORMERS-HALL-OF-FAME-INAUGURAL-MEMBERS.cfm Hasbro press release for the 2010 Transformers Hall of Fame inductees]</ref> Its vehicle form was based on an older Takara toy, the "Cosmo Countach" from the ''[[Microman]]'' "Micro Command" sub-line released in 1978, which transformed into a half-robot, half-car hybrid.<ref name="command">[http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~mikuro/sub1-6.htm "Micro Command" toys, including the Cosmo Countach]</ref>

Before the [[Transformers brand]] was introduced, Takara directly exported some ''Diaclone'' toys to North America under the brand names ''[[Diakron]]'' and ''[[Kronoform]]'', but those lines met with very little success. French toy company [[Joustra]] also released various Diaclone figures in Europe under the original Japanese name (sporting unique box art), a few exclusive Revell model kits and even an accompanying mini-comic series, but these also faded into obscurity.

In [[1983]], [[Hasbro]] representatives discovered ''Diaclone'' and ''Micro Change'' toys at the [[Tokyo Toy Show]], and soon struck a deal to create the ''Transformers'' brand.

The [[1984]] and [[1985]] [[Autobot Cars]], 1984 [[Decepticon Planes]], 1985 [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, 1985 [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, "standard" [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], [[Trainbot]]s, [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s, [[Powerdasher]]s, [[Jumpstarter]]s, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], 1984 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Optimus Prime]], and [[1986]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ultra Magnus]] toys all originated from ''Diaclone''. The reason why many of these toys feature opening cockpits, hatches, or seats is that ''Diaclone'' had presented them as lifeless mecha for small driver figures, which were no longer included in their ''Transformers'' incarnation.

When ''Transformers'' proved an unqualified success, plans for a 1985 ''Diaclone'' line were scrapped, and ''Transformers'' was imported to Japan in its place. These aborted toys, which would have been part of a sub-line called ''[[Diaclone#Jizai Gattai|Jizai Gattai]]'' (自在合体, "Limitless Combination") were then incorporated into the ''Transformers'' toyline in 1986 as the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]].

===''Diaclone'' in ''Transformers''===
====In Japan====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Road Rage.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Everyone say "Thank you, Diaclone."]]
In 2002, TakaraTomy's [[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]] line branched out from straight-laced Generation 1 re-issues to something that would become a longstanding tradition of the ''Transformers'' brand: the plumbing of unused ''Diaclone'' decoes of ''Transformers'' molds to create new characters. Beginning with a two-pack of [[Crosscut (G1)#Toys|Crosscut]] and [[Road Rage (G1)#Toys|Road Rage]], this first generation of ''Diaclone'' refugees were roundabout one-to-one recreations of the original ''Diaclone'' toys exclusive to TakaraTomy's boutique retailer [[e-HOBBY]], using the already queued up Generation 1 molds. Each character received a whimsical bio from ascended superfan and all-around franchise renaissance man [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] casting them as "missing" Generation 1 characters in the style of franchise architect [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original character profiles.

This practice made the jump to the big leagues in 2013, when the big-budget ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line built up enough ''Car Robots'' molds to begin fishing for [[redeco]]es, beginning with former mail-away exclusive ''Diaclone'' derivative [[Tigertrack]]. Things really kicked into gear two years later with the release of a [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#MP18B|blue ''Diaclone'' version of Bluestreak]], whose bio established a longstanding mystery plot as story elements from the ''Diaclone'' toyline's scant fiction began leaking into the world of the Transformers. This storyline (again by Ichikawa)<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Not all, but yes. I wrote most of Diaclone/Micro Change repaints bios, except MP Tigertrack/Clamp Down/Bluestreak/Enemy & other cassettes (though I did original e-Hobby and Encore).|link=https://twitter.com/Hirovmi/status/1604695336206815233|site=Twitter|name=Hirofumi Ichikawa|year=2022|month=12|day=18}}</ref> reached a fever pitch with the release of ''Masterpiece'' [[Spin-Out (G1)|Spin-Out]] in 2020, whose bio ''textually'' identified him as a Diaclone mecha brought to life as a Cybertronian by mysterious alien technology!
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====In the United States====
[[File:C-81ripsBeet-ChitfromZaptrap-CMW.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Insert your own Alien reference.]]
The return of ''Diaclone'' to Hasbro markets began with Hasbro's equivalent to e-HOBBY, [[Fun Publications]], finding their own use for ''Diaclone'' decoes as characters in their topsy turvy'' [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' franchise where the heroic Decepticons battled the evil forces of the Autobots, beginning in 2009 with ''Shattered Glass'' [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]]. As Fun Publications' stories ballooned in scope in the years to come, it was revealed that the "[[Transcendent Technomorph]]s," impassive observers at the heart of the ''Transformers'' multiverse, had charted out a distant [[universal stream|cluster of universes]] that they named "[[Cymond]]," wherein the settings of the various pre-''Transformers'' toylines, Diaclone included, were theoretically imported wholesale into Fun Publications' metafictional in-universe constellation of ''Transformers'' franchises.

Fun Publications put their money where their mouth was with "[[Cybertron's Most Wanted]]" the 2015 theme of [[BotCon]], Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' convention. This year's convention exclusive comic chronicled the incursion of ''Diaclone''{{'}}s [[Waruder]] antagonists straight into the TransTech homeworld of [[Axiom Nexus]] and the subsequent collaboration between ''Diaclone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s heroic Dianaut pilots and the inhabitants of Axiom Nexus to repel the Waruder invaders. Accordingly, BotCon 2015's grab bag of exclusive figures included redecoes of existing ''Transformers'' toys into the first toys of the original Waruder and [[Diaclone (faction)|Diaclone]] factions in nearly thirty years! Fun Publications continued to produce the odd bit of ''Diaclone'' fiction here and there right up until the very last day of their stewardship of the ''Transformers'' license in 2016, with the [[King Waruder]] included in their final batch of character profiles.
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====Going worldwide====
[[File:TF-Shattered-Glass-Collection-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|The Mother, the Maiden, and the Skeletor.]]
Following the realization of Hasbro and TakaraTomy's initiative to standardize the global presence of the ''Transformers'' brand in 2018, ''[[Generations Selects (franchise)|Generations Selects]]'', the exclusive-oriented arm of the the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' super-brand, picked up where e-HOBBY and Fun Publications left off. Since its inception ''Generations Selects'' has placed a noticeable focus on updates of pre-existing ''Diaclone''-inspired characters, as well as fresh ''Diaclone'' remixes of their own, albeit with [[DK-2 Guard|somewhat less elaborate characterizations]]. Perhaps the most fantastical ''Diaclone''-related feat thus far in this new era has sprung from the adjacent ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' subline, with the announcement of a 2022 Leader class figure triple billed as a ''[[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Shattered Glass]]'', a [[Delta Magnus|Masterpiece]], ''and'' an [[Magna Convoy|e-HOBBY]] character, all three of which were inspired by a single ''Diaclone'' toy!
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===The return===
[[File:Diaclone Reboot Illustration.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|We're Back! A Diaclone Story]]
The ''Diaclone'' brand proper was revived by TakaraTomy in 2016 as a boutique property aimed at adult collectors with a strong focus on re-imaginings of toys from the original line. Proceeding more or less chronologically through ''Diaclone'' history, the first overlap with the ''Transformers'' brand came in 2019 with a wave centered around the Dashers, the ancestors of ''Transformers''' Powerdasher trio. In 2021, a new version of Battle Convoy, the toy that became Optimus Prime, was released. This was followed in short order with a new iteration of Powered Convoy, the ancestor of Ultra Magnus, in 2022. Will this lead to more re-imaginings of ''Car Robots'' toys? And how does Takara's ''Masterpiece'' plotline fit in to all this? Only time will tell.
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==Toy range (incomplete)==
The following list covers all ''Diaclone'' releases that were later rereleased as ''Transformers'' toys or otherwise inspired ''Transformers'' concepts. ''Diaclone'' molds with no ''Transformers'' relation are generally not listed as they fall outside the purview of this site.
===Early ''Diaclone''===
A handful of the more fantastical toys from ''Diaclone's'' early years that were passed over for the ''Transformers'' toyline have inspired fiction-only characters, mostly in the form of background easter eggs.

;1980
[[File:G One to Dimicron Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.9|right|"I've connected the two dots." "You didn't connect scrap." "I've connected them." ([[Statue of The One]] pictured left, Robot Base and [[Dimicron Prime]] pictured right. Click through for more info.)]]
*'''Dia-Battles''' — Used as inspiration for [[Stormbringer]].
**'''DA-01 Dia Battles V2''' (2016) — itself inspired by the original Dia-Battles, this toy from the 2016 ''Diaclone'' reboot was used as inspiration for the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Magmatron#Beast Wars: Uprising|Magmatron]].
::*''Known designers:'' [[Motoki Takaya]] (TakaraTomy)
*'''Diaclone Pilots'''/"Dianauts" — the heroic human pilot minifigures packaged with various Diaclone mecha were used as inspiration for the subtly named toy characters [[Dia Cinders|Dia]], [[Cline]], and [[Diac]], as well as the fiction-only character [[Chifumi Takahashi]].
*'''Robot Base''' — The ''Diaclone'' franchise mascot and guy in the logo, this famous (in Japan) toy better known as "''Great'' Robot Base" was used as inspiration for [[Dimicron Prime]], the [[Town Commander]] representing ''TakaraTomy themselves'' in the [[Cybertron Satellite]] promotion.
**In perhaps the most esoteric pull in ''Diaclone'' history, the [[Microman#GiantRobo|earliest known prototype]]<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The large robot's transformation mechanism was based on the prototype for the unreleased Microman toy, Giant Robo G-1. This robot would later evolve into Diaclone Robot Base.|link=https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1631449712376315904|site= Twitter|name=Koji Igarashi in p.104 of ''Diaclone World Guide'', translated by Necronomitron|year=2023|month=03|day=03}}</ref> of Great Robot Base was separately used as inspiration for [[Statue of The One|an effigy]] of the mysterious deity known only as [[The One]].
{{toydesigner|[[Tsutomu Inoue]] and [[Ken Ichikawa]] (TakaraTomy),<ref>''Takara SF Land'' by [[Kōji Igarashi]], p49,117.</ref> [[Kazutaka Miyatake]] and [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])<ref>''Diaclone World Guide'' by [[Kōji Igarashi]], p88.</ref>}}
*'''Power Base''' — modular bases inspired the [[flight stand]] in [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] named [[TF Power Base]].
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;1981
[[File:Exarchon vs Dia Attacker.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
*'''Big Powered''' — Loosely inspired the [[Big Powered|combined mode of the same name]] in late Generation 1 subline ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1990 (Zone)|Transformers: Zone]]''.<ref>"当初はソニックボンバーとダイアトラスの2体だけの予定でしたが、開発途中で「もう1体を追加、3体を合体させて巨大ジェットにす「る」という方針変更がありました。この大型ジェットの名前は「ビッグパワード」で巨大なパワードマスターという意味と、ダイアクロンのアイテム名のダブルミーニングでした。" - [[TakaraTomy]] designer [[Motoki Takaya]] in an interview on ''Transformers: Zone'' in ''Takara SF Land Evolution'', p 90</ref>
*'''Dia-Attacker''' — Used as inspiration for the original form of [[Exarchon]], arch-villain of the [[2019 IDW continuity|2019-2022 IDW comics]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kazutaka Miyatake]] and [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])<ref name = "Legend">"Legend of Diaclone" feature by [[Kōji Igarashi]] and [[Kōji Shimada]] in issue 231 of ''[[Figure Ō]]'' (November 2015)</ref>}}
*'''Warudaros''' — Used as inspiration for the [[Storm Rider]] toy, which was itself then [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[King Waruder]], a riff on the ''Diaclone'' character "''Emperor'' Waruder." We've come full circle or something.
*'''Waruder Pilots''' — The insectoid opposite number of the heroic Diaclone pilots packed with the Insector Robo, Warudaros, and others, these minifigures were used as inspiration for the [[Beet-Chit]], [[Ripper (Diaclone)|Ripper]], [[Thrasher (Diaclone)|Thrasher]], [[Crusher (Diaclone)|Crusher]], and [[Buzzer (Diaclone)|Buzzer]] toys, as well as their leader, a Thrasher repurpose named [[King Waruder|Daros]].
;1982
*'''Fortress Robot X''' — Used as inspiration for, ah, [[Fortress X]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kazutaka Miyatake]] and [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])<ref name = "Legend"/>}}
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===1981===
====Dashers====
[[File:Diaclone Powerdashers.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]
The eldest ''Diaclone'' molds in ''Transformers'' that rather noticeably predate the "in disguise" part, the Dashers were released with minor changes as the [[Powerdasher]]s. Each was released solely as "Powerdasher" and the toys did not receive individual ''Transformers'' names until decades later. Said names were sourced directly from their releases in ''Diaclone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Joustra#Joustra Diaclone|idiosyncratic European branch]] headed by French licensee [[Joustra]].

*'''Sky Dasher''' — Blue torso was changed to black. Also released under the name "Sky Robot" as a Revell model kit in Europe. ([[Cromar#Toys|Cromar]])
*'''Drill Dasher''' — Released virtually unchanged. Also released under the name ""Drill Robot" as a Revell model kit in Europe. ([[Zetar (G1)#Toys|Zetar]])
*'''F-1 Dasher''' — Blue legs were changed to black. Also released under the name "F-1 Robot" as a Revell model kit in Europe. ([[Aragon#Toys|Aragon]])
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====Gats Blocker====
[[File:Gats Blocker with keshi.jpg|250px|thumb|Gats Blocker's "keshi" is the white carded thing.]]
'''Gats Blocker''', better known by its localized names "'''Multi-Force'''" or "'''Multiforce 14'''", is probably the most well known ''Diaclone'' toy in the western world ''not'' in the primary ''The Transformers'' assortment due to its omnipresence in ''Diaclone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Diakron|American]] and [[Joustra#Joustra Diaclone|European]] incarnations. Its path to becoming relevant to the world of ''Transformers'' was a real elaborate one:

For context, the items on this page are nowhere near the sum total of the products in the ''Diaclone'' franchise. In addition to its main line, ''Diaclone'' produced a bevvy of cheaper merchandise of many of its designs, including a series of [[decoy]]-adjacent simplified rubber figures known as "{{w|keshi}}." One such rubber figure of Gats Blocker was knocked off and turned into a clock(???) to produce the prolific bootleg "19-in-1 Robot Clock."<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Takara made Diaclone’s Gats Blocker into keshi. It may have been sold individually, but I’ve only seen the set (which had rubber pilots).
It was used to make the KO “19 in 1 Robot Clock”. I don’t know the AVI France version, but I’ve never seen the clock in a legitimate release.|link=https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1568661940632944647|site=Twitter|name=Necronomitron|year=2022|month=09|day=22}}</ref> Somehow, some way, this bootleg then wormed its way into the 1985 ''Transformers'' slate as the enigmatic French exclusive [[Horloge Robot]], produced in association with the Generation 1 cartoon's French broadcaster [[Canal (company)|Canal]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1672553793995657216?s=20 Photographs of 14 Pieces] at the official TFWiki Twitter</ref> The original toy separately inspired an [[Gats Blocker Autobot|unnamed background comic character]].
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===1982 - ''Car Robots''===
====''Car Robots''====
Both ''Diaclone'''s only proper [[subline imprint]] and the most significant assortment to ''Transformers'' history by a wide margin, ''Car Robots'' is the source of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] himself as well as the entirety of the 1984-1985 [[Autobot Cars]]. More abstractly, it eventually served as the inspiration for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2000 ''Transformers'' franchise]] of the same name. While most of ''Diaclone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s themed subgroups were designed by a single team, the sheer size of ''Car Robots'' necessitated more variety. Thus, figures are credited individually in this section:

;Individual figures
[[File:Diaclone Car Robots.jpg|upright=3|thumb|Hey that truck guy looks familiar.]]

*'''No. 1 Countach LP500S''' — The ''Diaclone'' red deco was changed to yellow for release as [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Toys|Sunstreaker]]. The red deco was used as inspiration for [[Spin-Out (G1)|Spin-Out]] and the red [[Sunstreaker clone]]s.
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No. 2 Onebox Cherry Vanette''' — The ''Diaclone'' black deco was changed to red for release as [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Toys|Ironhide]]. The original deco was later released as "[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#black|Ironhide Protect Black]]" and was used as inspiration for ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] and the [[DK-2 Guard]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No. 3 Countach Patrol Car Type''' — Not released as a Transformer but later used as inspiration for [[Cordon (G1)|Cordon]] and the white [[Sunstreaker clone]]s.
*'''No. 4 Onebox Ambulance Type''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Toys|Ratchet]].
*'''No. 5 4WD Hilux''' — The ''Diaclone'' black deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Toys|Trailbreaker]]. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in blue and yellow decoes; the blue deco was used as inspiration for [[Breaker (G1)|DK-3 Breaker]] and ''Shattered Glass'' [[Trailbreaker (SG)|Trailbreaker]] while the yellow deco was used as inspiration for [[Riggorus]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No. 6 Honda City R''' — The ''Diaclone'' silver deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Crosscut (G1)#Toys|Crosscut]]. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in red, which was used as inspiration for [[Reboost]].
{{toydesigner|[[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}
*'''No. 7 Fairlady Z''' — The ''Diaclone'' blue deco was changed to silver for release as [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Toys|Bluestreak]]. The original deco was later used as inspiration for [[Silverstreak#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Silverstreak]], ''Shattered Glass'' [[Bluestreak (SG)|Bluestreak]], and a gazillion variant decoes of regular Bluestreak toys. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in a silver deco with a black hood that inspired Bluestreak's [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] [[character model]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No. 8 4WD Wrecker Type''' — The ''Diaclone'' red deco was changed to green for release as [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Toys|Hoist]]. The red deco was used as inspiration for [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)|Lift-Ticket]] and ''Shattered Glass'' [[Hoist (SG)|Hoist]]. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in blue as part of the "Double Set" (see below).
*'''No. 9 Honda City Turbo''' — The ''Diaclone'' blue deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Skids (G1)#Toys|Skids]]. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in black and red decos, the former of which was used as inspiration for [[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burn Out]] and ''Shattered Glass'' [[Skids (SG)|Skids]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}
*'''No.10 Fire Engine Ladder Car for High-Rise Buildings'''/"Fire Truck Long Ladder Type"<ref group="A" name="fire">Car Robo No. 10 is named "Fire Engine Ladder Car for High-Rise Buildings" (消防自動車高層ビル用ハシゴ車) in combined kanji/katakana on its packaging, but "Fire Truck Long Ladder Type" in English.</ref> — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Toys|Inferno]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}
*'''No.11 Fairlady Z Racing'''/"Fairlady Z Racing Type 280 ZX Turbo"<ref group="A" name="racing">Car Robo No. 11 is simply named "Fairlady Z Racing" (フェアレディＺレーシング) in katakana on its packaging, but "Fairlady Z Racing Type 280 ZX Turbo" in English.</ref> — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Toys|Smokescreen]].
*'''No.12 J59 Jeep''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Hound (G1)/toys#Toys|Hound]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No.13 Police Car Fairlady Z''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Toys|Prowl]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No.14 Porsche 935 Turbo''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Toys|Jazz]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No.15 New Countach LP500S''' — The ''Diaclone'' red deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Toys|Sideswipe]]. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in a yellow deco, which later became the basis for the ''Transformers'' figure [[Tigertrack#Toys|Tigertrack]]. At least one recorded specimen exists of a third, super-rare black [[variant]] unlikely to have ever seen full production.<ref>[https://www.tf-1.com/articles/pretf_frame.php?art=blackswipe Discovery and authentication of "Black Sideswipe"] at Transformers One</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No.16 F-1 Ligier JS11''' — The ''Diaclone'' blue deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Toys|Mirage]]. A red version of the ''Diaclone'' figure was exclusively available with the Powered Convoy DX Set (see below).
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}
*'''No.17 Battle Convoy''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Toys|Optimus Prime]].
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}
*'''No.18 Lancia Stratos Turbo''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Toys|Wheeljack]]. The ''Diaclone'' version was also available in a different deco and head, which was used as inspiration for [[Exhaust]].
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''No.19 New Countach LP500S Police Car Type'''/"New Countach Police Car LP500S"<ref group="A" name="policecountach">Car Robo No. 19 is named "New Countach LP500S Police Car Type" (ニューカウンタックLP500S ポリスカータイプ) in katakana on its packaging, but "New Countach Police Car LP500S" in English.</ref> — The ''Diaclone'' police deco was changed to a fire chief deco for release as [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Toys|Red Alert]]. The original deco was later released as [[Clampdown (G1)#Toys|Clampdown]].
*'''No.20 Crane Car'''/"Truck Crane"<ref group="A" name="truckcrane">Car Robo No. 20 is named "Crane Car" (クレーン車) in combined katakana/kanji on its packaging, but "Truck Crane" in English.</ref> — The ''Diaclone'' deco was virtually unchanged for release as [[Grapple (G1)#Toys|Grapple]].
*'''No.21 Corvette Stingray''' — The ''Diaclone'' red deco was changed to blue for release as [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Toys|Tracks]]. The ''Diaclone'' red deco was released as Tracks in Europe and later as [[Road Rage (G1)#Toys|Road Rage]], and also inspired [[Tracks (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Tracks]]. The ''Diaclone'' version also received a Finnish exclusive black deco, which was used as inspiration for [[Loudpedal#Masterpiece|Loudpedal]] and the [[Black Tracks|Tracks clone]].
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy)}}
[[File:Diaclone Powered Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
*'''Powered Convoy''' — The ''Diaclone'' deco was (more or less) reversed for release as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Toys|Ultra Magnus]]. The original deco was later released as "[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#MoviePreview|Ultra Magnus Yokokuhen Version]]". The more common ''Diaclone'' version was available with flat grey plastic parts for his trailer, but a rarer variant changed those to [[vacuum metallizing|chromed]] parts. latter version was also available as part of the "Powered Convoy DX Set" (see below). The "Powered Buggy" (パワードバギー) accessory was excised from all ''Transformers'' releases, though it did inspire the fiction-only character [[Delta Magnus#Notes|Powerdrive]]. The original ''Diaclone'' deco was used as inspiration for [[Delta Magnus]], [[Magna Convoy]], and ''Shattered Glass'' [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]].
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}

;Giftsets
*'''Double Set''' — blue version of No. 8 4WD Wrecker Type and silver version of No. 6 Honda City R, called "Honda City S" for this set.
*'''Powered Convoy DX Set''' — the rarer variant of Powered Convoy with chromed parts for his trailer, along with a red version of No.16 F-1 Ligier JS11 that was exclusive to this set, and an equally exclusive variation of the rare black version of No.15 New Countach LP500S, but now with some parts in blue instead of black plastic in robot mode and additional Lamborghini badge stickers on his doors that weren't present on ''any'' previous version of the figure. This second black version of the New Countach later became the basis for the ''Transformers'' figure [[Deep Cover#Toys|Deep Cover]].

;Notes
<references group="A" />
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===1983 - Trains, Planes, and Insecticons===
====Baku-Ten Attack Robo====
[[File:Diaclone Jumpstarters.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
The final sci-fi vehicles in the original ''Diaclone'' range (give or take a dinosaur), the Baku-Ten Attack Robo (爆転アタックロボ, roughly "Explosive Flip Attack Robo") were released in the ''Transformers'' line as the [[Jumpstarter]]s. As the name suggests, in its original context the Attack Robo's spring-loaded gimmick was intended as less of an [[autotransformation]] and more of a [[Bot Shots (toyline)|''Bot Shots'']]-esque "pullback attack" feature for harassing Waruders, pets, siblings etc. The Jumpstarters are particularly notable as the only ''Diaclone'' molds in ''Transformers'' not released in Takara's own market. Perhaps they were spooked by Hasbro's [[Jumpstarter#Notes|legal troubles]].

* '''Drill Tank Type''' — Available in two decoes. Dark blue limbs with grey chest or dark blue limbs with red chest. ''Transformers'' releases [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]]/[[Salt-Man Z]]/[[Robot-Man Z]] all utilized completely new decoes. The red deco was used as inspiration for (sigh) [[Twin Twist (G1)#Legacy|"Diaclone Universe Twin Twist."]]
* '''Jet Type''' — Available in two decoes. Dark blue chest with red limbs or dark blue chest with grey limbs. ''Transformers'' releases [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]/[[Salt-Man X]]/[[Robot-Man X]] all utilized completely new decoes.
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}
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====Jet Plane F-15 Robo====
[[File:Diaclone Seekers.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
First released in the short-lived ''Real & Robo'' rebrand of ''Car Robots'' to encompass other real-world vehicles, the F-15 Robo mold was the source for the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. The black and purple deco used for [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Toys|Skywarp]] was created for the ''Transformers'' line. The decoes and remolded wings for the [[Conehead]]s were also original to ''The Transformers''.

* '''Ultrafast fighter type''' ([[Starscream (G1)/toys#Toys|Starscream]])
* '''Acrobat type''' ([[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Toys|Thundercracker]])
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
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====Insecter Robo====
[[File:Diaclone Insecticons.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
The only "bad guy" mechs from ''Diaclone'' to make their way into ''Transformers'', the Waruder-piloted Insector Robo were released as the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] with new purple, black, and yellow decoes. Much later, the ''Diaclone'' decos were used for the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive [[Insecticon clone|Insecticon Clones]].

;Individual figures
*'''Kabutron'''/"Beetle-Type" ([[Bombshell (G1)#Toys|Bombshell]]/[[Salvo (G1)#Toys|Salvo]])
*'''Battas'''/"Grasshopper-Type" ([[Kickback (G1)#Toys|Kickback]]/[[Shothole#Toys|Shothole]])
*'''[[Kuwagatrer]]'''/"Lammelicorns-Type" ([[Shrapnel (G1)#Toys|Shrapnel]]/[[Zaptrap#Toys|Zaptrap]])
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

;Giftsets
*'''Insector Robo 3 Figure Set''', contains "Beetle-Type" Kabutron, "Grasshopper-Type" Battas and "Lammelicorns-Type" Kuwagatrer
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====Train Robo====
[[File:Diaclone Trainbots.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
The year's showstopper was another ''Real & Robo'' entry: the Train Robo series. The first-ever combiner as we think of them today, the Train Robo were made up of six individual train engines that could combine into a single massive robot or into, you know, a train. Modular plastic train track accessories were included with each figure to facilitate that second one that were dropped for their eventual ''Transformers'' releases. The Train Robo molds were passed up for the 1984 and 1985 assortments (likely due to the relative unpopularity of their alternate modes outside of train-tastic Japan) and did not become Transformers until the debut of the Takara-exclusive ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Transformers: The Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' sub-franchise in 1987.

There were two color variations released for the ''Diaclone'' line, making 12 individual trains total: Numbers 1-6 were standard retail decoes released both individually and as a gift set. It was this deco that was rereleased virtually unchanged for release as [[Raiden]] and his components the [[Trainbot]]s. Numbers 7-12 are much rarer and were never released as a giftset. These decoes were used as inspiration for [[G Liner]] and the "prototype Trainbots."

;Individual figures
*'''No. 1 {{w|Tōkaidō Shinkansen|Tōkaidō}} {{w|0 Series Shinkansen|Shinkansen}}''' ("Machliner", [[Shouki#Toys|Shouki]])
*'''No. 2 {{w|JNR Class EF65|Class EF65}} {{w|Blue Train (Japan)|Blue Train}}''' ("Nightliner", [[Getsuei#Toys|Getsuei]])
*'''No. 3 {{w|Tōhoku Shinkansen|Tōhoku}}-{{w|Jōetsu Shinkansen|Jōetsu}} {{w|200 Series Shinkansen|Shinkansen}}''' ("Snowliner", [[Yukikaze (G1)#Toys|Yukikaze]])
*'''No. 4 {{w|Tōkaidō Main Line|Tokai Type}} 153 Series Express Train''' ("Stormliner", [[Suiken#Toys|Suiken]])
*'''No. 5 L-{{w|Limited express|Limited Express}} {{w|485 series|485 Series}} Limited Express Train''' ("Plainliner", [[Seizan#Toys|Seizan]])
*'''No. 6 {{w|JNR Class DE10|Class DE10}} Diesel Locomotive''' ("Powerliner", [[Kaen#Toys|Kaen]])
*'''No. 7 Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Metallic Type''' ("Silverliner", "[[Silver (G1)|Silver]]")
*'''No. 8 {{w|JNR Class ED76|ED76}}, Blue Train-Towing Train''' ("Battleliner", "[[Battle]]")
*'''No. 9 {{w|Doctor Yellow|Dr. Yellow}} Shinkansen, Comprehensive Rail Inspection"''' ("Yellowliner", [[Doctor (G1)|Doctor]])
*'''No. 10 KuHa {{w|113 series|111 Type}} Express Train''' ("Miracleliner", "[[Miracle (G1)|Miracle]]")
*'''No. 11 L-Limited Express {{w|583 series|583 Series}} Sleeper Train''' ("Thunderliner", "[[Thunder (G1)|Thunder]]")
*'''No. 12 DE10, Diesel Locomotive, Crystal Type''' ("Crystalliner", "[[Crystal (G1)|Crystal]]")
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

;Giftsets
*'''Train Robo 6 Figure Formation DX Set''', collects No. 1 Tōkaidō 0 Series Shinkansen, No. 2 EF65-1000 Blue Train, No. 3 Tōhoku Jōetsu 200 Series Shinkansen, No. 4 Tōkaidō Main Line 153 Express Train, No. 5 L-Limited express 485 and No. 6 DE10 Diesel Locomotive.
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===1984 - DINOSAUR ATTACK===
====Construction Vehicle Robo====
[[File:Diaclone Constructicons.jpg|upright=2|thumb]]
The original ''Diaclone'' decos featured predominantly blue [[combiner]] parts. All six received new, uniform green and purple color schemes for release in the ''Transformers'' line as the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. The figures were also available as part of the [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European release]] of the ''Transformers'' toyline in yellow instead of green, and were later also re-released in yellow as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toyline in the United States and Canada, plus rarer orange [[variant]]s that were only available in the United States.

;Individual figures
*'''No. 1 Bulldozer''' — orange. ([[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#Toys|Bonecrusher]])
*'''No. 2 Power Shovel''' — orange. ([[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Toys|Scavenger]])
*'''No. 3 Shovel-Dozer'''/"Tractor Shovel"<ref group="B" name="shovel">The individually released Construction Vehicle Robo No. 3 is named "Shovel-Dozer" (ショベルドーザー) in katakana, but "Tractor Shovel" in English. The "Build Combination 6 Figure Set" giftset still calls the figure "Shovel-Dozer" in katakana, but now has reversed the order of the two parts of the English name to "Shovel Tractor".</ref> — orange. ([[Scrapper (G1)/toys#Toys|Scrapper]])
*'''No. 4 Truck Crane''' — red. ([[Hook (G1)/toys#Toys|Hook]])
*'''No. 5 Dump Truck''' — red. ([[Long Haul (G1)/toys#Toys|Long Haul]])
*'''No. 6 Mixer Truck'''/"Concrete Mixer"<ref group="B" name="mixer">Construction Vehicle Robo No. 6 is named "Mixer Truck" (ミキサー車) in combined katakana/kanji, but "Concrete Mixer" in English. This is repeated with the "Build Combination 6 Figure Set" giftset.</ref>— red. ([[Mixmaster (G1)/toys#Toys|Mixmaster]])
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

;Giftsets
*'''Build Combination 6 Figure Set''', contains No. 1 Bulldozer, No. 2 Power Shovel, No. 3 Shovel-Dozer/"Shovel Tractor",<ref group="B" name="shovel"/> No. 4 Truck Crane, No. 5 Dump Truck and No. 6 Mixer Truck/"Concrete Mixer".<ref group="B" name="mixer"/> A later running change variant of the [[giftset]] changed the main color of both Truck Crane and Concrete Mixer from red to blue, while the combiner parts were changed from blue to red. These versions were only available as part of the giftset.

;Notes
<references group="B" />
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====Dinosaur Robo====
[[File:Diaclone Dinobots.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
The Dinosaur Robo molds became the [[Dinobot (G1)#Toys|Dinobots]] in ''Transformers''. Duh. The Dinosaur Robo were the heroes of a pretty elaborate swerve in that year's storyline where the Waruder started dropping organic dinosaurs on Tokyo with time portals. Yes, really. All of the TF releases had softer plastic in certain places. There were also several differences in decoes between the ''Diaclone'' and ''Transformers'' versions, mostly the replacement of blue paint with red.

*'''Tyrannosaurus''' ([[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Toys|Grimlock]])
*'''Triceratops''' ([[Slag (G1)/toys#Toys|Slag]])
*'''Brontosaurus''' ([[Sludge (G1)#Toys|Sludge]])
*'''Stegosaurus''' ([[Snarl (G1)#Toys|Snarl]])
*'''Pteranodon''' ([[Swoop (G1)/toys#Toys|Swoop]], ''Diaclone'' deco inspired Swoop's animation model)
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])<ref>Only Grimlock and Sludge are confirmed for Kawamori.</ref>}}
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====Double Changers====
[[File:Diaclone Omnibots.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
Notably peculiar as some of the only cars released outside of the ''Car Robots'' subline, the Double Changers were released as the [[Omnibot (G1)#Generation 1|Omnibots]].

*'''No.1 Savanna RX-7''' ([[Camshaft (G1)#Toys|Camshaft]])
*'''No.2 Ferrari BB''' ([[Overdrive#Toys|Overdrive]])
*'''No.3 Celica XX''' ([[Downshift (G1)#Toys|Downshift]])
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
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====Triplechangers====
[[File:Diaclone Overcharge and Rotorbolt.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]
Only the Jet Fighter Type [[Triple Changer]] was ever released in the ''Transformers'' line, but the Helicopter Type later inspired three fiction-only characters. [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Toys|Astrotrain]] and [[Octane#Toys|Octane]] may have been in development when the change to the ''Transformers'' brand occurred. See below for more.

*'''No. 1 Jet Fighter Type''' — The ''Diaclone'' dark green and white deco was changed to purple and beige for release as [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Toys|Blitzwing]]. The original deco was later released as [[Overcharge (G1)#Toys|Overcharge]].
*'''No. 2 Helicopter Type''' — Not released as a Transformer, but used as inspiration for the fiction-only characters [[Rotorbolt (Timelines)|Rotorbolt]], [[Skyklik]], and [[Fumes]].
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
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===Posthumous ''Diaclone''===
''Diaclone'''s final contribution to the ''Transformers'' brand came in the form of the bevvy of product halfway through the pipeline when the line was shelved in favor of ''Transformers'' in 1985. This is widely postulated to be the source of the bulk of the new-mold Takara vehicle Transformers for the years of 1984 through 1986. While there is no hard delineation where Takara "stopped making ''Diaclone''" and "started making ''Transformers''," June 1985 can be seen as something of a "final deadline" as the month where Takara debuted ''The Transformers'' at the "Tokyo Toy Show" trade show and Hasbro began shipping design bibles full of data on the 1986 toy assortments to [[Marvel Productions|Marvel]] and [[Sunbow Productions]].

====Triplechangers Reloaded====
*A ''Diaclone'' patent of a locomotive/space shuttle robot presumably slated for a second wave of [[Triple Changer]]s filed in December of 1984 is pretty unmistakably a near-finalized [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]].
*This one's pushing it, but a very early concept draft of a tanker truck/jet robot<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=134963706680747&set=a.129078730602578 ''Diaclone'' concept art of Octane at the Space Bridge Transformers Archive]</ref> with a transformation scheme that can be pegged to the earliest known prototype<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=134963740014077&set=a.129078730602578 ''Diaclone''(ish) Octane prototype at the Space Bridge Transformers Archive]</ref> of [[Octane]] can be dated to March 2, 1985.

{{anchor|Jizai Gattai}}

====The Scramble Saga====
[[File:Takara SF Land Pre-Menasor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|''Diaclone'' Menasor's transparent thigh high boots were deemed too saucy by Hasbro S&P.]]
"Jizai Gattai" (自在合体, roughly "Limitless Combination"), later "Diaclone Scramble Combination" (ダイアクロン・スクランブル合体 ''Daiakuron Scramble Gattai''),<ref name = "TTMU">[https://twitter.com/syncson/status/1195937750957969409?s=21 "Diaclone Scramble Combination" trade show display] taken from a December 1984 trade journal presented in ''The Toys That Made Us''.</ref> was to be the primary theme for ''Diaclone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 1985 assortment, a modular play pattern consisting of smaller robots that could form arms or legs for larger torsos, all centered around one of ''Diaclone''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s trademark baseformers. This concept was refitted for Transformers and became the [[Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_(toyline)#1986 (Scramble_City and 2010)|''Scramble City'']] subline of the Japanese ''Transformers'' toyline, also known as the "[[Special Teams]]" in the European toyline or "all those 1986 combiner guys" in the United States. The central base became [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]].

"Jizai Gattai" prototypes known to have been developed into specific Transformers include:
*'''New Robot Base''' — developed into [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]].<ref name = "SFLand">''Takara SF Land'' p. 113</ref> Pre-production ''Dialone'' deco later recycled into [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]].<ref>"Hasbro designed the colors for Metroflex, and at the time I thought it was bland. Thinking about it now, the white and gray feel sophisticated. Actually, when I worked on Metrotitan, I got to pick the colors myself. The finished version is close to what I originally imagined, that's why I used colors so reminiscent of Diaclone. I tend to use a lot of metallic blue (laughs)."—Interview with [[Kōjin Ōno]] on the development of Generation 1 Metroplex in ''[[Transformers Generations 2013]]'' by [[Kōji Shimada]], p.95. [https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1691165857303724033?s=20 Translated by Necronomitron on Twitter, 2023/08/14]</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''Jizai Gattai Trailer Robo''' — developed into [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] / [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].<ref name = "SFLand">''Takara SF Land'' p. 113</ref>
*'''Concorde torso robot''' — [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] / [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]<ref name = "TTMU"/>
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}
*'''Fire truck torso robot''' — [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] / [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]<ref name = "TTMU"/>
*'''Tank torso robot''' — [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] / [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]<ref name = "TTMU"/><ref>May 1985 ''Diaclone'' tank torso robot patent.</ref>

Known limb robot prototypes included five jets, four cars, two helicopters, two motorcycles, one ambulance, one racecar, and a police car,<ref name = "TTMU"/> though anything further would be speculative at best, particularly given specific "teams" of components did not yet exist as we know them today.

This line likely inspired the in-fiction "[[Free-Combination]]" (自由合体 ''Jiyū Gattai'') ability of the original Special Teams' later ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Operation Combination|Operation Combination]]'' redecoes.
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==Contemporary international ''Diaclone'' releases==
*Like ''Transformers'' itself, ''Diaclone'' was also released in other countries, in some cases licensed to other companies:
===United States===
[[File:Kronoform logo.gif|right|upright=1.6|thumb]]
Takara themselves had a short run in the U.S. market under the name ''[[Diakron]]'', featuring three toys that were later released as ''Transformers'' in different colors. This was followed by ''[[Kronoform]]'', which featured a fairly hefty swathe of ''Diaclone'' toys that were ''not'' released as ''Transformers'' by Hasbro.
{{Main|Diakron}}
{{Main|Kronoform}}
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===Finland===
Takara themselves released toys in Finland under the name ''Diaclone'', sharing elements of the packaging design with GiG's ''Trasformer'' line. This release is notable for a unique black version of the Corvette Stingray (pre-[[Loudpedal]]).
===Italy===
[[File:Trasformer_logo.png|right|upright=1.6|thumb]]
Italian company [[GiG]] initially released toys under the name ''Diaclone'', but soon changed it to ''[[Trasformer]]'' {{sic}}. Whether GiG was copying Hasbro or the other way round is unclear; however, ''Trasformer'' did feature a blend of ''Diaclone'' toys and elements original to Hasbro's ''Transformers'' line, possibly due to production reasons.
{{Main|Trasformer}}
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===France, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands===
[[File:Joustra Diaclone Logo.png|right|upright=1.6|thumb]]
French company [[Joustra]] released the toys under the name ''Diaclone'' in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, featuring a blend of ''[[Micro Change]]'' and ''Diaclone'' toys with unique packaging designs and origin stories, but eventually sporting factory-applied [[Autobot]] or [[Decepticon]] [[insignia|stickers]], also due to production reasons.
{{Main|Joustra}}
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==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Wyatt Toys]] advertised ''Diaclone'' and ''[[Microman]]'' toys for sale in the [[Detroit Powell Press]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Diaclone'' continuity===
====''Transtech''====
{{stub|{{storylink|Transformers I.Q. issue 6}} {{storylink|Transformers I.Q. issue 12}} {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Axiom Nexus News}} {{storylink|King Waruder#Timelines|King Waruder profile}}}}
====''Masterpiece'' toy bios====
{{stub|{{storylink|Spin-Out (G1)#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Spin-out bio}} {{storylink|Bluestreak (G1)/toys#MP18B|''Masterpiece'' Bluestreak bio}} {{storylink|Burn Out (Diaclone)#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Burn Out bio}}}}

====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''====
{{stub|{{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1}} {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}} {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}}}

===''Transformers × Dialect Girl''===
[[File:MyToys-Diaclone.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|There are some editors on this wiki that actually see this image when they close their eyes at night.]]
In a last ditch attempt to find a point of commonality with ''Transformers'' fan [[Kahori Hanamura]], her building's super told her about a ''Transformers'' toy he was handed down from his older brother as a child, describing it as a robot that turned into a base, with a rear elevator for tiny dolls to enter it. Kahori corrected him that this was not a Transformer, but actually the Robot Base toy from ''Diaclone'', which thoroughly impressed her. {{storylink|My Toys Part 3}}

==Notes==
*''Diaclone'' is a portmanteau of "diamond" and "cyclone": "unbreakable as a diamond, powerful as a cyclone".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Teammates united by a bond as unbreakable as diamond, they fight with the unyielding force of a cyclone to protect our world... The Diaclone Corps, Earth's defense force!|link=https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1629204072502013952|site= Twitter|name=1980 ''Diaclone'' catalog, translated by Necronomitron|year=2023|month=02|day=24}}</ref>
**"[[Cymond]]," the name for ''Diaclone''{{'}}s location in the in-fiction [[multiverse]], was devised by longtime ''Transformers'' contributor [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] as an inversion of the original portmanteau (''cy''clone + dia''mond'').<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20191012014152/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/116666-rook-andromeda-on-facebook/page-40 Post on the Allspark Forums] by [[Jim Sorenson]] (archived)</ref>
*Designs from ''Diaclone'' were plagiarized for the Korean animated movie ''Diatron 5'' (다이아트론5), which for a time haunted [[Walmart]] dollar bins as ''[http://www.amazon.com/SPACE-TRANSFORMERS/dp/B000FHDNZW Space Transformers]''.
*General Motors stopped using the "Stingray" name after the 1976 model year through 2013. Though the Corvette mold is obviously a 1980 to 1982 model year, Takara incorrectly called it a Stingray.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3 ''Diaclone''] at Japanese Wikipedia
* [http://www.diaclone.net Diaclone.Net] fansite
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180430074512/http://1501bc.com/pretf/pretf.html ''Diaclone''] at the Pre-Transformers Page
* [https://www.transformerland.com/wiki/diaclone/ Diaclone® Action Figure Collectors' Guide] At TransFormerLand
* [https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/diaclone/ ''Diaclone''{{'}}s modern incarnation] at the TakaraTomy website

[[Category:Diaclone| ]]
[[Category:Japanese franchises]]
[[Category:Non-Transformers toylines]]
[[Category:Other TakaraTomy properties]]

Talk:Diaclone

2024-01-18T05:19:50Z

Crockalley: Lilac 4WD Wrecker Type?

So, how much of the Diaclone line was actually used for Transformers? Was it all of it? Only some it? --[[User:Gouki|Gouki]] 11:31, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

:Almost the entirety of the 1982, '83, and '84 molds were turned into Transformers. Specifically, starting with d37 (Countach Super Tuning) through d96 (Triple Changer jet/tank) along with w(aruder, the villains)7 through w10 (which became the Insecticons). Oddly, the last toy released for each faction, the helicopter/jet Triple Changer and Machine Dragon respectively, never became Transformers. Also left out were d63 through d65, the three Change Attackers. These were presumably shunned because they transformed from real civilian vehicles to combat vehicles instead of robots (ala the slightly later Kenner MASK), which would have gone against the ban on drivers in Transformers. You can see all the toys from their Super Robot beginnings in 1980 to the end here: http://diaclone.net/orid/list.html -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 17:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

::Ah, cool, thanks for that. So... since you know far more about it than I, should we actually put this sort of information in the actual page? --[[User:Gouki|Gouki]] 03:16, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

== About the catalogs. ==

I found some catalogs pics [http://1501bc.com/pretf/diaclone_catalogs.html here], it would be valid if I take some of those for the article? [[User:MESIAS ROCKET|MESIAS_ROCKET]] 22:12, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

== Toy listings ==

Should we have ALL Diaclone toys or only those that were later made into TFs? Should the toy listings be linked to the appropriate TF? [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:50, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
: Added toys that became TFs. Still considering adding links to those TFs. Looking for more input on how best to handle that (differences in decos between Countach and Sunstreaker, etc).[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:14, 3 October 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah, I was thinking something like [User:Mazenoise/Diaclone|this]]. -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 05:55, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
:::How about [User:Khajidha/sandbox/diaclone|this]]? I still need to add spacing and I haven't mentioned most later releases (Road Rage, Hauler, Artfire, etc.). I also haven't done anything with the other subgroups.[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:15, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
::::It's good, but I'd say it would be good to see which Diaclone toys became which Transformers at a quick glance, rather than having to put your cursor over the links. -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 13:29, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
:::::Good point, I'll work on it some more later. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:42, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
::::::[User:Khajidha/sandbox/diaclone|Check it out now]]. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:57, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
:::::::I'll say, with a few little tweaks that's just about ready to be put into this real article. -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 13:49, 5 October 2009 (EDT)

== How much info is too much? ==
I cleaned up/fixed/added info on the pre-Jumpstarters and pre-Constructicons.
While writing up the Constructicon stuff, I realized that adding in which vehicles had grey roofs in version 2 and other smaller bits of info was maybe becoming too much, so I scaled it back to just listing the most obvious differences. I hope that's ok.[[User:RavenG|RavenG]] 02:14, 17 April 2012 (EDT)
:I think you made the right call. It isn't really necessary for this site (being a TF wiki) to go into the little details of the Diaclone decos. Just noting, for example, that the "Concrete Mixer" was mostly red as opposed to Mixmaster's green should be enough. A little more detail might be necessary to distinguish the orange Construction Vehicle Robos from the orange G2 Constructicons. Details that only serve to distinguish one Diaclone deco from another should be saved for a Diaclone-centric website. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:45, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

== A Prime Problem ==
For some reason I don't see Battle Convoy anywhere on the page, which I'd imagine significant since it's [[Optimus Prime (G1)|pretty legendary]]. I'm also unsure if it was one of the numbered figures or not or where to fit it in (most likely car robots) but I AM certain it's a diaclone figure (powered convoy's on this page making it all the more strange that OP isn't here) so if someone could get to that that'd be nice.--[[User:BlackStarscream|BlackStarscream]] 16:48, 3 May 2012 (EDT)
:Number 17 under "Car Robots" --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:53, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

=="Lilac" 4WD Wrecker Type?==
The page currently says that the Double Set includes a lilac 4WD Wrecker Type. I think "lilac" might be a mistake.

Lilac color: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=599359342&q=lilac+color&tbm=isch

Double set: https://tfsource.com/blog/2011/10/11/diaclone-car-robots-part-2/

Double set: https://twitter.com/TFJoeBot1/status/1326217245383561217

I would call it blue, but wanted to check in before changing it.

[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] ([[User talk:Crockalley|talk]]) 00:19, 18 January 2024 (EST)

Sharkticon (Energon)

2020-09-11T02:46:07Z

Crockalley: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Sharkticon}}
:''Sharkticon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ESharkticonCardfront.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Your fanfiction gives me life.]]
'''Sharkticon''' was recruited to work in space reconnaissance, but he is even more effective in space or underwater combat. His fellow Decepticons don't care what his assignment is, so long as it keeps this reeking, repellent, repulsively cruel degenerate far away from them. He is highly maneuverable and adaptable in his vehicle mode, and a powerful combatant in either mode.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' comic===
[[Image:Sharkticon_Kicker_DW_Energ27.JPG|thumb|100px|left|More failure]]

Sharkticon was assigned by [[Alpha Quintesson]] to join [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct [[Kicker Jones]]. While he teammates beat up on some [[Omnicon]]s, Sharkticon went to fetch the unconscious Kicker. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} However, as he rose to the surface, Kicker woke up. He promptly used his energon-manipulating powers to give Sharkticon the worst case of indigestion he ever had! Sharkticon went belly-up, and Kicker rose out of him, aglow with energy. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Being the pals they were, Slugslinger and Mirage left him behind when they fled. Jerks. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

Later, Sharkticon attempted to infiltrate [[Ocean City]] from below. Having blasted his way through the clinging, [[Jellyfish drone|jellyfish-like security system]], Sharkticon ran across Kicker and the [[Energon Saber]] [[Mini-Con]]s, who knocked him back into the drink. Sharkticon's re-telling of his failure to Megatron was very unconvincing. {{storylink|Perspective}}

===''Energon'' pack-in comics===
[[File:Energonminicomic-sharkticonandslugslinger.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Sharkticon was part of an [[Eclipse-Team]] mission to steal refined [[energon]] from an [[Autobot]] installation on [[Earth]]. He and [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] sneaked in through the sewers, but fell into an Autobot ambush. Sharkticon tried to flee, leaving the wounded Slugslinger behind, but was shot down by [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. To make matters worse, it appears that Sharkticon's out of control flight incapacitated [[Shockblast]]. {{storylink|Energon Volume 3}}

===Force of Habit===
Teamed up with fellow boat [[Dreadwing (Energon)|Dreadwing]], Sharkticon<ref>The two were unnamed "gunboats" in the original text, but were [[Authorial intent|confirmed]] to be those characters by [[Greg Sepelak|the]] [[Trent Troop|authors]].</ref> was among the Decepticons who attacked the Autobot ship ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]''. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===''Energon''===
[[Image:ESharkticon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The orange is for my road side safety.]]
*'''Sharkticon''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Sharkticon transforms into a Cybertronic submarine/battleship with dimly animalistic styling. (He lacks any kind of "jaws", despite what his official bio says.) His small gun turrets are movable, plus his side panels can extend outward to reveal spring-loaded missile launchers for his "Hyper Mode". He has two "dead" Mini-Con ports, one on each forearm.

: Sharkticon's alternate mode was meant to resemble the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] Decepticon starship'' [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. [[Aaron Archer]], at one [[BotCon]] panel, even admitted that he still thought of the character as "Nemesis", and had trouble recalling the released toy's final name.

: Sharkticon was [[redeco]]ed into the ''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' [[Sharkticon (species)#Timelines|Sharkticons]] and ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Axalon (BW)#United 2|Axalon]], and [[retool]]ed into ''Timelines'' [[Sky-Byte (RID)#Timelines|Sky-Byte]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Sharkticon/sharkticon.htm More information on Sharkticon at TFU.info]''

===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[Image:TFU03-toy_Sharkticon.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
*'''Sharkticon''' (Deluxe class, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Sharkticon was repackaged in ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' packaging and sold at discount chains like Family Dollar and Big Lots!. There are no discernible differences between this version of the toy itself and the original.

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==Notes==
*Hasbro reached out to [[Ben Yee]] to ask for images of the ''Nemesis'' that, unbeknownst to Yee at the time, were to be used as reference material for designing Sharkticon's altmode.<ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/toyreviews/unicrontrilogy/energon/sharkticon/ Energon Toy Reviews: Sharkticon | BWTF]</ref>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]
[[Category:Undersea specialists]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]

User:Crockalley

2020-08-13T02:33:57Z

Crockalley: Replaced content with "I like Transformers."

I like Transformers.

Hexbug

2019-05-26T13:22:09Z

Crockalley: updating links to wikipedia

'''Hexbug''' is a toy automaton brand distributed by Innovation First, which consists of manufacturing robotic (either pre-assembled or DIY construction toys). Other than that, they also produce cat toys & circuit boards (small skateboard playsets).

==Fiction==
===Hexbug site===
Hexbug technology was used by both [[Autobots]] and [[Decepticons]] in their constant battles.<ref>https://www.hexbug.com/transformers</ref>
{{-}}
==Merchandise==
[[File:HEXBUG Transformer.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
*'''Silver Knight''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Silver Knight''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
*'''Decepticon Lockdown''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Decepticon Lockdown''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
*'''Autobot Drift''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Autobot Drift''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
*'''Autobot Crosshairs''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Autobot Crosshairs''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
*'''Decepticon Galvatron''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Decepticon Galvatron''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
*'''Decepticon Stinger''' (2014) ''(Nano)''
*'''Decepticon Stinger''' (2014) ''(Warriors)''
:Transformers from the [[Age of Extinction]] movie, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Hexbug|Optimus Prime]] (and his [[Silver Knight]] variation), [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Hexbug|Lockdown]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Hexbug|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Hexbug|Galvatron]], [[Drift (AOE)#Hexbug|Drift]], [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Hexbug|Crosshairs]] and [[Stinger (AOE)#Hexbug|Stinger]] were represented by Hexbugs, each character with two variations; ''Nano'' and ''Warrior''. Each of the Hexbugs' color schemes were made to resemble the represented characters' own.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Hexbug|Hexbug on Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction technology]]

Bumblebee (film)

2018-12-27T02:07:57Z

Crockalley: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3.5|the feature film|the Autobot it features|Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee}}
{{Nav-Bumblebee}}
[[File:BumblebeeMovieNewPoster.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.]]

'''''Bumblebee''''' is the sixth movie in the [[live-action film series]]. A "reset" of the film series as a whole,<ref name="reboot">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/16/transformers-cinematic-universe-current-movie-series-rebooted-358641 Transformers Cinematic Universe Is Over: Current Movie Series To Be Rebooted] at TFW2005</ref> ''Bumblebee'' acts as a prequel to the previous five movies, albeit [[retcon|taking some liberties]] with continuity. The film is directed by [[Travis Knight]] rather than [[Michael Bay]], written by newcomer [[Christina Hodson]], and produced on a far lower budget of around $70 million.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-rethinks-key-movie-franchises-a-mixed-summer-at-box-office-1022322/ THR: Hollywood Rethinks Key Movie Franchises Amid a Mixed Summer at the Box Office]</ref> The film was released in the US on [[December 21]], [[2018]].

When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] is sent to [[Earth]] to establish a base for the [[Autobot]]s, he finds himself hunted by both [[Sector Seven]] and the [[Decepticon]]s. With his memory and voice lost in battle, he is found by [[Charlie Watson]], a young woman in search of a direction in life. The pair work together to try to discover who Bumblebee is and why he's on Earth, but ultimately they'll find themselves with the fate of the planet in their hands...

{{quote|Thank you...so much...for giving me...my voice.|[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]}}

==Synopsis==
{{stub}}
[[File:BBfilm-Shockwave-orders-Seekers-to-destroy-launchpad.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|"In tennis, you attack at the point of weakness!"]]
''War rages on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and things look bad for the [[Autobot]]s. The [[Decepticon]]s have broken through the front lines, contact has been lost with the capital, and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] are pinned down under Decepticon assault until [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] arrives to momentarily repel their foes. Prime looks for scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], who arrives only a moment after. The arrival of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] on the battlefield prompts Prime to order the Autobots to fall back to a launchpad, and Prime instructs the Autobots to board escape pods and flee from the planet. He also gives B-127 a secret mission: go to [[Earth]], a well-hidden planet Prime has identified, and establish a base for the Autobots to regroup and strike back. As the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s under Shockwave's command begin attacking the launchpad directly, Prime leaps into the horde of Decepticons to buy B-127's pod some time to escape...''

The year is [[1987]], and Agent [[Jack Burns]]' team of [[Sector Seven]] agents emerge victorious from a mock battle after leading the other team into an ambush. As Burns good-naturedly chides his unlucky opponent, however, an unknown projectile appears overhead and plows into their midst. Many agents are injured, and Burns, believing his team to be under projectile assault after confirming that no other military practices using live ammo are occurring nearby, immediately calls for backup... upon which he comes face to face with B-127 rising from the crater. He immediately orders his forces to give chase, and the Autobot flees after [[scanning]] and [[transformation|transforming]] into a nearby military jeep. Even though the military attempts to capture him with harpoons and machine guns, B-127 evades them and emerges into a clearing leading to an empty mineshaft. Burns gives the order to cut it off from escaping into the mine... which one of his soldiers executes by blindsiding B-127 with his own jeep. However, B-127 begins talking to the humans in [[United States of America|English]], assuring them of his peaceful intentions and that he is not here to hurt anyone. Burns orders the soldiers to stand down... only for a jet to appear overhead. Burns is baffled that the Air Force was alerted this early, but the robot corrects him - the jet is in fact the Decepticon [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]], who bombards the clearing with missiles and swoops in to attack the yellow Autobot!

[[File:BumblebeeMovie-Blitzwing-flies.jpg|300px|thumb|"He's no goodfella. He's a BADfella!"]]

B-127 puts up a valiant effort against Blitzwing and even manages to damage his opponent's flight systems, but is soon subdued and dangled over a cliff. Blitzwing interrogates the scout about Optimus Prime's whereabouts, but the scout valiantly refuses and asserts that he will "never talk", a move that prompts his foe to "make it official" by ripping out his voice synthesizer. Badly injured, he is thrown off the cliff and prepared for execution... but uses a moment of quick thinking to rip a missile from the Seeker's arm and shove it into his chest. B-127 takes advantage of the Decepticon's momentary confusion to kick himself away before opening fire on the missile, detonating it and killing Blitzwing. As he limps away, Burns watches him leave trapped under a destroyed jeep. The Autobot limps to a riverbank before collapsing from his injuries, his memory cells critically damaged. His systems scan a nearby VW Beetle before he finally fades away to unconsciousness...

[[Charlie Watson]], a 17-year old girl one day away from becoming 18, awakens from her slumber. After dealing with her annoying younger brother [[Otis Watson|Otis]] and the news that her mother [[Sally Watson|Sally]] will be marrying her new boyfriend [[Ron (BB)|Ron]] when Charlie isn't over her father's death yet, she bikes to her job at a fair where she is utterly humiliated by Tina and her posse for having no car. She visits [[Uncle Hank]]'s auto repair after hours to clear off, but discovers an old VW Beetle under a tarmac after accidentally knocking over a series of motorboats. She finds the key in the ignition and tries it on, but is surprised when the car emits an unintelligible signal...

On one of the moons of [[Saturn]], Decepticon hunters [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] interrogate Cliffjumper about Optimus Prime's whereabouts. The Autobot remains resolute, which angers his interrogators... until B-127's signal, activated on Earth by Charlie, reaches the three [[Transformer]]s. The two Decepticons agree to go to Earth and hunt down B-127 instead... but not before Dropkick vertically bisects Cliffjumper, killing the Autobot.

In a trailer park, dysfunctional couple Ray and Amber argue, among other things, Ray spending the down payment for their house on purchasing a tricked-out new car. Their spiel is interrupted when a meteor crashes mere feet from them... thankfully to Ray, missing his new car. He's not so lucky when a second one falls, however, as it obliterates both his prized car and the house they live in. Headlights shining from inside the inferno give the irresponsible man some hope... until Shatter and Dropkick reveal themselves and transform before them. Dropkick kills the unlucky Ray before the Decepticons drive off to the West Coast following B-127's signal.

Failing to make progress on repairing her late father's car and feeling left out by her family, Charlie wakes up to the worst 18th birthday imaginable. The feeling is not helped by the disappointing presents from Sally and Ron (a pink bicycle helmet and a book about smiling more, respectively), and she fumes in her bedroom before storming over to the auto repair and asking Hank for the Beetle. She even offers to work at the shop for a year in exchange for the car, but Hank refuses... he isn't hiring employees, and Charlie can take the car for free if she can get it to start. Charlie gets to work, and soon triumphantly drives her new car home.
[[File:VWBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"You like jazz?"]]

Charlie parks her new Beetle in the garage, but is surprised when a part falls out from its undercarriage. She's even more surprised when an inspection of the vehicle reveals what appears to be a ''face'' under the car... moments before B-127 transforms and reveals himself to her. She's only momentarily terrified, however, as her fear turns to compassion when she sees that the Autobot is about as afraid of her as she is of him. She manages to placate the scared scout and emotionally connect with him, giving him the name '[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]' after the warbled beeps and buzzes he makes.

[[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] relays the news of the Decepticons' landfall to Burns, who immediately prepares a team to travel to Texas and intercept them.

Charlie awakens the next day and goes straight to the garage, but discovers to her horror that Bumblebee has vanished without a trace. A quick interrogation of Otis reveals Sally has appropriated Charlie's car to take their dog to the vet, as Ron needed to use the family station wagon. Charlie frantically chases after her mother on her moped, and manages to pull her over despite Bumblebee almost blowing his cover by extending an arm out from his trunk and waving at her. She later takes the Autobot to a secluded beach, where she teaches him that he should always assume [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]] unless the two of them are alone.

Burns' team and [[Dr. Powell]] intercept the two Decepticons in Texas and ask them to state their business. Dropkick wants to eliminate the humans, but Shatter comes up with a better idea; lying to the humans that the pair are a "peacekeeping Decepticon patrol", she asks Sector Seven's aid in tracking down the "dangerous escaped criminal" B-127. While Burns is doubtful, Powell, enthusiastic at the prospect of first contact with an [[Transformer|alien species]], eagerly agrees to talk to his superiors about the matter.
[[File:BBfilm-Ravage-ejects-from-Soundwave-towards-Optimus.jpg|thumb|300px|"As always, watch your brooms, hockey sticks, dogs, birds, bears and bats."]]

Bumblebee and Charlie bond in a secluded forest when Bee's chest starts sparking from the damage he took during his fight with Sector Seven. Charlie attempts to fix it, only to accidentally activate a holographic message sent by Optimus Prime. While the message is garbled and incomplete, hearing it jolts a memory in Bumblebee...

''Leaping from the collapsing launchpad and latching onto a Seeker to make his way down, Optimus fights his way through several Seekers before Soundwave deploys [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to attack him. Prime manages to fight off the feline minion with some effort, but his distraction has allowed dozens of Decepticons, including Soundwave, Shockwave, and Starscream to surround him. The Decepticons move in to attack the Autobot leader even as B-127 watches, unable to help, from his departing escape pod...''

==Quotes==
"I'll never talk." 
"Is that right? Then let's make it official."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Blitzwing''', right before the latter destroys the former's voice box.

"They literally call themselves Decepticons. That doesn't set off any red flags?"
:—'''Agent Burns''' doesn't trust the giant alien robots.

"Look, I know what you saw is a little crazy. I can explain. ... Yeah, I can't explain, but here's the deal: If you tell anyone what you just saw, I'm going to have to run you over with my car." 
"...Jeez!"
:—'''Charlie''' and '''Memo'''

"You think these little chains can hold-"
:—'''Dropkick''' before being sliced to pieces by said little chains.

"My name... is Bumblebee."
:-'''Bumblebee''' asserts his new name to Optimus Prime.

==Characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Dylan O'Brien]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Andrew Morgado]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] ([[Grey Griffin]])
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]] ([[Kirk Baily]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Dennis Singletary]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*[[Teletraan-I|Teletraan 1]]

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Shatter]] ([[Angela Bassett]])
*[[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] ([[Justin Theroux]])
*[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] ([[David Sobolov]])
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ([[Jon Bailey]])
**[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] (Jon Bailey)
*[[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]] (Kirk Baily)
**[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
**[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]
**[[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]]
**[[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]]

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Charlie Watson]] ([[Hailee Steinfeld]])
*[[Memo]] ([[Jorge Lendeborg Jr.]])
*[[Sally Watson]] ([[Pamela Adlon]])
*[[Otis Watson]] ([[Jason Drucker]])
*[[Ron (BB)|Ron]] ([[Stephen Schneider]])
*[[Sector Seven]]
**[[Jack Burns]] ([[John Cena]])
**[[Dr. Powell]] ([[John Ortiz]])
**[[General Whalen]] ([[Glyn Turman]])
**[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[Nick Pilla]])
**[[Jake Adams]] ([[Rory Markham]])
*[[Uncle Hank]] ([[Len Cariou]])
*[[Craig (BB)|Craig]] ([[Kollin Holtz]])
*[[Tina]] ([[Gracie Dzienny]])
*[[Tina's girlfriends]] ([[Isabelle Ellingson]], [[Mika Kubo]])
*[[Trip Summers]] ([[Ricardo Hoyos]])
*[[Sheriff Lock]] ([[Fred Dryer]])
*[[Ray]] ([[Lenny Jacobson]])
*[[Amber]] ([[Megyn Price]])
*[[Charlie's Dad]] ([[Tim Martin Gleason]])
*[[Bill (BB)|Bill]] ([[Antonio D. Charity]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Continuity notes==
As a prequel to the rest of the live-action film series, ''Bumblebee'' includes set-up elements for several of the films.
*Ancillary media dating back to 2007 has credited [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with inflicting the injuries that caused Bumblebee to lose his voice (with both the [[Aligned continuity family]] and the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|''Cyberverse'' cartoon]] adapting the idea for their continuities), but internal to the films themselves, no specifics were ever provided, with "damage in battle" being the only reason given for the little Autobot's muteness. ''Bumblebee'' tells the on-screen version of the story, revealing that Blitzwing was the culprit.
*Megatron himself, meanwhile, is notable by his absence from the film's Cybertron-set prequel, owing to the fact that, per the events of the first movie, he is frozen on Earth at the time it occurs.
*Sector 7 and their Hoover Dam headquarters were introduced in the first film. A young [[Seymour Simmons]] (played by [[John Turturro]] in the present-day films) appears among the organization's ranks.
*Thanks to Charlie fitting him with a working radio, Bumblebee learns how to "speak" by using snippets of music to express himself, which is, of course, how he communicates in all the other films.
*At the end of the movie, Bumblebee scans the 1977 Camaro mode that he had at the start of the original ''Transformers'' film.

Despite its notional "prequel" status, there are several big discontinuities between ''Bumblebee'' and the other films (even by the standards of the films' usual ''laissez-faire'' approach to continuity), leading many a fan to consider it a "stealth reboot" in the vein of ''{{w|X-Men: First Class}}.
*Most obviously, the film completely throws out ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s premise that Bumblebee and the Autobots were active on Earth during [[World War II]], showing Bumblebee's initial landing on Earth in 1987 (and by extension, throws the [[Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel|prequel comic]] out the window). There's no {{w|No-Prize}} that we can think of for this one — just go with it!
*Sector 7 seem completely unaware of the Cybertronians and consider their meeting with Shatter and Dropkick to be "first contact", when, per the first film, they have been in possession of the AllSpark and the frozen form of Megatron since the early 20th century. Neither Megatron nor the AllSpark are mentioned in the film, and the fact that Dropkick and Shatter are actually invited into the Hoover Dam base and are allowed to interface with their computers and don't become aware that both Megatron and the Allspark are there raises a lot of questions.
*In keeping with there being no mention of the AllSpark, the Autobots' departure from Cybertron is shown to be necessitated by their being on the losing end of the war, rather than a search for the cube, with Bumblebee going to Earth to establish a fallback position for his comrades. This is not particularly incompatible with the information provided in the first film, but the fact that the Autobots are shown arriving on Earth at the end of the movie, when the first film showed them arriving in 2007, is more incongruous. It's quite possible they will all leave again over the following twenty years to search other planets and systems for the AllSpark, as mentioned in the first film's prologue, only to then return when Bumblebee discovers it had been on Earth all along, but like we said, this movie doesn't mention that. We'd note that, by making it to so that Bumblebee only loses his voice after coming to Earth, this movie actually ''necessitates'' a meeting between 'Bee and the other Autobots prior to the first movie, as Ratchet noted in that movie that he'd been trying to fix Bumblebee's voice for a while, meaning his arrival in 2007 couldn't be the first time he'd seen Bumblebee since he lost his voice.
*Bumblebee's '77 Camaro robot mode, seen in the film's post-credits sequence, is completely different than his appearance in the 2007 film, utilizing a variant of the body he used throughout the ''Bumblebee'' film.

==Transformers references==

[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-leaps-into-battle.jpg|thumb|300px|"All right, scramble, jocks! It's time to fly."]]
*Most of the characters' designs are based on their G1 incarnations, such as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Notable exceptions include [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], who are wholly new Movieverse designs. Heck, even Blitzwing resembles the original [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker mold]].
*The Seekers use their Cybertronian "Tetrajet" alternate modes from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
*The concept of Cybertron falling into Decepticon hands and the Autobots initiating a mass exodus originates from the [[Aligned continuity family]], although in this case the Autobots depart in individual escape pods instead of [[Ark (disambiguation)|a single gargantuan starship]].
*Optimus Prime's entrance into the battle on Cybertron is a direct reference to his famous leap into battle from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*In keeping with the original movie, Brawn is downed by a shot to the shoulder during his cameo. This time, however, he survives and is seen among the Autobots getting into the escape pods.
*[[Teletraan-I|Teletraan 1]] can be sighted in the background as the Autobots are entering their escape pods.
*As is time-worn tradition, [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]'s design is a retool of Bumblebee's.
*Memo is reading a copy of the real-life [[GoBots|''GoBots Magazine'' #1]], which he tosses aside when he sees Charlie.
*A snippet of [[The Touch]] plays when Bumblebee is 'encouraging' Charlie to dive from the cliff.
*The final battle between Dropkick and Bumblebee includes a sequence where Dropkick picks up Bumblebee and throws him, but then the Autobot lands in car mode, veers around, and jumps to punch him in the face - which harkens back to the fight choreography between [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] from the G1 cartoon's season 1 opening credits.
*Optimus' vehicle mode at the end of the film is a Freightliner cab-over truck ''very'' similar to his G1 counterpart. He's even pulling the classic trailer, which has the signature 'stripe' on its side! (The Autobot logo is missing, though, presumably for Prime to disguise himself better.)

==Real-life references==
*One of the vehicles Bumblebee rejects scanning is the Urban Assault Vehicle from ''{{w|Stripes (film)|Stripes}}''.
*Charlie eats {{w|Mr. T Cereal}}.
*Charlie visits the Dragon of the Black Pool restaurant, a nod to ''{{w|Big Trouble in Little China}}''.
*Uncle Hank and Charlie's family were watching ''[[ALF]]'', a sitcom from the 80's about an alien taking refuge in a human home. Fitting.
*The station wagon Charlie's family drives is based on that of ''{{w|National Lampoon's Vacation}}''.
*One of the motorboats Charlie knocks over has the name 'Bayliner' on its side, in a clear reference to the [[Michael Bay|movie's producer (and past director for the series)]]. It's [[Bayos|not the first time]], either.
*The transmission that Cliffjumper and the Decepticons pick up from B-127 is the theme song to ''[[Cheers]]''.
*Bumblebee watches ''{{w|The Breakfast Club}}'', leading to him emulating [[Judd Nelson]]'s fist pump a number of times throughout the rest of the film.
*Charlie is a fan of {{w|The Smiths}}. After repairing Bumblebee's radio, she inserts a cassette of their album ''{{w|Strangeways, Here We Come}}'' and "{{w|Girlfriend in a Coma (song)|Girlfriend in a Coma}}" briefly plays before Bee ejects the tape.
*One of the tapes Charlie inserts into Bumblebee is [[Rick Astley]]'s "{{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}}".
*Other musicians featured in Charlie's drawer of cassettes include {{w|Joan Jett}}, {{w|Adam and the Ants}}, {{w|Guns N' Roses}}, {{w|Talking Heads}}, {{w|INXS}}, {{w|Pink Floyd}}, {{w|Oingo Boingo}}, {{w|Huey Lewis and the News}}, and {{w|Prism (band)|PRiSM}}. She also mentions {{w|Stevie Nicks}} and {{w|The Rolling Stones}} while searching for tapes.
*The record Charlie takes from her father's collection is {{w|Sam Cooke}}'s 1961 album ''Sam's Songs'', and when she puts it on, Sam Cooke's version of "{{w|Unchained Melody}}" plays. However see Errors.
*Shatter asks Powell to "take [the Decepticons] to your leader", referencing the ages-old trope from early alien-related science fiction.
*The letters 'BFG' are written on Charlie's jean jacket. This is a reference to ''{{w|The BFG}}'', a children's book about a young girl befriending a big, friendly giant and defeating a group of evil giants together. Also quite fitting.
*Charlie has a poster for the rock band {{w|The Pretenders}}, which coincidentally is the name of a Transformers [[Pretender|sub group]] involving the robots disguising themselves as human.
*Sector Seven uses a variant of the WOPR supercomputer from ''{{w|WarGames}}''.
*Powell remarks that the Decepticon modifications to the S7 computers have created an "interconnected web of information," implying that the technology behind the Internet originated from the Decepticons. However, the idea of an interconnected network of computers for communications and data transfer had been developing for decades prior to the film's setting of the late 1980s, and the term "Internet" first appeared in the mid-1970s.
*Memo has the poster for John Carpenter's 1982 film ''{{w|The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing}}'' in his room.
*Ron claims he learned his driving skills from ''{{w|Miami Vice}}''.

==Errors==
*Charlie starts playing the first track on Sam Cooke's album ''Sam's Songs'', which ought to have been "Little Things You Do" rather than "Unchained Melody". The latter song doesn't even appear on the album, being the last track on side A of Cooke's earlier release ''Hits of the 50's''.

==Tie-in material==
During the lead-up to the release of the movie, [[IDW Publishing]] released the four-part comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel]]'', detailing an adventure set in the 60s, during which Bumblebee works with British intelligence to foil the plans of a group of Decepticons, including Blitzwing... though this comic can't be in continuity with the actual film, which depicts Bumblebee as having first arrived on Earth in the year 1987.

==Music==

==Home video releases==

==Theatrical posters==
<center><gallery>
File:BumblebeeCharlieSilhouettePoster.jpg|Yellow-black,
File:BumblebeeCrouchingPoster.jpg|yellow-black,
File:BumblebeeUSMoviePoster.jpeg|yellow-black,
File:BumblebeeMovieNewPoster.jpeg|yellow-black...
File:BumblebeePosingPoster.jpg|Ooh, black and yellow!
File:BumblebeeBurnsDecepticons.jpg|Yeah, let's shake it up a little.
</gallery></center>

==Reception==

==Production staff==

==Development details==
*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>
*October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, [[Hasbro Studios]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://youtu.be/F_P2fw_DlS4?t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>[[File:TransformersUniverseBumblebeePoster.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"My sweater is Ralph Lauren, and I have no pants."]]
*February 12, 2016 — At ToyFair, Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 6, along with those of its predecessor and [[Transformers 7]], as well as the fact that Transformers 6 will focus on Bumblebee.<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>
*December 29, 2016 — Lorenzo di Bonaventura names Christina Hodson as the screenwriter in an interview.<ref name="hodson">[http://collider.com/transformers-5-plot-characters-dinobots-details/ 'The Last Knight' Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Reveals How a 'Transformers' Movie Is Made] on Collider</ref>
*March 3, 2017 — [[Travis Knight]] is appointed director.<ref name="deadlinedirector">[https://deadline.com/2017/03/bumblebee-movie-travis-knight-director-kubo-and-the-two-strings-1202034882/ Travis Knight To Direct ‘Transformers’ Spinoff ‘Bumblebee’ At Paramount]</ref>
*May 26, 2017 — A poster at Licensing Expo 2017 gives the name of the film as ''Transformers Universe: Bumblebee''.<ref name="expoposter">[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1724400/the-bumblebee-movie-just-got-a-new-title-and-a-cool-80s-logo "The Bumblebee Movie Just Got A New Title And A Cool 80s Logo"]</ref>
*June 10, 2017 — [[Hailee Steinfeld]] reveals in an interview that she's been cast in the film.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/pitch-perfect-pop-star-hailee-steinfeld-hits-charts-with-most-girls-single-and-lands-transformers-role/news-story/47a238f0e75bf06a0ffc34a18e9906e4 Pitch Perfect pop star Hailee Steinfeld hits charts with Most Girls single and lands Transformers role]</ref>
*July 11, 2017 — [[Jorge Lendeborg Jr.]] is reported by The Hollywood Reporter to have been cast as the male lead.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-spinoff-bumblebee-casts-jorge-lendeborg-jr-as-male-lead-1017547 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee' Casts Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Male Lead (Exclusive)] on Hollywood Reporter</ref>
*July 13, 2017 — More actors including [[Jason Drucker]], [[Abby Quinn]], [[Rachel Crow]], [[Ricardo Hoyos]], and [[Gracie Dzienny]] join the cast.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-spinoff-bumblebee-rounds-cast-1019823 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee' Rounds Out Cast (Exclusive)]</ref>
*July 23, 2017 — [[Pamela Adlon]] joins the cast.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/07/pamela-adlon-bumblebee-movie-transformers-casting-1202133812/ Pamela Adlon Joins Cast Of 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee']</ref>
*July 31, 2017 — [[John Cena]] is announced as a cast member. Also Bumblebee is a Volkswagen this time. The film is pushed back to December of 2018. Production begins,<ref name="cenareveal">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-cena-joins-transformers-spinoff-bumblebee-1025411 John Cena Joins 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee' (Exclusive)] on Hollywood Reporter</ref> with the filming going under the codename "Brighton Falls".<ref>[https://screenrant.com/transformers-bumblebee-working-title-filming-start/ Bumblebee Spinoff Working Title & Filming Start Date Revealed] on Screenrant</ref>
*August 6, 2017 — Hailee Steinfeld reveals on Twitter that her character's name is [[Charlie Watson]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/haileesteinfeld/status/894296888643432448 Tweet by Hailee Steinfeld]</ref>
*September 9, 2017 — At [[HasCon 2017]], di Bonaventura discusses some hints on the film, including that the movie is set in [[1986]].<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/09/hascon-2017-bumblebee-movie-tidbits-348630 Hascon 2017: The Bumblebee Movie Tidbits] on TFW2005</ref>[[File:BumblebeeMovie firstlook.jpg|thumb|350px]]
*September 12, 2017 — Actor and stuntman [[Rory Markham]] reveals on Instagram that he is playing a [[Sector Seven]] agent named [[Agent Adams|Adams]]. <ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/12/sector-7-returns-transformers-universe-bumblebee-movie-348886 Sector 7 Returns in Transformers Universe: Bumblebee Movie] on TFW2005</ref>
*September 20, 2017 — Travis Knight reveals the first Decepticon vehicle mode in the form of a 1971 Plymouth GTX.<ref>[https://twitter.com/LAIKAStudios/status/910549230602788864 Laika Studios tweet]</ref>
*October 2, 2017 — [[Peter Cullen]] has a role in the movie.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/02/peter-cullen-confirmed-bumblebee-movie-351131 Peter Cullen Confirmed In The Bumblebee Movie] on TFW2005</ref>
*October 26, 2017 — [[John Ortiz]] is revealed to be a cast member.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/10/john-ortiz-paramount-bumblebee-spinoff-peppermint-stxfilms-1202195412/ John Ortiz Cast In 'Bumblebee' Spinoff & 'Peppermint'] on Deadline.com</ref>
*November 12, 2017 — A wrap party for the movie reveals the movie's title as ''Bumblebee: The Movie''.<ref>[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1724400/the-bumblebee-movie-just-got-a-new-title-and-a-cool-80s-logo The Bumblebee Movie Just Got A New Title And A Cool 80s Logo] on Cinema Blend</ref>
*December 11, 2017 — [[Martin Short]] is revealed to be doing some voice work for the film.<ref>[http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/attheshore/headliners/steve-martin-and-martin-short-head-to-borgata-for-an/article_7d516048-de98-11e7-9fa4-c7175ccf2b9d.html Steve Martin and Martin Short head to Borgata for an unforgettable evening] on pressofatlanticcity.com</ref>
*December 29, 2017 — A "first look" photo is released showing Hailee Steinfeld and Bumblebee's Volkswagen alternate mode.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AwardsCircuit/status/946794788988293121 Tweet by @AwardsCircuit]</ref>
*January 28, 2018 — During an interview at the Grammys, Hailee Steinfeld suggests Bumblebee may sing during the movie.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/8096803/hailee-steinfeld-hair-waves-2018-grammys-how-to Interview on Billboard.com]</ref>
*February 16, 2018 — At [[Toy Fair 2018]], Hasbro states that the film series will be reset after ''Bumblebee: The Movie''.<ref name="reboot" />
*April 24, 2018 — Footage of the film is shown at Cinemacon.<ref>[http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/04/26/first-bumblebee-footage-transformers-cinemacon/ First 'Bumblebee' Footage Previews the 'Transformers' Spinoff at CinemaCon] at comicbook.com</ref>
[[File:BumblebeeMovieShatter&Dropkick.jpeg|thumb|300px|"Thanks for the coffee. Sorry, I couldn't finish it. If I did, I'd be up the rest of my life."]]
*June 5, 2018 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAIX12F6958 official teaser trailer] is posted by Paramount Pictures, also revealing the film's title has been shortened to just ''Bumblebee''.
*June 6, 2018 — [[Charlie Adler]] reveals he is not in ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/charlie_adler/status/1004401979597025280?s=19]</ref>
*June 8, 2018 — [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is initially stated to be in the film in a blog post on Paramount's parent company, before his name is later scrubbed from the post afterward.<ref>[http://blog.viacom.com/2018/06/bumblebee-transforms-hailee-steinfelds-life-in-first-trailer/ Original text: "But things get hectic. The military lurks. So does dreaded Decepticon Starscream." Revised text: "But things get hectic. The military lurks. So does a dreaded Decepticon."]</ref>
*July 13, 2018 — Entertainment Weekly reveals [[Angela Bassett]] and [[Justin Theroux]] will voice new Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] respectively.<ref>[http://ew.com/movies/2018/07/13/bumblebee-decepticon-trackers-first-look/ First Look: Bumblebee unveils two new Decepticon muscle cars]</ref>
*July 20, 2018 — A ''Bumblebee'' panel at the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018 reveals more information on the film, such as details regarding the characters.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-bumblebee-movie-panel-in-hall-h-at-sdcc2018-jointhebuzz/41645/ Seibertron's coverage on the SDCC'18 Bumblebee panel.]</ref> Also John Cena dressed as Bumblebee.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JohnCena/status/1020800460125605890 Tweet by John Cena]</ref>
*August 26-30, 2018 — [[David Sobolov]] confirms he is part of the cast of ''Bumblebee'' as the voice of [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]].<ref>https://twitter.com/volobos/status/1033867788824309760</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/volobos/status/1035346211392368640</ref>
*September 22-23, 2018 — Three teasers were released on various platforms with many different languages, revealing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]'s appearance in the movie, as well as Optimus Prime's design. Additionally, shots were revealed of the three [[Triple Changer]]s in the movie, as well as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. <ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/soundwave-and-optimus-prime-featured-in-teaser-for-next-bumblebee-movie-trailer/42075/ Seibertron's article including the two of the teasers released] and [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-bumblebee-movie-teaser-with-blitzwing-and-barricade/42078/ an article with one of the teasers.]</ref>
*September 24, 2018 — The official trailer is uploaded by Paramount Pictures' YouTube channel, revealing (among other things) [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s' appearances in the movie. A second international trailer is released showcasing some more scenes. An interview with Travis Knight on the new trailer is also published, revealing [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]'s appearance in ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcwmDAYt22k Bumblebee (2018) - New Official Trailer] and [https://www.cbr.com/bumblebee-international-trailer-optimus-prime-cybertron/ an article showcasing the international trailer.] [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/bumblebee-trailer-breakdown-travis-knight/ Interview with Knight.]</ref>
*September 27, 2018 - Before a special showing of [[The Transformers: The Movie|the animated movie]], another interview with Travis Knight and Hailee Steinfeld was seen AND a brief scene of Charlie and Bee's first interaction.
*November 13, 2018 - ''Bumblebee'' is rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/11/13/transformers-bumblebee-movie-rated-pg-13-376496]</ref>
*November 23, 2018 - A new trailer is released showcasing some new scenes, namely, Bumblebee's Cybertronian robot mode. Another trailer is released animated with...[[Play-Doh]].<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bumblebees-cybertronian-mode-shown-in-a-new-movie-trailer-playdoh-trailer/42450/ Seibertron's article on the 2 new trailers]</ref>
*November 27, 2018 - A new featurette demonstrates the more G1-inspired designs of the Transformers, including a proper look at Optimus's model and brief shots of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], Wheeljack and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFv6JVFApk Bumblebee - First Generation Design - Paramount Pictures UK]</ref>
*December 2, 2018 - Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirms [[Dylan O'Brien]] as the voice of Bumblebee.<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/03/transformers-bumblebee-movie-voice-actor-dylan-obrien</ref>
*December 4, 2018 - New footage of the movie drops, showing Soundwave's voice, as well as many new shots of Cybertron and the battle between Bumblebee and Blitzwing.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/soundwave-speaks-more-footage-china-release-date-and-sponsor-and-more-bumblebee-news-roundup/42538/ Seibertron's coverage of the new trailer, as well as a general roundup of new footage.]</ref>
*December 8, 2018 - Special early screenings of the film take place in specific areas. Fans who attended are given free [[Tiny Turbo Changers]] toys, and short behind-the-scenes featurettes are shown before and after the film. <ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/early-reactions-and-impressions-for-2018-live-action-transformers-bumblebee-film/42550/ Seibertron's roundup of people's thoughts on the early screening.]</ref>
{{--}}

===Changes before, during and after production===
*Travis Knight originally intended [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to make an appearance during the opening battle on Cybertron. However as ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' had Megatron frozen on Earth at this point in time, he ultimately didn't make an appearance.<ref>[https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/12/19/bumblebee-deleted-megatron-decepticon-scene/ 'Bumblebee' Deleted A Megatron Scene] on comicbook.com</ref>

==Notes==
*During production, the film was referred to in presentational material under a variety of names including "Transformers 6", "Bumblebee: The Movie", "The Bumblebee Movie", and "Transformers Universe: Bumblebee".
*An Entertainment Weekly article confirms some of the background characters in the scene set on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<ref>[https://ew.com/movies/2018/12/22/bumblebee-spoilers-classic-transformers-opening-battle/2/ EW article on the Cybertron scene]</ref>
*A Seibertron article on Jon Bailey's experience shows that Bailey auditioned for [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], meaning he was originally meant to speak.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bumblebee-movie-voice-actor-jon-bailey-talks-about-his-experience/42553/ Seibertron article on Bailey's experience]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Hungarian:'' '''ŰrDongó''' ("Space Bumblebee")
*''Korean:'' '''Bumblebee''' (범블비 ''Beombeulbi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (Taiwan, 大黃蜂; China, 大黄蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Russian:'' '''Bumblebee''' (Бамблби ''Bamblbi'')

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{w|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}} on Wikipedia
*[[IMDB:tt4701182|Bumblebee]] on IMDB

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Our Finest

2018-08-19T13:24:47Z

Crockalley: /* Other trivia */ 'third' installment, not first

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Unicron]]'' #3
|prev=Stranger Eons
|next=Unicron issue 4
|image=TFUnicron3_cvrA.jpg
|caption=''Monsters vs. Aliens''
|title="Our Finest"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 8]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=Early August, 2018
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Sebastian Cheng]] (pgs 3, 5-7, 11-14, 16-20) & [[David Garcia Cruz]] (pgs 1-2, 4, 8-10, 15)
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''Drastic options are weighed as all hope seems lost in the fight to defend Cybertron against Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fleet scrambles into action in response to the appearance of [[Unicron]] in the skies above the planet. As spaceport personnel led by [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] try to calm the civilian Decepticon populace, who think the fleet is abandoning them to die, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] invites the [[Torchbearer]]s to join her aboard [[Vigilem|Carcer]] for a direct strike against Unicron, intending to have their combined form [[Victorion]] penetrate the monster planet's armor as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] did and kill it from within. However, an unexpected enemy appears to bar their way, which they will have to fight their way through before they can reach Unicron: the fleet of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], now allied with Unicron, its ships somehow changed in appearance, having become jagged and spiky. From the bridge of her ship ''[[Sabre]]'', [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] attempts to dissuade Elita from her course, but Elita refuses to run.

In [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s brain chamber, Optimus Prime, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and [[Rom]] debate tactics; Rom proposes activating Metroplex to join the fight, while Starscream suggests Metroplex use his [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] to teleport them all off-planet. [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] points out that only 30% of the population is within Metroplex, but Starscream is willing to sacrifice the others if it means some can survive. Suddenly, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] bursts in with [[Aileron]] to share what he has learned of Unicron's origins from [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]; how an alien scientist's doomsday device transformed his world into Unicron, and unleashed the energies that destroyed [[Prysmos]] and created the [[Dire Wraith]]s. [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] is able to fill in some of the blanks; the planet in question was [[Antilla]], the first world the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Prime]]s attempted to colonize by force millions of years ago, sparking a war between Cybertron and the Antillans that she herself fought in. Unicron is not merely a doomsday weapon—it is a weapon of ultimate retribution for the ancient sins of the Cybertronian race.

When Victorion spots another vessel coming under heavy fire from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s flagship, Elita orders her to leave them, perfectly willing to sacrifice the fleet if it will allow them to destroy Unicron. Having seen too much death, Victorion refuses, and diverts to attack Bludgeon's ship, hacking her way inside and cleaving a path through the Decepticons within, who have all been mutated, like their ships, into "[[Maximal]]" forms. Unfortunately, Bludgeon has a secret weapon waiting to confront Victorion: [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], also mutated like the other Decepticons, whose sheer animalistic might proves more than Victorion can handle.

Optimus Prime seeks further answers about Antilla and Unicron from the mastermind behind the attempted colonization, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. The captive Decepticon relates how, after the end of the Age of Primes, he and the Maximals relocated to the dead Antilla, where he found the heart of the doomsday device, redubbed it "the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]," and [[Strange Visitors|had his minions take it to Earth]]. From there, it found its way back to Cybertron, and now acts as bait to lure Unicron into Shockwave's trap. When Unicron consumes Cybertron, it will be destroyed by the poisoned energon the Talisman has created, leaving the Cybertronian race free to rebuild itself on [[Earth]] in its ultimate form, a new empire unencumbered by the legends, religions, and ideologies of the past. With his new information in mind, Starscream restates his belief they should flee, ''allowing'' Unicron to eat Cybertron and die. This sends Windblade into a rage, and she begins railing against the moral corruption she believes to be inherent to Cybertron, for which she and all the other colony worlds are now suffering. Windblade transforms to jet mode and starts to fly off, until Arcee suddenly pounces on her back; Arcee has run from the consequences of her role in the Antilla war for millions of years, and she is not about to let Windblade do the same. But Windblade isn't ''running''—she has a ''plan.''

As Carcer comes under a sustained barrage of firepower from Bludgeon's ship, Victorion falls before Monstructor, crumbling back into her component parts after [[Stormclash]] is torn from her body. Damning the names of all who have stood against her, Elita orders Carcer to ram Unicron... but before the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] can make contact, the chaos-bringer unleashes an energy blast from its eye that obliterates Carcer and all aboard.

In desperation, [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] fetches the [[Enigma of Combination]], proposing that the entire populace of Cybertron be combined into a giant to fight Unicron hand-to-hand. Unfortunately, Jetfire calculates that the resultant combiner would ''still'' be far too small to engage Unicron. With all options running out, even the optimistic Aileron begins to wonder if Starscream's plan to run and sacrifice most of the planet's inhabitants is the only course of action... but it is a course of action Soundwave will ''not'' allow. He reaches out telepathically and informs every Decepticon on the planet of Starscream's plan—and naturally, it turns them into a furious mob that storms the barricades and begins flooding towards Metroplex. Arcee comes running back into the room and announces that Windblade has a plan—but with time growing short, even Optimus Prime is paralyzed, unsure of the right course of action. Surprisingly, it is Starscream who makes the call; Windblade believed in him once, and he decides to do the same for her, ruling that that they will stay and enact her plan. But whatever it is, they'd better do it fast, as Unicron begins to sink its talons into Cybertron's surface...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (1)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (2)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (3, see "Errors")
*[[Dust Up]] (4)
*[[Stormclash]] (5)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (6)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (8)
*[[Jumpstream]] (10)
*[[Rust Dust]] (11)
*[[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] (16)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (17)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (18)
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] (23)
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*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (24)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (27)
*[[Victorion]] (29)
*[[Aileron]] (30)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (31)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (32)
*''[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'' (34)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (38)
*[[Fastlane]] (39)
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (40)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (50, voice only)
*[[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] (52)
{{!}}}

|c2=
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (12)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (13)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (26)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave/''Onyx Prime'']] (35)
*[[Sledge (Classics)|Sledge]] (41)
*[[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]] (42)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (43)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (49)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (51)

|h3=Other Cybertronians|c3=
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] (9)
*[[Zetca]] (14)
*[[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (15)
*[[Greenlight]] (20)
*[[Lancer]] (21)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (28)
*''Various [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]'' (33)
*''[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'' (36)
*''[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'' (37)
*[[Vigilem|Carcer]] (44)
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (45)
*''[[Domitius Major]]'' (46)
*''[[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]]'' (47)
*''"Hearts of Steel Prowl"'' (48)

|c4=
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (19)
*[[D.0.C.]] (22)
*[[Rom]] (25)
*[[Carax]] (53)

}}

==Quotes==
"'''Tough lady 'bots''' for the win."
:—'''Stormclash'''

"I thought Omega Supreme was supposed to be on '''our''' side." 
"Maybe he needed to do a genocide to figure out it's '''bad?''' I feel like that happens with Cybertronian guys some times." 
"You are '''all''' gross."
:—'''Aileron''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"I've seen '''too much''' death. We can defeat Unicron '''and''' survive—nothing is '''hopeless.''' Except '''you''', Decepticons."
:—'''Victorion'''

"'''Everyone''' dies in the end, Victorion.... and the end is '''here.'''"
:—'''Bludgeon'''

"You'd leave '''billions''' of people—Cybertronians, colonists, Elonians—to '''die?!'''" 
"Of '''course''' he would! This is what Cybertron '''is.''' This is what it '''does''' to people. '''Cybertronians''' caused this! Not '''me'''—not '''Camiens''', not '''Elonians'''—not '''any''' colonists! '''We're''' paying the price for '''your''' sins!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' questions Starscream's plan, sending '''Windblade''' into a rage

"I '''regret''' what happened. Every '''day.''' I'm sure Omega regrets it—regretted it—too. But maybe I shouldn't have run from the '''consequences.'''"
:—'''Arcee'''

"We have to do '''something.'''" 
"We can '''ruuuun.'''" 
"'''Shut up,''' Starscream."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*A small computer readout in the corner of page 3, panel 1 indicates that the giant eyeball-shaped ''[[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]'' spacecraft that Shockwave and the Maximals have been using has now become the right eye of Unicron's robot mode, following his absorption of it in [[Unicron issue 1|issue #1]].
*Rom contests the origin Bumblebee puts forth for the Dire Wraiths, because it contradicts the [[Solstar Order]]'s belief that they identified and destroyed the Wraiths' {{i|Dire Wraith homeworld|home planet}} centuries ago, as seen in [[Shining Armor issue 1|''Shining Armor'' #1]].
*Also from the ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' mini-series, Bumblebee recalls the fusion of Wraith magic and Cybertronian tech he and Rom witnessed when [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]] and [[Convoy (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] were taken over by the aliens.
*'Bee also brings up [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s death by magic at the hands of [[Virulina]] in [[Schismatic|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #1]].
*The alien world seen in flashback last issue, which was transformed into Unicron by the doomsday device, is revealed to be Antilla, the world of rust first seen in IDW continuity in [[Ghost Stories|the 2017 ''Transformers'' annual]]—a connection that had previously been hinted at by the fact that Antilla and Unicron (as seen in [[First Strike issue 6|''First Strike'' #6]]) both orbited a [[black hole]]. Additionally, Antilla is revealed to have been the unnamed world seen in [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]], home of the first alien civilization the [[Thirteen|Primes]] made contact with and which became Cybertron's first colony of sorts. ''Unicron itself'', then, is the missing thirteenth colony planet Bumblebee flagged up in issue #1! This does, however, raise the question of what happened to the [[Regenesis|Regenesis ore]] which should have taken root on Alpha Trion's "colony", now revealed as Unicron: Was there in fact an ore growing on Unicron itself?
*Fastlane and Cloudraker appear serving under Scattershot on a ship in the Cybertronian fleet. This is the first time the Clones have appeared in five years, having last cameoed in [[Three Monologues|''Robots in Disguise'' #20]]; it's not the first time they've worked with Scattershot, having fought alongside him and the other [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] way back in ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]''.
*Bludgeon observes that Victorion's gravity powers are a product of [[Ore-4]]. Presumably, this means her constituents acquired them through sustained exposure to the ore during their lives on its native world, Caminus.
*Monstructor returns! The original combiner hasn't been seen since ''[[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Dark Cybertron: Finale]]''. Bludgeon refers to his defeat at the hands of Omega Supreme millions of years ago, as seen in [[Primus: All Good Things|the 2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]].
*Shockwave, as Onyx Prime, was shown to have relocated to Antilla/Unicron following the end of the Age of the Primes in the 2017 ''Transformers'' annual, explaining in [[Unstopped and Unstoppable|''Optimus Prime'' #22]] (released on the same day as this issue) that he needed to do so because Cybertron had become "unwelcoming". It's unclear if he specifically went there to recover the Unicron doomsday device, or if he only found it after arriving on the planet.
*The Unicron device is revealed to be the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], the mysterious relic sent by "Onyx Prime" to Earth which was the central MacGuffin of the ''[[Revolutionaries]]'', ''[[First Strike]]'', and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' series. We're kicking ourselves we didn't figure this out last issue; the Talisman has previously displayed many of the same abilities seen in these two issues, including a connection to the forces of magic, the power to mutate lifeforms into Dire Wraiths (as it did to human beings in [[Crisis Intervention|''Revolutionaries'' #1]]), and the ability for its power to transcend the flow of time and space (having hurled [[Sgt. Savage]] through time in [[Strange Visitors|''Revolutionaries'' #5]]). Other abilities the Talisman has evinced, it now becomes obvious, are ones that have often been displayed by other incarnations of Unicron, including psychic powers, and the ability to reformat and upgrade Cybertronians and other technology. That said, any reason for the Talisman's apparent connection to [[Microspace]] (as seen in [[Enter The Shadow|''Revolutionaries'' #2]]) is still unclear...
*The Transformers who would take the Talisman to Earth (including [[Domitius Major]], [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]], and the other ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' characters) have previously been identified as [[Eukaris|Eukarians]] for their beast modes, but are here revealed to have been [[Maximal]]s who lived with Shockwave/Onyx on Antilla. This clarifies Centurion's memory from the [[Unification Day: Dusk|''Transformers: First Strike'' one-shot]] of a "black star in the sky above [his] homeworld," which never fitted with the idea he was from Eukaris.
*Windblade mentions that this isn't her first "Shockwave-plans-to-destroy-everything," referring to her role in the prior ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' crossover.
*This issue is the first explicit mention of [[CNA]] since ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]].''

===Transformers references===
*Fastlane and Cloudraker are drawn based on their recent ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toys. The pair have been differentiated by colour; Fastlane has a grey face, like the Clones' ''Titans Return'' toys and the characters' appearance in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], while Cloudraker's face is red, like the Clones' original 1987 toys, and their appearances in IDW comics.
*Unicron fires the energy blast that destroys Carcer from his right eye (the former ''Nemesis''), which was the same eye he fired blasts from in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*When [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] leaves the other Decepticons and takes to the sky, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] wonders if he is going to "fight or flee," referencing the [[Fight or Flee (episode)|Generation 1 cartoon episode of the same name]].

===Errors===
*Slingshot has been drawn among the fleeing Aerialbots on page 1, panel 1, but he's been dead for several years after succumbing to injuries sustained in [[Plan for Everything|''Robots in Disguise'' #16]]. He's a bit off-color, too, with a white head and blue eyes instead of his normal orange, and grey plane parts instead of white. Has he been deliberately mis-colored to obfuscate the error?
*If Onyx Prime only discovered the Talisman on Antilla "eons after" the first Cybertronian war, then there's no way it could have been in his possession during the events of [[Origin Myths|''Optimus Prime'' #10]], in which it appeared in the background. We'll have to write ''that'' issue off as the error.
*''Revolutionaries'' [[Strange Visitors|#5]] initially presented [[Merklynn|Garrison Krieger]] as the one who came up with the "Talisman" moniker as a spur-of-the moment nickname. Perhaps they just came up with the same idea separately?
*The view of Cybertron from space shown on the final page of this issue depicts it with a very classical look, covered with buildings—which ignores the fact that Cybertron is supposed to still be a primordial wasteland, with Metroplex/Iacon and the surrounding area as the only population center.

===Deathlist===
*Scattershot, Fastlane, Cloudraker, and unnumbered other Autobots, destroyed in the battle with the Decepticon fleet
*Wideload and Sledge, hacked up by Victorion
*Stormclash, implied to have died after being ripped off of Victorion
*The entire crew of Carcer, obliterated by Unicron; Obsidian's body can be seen lying under wreckage as the bridge is aflame, and Elita One appears floating in space on the final page, her fate ambiguous.

===Other trivia===
*This issue also includes a four-page ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]'' back-up strip, "{{i|Reunion}}," the next in a series of strips serving as "farewells" to the various [[Hasbro Universe]] properties as everything heads towards a close. Set a little further into the future than the main story this issue, it features [[M.A.S.K.]] rescuing civilians from the dangers caused by a "gravitational disturbance" within Earth's orbit; obviously, the arrival of Unicron over the planet, though the story never out-and-out says this, presumably to preserve the surprise when it actually happens in the next issue of the comic. No Transformers appear in the story.
*Other backmatter includes the third installment in a series of interviews with creators from IDW's past. This issue, it's key "Phase 2" creators ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]/[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' writer [[James Roberts]] and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise/The Transformers]]'' artist [[Andrew Griffith]].

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]] and [[combiner]]s enter the fray as Unicron attacks, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Sebastian Cheng]]
*'''Cover B:''' Metroplex, Jetfire, Thundercracker, Soundwave, [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], and [[Scarlett]], by [[James Raiz]] and [[David Garcia Cruz]]; connects to Raiz's other covers for the series to form [[:File:Unicron-Bcovers-JamesRaiz.jpg|a larger image]]
*'''Retailer incentive Cover A:''' Windblade and Starscream are aghast as Metroplex hurls himself into Unicron's maw, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive Cover B:''' Arcee by [[Francesco Francavilla]]; connects to Francavilla's other covers for the series to form a larger image

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[[Category:Unicron issues]]

Our Finest

2018-08-19T13:17:16Z

Crockalley: /* Continuity notes */ That's not what "begs the question" means

{{comicstory
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|prev=Stranger Eons
|next=Unicron issue 4
|image=TFUnicron3_cvrA.jpg
|caption=''Monsters vs. Aliens''
|title="Our Finest"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 8]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=Early August, 2018
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Sebastian Cheng]] (pgs 3, 5-7, 11-14, 16-20) & [[David Garcia Cruz]] (pgs 1-2, 4, 8-10, 15)
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}

'''Drastic options are weighed as all hope seems lost in the fight to defend Cybertron against Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fleet scrambles into action in response to the appearance of [[Unicron]] in the skies above the planet. As spaceport personnel led by [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] try to calm the civilian Decepticon populace, who think the fleet is abandoning them to die, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] invites the [[Torchbearer]]s to join her aboard [[Vigilem|Carcer]] for a direct strike against Unicron, intending to have their combined form [[Victorion]] penetrate the monster planet's armor as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] did and kill it from within. However, an unexpected enemy appears to bar their way, which they will have to fight their way through before they can reach Unicron: the fleet of the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], now allied with Unicron, its ships somehow changed in appearance, having become jagged and spiky. From the bridge of her ship ''[[Sabre]]'', [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] attempts to dissuade Elita from her course, but Elita refuses to run.

In [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s brain chamber, Optimus Prime, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and [[Rom]] debate tactics; Rom proposes activating Metroplex to join the fight, while Starscream suggests Metroplex use his [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] to teleport them all off-planet. [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] points out that only 30% of the population is within Metroplex, but Starscream is willing to sacrifice the others if it means some can survive. Suddenly, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] bursts in with [[Aileron]] to share what he has learned of Unicron's origins from [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]; how an alien scientist's doomsday device transformed his world into Unicron, and unleashed the energies that destroyed [[Prysmos]] and created the [[Dire Wraith]]s. [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] is able to fill in some of the blanks; the planet in question was [[Antilla]], the first world the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Prime]]s attempted to colonize by force millions of years ago, sparking a war between Cybertron and the Antillans that she herself fought in. Unicron is not merely a doomsday weapon—it is a weapon of ultimate retribution for the ancient sins of the Cybertronian race.

When Victorion spots another vessel coming under heavy fire from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s flagship, Elita orders her to leave them, perfectly willing to sacrifice the fleet if it will allow them to destroy Unicron. Having seen too much death, Victorion refuses, and diverts to attack Bludgeon's ship, hacking her way inside and cleaving a path through the Decepticons within, who have all been mutated, like their ships, into "[[Maximal]]" forms. Unfortunately, Bludgeon has a secret weapon waiting to confront Victorion: [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], also mutated like the other Decepticons, whose sheer animalistic might proves more than Victorion can handle.

Optimus Prime seeks further answers about Antilla and Unicron from the mastermind behind the attempted colonization, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. The captive Decepticon relates how, after the end of the Age of Primes, he and the Maximals relocated to the dead Antilla, where he found the heart of the doomsday device, redubbed it "the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]," and [[Strange Visitors|had his minions take it to Earth]]. From there, it found its way back to Cybertron, and now acts as bait to lure Unicron into Shockwave's trap. When Unicron consumes Cybertron, it will be destroyed by the poisoned energon the Talisman has created, leaving the Cybertronian race free to rebuild itself on [[Earth]] in its ultimate form, a new empire unencumbered by the legends, religions, and ideologies of the past. With his new information in mind, Starscream restates his belief they should flee, ''allowing'' Unicron to eat Cybertron and die. This sends Windblade into a rage, and she begins railing against the moral corruption she believes to be inherent to Cybertron, for which she and all the other colony worlds are now suffering. Windblade transforms to jet mode and starts to fly off, until Arcee suddenly pounces on her back; Arcee has run from the consequences of her role in the Antilla war for millions of years, and she is not about to let Windblade do the same. But Windblade isn't ''running''—she has a ''plan.''

As Carcer comes under a sustained barrage of firepower from Bludgeon's ship, Victorion falls before Monstructor, crumbling back into her component parts after [[Stormclash]] is torn from her body. Damning the names of all who have stood against her, Elita orders Carcer to ram Unicron... but before the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] can make contact, the chaos-bringer unleashes an energy blast from its eye that obliterates Carcer and all aboard.

In desperation, [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] fetches the [[Enigma of Combination]], proposing that the entire populace of Cybertron be combined into a giant to fight Unicron hand-to-hand. Unfortunately, Jetfire calculates that the resultant combiner would ''still'' be far too small to engage Unicron. With all options running out, even the optimistic Aileron begins to wonder if Starscream's plan to run and sacrifice most of the planet's inhabitants is the only course of action... but it is a course of action Soundwave will ''not'' allow. He reaches out telepathically and informs every Decepticon on the planet of Starscream's plan—and naturally, it turns them into a furious mob that storms the barricades and begins flooding towards Metroplex. Arcee comes running back into the room and announces that Windblade has a plan—but with time growing short, even Optimus Prime is paralyzed, unsure of the right course of action. Surprisingly, it is Starscream who makes the call; Windblade believed in him once, and he decides to do the same for her, ruling that that they will stay and enact her plan. But whatever it is, they'd better do it fast, as Unicron begins to sink its talons into Cybertron's surface...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (1)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (2)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (3, see "Errors")
*[[Dust Up]] (4)
*[[Stormclash]] (5)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (6)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (7)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (8)
*[[Jumpstream]] (10)
*[[Rust Dust]] (11)
*[[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] (16)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (17)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (18)
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] (23)
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*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (24)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (27)
*[[Victorion]] (29)
*[[Aileron]] (30)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (31)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (32)
*''[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'' (34)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (38)
*[[Fastlane]] (39)
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (40)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (50, voice only)
*[[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] (52)
{{!}}}

|c2=
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (12)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (13)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (26)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave/''Onyx Prime'']] (35)
*[[Sledge (Classics)|Sledge]] (41)
*[[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]] (42)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (43)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (49)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (51)

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*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] (9)
*[[Zetca]] (14)
*[[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (15)
*[[Greenlight]] (20)
*[[Lancer]] (21)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (28)
*''Various [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]'' (33)
*''[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'' (36)
*''[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'' (37)
*[[Vigilem|Carcer]] (44)
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (45)
*''[[Domitius Major]]'' (46)
*''[[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]]'' (47)
*''"Hearts of Steel Prowl"'' (48)

|c4=
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (19)
*[[D.0.C.]] (22)
*[[Rom]] (25)
*[[Carax]] (53)

}}

==Quotes==
"'''Tough lady 'bots''' for the win."
:—'''Stormclash'''

"I thought Omega Supreme was supposed to be on '''our''' side." 
"Maybe he needed to do a genocide to figure out it's '''bad?''' I feel like that happens with Cybertronian guys some times." 
"You are '''all''' gross."
:—'''Aileron''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"I've seen '''too much''' death. We can defeat Unicron '''and''' survive—nothing is '''hopeless.''' Except '''you''', Decepticons."
:—'''Victorion'''

"'''Everyone''' dies in the end, Victorion.... and the end is '''here.'''"
:—'''Bludgeon'''

"You'd leave '''billions''' of people—Cybertronians, colonists, Elonians—to '''die?!'''" 
"Of '''course''' he would! This is what Cybertron '''is.''' This is what it '''does''' to people. '''Cybertronians''' caused this! Not '''me'''—not '''Camiens''', not '''Elonians'''—not '''any''' colonists! '''We're''' paying the price for '''your''' sins!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' questions Starscream's plan, sending '''Windblade''' into a rage

"I '''regret''' what happened. Every '''day.''' I'm sure Omega regrets it—regretted it—too. But maybe I shouldn't have run from the '''consequences.'''"
:—'''Arcee'''

"We have to do '''something.'''" 
"We can '''ruuuun.'''" 
"'''Shut up,''' Starscream."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*A small computer readout in the corner of page 3, panel 1 indicates that the giant eyeball-shaped ''[[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]'' spacecraft that Shockwave and the Maximals have been using has now become the right eye of Unicron's robot mode, following his absorption of it in [[Unicron issue 1|issue #1]].
*Rom contests the origin Bumblebee puts forth for the Dire Wraiths, because it contradicts the [[Solstar Order]]'s belief that they identified and destroyed the Wraiths' {{i|Dire Wraith homeworld|home planet}} centuries ago, as seen in [[Shining Armor issue 1|''Shining Armor'' #1]].
*Also from the ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' mini-series, Bumblebee recalls the fusion of Wraith magic and Cybertronian tech he and Rom witnessed when [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]] and [[Convoy (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] were taken over by the aliens.
*'Bee also brings up [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s death by magic at the hands of [[Virulina]] in [[Schismatic|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #1]].
*The alien world seen in flashback last issue, which was transformed into Unicron by the doomsday device, is revealed to be Antilla, the world of rust first seen in IDW continuity in [[Ghost Stories|the 2017 ''Transformers'' annual]]—a connection that had previously been hinted at by the fact that Antilla and Unicron (as seen in [[First Strike issue 6|''First Strike'' #6]]) both orbited a [[black hole]]. Additionally, Antilla is revealed to have been the unnamed world seen in [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]], home of the first alien civilization the [[Thirteen|Primes]] made contact with and which became Cybertron's first colony of sorts. ''Unicron itself'', then, is the missing thirteenth colony planet Bumblebee flagged up in issue #1! This does, however, raise the question of what happened to the [[Regenesis|Regenesis ore]] which should have taken root on Alpha Trion's "colony", now revealed as Unicron: Was there in fact an ore growing on Unicron itself?
*Fastlane and Cloudraker appear serving under Scattershot on a ship in the Cybertronian fleet. This is the first time the Clones have appeared in five years, having last cameoed in [[Three Monologues|''Robots in Disguise'' #20]]; it's not the first time they've worked with Scattershot, having fought alongside him and the other [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] way back in ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]''.
*Bludgeon observes that Victorion's gravity powers are a product of [[Ore-4]]. Presumably, this means her constituents acquired them through sustained exposure to the ore during their lives on its native world, Caminus.
*Monstructor returns! The original combiner hasn't been seen since ''[[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Dark Cybertron: Finale]]''. Bludgeon refers to his defeat at the hands of Omega Supreme millions of years ago, as seen in [[Primus: All Good Things|the 2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]].
*Shockwave, as Onyx Prime, was shown to have relocated to Antilla/Unicron following the end of the Age of the Primes in the 2017 ''Transformers'' annual, explaining in [[Unstopped and Unstoppable|''Optimus Prime'' #22]] (released on the same day as this issue) that he needed to do so because Cybertron had become "unwelcoming". It's unclear if he specifically went there to recover the Unicron doomsday device, or if he only found it after arriving on the planet.
*The Unicron device is revealed to be the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], the mysterious relic sent by "Onyx Prime" to Earth which was the central MacGuffin of the ''[[Revolutionaries]]'', ''[[First Strike]]'', and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' series. We're kicking ourselves we didn't figure this out last issue; the Talisman has previously displayed many of the same abilities seen in these two issues, including a connection to the forces of magic, the power to mutate lifeforms into Dire Wraiths (as it did to human beings in [[Crisis Intervention|''Revolutionaries'' #1]]), and the ability for its power to transcend the flow of time and space (having hurled [[Sgt. Savage]] through time in [[Strange Visitors|''Revolutionaries'' #5]]). Other abilities the Talisman has evinced, it now becomes obvious, are ones that have often been displayed by other incarnations of Unicron, including psychic powers, and the ability to reformat and upgrade Cybertronians and other technology. That said, any reason for the Talisman's apparent connection to [[Microspace]] (as seen in [[Enter The Shadow|''Revolutionaries'' #2]]) is still unclear...
*The Transformers who would take the Talisman to Earth (including [[Domitius Major]], [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]], and the other ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' characters) have previously been identified as [[Eukaris|Eukarians]] for their beast modes, but are here revealed to have been [[Maximal]]s who lived with Shockwave/Onyx on Antilla. This clarifies Centurion's memory from the [[Unification Day: Dusk|''Transformers: First Strike'' one-shot]] of a "black star in the sky above [his] homeworld," which never fitted with the idea he was from Eukaris.
*Windblade mentions that this isn't her first "Shockwave-plans-to-destroy-everything," referring to her role in the prior ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' crossover.
*This issue is the first explicit mention of [[CNA]] since ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]].''

===Transformers references===
*Fastlane and Cloudraker are drawn based on their recent ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toys. The pair have been differentiated by colour; Fastlane has a grey face, like the Clones' ''Titans Return'' toys and the characters' appearance in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], while Cloudraker's face is red, like the Clones' original 1987 toys, and their appearances in IDW comics.
*Unicron fires the energy blast that destroys Carcer from his right eye (the former ''Nemesis''), which was the same eye he fired blasts from in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*When [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] leaves the other Decepticons and takes to the sky, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] wonders if he is going to "fight or flee," referencing the [[Fight or Flee (episode)|Generation 1 cartoon episode of the same name]].

===Errors===
*Slingshot has been drawn among the fleeing Aerialbots on page 1, panel 1, but he's been dead for several years after succumbing to injuries sustained in [[Plan for Everything|''Robots in Disguise'' #16]]. He's a bit off-color, too, with a white head and blue eyes instead of his normal orange, and grey plane parts instead of white. Has he been deliberately mis-colored to obfuscate the error?
*If Onyx Prime only discovered the Talisman on Antilla "eons after" the first Cybertronian war, then there's no way it could have been in his possession during the events of [[Origin Myths|''Optimus Prime'' #10]], in which it appeared in the background. We'll have to write ''that'' issue off as the error.
*''Revolutionaries'' [[Strange Visitors|#5]] initially presented [[Merklynn|Garrison Krieger]] as the one who came up with the "Talisman" moniker as a spur-of-the moment nickname. Perhaps they just came up with the same idea separately?
*The view of Cybertron from space shown on the final page of this issue depicts it with a very classical look, covered with buildings—which ignores the fact that Cybertron is supposed to still be a primordial wasteland, with Metroplex/Iacon and the surrounding area as the only population center.

===Deathlist===
*Scattershot, Fastlane, Cloudraker, and unnumbered other Autobots, destroyed in the battle with the Decepticon fleet
*Wideload and Sledge, hacked up by Victorion
*Stormclash, implied to have died after being ripped off of Victorion
*The entire crew of Carcer, obliterated by Unicron; Obsidian's body can be seen lying under wreckage as the bridge is aflame, and Elita One appears floating in space on the final page, her fate ambiguous.

===Other trivia===
*This issue also includes a four-page ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]'' back-up strip, "{{i|Reunion}}," the next in a series of strips serving as "farewells" to the various [[Hasbro Universe]] properties as everything heads towards a close. Set a little further into the future than the main story this issue, it features [[M.A.S.K.]] rescuing civilians from the dangers caused by a "gravitational disturbance" within Earth's orbit; obviously, the arrival of Unicron over the planet, though the story never out-and-out says this, presumably to preserve the surprise when it actually happens in the next issue of the comic. No Transformers appear in the story.
*Other backmatter includes the first installment in a series of interviews with creators from IDW's past. This issue, it's key "Phase 2" creators ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]/[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' writer [[James Roberts]] and ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise/The Transformers]]'' artist [[Andrew Griffith]].

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]] and [[combiner]]s enter the fray as Unicron attacks, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Sebastian Cheng]]
*'''Cover B:''' Metroplex, Jetfire, Thundercracker, Soundwave, [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], and [[Scarlett]], by [[James Raiz]] and [[David Garcia Cruz]]; connects to Raiz's other covers for the series to form [[:File:Unicron-Bcovers-JamesRaiz.jpg|a larger image]]
*'''Retailer incentive Cover A:''' Windblade and Starscream are aghast as Metroplex hurls himself into Unicron's maw, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive Cover B:''' Arcee by [[Francesco Francavilla]]; connects to Francavilla's other covers for the series to form a larger image

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[[Category:Unicron issues]]

Stranger Eons

2018-08-19T11:58:46Z

Crockalley: /* Other trivia */ 'second' installment

{{comicstory
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|prev=Unicron issue 1
|next=Our Finest
|image=TFUnicron2_cvrA.jpg
|caption="You either kill this animal, or you're gonna cut off his food supply!"
|title="Stranger Eons"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 25]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=Late July, 2018
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Sebastian Cheng]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
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'''Starscream orchestrates a Decepticon retaliation against Unicron, while Bumblebee goes to Omega Supreme for answers about the planet-eater's origins.'''

==Synopsis==
Disparaging all those leaders who have come before him, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] explains to the assembled populace of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the survivors of the destroyed colonies his plan to eliminate [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Starscream has sent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] out into the universe to round up the many scattered cells of surviving [[Decepticon]]s who never returned to Cybertron after the [[Great War (G1)|war]] ended. Between them, these Decepticons form a vast communications network that allows them to track down Unicron's location and intercept it. Now, this united "[[Decepticon Vengeance Division]]" surrounds the monster planet with a [[stasis web]] that prevents it from moving away...

Still dealing with the loss of [[Caminus]], [[Aileron]] finds no comfort in [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]'s stoic assurance that they will be able to get through the threat of Unicron. Before the pair can argue their feelings out, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] apologetically interrupts to question Arcee; the sight of the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]] they found inside Unicron clearly unnerved her, and he wants to know why. Aileron is ready to defend Arcee's honor, but Arcee confesses the secret reason: long ago, she fought alongside the Sentinels during the first disastrous attempts at Cybertronian expansion to other worlds. She assumes one of the Sentinels must have found Unicron, long ago, and suspects it could have been sent by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. Since they obviously can't trust anything Shockwave would tell them, Bumblebee heads off to see the only other 'bot who might have the answer, but when Aileron tries to tag along, 'Bee is reluctant to let her. Aileron explains that she needs something to ''do'' in this time of crisis, an urge Bumblebee himself is very familiar with, and agrees to let her join him as he visits the hangar containing the comatose [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Of course, since the giant [[Autobot]] has been offline for years, there's no way 'Bee can actually ''talk'' with Omega; he is just here to scope out the situation, hoping perhaps [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] can be called upon to read Omega's mind. That becomes unnecessary, however, when 'Bee rests his hand upon Omega's forehead, and a crackle of dark energy overcomes the little 'bot, darkening his eyes...

The [[Torchbearer]]s watch from afar as [[Pyra Magna]] silently looks out over the horizon, still clutching the deceased [[Mistress of Flame]]'s forgehammer. Pyra thinks the gift of the hammer was one last parting jab from the Mistress, to remind her of what the Mistress believed she should be; bitterly, Pyra stabs the hammer's shaft into the ground, and leaves it standing there as she walks away, angrily certain that she could never forget the Mistress, even if she wanted to.

Starscream joins [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the rest of the [[Council of Worlds]] in their war room, though he is far from welcomed by his old political partners. Starscream assures them he is not who he used to be, revealing Shockwave's plan to build a new Decepticon empire after letting Unicron eat Cybertron, and how he has no desire to go along with it. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] proposes adding the rest of the Cybertronian fleet to the Decepticon armada for the attack on Unicron, but Starscream insists the Decepticons can do it alone, while Optimus remains confident in his belief that Starscream intends to betray them all. The argument is interrupted by a transmission from [[G Nebula 89]], which turns out to be from the starship ''[[Sabre]]'' captained by the long-absent [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], who was sent to search for [[Liege Maximo]] months ago. Maximo's reappearance on Cybertron had led all to assume the ''Sabre'' was lost, but it turns out they had a run-in with the [[Maximal]]s and sustained damage to their comms which has only just now been repaired. And none too soon, because the ''Sabre'' has just run across the Decepticon fleet as it begins its attack on Unicron!

Somehow merging minds with Omega Supreme, Bumblebee is granted a glimpse into the distant past, where Unicron's origins are hinted at. Long ago, on a distant, unknown world consumed by war, an alien scientist created a doomsday device that would end the conflict by ending all life. The energies released by this device tore across the cosmos, through space and time, destroying the world of [[Prysmos]]... using its magic to mutate the surviving aliens into the [[Dire Wraith]]s... and obliterating the war-torn world's star system, leaving only a black star, orbited by the now-lifeless world.

Chromia and her crew watch in awe as the Decepticon fleet unleashes an unspeakable amount of firepower against Unicron, to no apparent avail. Bursting through the conflagration, the Maximal Army comes flying up from Unicron's surface, the sight of which is enough for Chromia to call retreat. But the crew of the ''Sabre'' are not the only ones departing the scene; Unicron too warps away, the stars once again winking out in its wake. As the Maximals close on the fleet, the Decepticons think they're in for a fight, but all is not as it seems; Bludgeon reveals that Unicron is his true master, and welcomes the Maximals aboard his ship! There, the [[Eukaris|Eukarian]]-looking Transformers shed their beast-skins to reveal their true forms—spiked devil-robots cast in the image of their progenitor Liege Maximo—as Bludgeon declares that they shall be the final evolution of the Decepticons!

His knowledge imparted, Omega Supreme dies, leaving Aileron to rouse Bumblebee from his trance. The pair race outside in response to the sounds of chaos, and stare into the sky to see that Unicron has arrived, and has transformed into a titanic robot form that now looms over Cybertron. But Bumblebee has learned what Unicron ''is''... and knows that the only way to stop it is for all the Transformers to ''die!''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Aileron]] (13)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (14)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (15)
*[[Stormclash]] (16)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (17)
*[[Rust Dust]] (18)
*[[Dust Up]] (19)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (28)
|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]] (7)
*[[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]] (8)
*[[Sledge (Classics)|Sledge]] (9)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (10)

|h3=[[Maximal]]s
|c3=
*"[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]" (33)
*"[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]" (34)
*"[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]" (35)

|h4=Other Cybertronians|c4=
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (20)
*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (21)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (22)
*[[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] (23)
*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (24)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (25)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] (26)
*[[Greenlight]] (29)
*[[Lancer]] (30)

|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Rom]] (5)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (11)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (27)
*''[[Dire Wraith]]s'' (31)
*''[[Prysmosian]]s'' (32)
}}

==Quotes==
"Starscream was '''right''' about me. I pretty much '''never''' know what I'm doing."
:—'''Bumblebee'''

"You didn't know when to stop talking about me, Mistress. You claimed I abandoned the '''Way of Flame'''... but I '''never''' relinquished my duty to Caminus '''or''' her people. I simply refused to serve the Primes' '''hypocrisy'''—or '''yours.''' Did you give me the '''forgehammer''' to remind me of what you thought I should be? To hammer my '''spark''' down a bit? Well, you didn't '''need''' to, Mistress. I will '''never''' forget you... not matter '''how''' hard I try."
:—'''Pyra Magna''' eulogizes the Mistress of Flame

''"The '''star system''' gone... the heart of the storm '''remained'''... the ghosts '''fled'''... no... not ghosts... '''Wraiths'''... spread '''far away'''... power '''coalesced'''... a '''lone planet'''... orbiting a '''black star'''... lifeless... alone... Unicron."''
:—'''Bumblebee''' has a vision

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Windblade still believes Bludgeon is dead following the events of ''[[The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation]]'', but we learned he was still alive back in [[The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|''Optimus Prime'' #13]]. Starscream must have sent him off into space sometime between [[The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|issue #14]] and his subsequent loss of power in the [[The Chosen One|2017 ''Till All Are One'' annual]].
*Wideload sarcastically refers to Bludgeon's battle talk as fitting the era of "[[First Cybertronian Civil War|the first civil war]]".
*Arcee's history with the Omega Sentinels as part of Cybertron's attempted expansion was detailed in [[The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|''Optimus Prime'' #18]].
*As we noted last issue, Omega Supreme has been offline since sustaining severe injuries in [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]].
*This is the first time that the Mistress of Flame's hammer-shaped badge of office has been given a name: the [[Forgehammer]].
*Chromia left Cybertron to pursuit Liege Maximo in [[Heavy|''Till All Are One'' #9]]. Her fate, and that of her team, has been a hanging question until now, what with Liege's reappearance in [[The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|''Optimus Prime'' #15]], and Windblade's own inquiry about what happened to them in [[The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|#16]] going unanswered. Turns out they were okay, folks.
*Though it's not entirely clear from the visuals, the energies released by the alien doomsday weapon were responsible for the destruction of Prysmos, an event which, per [[Schismatic|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #1]], the former inhabitants of the planet believe was caused by the de-alignment of its three suns. The destruction of Prysmos has been established to be a recent event that happened within the Visionaries' lifetimes, which would indicate that the doomsday device's powers reached across time and space to cause it (as implied by Omega's narration, which says the machine reached not just "across worlds," but "across reality").
*Compounding the unclear visuals, the narration ("giving rise to new magicks, new wars...") could be read as implying that the magic of Prysmos was ''created'' by Unicron's birth, but rather, it is intended to establish that the Dire Wraiths and their dark "magicks" were created ''from'' the "magic" of Prysmos. The Wraiths were established to hail from the [[Dark Nebula]] in [[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|''More than Meets the Eye: Revolution'']], and though the presence of a "black star," left by the activation of the alien device, might make it seem that this region of space ''is'' the Nebula, [[Shining Armor issue 1|''Rom vs. Transformers'' #1]] established that the [[Space Knight]]s destroyed what was considered to be the {{i|Dire Wraith homeworld}} centuries ago. The Wraiths didn't contest this ({{i|Long Roads to Ruin, Part 4|''ROM'' #14}} revealed they infiltrated Earth specifically to transform it into a new home), but this new development indicates that the world the Knights destroyed must have merely the planet to which the Wraiths migrated following their creation.
*The visual of a "dead world" orbiting a "black star" has been a component of the Onyx Prime/Unicron mytharc since 2015's [[Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #47]]. We still don't have the full picture, but Unicron was shown orbiting a black hole in his debut in [[First Strike issue 6|''First Strike'' #6]], and the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' annual]] would show that the planet [[Antilla]], home of Shockwave/Onyx Prime following the end of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], did the same...
*Bludgeon spoke of the approach of a "master" back in issue #14; the most logical choice at the time was that he was referring to the impending arrival of Onyx Prime (especially since Onyx later turned out to be Shockwave, who actually used to ''be'' Bludgeon's master), but it turns out that, like we speculated, he was indeed referring to Unicron!

===Transformers references===
*The three Decepticons we see Bludgeon recruit are the [[Demolition Team]], a squad of [[Mini-Con]]s released as part of the 2006 ''[[Transformers: Classics]]'' toyline. Unsurprisingly, they're not Mini-Cons here!
*In addition to the [[Worldsweeper]]s, which should be familiar to any longtime IDW readers, other types of ship seen in the Decepticon Vengeance Division fleet include [[Warworld]]s (originally from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic]], but which have also shown up in IDW continuity), and multiple ships cast in the image of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], and the [[Revenge (G1)|''Revenge'']] from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Bumblebee and Aileron walk past ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] on page 6.
*Chromia's ship is named the ''[[Sabre]]'', after the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] spacecraft from the Marvel ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comic.
*G Nebula 89 is a region of space featured in the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|''Super-God Masterforce'']] and [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'']] cartoons.
*The panels illustrating Unicron's transformation are "shot"-for-shot matches to elements of his transformation sequence from the 1986 movie.

===Other franchise references===
*The airships seen above Prysmos are scaled-up and redesigned versions of the ''Visionaries'' [http://www.thevisionaries.net/characters/sky-claw/sky-claw/18 Sky Claw] chariot.

===Real-world references===
*The title of this issue, "Stranger Eons", is a reference to a quote from the {{w|H. P. Lovecraft}} horror story ''{{w|The Nameless City}}'': "That is not dead which can eternal lie/And with strange aeons, even death may die." The concept of "death dying" goes hand-in-hand with Bludgeon's line that, in killing Unicron, the Decepticons "will kill death."

===Errors===
*Should Firestar be on the cover of this issue? The theme of the scene is Starscream and the council; has Firestar been drawn in place of actual council member Moonracer? Firestar isn't in the issue itself!
*On page 2, Sledge calls Wideload "Sledge".
*It's not ''strictly'' an error, since he was last seen heavily damaged and in need of repairs, but Bludgeon has returned to his original [[Pretender]] shell design from ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', rather than the new one he sported in ''Salvation'' and ''Optimus Prime'' following exposure to [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s corrupted [[energon]].
*On page 13, Elita One is titled as the "Carcerian delegate" while her actual position is the Carcerian First, her appointed delegates being [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]].

===Deathlist===
*Omega Supreme; finally succumbs to his injuries after mind-melding with Bumblebee

===Other trivia===
*This issue also includes a four-page ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' back-up strip, "[[Last Stand (G.I. Joe)|Last Stand]]," a short coda for the unfinished ''[[Scarlett's Strike Force]]'' that seems to be set a little further into the future than the events of the main story this issue, as it shows the Maximals attacking [[Earth]]. Since we covered that series on this wiki, it's got its own article here.
*Other backmatter includes the second installment in a series of interviews with creators from IDW's past. This issue, it's the IDW's second-ever writer ''Transformers'' [[Nick Roche]] and ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' scribe [[Shane McCarthy]].

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' Starscream and the council by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Cover B:''' Bumblebee, Starscream, Bludgeon, Chromia, Elita One, [[Virulina]], and [[Matt Trakker]] by [[James Raiz]] and [[David Garcia Cruz]]; connects to Raiz's other covers for the series to form [[:File:Unicron-Bcovers-JamesRaiz.jpg|a larger image]]
*'''Retailer incentive Cover A:''' Optimus, Bumblebee, and Windblade, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]
*'''Retailer incentive Cover B:''' Bumblebee by [[Francesco Francavilla]]; connects to Francavilla's other covers for the series to form a larger image

<gallery>
File:TFUnicron2_cvrA.jpg|Off the chart sassiness.
File:TFUnicron2_cvrB.jpg|Game over, man!
File:TFUnicron2_cvrRIA.jpg|Heroes about to fall?
File:TFUnicron2_cvrRIB.jpg|The killer of the IDW franchise... and Unicron.
</gallery>

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==External links==
*[https://graphicpolicy.com/2018/07/24/preview-transformers-unicron-2-of-6/ Preview]

[[Category:Unicron issues]]

Zauru

2018-08-17T11:01:07Z

Crockalley: /* Generations */ EE exclusive

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Zaur}}
:''Zauru is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]] (via [[Studio Series]]).''
[[File:Studio-Series-20-Vol2-retro-Pop-Highway-Zauru.jpg|thumb|300px|Dino rangers roar! Power rangers score!]]

'''Zauru''' is the heroic twin of [[Uruaz]].<ref>[https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-e07060000 HTS product description for ''Studio Series'' 19 Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage]</ref>

==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway''' (3-pack, 2018)
**''Number'': '''20'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right cannons

: ''[[Studio Series]]'' Zauru is a [[redeco]] of [[Uruaz#Toys|Uruaz]], utilizing a recreated mold of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' [[Saur#Toys|Saur]], transforming from mini-cassette into an ''Apatosaurus''. Two silver cannons plug into the faux cassette tape holes near his hind legs. In tape mode, he fits into the chest compartment of the original [[Blaster (G1)/toys|Blaster]] or [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] toys (and their [[retool]]ed reincarnations). Zauru combines with Uriad to form the legs of an unnamed combiner. His cannons become hip-mounted weapons in this form.

: He was only available in a [[Entertainment Earth]] 2018 [[exclusive]] box set, alongside [[Uriad#Toys|Uriad]] and a chromed [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS20|Bumblebee]].
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==Notes==
*"Zauru" is a direct romanization of [[Saur]]'s original Japanese name "ザウル" (Zauru). That name is in turn the back half of an archaic Japanese rendering of "dinosaur" or else is wordplay on the modern Japanese version of "dinosaur".

==References==
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[[Category:Live-action film series Autobots]]
[[Category:Studio Series]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Tyrannitron

2018-02-05T01:37:37Z

Crockalley: /* Generation 1 */ Location of peg holes.

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|Snarl's Action Master partner|the similar-sounding Sharkticon from ''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]''|Tyrannicon}}
:''Tyrannitron is an [[Autobot]] [[Action Master partner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1-toy TyrannitronDino.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]

'''Tyrannitron''' may be small, but he fits right into the general [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] theme: angry, snarling, barely-controlled fury in the form of a prehistoric metal monster. Sure, he can convert into a huge shrapnel rifle, but that means his partner [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] is doing the actual destruction. Tyrannitron would much rather be ripping into the [[Decepticon]]s tooth and nail on his own, thank you very much.

==Fiction==
===''Classics''===
Tyrannitron was part of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s crew on the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]''. Apparently, he ate things he was not supposed to. [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] was given the task of watching him, since he wanted to stay on the ship while Snarl was accompanying the crew in stopping [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. No one else had the time to look for Tyrannitron. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy TyrannitronGun.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Snarl w/ Tyrannitron''' (Action Master, 1990)

: Tyrannitron is a mechanical dino-critter (he actually rather resembles [[Hojoni]]) with a simple spring-loaded transformation into a cannon mode that can be held by any Action Master figure. In this mode, he can attach any normal Action Master rifle to the end of his cannon to form a super weapon; in dino mode he also has peg holes on either shoulder to mount any Action Master rifle. He was available only with [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Tyrannitron (with Snarl) at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*The [[Action Master]] partner robots were given the "[[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]" classification [[Retcon|retroactively]] by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series.

[[Category:Action Master partners]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]

Megatron (G1)/toys

2017-05-18T22:01:25Z

Crockalley: main pic

{{suite}}
[[File:Megatron_G1_toys.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Uh oh]]
Many toys have been made of '''[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''. So many, they have to get their own page!

==Generation 1==
{{anchor|G1v1}}[[File:G1Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|This photo needs an orange cap or someone might shoot the wiki.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon Leader, 1984/1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Accessories (Hasbro release)'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon"
**''Accessories (Takara release)'': Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets

: Released in the first year of the ''Transformers'' toyline, the original Megatron toy began life as the ''[[Microman]]'' figure "Gun Robo - P38", which transforms into an accurate replica of a Walther P-38 pistol. This ''Microman'' figure was available in two forms: a standard version in two color schemes (one grey, one black), and the "Gun Robo - P38 U.N.C.L.E.", outfitted with three distinctive accessories—a scope, a silencer and a stock—that replicate the appearance of the unique, specialized Walther pistol seen in the popular 1960s spy television series ''[[Wikipedia:The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' <ref>"U.N.C.L.E. Special" Carbine at CIA Museum, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100324191047/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html archived version]</ref> It was the "U.N.C.L.E." version, with all of its special accessories, that was released by Hasbro as Megatron. When the figure is in [[robot mode]], the sight doubles as his signature arm-mounted [[fusion cannon]], but can also be combined with the other attachments to form either a "Particle Beam Cannon" weapons emplacement that Megatron can man, or a "Telescopic Laser Cannon" that connects to the figure as an over-shoulder weapons array. The pieces can also form a turret that a ''Microman'' figure can sit on and operate (that's what the tiny handles on Megatron's fusion cannon are for), but this feature was naturally left out of the ''Transformers'' version's instructions. Megatron also came with a chromed silver "high-density infrared laser cannon" that plugs into his either of his hands.

: The original ''Microman'' release of the toy that would be Megatron featured a spring-loaded firing mechanism that allowed the toy to shoot ([[for safety reasons|dangerously small]]) plastic bullets one at a time from its barrel. A similar launching mechanism was also built into the stock piece, which could launch the bullets when the accessories were configured into their weapons emplacement mode, or attach to Megatron's hip when in robot mode and launch the bullets through his barrel. As with all missile-firing gimmicks, this feature was removed from the Hasbro release of the toy, though the ports into which the bullets were inserted are still present.

: Megatron has had several variations, reissues and [[redeco]]s released down through the years; this article strives to list each distinct edition of the toy under its own respective series. The earliest variation of the toy came in 1985, when (like all toys originally available in 1984) a factory-applied [[rubsign]] was added to Megatron's right arm while another version had the rub sign on his left hip guard. Then, the following year, when he was no longer a part of the toy assortment sold at retail, Megatron was made available as a mail-away item in the "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]" flier packed in with boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $21.50 and five [[Robot Point]]s. To coincide with the 1986 animated movie release, he was also offered in 'The Autobots Have A Special Mission For...' mail-away pamphlet and came with a special "Movie Edition Certificate" and a round sticker that read " Movie . Edition . Transformer" with the Autobot symbol in the middle. (This item is considered rare.)

: Perhaps the most significant variant of Megatron released in these early years was the version of the figure released by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in Japan (pictured below). Instead of using the ''Microman'' "U.N.C.L.E." figure as Hasbro had, Takara released the ''standard'' version of the Gun Robo P-38 ''Microman'' figure, in its grey color scheme, which featured flat grey plastic on the chest and arms (where Hasbro's toy was chromed), and blue plastic on the inner arms and legs (where Hasbro's was red). Most notably, like that standard ''Microman'' figure, Takara's Megatron did not come with the stock, silencer and scope accessories (lacking even the attachment point for his cannon on his right arm), but instead came with a silver-chromed sword and retained his original bullet-firing mechanism. Takara's [[package art]] for the figure was an entirely different illustration from the Hasbro version, showing this toy's accessories, but it still erroneously showed the figure with red plastic on its limbs. This coloration was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] by [[e-HOBBY]] for a new character named [[Megaplex]].

: Megatron is probably the most troubled Transformer toy in all of Transformer history, due to being originally Japanese which had different toy laws, he is frequently [[For safety reasons|banned]] due to being a realistic gun while lacking an orange cap to indicate it's not a real gun. Some countries banned it or deemed it illegal due to criminals or kids misusing it as a real gun and terrorizing others, or law enforcement mistaking it for a real firearm and shooting innocent people dead (as has happened multiple times in the past). For you American fans, it may actually be easier to own a ''real'' Walther P-38 handgun than this original Megatron toy.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy japanese megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Convoy VS Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VSX'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets

: In Japan, Megatron was also made available in a special two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases. In Megatron's case, that means unchromed gray plastic, blue instead of red, and a functional firing mechanism and sword, instead of the scope, silencer and stock. This box also used an altered version of the individual release's box-art, turning his head sideways to face Prime, as opposed to the original's camera-facing head position.

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[[File:G1toy gb megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|''The world can be one together, Cosmos without hatred. Stars like diamonds in your eyes...'']]
*'''Good Bye Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories'': Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets, targeting sight/fusion cannon

: Megatron was released again as part of a special "Good Bye" set to commemorate his passing ([[Galvatron (G1)|of sorts]]) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', packaged with [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]] (who also was now no more). Although it still lacked the chrome seen on the Hasbro version of the toy, this edition of the figure replaced the blue plastic seen on previous Takara releases with Hasbro's show-accurate red, and included the fusion cannon accessory for the first time with a Takara release, complete with the mounting point now added to Megatron's right arm. Though still lacking the silencer and stock, the toy retained its Japanese-exclusive sword accessory and its bullet-firing mechanism, with one modification: The bullets, formerly blue, were now red.

: Despite the change to the toy's colors, the box art on this set, the same art used for the [[Hasbro]] releases, was recolored to match the blue of the ''previous'' releases. Whoops.

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*'''Galvatron''' (Decepticon [[City Commander]], 1986)

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*'''Neutro-Fusion Tank with Megatron''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories'': Neutro-Fusion Tank, 4 missiles, "twin laser cannon"
[[File:Neutro-fusiontanktoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Uh-oh! Visual interest!]]
: Megatron returned as an ''[[Action Master]]'' in 1990, and as with most ''Action Master'' figures, he could not transform. His sculpt was based heavily upon the character's animation model design. Megatron is compatible with all other Action Master accessories and vehicles.

: He came packaged with the [[Neutro-Fusion Tank]], a large tank vehicle whose hull could transform into a base/gun emplacement, with the turret forming a flight pod. Four "corrosive smoke shell" accessories mounted on both sides of the tank. There are seats for two Action Master figures on the front on either side of the barrel, another seat inside the turret, and four pegs on the back of the tank for standing additional Action Master figures.

:The tank's turret can detach and become a "jet throne," which features flip-out wings, and the body of the tank transforms into a missile-launcher battle station. The battle station has two seats on either side behind the missile launchers (non-firing) and a stowing bay in the center for an additional figure.

:In a fairly notable omission, ''Action Master'' Megatron did not come with the character's iconic fusion cannon accessory. In 1992, however, a Japanese fan sculpted his own cannon accessory, which could plug into the figure's arm using the shoulder screw-hole (seen in the image at right). In a surprising move, Takara gave this cannon their approval and allowed it to be officially sold with their copyright stamp at a Japanese convention {{fact|which one?}} for only one day, at the price of 2000 yen.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Action Master Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy 2000 megatron reissue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron''' (reissue, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''16-S'''
**''Accessories'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets

:This reissue of the original Megatron figure combines the best aspects of the Hasbro and Takara versions into the most "complete" version of Megatron available at that point. The set features the chromed chest and arms and red plastic of the Hasbro release, and includes the silencer, stock and sight/cannon, while also coming with Takara's sword and functional bullet-firing mechanism.

:This reissue was redecoed to make the simultaneously available exclusive "Megatron Black Version" (see below).

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[[File:G1toy black megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Blacktron, nemesis of the Space Police.]]
*'''Megatron Black Version''' (2001/2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''16-S'''
**''Accessories'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets

: Where the original Takara Megatron toy made use of one of the two color schemes of the original ''Microman'' Gun Robo P38 toy, this redeco of the 2000 reissue Megatron is an homage to the ''second'', black color scheme for the ''Microman'' toy. Available exclusively through e-Hobby and pre-orders at [[BotCon Japan 2000]], "Megatron Black Version" features dark gunmetal chrome, black plastic instead of grey, and distinctive brown gun handle-grips, fists and "inner helmet". The chrome replaces the flat black plastic of the original ''Microman'' toy, which also had blue plastic on its legs and arms that is here supplanted by Megatron's now-traditional red. The toy was limited to 1000 pieces.

: e-Hobby later reissued Megatron Black Version in February 2009, now in [[Collector's Edition]] packaging. This release includes a [[Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver.|mini-comic]] explaining the story behind the redeco.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Destron/BlackMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron Black Version at TFU.info]''
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==Generation 2==
[[File:G2Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|G2 Megatron is always ready for tank combat in one of Earth's many green and purple jungles.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon, 1992)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles, sight

: Owing to Hasbro's [[for safety reasons|inability]] to re-release the original Megatron because that toy was a pistol, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' instead saw the release of an entirely new Megatron toy in 1992, now as a large green M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. His main gimmick is his gravity-fed cannon, which holds four of his missiles at once (the remaining two can store in clips inside his legs) and can rapidly launch them one after the other. Pulling back on the cannon's tab drops a missile into the firing tube and triggers a "lock and load" sound effect, and pressing the launch button is accompanied by a firing sound effect. In tank mode, pressing a panel on his forward section trigger's the toy's infamous battle cry of '''"Megatron Attack!"''', while pressing down on the tank body while it is on a flat surface activates engine noises.

: In robot mode, Megatron is, by the standards of the time, a very large robot, towering over all ''Generation 2'' incarnations of Optimus Prime. His legs are immobile, but he has upper shoulder rotation and elbow joints; when raised, his left arm triggers an electronic laser sound effect. His cannon and all its sound effects still work in this mode, as does his "Megatron Attack!" sound effect, now triggered by pressing down on the figure's head.

: This sculpt was slightly [[redeco]]ed (with new stickers) as ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Megastorm]].

: Furthermore, a [[retool]]ed version of the toy's lock-and-load shoulder cannon (or a new sculpt heavily based on it) was used as the main cannon on the [http://www.yojoe.com/sgtsavage/panther.shtml I.R.O.N Panther Tank] in the very short-lived 1995 ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' line ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles''.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Generation 2 Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G2 CombatHero Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|By this point, the purple had almost completely taken over his body.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Hero, 1995)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TRF-2'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 2 air-launch missiles

:Megatron was released again the following year as [[Hero (G2)|Hero]] Megatron: a smaller, but similarly styled tank based off the M1 Abrams. This Megatron was purple and came with a bellows that fired an air-propelled missile. Both missiles could be kept on Megatron thanks to clips on his turret, which become his robot mode arms... conveniently kinda simulating the "classic" Megatron arm cannon to boot.

: Hero Megatron was designed with articulation in mind, so he was loaded with multiple swivel and universal joints, giving him far greater movement compared to his original ''Generation 2'' toy. However, it's really just friction that keeps his joints tight and his parts together in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (no pegs or clips) so after a bit of time and play, he turns pretty floppy.

: This toy was released in Europe, albeit with a "MEGATRON RULES"-free blank chest sticker, as [[Archforce]]. It was also redecoed into [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Bludgeon (RID 2001)|Bludgeon]] (which has since been [[Repurposing|repurposed]] to become "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Bludgeon (SG)|Bludgeon]]), and retooled to become [[#reverseconvoy|Reverse Convoy]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Hero Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Megatron-G2GoBot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He'd be a better shot if he could only see over his hood-chest.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Part of the second assortment of [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], this version of Megatron is a mild [[redeco]] of the Autobot [[Blowout]], transforming into a 1:64-scale Porsche 959 sports car with through-axle construction. This not only makes him roll exceptionally fast in car mode, but also makes him largely compatible with playsets from the "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" toy-car lines. Megatron and Blowout share the same blue and black inner robot colors, but Megatron uses opaque silver plastic with a shiny metallic silver paint overcoat, as opposed to Blowout's smoky-clear plastic. (All of the toys from the first wave that had transparent plastics were released in this wave with opaques instead; Blowout and [[Firecracker]] became new versions of Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GobotOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]] respectively, while [[Gearhead]] and [[Motormouth]] stayed themselves.)

: In Japan, his hood was tampographed with a stylized "T" with the ''Transformers'' logo set within the top bar, the same deco that appears on Go-Bots [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and the Japanese release of Go-Bots Optimus Prime.

:This mold was also used to make Go-Bots [[Frenzy (G1)##Generation 2|Frenzy]] and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1995/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Go-Bot Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CombatHeroMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I AM POWERED BY UNOBTAINIUM!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Combat Hero, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': rifle, 2 air-launch missiles

: This kinda-sorta "arctic"-camo version of the [[#Hero|Hero Megatron]] toy was solicited to numerous retailers, and is one of a great many ''Generation 2'' toys to never see the light of day. Precious few samples of this toy exist.

: At [[BotCon 1996]], a donated Combat Hero Megatron was one of the items in the charity auction, along with several other canceled ''Generation 2'' toys.

::*''[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Generation2/HeroMegatronProtoMOSC.html "Combat Hero" Megatron in packaging at Super Toy Archive]''
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+2/camoflague+megatron/3725 Image gallery of a loose "Combat Hero" Megatron at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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[[File:G2toy ATB megs and screamer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Cancelled?! This is all YOUR fault, Starscream!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Decepticon, limited test market release)
**''Accessories'': 12 missiles, 2 missiles launchers

: A planned-but-more-or-less-canceled redeco of ''Generation 2'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], this two-pack of Megatron and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#ATB|Starscream]] was only released to test markets in Ohio in very limited quanities, and never saw a wide release. Megatron and Starscream combine to form a "flying wing" Advanced Tactical Bomber, with an under-slung six-missile gatling cannon that can rapid-fire six missiles by twisting the back end. Each wing can store three more missiles, which can "carpet-bomb" targets below by pressing the pressure-launch buttons above each. Removing Starscream from the jet mode triggers an autotransformation mechanism in Megatron's wings, folding them up and starting him on his way to his third mode as a treaded "tank."

: With this release cancelled, the toy was instead made available, with just a few small deco changes, in the ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' toyline as [[BB]] and [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]]. According to the Toy Fair 1995 Transformers presentation, the toy's missiles were intended to glow in the dark, but this feature was not carried over to the ''Beast Wars II'' set.

:This mold was also used to make ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]] and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Gigant Bomb]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/issue02/atbmegs.htm ATB Megatron in packaging at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+2/+megatron+atb/3590 Image gallery of a loose ATB Megatron at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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==Beast Wars==

[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Go Gators!]]
*'''Optimus Primal VS Megatron''' (Basic 2-pack, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-6'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

:Early on the life of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]], before the debut of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] (which definitively established ''Beast Wars'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as a separate, distinct character), packaging [[bio]]s and the [[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!|mini-comic]] sold with this first ''Beast Wars'' Megatron figure indicated that he was the same Megatron from Generation 1 and 2. As such, all the Megatron toys released in this early era of the ''Beast Wars'' line are listed here for completeness, representing a [[micro-continuity]] in which Generation 1 Megatron took on these forms.

:The initial version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transforms into a green alligator. The toy shares a mold with [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], sporting different beast and robot mode heads and lacking the lizard's frill (though the screw hole for the frill bracket remains); as the two toys were released at the same time, it is unknown if one is a [[retool]] of the other, or if the mold was designed for both simultaneously. Megatron transforms via a spring-loaded one-step process, and his removable [[beast mode]] tail hides a non-firing blaster cannon that becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode.

:This mold was redecoed into the purple Megaligator ([[#CDgator|see below]]), and a different redeco was proposed for the unproduced [[Albitron]]. The Iguanus version of the mold was redecoed into [[Crazybolt (BWN)|Crazybolt]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1996/Predacon/MegatronGator/megatron.htm More information on ''Beast Wars'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bwmegatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't call him Barney.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-1'''
**''Accessories:'' Two missiles, water squirter

: This version of Megatron transforms into a purple organic ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and is loaded with multiple play features. His dinosaur head, which becomes his right hand in robot mode, features a [[water-squirting gimmick]] activated by opening the dinosaur's mouth, while his tail folds into a working plunger-operate pincer that forms his left arm. The outer shells of his dinosaur thighs conceal spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles, and like all larger ''Beast Wars'' figures of the era, he features a [[mutant head]], formed from two bat-like wing adornments that fold around his robot head.

: This mold was also used to make the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] [[T-Wrecks]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on ''T. rex'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWtoy takara megaligator.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megaligator''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-6'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

: In Japan, the alligator Megatron toy was also sold individually, as well as in a two-pack with Optimus. Both Japanese releases of the figure are identical to the Hasbro version.

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[[File:CDMegaligator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Because a solid grey alligator would just be silly.]]
*'''Amazon Showdown''' (Basic 2-pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-S1'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/tail

:This figure is a purple [[redeco]] of Megatron's alligator form, and was sold with a red and white redeco of the bat version of Optimus Primal. This toy was released with a bio that indicates him to be Generation 1 Megatron. The set also came with a CD-ROM featuring tech specs and video clips of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon cast and images to color.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1997/Destron/MegagatorJapan/megatron.htm More information on Amazon Showdown Megaligator at TFU.info]''

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==Machine Wars==
[[File:MWMegatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And that's why Thundercracker turned green.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Accessories'': 2-part rifle

: Sharing a mold with his concurrently-released ally [[Megaplex#Toys|Megaplex]] (which had been a canceled mold developed for ''Generation 2''), ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Megatron transforms from a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet]] to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transformation. The two halves of his rifle store in the back of his robot mode legs.

: Oddly, the ''Machine Wars'' stock photos (and even the boxart) portray Megatron as the gray F-22 jet and Megaplex as the blue one, the ''opposite'' of the actual toys. This means that either the package designers made the mistake, or the toys were packaged on the wrong cards. The latter is more likely, since gray is more associated with Megatron than blue. Like most other toys in the line, the boxart was recycled from an earlier figure, in this case from the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Thrust (BWII)#Toys|Thrust]], [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Wind Sheer (RID)#Toys|Wind Sheer]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Air Hunter]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1997/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Machine Wars Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Choro-Q Robo==
[[File:Choroq megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron TV Version''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''Q/03'''

:''[[Choro-Q|Choro-Q Robo]]'' Megatron is a small, cutesified transforming figure of the Decepticon leader. He is the only ''Choro-Q Robo'' Transformers figure that does not come with a weapon accessory, but after all, he does turn ''into'' a gun. In a bizarre and hilarious touch, Megatron has wheels on his base and barrel, so that he can share the common feature of the ''Choro-Q Robo'' figures: a pull-back motor!

:Sadly, Megatron's gray plastic is ''extremely'' prone to [[Photodegradation|yellowing]] even when not exposed to sunlight and becomes brittle just as quickly, shattering to bits easily. Thankfully, the black version has no such problem.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2001/Destron/ChoroQMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Choro-Q'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

*'''Megatron Black Version''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''Q/04'''

:This version of ''Choro-Q Robo'' Megatron is a redeco of the first, decked out in a metallic color scheme based on the "Black Version" of the reissue of the Generation 1 figure released earlier that year.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2001/Destron/ChoroQBlackMegs/megatron.htm More information on ''Choro-Q'' Black Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Transformers Collection==
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[[File:G1toy tfc megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''6'''
**''Accessories'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets, [[energon mace]]

:The original Generation 1 Megatron figure was again reissued in 2003 as part of Takara's ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series. This release was identical to the previous 2000 reissue, in that it featured the colors of the Hasbro release of the toy, and all the accessories of both the Hasbro and Takara versions, but this time, it also included a new [[energon mace]] weapon which plugs over Megatron's hand, as used by the Decepticon leader in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]". Much like the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|"New Year Special"]] version of Optimus Prime released the previous year, Megatron also came with a sheet of Decepticon [[insignia]] stickers of different sizes, and a Decepticon mouse pad.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Transformers Collection Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TFC09ScreamerHoldingMegs.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sometimes I just... want to be held.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Transformers Collection, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''9'''
: A diminutive version of Megatron in his Walther P-38 mode was included as a new accessory with the ''Transformers Collection'' release of Starscream. Needless to say, he doesn't transform, but can be held by Starscream in both modes. Megatron's handle disconnects to reveal a peg, which can then be inserted into either of Starscream's fists, which were specifically resculpted for this purpose. Each fist also features a tab on its underside, into which Megatron's handle can be inserted, completing the effect. Megatron can also attach to Starscream's jet mode; the right-hand side of Megatron's handle features a square peg which is designed to fit snugly in gaps in Starscream's pectorals, as in the Generation 1 episode, "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]". Unfortunately, this peg has, for no fathomable reason, been cast in the same sky blue color as Starscream's hands, unnecessarily making it ''as obtrusive as humanly possible''. An additional tabbed right fist for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Optimus Prime]] (complementing his then-upcoming ''Transformers Collection'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers Collection|Convoy]] release) was included as well.

: Megatron's post is compatible with [[5mm post]] fist holes, provided there is sufficient clearance for both the trigger and the back of the gun, and if you don't mind not using the handle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/AnimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Transformers Collection Starscream at TFU.info]''
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==Commemorative Series==
[[File:TF-Commemorative-Series-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|Did NOT kill Squadron X.|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (unreleased)
**''Accessories:'' Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword

: Hasbro attempted to include the original Generation 1 Megatron toy in their ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' of reissues, but his realistic-gun-ness posed [[for safety reasons|a challenge]]. In an attempt to convince Toys R Us (the retailer through whom the line was exclusively available) to carry the toy, Hasbro proposed an extensive redeco of the figure, replacing its silver chrome with blue and its grey plastic with bright orange, including the tip of his silencer, in accordance with standard safety measures taken with toy guns. Even this was not enough to convince the chain to release the figure and it was shelved, but the design was shown to fans at [[BotCon 2002]], where it was noted that a potential way to the market the unusually-colored toy would have been to brand it as "Lava Megatron", depicting the Decepticon leader after his dunk in lava at the end of the cartoon episode, "[[Heavy Metal War]]". Fans, however, had another nickname for it that became better known: "Safety Megatron". Notably, this version of the toy would apparently have come with Megatron's Japanese-exclusive sword accessory.

:The same images were later shown at [[BotCon 2005]]. Sadly, photography was not allowed at either panel the toy was shown at.

:*''[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=177341559109628&set=a.129078730602578.24553.129076873936097&type=1&theater Images of "Safety Megatron" on The Spacebridge's facebook page]''

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==Smallest Transforming Transformers==
[[File:STFMegatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime's gun.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF 07'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon/scope

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Megatron was released in the second wave of the diminutive Takara toyline, including only his fusion cannon. Easily the most complex of the ''Smallest Transforming'' figures, Megatron is a just-barely-simplified version of his original Generation 1 toy, possessing the same [[transformation scheme]] and retaining most of his articulation.

:Just as ''Smallest Transforming'' Optimus Prime's trailer was released as a separate figure in the line, so too were a set of silencer and stock attachments originally intended to be released for Megatron in the line's third wave. Unfortunately, this wave, and most of the other original figures it was set to contain, was cancelled, and so Megatron was left under-armed.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/SmallestMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Wst vsx megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Convoy vs Megatron''' (multipack, 2004)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''VSX'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon/scope

:Available exclusively through [[Dengeki Hobby]] magazine, this ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' two-pack contains both Optimus Prime and Megatron, in homage to the original 1984 "VSX" giftset containing the original versions of the two leaders. While Optimus is unaltered from his original release, Megatron takes the homage a little further, removing the swirled pattern from the original figure's chest and replacing the red plastic with blue to emulate the original Takara version of the full-size Generation 1 figure.
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==Robotmasters==
{{anchor|reverseconvoy}}[[File:RMtoy reverse convoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My Convoy counterpart is nearby. Real nearby.]]
*'''Reverse Convoy''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-24'''
**''Accessories'': "Reverse Blaster", missile

: A [[retool]] of the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' "Hero Megatron" toy, Rebirth Megatron transforms into a heavily modified blue and tan [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|M1 Abrams tank]]. In addition to a new "[[Reverse Convoy]]" head that flips out of the same compartment as the head on the original version of the mold, the toy features a brand new "Mega Blaster" cannon assembly that houses most of the toy's new features. The Mega Blaster fires a spring-loaded blue missile, and the rear of the cannon can be removed and transformed into the hand-held "Reverse Blaster" weapon, featuring twin barrels and a rack of six (non-removable) missiles. Once the Reverse Blaster is removed, the toy's "Rebirth Megatron" head can be rotated out from the back of the cannon to take the place of Reverse Convoy's head between the figure's shoulders.

: The original version of this mold was use to make [[Archforce]] and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Bludgeon (RID 2001)|Bludgeon]] (which has been [[Repurposing|repurposed]] to also be ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Bludgeon (SG)|Bludgeon]]). The toy still retains the opening panels on its forearms, despite no longer featuring the large missiles they are designed to store.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/ReverseConvoy/reverseconvoy.htm More information on Reverse Convoy at TFU.info]''
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==20th Anniversary/Masterpiece==
[[File:GunmodeMegsMasterpieceConvoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bang bang! He shot me down! Bang bang! I hit the ground...]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2003/2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-1'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime included an accessory of Megatron in his classic Walther P-38 altmode. Although non-transforming, it is quite detailed and includes the individually removable silencer / barrel extension, scope, and (hinged) stock. Although notionally [[scale]]d to be wielded by Prime, Megatron is really rather small, so a diagonal sliding joint is added to his handle, allowing it to be lengthened and narrowed enough so that Prime can actually hold it. Both the stock and the sliding butt-end of the handle are made of a soft, rubbery vinyl, compared to the hard plastic of the other pieces. The stock extension connecting clamp is prone to breakage, much to the chagrin of owners who keep theirs sealed and untouched.

:Needless to say, the later-released ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Starscream]] (and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|his]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|redecoes]]) can also hold this version of Megatron, and each include a small round clip that plugs in under their nosecones, allowing them to wield Megatron while in jet mode, as Starscream did in "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]".

:As the ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime mold has been has re-released multiple times, so too has Megatron. He was made available again without changes as an accessory for Takara's MP-4, "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp4|Convoy Perfect Edition]]" and MP-1L, "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#lastshot|Convoy Last Production]]", and Hasbro's "[[#20thDVD|DVD Edition]]", but has also been redecoed several times: these distinct new versions of Megatron are listed below.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/20thPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:MPtoy gold megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This thing was bad ass in ''GoldenEye''.]]
*'''Convoy''' (Lucky Draw Figure, 2004)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-1'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:Offered as part of a Lucky Draw campaign in August 2004, this extremely rare version of ''Masterpiece'' Prime is almost entirely vacuum-metalized gold, lacking any other painted detail or stickers. The same is true of the Megatron accessory, who is all chromed golden save for the butt of his handle and his stock, which are metallic golden plastic.

::*''[http://www.goldoptimusprime.com/ More information on gold ''Masterpiece'' Convoy at GoldOptimusPrime.com]''
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[[File:MPtoy magnus megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (2004)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-2'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:When ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime was recolored to become [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], Megatron received a new coat of paint as well: the black and brown color scheme of his ''Microchange'' progenitor, which had previously been used on the e-HOBBY exclusive "Megatron Black Version".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Masterpiece Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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[[File:MP05 megatron.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|You will pay dearly for this. Literally and metaphorically...]]
*'''Megatron''' (2007)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-5'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, energon mace, energy dagger, laser pistol, [[Kremzeek]] figure

: Scaled to the same height as ''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime and designed in only twelve days by [[Hisashi Yuki]],<ref name="mpmegsdev">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-masterpiece-47/takaratomy-staff-interview-hisashi-yuki-on-masterpiece-180888/ TakaraTomy Staff Interview - Hisashi Yuki on Masterpiece]: - I hear the first Masterpiece figure you created was MP-5 Megatron and you hold the fastest development record with it.
[Yuki]: That is right. (*laughs) I was not assigned to be in charge of it initially, but due to the circumstance within the company I was unexpectedly handed down the project. The schedule came with it and I was stunned when I realised that I was only given 12 days, about 2 weeks...To make it worse, at the time of my receiving the task, even the product size wasn't decided. (*tears)</ref> ''Masterpiece'' Megatron is an incredibly complex figure—potentially one of, if not ''the'', most complicated ''Transformers'' toys to date—designed to depict a fairly [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] Megatron capable of transforming into a realistic (if oversized) Walther P-38. In achieving this seemingly impossible goal, Megatron winds up with the least articulation of the ''Masterpiece'' line, as well as a notably low percentage of die-cast metal.

: Like Prime before him, Megatron comes with several of his iconic accessories from the Generation 1 cartoon: his energon mace from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2", the energy dagger and laser pistol used in his duel against Prime in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and a tiny translucent [[Kremzeek]] figure. His fusion cannon also contains a powerful red LED activated when the round detailing on the side of his cannon is pressed.

: Due to concern surrounding updated realistic toy gun laws, some online importers modified ''Masterpiece'' Megatron in order to safely get the toy through United States customs. This customarily involved inserting plugs into the tip of the toy's barrel, from rounded red ones affixed by adhesive to [[:File:HLJplug.jpg|flat-tipped yellow ones]] that could be easily removed. Ultimately, there were no reports of problems with the toy making its way into America, but Australia was another matter. Considered a replica gun and therefore a "restricted import" by Australian Customs, both mass shipments and individual packages of the toy were seized, requiring buyers in some areas to obtain a special permit to own him.

: Given the relatively thin clips throughout the toy to hold it tightly together in gun mode, Megatron's plastic components are particularly prone to breakage, especially on the clips on the upper black grip plates and some of the silver sections near the trigger. Many owners of this figure have also reported rust and tarnish problems on what few metal pieces he has; if your Megatron is a sufferer, check out [http://seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?t=16106 this guide] for solutions.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2007/Destron/MPMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Masterpiece Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:MPtoy eldedroid megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|... Don't suppose these are [[Megaplex#Collector's Edition|Megaplex]]es now, are they?]]
*'''Convoy Black Ver.''' (2010)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-1B'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:The version of Megatron included with this black redeco of Prime—representing a mass-produced [[Eldedroid]]—was much the same as the original accessory, but with dark metallic silver paint.

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[[File:MPtoy sleep mode megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now even ''more'' breakable!]]
*'''Convoy Sleep Mode''' (2010)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-4S'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:Just as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#sleepmode|this release]] of Optimus Prime was recolored in the faded black and grey hues of he took on with his death in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', so too did his Megatron accessory get a movie-themed makeover: this Megatron is cast entirely in translucent purple plastics, evoking the scene of his transformation into Galvatron from the film, in which he is first reduced to a transparent purple wireframe model.

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[[File:TRU Masterpiece Soundwave-MegatronGun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Soundwave''' ([[2013]]-[[January 26|01-26]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-13'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:A [[repaint]] and [[retool]] of the Megatron gun originally included with MP-01 and his redecos, the '''Megatron gun''' included with [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-13 Soundwave]] has been retooled in response to the breakage issues the original version suffered from. Both the sliding butt-end of the handle and the stock have been molded in hard plastic instead of the soft rubbery vinyl of the MP-01 version. A joint has been added to the stock connection point on the handle; for the joint in the stock itself, a straight pin has replaced the original rivet-style pin the softer plastic required. The stock itself no longer emulates the transforming accessory from the G1 toy, and instead features a smaller cylindrical shaft that more closely resembles the original U.N.C.L.E Special. In terms of deco, the minute red paint application on the scope is omitted.

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*'''Soundwave''' (2013)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-02'''
**'''09 OF 30'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:The [[Hasbro]] version of ''Masterpiece'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Soundwave]] also comes with the Megatron gun. It is seemingly unchanged.

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[[File:Megatron mp-13b.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Soundblaster''' ([[2014]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-13B'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:A [[repaint]] and [[retool]] of the Megatron gun originally included with MP-01 and his redecos, the '''Megatron gun''' included with [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-13B Soundblaster]] features the same retooling as the version released with MP-13 Soundwave, although this time the pieces are cast in translucent red plastic. The only paint application is a silver Decepticon symbol.

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[[File:MasterpieceGoldMegs.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Does not come studded with Swarovski Elements]]
*'''Megatron Gold Ver.''' (2014-12)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-05G'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, energon mace, energy dagger, laser pistol, [[Kremzeek]] figure, [[Reflector (G1)#MasterpieceGoldMegsReflector|Reflector]] figure

: A gold-chrome redeco of the original MP-5 mold, Megatron Gold Version is a Hasbro Asia release under the TakaraTomy label (making it the first TakaraTomy Masterpiece to not be released, thus far, in Japan). It comes with all the same accessories as the original release as well as a new, non-transforming Reflector in camera mode.

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*'''Skywarp''' ([[2015]]-01)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-11SW'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:The Asia only MP-11 version of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece11SW|Skywarp]] comes with the original MP-1 version of the Megatron gun.
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[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-36-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|US/Australia import ban awaiting to happen.]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[April 1|4-1-]][[2017]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-36'''
**''Accessories'': Fusion cannon/scope, stock, silencer, energon mace, jointed chain for mace, angry face, smiling face, damaged face, damaged chestplate, clone control helmet, energy dagger, laser pistol, [[Key to Vector Sigma]]

:A completely new mold, this second version of Megatron transforms from a more accurate-looking and well-articulated robot mode into a more realistically-sized gun; those extra design goals make this figure's transformation even more challenging than the 2007 figure (and, really, anything else). He comes with the stock and silencer parts for the gun that the MP-5 mold was missing, which can be combined to create both the "telescopic laser cannon" and "particle beam cannon" arrays the pieces were capable of forming on the Generation 1 toy; the stock also transforms into a "flight stand" that can support the figure in mid-air. In addition to his "regular" face, Megatron has alternate angry and smiling faces, plus a fourth, damaged face that, together with an alternate damaged chestplate, replicates his injuries from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. When his face is removed, it exposes a detailed recreation of the interior of his head as it was shown during the "x-ray" sequence in the film, when he was reformatted into Galvatron.

:Like the previous ''Masterpiece'' figure, Megatron comes with the pistol and energy dagger used during his battle with Prime in the movie, and his energon mace from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2," which this time comes with a jointed plastic chain that allows the weapon to be posed dynamically, in addition to a regular, "real" chain. Finally, he also comes with the Key to Vector Sigma from the [[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|two]]-[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2|part]] Generation 1 cartoon episode of the same name, and the clone control helmet he wore in "[[A Prime Problem]]."

:Unfortunately, this figure is prone to paint damage on areas that scrape together during transformation. Significant care must be taken when covering the robot face with the chestplate (or you can just take the face off beforehand as a precaution). It is apparently impossible to attach the silencer without scraping some paint off the gun barrel.

:When purchased in some non-Japanese online stores like BigBadToyStore, Megatron comes with an orange plug.
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:On the other hand, Megatron also comes with a Collector Coin, if bought in Asian countries outside of Japan.

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==Titanium Series==
[[File:TitaniumGIJoeHeroesMegatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|THE BOX OF DOOM.]]
*'''Megatron''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Stand with nameplate

:Part of the very first wave of six-inch ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toys, Megatron was inspired by [[Dreamwave Productions]]' first ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe]]'' comic book series, set in an alternate-reality World War II. Since the gun mode Megatron sported in that story was nonviable as a toy, this toy features a newly-designed tank alternate mode of made-up model. The backstory of the Megatron from the crossover, including references to Cobra, was retained on the package, make it the first U.S. figure ever produced as part of a ''G.I. Joe / [[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' crossover.

:Although the figure looks somewhat impressive, it notably has the tendency to fall apart during transformation, combined with loose joints, it was relatively difficult to pose in robot mode without it falling over, something that was entirely par for the course when it came to ''Titanium'' figures. It was known for being a shelfwarmer because of its low quality.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/TitMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Titanium Megatron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.yojoe.com/archive/actfig/tmegs/ Packaging images and text at YoJoe.com]''

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[[File:Megatrontitaniumtww.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|THE... NAP OF DOOM?]]
*'''War Within Megatron''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Arm cannon, shield, stand with nameplate

:A new ''Titanium Series'' Megatron based on his [[Transformers: The War Within|''War Within'']] design was initially shown at [[BotCon 2006]], and was released in spring of 2007. Like the original comic book design, his robot mode has a removable arm cannon and shield. In contrast to his previous ''Titanium'' toy, this Megatron has a more posable robot mode, but a fairly unimpressive alternate mode with a transformation that consists of little more than lying the toy on its back and attaching the gun/shield. There is a small clip on the back of the toy which designer [[Don Figueroa]] said was to hold his sword, seen in the comic book, but that accessory was ultimately not produced.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/TitTWWMegatron/megatron.htm More information on War Within Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Titanium war within 2pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''War Within Optimus Prime vs. War Within Megatron''' (two-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Arm cannon, shield

:This [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] ''Titanium'' two-pack includes the previously-released ''War Within'' Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titanium|Optimus Prime]] figures along with a copy of [[The War Within issue 5|''The War Within'' #5]] with an exclusive variant cover. Despite being mentioned in the joint [[instructions]] leaflet for the set, the display bases which came with the individual releases of the figures are not included.

:As the mass retail release of the last waves of the ''Titanium'' "Cybertron Heroes" figures was delayed for several months, this two-pack release Megatron was initially more widely available than the individually-sold one. The pack itself was available in two variations: One version has the Optimus Prime figure more or less identical to its individual release, whereas the other one drops the additional black paint weathering, making him much cleaner-looking.
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==Classics (2006)==
[[File:Megatronclassicstoy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Paint me black and give me to a kid, ASAP.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2006)

:After years of tanks and jets, ''Classics'' Megatron finally found a way to take Megatron back to his root as a transforming gun, complete with a working crosshairs in his scope and a spring-loaded clicking trigger. Described on-package as a "fusion blaster", Megatron's gun mode is apparently based on a [[:File:N-strike maverick.jpg|Nerf N-Strike Maverick blaster]], and decked out in a [[for safety reasons|safety-regulation-friendly]] color scheme consisting of lots of green and purple (in an apparent homage to his old ''Generation 2'' colors), plus bright orange on both the tip of the barrel and the scope. Years later, it would be discovered that, for currently unknown reasons, the bright color of this orange plastic would fade over time, even if not directly exposed to sunlight.

:Early [[stock photography|official Hasbro photographs]], including those appearing on the toy's [[packaging]], show the gun mode's trigger and other small parts as being orange, those parts were gray in later stock photography and the final release. They also depict Megatron with noticeably different "eyebrow" [[paint operation]]s that matched those of the original Megatron toy, consisting of two small black triangles on his gray plastic forehead. The finished toy inverts this, painting most of his forehead black and leaving the triangles unpainted grey.

:In a glaring example of poor [[quality control]], the back of the packaging reads "working scope becomes anti-proton pulse ''[[canon]]''!"<ref name="canon">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/toys/classics/megatron/928/2/20/ ''Classics'' Megatron's packaging misspells "cannon" as "canon".]</ref>

:''Classics'' Megatron was redecoed in Japan as part of the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]] Transformers'' line by [[TakaraTomy]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Classics Voyager Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Classicstoy ultimate battle megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Former Moonwalking extraordinaire.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle''' (Deluxe versus set, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Rifle
: "Ultimate Battle" Megatron evokes his ''Generation 2'' form as a green tank. Like his pack-in partner, who has a spinning "power punch" action, Megatron features a similar "spinning dervish action" gimmick, his right arm ending not in a fist but a bladed polearm which whirls around with the press of a button at his shoulder. At best, it looks silly, but at worst, it comes off easily. He comes with a small rifle with a rather pointless flip-out stock extension. The very tip of his cannon is a detachable piece, and can become lost ''very'' easily.

: Megatron is [[misassembly|misassembled]] in-package, with his feet swapped and attached backwards. Although not immediately noticeable due to the fact that [[:File:MegatronUltimateBattle.jpg|promotional]] and box-art photography also show this misassembly, any attempt to transform Megatron into tank mode immediately demonstrates the mistake, which is easily corrected by unscrewing his lower legs, reversing the foot pieces, and attaching each to the opposite leg (as has been done in the picture at right).

:In the United States, Megatron was only available in a special two-pack with a similarly unique ''Classics'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Optimus Prime toy]], and the specially-produced "[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle|The Ultimate Battle]]" DVD (which is, inappropriately enough, entirely about the [[Unicron Trilogy]]). The two-pack (including the DVD) was also available as a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] "Bonus Value" version with two randomly selected members of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]], in the combinations [[Overcast (Cybertron)|Overcast]]/[[Longarm (Cybertron)|Longarm]], Overcast/[[Deepdive]] and Deepdive/Longarm. International markets, including European countries, saw the two-pack in a considerably smaller, differently-shaped box that was lacking the DVD case (in the [[United Kingdom]] and the Netherlands, the DVD just came in a paper sleeve; in other European countries, it was instead made available separately). In addition, the two figures were also sold on [[#cardedultbattle|individual cardbacks]] in some countries (see below). For the United States market, the two-pack was [[rebranding|rebranded]] and [[#universeultbattle|re-released]] in the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'']] line in 2007, and [[#2010ultimatebattle|again in 2011]] for the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] line.

:Not initially released in Japan, this sculpt only got a TakaraTomy release six years later when it was redecoed into "[[#UnitedTank|Tank Megatron]]" for TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toyline.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsDVDMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Classics Deluxe Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Classicstoy ultimate battle megatron carded.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:The "Ultimate Battle" version of Megatron was also sold on his own in several countries, Mexico, Singapore, and some European countries including the [[United Kingdom]], the Netherlands, Hungary and also Russia. He is identical to the two-pack version, down to his misassembled feet.
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==Universe (2003)==
{{anchor|universeultbattle}}[[File:Universetoy ultimate battle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle''' (multi-pack, 2007/2008)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

:The "Ultimate Battle" two-pack, sans DVD, was [[rebranding|rebranded]] for inclusion in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toy line, and one was one of the last releases to come out of the line, several years after it had ceased regularly releasing figures. The set appeared in liquidation outlets like Big Lots! and Dollar General stores in Fall 2007, then later in [[KB Toys]] in Summer 2008. The figures remain identical to their previous releases, with Megatron's feet still coming assembled backwards.
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==Sports Label==
[[File:Nikeatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Some idiots thought I was going to be life-sized! Fools! Foooools!!!]]
*'''Megatron featuring Nike Free 7.0''' (2007)
**''ID number:'' '''02'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun

:''[[Transformers Sports Label|Sports Label]]'' Megatron is a retool of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Sports Label|''Sports Label'' Optimus Prime]], one of the strangest examples of licensed ''Transformers'' products in that he transforms into a ''shoe''. Something of a [[shellformer]], this baffling incarnation of Megatron is primarily black and silver in his alternate mode as a realistic-looking (if notably undersized) Nike Free 7.0 sneaker, complete with gratuitously long real fabric shoelaces (characterized as "electrical discharge cables" in his bio). In robot mode, he sports some additional red paint applications and a somewhat uniquely-shaped yet instantly recognizable Generation 1-inspired head. Also in this mode, Megatron's feet are sculpted in the likeness of his own sneaker mode, making it seem like he's wearing himself!

:His gun splits into two halves and stores inside his [[kibble]] in shoe mode; in an undocumented features, it has two handle pegs on opposite sides, so that it can be held either at its far end or halfway along its length. The gun halves can also be plugged together in two different ways.

:This mold might have been planned for a redeco into [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Sports Label|''Sports Label'' Starscream]], but that's a bit vague.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2007/Destron/SLMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Sports Label'' Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Encore==
[[File:Encoretoy megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron''' (2007)
**''ID number:'' '''02'''
**''Accessories'': Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets

:The original Generation 1 Megatron figure was reissued yet again in 2007 as part of TakaraTomy's new line of "[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]" reissues. Like previous reissues, this Megatron features the Hasbro colors and the accessories from both Hasbro and Takara editions of the figure, with the distinguishing new feature of a tan shade to both his gray plastic and his chrome.
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==Henkei! Henkei!==
[[File:Henkeitoy megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Megatron's palette must be swapped... no matter the cost."]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''D-01'''

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]] Transformers'' Megatron is a redeco of the ''Classics'' version. Not bound by the safety regulations that necessitated ''Classics'' Megatron's more colorful appearance, ''Henkei'' Megatron features a significantly different color scheme of black, silver and red designed to make him resemble his original Generation 1 appearance, including translucent red plastic to replicate his classic cartoon "Decepticon red" eyes. All ''Henkei'' toys feature (somewhat randomly-applied) vacuum-metalized chrome parts; in Megatron's case, his chest plate and kneecaps are chromed silver.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Henkei Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Universe (2008)==
{{anchor|2008legend}}[[File:Megatronlegend2008.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His shoulders hurt too, buddy!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)

:A [[Legends Class]] version of Megatron inspired by his ''Generation 2'' tank design, although featuring a more realistic shade of green.
:Sadly, because of his transformation, when transformed into tank mode his turret doesn't turn around. Some of Legends Class Megatron's transformation shares several similarities to his Generation 2 toy.

:Although his first stock photography features a slightly long turret, the final product had it shortened.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Universe Megatron at TFU.info]''
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*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe Class: Special Edition, 2008)
**''ID number:'' '''SE-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle
[[File:Universe2008-toy SEMegatron.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb]]
:This "Special Edition" of Megatron is a redeco of the "Ultimate Battle" Megatron from ''Classics'', this time featuring a Generation 1-inspired deco of grays, red and black. This new deco takes advantage of the toy's mould break-up to add a fifth plastic colour (where the original only had four), dividing the parts which were dark grey on the original version between light grey, red and black plastic. Also marking this figure as a particularly "special" edition is the fact that it's the first release of the figure to assemble his feet the correct way around. Amusingly, his [[packaging]] [[stock photography]] depicts him as ''missing a part'': his cannon's detachable tip is missing, and the tip of the cannon's stub is painted red to somehow compensate for that.

:Like all the figures in the small Special Edition line, Megatron was designed for Australasian markets and features a bookbox style packaging with black-and-white boxart, retailing at about 150% of the price for a normal deluxe outside of the United States. He was not available at retail in North America, but was for sale on Hasbrotoyshop.com, like the other Special Edition toys.

:Oddly enough, this Megatron and the three other Universe Special Edition toys were included in Taiwanese special value packs each containing a [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)/home video|''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/HTSMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Special Edition Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Alternity==
[[File:Alternity Megatron Toy Blade Silver.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Behold, my Inertia Manipulating Device under my Skirt Armor!!!]]
*'''Megatron Blade Silver''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "tesseractal swords"
:The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' Megatron toy transforms into a 1:32 scale model of a Nissan 370Z and features die-cast metal parts and rubber tires. The figure wields two "tesseractal swords" which can be pegged at its hips, or stored under the car in vehicle mode. Each forearm features a flip-out "gravital blade."

: In the hyper-dimensional world of the oft-confusing ''Alternity'' fiction, each figure from this line represents a distinct version of a character from a separate [[universal stream]], but which precise Megatron the "Blade Silver" toy embodies has not been disclosed. Upon its initial release, this toy was also available in blue (see below), and later redecoed in a black variant as well. It was later redecoed into ''Alternity'' [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Alternity|Galvatron]].

:[[:File:Alternity Megatron Cannon.jpg|Early concepts]] for ''Alternity'' showed him with the trademark fusion cannon rather than his twin swords, as well as a pronounced Decepticon [[insignia]] on his chest.

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[[File:Alternitytoy blue megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron Premium Le Mans Blue''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "tesseractal swords"

: "Premium Le Mans Blue" Megatron is a blue redeco of the "Blade Silver" version, representing the Megatron of [[universal stream]] [[BT World|Primax 903.0 Beta]]. The figure was available simultaneously with Megatron Blade Silver, sharing the same packaging and pack-in materials, save for the color of the illustration on the front of the box, and a sticker that identified the figure within.

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[[File:Alternitytoy black megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron Diamond Black''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "tesseractal swords"

: Another redeco of ''Alternity'' Megatron, this time transforming into a black car with robot parts in red and gold, and specifically representing the Megatron of universal stream [[Primax 1286.3 Kappa]]. It was released several months after the first two Megatrons and featured a new package illustration.
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==United==
[[File:Unitedtoy cybertron megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron Cybertron Mode''' (Deluxe, 2010-[[December 25|12-25]])
**''ID number'': '''UN-04'''
**''Accessories'': Cannon/missile launcher, energy-blast missile

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' product, "Cybertron Mode" Megatron is a [[redeco]] of the [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Generations|''War for Cybertron'' Megatron toy]], transforming into a Cybertronian self-propelled gun. The treads of his vehicle can be positioned in either a vertical configuration like a traditional tank or in a horizontal, hovertank configuration. Megatron's spring-loaded cannon can attach to either arm.

:Megatron is cast in a deep dark metallic gray plastic rather than the light gray plastic of the Hasbro version. He also features a blood red metallic paint instead of the more traditional red used on the Hasbro version. Other notable differences include the Decepticon symbol upon his chest as well as lacking paint on the sliding mechanism within his fusion cannon.

:This mold was also used to make [[Darkside Megatron]].

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[[File:United Megatron voyager toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I didn't direct any of the ''Taken'' films!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2010-12-25)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-09'''

:The second ''United'' Megatron (but still part of the first assortment) is a redeco of the Voyager Class mold from ''[[#Classics (2006)|Classics]]/[[#Henkei! Henkei!|Henkei!]]''.

:This release of Megatron features an extensive silver paint job, as well as metallic crimson for details. This figure's deco is based on the G1 cartoon model, removing any extraneous painted details from the previous releases. The face and eyebrow crest are painted white, giving it an appearance very similar to the initial solicitations of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Megatron.

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[[File:Unitedtoy thunder megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Megatron rules!" isn't written anywhere on my body, so doesn't that technically make me [[Archforce]]?]]
*'''Tank Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2012-[[January 28|01-28]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-25'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

:Tank Megatron is the first Japanese release of the "Ultimate Battle" Megatron mold from ''Classics'', in a new color scheme paying homage to his ''Generation 2'' "Hero" deco. The connection is strengthened by the [[:File:United Megatron Rules.jpg|photo on the back of the packaging]], which depicts Megatron standing in a ruined, burning landscape, surrounded by over a dozen "Megatron Rules" signs.

:This toy was originally solicited under the name "Thunder Megatron" before the final name was made clear.
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==Transformers (2010)==
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[[File:TF2010-toy Legends Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Safety first!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends, 2011)

:Part of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' line's]] "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[subline imprint]], this toy is based on Megatron's Generation 1 cartoon appearance (with a little inspiration from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' design around the abdomen), transforming into a variation on Megatron's original gun mode (referred to as a "blaster" on Hasbro's website). As he was part of Reveal the Shield, he has a [[rubsign]] on his chest.

[[File:MP Acid Storm-Chronicle gun Megatron-Pull My Trigger.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|To hell with safety!]]
:In a fit of complete awesomeness, the figure is sculpted with notches in its handle that specifically allow the ''Masterpiece'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Starscream]] mold to grip it. Additionally, the slightly thicker portion of the barrel closer to the main body can be held by the clip included with ''Masterpiece'' Starscream and attach to his jet mode. Unfortunately, Megatron can only be held vertically.

:Despite his tiny size, Hasbro had to cast much of the gun (his arms, the barrel/fusion cannon, and the upper half of his torso) in orange plastic [[for safety reasons]]. Official Hasbro [[stock photography|stock photos]] and early [[prototype|samples]] from China had the orange plastic on the barrel fully painted over in gray, yet the final toy leaves the end of the barrel unpainted.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/RTSMegatron/megatron.htm More information on "Reveal the Shield" Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF2010toy ultimate battle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''The Ultimate Battle''' (multi-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

:Another [[rebranding|rebranded]] re-release of the ''Classics'' "[[#Ultimate.2BBattle|Ultimate Battle]]" set, again lacking the DVD and featuring [[misassembly|misassembled]] feet on Megatron. This particular release of the set was available as a "shared exclusive" between Dollar General stores and online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]]. This set was also available at Canadian Tire stores in [[Canada]].

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*'''Megatron''' (Legends Class, 2012)

:A [[rebranding|rebranded]] version of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class Megatron without changes (besides the packaging) was released as a "Dollar Store" exclusive (available at stores such as Dollar General and Big Lots) in generic 2010 ''Transformers'' packaging packaging alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Optimus Prime]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Starscream]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Bumblebee]].
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==Kre-O==
[[Image:KreO Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
* '''Megatron''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''30688'''
**''Pieces'': '''310'''
**''Kreons'': Megatron, [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Shockwave]], [[Specialist]], [[Police Officer]]
**''Accessories'': Megatron clip-on cannon

: While the large brick-built Megatron in this ''[[Kre-O]]'' set is based on the [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action film Megatron]] in his ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'' body, the accompanying Megatron [[Kreon]] is very much a Generation 1 Megatron, at least from the neck down. The helmet is definitely a "cleaner" take on the movie-style helmet, but those [[tampograph]]s are a simplified version of the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Megatron toy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Kre-OMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy MegatronCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gwilled, gwilled, gwilled, gwilled cheese, if you pwease.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Custom Kreon, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A6088'''
**''Pieces'': '''36'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, Megatron clip-on cannon, bazooka, Cobra Commander pistol, wing-pack, claw attachment, double-bladed staff

: Part of the first assortment of "Custom Kreons", this version of Megatron 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. His "normal" helmet and arm cannon are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms and a wing-pack (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), plus a buildable bazooka, a small pistol (originally [[Cobra Commander]]'s from the ''Kre-O [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' series), a claw-attachment for his wrists, and a double-headed staff weapon.

: The cross-sell advertisement from the back of the packaging features a bizarre error: Soundwave and Starscream had their names swapped, with Starscream using Megatron's name.

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[[File:Kreon-Class-of-1984-Megatron.jpg|250px|thumb]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**'Set number'': '''B0090'''
**''Voted'': Best Frenemies (With Starscream)
**''Accessories'': Megatron clip-on cannon

: The [[Kreon Class of 1984]] version of Megatron is ''even more'' toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior versions, including his face detailing. Yes, it's a whole new tampograph layout.

: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 to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

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*'''Brick Box''' (2015)
**''Set number'': '''B2961'''
**''Pieces'': '''88'''
**''Accessories'': Megatron clip-on cannon

: Sold only at discount chains like Family Dollar, this version of Megatron uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes them incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons. He also features entirely new face and chest tampographs. So version number four of the same base design.

: The set comes with two bags of Kre-O parts, one coming from the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Kre-O|first-year Starscream kit]] (mostly all the small bits and landing gear), the other "new" with some basic bricks and plates. The set has no instructions, as it's just a box of bricks to make whatever with.

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[[File:Kre-O-Battle-Changers-2-pack-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime VS Megatron''' (Battle Changers 2-pack, 2015)
**''Set Number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': ''198''

:Available in a two pack set with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BattleChangers2pack|Battle Changers Optimus Prime]], this Megatron is an entirely a new buildable toy, transforming from robot to tank without removing any parts. Megatron also features battle damage on his Kreon chest.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers Kre-O'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set.

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==G.I. Joe and the Transformers==
[[File:JoevsTF megatron accessory.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|That's nice, but where's the [[Joey Slick]] figure?]]
*'''Starscream Sky Striker (XP-21F)''' (San Diego Comic-Con exclusive, 2011)

: Produced exclusively for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, this redeco of the ''G.I. Joe'' [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]] jet plane into [[Starscream (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Starscream]] colors comes with a 3.75" [[Cobra Commander#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Cobra Commander]] pilot figure, among whose accessories is a non-transforming gun mode Megatron.

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[[File:ClubCrossoverExclusive.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"What'sss thisss? A Megatron for antsssssssss????"]]
*'''Club Crossover Exclusive''' (Club crossover exclusive, 2016)
: Legends Class ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Megatron in G2 colors was included in a crossover set sold by [[Fun Publications]]. It's translucent so that the toy represents not Megatron himself, but a 3D hologram of the design schematics, thus giving a reason for why the toy is so small in relation to the [[Cobra Commander]], [[Scarlett]], [[Doctor Biggles-Jones]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] toys that are also included.

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==Chronicle==
[[File:Chronicletoy ez megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Megatron''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:A redeco of the 2010 ''Transformers'' Legends Class Megatron was released in Japan as part of the ''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' EZ Collection line. Due to Japan's different gun laws, he is instead cast in gray plastic, with the barrel being fully painted. The gray paint on the aforementioned barrel is also darker and metallic, (instead of Hasbro's glossy light-gray paint) his red [[paint operation]]s are darker, and he replaces the rubsign with a full-color Decepticon symbol [[tampograph]]. This toy was only available [[Blindpacking|blindpacked]].

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[[File:Chronicletoy-CH02G1Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''G1 Megatron & Movie Megatron''' (multi-pack, 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''CH02'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets

:This [[e-HOBBY]]-exclusive reissue of the original Generation 1 Megatron toy comes in a two-pack with a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Chronicle|Megatron]]. This version of Megatron is made to the specifications of the 1986 "[[#GoodBye|Goodbye Megatron]]" release, featuring red plastic (as opposed to the original Takara blue) but lacking any silver chrome, including his fusion cannon but not his stock and silencer, armed with his laser cannon and sword, and retaining his bullet-firing mechanism. Like most Megatron reissues, the toy features a slight variation in plastic colors from previous releases, this time giving him a darker warmer gray than normal. In a new twist, this version of Megatron features tampographed symbols on his chest and back.

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[[File:Chronicletoy ez series2 megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.77|[[Trukk not munky|Gunn not Tank]]!...no wait, tank is cooler.]]
*'''Megatron''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]] [[Legends Class]] Megatron, this time inspired by his smaller ''Generation 2'' "Hero" tank design.
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==Generations==
===GDO===
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[[File:GenerationsGDOtoy-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Bludgeon (RID 2001)|What goes around, comes around.]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' [[Wikipedia:Katana|Katana]], [[Wikipedia:Wakizashi|tanto]]
: ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Megatron is an Asian market and Toys"R"Us-exclusive redeco/retool of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen:]] [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]]'' Voyager Class [[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Voyager|Bludgeon]], sporting a new, smiling head. Megatron transforms from a Japanese [[Wikipedia:Type 90 Kyū-maru|Type 90]] tank into a samurai-esque robot mode. He features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank's main gun, as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode's left hip guard. The larger sword has a peghole at the bottom of the hilt; though it is specifically designed to allow the dagger's handle to fit in the base to form a double-bladed weapon, it can also fit any other accessory that uses [[5mm post]]s. The post used to combine the swords remains unobstructed in vehicle mode, meaning you can attach the dagger to the end of Megatron's main tank cannon if you're feeling silly. He also has [[Mech Alive]] [[gimmick]]s in his thighs and turret: sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and pulling his turret open makes a sculpted white "disc" at the center rotate while a scabbard for the tantō hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.

:The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys. On the plus side, the tank turret can be rotated a full three-hundred sixty degrees, as can the purple machine gun that sits atop the turret.

:Unlike the other uses of this mold, Megatron comes [[Packaging|packaged]] in robot mode holding his swords, with additional plastic and paper ties in the tray imperfectly holding his swords in position. Because they were packaged this way since they were shipped out of the factory, most Megatrons come with the swords being badly bent and warped ''in the box''. Fortunately, the swords' blades can be ''mostly'' straightened by leaving them sheathed in their hidden scabbards. Straightening their ''hilts'' is a different matter, though.

:This toy suddenly popped up for ''preorder'' at BigBadToyStore in mid-2015, ''three whole years'' after its original release.

: This version of the mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[#Cloud|Megatron]], while the original version was redecoed into ''Transformers: [[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' [[Banzaitron]], and differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Timelines|Gigatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GDOMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Megatron at TFU.info]''
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===Thrilling 30===
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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsMegatronChopShop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Watch yer wallet, Megs.]]
*'''Megatron & Chop Shop''' (Legends Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #004'''

:Part of the fourth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Megatron is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. He transforms from a generic tank with rotating turret into a robot based on his [[Alex Milne]] pre-war design as seen in "[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]" from [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' ongoing series, and features [[5mm post|5mm-compatible]] ports for his hands and left forearm/turret roof.

: He comes with [[Chop Shop (G1)#Generations|Chop Shop]], who can transform into a stag beetle, a robot, a weapon with a 5mm handle, and a mine plow that attaches to the front of Megatron’s tank mode. He features gearing that opens his pinchers when his legs are moved.

:This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Megatron (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Megatron]] and was retooled into ''Generations [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends Class [[Warpath (G1)#CWLegends|Warpath]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenLegMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Generations'' Legends Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Generations IDW megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And the fandom collectively soiled itself.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form Fusion Cannon)

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''Thrilling 30'' Megatron is based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s stealth bomber design from the IDW Publishing ''[[Heart Like a Wheel|The Transformers]]'' ongoing series (which resembles a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit). In robot mode, his wingtips detach to combine and transform into his [[Fusion cannon#Deluxe|fusion cannon]] (although it's actually designed after the [[rail gun]] this body was equipped with in IDW's comics, but of course Hasbro couldn't call it ''that'' on a toy's packaging). The cannon can peg into 5mm ports on his hands and forearms. This design was actually taken from an official pitch without Figueroa's permission and with no compensation to the artist; a fact he was rather sore about.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/don-figueroa-designed-idw-s-stealth-bomber-megatron-but-wasn-t-compensated--t96022s0.php "So I read that this was being made into a toy? wow, and I thought only 3rd party companies take stuff without giving any notice, acknowledgement or compensation... FYI: hasbro nor idw solicited me to do this design, I did it on my own."]</ref>

:In the American release Megatron comes packed in with a copy of IDW's [[Spotlight: Megatron]], sporting a 'Hasbro Exclusive Cover' cropped from the [[Clayton Crain]] [[:File:SLMegatron cvrRI.jpg|retailer incentive cover]]. In European and Canadian markets the figure was released without the Spotlight.

:He was later retooled into ''Generations'' [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Krok (G1)#Timelines|Krok]], and ''The Last Knight'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TLKDeluxe|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Thrilling 30'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''01 OF 30'''

: An [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC|Metroplex]] was made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013. He comes with 12 small, non-transforming figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Orion Pax]], Megatron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)#SDCCMetroplex|Hoist]], all in both modes. The figurines are based on their Thrilling 30 ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, and similarly to [[Decoy]]s, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-Metroplex-Megatron-HKACGCON.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I... can't... move...]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''

: Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#HKACGCON|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Hong Kong ACG-CON]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Orion Pax]], Megatron, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)#HKACGCONMetroplex|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)#HKACGCONMetroplex|Hoist]], but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.

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[[File:TF-Generation-JP-TG25-Megatronus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Orion Pax VS Megatronus''' (Multi-pack, 2013-[[October 26|10-26]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG-25'''
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form cannon)

: Released in the Japanese ''Generations'' lineup, Megatronus is a redeco of ''Generations'' Deluxe Megatron in a darker shade of black, replacing the previously purple parts with more black and rendering the translucent plastic cannon a shade of red. Megatronus features extensive paint details, including purple lining inside the grooves on his head, shoulders, and knees, silver paint on his legs and engines and red eyes. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#VSMegatronus|Orion Pax]].

: This toy is meant to depict Megatron as he was before the war broke out, hence the name, which originated as a pre-war name for [[Megatron (WFC)|Aligned continuity Megatron]].

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG28MegatronChopShop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|BURRITOOOS!!!!]]
*'''Megatron & Starscream''' (Multi-pack, 2013-[[December 28|12-28]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG28'''

: The Japanese release of Legends Class Megatron is cast in his traditional gray, black, and red color scheme and features extensive metallic silver paint. He and Chop Shop were only available in a two-pack with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MegatronStarscream2pack|Starscream]] and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#MegatronStarscream2pack|Waspinator]].
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===Combiner Wars===
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[[File:LeaderMegatron2015.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.95|"What? No, of course I don't have an Autobot insignia! [[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|Why would you think that?"]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Two guns (combine to form rifle), missile

:Part of the first wave of 2015 ''Generations [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Leader Class toys, Megatron transforms from a robot heavily inspired by his Generation 1 animation model into a tank featuring working treads. He includes a sticker sheet featuring two each of Decepticon and Autobot [[insignia]] (the latter in reference to IDW's ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''), plus stickers intended to replicate those on the original Megatron toy's chest and fusion cannon. Megatron also comes packaged with a collector's card featuring art from the initial release of the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. His box-back bio bears a superficial similarity to our wiki's article on [[Megatron (WFC)|another Megatron]]. He features a spark chamber hatch which is sculpted in likeness to the one seen in "[[Master Blaster]]". In a feature that goes undocumented in Megatron's instructions, his two guns can store underneath the rear of his alternate mode. Select aspects of this design, such as the leg-mounted treads, the general transformation sequence and the tank alt-mode, were used to represent G1 Megatron in ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]''.

:Although the website description & packaged billed the transformation as "15 steps", the toy actually has ''10'' steps.

:He was retooled into [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Generations|''Armada'' Megatron]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Megatron at TFU.info]
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*'''Megatron''' (Lucky Draw Leader, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Two guns (combine to form rifle), missile

:Released as a contest prize for Toys R' Us Singapore, this ''Combiner Wars'' Leader Class Megatron is a redeco of the Leader Class toy above, featuring chrome (if by chrome, it means ''metallic'') silver and red paint on his paintable silver & red plastic parts (which includes neutering the light-up gimmick). The figure can be obtained by spending $600 worth of Transformers products only with their Star Card. The contest ran in March 1st till 31st.

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[[File:TFSS-5.0-Double-Pretender-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Double Pretender Megatron''' (2017)'''
**''Accessories'': Pretender Shell, Sword for Pretender Shell, Rifle for Pretender Shell, [[Spacewarp]] Mini-Con, Joint piece for Spacewarp

:Released as a part of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#5.0 (2016)|Figure Subscription Service 5.0]], Megatron is a redeco of his [[#GenerationsLegends|Legends Class toy]], with his coloration based on his canceled ''Generation 2'' [[#CombatHero|"arctic-camo" Combat Hero Megatron toy]]. He also comes with [[Spacewarp#Timelines|Spacewarp]] (a redeco of [[Blast Master#Generations|''Generations'' Payload]]) and his Pretender shell, which is redecoed from [[Grand Maximus#Super-God Masterforce|Grand Maximus]]'s. Double Pretender Megatron also comes with a joint piece for Spacewarp to let her fit in the shell along with Megatron.

:There are two ways to make Megatron and Spacewarp fit into the shell:
::1. [https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/857749521190801409 Fiddle the Megatron figure into a different position, and insert the joint piece on his chest to allow Spacewarp to attach on it].
::2. If the joint piece doesn't work due to its tolerance, [https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/857749905867251712 rearrange Megatron in a slightly different position, and peg Spacewarp into Megaton's arm.]

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===Titans Return===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Voyager-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blitzwing who? I'm just a Megatron who happens to turn into a tank ''and'' a jet. All the cool [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]]s are doing it!]]
*'''Doomshot & Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon, Rifle, Doomshot Titan Master

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Megatron is a new mold which transforms from robot to tank to plane reminiscent to his ''Machine Wars'' counterpart and back. Megatron comes with [[Doomshot#Generations|Doomshot]], a [[Titan Master]] who becomes his head. The G1 toy-accurate 'scrollwork' details on his chest and all Decepticon insignias (on his robot mode chest, jet nosecone, and tank tread cowling) are chrome-backed, factory-applied, low-quality stickers which are notoriously prone to falling off at the slightest disturbance. As their chrome-backed nature clashes heavily with Megatron's otherwise unpainted torso, replacing them is recommended. His wing stickers are similarly metallic, but appear to adhere better and clash less with the figure's overall aesthetic. The fusion cannon is shown in stock photos to be solid black, while the final one is light grey plastic paint dipped in black with the posts left bare.

:Like all Voyager class ''Titans Return'' figures, he has a pair of pop-up parts to fill in the area around his head; in this case, a pair of missile racks. However, those parts heavily restrict his neck articulation when deployed; unlike many others in his size class, his chest does not contain a pivoting assembly for better range of movement.

:His fusion cannon can plug into the short barrel of the tank turret or the rifle/Titan Master vehicle weapon. Additionally (and undocumented), the rifle can be inserted into the front end of the fusion cannon. The fusion cannon can be mounted on his forearm or held by any figure with 5mm hands. It also has a peg hole that an accessory such as his rifle can plug into, with extra square peg holes specifically to hold the rifle in place.

:The instructions for robot-to-tank transformation suggest that you move his robot mode chestplate downwards into the collapsed jet position. It appears to have a clearance issue, with the chest protruding too far; leaving it in robot mode position will ensure there are no clearance issues. However, the chest ''can'' be made to fit better by putting it into position before transforming the treads, preventing the tread panels from getting in the way. Also in some molds of the toy, Megatron's left and right leg panels will randomly pop and stick out. This is expecially prominent in Tank and Jet mode.

:Unsurprisingly, this mold was retooled into [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Blitzwing]].

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===Cyber Series===
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He may have rocket launchers in his feet, but that doesn't mean he has mistletoe.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)

:Part of the first and only assortment of ''Generations'' Cyber Series figures, Megatron is a voyager-sized figure and transforms into a futuristic tank with a [[transformation|transformation scheme]] that borrows much of its engineering from the [[#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' G2 Legends Class Megatron]] from 2008 though does have some unique steps. His large fusion cannon can be held in his fist or mounted on his arm as any classic representation of Megatron would.

:The Cyber Series as a whole is pretty hard to come by. This figure along with the others were available in limited quantities from online retailer BigBadToyStore.com, though other than that they haven't hit mass retail anywhere besides Asia and Latin America.

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===Platinum Edition===
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-OsS-OsF-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|An official Red Ryder carbine-action, two-hundred-shot range-model air rifle.]]
*'''One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall''' (2-pack, 2016)

: Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' 2-pack under the ''Generations'' line with Optimus Prime, this Megatron figure is another redeco of the ''Classics'' toy. Megatron features a new and significantly different deco for the sake of [[for safety reasons|gun safety laws]]. The sides of his gun mode are entirely cast in clear red plastic, his arms are a different shade of red plastic and there is red paint on the legs as well–in addition to the bright orange parts on both the tip of the barrel and the scope, just like the ''Classics'' figure.

: The original mold was also redecoed as [[#Henkei.21 Henkei.21|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Megatron]] and [[#United|''United'' Megatron]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/PlatinumMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall Megatron at TFU.info]

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==Bot Shots==
[[Image:Bot Shots S1 BP004 Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Nemesis Prime / Megatron / Acid Storm''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''170'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''820'''
***''Sword strength'': '''625'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 1 three-packs, Megatron is a teeny tank that borrows some elements from both the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Megatron designs. He has [[Autotransformation|a spring-loaded automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when his front is pressed, and has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.

:He comes with [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Acid Storm|Super Bot Acid Storm]]. He shares parts with [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)#Bot Shots|Shockwave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BS3pkMegatron/megatron.htm More information on 3-pack Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BStoy-MegatronLauncher.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Megatron Launcher''' (Launcher, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BL002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''530'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''900'''
***''Sword strength'': '''210'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 Launchers, this is a [[redeco]] of the ''Bot Shots'' tank Megatron mold in bronze. He comes with a large "trailer" tank body extension that transforms into a battle station with flip-out cannons and a launching mechanism. The large, main cannon on the launcher has detailing reminiscent of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[fusion cannon]], such as the "dials" on the sides.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSLMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Launcher Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Bot_Shots_Super_Bot_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Megatron''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''285'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''465'''
***''Sword strength'': '''870'''

:Part of the third wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 single-packs, "Super Bot" Megatron transforms into a semi-truck with trailer, taking inspiration from the ''[[Kre-O]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Megatrons. As a Super Bot, he has more lopsided stats (sorta), and was [[Shortpacking|shortpacked]] one per case.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Motormaster (G1)|Motorbreath]]. He shares parts with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Optimus Prime]] and Nemesis Prime.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSSBMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Super Bot Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BStoy-BattlefortheMatrix-LauncherMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''UB003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''875'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''330'''
***''Sword strength'': '''415'''

: This redeco of the tank version of Megatron is cast in a warmer, non-metallic shade of black, with bronze details, a brighter silver face, and brighter red eyes. He comes with a redeco of his launcher, also in black, bronze, and silver.

: The set also comes with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Optimus Prime with his launcher]], [[Brawl (Movie)#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Bumblebee]], and a [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Bot Shots|Matrix]] prize.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSBFTMMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Battle for the Matrix Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BStoy-CybertruckMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Megatron doesn't ''need'' your puny windshields.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B018'''
***''Fist strength'': '''800'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''520'''
***''Sword strength'': '''300'''

:Part of the fifth wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 single-packs, this Megatron is a redeco of Super Bot Megatron in opaque plastics and with a painted "tanker" trailer section. The online Bot Shots checklist refers to this toy as "Megatron Cybertruck", a name not found on the packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSB018Megatron/megatron.htm More information on "Cybertruck" Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots Dragon Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Infused with the power of DORK Energon.]]
*'''Dragon Track''' (Playset, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''UB002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''480'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''735'''
***''Sword strength'': '''405'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher

:Available only with the Dragon Track set, this version of Megatron is a new Flip Shot mold, changing into a purple jet with animalistic styling on its nose, and featuring a robot mode that's inspired more by ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' Megatron. An impact to the front of the jet will cause Megatron to flip back into robot mode. He comes with a launcher that can be connected to the track, as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DragonTrack|Flip Shot Optimus Prime and his launcher]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSDTMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Dragon Track Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots FireAssault Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I—I stayed out in the sun too long, okay!?"]]
*'''Decepticon Fire Assault Team''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T016'''
***''Fist strength'': '''290'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''86?'''
***''Sword strength'': '''462'''

:A redeco of the original Megatron mold in red and orange, this version of Megatron was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of [[Shockwave (Movie)#FireAssaultTeam|Shockwave]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Starscream]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Barricade]], and [[Lockdown (ROTF)#FireAssaultTeam|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSDFAMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Fire Assault Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-SpinShotMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|At least, we think it's a car.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B008'''
***''Fist strength'': '''725'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''220'''
***''Sword strength'': '''675'''

:Part of the third wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new-mold Megatron transforms into a vaguely-animalistic black-and-silver car with wings, and with a robot mode that's also inspired by ''Prime'' Megatron. As a Spin Shot, one manually winds up his upper body beforehand when transforming him into vehicle mode, where striking the front of the vehicle will cause him to burst open and spin while auto-transforming.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSSSMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Spin Shot Megatron at TFU.info]''

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==BeCool==
[[File:BeCool TankLorry.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Tank Lorry (Megatron)''' (2013)
**''ID number'': '''B18'''

:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Tank Lorry" is a redeco of the ''Bot Shots'' truck Megatron mold in orange with metallic silver paint on his head, chest, windshield and tanker section. Instead of game stats, the stickers in his chest spinner feature drawings of his vehicle mode, a gas pump and the [[wikipedia:kanji|kanji]] for "danger" (危).

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*'''Hyper Tank and Hyper Tank Base (Megatron)''' (2013)
**''ID number'': '''BS04'''

:"Hyper Tank" is a redeco of the tank Megatron mold in bright green that comes with the Hyper Tank Base, a dark green and bronze redeco of the Megatron Launcher. His chest stickers now display pictures of the launcher in base mode, Megatron pulling it in trailer mode, and a compass, and he also comes with an additional sticker sheet for decorating the trailer.

==EZ Collection Gum==
[[File:EZ-colle-gum-G2-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have been mistransformed? STARSCREAM!!]]
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*'''Megatron''' (EZ Collection Gum, 2012)
**''Release Date'': 2012-[[July 30|07-30]]
**''ID Number'': '''4'''

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

:His alt mode stock photo is mistransformed: the arms are not folded up to his tank turret.

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==GT==
*'''GT-R Megatron''' ([[2013]]-[[July 27|07-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GT-03'''
**''Accessories:'' "EX. Cannon", [[Noa]] race queen figure

: ''[[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (franchise)|Transformers GT]]'' GT-R Megatron is a heavy retool of the ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|Convoy]] toy, transforming into a 1:32 scale replica of the S Road REITO MOLA GT-R race car used by [http://www.mola-international.co.jp/mola.cgi?field=%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84%3C%3E%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E4%BD%93%E5%88%B6 MOLA] in the [[wikipedia:Super GT|Super GT]] racing championship series. He features die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. His armaments include flip-out non-firing blasters on his arms as well as a handheld gun called the EX. Cannon, a weapon designed to resemble the fire extinguishers used at races. Like all ''GT'' toys, Megatron also comes with a [[GT Sister]], a poseable human figure themed after a [[wikipedia:race queen|race queen]], his partner being a lady named Noa.

: This mold was also used, with different heads and accessories, to make the other ''Transformers GT'' toys: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GT|GT-R Prime]], [[Star Saber (Victory)#GT|GT-R Saber]], and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#GT|GT-R Maximus]].
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==Nike==
[[File:NikeMegatronRises.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.95|''"Peace through touchdowns."'']]
*'''Calvin Johnson Megatron''' (2013)
**''Accessories'': 2 wings (combine to form fusion cannon), football
:Calvin Johnson Megatron was available with the purchase of {{w|Nike, Inc.|Nike}}'s CJ81 Megatron Trainer Max, inspired by American football player {{w|Calvin Johnson}}, who is [[Megatron (human)|nicknamed]] after the Decepticon leader. A redeco of his ''Generations Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class toy, Megatron transforms from robot to stealth bomber, with his wings detaching to form a fusion cannon in robot mode. He features Johnson's signature printed on his chest, and also includes an American football accessory redecoed from the one included with Red Dog in the 2011 ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' "Slaughter's Marauders Battle Set" which Megatron is totally incapable of actually holding, though since the ball has a divot carved in one side it can be neatly pegged onto the two prongs on the ends of his forearms- though it's certainly not intended to.{{-}}

*'''Megatron Rises 3-Pack''' (2013)
**''Accessories'': 2 wings (combine to form fusion cannon), football
:The Calvin Johnson Megatron figure was also available in the "Megatron Rising 3-Pack", which includes three pairs of Megatron-themed shoes: the Nike CJ81 Megatron Trainer Max, the Megatron Nike Air Trainer SC II, and the Nike CJ81 Megatron Elite TD Cleat, the last of which is exclusive to the pack. The pack was limited to 81 pieces, in reference to Johnson's shirt number, and available only from Nike's 21 Mercer Street store in [[New York City]], select Nike Yardline stores, and Nike.com.{{-}}

==Construct-Bots==
[[File:Megatron Construct-Bots.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Elite Class, 2013)
: Megatron transforms into a wheeled tank-like vehicle. He includes the same parts as the Ultimate Class figure however his armor is translucent purple plastic and he features numerous paint differences. He includes giant red swords, blasters, and a projectile-launching gun.
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[[File:ConstructBots 2pack Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron''' (Ultimate Class, 2013)
: Megatron's Elite Class toy was packed alongside his eternal nemesis [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Optimus Prime]]. This version is identical to his Elite-Class single release in construction, but this version features a more Generation 1-based paint scheme. He retains the gimmickry of the Elite-Class version but also includes a myriad of extra parts; enough to switch his alternate form from a tank to a jet if one were so inclined.
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==Hero Mashers==
[[File:HeroMashers_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I will destroy Optimus Prime! Then use his arm as a back scratcher!]]

*'''Megatron''' (Battle Upgrade, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''14'''
: Part of the first wave of battle upgrade Hero Mashers toys, Megatron is a non-transforming robot who is chock full of weaponry. He includes an Energon flail, a ''massive'' projectile launching fusion cannon, and a backpack with removable missile packs. His parts can be removed and swapped out with any other Hero Mashers toy.

:He also includes [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Skywarp]]'s arm which is a repaint of [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Starscream]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/HMMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Cloud==
[[File:Cloud Megatron Toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Megatron''' (2014-[[May 29|05-29]])
**''ID number:'' '''TFC-D01'''
**''Accessories:'' "Fusion Blade" sword, "Deception Sword" dagger

: Megatron is a silver, red and black [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class [[Megatron (G1)/toys#GenerationsVoyager|Megatron]], itself a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen:]] [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]]'' Voyager Class [[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Voyager|Bludgeon]] with a new head. He transforms from a Japanese [[Wikipedia:Type 90 Kyū-maru|Type 90]] tank into a samurai-esque robot mode and features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank's main gun, as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode's left hip guard. Additionally, the dagger's handle can fit in the base of the sword's handle, forming a double-bladed weapon. He has [[Mech Alive]] [[gimmick]]s in his thighs and turret: sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and pulling his turret open makes a sculpted white "disc" at the center rotate while a scabbard for the dagger hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.

: The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys.

: Megatron was available exclusively through [[e-HOBBY]].

: The original version of this mold was redecoed into ''Transformers: [[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' [[Banzaitron]], and it was differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Timelines|Gigatron]].
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==EZ Collection==
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[[File:EZ-Collection-EG-06-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (EZ Collection, 2014)
**''Release Date'': 2014-[[April 27|04-27]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''EG-06'''

:Another [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class Megatron, this individual carded release of ''EZ Collection'' Megatron features gray plastic with purple-painted hands. His stock photography retains the G2 Decepticon symbol, though the toy proper has original Decepticon symbols.

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==Bearbrick==
[[File:Bearbrick Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm an ''intensive'' care bear.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2014-[[July 17|07-17]])

: A special edition [[Bearbrick]] released in celebration of the ''Transformers'' 30th anniversary, Megatron transforms from a Bearbrick painted up like Megatron to a bear-eared robot. He has no accessories, but holes in his robot mode hands can accommodate other toys' weapons.

: This mold, with a different head sculpt, was also used for the simultaneously released Bearbrick [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|G1 Optimus Prime]] and later released [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bearbrick|''Age of Extinction'' Optimus Prime]], and was further retooled into [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Bumblebee]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Starscream]].
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==Transformers (2014)==
[[File:Transformers-2014-Legion-Class-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legion Class, 2014)
:Another re-release of the ''Universe'' Legends Class Megatron sculpt, this time with a slightly lighter shade of green and darker shade of purple camouflage patterns from its previous iterations. Bizarrely, the [[package art]] is taken from the ''Generations'' Legends Class Megatron/Chop Shop two-pack's packaging and half-heartedly recolored - ignoring the black and yellow safety striping from the design the art was originally made for - to match the broad strokes of this figure's deco.

:In the United States, Megatron has thus far been found at Big Lots and Family Dollar stores. In Australia, he is available at general retail again, just the previous [[wave]] of Legion Class figures; whereas in Europe, the wave that contains Megatron in other markets is available at general retail, but lacking Megatron for unknown reasons.

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==Mega Drive Megatron==
[[File:MegaDriveMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|SEEEEEGAAAAA]]
*'''16-Bit Mega Drive Megatron''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon, gamepad, game cartridge

: Released under the "TakaraTomy Arts" banner alongside a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Optimus Prime featuring Original PlayStation|Sony PlayStation version of Optimus Prime]] and outside of any other toyline, Mega Drive Megatron transforms from robot to a scaled-down Japanese [[Sega]] [[wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Mega Drive]] video game console–which ironically is about the size of a real-life Mega Drive cartridge. He comes with a gamepad that features pushable buttons which splits in two and attaches to his back like a pair of wings, while the left side of the console detaches and transforms into an arm-mounted cannon attached to his back via the gamepad's cord. He also includes a cartridge depicting the Japanese release of ''[[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' that slots into the console/his chest.

: This figure includes what is most likely the smallest accessory to ever be included with a Transformers toy; a small cap that covers the hole left if one does not insert the gamepad into the console mode. The piece is sculpted to resemble an open slot for a gamepad and is a teensy bit ''smaller'' than even the fist parts for a ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' [[Seeker]].

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[[File:SegaGenesisMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Blast processing.]]
*'''Sega Genesis Megatron''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon, gamepad, game cartridge

: Sega Genesis Megatron is a redeco and slight retool of Mega Drive Megatron in the form of its North American release, the Sega Genesis. In addition to the changes to the console, the red on Megatron's robot mode has been replaced with purple, and the art on the ''Sonic'' cartridge has been changed to match its American release. Even the packaging is changed to evoke Genesis packaging, right down to featuring (awkwardly translated) English text on the back. This version of Megatron is a TakaraTomy Arts online store exclusive.

: Curiously, the promotional pictures of Sega Genesis Megatron appear to show the retooled "16-Bit" panel molded to read "1'''5'''-Bit", but the final release has it correctly molded.

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[[File:MegaDriveMegatronGold.jpg|thumb|right|300px|ALL HAIL SEGATRON]]
*'''Mega Drive Megatron Gold Ver.''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon, gamepad, game cartridge

: A [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] gold chrome redeco of Mega Drive Megatron was one of the prizes in a lottery open to those who purchased the ''{{w|Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives}}'' [[Nintendo DS|Nintendo 3DS]] game. For this release the cartridge art was changed to that of ''Bare Knuckle'', the Japanese release of ''[[wikipedia:Streets of Rage|Streets of Rage]]'' and one of the games included in ''Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives''. The lottery was open from December 18, 2014 to January 31, 2015, with only 5 golden Megatrons up for grabs.

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==Q-Transformers==
[[File:QTransformers Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (2015-[[April 25|04-25]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-20'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Megatron is a small [[super deformed]] toy that transforms from Lamborghini Veneno to robot. He comes with a code for unlocking Megatron as a playable character in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' game.

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[[File:QTransformers BlackMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Black Megatron''' (2015-[[November 14|11-14]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-32'''

:Released appropriately alongside [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Q-Transformers|Black Convoy]], Black Megatron is a redeco of the previous toy in darker colors with red highlights in new places, blue windows and a Lamborghini logo in place of his Decepticon insignia.

:Although usually sold in Japanese markets, some department stores in Asia had sold the figure as well.

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*'''Decepticons 3-Figure Set''' (2016)
**''ID number:'' '''QTFS-02'''

:During the second ''Q-Transformers'' series, the Megatron toy was available in a three-pack alongside [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Soundwave]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Shockwave]]. He is identical to the original ''Q-Transformers'' toy.

==Legends==
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[[File:Tf-legends-lg-13-megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2015-[[May 30|05-30]])
**''ID number'': '''LG13'''
**''Accessories'': 2 guns (combine to form rifle), fusion cannon
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Megatron is a redeco of the ''Generations'' Leader Class Megatron toy, replacing some red plastic joints with grey. He comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|volume 13]] of the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends Comic: Bonus Edition]]'' mini-comic.

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[[File:Legendstoy-MegatronHM.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Who shrunk me?! This is all YOUR fault, Starscream!]]
*'''Galvatron''' (2016-[[July 23|07-23]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG23'''
**''Accessories:'' Megatron Headmaster, cannon

:Available with ''Legends'' [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Legends|Galvatron]], Megatron is a redeco of [[Nucleon (Generations)|Nucleon]] and transforms into Galvatron's head. He features paint applications to resemble his appearances in the cartoon, while his Headmaster mode features silver paint on his face, and some purple details.
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==Notes==
[[File:MicroChangeGunRoboWalther.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|[[Megaplex]] Black Version?]]
[[File:Skywarpatron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]
[[File:UnmadeVideoCameraMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*To date, an exact copy of the black ''[[Microman]]'' ''[[Micro Change]]'' Walther P-38 toy has not been reissued as a Transformer - the e-HOBBY version replaced the blue plastic with red and some of the black plastic parts with silver chrome.
*It seems that no one could get Megatron's [[package art]] right in Japan. His standard release used edited box art from the standard Microchange P-38 toy's black deco, recolored to Megatron's US toy color scheme with shiny "chrome" and red on his legs and arms instead of the Japanese toy's flat gray and blue. The VS-X art replaced the red with blue, but kept the "chrome". The art on the "Goodbye Megatron" set used edited US box art (which in turn was the Microchange P-38 UNCLE art with an added sigil) that replaced the red with blue, yet this toy used red plastic.
*In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.
*In a slightly more sane attempt, [[:File:Megalvatron.jpg|another triple changer]] was proposed which would switch between Megatron, a very awkward [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]], and a Walther P-38 handgun with a futuristic silencer and laser sight.
*A kitbashed/hand-painted mock-up of the large ''Generation 2'' tank Megatron mold as a video camcorder is known to exist. Whether it was ever meant to be taken into production and whether it was meant to be Megatron or a new character is unknown. It was originally offered for sale in [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/4f98fe3d58bfe696/b1d0163d38587281?q=ramjet+whiz+bang+toys&pli=1 October of 2000] from Whiz Bang Collectibles, along with other items seemingly from a former Hasbro employee's collection.<ref>[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Generation2/MegatronVideoCameraMock1.html Megatron Video Camera at Toyarchive.com]</ref>

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==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1783/Generation+2/Megatron+ATB.html Gallery of ATB Megatron with comparison to BB at Transformers At the Moon]
*[http://www.theunclegun.com/ Unclegun.com - The Walther P-38 as seen in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]
*[http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=ngAuAAAAEBAJ Megatrons patent]

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2017-05-18T21:59:53Z

Crockalley: Several toys of Megatron. Photo by User:Crockalley.

Several toys of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]. Photo by [[User:Crockalley]].

Akira Serikawa

2016-11-25T23:00:18Z

Crockalley: /* Notes */

:''Akira is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Zone akira.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Dora the Explorer wants her outfit back.]]
'''Akira Serikawa''' (芹川アキラ ''Serikawa Akira'') is an [[Earth]]ling who befriended the [[Autobot]]s during an attack by the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]]. His father knows a lot about the [[Zodiac]]. He enjoys frolicking in meadows, catching butterflies, holding hands, blushing and picking flowers. He is ''very'' good friends with [[Cain]] and his pink bunny-bird [[Emusa]].
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==Fiction==
===''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages===
{{voiceactor|[[Naoko Watanabe]]}}

[[File:Zone akiracain.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|If that's a sunset, then they're literally gay as the day is long.]]

On the planet Earth, the planet of his birth (hey, that rhymes), Akira was collecting butterflies. Akira loved to collect butterflies and just generally run around through fields of flowers and such.

Suddenly the air was filled with the sounds of giant robot monsters—which Akira didn't hear until [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was close enough to step on him. Fortunately the Autobot Micromasters arrived and rescued Akira (and the other humans around) from a fate the same as death.

The Micromasters and their friend Cain introduced themselves to Akira, and Akira hung out with them while the Decepticon Generals attacked Earth. After Dai Atlas showed up to save the day, retrieving the Zodiac energy, Akira proved himself quite knowledgeable about it. After all, Akira's father is a geologist. Of course he'd know about a crystallized heart in the depths of the Earth which is one of the greatest sources of power in the universe. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

[[File:Zone12FinalPage.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The rainbow says it all!]]

Later, Cain, Akira and Emusa were present on the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] when [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] attacked the "Zone City" stationed there in defense of the planet. As Metrotitan obliterated both the base and [[Galaxy Shuttle]], the three escaped the destruction in [[Rabbicrater]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #8}}

Returning to Earth, the three felt the effects of Metrotitan's new weapon, the "Freeze Beam Gun". [[Roadfire|Road Fire]] made short work of Metrotitan, ending this threat. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #9}}

[[Violen Jiger]] himself then came to Earth, intent on stealing the Zodiac. He plowed through the Powered Masters to grab the Galaxy Rocket, both obtaining the Zodiac and abducting Emusa, Cain, Akira and Moonradar in the process. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #10}}

The Powered Masters followed Violen Jiger to the mysterious [[Tenth Planet]], where Violen Jiger split into three insect monsters. Roadfire defended the Galaxy Rocket from Lenja, saving the captives inside. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #11}}

After the Powered Masters defeated Violen Jiger's final form with their Zodiac-fueled Rainbow Powered Attack (no, really), sunlight returned to the Tenth Planet. The Zodiac rainbow remained in the sky, causing the world to sprout greenery and flowers. Though Cain, Akira, Emusa and the Transformers all came from different worlds, they realized they'd need all their strength and each other's help to make this new world a peaceful one. As Cain and Akira ran through a field of flowers together, holding each other's hands, Emusa placed one in Akira's hair. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #12}}
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==Notes==
[[File:Earlycainakiraemusa.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|DOESN'T IT?]]
* Akira's last name, Serikawa, was not mentioned in either the cartoon or comic versions of ''Zone''. It only appears once, as part of a story page advertisement for the ''Zone'' OVA, describing Akira as the child of "Earth physicist Professor Serikawa".
* Akira and his ''Zone'' chums looked quite different between the ''Zone'' story pages and anime, as you can see at right.
* It is heavily implied that Cain and Akira are romantically attracted to one another, making them the first same-sex attracted characters in ''Transformers'' media.

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Deathsaurus (G1)

2016-11-25T22:28:52Z

Crockalley: /* Generations */

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:''Deathsaurus is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Deathsaurus1.jpg|325px|thumb|Spell it right or you're kickbanned, buster.]]

'''Deathsaurus''' (デスザラス ''Desuzarasu'') began terrorizing the galaxy long before ascending to the position of Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]]. For thousands of years, this savage and cruel dictator has spread terror throughout the universe, and has now set his sights upon the Earth as a source of energy to power his terrifying superweapon, the [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. And if [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] should get in his way, so much the better: Deathsaurus bears the Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] a bitter grudge, and relishes any opportunity to destroy him that presents itself.

Deathsaurus is a [[Breastforce]] warrior, partnered with two transforming chestplates that become the [[Breast Animal]]s [[Tigerbreast]] and [[Eaglebreast]]. He wields a deadly spiked flail, and the [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]], which erodes the living metallic cells of super-robot lifeforms. The bladed wings of his creature mode absorb sunlight, converting it into dark energy, and he can then launch these energized blades at his opponents in an attack known as his "Death Wing". Despite all of these terrifying powers, however, Deathsaurus is a surprisingly "hands off" leader, who is perfectly happy to allow his subordinates to formulate their own plans and schemes to gather energy for him—but if they should fail, he'll always be there to berate and brutalize them. Even when the plans are his own, Deathsaurus is content to watch and command from a distance, rather than dirty his own hands—but he'll rarely waste a chance to engage Star Saber on the battlefield, and if that occurs, woe betide anyone who gets in Deathsaurus's way.

Curiously, Deathsaurus permits himself one distinctive, unusual foible: although he despises most humans, he has a surprising soft spot for children.

Sometimes he is known as '''Dezarus'''. In some universes, he can combine with the ''Destron'' team to form [[Liokaiser]], replacing Leozack & Jallguar.

{{quote|I will not forgive this, Star Saber! I swear! I swear I will crush you with my bare hands! I swear, you worm! With my bare hands!|Deathsaurus tells you all you'll ever need to know about him|"[[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Clips of Deathsaurus were seen when [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Grand Maximus]] were talking about the new [[Supreme Commander]] [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink |Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Takeshi Aono]] (Japanese)|[[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

[[File:Deathsaurus fortress.jpg|left|thumb|225px|By the power of Grayskull!]]

500,000 years ago, striving to become the Decepticons' new Emperor of Destruction, Deathsaurus created a gigantic battle fortress capable of destroying planets, but an attack by the young Autobot commander Star Saber saw the fortress de-powered and trapped in a gravity cell at the heart of the region of space known as [[Dark Nebula]]. This began the enmity between Star Saber and Deathsaurus, and as both combatants rose through the ranks of their respective armies, Deathsaurus vowed to eventually liberate his fortress and use it to destroy Star Saber. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

Some years prior to 2025, after the conclusion of the [[Masterforce War]] on Earth, Deathsaurus succeeded [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] as Decepticon leader and achieved his dream of becoming Emperor of Destruction. {{storylink|#Toys|Deathsaurus's ''Victory'' toy bio}} Under his command, the Decepticons began seeking a planet that they could call their own and invaded worlds all across the galaxy. To counteract Deathsaurus's campaign of terror, the Autobots—now with Star Saber serving as their Supreme Commander—and many other sentient races formed the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], and struck back at the Decepticons with their [[Galactic Peace Alliance|Galactic Defense Force]]. As time passed and this conflict continued, Deathsaurus began focusing his attacks on "Sector One" of the galaxy, containing the planet Earth, until 2025, when the severity and frequency of the attacks forced Star Saber to take command of the Defense Force unit in that area himself. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

[[File:Deathsaurus starsaber moonbattle.jpg|thumb|225px|Parry on regardless.]]

When Deathsaurus's [[Dinoforce]] attacked the [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Star Saber raced to aid his fellow [[Brainmaster]]s in battle there, only to find his way barred by Deathsaurus. Hoping to distract Star Saber long enough for the Dinoforce to finish their job, Deathsaurus engaged his old foe in battle, but Star Saber broke off the fight as quickly as he could and headed on toward the moon with Deathsaurus hot on his heels. After Star Saber defeated the Dinoforce, Deathsaurus caught up to him and unleashed his Breast Animals upon the Autobot in both beast and weapon forms. Star Saber eventually won out, defeating both the creatures and besting Deathsaurus in a swordfight, forcing the Decepticon leader to summon up his craft, the ''[[Thunder Arrow]],'' and flee aboard it. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

[[File:Deathsaurus throne.jpg|left|thumb|225px|THRONE'D!]]

Recognizing the Earth as a rich source of energy that he could use to power up his Planet-Destroying Fortress, Deathsaurus centered most of his subsequent attacks on the planet, summoning the Breastforce to aid in the campaign. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}} {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} Deathsaurus was entirely aware of the fact that the Breastforce's leader [[Leozack]] had designs on leadership of the Decepticons for himself, {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}} but he was amused enough by it to let him slide by, allowing Leozack to believe that he was oblivious to his schemes. Residing on the Thunder Arrow as it hopscotched around the planet and solar system, Deathsaurus was content to watch as his troops staged numerous attacks on Earth. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[File:Deathsaurus beastmode.jpg|thumb|225px|Not to be confused with the [[w:Robot Chicken|Adult Swim]] show of the same name.]]

Deathsaurus finally decided to join his troops on a mission when the Decepticon began draining electrical energy from an American subway system. While the Breastforce snuck through the subway tunnels, Deathsaurus himself targeted the power distribution center, where he was confronted by Star Saber. The true cunning of Deathsaurus's scheme was revealed when he let loose his Breast Animals, and Star Saber proved no match for the creatures in the small confines of the underground complex. Unfortunately for Deathsaurus, he had overlooked the fact that with both Breast Animals deployed, his own chest was left unprotected, leaving it open to an attack from Star Saber's Saber Blade. Wounded, Deathsaurus recalled his Breast Animals and fled, but not without successfully taking the energy he had managed to steal beforehand. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}}

When the Breastforce were joined by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], the newcomer also adopted designs on the Decepticon throne. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} Deathsaurus was even less concerned with Hellbat's ambitions than he was with Leozack's, though, since the two would-be traitors were always too busy fighting with each other to pose a serious threat to him. In their constant games of one-upmanship, Leozack and Hellbat crafted numerous failed schemes of their own, eventually forcing Deathsaurus to step in and give his minions a mission of his own devising. Deathsaurus had the Decepticons hide in the asteroid belt and capture human shuttlecraft in order to use drain their energy and use them to create an energy alloy. Star Saber soon got wise to the villains' evildoings and arrived to put a stop to them, but again, Deathsaurus successfully escaped with his amassed energy. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}}

[[File:Starsaber living metal destroying cannon.jpg|left|thumb|Say hello to my little friend...]]

While the Breastforce were busy on planet [[Micro]], Deathsaurus and the Dinoforce took the Thunder Arrow into the Dark Nebula, where Deathsaurus emptied his stockpile of energy into his inactive fortress. The giant structure briefly flared back to life, but soon shut down once more; Deathsaurus was unfazed, having only sought to confirm whether or not the fortress could even be reactivated. On the trip back to Earth, the Decepticons crossed paths with Star Saber and the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], and Deathsaurus engaged Star Saber in battle with his Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon. Although Deathsaurus was actually able to pull the trigger on what would have been a fatal blast, he discovered that he had expended too much of his energy supply reactivating his fortress, and his weapons systems shut down before he could end Star Saber's life, necessitating his tactical withdrawal. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

[[File:Deathsaurus vs leozack.jpg|thumb|Tell me, what was the color of Napoleon's White horse?]]

Deathsaurus next clashed with Star Saber in Antarctica, only stepping onto the battlefield after the Breastforce, combined as [[Liokaiser]], had severely weakened Star Saber. Deathsaurus took over the fight, intent on being the one to deliver the final blow, but Star Saber was able to turn the battle around, and forced Deathsaurus into retreat. {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} In a later battle atop the Thunder Arrow, deep in the desert, Star Saber again humbled Deathsaurus, this time with the aid of [[Greatshot]], but the fight left both the Supreme Commander and [[Blacker]] badly wounded. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} Capitalizing on the Autobots' reduced manpower, Deathsaurus stepped up the Decepticons' attacks across the planet, and removed another annoyance by finally calling Leozack out on his treachery. Easily besting the traitorous Breastforcer in combat, Deathsaurus forced him to swear total loyalty to him, or face death. Leozack made the logical choice, and then, combined with his fellow Breastforcers as Liokaiser, joined with his leader in staging an ambush for Star Saber in a subterranean cave in Asia. Disguising himself as a Terracotta Army-esque statue, Deathsaurus was able to get the drop on Star Saber when Liokaiser lured him into the cave, and again unleashed the Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon on his enemy. Once more, Deathsaurus stood poised to kill Star Saber with the weapon, until the last-minute arrival of [[Ginrai (robot)|God Ginrai]], who took the fatal shot. Liokaiser had to persuade the incensed Deathsaurus to retreat as more Autobots arrived, {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} but the Decepticon leader soon clashed with Star Saber once more in a later battle at a solar power station. Deathsaurus emerged victorious in that fight when Star Saber was forced to flee upon receiving news of Ginrai's deteriorating condition. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} Ginrai's life was saved, however, when he was rebuilt into the powerful new warror, [[Victory Leo]]. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

Next, Deathsaurus began bombarding the Earth with missiles from an orbital weapons platform, as a means of staying the Autobots' hands while his forces gathered energy across the planet. Star Saber and Victory Leo were able to thwart his plan by combining into the mighty Victory Saber; Deathsaurus's missile launch system had been programmed based on Star Saber's speed, but with the added power of Victory Leo, the Autobot hero was able to outrace the missiles, destroy the launcher and defeat Deathsaurus in an outer space battle. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[File:Victory37 finalblow.jpg|left|thumb|Who says robots don't bleed?]]

Following an attempt to destroy the Autobots with the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} Deathsaurus was informed by Hellbat that he had discovered the location of the sunken continent of [[Atlantis]], which could provide the raw energy to reactivate his fortress. Deathsaurus risked all or nothing to obtain Atlantis's energy, using up the Thunder Arrow's entire energy stockpile to raise the continent, but the plan proved a success, as the Autobots were too busy dealing with the devastating tidal waves caused by the rise of Atlantis to stop him from absconding with enough energy to bring his fortress back online. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} Having no further use for the bumbling Dinoforce, Deathsaurus abandoned them on Earth and headed back to the Dark Nebula with the Breastforce, where he successfully re-energized his fortress and began moving it towards Earth. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}}

[[File:Victory37 deadsaurus.jpg|thumb|With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!]]

Intent on learning from the failures of all past Decepticon leaders, Deathsaurus chose not to conquer Earth, but to utterly destroy the planet, eradicting from Decepticon history the humiliating stain of defeat the planet represented. As the fortress rained destruction down upon Earth with meteor bombs, even Victory Saber could not stand up to its power. Soon, however, a resentful Dinoforce supplied information on the fortress's weak spot to Star Saber's adopted human son, [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]], who then used his own [[Illumina II|personal mech]] to enter the fortress and strike at this vulnerability. As he did so, Deathsaurus and Star Saber engaged in a vicious final battle, during which Deathsaurus lost an eye, and was eventually stopped when Star Saber broke his sword off in the villain's chest. Gushing fuel and fluid, Deathsaurus vowed to have the last laugh as he set the crippled fortress on a collision course with Earth and blew himself out an airlock, vowing to return again and again. But, as his body drifted off into space, no sign of life was visible from the conquered emperor. Victory Saber was able to subsequently destroy the fortress before it collided with Earth, but Deathsaurus was not heard from again. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} {{storylink|Rescue Jan!!}} {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}} {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} {{storylink|Jan - Defend the Campus!!}} {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}}}}

====''Zone'' catalog====
[[File:DarkEmperorDeathsaurusZone01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]

Through means unknown, Deathsaurus was resurrected as the "[[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]]" and once again lead the Decepticons in an attack on the Autobots. This time, it was a full-on assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]] in an attempt to seize the Micro Zone's [[Energon Z]]. The [[Micromaster]]s repelled his attack and sent Deathsaurus into retreat. What became of him afterward is unknown. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}
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===''Victory'' manga===
[[File:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Come back here and help me put some sense in this image!"]]
Deathsaurus and Star Saber's rivalry began 500,000 years ago when they were both children, and according to Star Saber, "argued all the time". {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}} In his "adult" years, Deathsaurus took [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] as his wife, and in order to keep both her and the families of his fellow Decepticons safe aboard his "Space Stronghold", Deathsaurus began attacking Earth, in order to obtain the planet's energy and use it to keep the stronghold fully powered-up. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

During one of his early attacks on Earth, Deathsaurus took pity on an infant human named [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|Solon Kitakaze]], whose parents had died in the assault. Deathsaurus "adopted" Solon and turned him into a cyborg, raising him as his own son, just as Star Saber did with the human child Jan Minakaze. As Star Saber and Deathsaurus had been rivals in their youth, so too would Solon and Jan become rivals when, in 2025, Deathsaurus's campaign against Earth intensified.

Deathsaurus and Star Saber's first major battle in this campaign was a brief one, with Deathsaurus being felled by a single swipe of Star Saber's Saber Blade, {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}} but the Emperor of Destruction had a better showing in their next clash, during which he absorbed enough energy from a forest fire to best Star Saber, Road Caesar and Landcross all together. Deathsaurus's unusual compassion for children proved to be his downfall in this battle when he was distracted by the sight of Solon, gripping Jan in a hold that threatened the boy's life. While Deathsaurus's attention was occupied with striking Solon as punishment, Star Saber blindsided and defeated him with a Super Saber Meteor Spin. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Star Saber}}

Deathsaurus later sent Solon to study in school on Earth, in order to learn more about humans, thereby making it easier to conquer them. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} While Solon was on Earth, he and Jan were approached by former Autobot human allies [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab (human)|Cab]], {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}} and with Jan, they formed the "Autobot Boy Team" known as the [[Victories]]. Seeking to counter this group with a team of his own, Deathsaurus had [[Yokuryu]] capture Jan and bring him to the ''Thunder Arrow'', where he attempted to bribe the boy into joining the Decepticons' group with toys, a [[Family Computer|Famicom]], candy and cash. When an enraged Star Saber soon came tearing into the ''Thunder Arrow'', Deathsaurus crossed swords with the Autobot leader, but was then distracted by Jan distracting who exploited the Decepticon's bizarre fear of caterpillars by dangling one in his face. The cowering Deathsaurus was promptly bested in dramatically explosive fashion by Star Saber's "Planetary Impulse Sword" technique, and realised with hindsight that Solon was the only kid he needed. {{storylink|Watch Out, Jan! Hurry, Star Saber!}} Deathsaurus was apparently left so badly injured by this clash that he couldn't participate in the next battle, given that he was only seen lying in bed, coughing, with Solon resting a giant ice-pack on his head. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}

[[File:Kingsaurus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The mighty Kingsaurus. Mighty.]]

Rested and healthy again, Deathsaurus joined with [[Dinoking]] and Liokaiser in going up against Star Saber together, and perhaps not entirely surprisingly, the badly outnumbered Autobot was defeated by the three Decepticons. Before they could deliver the killing stroke, however, Star Saber was saved by the sudden arrival of Victory Leo, with whom he combined to form Victory Saber. The merged pair defeated the trio of Decepticons in one blast of their "Flash Victory" attack. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} Deathsaurus immediately sought out away to combat Star Saber's new power, and developed a Transformer-sized mech for Solon named "King Solon," with which he could combine to form "Kingsaurus". In this new form, Deathsaurus battled Victory Saber on the planet [[Guard]], with neither combatant getting the upper hand in over three hours of fighting. When [[Patty Minakaze]]'s mentioned the word "mother", however, something of Solon's past was stirred in the boy's mind, and he was distracted long enough for Victory Saber to destroy the King Solon mech components with his Victory. The burning Solon tumbled to the ground, where Patty tended his wounds despite his protestations. Perhaps wary of Solon's confused emotional state, Deathsaurus reminded him that while he was a human child, he was a Decepticon's son by fate. {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}}

[[File:Starsaber deathsaurus truce.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"So, we both agree that the childhood friendship thingie made no sense at all?" "Yes! Oh, what a glorious day!"]]

As it turned out, Deathsaurus was right to be wary—in the midst of a later battle with Star Saber and Road Caesar, Solon turned against Deathsaurus and sided with the Victories, opening fire on his "father" and declaring that he would fight to protect the Earth, instead of destroy it. Now with Solon on their side, the Victories were able to channel their power into the Autobots, and the Decepticons were sent fleeing by the "Five Stars of Victory" attack. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} Deathsaurus led the Decepticons back to the Space Stronghold and began bombarding the Earth with meteor bombs, prompting the Autobots to attack it. Deathsaurus left the Breastforce to man the fortress while he engaged Star Saber in a final battle in the void of space, but had not reckoned with the treachery of Leozack, who fired on his emperor with the fortress's main cannon. To save himself, Deathsaurus was forced to return fire on the fortress, and Star Saber followed suite, smashing into the fortress's control chamber and taking Leozack down. As Leozack begged the Autobots not to destroy the fortress, the wounded Deathsaurus arrived and revealed to the Autobots the presence of the Decepticons' families aboard the vessel. Realizing that the Decepticons' had only done what they had in the name of their families' safety, Star Saber decided that it was time for the two leaders to follow the example set by their sons and lay down their arms. Deathsaurus and Star Saber shook hands, and the [[Victory War]] came to an end, bringing peace to everyone—the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
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===''Transformers PD Type'' comic===
[[File:PDType Deathsaurus blackball.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Out of ammo, the Autobots started throwing things at Deathsaurus, including a [[Blackball]]! Gloating, Deathsaurus began to plan his conquest of the galaxy, only to become so annoyed at the rocks bouncing off his head that in frustration he threw the Blackball at the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##4 "Good Job! Deathsaurus!!"|Good Job! Deathsaurus!!}} Right when Star Saber was ready to finish him, Deathsaurus brought in Liokaiser. The two Decepticons were soon hunting for their enemy as he frantically tried to contact Victory Leo. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##5 "Don't Lose! Star Saber!!"|Don't Lose! Star Saber!!}}

Deathsaurus and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were pounced on by Victory Leo until Megatron was able to distract the lion with a huge ball of yarn, allowing the Decepticons to escape. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##6 "Tough as Nails! Victory Leo!"|Tough as Nails! Victory Leo!}} After a lengthy mid-air battle with Star Saber, Deathsaurus fell from the sky and ended up with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] chewing on his head. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##8 "Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!"|Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Deathsaurus dreamwave.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Polish Me!]]
Deathsaurus was an [[Destron (G1)|ancient Transformer]] from Cybertron's lost past. While searching for clues about the planet's history, Megatron stumbled across a hidden chamber beneath the planet's surface containing two massive statues of Deathsaurus and [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], holding a [[Golden Disk (ancient)|golden disk]] between them. This chamber apparently told of a vast Cybertronian Empire that ended prior to recorded history. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Deathsaurustimelines.jpg|thumb|Deathsaurus orchestrates the rise of a New Decepticon Empire, or NAMBLA.]]

Using a clone lab on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]], Deathsaurus wished to revive the fading [[Decepticon Empire]] with a vast [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] army. After the first batch of [[Virulent Clone|clones]] was completed, his operation was interrupted by a team of [[Autobot]] commandos under the command of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Deathsaurus overpowered and captured the first wave himself, and soon faced Ironhide one-on-one, while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] attempted to rescue the fallen Autobots. Due to the assistance of Tripredacus Agent [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], these two were defeated and captured as well.

They woke up bound inside Deathsaurus's clone lab. The Emperor of Destruction appeared on a television screen, declaring that his use for the lab was completed and was prepared to detonate it remotely with the Autobots inside. Unfortunately for Deathsaurus, the Autobot espionage agent [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] not only freed the Autobots before the explosion occurred, but also seeded the remaining clones with a virus, leaving Deathsaurus with nothing to show for his work. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===Theft of the Golden Disk===
Years later, towards the end of the Great War, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]] worked under Deathsaurus as a supply manager. When the final defeat of the Decepticons at last came, Cryotek led his fellow Predacon workers in a rebellion against Deathsaurus, and used the materials he stole from his depot to begin his own criminal empire. {{storylink|Transformers Collectors' Club|Cryotek's "Theft of the Golden Disk" profile}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Deathsaurus's origins are unknown, but he quickly rose within the ranks of the Decepticons after the uprisings began. He established himself as one of the fourteen leading [[Decepticon Warlord|Warlord]]s in the Decepticon cause and gathered a small inner circle of followers including [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]], [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]], and [[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 34|Deathsaurus's profile in Club magazine #34}} He had managed to recuit the latter as his personal servant by promising to aid Lyzack in liberating her [[Leozack|brother]] from the Autobots. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 40|Lyzack's profile in Club magazine #40}} Deathsaurus preferred to lead from his throne room, directing others to carry out his strategies from a distance. He accumulated a great deal of ill-gotten wealth from his forces' assaults on high-ranking generals and aristocrats in the Autobot hierarchy, while carrying on his own experiments into the areas of [[Triple Changer|multiple alternate modes]] and [[Combiner|combination technology]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 34|Deathsaurus's profile in Club magazine #34}}

Following a raid against the Autobot general [[Traachon]], Deathsaurus sat in his throne room enjoying the fruit of his labors, and the finest oil reserves from the good general's private stash. He updated himself on [[Rage (G1)|Rage]]'s final fate at [[Median]] thanks to his deep cover source, [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]]. Reviewing the details of the conflict with the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]], a plan began to form in his diabolical processor regarding the reported victors, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

[[File:TheComingStorm4-LordDeathsaurus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2.2|He wasn't quite sure whether he was hiring [[Leozack]] or [[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]] to serve him drinks.]]

Seeing the possibility of swaying the Combaticons to his cause, Deathsaurus had [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and his men captured and brought to his headquarters. In his throne room Deathsaurus wove a complicated web of deceit, half-truths, and temptations to bring the Elite Guardsmen under his control. [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] were easy, as their respective greed and love of fine oil was easy to satisfy. To earn their trust, Deathsaurus offered to fix up the Combaticons' armor due to the "mistaken" injuries they suffered at the hands of his soldiers, and he also offered to upgrade them in the process. The lonely [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] was quick to jump at the idea of having both land and space modes, letting him remain active and useful on the ground. [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s anger could not be easily cooled, so Deathsaurus merely redirected it, suggesting the Combaticons could not fight properly without the Elite Guard backing them up. After that comment, Brawl was more than willing to fight the Elite Guard to prove he was tougher.

Onslaught was the most difficult to manipulate, and so Deathsaurus appealed to his pride, intimating that Onslaught's strategic skill had waned since his days at the top of [[Omnihelix Academy]]. Instead, Deathsaurus posited that Onslaught could reach his full potential once freed from the shackles of the Elite Guard. By defeating the Guard, the Combaticons could prove they were better than Autobot and Decepticon alike, and become a new symbol of power on post-war Cybertron. Unwilling to appear weak, and lured by the notion of personal power and recognition, Onslaught relented. At this point, the Combaticons were all suitably mollified, ready to follow Deathsaurus's commands while still believing it was ''their'' decision to do so. Deathsaurus sealed the deal with his newly completed combiner technology blueprints, and left Onslaught to plan his attack. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

As the Combaticons prepared for an attack against their former allies, Deathsaurus turned his attention to other matters. Although he had a seat on the Decepticon War Council, Deathsaurus rarely if ever chose to attend the meetings. Instead, he sent his spokesman, Falcon in his place. With the Council in disarray after the capture of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] and the merger of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s and [[Photon]]s with Megatron's forces, Deathsaurus decided it was time to act. He sent the unwitting Falcon to the council meeting with a bomb and detonated it, killing his faithful lieutenant and five of the remaining Warlords. With one well-timed explosion, Deathsaurus ensured that only he and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] remained as Decepticon Warlords and rivals for power. Deathsaurus then turned to continue planning with Falcon's replacement, his newly appointed lieutenant and head of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Skyraider-Seeker Brigade]].

His name was [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|A Team Effort}}

[[File:BattleLines3-makeyoupay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Dude, just use a [[Robo-Smasher]] and spare yourself the effort.]]

Starscream was happy to report to Deathsaurus that the Combaticons, in their new combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], had successfully vanquished the Elite Guard, and that the turncoats were on their way back to Deathsaurus' lair. Despite their victory, Starscream chafed at his commander's plan to welcome them into the Decepticons proper. Starscream feared that the Combaticons were not true Decepticons, but instead using their new allegiance to further their own quest for power. Deathsaurus countered that was what made them the perfect Decepticons, and reminded his new lieutenant that ambition is what separates the Decepticons from the stagnation and complacency of the Autobots. Starscream acquiesced and was ordered by Deathsaurus to help Lyzack prepare the medical bay for the arriving Combaticons. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}

Deathsaurus observed as the Combaticons were repaired, and ordered Constructicons to concentrate on repairing them to the point that they could form Bruticus at Deathsaurus's will. After Bruticus proved to wild to control and was shut down, Starscream admired Deathsaurus's forethought in adding an override to the Combiner. He also warned the Warlord of an Elite Guard squad approaching their base. Deathsaurus ordered Starscream to call the troops to arms. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} He himself took part in the fight, exchanging blows with [[Magnum]] and informing the Autobot that he had done nothing to the Combaticons' minds other than convince them they would be better served by the Decepticon cause. Outraged, Magnum renewed his attack on the self-proclaimed emperor. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}

[[File:BattleLines5-istillfunction.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Did I do... good?" "Look, stop stealing other guys' lines!"]]

The Warlord pointed out mockingly that Magnum's backup appeared to be falling flat, at which point the Autobot blasted him in the chest. Magnum took a battering from Lyzack, and Deathsaurus picked himself up to find Magnum and [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] right where he could finish them off. Unfortunately that was when [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] jumped on him, demanding a [[zap-pony]] ride, and then shot him in his already damaged chest. Deathsaurus ordered a retreat, however the greatest indignity was still to come, as when he got home, he found his throne had been claimed by Megatron. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

Deathsaurus was chained and led into the gladiatorial arena to face Megatron in a ritual contest to decide leadership of the Decepticons. Deathsaurus bitterly observed that if Megatron wanted this to be a fair fight, he would allow him to first repair the injuries that were dealt by Magnum and Sprocket—but Megatron laughed off the notion that he could ever want a fair fight. Megatron defeated Deathsaurus in melee combat, clawed his face off, then blasted him with his fusion cannon at point-blank range for good measure—emerging as the unquestioned leader of the Decepticons. As the troops rallied around their new leader, Lyzack approached her fallen emperor and found that, despite his tremendous damage, he still functioned. The humbled Deathsaurus said he had no choice but to go into exile, and Lyzack agreed to accompany him. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-5-Deathsaurus.jpg|100px|thumb]]
Deathsaurus was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:PermanentRevolution-Deathsaurus.jpg|thumb|His twisted twin obsessions are his plot to rule the world
And his employees' health.]]
Deathsaurus was born a [[Decepticon]] during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. He enjoyed a successful career [[Eco-structuring|cyberforming]] planets, but grew tired of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s seeming apathy towards the well-being of his troops. Eventually, Deathsaurus broke away from his command and, using a stolen [[Warworld]], led a contingent of his own troops to ravage worlds. Deathsaurus's betrayal placed him on the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]'s [[The List|List]].

When the DJD eventually came, albeit to offer a deal, a disbelieving Deathsaurus tried to preemptively blow up [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]]. Deathsaurus switched off his audio receptors to avoid Tarn's weaponized conversation—but Tarn tapped into the Warworld's [[inter-Decepticon radio]] and bought enough time to offer Deathsaurus a deal: join the DJD in preserving the Decepticon dream and eliminating the then-[[Autobot]] Megatron, in exchange for removing his and his soldiers' names from the List. As a condition, Deathsaurus told Tarn to slay the other members of the DJD as payback for all their past victims, and Tarn refused... which was all Deathsaurus needed to see. Satisfied that his test had proven that Tarn was not so callous about his soldiers' lives as Megatron had been, Deathsaurus agreed to join forces. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

Months later, the Decepticons ambushed Megatron and his Auto-chums at the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s [[Necroworld|planet]] {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} but, under Tarn's command, they backed off to return at sunset. While being shown Tarn's collection of literary miner corpses (and professing ignorance of early rebel [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]]), Deathsaurus expressed his troops' frustration that they hadn't just ''killed'' the enemy already. Tarn told him this was an act of psychological torture. Later, he joined the Division in discussing how best to make the final assault. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}} When Tarn appeared with [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] in tow, Deathsaurus was more than surprised. Overlord immediately started trying to put him off, until he was shut down by [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]]'s death. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}} [[Image:Tarn's library.jpg|thumb|250px|left|I prefer moleskins.]] Along with the rest of the army, Deathsaurus amassed outside the fortress. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} In the following battle, Deathsaurus noticed the vigor the Autobots were fighting with and when Megatron arrived, he commented on the fact that Megatron found his fire. Despite the fact that Megatron was decimating his men, Deathsaurus reluctantly followed Tarn's order to send all his troops at Megatron. A well placed shot from Nickel neutralised him, and the three generals gathered round the ex-Decepticon and opened fire. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

At that very moment Megatron activated a panic shield, deflecting their blasts. A psychic attack gave Deathsaurus a moment of conscience, and seeing the deaths of his troop he was responsible for, withdrew his forces from the [[Necroworld]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}
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==Games==
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==Toys==
===Victory===
[[File:Deathsaurus g1toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Aaawrk! Deathy shouldn't be!"]]
*'''Deszaras''' {{sic}} (Large Breastforce, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-336'''
**''Accessories'': Tail/shield, rifle, Tigerbreast & Eaglebreast "Breast Animals"
:"Deszaras" transforms into a blue and grey dragon-like monster styled after traditional Japanese "kaijū"--though he also looks somewhat like a giant mutant space chicken, and in fact the animators would play up the bird-like features significantly more than the reptilian aspects in the cartoon. Unusual for late Generation 1 toys, he has [[die-cast]]-metal feet in [[beast mode]].

:Deathsaurus comes packaged with his Breast Animal partners, Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast, which transform from creatures into hand-held weapons for Deathsaurus, and a pair of breastplates which lock into a spring-loaded socket on the toy's body to form elaborate torso armor for the Deathsaurus's [[robot mode]]. Eaglebreast is inserted first, then Tigerbreast fits on top, concealing it; the figures can also be attached while Deathsaurus is in beast mode, which leaves them on his creature mode's back. Deathsaurus comes with armament in addition to his Breast Animals, including a light blue laser rifle—which, despite what the boxart and cartoon would have you believe, does not have a removable flail—that can be wielded by both an ordinary handle, and a second peg on its butt that allows it to be brandished like a staff or blade of some kind, and his "Death Tailer" shield, which mounts on either of his biceps, and transforms into his beast mode tail.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Deathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm More information on Deathsaurus at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:Deathsaurusbotcontoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you squint, he could still be [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]].]]
*'''Descent into Evil''' (multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 launchers, 2 Energon blade missiles

: Part of the [[BotCon 2005]] "Descent into Evil" boxset, Deathsaurus is a blue and black [[retool]] of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]]. He comes with a pair of swords that can launch their blade-missiles through a pressure-launch mechanism, as well as combine at their bottom ends to form a large double-blade weapon. The blade-missiles are rounded off [[for safety reasons]] like the other [[Hasbro]] uses of the mold. His head is a new sculpt based on Deathsaurus's appearance in the ''Victory'' anime (though Deathsaurus's face seems to be copied from Megatron's).

:Deathsaurus's mold was originally a ten-changer, though the "gargoyle"/bat mode was neutered for this release due to the dropping of the bat snout piece, required to give his new head enough space inside his chest cavity for other modes. He still retains the other nine modes (robot, dragster, jet, [[Popular beast alternate modes|two-headed dragon]], hand, mammoth, hydrofoil, one-headed dragon, and winged griffin). His instructions, however, assign him the six modes of the original RID Megatron, ''including'' the gargoyle and omitting the boat, griffin, mammoth and flying dragon. His tail-piece was removed for in-box storage, but easily popped back on since it's on a ball-and-socket joint.

:Eleven years later, he was retooled again into [[BotCon 2016]]'s ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/BCDeathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm More information on BotCon Deathsaurus at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-Combiner-Wars-Deszarus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Liokaiser''' (Platinum Edition giftset, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 pairs of Weapon/Combiner extremities (both white & dark gray), 2 Sword-rifles, 2 pairs of double-barreled guns (both white & dark gray), Ironbison's Tank cannon/gun, Drillhorn's Drill-gun, Ion Scythe

:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' [[Liokaiser#Platinum Edition|Liokaiser]] giftset, "Dezarus" is a redeco/retool of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Voyager Class [[Sky Lynx (G1)#Generations|Sky Lynx]], transforming from a winged dinosaur thing into a space shuttle. His dino head/shuttle nose has been retooled with new eyes and a new fin, and colored to resembled the original Deathsaurus's beast mode head. His torso mode's combiner head has also been retooled, now sporting a new Liokaiser face beneath its feline helmet. The rest of his deco, meanwhile, mostly draws from Leozack and Jallguar, whom he replaces as Liokaiser's torso. As a ''Combiner Wars'' Voyager Class figure, he will be able to combine with any Deluxe Class toys released as part of the same subline but is, of course, intended to be combined with his pack-in [[Breastforce|Destron]]s to form Liokaiser.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Tfgum deszaras.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Deathsaurus''' (1989)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/shield, rifle

:Part of the twelfth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' series of [[candy toy]]s, this Deathsaurus figure is a snap-together model kit cast in blue, red, and grey plastic. Although lacking in any paint applications, the figure feature stickers for detail, and retains most of the accessories and features of the actual Deathsaurus toy, though not his Breast Animal partners. It comes with a stick of something that might be gum.
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{{anchor|2012}}
[[File:KabayaGumDeathsaurus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Deathsaurus''' (2012)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/shield, rifle, Tigerbreast, Eaglebreast

:Part of the fifth wave of the "modern" revival of the Transformers Gum series, Deathsaurus once again makes an appearance as a snap-together transforming model kit with stickered detail. It is an entirely new mold featuring much better color-matching with the full-scale toy. Uniquely, this version also incorporates his transformable Breast Animal partners - though they are actually sold separately, with [[Tigerbreast#Transformers Gum|Tigerbreast]] packed in with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#Transformers Gum|''War for Cybertron'' Optimus Prime]] and [[Eaglebreast#Transformers Gum|Eaglebreast]] included with [[Hot Spot (G1)#Transformers Gum|Hot Spot]].
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===Parody Deformed===
[[File:Deathsaurus pd model.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Deathsaurus''' (1990)

:A small, blue, white and red, non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Deathsaurus was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of candy toys. The fourth figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformers PD Type]]" comic about himself, "Good Job! Deathsaurus!!", and more of that alleged "gum".
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===Super Figure Collection===
[[File:Deathsaurus scfs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Take it all off!]]
*'''Deathsaurus''' (2002)
:A PVC figurine of Deathsaurus was released in the seventh Victory-centric "act" of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]].'' Deathsaururs was available in both standard full-color version and metallic silver "pewter" versions; the pewter version came packaged with the wings of Victory Saber, one of several extra pieces packed with the various figures from the wave which could combine with the act's Star Saber figure to turn it into Victory Saber. The wings were available in both standard full color (at a rate of eight out of every ten cases) and rare pewter (only two in every ten).

*'''Deathsaurus with Eaglebreast''' (2002)
:Also available in the seventh wave was a rare "chase" version of the Deathsaurus PVC, available at a rate of one in every ten cases, featuring the character with his inner Breast Animal partner, Eaglebreast, on display, rather than the normal version's Tigerbreast.
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===Timelines===
[[File:Deathsauruspin.jpg|thumb|75px|Deathstickus]]

*'''Deathsaurus pin''' (2005)

: The first 100 BotCon 2005 Primus-package preregistrants received an exclusive Deathsaurus pin as part of their registration package.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robot Heroes Victory Saber Dessaras.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The face that launch'd a thousand ships.]]
*'''Victory Saber''' / '''Dessaras''' (unreleased)

:A surprise entry in the ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' series, this [[super deformed]] figurine of Deathsaurus also sports a name variant that hearkens back to his original Japanese moniker, only missing the spelling by one letter. Originally discovered amongst [[Walmart]] store computer listings in mid-2008, he would have come packaged with an equally-adorable Victory Saber, but alas, the two-pack failed to materialize before the ''Robot Heroes'' line was canceled.
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==Notes==
[[File:DeathsaurusAndRedGeist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Definitely not toy-accurate, but definitely awesome.]]

*While often called a [[dragon]] or occasionally a [[griffin]], and hilariously, a "bigbird" on his original Japanese [[bio]] card, Deathsaurus is most likely styled after traditional Japanese "kaijū", such as [[Godzilla]] or Rodan.
*The original Deathsaurus mold was redecoed into the non-living "Red Geist" (レッドガイスト ''Reddo Gaisuto'') mech for [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave of Legend Da Garn]]'' toyline, which lacked the Eaglebreast partner. Although the character design in the television show for the line was significantly modified from that of Deathsaurus (see image at right), including replacing Tigerbreast's tiger mode with a jet mode, the Red Geist toy itself was not retooled. [http://tfbaka.de-blog.jp/1dai/2008/08/post_6871.html More on Red Geist at a Japanese toy photoblog.]
*Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' comics, Deathsaurus is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses the [[Inferno (Kre-O)|Inferno]] helmet, the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] wing-pack, a thick rifle, a 2x4 "wing" plate attached (somehow) to his arm to replicate the tail-shield... and then there's his chestplate. The plate itself is a 1x1 plate with twin bars and a pair of Starscream arm-guns attached... but it's "connected" to a 2x2 harness piece, which can only be done by adding a 1x2 center-peg plate in between them which is kind of unnecessary since there's a 1x1 harness piece that will do the job nicely, no middle-brick required.

===His stupid name===
Deathsaurus's name is the source of a long-lasting argument. The phonetic Japanese reading of the name is: "De-su-za-ra-su". This is represented in English on his toy packaging and tech specs as "Deszaras." English-speaking fans would long debate the "proper" [[romanization]] of the name, interpreting it as Deszaras, Deathzaras, Deathsaurus, Death Czarus, Death Czaras, and many others. "Deathsaurus" had a tendency to be the most popular and well-known (on account of it actually ''meaning'' something), which led to it being used on the character's first Western toy in 2005, making it his official American name.

At [[BotCon 2015]], after ''decades'' of such back-and-forths, the designer of the original toy, [[Kōjin Ōno]], confirmed that the name was indeed always supposed to have been "Deathsaurus"… during a panel presentation that rendered the name as "Dethzarasu". It is anyone's guess as to why the original Japanese lettering did not read "sa-u-ru-su" or "za-u-ru-su," as had already been done with [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaurer]] and [[Saur]], rather than "za-ra-su". As such, in the years before that revelation was made clear, the character had continued to be called "Deszaras" on the [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] DVD boxsets of the ''Victory'' cartoon.

At one point Hasbro appeared to be trying to steer things back in that direction with the cancelled [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] figure, named "Dessaras". Only one letter off, there, guys!

Then, when Hasbro introduced ''Combiner Wars'' [[Liokaiser#Generations|Liokaiser]], they used the spelling of "Dezarus". After having got it "right" in the past, one can only assume that Hasbro was feeling queasy about using the word "Death" in the names of one of their children's toys. Even if it ''is'' a bad guy.

===Foreign names===
*''Arabic:'' '''Deathsandar''' (دثساندر ''Dithsāndar'')
*''English:'' '''Deathsanras''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shènglā''' (Taiwan, 盛拉), '''Dà Kǒnglóng Sàlāsī''' (China, 大恐龙萨拉斯, "Big Dinosaur Saras")
*''Russian:'' '''Smertonosets''' (Смертоносец, "Death bringer")
*''Spanish:'' '''Zan Rás''' (America)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Smertelnyi Sanraz''' (Смертельний Санраз)

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Breastforce

2016-11-25T22:16:27Z

Crockalley: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|Destron}}
:''The Breastforce are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Breastforce cartoon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A team of boobs.]]
The '''Breastforce''' (ブレストフォース ''Buresutofōsu'') (tee hee!) are [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s elite troopers, comprising some of the most vile Decepticons imaginable, from murderous back-stabbers to incarcerated convicts, all hailing from the [[Death Zone]]. Deathsaurus himself is also a member of the subgroup, but the name is most often used to refer to the elite six-robot team that serves under him. The group derives their... ''unusual'' name from the [[Breast Animal]]s they are partnered with, which transform from their titular (snicker) breastplate armor into an autonomous robotic animal or hand-held blaster. Don't let the name fool you, the Breastforce are nothing to laugh at.

(giggle)

The core six members of the Breastforce are:

*[[Leozack]], Deathsaurus's second-in-command and Grumman F-14D Tomcat fighter jet, partnered with [[Lionbreast]].
*[[Drillhorn (Victory)|Drillhorn]], the tunnelling machine, partnered with [[Hornbreast]].
*[[Guyhawk]], the MAPO MiG-29 "Fulcrum" fighter jet, partnered with [[Hawkbreast]].
*[[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], the Dassault Rafale fighter jet, partnered with [[Kōmoribreast]].
*[[Jallguar]], the Baja buggy, partnered with [[Jaguarbreast]].
*[[Killbison]], the Gepard anti-aircraft tank, partnered with [[Bisonbreast]].

Others members include:

*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] and dragon/bird-monster, partnered with [[Tigerbreast]] and [[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Deathcobra (Victory)|Deathcobra]], the Mi-24 "Hind" assault helicopter, partnered with [[Cobrabreast]].

Leozack, Drillhorn, Guyhawk, Hellbat, Jallguar, and Killbison can combine to form the super-warrior [[Liokaiser]]. Deathcobra was also capable of combining with the team, but died before he got the chance. Sometimes, Deathsaurus takes the place of both Leozack and Jallguar as the combiner's torso.

Sometimes they are called the '''Destrons'''.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
[[Image:Breastforce combo stockfootage.jpg|left|265px|thumb|Invading a ''Tron'' machine near you!]]
Leozack was the first of the Breastforce to join Deathsaurus for his campaign against [[Earth]], {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}} but he quickly developed designs on Decepticon leadership himself. {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}} He was soon joined by his teammates Drillhorn, Jallguar and Killbison, {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} and the team performed such missions as the raiding of the Neo Uranium Mines {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} and the theft of energy from an American subway system. During the latter mission, the team's Breast Animals came to the fore, as they were unleashed upon the [[Autobot]]s in the cramped quarters of the underground tunnels. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}}

Leozack later summoned the fifth Breastforcer, Hellbat, to Earth, but upon witnessing his leader getting dressed down by Deathsaurus, Hellbat decided he himself would make a better leader for the Breastforce. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} Ever the schemer, Hellbat's honeyed words roped the rest of the Breastforce into several plots, like the theft of energy from a shuttle port {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} or the ransom of [[Marine City]]. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Since the silver-tongued sneak was usually able to pass the blame for any failures on to Leozack, none of the other Breastforce members really trusted Hellbat, and Leozack began making plans to get rid of him. After rescuing their sixth teammate, Guyhawk, from the [[Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary]], {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} Leozack summoned his old friend Deathcobra so that he could boot Hellbat out and the remaining six could combine into the giant robot, Liokaiser. Attempting to secure his position on the team, Hellbat petitioned Deathcobra to leave, but when a fight broke out between the two, Hellbat accidentally killed Deathcobra and blamed the murder on the Autobot [[Micromaster]] [[Holi]]. Seeking revenge, the Breastforce merged into Liokaiser and defeated [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] in their first battle. {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}}

[[Image:Liokaiser death.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Oh, not ''another'' black recolor...]]
Back on Earth, the Breastforce battled Star Saber and [[Road Caesar]] at the [[Schaeffer Energy]] plant, {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} and then went up against [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]] in the South Pole. {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} They later lured the [[Brainmaster]]s into an ambush in the desert {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} and helped Deathsaurus battle Star Saber, {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} then proceeded to perform numerous energy raids across the world, {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} only to be repeatedly stymied by new Autobot [[Victory Leo]] {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}} {{storylink|Awaken! Victory Leo}} and his ability to combine with Star Saber. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

After plots that involved Leozack disguising himself as Star Saber {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} and unleashing metal-eating insects on the Autobots, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} the Breastforce accompanied Deathsaurus into space once he had obtained enough energy to reactivate his [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} The Autobots arrived to stop the villains while the fortress's main cannon was charging, and the Breastforce, combined as Liokaiser, engaged Victory Leo in battle. The feral Autobot was able to blast the combiner into the barrel of the cannon, which drained his energy dry. As his body blackened, Liokaiser could feel his consciousness begin to fade, and he could only manage a faint cry for help as his deactivated body drifted off into the depths of space. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}

====''Zone'' catalog====
Revived from death by some means and lead by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], The Breastforce in the combined form of Liokaiser joined several other powerful Decepticons in an assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. What became of Liokaiser after this is unknown. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

===''Victory'' manga===
[[Image:Breastforce manga.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
When the Breastforce arrived to join Deathsaurus in stealing energy from Earth, Leozack made his first strike alone, but botched it by forgetting to take his Breast Animal with him. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} The rest of the team later battled Star Saber in their individual forms {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}} and still later combined with Leozack into Liokaiser to engage the Autobot leader on [[Energy Planet X]]. Liokaiser had the upper hand in this battle, but the tide turned when his individual components began arguing amongst themselves over who would get to deliver the killing blow, and Star Saber used the opening to defeat them. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}

Subsequent fights did not go well for Liokaiser; first, he was thrashed by Star Saber when the Autobot leader combined with Victory Leo to become Victory Saber, {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} and was then flattened by the united Autobots' "Five Stars of Victory" attack. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} Following this defeat, the Decepticons retreated into space and began attacking Earth using Deathsaurus's "Space Stronghold". Naturally, the Autobots pursued, and when Deathsaurus engaged Star Saber in a space battle, Leozack saw an opportunity to remove all his enemies at once. Even as his shocked teammates looked on, Leozack turned the fortress's main cannon on Deathsaurus! Deathsaurus survived the blast and fired upon the fortress with his own weapons, after which Star Saber came smashing through the fortress's control room window and slashed Leozack with his sword. Even as he collapsed in front of the Autobots, Leozack begged them not to destroy the fortress, and the true nature of the massive craft was revealed to the Autobots: It contained the Decepticons' [[relatives|families]], whom they had been fighting to protect all along. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

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==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:Victory-toy Leozack.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Leozack]]
[[Image:Killbison-toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Killbison]]

;Breastforce

*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deszaras]] (1989)

*[[Liokaiser|Liocaesar]]{{sic}} (1989)
**[[Leozack]]
**[[Drillhorn (Victory)|Drillhorn]]
**[[Guyhawk]]
**[[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]]
**[[Jallguar]]
**[[Killbison]]

:The Breastforce were sold boxed with their Breast Animal partners, and consisted of seven all-new molds. The six smaller members could combine into Liokaiser (notable for his atypical almost-total lack of [[Kibble|combiner kibble]]), and were also sold together in a [[giftset]].

:Leozack, Killbison, Jallguar, and Drillhorn were later remolded to create the [[Rescue Force]] members [[Rescue Force (individual)|Rescue Force]], [[Rescue Force 1]], [[Rescue Force 2]], and [[Rescue Force 3]], respectively.
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-Combiner-Wars-Liokaiser.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Liokaiser]]
*'''Liokaiser''' (Platinum Edition giftset, 2016)

:Released only as a ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' gift set of 5 <s>Breastforce</s> Destrons: Deszarus, Drillhorn, Ironbison, Guyhawk, and Fellbat. The combiner also comes with [[Ion Scythe]], redecoed from ''Arms Micron'' [[Gul]].

:Deszarus's, Ironbison's, and Fellbat's original names were changed for ''obvious reasons''.

:This set was an [[exclusive]] to [[Entertainment Earth]].
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==Notes==
*The term "Breastforce" is consistently romanized as "Brestforce" in every English instance of the name on the toy's packaging and tech spec materials. It may be a misspelling, or a usage of the obsolete alternate spelling "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brest brest]"; belief that it was the latter led to the "Brestforce" spelling being used in the subtitles produced for [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]]'s releases of ''Victory''.
* Following the trend in later Japanese Generation 1 series, the six combining members of Breastforce have fairly uniform tech spec numbers. Like their opposites in ''Victory'', the Brainmasters, four of them essentially have straight 8s, with a couple numbers slightly higher or lower to indicate their specialties, and all have totals in the neighborhood of 64.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Chestforce''' ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hsiōng-Chǐa Bù-tuèi''' (Taiwan, 胸甲部隊, "Breastplate Force"), '''Xiōngjiǎ Zhànshì''' (China, 胸甲战士, "Breastplate Warrior")

==External links==
*[http://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/techs1989.html Transformers Victory Translated Tech Specs at Soundwave's Oblivion]

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Transformers Legends (mobile game)

2016-10-29T12:36:07Z

Crockalley: /* Notes */

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(Or the toys.)
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|publisher=[[Mobage]]
|date=[[December 13]], 2012
|platform=[[Android]], [[iOS]]
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'''''Transformers Legends''''' (parsed as "TRANSFORMERS Legends" on the Play Store) was a multiplayer card-based battle game published by [[Mobage]] for mobile devices. Released for Android devices on [[December 13]], 2012 and iOS devices on [[April 25]], 2013, the game featured much of the early [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] cast, although some later events mixed things up by featuring various alternate universes and storylines.

On June 10, 2015, Mobage announced the game would "sunset" (a nice way of saying shut down) on [[August 15]], 2015. Despite this announcement, the game remained functional until [[October 6]] in a reduced format.

==Gameplay==
The game functions as a simulation of a tabletop collectible card game. Players build a deck of Autobots and Decepticons to use in-game. New players are given a limited selection of "common" and "uncommon" cards, as well as a choice of six starting "Rare" cards (Ratchet, Wheeljack, and Mirage for Autobot fans, Ravage, Skywarp, and Thundercracker for Decepticons fans—the initial choice has no other effect on gameplay). More advanced cards are discovered in Mission mode, or via the Space Bridge feature (either by completing certain tasks or by paying for them). Complete decks are then used both in Battle mode and in Boss Battles during special in-game events.

Cards come in two types: character and weapon. Character cards are further subdivided into [[robot mode|robot]] and [[alternate mode]]s for each respective character. Each card may be leveled to a maximum point. Robot and alternate modes of the same character (e.g. "Common" Ratbat, "Ultra-Rare" Galvatron) may then be "Trans-Scanned" into a single, more powerful card that can then be leveled again to a maximum point ("MTM" in game terminology). Cards can be upgraded either using other cards, or with [[Transmetal]]; a common strategy for players with a lot of event cards was to use one of the free Space Bridges to get Rarity 1-3 cards and use them as materials, if Transmetal was short for them. Weapons may also be upgraded, and certain weapons are designated for specific characters (e.g. "Galvatron's Weapon"). While any character card may be paired with any weapon card, there are specific bonuses for matching weapons to characters of the same faction or other criteria, and a larger bonus for pairing named weapons with their specified character.

===Missions===
"Missions" are roughly equivalent to "story mode." Progress is made by clicking a "scan" button, which drains a little bit of Energon each time. A scan can have one of several results:
*The player is ambushed by an enemy ([[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] in the Decepticon campaign, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in the Autobot campaigns); The player must tap on the missiles they launch to intercept them and get credits; there is no penalty for being hit
*The player receives a Common or Uncommon card
*The player is given an opportunity for a "free" PVP battle, or
*The player is given an opportunity to win a Rare card.
*The player will encounter a boss for an episodic event; this encounter is optional

Each mission takes somewhere between 20 and 30 clicks to complete, and each click uses 10 points of Energon. The cards for each Mission are pre-determined by the game, and only a few Rare cards are available in Missions. Energon is refilled automatically when a player levels up, slowly over time, or can be refilled instantly via special items (i.e., by paying for it, or by earning them through events).

===Battles===
"Battles" are the game's version of player-versus-player combat. Combat is initated by clicking on another player's name (potential opponents are pre-selected by the game), at which point combat is managed entirely by the game. Each combat uses one Battle Cube, which refill automatically when a player levels up, slowly over time, or can be refilled instantly via special items (i.e., by paying for it.)

Both Missions and Battles generate XP and credits that serve in-game functions: XP is used to level up the player (and recharge Energon and Battle Cubes), while credits are used in the card upgrade process.

==Events==
[[File:TFLegendsApp-Megatron.jpg|thumb|Transforms from slot machine to Skinner box and back again!]]
Events modify gameplay in two primary ways: by adding special themed cards with multiple bonuses for the current event, and by offering ways to participate in battles which earn points. At the end of the event, players are divided into tiers, with the highest-scoring players getting the most rewards. Raid cards, available through the space bridge, were initially only available via in-game purchases, but the ways and means of obtaining them have evolved, and they can be collected using medals earned in battles. Each event has an accompanying story, many of which are cribbed from the original ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon, though some have been based on [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics, and many are original to the game. Together, these events form an interpretation of the G1 continuity.

All events revolved around the use of Battle Cubes, which were required to fight bosses and players. Cube refills were considered an absolute necessity to keep fighting and not be overtaken on the leaderboard. For some events, if the rewards weren't very good, players would, in a word, "hitch up their plows" and "farm" Battle Cubes for the next event, in hopes of there being better rewards (which there often were).

Raid events were the first event type. Bosses can be encountered by scanning in the Missions mode, at which point the player attacks them. Defeating a boss rewards players with energon for scanning, battle cubes, and various types of medals for the space bridge. Boss Battles also add limited multiplayer action—if a Boss is too difficult for a single player, they can opt to invite other users (again, selected by the game) to assist, with all participants receiving rewards. Starting with "Day of the Dinobots - Part 2", events ran for six days, with one starting the day after the prior event concluded. Bosses were leveled, with the higher-leveled ones being referred to as "whales" by players.

"[[Covert Operations]]" introduced campaign events, in which players must play through three campaigns of increasing difficulty, at the end of which they battle an episode-themed boss. Once a fight has been completed, the player can attempt to capture the card they have just defeated using [[Energon Net]]s or [[Energon chains|Energon Chains]]. The effectiveness of Energon Nets is random, while Energon Chains have a 100% capture rate, but are very hard to obtain (chains can be obtained through daily rewards, reaching a certain reward tier during the episode, or outright buying them with real money) whereas Energon Nets are abundant. "[[Enter the Nightbird]]" introduced "Advanced Operations", with the three highest levels of the last campaign being extra hard but rewarding the player with a more powerful card.

"[[The Omega Corps]]" was the first Player versus Player event. Scanning during missions gives the player the chance to enter a "player versus player" arena in which they battle a succession of other players, gaining more rewards depending on their victory streak, until their deck is defeated. By scoring, players also gain a named rank, which grants them a percentage attack bonus in all battles during the event and after it ends. Players didn't actually battle each other, instead fighting AI-controlled player decks by "feeding quarters to the machine" in the form of battle cubes. This event type was discontinued when Team Battles were introduced, leaving players at whatever rank they had achieved in the last PvP event, "[[Mockery of Justice]]".

Team Battle events were introduced with "[[Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron]]". Players are assigned into teams and must scan for [[Synthetic Energon]] and bosses as with Raid events, but only members of the same team can hit a boss. Teams are matched up together, with the team with the most points at the end of a day winning, and the losing team disbanding to be reassigned for the next day.

Initially, the absolute only way to get event cards was to pay money to use the Event Space Bridge. Starting with "[[The Thin Blue Line]]", Ruby Medals were introduced, which allowed players access to tiered Ruby Metal Space Bridges that guaranteed an event card everytime. A loyalty program was introduced for Space Bridge use by way of Teletraan-1 chips, which could unlock various things from characters and weapons to materials.

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#"[[Harvest of the Insecticons]]"
#"[[Day of the Dinobots - Part 1]]"
#"[[Robots in the Sky]]"
#"[[Fatal Furies]]"
#"[[Unleash the Beasts]]"
#"[[Cold Delivery]]"
#"[[Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction]]"
#"[[Day of the Dinobots - Part 2]]"
#"[[Heavy Metal War - Part 1]]"
#"[[All Hail Galvatron]]"
#"[[The Bee Team]]"
#"[[Nemesis Rising]]"
#"[[Road to Ruin]]"
#"[[Full Assault]]"
#"[[Covert Operations]]"
#"[[War Dawn (Legends)|War Dawn]]"
#"[[To the Rescue]]"
#"[[The Thin Blue Line]]"
#"[[Junkion Reunion]]"
#"[[One Shall Fall...]]"
#"[[S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots]]"
#"[[The Omega Corps]]"
#"[[The Colossus War]]"
#"[[Call of the Primitives (Legends)|Call of the Primitives]]"
#"[[By Land, Sea, or Air]]"
#"[[Eagle Eyes]]"
#"[[End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road]]"
#"[[Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine]]"
#"[[The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon]]"
#"[[Espionage]]"
#"[[Fan Favorite]]"
#"[[The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders]]"
#"[[Beast Wars (Legends)|Beast Wars]]"
#"[[Prime Evil]]"
#"[[The War Within]]"
#"[[Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age]]"
#"[[The Battle for Autobot City]]"
#"[[The Coronation of Starscream]]"
#"[[Mockery of Justice]]"
#"[['Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One]]"
#"[[Revelation (Legends)|Revelation]]"
#"[[Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron]]"
#"[[When Sparks Fly]]"
#"[[Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker]]"
#"[[Deadly Depths]]"
#"[[Assault on Iacon]]"
#"[[Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening]]"
#"[[Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots]]"
#"[[The Galactic Games]]"
#"[[Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1]]"
#"[[Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2]]"
#"[[Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3]]"
#"[[Monstrosity]]"
#"[[The Wreckers]]"
#"[[False Alarm]]"
#"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (Legends)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"
#"[[Fatal Furies: Flamewar's Revenge]]"
#"[[Box Trap]]"
#"[[Rushdown Road]]"
#"[[Me, Grimlock, King]]"
#"[[Signature Series featuring Guido Guidi]]"
#"[[Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain]]"
#"[[Into the Abyss]]"
#"[[Savage Circle]]"
#"[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]"
#"[[Autobot X (Legends)|Autobot X]]"
#"[[The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson]]"
#"[[Beast Machines (Legends)|Beast Machines]]"
#"[[Enter the Nightbird (Legends)|Enter the Nightbird]]"
#"[[Unicron Returns]]"
#"[[More than Meets the Eye (Legends)|More than Meets the Eye]]"
#"[[Only Human (Legends)|Only Human]]"
#"[[Autobot Run]]"
#"[[Cosmic Rust (Legends)|Cosmic Rust]]"
#"[[Web World]]"
#"[[Circle of Light (Legends)|Circle of Light]]"
#"[[The B-Team Part Deux]]"
#"[[Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage]]"
#"[[Shattered Glass (Legends)|Shattered Glass]]"
#"[[Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood]]"
#"[[Signature Series featuring Marcelo Matere]]"
#"[[Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command]]"
#"[[Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast]]"
#"[[Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything]]"
#"[[All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron]]"
#"[[Orion's Gambit]]"
#"[[Dweller in the Depths]]"
#"[[Rescue the King]]"
#"[[Stormbringer (Legends)|Stormbringer]]"
#"[[Signature Series featuring Dan Khanna]]"
#"[[Raiding Party]]"
#"[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 (Legends)|Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]"
#"[[Knights of Unicron (Legends)|Knights of Unicron]]"
#"[[Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement]]"
#"[[Megatron Origins]]"
#"[[Signature Series featuring Casey Coller]]"
#"[[Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]"
#"[[Battle of the Brothers]]"
}}

Between April 2nd and September 30th, 2015, the game moved to a "Best Of" format, repeating older episodes with improved character stats.

{{collist|3|
#"Dark Cybertron"
#"Day of the Dinobots, Part 1"
#"S.O.S. Dinobots"
#"Assault on Iacon"
#"Day of the Dinobots, Part 2"
#"Monstrosity"
#"One Shall Fall"
#"Me Grimlock King"
#"All Hail Galvatron"
#"The Galactic Games"
#"Full Assault"
#"The Secret of Omega Supreme"
#"Dark Awakening"
#"Nemesis Rising"
#"Unicron Returns"
#"Road to Ruin"
#"End of the Road"
#"Autobot Run"
#"'Til All Are One"
#"Golden Age"
#"The Colossus War"
#"Circle of Light"
#"Covert Operations"
#"The War Within"
#"Shattered Glass"
}}

Following the conclusion of "Shattered Glass", the game servers remained online for another week before final shutdown.

==Featured characters==
{{note|This list refers specifically to characters available in the standard game mode. Refer to each individual episode's page for information on characters featured therein.}}

{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Common
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Autobot Gears]]
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grappel]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Autobot Tracks]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Uncommon
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Eject (G1)|Eject]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Autobot Hound]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Rewind (G1)|Autobot Rewind]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slug]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Rare
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
;Super Rare
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*Elite Bumblebee
*Elite Grimlock
*Elite Ironhide
*Elite Autobot Jazz
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*Elite Optimus Prime
*Elite Prowl
{{!}}}

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Common
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Chop Shop (G1)|Chopshop]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Hardshell]]
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Sharpshot]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venom]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Uncommon
*[[Acid Storm]]
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Decepticon Frenzy]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Decepticon Rumble]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
;Rare
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
;Super Rare
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*Elite Megatron
*Elite Shockwave
*Elite Skywarp
*Elite Soundwave
*Elite Starscream
*Elite Thundercracker
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Shutdown==
[[File:LegendsNetworkFailure.JPG|thumb|The digital version of your mom giving all your Transformers to Goodwill.]]As noted above, the game's official "sundown" was announced to occur August 15, 2015, with "new" content updates ending in March of that year. The game servers continued operating until October 6, 2015. Attempts to launch the game now give a "Network failure" error, and the game is no longer listed in Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store.

==Notes==
*Although the designs of most characters are based on their original Generation 1 or (where applicable) ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]''/''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]''/''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' appearances, Chromia and Arcee draw much more heavily from their ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' incarnations, respectively. The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] are also drawn to resemble their ''Prime'' toys.
*The Ultra-Rare [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] card art clearly depicts Rodimus Prime, but the card biography is based on Hot Rod, describing him as "young and bold" and "inexperienced."
*[[FIRRIB|Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red]].
*Essentially the only way to get the most popular characters (and the ''only'' way to get some of the strongest cards) was via the in-game "Premium Space Bridge", which cost '''at least''' $1 USD per use, with reports of users spending anywhere from $50-$150 USD in hopes of landing the Ultra-Rare cards.[http://transformers-legends.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:18121][http://transformers-legends.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:17161] Later game updates would add "Epic Rare" and "Legendary" cards that were increasingly <strike>expensive</strike> difficult to acquire.
*A similar game, titled [[Transformers Rising]], also published by Mobage, was released in 2014 for the Hong Kong and mainland China App Stores and Google Play shortly after, and was thought to be released on March 12, 2015, in the United States. This supposed US release never occurred, the rumor originated due to a miscommunication among the fanbase.
*The painted artwork was created by concept design studio [[Volta]], from sketches provided by the likes of [[Marcelo Matere]].
*The game was a nominee for the 2013 Google Play Player's Choice Awards for best game based on a movie.[http://phandroid.com/2013/12/07/vote-2013-google-wants-you-to-tell-them-the-years-best-apps-and-games/]
*The biographies used for many of the cards were lifted verbatim from the appropriate TFWiki articles. It is the wiki's official opinion that this usage does not rise to the level that would invoke the CC-BY-SA3 license for complex, boring, technical and legalistic reasons.
**In other words: Yes, we know. No, we don't care.

==External links==
*[http://gamesided.com/2013/09/18/tom-hess-transformers-legends-talks-events-pvp-art/ Interview with game producer]

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[[Category:Transformers Legends episodes| *]]
[[Category:Generation 1 video games]]

Skullcruncher (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon|the Aligned Decepticon|Skullcruncher (RID)}}
:''Skullcruncher is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G1 Skullcruncher boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He eats (Autobots) because he's depressed and he's depressed because he eats (Autobots).]]
'''Skullcruncher''' would be an apex predator and darling of the battlefield if it weren't for one little thing: He has an idiosyncratic habit of grinding his teeth before launching an attack. The racket this nervous tic produces is so loud and obnoxious it actually tips the [[Autobot|enemy]] off to his whereabouts. So as one can imagine, few Decepticons wish to be partnered with him and his more enviable qualities go unnoticed and unappreciated.

Perhaps because of this feeling of dismissal, Skullcruncher has developed something of a binge-eating disorder. Or, rather, an "Autobot binge-eating disorder". While he thinks they taste a little yucky, Skullcruncher will ravenously scarf down as many Autobots as he can during battle, making him positively ''terrifying'' to the opposition. This image as a mindless, cannibalistic monster has only further solidified Skullcruncher's reputation as a big, dumb beast no one wants to hang out with.

Skullcruncher is [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulan]] [[Grax]].

Sometimes he is known as '''Skullsmasher'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
Skullcruncher was one of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s soldiers on Cybertron. He was first seen eagerly driving a group of Autobot prisoners towards the [[smelting pool]], begging his commander to allow him to torture the captives en-route. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his band of interlopers jumped them, however, and the Decepticons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} After Maximus's unit abandoned Cybertron, Scorponok received word they had come to the planet called [[Nebulos]], and brought a strike team to that world in order to exact revenge. Skullcruncher joined his leader in assaulting the planet's capitol, [[Koraja]], and demonstrated a little-seen [[fire-breath]]ing ability as the Decepticons tried to penetrate the city's walls. Later he transformed to [[robot mode]] and issued the Decepticon rallying cry.
{{bigquote|Let's stomp these creatures til we're knee-deep in pink slime!}}
[[File:Skullcruncher-LoveandSteel.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The Crocodile Punter.]]
The Decepticons' forward momentum was halted, however, by the arrival of the new Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Fortress Maximus and several of his crew members had [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] with their Nebulan allies, creating two-in-one warriors. The increased skill and accuracy gained from this combination sent Skullcruncher and the other Decepticons fleeing into the night. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} In the remote [[Plains of Thok]], Scorponok's Decepticons made camp at the industrial complex whose [[hyper-galactic tranceiver]] had first alerted them to the Autobots' presence. Forced to admit the value of the Headmaster process, Scorponok allowed himself, Skullcruncher, and several other Decepticons to undergo the process, binary bonding with Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]—political rival of Fortress Maximus's Nebulan partner—and his entourage. Skullcruncher was binary bonded with [[Grax]], the industrialist who owned the communications complex, and had modified it to accommodate the hyper-galactic transmitter. Joining with such a refined businessman did little to boost Skullcruncher's fighting style at first, as Fortress Maximus still managed to fight off both him and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] at once, and then used Skullcruncher as a club to knock Scorponok around. Only by threatening civilian hostages were Scorponok and his men able to get the drop on the Autobots. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

''When the Autobot Headmasters attempted to rescue the Autobot Targetmasters from the Decepticons, their evil counterparts were sent out after them to feign a defeat, and lure them into an ambush helmed by Scorponok. During the initial fight, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher chased down Chromedome until he outpaced them, forcing the slower Decepticons to settle with surrounding Hardhead instead. Before he had a chance to move in and do some damage, Skullcruncher was blasted by one of Hardhead's teammates, and crumpled to the ground. The rest of the Decepticons were shortly thereafter "defeated," allowing Scorponok to eventually corner the Autobots within the [[Fortress of Despair]].'' {{Storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

As the war continued to escalate on Nebulos, both sides decided to quit the planet and moved on to planet Earth after receiving a distress signal. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Grrr! Begin your sentences with animal sounds so they know that you're bestial!]]
Once they arrived on Earth, the Decepticons raced the Autobots to [[Mount St. Hilary]], former landing site of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and location of the distress signal. The two Headmaster teams did battle in the volcano caverns. Skullcruncher was heard mocking Weirdwolf's bizarre Yoda-esque speech pattern during the fight, but to be fair he also demonstrated an odd quirk of "grrr"ing before each sentence. Do alligators growl? {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

''After the Autobot named [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] got the drop on Scorponok and stole his head, leaving the Decepticon leader incapacitated, Skullcruncher and his comrades hunted down Highbrow until he reached an Autobot shuttle parked in nearby canyons. They recovered the stunned Lord Zarak and reconnected him with Scorponok, restoring their leader. Moments after they did so, however, Skullcruncher and five of his teammates were shunted into [[Limbo]] thanks to the time-traveling arrival of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] from [[2009]]. They remained out of action until the war with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] ended, and the time storm was abated.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Predacons-ColdWar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Decepticons that transform into animals? This is ridiculous!]]
When Scorponok's army made first contact with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and the other Decepticons active on Earth, Skullcruncher and the Headmasters went with their leader as his entourage. A breakdown in negotiations led to combat, as Skullcruncher and the group began fighting with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and later Ratbat's entire base. {{storylink|Cold War!}} The Decepticons stopped their civil war and teamed up with the Autobots when it was discovered that Starscream had orchestrated the whole affair to distract from his pursuit of the legendary Transformers knowledge database, the [[Underbase]]. In the wake of this event, Scorponok assumed command of all Decepticons and, with Skullcruncher's help, placed a new headquarters, including an Energon converter, under a swamp near [[New York City]]. {{storylink|King Con!}} Sometime later, Skullcruncher responded with a team of Decepticons to MacDill Airforce Base when the [[Air Strike Patrol]] got into trouble with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} The whole event was orchestrated from afar by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to eliminate [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his rivals in the Decepticons. Skullcruncher didn't know any of this, but that didn't keep him from getting beaten up a lot, first by Optimus Prime {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} and later by a reconstructed version of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Skullcruncher was brought to Cybertron by Primus, along with all of the other Earth-bound Autobots, and stood in the far back as Primus spoke to the Transformers through Emirate [[Xaaron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void}} Once [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] attacked, he was seen running in panic with many other Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Later, he was on the planet [[Klo]] when Optimus Prime first arrived with the [[Last Autobot]] to rescue the besieged Autobot forces. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
{{-}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Doomsday for Nebulos}}}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Skullcruncher remained a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces, assisting in the genocide of the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Later, he was still at Bludgeon's side aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'' as the Decepticon leader unleashed his [[Blitz Engine]]s against [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s Autobots, descending to join the battle on the planet's surface alongside [[Fangry]], [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Stranglehold]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. Unfortunately for Skullcruncher, the Blitz Engines were defeated by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Demon]]s, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] was incapacitated by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] was torn apart by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and Bludgeon himself was thrown through the windscreen of the ''Warworld'' by the Autobots' new leader [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], the Autobots rallied and quickly claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Afterwards, any Decepticons not killed in the battle were taken into Autobot custody and were then most likely converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while Rodimus Prime and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Latta]] (English, casting only)}}
[[File:SkullcruncherAmericancartooncontinuity.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Skullcruncher was one of the many new Decepticons from around the universe gathered by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to go after the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] in 2007. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} He later accompanied [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to the planet Nebulos. His honored leaders then volunteered him to have his head ripped off and stuffed with [[Grax|organic material]]. Remarkably, this somehow ''increased'' his combat skills. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] came to life, he quickly told Skullcruncher to attack [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]], as she was carrying the Plasma Energy Key. Once the key was retrieved, Skullcruncher and his fellow Decepticons boarded Scorponok and left Nebulos for Cybertron. When [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] returned to Cybertron, Skullcruncher joined in on the attack, but was forced to pull back when the Autobot spaceship turned into a [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|battle station]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
{{-}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Skullcruncher—or '''Skull''', as he is known there—is a small robot who transforms into a head and controls a larger, lifeless [[transtector]] body. The ''Headmasters'' toyline referred to the small robot as '''Grax''', with "Skull" being the name of the combined small robot/transtector form, but this distinction of nomenclature is made in fiction only ''very'' rarely, with the character usually being referred to as "Skull" regardless of what form he takes.}}
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)}}

Four million years ago, Skullcruncher was among a group of [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronians]] who departed Cybertron under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], seeking to escape the eternal war that had consumed the planet. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their craft to crash land on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], an inhospitable world whose murderous environments and wildly changeable atmospheric conditions threatened the lives of the Cybertronians. Fighting against the odds, the Cybertronians made several technological quantum leaps to survive on Master, including the creation of larger, lifeless Transformer bodies called [[transtector]]s. Skullcruncher and many of his comrades underwent rigorous physical and mental training to master the art of [[transformation]], learning to transform into heads that connected to the transtectors and placed them under their control. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Skullcruncher was one of ten warriors who became one of these "Headmasters", but he and several other warriors soon began to chafe under Fortress's leadership, and ultimately rebelled against him, siding with a traitor named [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Via the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot]], Scorponok soon forged an alliance with the Decepticon leader, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

In the year [[2011]], Skullcruncher and his fellow Headmasters [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on Cybertron, seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Unfortunately for Skullcruncher, he failed to impress Galvatron on this first foray when he made the first demonstration of his vulnerability to Mindwipe's hypnotic powers, and fell asleep in the middle of the battle. A kick from his new leader woke him up so he could participate in an attack on the Autobots' computer base, but before the villains could enter the facility, Fortress's Autobot Headmasters arrived on Cybertron to stop them. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In ensuing battle, Skullcruncher battled [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], but was forced to retreat alongside the others when Fortress brought the firepower of his battleship, the ''Maximus'', to bear. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Skullcruncher journeyed with Galvatron to Earth to help interfere in the Autobots' search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], which could restore balance to Vector Sigma. The villains caught up to [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] just as he located the Matrix, but [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] stepped in to keep them busy while Hot Rod escaped to Cybertron. Skullcruncher and company pursued, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber, where Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again. Skullcruncher and the Decepticons wisely fled, rather than face the combined might of both Rodimus and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}} {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
[[File:Greattfwar mindwipe beaten up.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In the closing days of 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged on Earth and across space, Skullcruncher and the other Decepticon Headmasters were running from their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. The Decepticons appeared to flee by leaping into a chasm, but moments later, they burst up through the ground to catch their pursuers unaware. Unfortunately for the villains, the Autobots were able to sneak away under cover of the dust cloud their emergence created, leaving Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher to mistakenly beat up Mindwipe. The Decepticons soon realized their error, but the Autobots then crashed into them in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], ending the fight. At that point, the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot]] arrived and instructed them to follow him back to [[Chaar]]. The Decepticons fled into space, but the Autobot Headmasters quickly gave chase aboard the battleship Maximus, heading for Cybertron rejoin the larger Transformer war. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}
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====''The Headmasters'' manga====
Shortly after their failure to seize control of Vector Sigma, Galvatron led Skullcruncher and the Decepticon Headmasters in a rather direct plan to destroy Battleship Maximus: They would lure it into space, and then throw a bomb into one of his open doors. Unsurprisingly, this plan met with failure when the speedy Chromedome was able to snatch the bomb right out of Mindwipe's hands before he even had the chance to hurl it. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

Skullcruncher and the Decepticons later made a return to planet Beast, where they were able to capture Highbrow and Brainstorm. The Decepticon Headmasters wanted to take the two Autobots' transtectors for themselves, but their evil scheme was foiled by the Beastformers' human ally [[Kane]], who threw rocks at them and got them to chase him, thereby giving the Autobots time to escape. The Autobot Headmasters then caught up to their evil counterparts, and blasted them before they could deal Kane any harm. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 3|The Headmasters #3}} {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon continuity====
=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
Archive footage of a battle in space involving Skullcruncher was used to educate the future [[Headmaster Junior]]s about the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

=====''Transformers Legends'' comic=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Headmasters Chapter Prologue|Headmasters Chapter Prologue}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
Several years after the Decepticons' departure from Earth, Skullcruncher appeared on Athenia with the other Decepticon Headmasters, working with the new Decepticon [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] to disrupt the coronation of [[Ginrai]] as [[Supreme Commander]] at the behest of their new secret ruler, [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:DecepticonsAtPole Apeface and Skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
The Decepticons, including Skullcruncher, went to [[Nebulos]] in search of energy. When they found that there was an endless supply of cosmic energy available at the pole, they moved [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] there. The Autobots soon attacked, and [[Apeface]] and Skullcruncher were sent out to mount a defense, only to find that the ice under their feet was melting and slippery thanks to the Autobots' lasers. A few moments later, the whole base sank. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}
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===''The Transformers'' Adventure Game Books===
{{notemultipath}}
====Swamp of the Scorpion====
[[File:Swamp of the Scorpion Skullcruncher attacks.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Skullcruncher and his Nebulan ally Grax were under the command of Lord Zarak while the later attempted to steal Nebulos's oil. Opposing him was [[you|a young Nebulan]] and the Autobot Highbrow. The outcome of the battles that ensued depended on your decisions! {{storylink|Swamp of the Scorpion}}
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====Desert of Danger====
[[File:Desert of danger skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Skullcruncher helped his fellow Decepticons Weirdwolf and Mindwipe and their Nebulan partners in a plot to smuggle onto Nebulos an army of [[Attack Squad robot]]s. Whether or not this plot succeeded depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! Strangely, Skullcruncher's own Nebulan ally, Grax, was nowhere to be seen during these events. {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Stormbringer2 NebulosDecepticons1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Skullcruncher, shortly before departing for Burning Man]]
At some point during the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Skullcruncher served alongside [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] on board a Decepticon [[Warworld]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} Later, he was part of the [[Nebulos]] [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] working for [[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], when [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] attacked the planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Skullcruncher was less than enthused with the idea of attacking the giant Pretender, but Darkwing insisted they make a showing of protecting their investment in order to avoid Megatron's wrath. Skullcruncher rolled out with [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] and [[Roadgrabber]], but was apparently destroyed by an energy blast from Thunderwing. Darkwing and Dreadwind fled Nebulos shortly thereafter. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

[[File:Skullcruncher some of my best friends are autobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Somehow Skullcruncher managed to survive that and went on to create a new persona for himself as a comedian styled '''The Self-Hating Decepticon''' after the war ended. On his ''No Hard Feelings'' tour he performed "edgy" material that referenced—amongst other things—the mysterious phase 3 of the infiltration protocol, [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s defection to the Autobots and his captaincy of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', the Decepticons' strategy regarding [[Phase Sixer]]s and some [[Monoformer]] who named himself after his [[Gatoraider|pet]]. Thanks to lucrative [[:Category:Merchandise|merchandising]] deals, he quickly became a [[Shanix|billionaire]].

Some time later, [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] and [[Fulcrum]] watched a recording of one of his performances aboard the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet [[Tebris VII]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}
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===''Transformers United''===
Skullcruncher was part of a squad of Decepticons that waited in ambush for the Autobots on the planet Nebulos. Hidden away in inner-space, the Decepticons took the small Autobot unit by surprise, but dispersed when their leader Straxus was taken out. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''TransTech''===
Interviewing [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to replace [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column, [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] thought Grimlock was hilarious, deeming Grimlock "a real Skullcruncher". {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist}}

===''The Power of the Titan Masters''===
Skullsmasher, Grax, and [[Horri-Bull|Rot-Gut]] travelled to [[Caminus]], where they stole some secret Autobot codes. Pursued by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Stripes]], and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], the Decepticons eluded their pursuers by having Rot-Gut combine with Skullsmasher's body, allowing Skullsmasher to fire a cloud of toxic rust. Skullsmasher was later seen participating in Soundwave's all-out attack on Cybertron. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Skullcruncher was among several Transformers who left the war on Cybertron behind, to blast their way to the distant planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]]! After arriving on the alien world and surrendering to the native Nebulons, he removed his head and allowed one to fuse with it. The battle between Autobots and Decepticons then resumed on this new world. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Skullcruncher rushed into battle alongside [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] while their [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] partners rode atop of their beast modes. They came to blows against their Autobot Headmaster counterparts in the middle of a Nebulan city. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
*Skullcuncher trained under the watchful eye of [[Grax]]. His training mostly involved smashing stone sculptures of their Autobot enemies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
:''Voice actor:''

While the Autobots were searching the Lazalt Ruins, they found Skullcruncher guarding a large stone door. Asking aloud what took them so long, he transformed from crocodile mode to [[robot mode]] and announced that he was gonna chomp them up. Optimus was unimpressed, and Skullcruncher lost the ensuing fight against the Autobots. Skullcruncher fled in [[beast mode]], vowing the Autobots wouldn't get the key necessary to open the door. Optimus Prime was surprised they'd need a key, but an inspection of the door proved it true. Suspecting that Skullcruncher might have the key in question, Optimus sent the Autobots after him. Spotting his pursuers, Skullcruncher transformed back to robot mode and answered Prime's demand for the key by sending a horde of enemies after them. Fighting their way through, the Autobots gave the Headmaster another pounding. Deciding he'd had enough, Skullcruncher returned once more to crocodile mode and retreated, leaving the key behind him. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
{{charstubgame}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Skullcruncher and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] grew tired of waiting around Decepticon headquarters, and decided to set up a false distress signal to lure Autobots into a trap. [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] responded to the false alarm and, despite the duo's schemes, rebuffed the Decepticons' assault. {{storylink|False Alarm}} Skullcruncher and [[Apeface]] pursued a group of Autobots to Earth with the aim of obtaining the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], however the Autobots saw them off with the help of the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm even crunching my Nebulan pilot, see?]]
*'''Skullcruncher''' (Headmaster, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-85'''
**''Accessories:'' Grax Headmaster unit, "[[Demolecularization gun]]" and [[sword]]/tail

:Skullcruncher transforms into a green and pink robotic crocodile, at least according to his packaging; his head implies he's actually an alligator. Skullcruncher includes one of the most bizarre alt mode cockpits among the Headmasters for his partner [[Grax]], a small molded seat at the back of his alt mode mouth below the large canopy that serves as this mode's eyes, his entire upper jaw serving as the hatch to access it. The sword/tail's shape actually makes it look more like a short club.

: In robot mode, his chest panel flips down to reveal a three-stat spring-loaded [[Tech Spec]] meter activated when a Headmaster is plugged into his neck. This [[gimmick]] works with any other Headmaster "pilot" figure, and will display different levels dependent on which Headmaster figure is plugged in.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Skullcruncher/skullcruncher.htm More information on Skullcruncher at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=1093&Sprache=0 More information on Skullcruncher at Transformers-Universe.com]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-Skullcruncher.jpg|right|thumb|300px|These new CGI promo renders aren't too big on putting in the pins, are they.]]
*'''Skullsmasher''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' "Grax" Titan Master, rifle, tail/blaster
: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Titans Return (2016–)|Titans Return]]'', Skullsmasher (new name likely due to [[trademark]] issues) transforms into a robotic crocodile. He comes with his [[Titan Master]] partner [[Grax#Generations|Grax]], who can fit inside a compartment in Skullsmasher's beast mode back or transform into his robot mode head. As with other ''Titans Return'' toys, Skullsmasher can accommodate any compatible Titan Master figure. Unfortunately, many releases of Skullsmasher have loose leg joints and/or hip joints and the soft plastic flap on his back that covers Grax's hatch can be difficult to open. Skullsmasher's tail and gun can be combined together to form what appears to be either an armed speedboat or a gun emplacement for a Leader Class figure's base mode. Grax or any other Titan Master class figure can man it in either case. In robot mode, Skullsmasher's tail can be carried in his hand or plugged into one of his shoulders.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRSkullsmasher/skullsmasher.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Skullsmasher at TFU.info]''
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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG22-Skull.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Skull''' (2016-[[July 23|07-23]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG22'''
**''Accessories:'' "Grax" Headmaster, rifle, tail/blaster, dragon/dinosaur/gun
:''Legends'' Skull is a redeco and a retool of the ''Titans Return'' Skullsmasher mold, featuring a paintjob more faithful to the G1 toy, a headsculpt based on the one seen in the ''The Headmasters'' cartoon, and also comes with [[Batora]], a redeco of the Titan Master vehicle which originally came with [[Squeezeplay#Generations|Crashbash]].
{{TRCrashbashMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Caramel''===
[[File:Caramel skullcruncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Skull''' (1987)

:A soft-rubber figurine of Skullcruncher was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Skullcruncher's face and name on its underside.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1SkullcruncherOriginalHead.jpg|thumb]]
*In the television [[commercial]] for [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series, the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters are shown having different head designs than the ones their Nebulan partners would later turn into. These designs were seemingly never used in any other piece of ''Transformers'' media. The [[Character model|models]] for most of them, however, turned up in the excellent ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skull''' (スカル ''Sukaru''), '''Grax''' (グラックス ''Gurakkusu'', see above), '''Skullcruncher''' (The Rebirth, スカルクランチャー ''Sukarukuranchā'')
*''French:'' '''Broyeur''' (Canada, "Shredder")
*''Italian:'' '''Spaccaossa''' ("Bonecrusher")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kū-lǒu''' (Taiwan [[Omni Productions]] dub, 骷髏, "Skull"), '''È Lóng''' (China, 鳄龙, "Alligator-saur")

==External links==
*[http://www.aftermidnightstudios.com/3D/Skully.html Gallery of the unreleased ''Robot Heroes'' Skullcruncher]

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[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Talk:Skullcruncher (G1)

2016-08-08T01:59:43Z

Crockalley: /* Skullsmasher trademark issues */

==Caption==
The main image's caption's link is broken, so the caption is now completely unexplained. --[[User:Flicky1991|Flicky1991]] 04:39, 15 August 2012 (EDT)

== Skullsmasher trademark issues ==

"Name changed for trademark issues" seems to be the go-to reason the wiki gives whenever a character's name is changed. Does the wiki know trademark issues is the reason for Skullsmasher's name change, or is just assuming? - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 18:56, 20 July 2016 (EDT)
:I agree. I'm always a little irked when I read that. I'm sure there are cases where we've heard that from Hasbro officially, but I think the assumption is made too often without real evidence. It's possible, maybe even probable, but the assumptions are getting a bit too automatic for my tastes. -[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] ([[User talk:Crockalley|talk]]) 21:59, 7 August 2016 (EDT)

Talk:Shockwave (disambiguation)

2016-06-24T00:17:37Z

Crockalley: /* Energon Shockblast */

== Energon Shockblast ==

Energon Shockblast is listed under "major Shockwaves", but excluded from the "full list of Shockwaves", instead relegated to the "Not to be confused with..." section. Does anyone else find this a tad confusing, especially for a reader not particularly familiar with Transformers? I'm not saying I have a better suggestion, I just find it... less than optimal.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 17:02, 23 June 2016 (EDT)
:I can't see it being that confusing, honestly. --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 17:08, 23 June 2016 (EDT)
::I'm going to change it for consistency, but I'm reluctant to have to put in "Shockwave / Shockblast" into the opening. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 19:43, 23 June 2016 (EDT)
:::Fact: he's not a major Shockwave. His name is Shockblast. Seems simple. -[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] ([[User talk:Crockalley|talk]]) 20:17, 23 June 2016 (EDT)

Sideways (disambiguation)

2016-05-05T22:25:56Z

Crockalley: /* Full list of Sidewayses */

{{factions|cybEmpireG2|autobot|decepticon|unicron}}
{{disambig}}
:''Sideways is a difficult 'bot to define...''

[[File:Sidewayses.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"He's Sideways! ''He's'' Sideways! ''You're'' Sideways! '''''I'm''''' Sideways! Are there any other Sidewayses I should know about?"]]
If you encounter a 'bot going by the name "'''Sideways'''", do not trust him! Throughout the multiverse, the name is associated with cheats and liars. Most oftentimes, a Sideways's allegiances are to be questioned. Many of them claim to be helpful allies, but more often than not, they work for a [[Unicron|greater evil]]. Some would assume Sideways to be cowardly, but their true strength oftentimes lies in their speed and their cunning. A quick getaway today can assure that greater machinations come to fruition tomorrow. Some Sideways are known to possess dimension-hopping capabilities, and tracking which Sideways is responsible for what in whatever universe can be a tad confusing. Some of them have claimed to travel to other universes to slaughter and impersonate their native counterpart, or that Sideways are cloned from one another to fulfill their roles in multiple parallel events. Sideways are true sowers of confusion, and even if one were able to see past all the lies, one would still be hard-pressed to make sense of the chaos that they leave in their wake.

The following Sideways have been documented throughout the [[multiverse]]. From one perspective, they might all be considered the same Sideways, occasionally interacting with himself via inter-dimensional shenanigans. Facts do not always line up entirely with this assertion, possibly, maybe, implying that at least some Sideways are not part of the greater agenda taking place. For the explicit sake of accessibility and to ease the conveyance of information, several Sidewayses have been documented on this wiki as though they are separate entities, even though they are frequently characterized as recurring versions of the same archetype.

{{bigquote|Everything you think you know about me was a lie told by me to confuse someone, or conjecture from someone who'd be in no position to know. So yeah, maybe I'm a fragment of Unicron, because maybe Planet X used to BE Unicron. And maybe I'm his avatar made manifest and untethered once he collapsed into a giant singularity. And maybe I'm from the Cybertronian Empire. And maybe I'm just an ordinary Autobot who went crazy from Powerlinxing to the wrong Mini-Cons. Maybe I'm all of those things, or none.

And you know what the best part is? You'll. Never. Know.|Sideways on his identity situation, [[Ask Vector Prime]].}}

{{TOCclear}}
==Major Sidewayses==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:ArmadaSidewaysCardArt.jpg|[[Sideways (Armada)|"Unicron Trilogy" Sideways]]
File:Sidewaysrotf.jpg|[[Sideways (ROTF)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Sidewayses==
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], the [[Autobot]] from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' (2001).}}
{{disamb|y=2002|[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], the [[Herald of Unicron|agent of Unicron]] from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Double Face]], the [[Decepticon]] spy from ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]''}} who's probably Sideways.
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Sideways (Animated)|Sideways]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]|[[Your mom (disambiguation)|Your mom]], who may or may not be another instance of Sideways.}}
*All other separate [[universal stream|iterations, variations and other manifestations]] of the previously mentioned characters.

==Other things called "Sideways"==
{{disamb|y=2015|"[[Sideways (episode)|Sideways]]", the fourteenth episode of the 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
*[[Sideswipe (disambiguation)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Side Burn (disambiguation)|Side Burn]]
*[[Sidetrack]]
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], another agent of Unicron who sometimes possesses some superficial similarities with Sideways, but is a separate character. ([[#Fiction|UNLESS HE ISN'T!]])

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
One Sideways traveled to [[Axiom Nexus]] and seized control of [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Axiom Nexus News]] column. After Sideways cheerily said he was probably lying about everything, he said he thought all other Sidewayses were losers so he killed and replaced them, implied that he was the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways, and then went on to claim he wasn't [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and then implied that he ''was'' Tarantulas. His reign of uninformative terror was finally brought to an end when the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]s tracked him down, due to his frequent tripping of the [[Axiom Nexus Auto-Censors]], and began trying to break into his hideout in the [[Heap]]. Shortly afterwards, a question from [[David Willis]] caused his head to explode, forcing him to temporarily [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]-link with [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and escape to parts unknown.

Man, Sideways was a ''dick''. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Notes==
* In reality, Sideways is the convoluted result of multiple authors' competing authorial intent. While some Sideways were written with it being unlikely that the author was aware that Sideways was a cross-dimensional hopper, others have actively pushed this narrative for the character, despite the innumerable problems it created in forming a cohesive story. Some fictions could present a case for this not being the case at all. Fan reaction has been mixed in opinion in whether or not "All Sideways are the same guy." Add to the mix that (at least one) Sideways is an admitted compulsive liar, and it leaves this wiki with a hard time documenting this "Sideways phenomenon" in the traditional manner. As neither interpretation of the character is more or less valid than the other, the entirety of this enigma is documented here and on the linked pages.
* The case for the Sidewayses of the various different continuity families being the same individual hopping universes wasn't always airtight, and was built up over a period of several years. Until 2010, no fiction had clearly established him migrating from one universe to another, but even before then, circumstantial evidence abounded:
** The first Sideways, a ''Robots in Disguise'' toy, was packaged with [[Axer (G1)|Axer]], whose on-package [[bio]] strongly insinuates that he had come from a Generation 1 universe through a black hole. The bios make no particular connection between the two characters, so there is no reason to think Sideways must have come from another universe as well. Nevertheless, the real-world pairing of the characters makes it easy to accept that he did, based on later evidence.
** The next Sideways, from ''Armada'', was given an on-package bio of almost identical wording to that of the ''Robots in Disguise'' character. The ''Armada'' bio suggests that his duplicity is a new development upon coming to Earth, the result of being pulled in two mental directions by his Mini-Cons.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/tech-specs/Armada-Tech-Specs/2002-Transformers-Tech-Specs/Sideways__A_.jpg.html ''Armada'' Sideways's on-package bio]</ref> However, the cartoons and comics outright ignore this aspect of Sideways. Both develop him as a pure agent of Unicron, with his mini-cons showing no indication of influencing his mind. This opens all sorts of cross-universal possibilities.
** The ''Robotmasters'' toy offers greatest credence towards all previous Sideways being the same character. It's named and colored after the ''Armada'' toy, and some ''Robotmasters'' publicity material has declared that the character's first toy was indeed the ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways figure. Since the entire premise of ''Robotmasters'' is that Transformers are arriving on present-day Earth through wormholes from across time and space, the idea that Sideways universe-hopped into the ''Robotmasters'' continuity is too strong to ignore.
** In 2010 the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' presented ''Animated'' Sideways as pretty clearly the same individual as all the other previous Sidewayses, while also alluding to the movie version of the character.
** Lastly, the details of Sideways' dimension hopping were explicitly spelled out in an [[Ask Vector Prime]] entry in ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', undeniably tying all previous iterations of Sideways together, while also establishing that not all of them were necessarily the exact same individual.
** A later addition to Ask Vector Prime/Sideways clarified further that there are multiple Sideways running about, crossing into one-another dimensions and interacting with one another as separate entities.
* To reiterate, the wiki does not claim a say on the canonicity of Sideways's status as separate multiple individuals versus a single individual. That being said, we do our best to document information in a way that is convenient to our readers. Sideways, being such a unique (and [[fandom|sometimes]] [[personal canon|controversial]]) case study, as such necessitated a unique approach in documenting him/them. Our decision to split up the character(s) in separate articles should not be taken as our stance on the issue. In short, if one is so inclined to care about this aspect of Sideways, one should consider this page and the list of "Sideways" linked within it as a sort of [[w:Schrödinger's cat|Schrödinger's article]], taking neither side in the debate, simply presenting the facts as they have been presented to us.

Escape (Universe)

2016-04-23T22:46:12Z

Crockalley: /* Featured characters */ fixy fixy

{{disambig3|Escape}}
{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Transformers: Universe]]'' #2
|prev=Abduction
|next=Homecoming (Universe)
|seriesissue2=[[Universe War]]
|prev2=OTFCC Live-Action Drama
|next2=Homecoming (Universe)
|title="Escape"
|image=Universe2.jpg
|caption=Thanks to Unicron, Razorclaw can now command lens flares from the palm of his hand.
|publisher=[[3H Productions]]
|date=[[July 31]], [[2004]] ([[OTFCC 2004]])
|story=[[Simon Furman]]
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Dan Khanna]], [[Guido Guidi]], [[James Raiz]]
|inks=[[Chuck Gibson]], [[Terry Pallot]], [[Vince Russell]]
|colors=[[Blond]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]'s [[Comicraft]]
|post production and assist=[[Glen Hallit]]
|air director=[[Dan Khanna]]
|continuity=''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]''
|pagecount=
}}

'''Optimus Primal is sent by Primus to rescue Transformers held deep within Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
Optimus Primal recalls his "[[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|death]]" at the conclusion of his battle to free [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from Megatron. Gazing into the [[Cauldron|death arena]] within Unicron, he reflects that... [[Furmanism|it never ends!]] Below, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are being prepped for battle; Sunstreaker has already fallen to the corrupting influence of Unicron. Sideswipe resists, and is punished.

Primal flashes back again to his recent revival within Cybertron, and his conversation with Alpha Trion, who detailed Unicron's efforts to revive himself by harvesting Sparks from across multiple dimensions.

Megatron and Grimlock have subdued Striker, and Primal attempts to liberate his [[spark]] from Unicron's influence. Primal then departs to try and free the captives, leaving the others to guard Striker, though they are soon discovered by Unicron's generals.

[[Image:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Guess Unicron didn't want to abduct any ''Animated'' characters, huh?]]
Trailbreaker devises a way to escape the energy cages holding them, as he speculates they are "keyed to our specific [[bio-mechanical aura]]s". Silverbolt spots Primal, and shouts a warning as Razorclaw attacks; he and Trailbreaker then initiate a [[primary system program transfer]], in essence each becoming the other.

Primal fights off Razorclaw, stealing weapons from Sunstreaker and Sideswipe to help; in the midst of their battle, Trailbreaker and Silverbolt initiate a total prison break, and dozens of [[Transformer]]s storm their captors. The horde keeps Sunstreaker and Sideswipe apart, assists Grimlock and Megatron, then stampedes across the bridge that originally brought Trailbreaker and company to the arena.

Shadow Striker proves treacherous, however; she blasts the bridge, and the escaping crowd is trapped between the cauldron and the incoming generals. Primal uses Snarl, a [[Matrix Templar]], to directly call upon [[Primus]] to open a pathway out of Unicron; an energy path opens in the cauldron, bearing him away. The crowd escapes... but Blackarachnia chooses to remain, knocking Silverbolt into the beam.

Some while later, within Unicron, Blackarachnia is welcomed back to the fold... by Tarantulas, who notes that the true battle hasn't yet begun. And on Cybertron, Primal reflects that his revival may have had unexpected consequences for the reformatted planet... and his old foe Megatron.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (4)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (5)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (8)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (10)
* [[Striker]] (12)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (13)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (14)
* [[King Atlas]] (17)
* [[Fireflight (Universe)|Fireflight]] (18)
* [[Omega Prime]] (19)
* [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]] (21)
* [[Triceradon (BM)|Triceradon]] (24)
* [[Swerve (Universe)|Swerve]] (25)
* [[Defensor (Universe)|Defensor]] (26)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (28)
* [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]]* (29)
* [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] (30)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (31)
* [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]] (32)
* [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]] (34)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (35)
* [[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]] (36)
* [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] (38)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (39)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]* (40)
* [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] (42)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (43)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (44)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s/[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]/[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron (Beast Wars)]] (2)
* [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (3)
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (6)
* [[Reptilion|Reptillion]] (7)
* [[Megatron (Armada)]] (11)
* [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] (15)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] or [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] (16)
* [[Squeezeplay]] (20)
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (23)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (27)
* [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (37)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (41)

|c4=
* [[Unicron]] (9)
* [[Saber]] (22)
* [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] (33)
}}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Shadow Striker and Blackarachnia defect to Unicron's side, becoming a Decepticon and Predacon respectively.

==Notes==
* A lengthy "Last Time" text summarizes in painful detail the events of the previous issue.
* Dreamwave-style profiles were included at the end of the issue for Obsidian, Optimus Primal, Shadow Striker, and Tankor.
* During the escape scenes, a technorganic [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] appears next to [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. This is probably an error as the "headquarters" universe of the ''Universe'' comic has its own Rattrap, who was ''not'' abducted by Unicron in the previous issue and also appears in the final panel of this issue on his home Cybertron. In any case, years later the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would declare the abductee Rattrap to be his own separate individual.
* Megatron appears on the final panel of this issue as just a head, styled like his post-Transmetal ''Beast Wars'' appearance. This was presumably done in anticipation of his OTFCC 2005 toy, a retool of ''Robots in Disguise'' Megatron with a ''Beast Wars'' Megatron head. 3H, however, lost the license, and thus Megatron's full-body appearance in the Universe War remains unknown.

===Errors===
* Tarantulas's name is misspelled as "Tarantulus".

[[Category:3H issues]]
[[Category:Universe issues]]

Escape (Universe)

2016-04-23T22:41:36Z

Crockalley: /* Featured characters */ Yes, two Megatrons

{{disambig3|Escape}}
{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Transformers: Universe]]'' #2
|prev=Abduction
|next=Homecoming (Universe)
|seriesissue2=[[Universe War]]
|prev2=OTFCC Live-Action Drama
|next2=Homecoming (Universe)
|title="Escape"
|image=Universe2.jpg
|caption=Thanks to Unicron, Razorclaw can now command lens flares from the palm of his hand.
|publisher=[[3H Productions]]
|date=[[July 31]], [[2004]] ([[OTFCC 2004]])
|story=[[Simon Furman]]
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Dan Khanna]], [[Guido Guidi]], [[James Raiz]]
|inks=[[Chuck Gibson]], [[Terry Pallot]], [[Vince Russell]]
|colors=[[Blond]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]]'s [[Comicraft]]
|post production and assist=[[Glen Hallit]]
|air director=[[Dan Khanna]]
|continuity=''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]''
|pagecount=
}}

'''Optimus Primal is sent by Primus to rescue Transformers held deep within Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
Optimus Primal recalls his "[[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|death]]" at the conclusion of his battle to free [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from Megatron. Gazing into the [[Cauldron|death arena]] within Unicron, he reflects that... [[Furmanism|it never ends!]] Below, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are being prepped for battle; Sunstreaker has already fallen to the corrupting influence of Unicron. Sideswipe resists, and is punished.

Primal flashes back again to his recent revival within Cybertron, and his conversation with Alpha Trion, who detailed Unicron's efforts to revive himself by harvesting Sparks from across multiple dimensions.

Megatron and Grimlock have subdued Striker, and Primal attempts to liberate his [[spark]] from Unicron's influence. Primal then departs to try and free the captives, leaving the others to guard Striker, though they are soon discovered by Unicron's generals.

[[Image:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Guess Unicron didn't want to abduct any ''Animated'' characters, huh?]]
Trailbreaker devises a way to escape the energy cages holding them, as he speculates they are "keyed to our specific [[bio-mechanical aura]]s". Silverbolt spots Primal, and shouts a warning as Razorclaw attacks; he and Trailbreaker then initiate a [[primary system program transfer]], in essence each becoming the other.

Primal fights off Razorclaw, stealing weapons from Sunstreaker and Sideswipe to help; in the midst of their battle, Trailbreaker and Silverbolt initiate a total prison break, and dozens of [[Transformer]]s storm their captors. The horde keeps Sunstreaker and Sideswipe apart, assists Grimlock and Megatron, then stampedes across the bridge that originally brought Trailbreaker and company to the arena.

Shadow Striker proves treacherous, however; she blasts the bridge, and the escaping crowd is trapped between the cauldron and the incoming generals. Primal uses Snarl, a [[Matrix Templar]], to directly call upon [[Primus]] to open a pathway out of Unicron; an energy path opens in the cauldron, bearing him away. The crowd escapes... but Blackarachnia chooses to remain, knocking Silverbolt into the beam.

Some while later, within Unicron, Blackarachnia is welcomed back to the fold... by Tarantulas, who notes that the true battle hasn't yet begun. And on Cybertron, Primal reflects that his revival may have had unexpected consequences for the reformatted planet... and his old foe Megatron.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (4)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (5)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (8)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (10)
* [[Striker]] (12)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (13)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (14)
* [[King Atlas]] (17)
* [[Fireflight (Universe)|Fireflight]] (18)
* [[Omega Prime]] (19)
* [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]] (21)
* [[Triceradon (BM)|Triceradon]] (24)
* [[Swerve (Universe)|Swerve]] (25)
* [[Defensor (Universe)|Defensor]] (26)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (28)
* [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]]* (29)
* [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] (30)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (31)
* [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]] (32)
* [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]] (34)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (35)
* [[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]] (36)
* [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] (38)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (39)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]* (40)
* [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] (42)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (43)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (44)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s/[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]/[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)]] (2)
* [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (3)
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (6)
* [[Reptilion|Reptillion]] (7)
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (11)
* [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] (15)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] or [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] (16)
* [[Squeezeplay]] (20)
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (23)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (27)
* [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (37)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (41)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron (Beast Wars)]] (45)

|c4=
* [[Unicron]] (9)
* [[Saber]] (22)
* [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] (33)
}}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Shadow Striker and Blackarachnia defect to Unicron's side, becoming a Decepticon and Predacon respectively.

==Notes==
* A lengthy "Last Time" text summarizes in painful detail the events of the previous issue.
* Dreamwave-style profiles were included at the end of the issue for Obsidian, Optimus Primal, Shadow Striker, and Tankor.
* During the escape scenes, a technorganic [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] appears next to [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. This is probably an error as the "headquarters" universe of the ''Universe'' comic has its own Rattrap, who was ''not'' abducted by Unicron in the previous issue and also appears in the final panel of this issue on his home Cybertron. In any case, years later the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would declare the abductee Rattrap to be his own separate individual.
* Megatron appears on the final panel of this issue as just a head, styled like his post-Transmetal ''Beast Wars'' appearance. This was presumably done in anticipation of his OTFCC 2005 toy, a retool of ''Robots in Disguise'' Megatron with a ''Beast Wars'' Megatron head. 3H, however, lost the license, and thus Megatron's full-body appearance in the Universe War remains unknown.

===Errors===
* Tarantulas's name is misspelled as "Tarantulus".

[[Category:3H issues]]
[[Category:Universe issues]]

Megatron (BW)

2016-04-23T22:34:08Z

Crockalley: /* Beast Wars cartoon continuity */ storylinks

{{factions|predacon|vehicon|decepticon|hofsilver}}

{{disambig3|Megatron}}{{suite}}
:''Megatron is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]], and a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].. He's also briefly known as [[Noble (BM)|Savage and Noble]] and, um, "[[Bee in the City|Joe]]". He's a busy villain, yesss.''

[[File:MegatronBWsourcebook.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That's the problem with heroes, really. Their only purpose in life is to thwart others. They make no plans, develop no strategies. They react instead of act. Without villains, heroes would stagnate. Without heroes, villains would be running the world. Heroes have morals. Villains have work ethic.]]
'''Megatron''' began with one goal: restoring glory and power to the Predacon race, with himself at the helm. What distinguishes Megatron from the countless others who share this goal is his chutzpah. This is a guy who [[Megatron (myth)|named himself after his faith's equivalent ''of the Antichrist'']]. He is willing to risk ''everything''—time, space, himself—if need be. He's willing to commit omnicide if it will further his goals. And there were times he would have won were it not for [[Optimus Primal]].

Megatron is skillful at orchestrating vast schemes by manipulating others into doing them for him—an idle suggestion here, a conspicuously-planted object of interest there. He knows his enemies, and these include [[Tarantulas (BW)|some]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|minions]], inside and out and exactly how to provoke them. He has no friends, only pawns, or occasionally, [[Inferno (BW)|pawns that are too reliable to risk losing]]. Because of this attitude, this superiority complex, he despises working with the very troops he needs to carry out his plans. His hubris does not make him very popular, and so he must rely on power and fear to rule them. In fact, he prefers [[Vehicon (BM)|mindless drones]].

Megatron is a gambler and can sometimes be a ham. (His manner of saying "Yesss..." is practically vaudevillian.) He has a twisted sense of humor and an overdeveloped sense of drama which rule everything he conceives, both long and short term. When he destroys you, he wants you to know that it was he who did this, and just how badly you were had. This is his greatest weakness. Like a Bond villain, he'll gladly boast to the hero at length about how smart and clever he was, giving his victim time to formulate a counterattack (he admits the Predacons sometimes gloat too much). He often sabotages himself by neglecting the quick and easy solutions for the bigger, meaner, and more complex.

Prior to the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Megatron was a field commander in the Predacon army, where he learned much about strategy and tactics. Upon ratification of peace with the [[Maximal Imperium]] most Predacons laid down their arms. Megatron refused and went rogue.

He has a [[Rubber Ducky]].

{{quote|The universe cowered once at the name of Megatron and it shall do so again!|Megatron|"[[Optimal Situation]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
[[File:PrimavsMegs toycomic.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Look out Batman, it's Killer Croc!]]

Megatron believed that the Predacon way of life was to prosper or perish, and that the Maximals must be wiped out if the Predacons were to prosper. As for Optimus Primal, he planned to ''eat'' him! {{storylink|Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Megatron bio (basic alligator mold)}}

The Maximals' "[[bio-genetic morphing process]]" allowed them to fuse organic musculature and Transformers technology... so Megatron and his Predacons did the same thing, with the DNA of Earth's most vicious predators! When the Maximals tried to destroy the Predacons' lab, Megatron was waiting in his ferocious alligator form. Mistaken for a harmless Earth creature, he was able to get to the drop on Optimus Primal and summoned in his soldiers [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

[[File:Optimusprimalvsmegatronmegandlab.jpg|thumb|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZwhNFOn4ik I drive a Chevrolet movie theatre.]]]
The battle was still lost, leading to Megatron destroying the lab so his enemies couldn't get its secrets. He then fled, vowing to return with new forms and new plans when the Maximals least expected it. {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}

Megatron eventually succeeded in obtaining ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' DNA, stolen from human research labs, and subsequently used it to re-engineer his body into a powerful new form. Amongst his artillery, he boasted "poisonous paralyzer fluids blasts" that emanated from his [[beast mode]]'s mouth, while his tail was configured into a "powerful pincher claw" capable of slicing an enemy in half. {{storylink|Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Megatron bio (ultra ''T. rex'' mold)}}

{{note|This comic, along with the on-package [[bio]]s of the first wave of Beast Wars toys, predate the development of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon and its backstory. They seem to present the characters as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with Optimus Primal actually being a new form of Optimus Prime and Megatron being his Generation 1 counterpart, and their battles taking place on present day, [[human]]-inhabited Earth, rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched, the toyline adjusted itself to match that continuity instead, relegating this one to an aborted [[micro-continuity]].}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
{{main|Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity}}
[[File:Dinobot Clone.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|A picture can tell a lot without words.]]

Megatron was a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] criminal who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], realizing that [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake]] left a message on it pointing to the location of [[Earth]] where, with [[transwarp|time travel technology]], one could attempt to change history so that the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] ended in favor for the [[Decepticon]]s. Despite the interference of the [[Maximal]] ship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', commanded by [[Optimus Primal]], the Predacons in the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' managed to make it to Earth, although it was not apparent at first. Megatron put his original plans on hold to gather the massive amounts of [[energon]] on the planet that he could use to conquer the universe. His band of Predacons fought Optimus Primal's Maximals in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Despite much plotting and machination, such as the attempted murder of [[human]]ity and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Megatron was defeated and brought back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars}}

However, Megatron was able to free himself from his bonds and arrive on Cybertron before the Maximals did. Using an immobilizing virus and the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] on an unsuspecting populace, Megatron conquered the planet, beginning an era of technological superiority in deadly opposition to the organic. However, the Maximals soon returned and were tasked by the mystical [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to end Megatron's reign and bring about a widespread evolution into the [[technorganic]]. Optimus Primal succeeded at this task, sacrificing both himself and Megatron in the organic core of Cybertron. {{storylink|Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines}}

When [[Unicron]] began his abduction of Transformers across the [[multiverse]], starting the [[Universe War]], [[Primus]] called Optimus Primal out of the [[Allspark]] to lead his troops against Unicron. This action also freed Megatron's spark, and he returned to his typical plotting nature. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe}}

In a divergent timeline, Megatron joined forces with the original Megatron in 21st century Earth and with a [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] from another [[Universal stream|universal cluster]]. He was also considered as a recipient of the powers of the ancient Transformer, [[Logos Prime]].

===''Beast Wars II'' catalog===
[[File:MegatronGalvatronBW1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Pwned.]]
On planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron once disagreed with [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] over opinions on galactic conquest, and engaged him in battle over it. At the time, Megatron momentarily let his guard down, and was defeated. Galvatron declared "Your era is over, Megatron!"

Later, Megatron noted that while Galvatron was ambitious, he cared for his underlings—and although he was loathe to admit it, he acknowledged that Galvatron probably had all the regal bearing of a new [[Emperor of Destruction]]. {{storylink|Catalog#Beast Wars II|The next stage of battle advances to the Second War... ...Beast Wars, Transform!}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}

Somehow ending up at the multiversal hub of [[Axiom Nexus]], Megatron hid out under the alias "Joe". When he ran into [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and learned of the [[AllSpark Key]], he pretended to be a heroic character and helped rescue Bumblebee's friends, only to steal the Key. Using his experience with MacGuffins, he swiftly learned how to power himself and create an army. Unfortunately, his army turned on him after learning of bureaucracy and the amount of forms they'd have to fill in now that they were alive. However, before being carried away by his former minions, Megatron promised that he would be back, and that he would get his extremely overwrought and melodramatic revenge. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Bee in the City 2: Electric Boogaloo}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:MegatronMangaDominatrix01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Megs!'' Kids could be reading this comic!!]]

After killing Optimus Primal in a Transwarp explosion, Megatron was mutated by the resulting Quantum Surge into a Transmetal, as was almost every other Transformer on [[Earth|Energoa]]. With their leader dead and their forces scattered, Megatron wasted no time in plotting an immediate counter-attack on the Maximals. Quickstrike and his drone forces were sent to attack the Maximal base while, with Tarantulas's help, Megatron recovered and resurrected Primal's body as a mindless killing machine.

Through a strange voodoo ritual, Megatron attempted to use his mutated blood to put Primal's body under his everlasting control. However, with the intervention of Rhinox, Primal's spark was retrieved from Transwarp Space and returned to his body. Primal swiftly defeated Megatron in battle. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Recovering from his injuries in a hot spring, Megatron was not pleased when Waspinator buzzed in with news of a new stasis pod landing. Megatron, unable to go after it, swatted the bug away. More than that, he was being haunted by visions of [[Megatron (G1)|his ancestor]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Megatron later confronted [[Jaguar]], but the rogue Predacon promptly defeated him, severing his head in battle. Waspinator recovered Megatron's noggin and flew away with it. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}}

Megatron directed Waspinator to the ''Ark'' where he intended to kill the slumbering [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Blackarachnia didn't want to see the timestream mangled, so she kicked his head into a lava pit. There, Megatron floated down to the body of the original Megatron and merged with his spark, taking on a humongous dragon form. He then waited for Optimus Primal to show up and blasted Optimus Prime to pieces in front of his eyes. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

Optimus Primal quickly ate Optimus Prime's spark in order to save him and became Optimal Optimus in the process. The two enemies then had a showdown and Optimus prevailed, plucking Megatron's spark out of his body and crushing it like a beer can, killing his arch foe. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

{{--}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
The Predacons crash landed in [[Mexico]] around 1,000 BC. A time into their war with the Maximals, Megatron found the village in which the [[Natiltec]] tribe dwelt. After the Predacons had asserted their dominance, Megatron ordered Tarantulas and Waspinator to enslave the male villagers and use them to mine energon. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Q-Robo Transformer}}}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
The president of [[Tera-Kura Co.]], Megatron once watched [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] party it up after work. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Head of Partying, Cheetor|Head of Partying, Cheetor}} He thought of his company as the rivals of [[Optimus Primal]]'s [[Axalon Trading Company]], but had all kinds of trouble dealing with his eccentric employees. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!|Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!}} Among them was [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], who Megatron had to punish more than once for talking about or playing with ''Transformers'' instead of doing his job. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Fly, Buzzzzzz|Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Fly, Buzzzzzz}} This changed when he learned that [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was also a ''Transformers'' fan, at which point he sheepishly asked Waspinator to teach him more about the franchise so he could impress her. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#President Mega's Requests|President Mega's Requests}} Through songs and glossary cards, Megatron learned to recite the names of several ''Transformers'' characters, much to Blackarachnia's excitement. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#President Mega's Studies|President Mega's Studies}}

During a lesson on the subject of [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], Megatron latched onto the fact that they'd [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|first appeared in the UK]] and imagined them as English stereotypes, ignoring Waspinator's protests that they were nothing like that. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz|Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz}} Megatron spent that [[Christmas]] lovingly exchanging presents with Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Christmas|Merry X'mas!!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Widow-chan at Work|Widow-chan at Work}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Deckss x Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Bonus Chapter: Deckss x Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron|Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Widow-chan's Usual Day|Widow-chan's Usual Day}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#The Autumn Megatron Festival|The Autumn Megatron Festival}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|Bonus Edition Vol. 13}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#LG-16 Slipstream Sequel|LG-16 Slipstream Sequel part 2}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] speculated that the [[Dark Spark]] could have been the essence of Megatron from a timeline where the Maximals failed to stop his plot to absorb all sparks, among other explanations. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 18/5/2015}}

==Commercial appearances==
Megatron hid in his beast mode amid a bask of alligators in a tropical river. When Optimus Primal fluttered over him in his bat mode, Megatron nearly managed to snap him out of the air. When his adversary transformed, Megatron did so as well, and the two Transformers began exchanging blows. Though Megatron managed to land a laser blast, Optimus relieved him of his gun with a swing of his sword. {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Wave 1 Deluxe|Beast Wars Wave 1 Deluxe toys commercial}}

==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]," the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Predacons and their Maximal adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

Many Beast Wars combatants had managed to construct personal bases, customized to their personal tastes, due to the extended duration of the war. Megatron opted to stay within the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon ship]] as the central hub of Predacon activity. Megatron joined his fellow Predacons in battling not only the persistent Maximal resistance, but the interdimensional monsters known as the [[Skriix]].

=====Maximal campaign=====
Retaliating after the Maximals eliminated Inferno and halted the experiments on the Skriix the Predacon was performing, Megatron sent his own troops to attack the ''Axalon.'' his aggressions were rebuffed, however, and the Maximals launched a counter-strike. After having secured access to the Predacon ship, the Maximals destroyed Megatron, winning the Beast Wars in the process.

=====Predacon campaign=====
When the Maximals had been eliminated, Megatron was able to fulfill his objective of using the planet's vast Energon resources to destroy Cybertron, and conquer the Galaxy! {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

{{Note|Due to the nature of this game, a player may select various individual characters to perform the feats required in every level, and complete the game's narrative. Thus, any playable Maximal can fill the role of protagonist in Maximal Mode, and any playable Predacon can fill the role of protagonist in Predacon Mode. To view the various feats Megatron can accomplish throughout gameplay in Predacon Mode, it is told on the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]] page, wherein Megatron fills the role of the nameless Predacon.}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64Megatrons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Tyrannosaurus Jhiax]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], apparently.]]
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), ? (Japanese)}}

Megatron was captured by the Maximals. Unknown to his captors, however, Megatron sent a message back in time through transwarp in a last-ditch effort to change the outcome of the Beast Wars; back in the past, Megatron participated in a one-on-one beatdown involving nearly all of the other active beast warriors. At the end, he confronted his mysterious doppelganger, [[Megatron X]].

[[File:N64 Megatron.jpg|frame|left|"Dear me: Forget the grand scheme, just walk over and punch Optimus in his ****ing FACE. Yours sincerely, me."]]

Knowing fully that the planet where their war was taking place was in actuality prehistoric Earth, Megatron decided to make the ultimate gamble after gaining the upper hand in a grueling battle against the Maximals. Breaking into the Ark, Megatron murders Optimus Prime while he slumbers, securing victory for both Decepticons and Predacons. However, in the year 2005, the Decepticons, having conquered both Earth and Cybertron, face Unicron. As the Matrix died eons ago, along with Optimus Prime, how can the Decepticons defeat the [[Unicron|devourer of worlds]]? {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the Nintendo 64 version of the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Megatron's fate in those outcomes.}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), ? (Japanese)}}
{{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}
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===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars''===
[[File:DuelFightMegatronGameGuideArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Ah am alpha an' omega, da beginnin' an' da end. Ah am dat which is, which wuz, and is yet ta come... an' ya will know mah name is Megatwon when I way my veng-e-ance upon ya!"]]
Megatron battled several other Maximals and Predacons in an attempt to obtain a super-powerful [[energon crystal]] recently discovered on [[Earth]]. He was capable of summoning his lackeys, Waspinator, Terrorsaur, Tarantulas, Inferno and Scorponok in order to aid him in this task.

Megatron could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.

The series of one-on-one battles that ensued ended in a strange duel, when Megatron had to battle his double as a final opponent. Once he defeated himself, he gained possession of the crystal, setting out to defeat his eternal nemesis, [[Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Megatron's fate in those outcomes.}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Megatron, in his original ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' body, leads a ragtag group of Decepticon warriors from various backgrounds (and/or universes) against Optimus Primal and his Autobot allies. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers Battle Universe''===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Megatron was among several warriors (and [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatrons]]) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
After a huge earthquake exposed a large amount of [[Energon]], Megatron led his Predacons in an ambush of the Maximals, successfully gaining control of the new Energon supply. As the Predacons harvested this new resource, Megatron set his sights on the Maximal base and the destruction of Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Legends)|Beast Wars}}

Much later, when a badly wounded [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] stood near death, Megatron offered a piece of his own spark. Accepting this transfusion of sorts, Rampage's life would most likely be saved. It would also ensure that the new Predacon recuit would forever be bound to Megatron's will from that moment forth. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}

Megatron eventually managed to conquer Cybertron with the aid of his Vehicon armies, and set his three generals on the Maximals after they returned to the planet. {{storylink|Beast Machines (Legends)|Beast Machines}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Megatron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
*''Megatron'' — This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character.
*''Megatron Alligator'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 3" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*'' Megatron Transmetal'' — This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 1" event.
*''Megatron Transmetal II'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals 2: Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character.
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==Toys==
{{Main|Megatron (BW)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Megatron (BW)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:BWRConcept35.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Transmetal 2 Megatron's control art. Look! Spark figure! Painful amounts of detail!]]

* Hasbro originally intended [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to be the new body for Megatron. According to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX], [[Bob Forward]] stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno."
*Megatron may be ambidextrous, with the ''T.rex'' head covering his right arm he had to use his left hand a lot, when he became a Transmetal and had both hands available he was seen using his tail-gun on both equally, then when he became a Transmetal 2 and had the dragon head for a left hand he became right handed without any difficulty.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron''), '''Megaligator''' (alligator, メガリゲーター ''Megarigētā''),<ref>This particular [[romanization]] was used on a Japanese ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_1/img/024.jpg trading card]. As the card otherwise spelled "alligator" correctly in English, it is assumed the single "L" in "Megaligator" was intentional.</ref> '''Beast Megatron''' (''Robotmasters'', ビーストメガトロン ''Bīsuto Megatoron'')
*''European:'' '''Metal T-Rex''' (Transmetal), '''Dragone''' (Transmetal 2)
*''Korean:'' '''Megatron''' (메가트론 ''Megateulon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kǔng-lúng Wáng''' (Taiwan, 恐龍王, "King Dinosaur"), '''Bàwánglóng''' (China ''Beast Wars'', 霸王龙, "Tyrannosaur"), '''Wúdí Lóng''' (China ''Beast Machines'', 无敌龙, "Invincible Dragon"), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan Èrshì''' (comics, 威震天二世, "Extremely Prestigious II", literally "Heaven-shaking Might II")

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Machines Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Predacon leaders]]
[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Rulers of Cybertron]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]
[[Category:TransTech Predacons]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Vehicons]]

Battle Android Trooper

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{{factions|cobra}}
:''Battle Android Troopers are [[Cobra]] robots from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:ArtofWar1 BATs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

'''Battle Android Troopers''' are mass-produced androids used to fill out [[Cobra]]'s ranks. Cheap and easily replaced, B.A.T.s are pretty popular among the [[Cobra Commander|higher-ups]] since they never question orders or demand pay or annoying stuff like that. On the other hand, they're pretty dumb, so they're usually just used to wear [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] down before actually skilled troops are sent in.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comics===
[[File:BATs suckerpunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
A group of B.A.T.s attacked [[Tunnel Rat]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], [[Rock 'n Roll]], and [[Airtight]] in the sewers under [[Milleville]]. The [[Ninja Force]] showed up and destroyed them before they could do any serious harm. {{storylink|Sucker Punch}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
When Cobra reprogrammed a number of [[Transformer]]s to serve them, the robots were codenamed Battle Android Troopers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}}

Several years later, [[Cobra Commander]] led an army of B.A.T.s in an attack on [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]]. They were easily swept aside by the [[G.I. Joe battle mech]]s, but their ability to combine with each other and the nearby [[S.N.A.K.E.]]s into [[Cobratron]] proved a tad more difficult to overcome. The B.A.T.s were all but wiped out when the [[Autobot]]s joined the battle, but it turned out their attack was just a distraction anyway. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

===San Diego Comic-Con tech specs===
Destro and Shockwave have created new [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] B.A.T.s which can interface with Transformers for data exchange and greater firepower. Poor old G.I. Joe has no real idea ''what'' these androids can do now they have Cybertronian technology in them! <ref>[http://www.yojoe.com/action/12/bat22.shtml Constructicon B.A.T. page at yojoe.com]</ref>

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Captured by G.I. Joe, [[Doctor Venom]] was made to build Battle Android Troopers for their side, a job he found dull as he'd rather work on [[Transformer|alien robots]] than Earth ones. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}
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==Toys==
===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' (2012)

: An [[exclusive]] release for San Diego Comic-Con 2012, the Battle Android Trooper sports [[Constructicon]] colors. The figure is accompanied by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]]), [[Destro|James McCullen Destro XXIV]], and a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s.

:Destro's accessories include the small, non-transforming tape deck [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and cassettes [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]].

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[[File:Oldsnake Bat Pack TFCCPhoto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Old Snake with Advanced Stealth B.A.T. Duo''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, backpack, 2 energon cubes, display stand, 2 Nightshriek drones.

:Released as an exclusive to both the Transformers and G.I. Joe Collectors Clubs, the Advanced Stealth B.A.T. Duo are recolors of Prime [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] and as such transform into UAV drones. The front of the drone mode nosecones are tampographed to resemble the faces of the original B.A.T's. The drones do not include any weaponry, but do include [[Nightshriek (Cobra)|Nightshriek]] drones which are recolors of [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] and can attach to their robot mode chests.

:The duo was only available in a 3-pack along with [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]].

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/bat.shtml Battle Android Trooper at YoJoe.com]

==References==
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[[Category:Cobra]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Generation 1 drones]]

Ravage (G1)/toys

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You've got a lot of toys, haven't you? You cute widdle kitty!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy ravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Behold... the world's skinniest jaguar.]]
* '''Ravage & Rumble''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985/1986)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles

: Originally a ''[[Micro Change]]'' "Micro Cassette Robo Jaguar", Ravage transforms into a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys. In his feline [[robot mode]], he is armed with two "heat-seeking missiles", which plug into the cassette spool holes above his hips. He was released in a two-pack with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] in Hasbro markets from 1984 to 1986, outliving their fellow cassette two-pack, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], on toy store shelves by a year. In 1985, a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] was added to Ravage's shoulder, replacing the Decepticon insignia sticker that had been there previously.

: This mold was later used to make [[Glit (KP)|Glit]], [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]], and [[Stripes]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Ravage at TFU.info]
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*'''Ravage''' (Cassette, 1985/1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''19''' (1985), '''D-59''' (1986), '''D-104''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case (certain releases only)
:Other companies elected to release Ravage on his own in various countries, rather than with Rumble. [[Milton Bradley]], for instance, [[The Transformers (European toyline)|released]] him in this fashion, on blister card packaging, in [[Germany]], [[France]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and [[Spain]].

: In Japan, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] also released Ravage (aka "Jaguar") all on his lonesome, like all his cassette contemporaries, packaged in a small box, and with a clear tape case he could be "stored" in. He was re-released in Japan in 1986, this time on a blister card, with a new ID number and without his case, and then again in 1987, with his original packaging and case reinstated, and with yet another ID number.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Ravage at TFU.info]
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{{anchor|Linkin}}
[[File:LPRavage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Vhat I've done I'll vace myself To cross out vhat I've become]]
*'''Transformers Linkin Park Soundwave: Special Edition''' ([[September 23]], 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Left and right missiles, tape case
:[[Linkin Park]] Ravage is a gold and ... also gold [[redeco]] of Ravage. He's packaged with Linkin Park gold redecoes of Soundwave, Laserbeak, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] on a flocked-purple plastic tray inside a special commemorative box. He has no stickers, factory-applied or otherwise. Linkin Park Soundwave: Special Edition was exclusive to [http://www.suru-la.com SURU] and limited to 2000 pieces.
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===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWtoy mcdonalds jaguar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Panther''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)

{{note|[[Panther]] was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Ravage in the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' comic.}}

:Part of the first [[McDonald's]] ''Beast Wars'' promotion, Panther transforms into a heavily-armed Humvee with electronic lights and sounds, plus a spring-loaded missile.

: No, just kidding, he transforms into a panther with no other gimmicks. In keeping with most Transformers fast-food premiums, he features an extremely simple transformation scheme, mostly just standing him up in [[beast mode]], making the mechanical detail on the inside of his arms, legs and underbelly visible, and flipping back his beast mode head to reveal his robot mode head. His panther tail is a molded detailing in his back, unlike what his promotional art suggests. His head bears a resemblance to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Panther/panther.htm More information on Panther at TFU.info]''
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[[File:BW-toy ShadowPanther.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Fuzzy kitty!]]
* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-7'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: This originally Japanese toy, named [[Shadow Panther]], is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]] toy in black, silver, and yellow, transforming into a generic big feline. His tail/flanks separate to form a non-firing blaster, while his underbelly forms a water-shooting "gut gun" that can be used in either mode.

: Much later, this toy was offered through Hasbro's online collector service under the name "'''Tripredacus Agent'''", with an online bio indicating he was the same character as Ravage (then called "Tripredacus Agent" due to [[trademark]] issues).

: This mold was also used to make [[Tigatron]], and was planned to be used for the canceled ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toy [[Nightprowler]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Predacon/TripredacusAgent/tripredacusagent.htm More information on "Tripredacus Agent" (aka Shadow Panther) at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TripredacusAgent toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Mutant kitty!]]
* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile, tail-flail

: This Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] is a redeco of—wait, can you guess?—[[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Transmetal 2 Cheetor]], in black, silver, and gold, transforming into a monstrous techno-organic (but not [[technorganic]]) big cat. He has a spring-loaded missile launcher on his cat mode back that can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, plus his tail detaches to form a hand-held flail. His left forearm has a flip-up blaster-shield (of dubious usefulness), while flipping up a panel on his right-rear leg reveals his [[spark crystal]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/TripredacusAgent/tripredacusagent.htm More information on (Transmetal 2) Tripredacus Agent at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars Metals===
{{anchor|Metals}}
[[File:BWtoy-JaguarTM.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Nobody actually transforms this thing. Ever.]]
* '''Metals Jaguar''' (Beast Wars Metals Deluxe-sized toy, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''X-9'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels

: ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar is a heavy [[retool]]ing of [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TM1|Transmetal Cheetor]], just as Ravage's robot mode CG model in the show is an altered [[Transmetal]] Cheetor. He transforms into a robotic big cat, with flip-out thrusters for a third "flight" mode (not, as in the episode, into a cassette tape that plays wicked 1980s style electric guitar, for obvious reasons). His forearms each have a spring-loaded flip out pistol stub, which can be extended with add-on barrels that clip to his rear legs in beast mode. His tail also can detach to form a whip-weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well.

: Jaguar's chest opens double-door-style to reveal a flat panel where one of three stickers can be placed. One, a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[spark]] chamber, is factory applied. The other two, an image of the original Megatron from the Golden Disk recording or a Decepticon symbol, can be applied over the existing sticker.

: This toy was also used to represent [[Jaguar]] the Younger in the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|''Beast Wars Metals'' manga]] and the mold was used to make [[BotCon 2001]]'s version of [[Tigatron]]. The original version was used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)#Toys|Cheetor]], and as the basis for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar at TFU.info]''
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[File:STFRavage.jpg|299px|thumb|So tiny... So CUTE!]]
* '''Soundwave''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF 05'''

: The ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' version of Soundwave comes with a ''teeeeeny'' version of Ravage, which does actually transform into a microcassette that fits in the tape-case door. ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Ravage may very well be the actual smallest functioning ''Transformers'' toy made.

:He's about the size of your pinky fingernail. And you could accidentally inhale him if you're not careful.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/SmallestRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Jaguar at TFU.info]''
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===Alternators/Binaltech===
[[File:AlternatorsRavage(Corvette).jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|He brakes for Meow Mix and nothing else...well, sometimes nip.]]
* '''Battle Ravage''' (2004)
** ''Japanese name:'' '''Ravage'''
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''11'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine-blaster

: ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' "Battle" Ravage (presumably named so for [[trademark]] reasons) is a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Tracks]] from the same line. Like Tracks, his [[alternate mode]] is a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] 1:24 scale Chevrolet Corvette Z06, in his case a black convertible version of the model compared to Tracks's hardtop version. Like Tracks, Ravage features opening doors, hood and trunk, plus a detailed driver/passenger compartment including a dashboard. In robot mode, he retains Tracks' upright biped robot form, just replacing the Autobot's head sculpt with a new sculpt inspired by Ravage's Beast Wars form. Like Tracks, each robot mode forearm is equipped with slide-out (non-firing) double blasters, a part of his engine forms a double-barreled hand-held blaster, and two (non-firing) missile launchers attached to the sides of his back are "hidden" next to the seats in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

: The Japanese ''Binaltech'' version differs from Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version by having parts of the vehicle mode shell made of [[die-cast]] metal and has the entire car shell painted, whereas the ''Alternators'' version's vehicle shell is made entirely out of plastic. The ''Binaltech'' version is also notable for sporting the American name "Ravage" rather than the established Japanese name, "Jaguar", also for trademark reasons. Both versions sport a [[license plate]] that simply says "RVG", even though [[prototype|test shots]] of the ''Alternators'' version still featured a "BTL RVG" license plate.

: The Tracks hardtop version of this sculpt was also used to make ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)#Alternators|Swerve]], whereas the convertible version originally used for Ravage was used as the basis for the one-of-a-kind [[Michael Bay|BayBot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AltBattleRavage/battleravage.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Battle Ravage at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Alternatorsravagejaguar.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Soundwave had MTV pimp his kitty.]]
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*'''Ravage''' (Alternator, 2007)
**''Alternator ID number'': '''26'''

: The second version of ''Alternators'' Ravage (now without the "Battle") is an entirely new sculpt, with the alternate mode being a licensed 1:24 scale Jaguar XK (appropriately enough), with all the normal bells and whistles inherent in the line (opening doors, seats, etc). This is a toy of many "firsts". Not only is it the first ''Alternators'' character with two distinctly different toys, it's one of the first two Decepticon Alternators with an original sculpt (alongside [[Rumble (G1)#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]]), it's the first ''Alternators'' toy with a European manufacturer's car model as its alternate mode, ''and'' it's the first ''Alternators'' character to have a non-humanoid "robot" mode, as its non-car form is now a quadrupedal big cat.

: After Ravage had been released in various European markets, his and Rumble's releases in the United States were questionable for a while, as the relaunched ''Alternators'' line was in its final decline by that point. Ultimately, they were shuffled to be [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s, set in an endcap display alongside the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Devastator (G1)#Classics 2|Constructicon Devastator]] exclusive [[giftset|gift set]] in March/April 2007...in some stores. In others, they were crammed in the normal aisle with everything else. Assuming they even showed up at all.

: This Ravage and the aforementioned Rumble were only released as part of the ''Alternators'' line, with no counterpart in the ''Binaltech'' line, or any Japanese release of the sculpt whatsoever at all.

: On this note, Ravage has a [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] license plate (which spells out his name as "RAVAGE" this time), regardless of which country the toy was purchased in. The steering wheel, however, is on the left, as in the United States. I say, ''meow.''

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AltRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===The Transformers Collection===
[[File:G1toy TFC ravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|A light breeze is enough to defeat him.]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''18'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: The original Ravage figure was first [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] as part of Takara's ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' series, packaged along with [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundblaster]] (the rebuilt form of Soundwave from the Japanese [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|''Headmasters'' series]]) and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. As was the case when he was originally released with Soundblaster in 1987, Buzzsaw sports a different sticker in place of his cassette spool image; this version of Ravage now features this new decal as well, an image of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] which reveals the city-bot's weak spots when viewed through Soundblaster's clear-red chest door (in the same way [[Tech Spec]] decoders work). Ravage's sticker highlight's Maximus's right leg; Buzzsaw's pinpoints his left shoulder.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Transformers Collection Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===Classics (2006)===
[[File:G1toy commemorative ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Sit, boy.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Commemorative Edition, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: Hasbro's first reissue of the original Ravage toy (identified as "Battle Ravage" on the packaging, but by his original name in the instructions) came packaged with Soundwave and Laserbeak. The set was originally intended to be part of their [[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]] of Generation 1 reissues, but when that line was cancelled, it was instead released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toyline. The phrase "Commemorative Edition" is prominently displayed on the front and sides of the box, though, and it remains exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]], as all Commemorative Edition toys were. Just as Soundwave is effectively a redeco of the ''Transformers Collection'' Soundblaster figure, featuring a double-wide chest-door that allows Ravage and Laserbeak to fit inside him at the same time for the first time on a Hasbro release, Ravage also appears as he does in the ''Transformers Collection'' line, sporting the Fortress Maximus sticker in place of his cassette spools, but now with no way for it to be "decoded", since Soundwave's door is colorless. Ravage also comes with a tape case for the first time in Hasbro markets.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ClassicsSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Classics Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium soundblaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's in there somewhere.]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)
:A ''[[Titanium Series]]'' version of the Soundblaster, a redeco of the "Cybertron Heroes" [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] figure, was supposed to come with a tiny version of Ravage, as opposed to the original toy's [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]. Although displayed at [[BotCon 2007]], the set was ultimately canceled along with several other solicited 6" Cybertron Heroes, but this did not stop Soundblaster from appearing as a cross-sell on the packaging for ''Titanium'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]] in late 2008 (which claimed he would have been "also available" as of November 2008), as Hasbro was unwilling to spend the resources on altering the packaging for these already-complete products. Notably, Ravage was never actually seen in robot mode, only in cassette mode, tucked inside Soundblaster's chest.
 
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:TFU08-toy Ravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm finally 3D now, but in exchange for some poseability.]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Series'': Generation 1 Series

: Available only with the [[Hound (G1)#Universe (2008)|Deluxe-Class "Autobot Hound" toy]], this new-mold Ravage transforms into a "tape mode" that can attach to a pair of flip-up tabs on the back bed of Hound's vehicle form. In this mode, Ravage is compatible with either the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Soundwave]] or [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]] molds. In jaguar mode, the [[5mm post|5mm holes]] in his flanks can accommodate the weapons of the [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Ravage]] (even though there are tiny unpainted versions of the weapons above his hips).

:At [[BotCon 2008]], Hasbro claimed that Ravage's alternate mode would be marketed as a "capture mode" so that young children, unsavvy about technology from fifteen years before they were born, wouldn't be confused. Despite the toy arguably still treating Ravage as "captured" by Hound, the packaging only refers to Ravage's alternate mode as a "tape mode."

:This mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2010]] ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ravage (SG)#Timelines|Ravage]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFURavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Universe'' (2008) Ravage at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Universe2008toy soundwave.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: In 2009, the original Ravage toy was once again included with another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2009. He comes with his weapons and his own cassette case, and continues to sport the Fortress Maximus sticker from his ''Transformers Collection'' release in place of his cassette spools, the only tape in the set to do so.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Universe Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei houndravage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Hound''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-13'''

:A [[redeco]] of Universe Ravage, Jaguar features the same plastic colors as his Universe counterpart, only his legs are a significantly darker metallic gray than the Hasbro version (so much so they almost look black in certain lights).

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===Device Label===
[[File:Device Label Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|From a data storage device often used to store music, to a data storage device often used to store music. Some things never change.]]
*'''Device Jaguar''' (Device Label, 2009)

:Part of the ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' series of functional electronic gizmos, "Device Jaguar" transforms from a working USB 2 gigabyte thumb drive into a black mechanoid panther.

[[File:DeviceLabeltoy-Ravagedesktop.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|$50 for a 2 gig thumb drive was a lot to ask for until we learned about this.]]

:Stored on the USB drive is an installable program called "Transformers Desktop Defender." When the Ravage device is plugged in, a Ravage avatar appears on the screen, transforming from thumb drive to jaguar mode as the program is activated. The program's setup allows you to rename your jaguar to anything you desire, alter the avatar's movement speed and his personality, decide whether he eats your desktop icons, and view his function, mission, and [[Tech Spec]] numbers. Whether he appears as Ravage or Tigatron can be selected as well.

:This mold was also used to make ''Device Label'' [[Tigatron]], and he came preloaded with the same program. It was later used to make [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]] as well.
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===Encore===
[[File:G1toy encore cassettes1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Great Cassette Operation''' (2009)
**''ID number'': '''15'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, tape case

: The original Ravage toy was reissued once again as part of Takara's ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' line, in the first of a series of cassette multi-packs alongside [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. This reissue of Ravage is the first to reinstate his original tape spool sticker, doing away with the Fortress Maximus sticker that had decorated the figure since ''The Transformers Collection''. Additionally, it relocates his rubsign to his flank, restoring the Decepticon insignia sticker to his shoulder that had only previously been included on his 1984 release. Of course, the figure came with its weapons and the now-standard cassette case.
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===Masterpiece===
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[[File:MPtoy-Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The money shot.]]
*'''Rumble & Jaguar''' ([[February 23|2-23]]-[[2013]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Pink tape case

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Jaguar transforms from a fully show-accurate three-dimensional [[Articulation|articulated]] robotic jaguar, into a mini-cassette the same size as his ''Generation 1'' toy. Rather notably, his rockets are no longer separate accessories, and are fully integrated into the transformation. He comes with a pink case which can be used to store him in tape mode, and comes packaged in a two-pack with [[Rumble (G1)#Masterpiece|Rumble]].

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[[File:TRU Masterpiece Soundwave-Ravage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2013)
**'''09 OF 30'''
**''ID number:'' '''MP-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Clear tape case

:Included with the [[Hasbro]] [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]]-exclusive version of ''Masterpiece'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Soundwave]], Ravage features a ''slightly'' different shade of gray paint, and comes with a clear version of his micro-cassette case.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/MPRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Masterpiece'' Ravage at TFU.info]''

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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2015-CW-DotP-Ravage.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Dawn of the Predacus''' ([[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' Sword/gun, Gun/fist/foot

:Ravage is a retool of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Breakdown]], which transforms from a supercar resembling a Lamborghini Diablo to robot and back! As a Combiner Wars Deluxe limb he will be able to combine with any Voyager Class toys released as part of the same subline but is, of course, intended to be combined with Sea Clamp, Cicadacon, Ram Horn and Tarantulas to create [[Predacus]].

:The limb piece can connect on the vehicle mode's top in two different ways: either by using the 5mm peghole arrangement most of the other Stunticon molds use, or through a system of tabs which incorporate the weapon closer to the vehicle. The limb piece can also be stored on the robot's back (this can either be achieved by using the 5mm peg, or by folding back the limb piece's palm and thumb, and using the guide-rails located on the sides of the limb piece). Ravage's sword/gun can tab into either of the slots on the car mode's sides.

:The original version of this mold was differently retooled in [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Sunstreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]] and [[Jumpstream]].

:He is available exclusively in a five-figure box set, including [[Cicadacon#Timelines|General Cicadacon]], [[Ram Horn#Timelines|General Ram Horn]], [[Sea Clamp#Timelines|General Sea Clamp]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]].

:His head mold is hilariously flat.
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*'''Ravage''' (2017)
:A redeco and retool of [[Stripes#Generations|Stripes]], Ravage transforms from panther to data slug to <strike>flying data slug</strike> shuttle. He is also compatible in his data slug mode, being able to store in Leader-class figures from the [[Titans Return]] subline imprint, such as [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generations|Soundwave]].

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==Merchandise==
===Wallet===
*'''Ravage Wallet'''

: Released in 1984 as one of the earliest Transformers merchandise items, this vinyl wallet featured a holographic image that changed from Ravage's [[package art]] to the Decepticon version of the [[The Transformers (franchise)|original ''The Transformers'']] [[logo]].
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===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[File:Caramel ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Jaguar''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Ravage was released as part of the first wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in white, blue, sky blue, yellow, green and orange.

===Transformers Choco===
*'''Jaguar''' (1985)
:A solid-color, snap-together model kit of Ravage was released by Kabaya as part of their ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' line of candy toys. It was available in various colors, came with candy-coated chocolates, and could fit inside the chest of the larger ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' model kit of Soundwave.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:TFgum ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Frenzy and Jaguar''' (1986)
:A larger model kit of Ravage was sold by Kabaya as part of their ''Transformers Gum'' line, in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. Sculpted from black and grey plastic and featuring stickers for detail, Ravage is basically identical to his original toy, except he's actually a little bit ''larger'' than it! He's also too large to fit in the chest of the ''Transformers Gum'' Soundwave figure, but you can console yourself with the gum he comes packaged with.
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===Decoy===
[[File:Decoy ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Ravage was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Ravage was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Ravage was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Decepticon figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Ravage''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''49'''
:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Decepticon Decoys, Ravage was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on (Decoy) Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Ravage statue.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Classy cat!]]
*'''Ravage''' (2003)

:[[Hard Hero]]'s Ravage is a 5-inch tall, 8.5-inch wide cold-cast porcelain statue. It was limited to 2000 pieces and advertised as "first in the Decepticon Cassette Series", but ultimately no other Mini-Cassette statues were ever produced.

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[[File:HardHero metallic Ravage.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Ravage''' (2003)

:The Ravage statue was also available in a shiny "metallic" version, of which only 500 were produced.

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===First 4 Figures===
[[File:Gijoebaronessravagestatue.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Admit it, you wish you were Ravage right now. Or Baroness. Either one, really.]]
*'''Baroness & Ravage Statue''' (unreleased)

:[[First 4 Figures]] first revealed this statue of the [[Baroness]] and Ravage, based on the cover from the Convention Edition of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3]], at Toy Fair UK 2006. Alas, after a three-year period of progressive delays in release attributed to a lack of retailer support, it was officially confirmed as canceled in early 2009<ref>[http://www.theterrordrome.com/2009/03/first-4-figures-baroness-ravage-statue-canceled/ TheTerrordrome.com reports on the Baroness/Ravage statue cancelation]</ref>—which is sad, since ''it's awesome''.
 
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===Transformers - Wall Plaque===
[[File:Soundwave plaque.jpg|thumb|WALLcat.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Diamond Select, 2006)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2006, Soundwave was sculpted by [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. He is seen emerging from the space bridge with Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage in tow. Despite the being solicited as a Wall Plaque, this piece can not be placed on a wall in any way.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Ravage robotheroes.jpg|thumb|Wavage!]]
*'''Optimus Prime and Ravage''' (Robot Heroes 2-pack, 2007)

: Released in 2007 as a [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] vs. pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]], Ravage is ''adowable''!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===3D Battle-Card===
[[File:Ravage Battle Card.jpg|80px|thumb|Flat Cat.]]
*'''Ravage''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card ID number'':

: A 23-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Ravage "transforms" into a black cat. He uses the same parts layout as [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] and [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]].
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[File:DiamondSelect FrenzyRavage bust.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|"Rumble? Is zat you?" '''"No."''']]
* '''Frenzy & Ravage''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Ravage is sculpted pouncing alongside a cartoon-colored [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in this bust. Sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]], it was an [[exclusive]] to the online retailer BigBadToyStore and limited to 600 pieces worldwide. Frenzy's tape mode is sculpted at the front of the bust's base.

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===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
[[File:Sdcc2012 shockwaveaccessories-detail.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' (2012)

: An [[exclusive]] release for San Diego Comic-Con 2012, this toy is a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]] meant to represent [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. It includes the [[Cobra]]s [[Destro|James McCullen Destro XXIV]] and a [[Battle Android Trooper]] with a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s.

:Destro's accessories include [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] in the form of a non-transforming tape deck and three micro-casettes capable of being placed within the Soundwave toy; red, orange, and gold cassettes that represent Ravage, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. Just who is meant to be who is unclear.

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*'''''The Epic Conclusion!'' box set''' (2013)
[[File:SDCC2013RavageBaroness.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Black Russians.]]
:An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013, this is an entirely new mold of a 3.75"-scale Ravage being leashed on a chain by the Baroness - evocative of the cancelled First4Figure ''(see above)''. The set also comes with a retooled [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]] representing [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], a G.I. Joe [[VAMP]] redecoed into [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], a new [[Snake-Eyes]] figure bearing an Autobot symbol, a [[Baroness]] figure with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] on a leash, a [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] boombox with cassette pieces representing [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], and a "samurai robot warrior" based on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]].

:The box set was announced via a ''USA Today'' [http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/2013/06/05/hasbro-2013-comic-con-exclusives/2392295/ article] on June 5, 2013, along with Hasbro's other Comic-Con exclusives.

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==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Ravage (SG)

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon mini-cassette|his evil counterpart|Ravage (G1)|Ravage}}
:''Ravage is a heroic [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Recordicon]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SGRavage-EvanGauntt.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Hi! Do you see me? I'm waving!]]
Hi, I'm '''Ravage'''!<ref>I'm like a saboteur! Totally! I break stuff, srsly!</ref> I'm a white jaguar! I'm the one that's waving! Can you see me?<ref>Old crummy [[Steeljaw (SG)|Steeljaw]] never sees me! I jump all around but he keeps sleeping. He is the worst best friend ever!!! #bffs</ref> I love micro-blogging, so I only talk in less<ref>Guys keep telling me that it's technically "fewer" and not "less" because whatevs, but that's what it says on the website!</ref> than 140 charac

{{quote|Hey im right over u do u see me? Im the metal cat waving at u on the big rock!|posted by ravagekitteh via [[Yatter]] mobile web feed}}

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
When the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' launched for a second time, Ravage accompanied [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]] to [[Earth]] in the pursuit on the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', and his escape pod landed near Soundwave's after the ship was shot down by the [[human]]s. He then joined in on the search for the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

When Soundwave, [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]], Ravage, and [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]] finally located the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash site, they noticed a team of scientists snooping around. Ravage decided to have fun with two of them, [[Will Hayes|Will]] and [[Rick Ottman|Rick]], by chasing them around playfully, waving at them, quipping at them in [[wikipedia:Lolcat|LOLspeak]], and [[Yatter|text-messaging them]] so they'd notice he was sneaking up behind them. Eventually Soundwave and Heatwave transformed to deal with and calm down the panicked humans. When Frenzy arrived with the other two, [[Henri Arkeville|Professor Arkeville]] and [[Sephie Beller|Sephie]], he told Ravage things would have gone more smoothly if he hadn't acted like, well, himself. Ravage reacted indignantly to the chastisement.

[[File:BlitzwingBop-Ravage.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I totally look like a dog here LOL!!!! but I am a CAT :3]]

Ravage ended up getting along famously with Sephie, who understood his odd Netspeak and internet obsessions (both of which merely baffled the other [[Decepticon]]s), and happily purred at and snuggled up to her attentions. When the Decepticons made their attack to free [[Burpleson Air Force Base]] from the [[Autobot]]s' control, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] paired them together since Sephie was the only one who could "shut [Ravage] up".

The two were among the ones able to sneak into the base while riding in Soundwave, with the help of a cover story from Will and Rick. They then all split up, with Sephie and Ravage heading towards the control room. Before they could get there, however, they ran into [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]], who Ravage cheerfully waved at from the middle of the hallway. However, when the crazy inventor started ranting and pounding the walls, he sensibly took off running with Sephie.

They eventually managed to lose Wheeljack, but by that point Heatwave had already managed to talk the base's transmitter into evacuating the base in preparation for destroying it with the [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite]], so Sephie and Ravage opted for getting out of there themselves. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

When Soundwave was busy trying to find where [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] had run off to, Ravage informed him that someone had posted on their Yatter account that there was a giant robot near their house, enabling Soundwave to arrive just in the nick of time to save the wayward Decepticon from [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

After Sephie augmented herself with Cybertronian tech, and Starscream confined her to base, Soundwave sent Ravage to have a talk to her. Unfortunately by the time Ravage got there, she'd left a note saying she was going to attack the Autobots. {{storylink|Transhuman}}
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===''Recordicons''===
Ravage and [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] were ambushed by a group of Autobots including [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]. The event would later become known (probably only by Ravage) as [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (SG)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #3|Recordicons #3}}

[[File:RecordiconsRavageandSteeljaw.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|D'awwwwwww.]]
[[Steeljaw (SG)|Steeljaw]] was resting on a hill when Ravage popped up with a cheerful greeting. He tried to wake Steeljaw up for some playtime, but not even a lengthy pouncing session would make the Autobot move. Ravage confessed that Steeljaw was his best friend, which finally got a reaction out of Steeljaw in the form of a threat of bodily harm. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #1|Recordicons #1}} On Earth, Ravage wandered into a dark alley and encountered the celebrity philanthropist [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]]. As he asked the member of the frivolous elite for an autograph, the pair were surrounded by scary tough guys, and Ravage was knocked out. When he came to, Ratbat was nowhere to be found and the criminals were all tied up for law enforcement to take away. He was interviewed by the Autobot [[Slamdance (SG)|Slamdance]] regarding this incident, where he made sure to plug his Yatter feed. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #2|Recordicons #2}}

Ravage recounted the Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction tale to [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw]], who pedantically pointed out several incorrect details about the title. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #3|Recordicons #3}} [[Steeljaw (SG)|Steeljaw]] wondered why Ravage thought they were friends, and Ravage reminded him of that time he ate [[Enemy (SG)|Enemy]]'s body. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #4|Recordicons #4}} While they were hiding behind a [[Taco Horn]], Soundwave banned Ravage from updating Yatter. He didn't say anything about [[Boxball]] though, and Ravage's first check-in from a Mexican restaurant was worth 3 points. Unfortunately Ravage had friended [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]], who saw the update and found them. Soundwave was so disappointed. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #6|Recordicons #6}}

[[File:Recordicons7-futureRavage.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|ZOMG!]]

Ravage was startled when his future self stepped through a time warp to tell him not to waste his life on the Internet. He was too busy blogging this happening to take any notice, much to his future self's disgust. His future self tried to salvage the situation by warning Ravage about lending [[Rumble (SG)|Rumble]] any money, but Ravage pointed out he was too late for that as Rumble had had met his end in the [[smelting pool]]. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #7|Recordicons #7}}

Ravage happened upon [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak]], who was listening to [[Look At Me I Am Waving (Double Trance Mix)|a song]] he claimed that Ravage probably hadn't heard of. Ravage promptly enlightened his avian friend—not only did he know [[Rosanna (SG)|Rosanna]] through Yatter, but she had used his Yatters as lyrics in the song Laserbeak was listening to! {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #8|Recordicons #8}}

[[File:Recordicons10-RavageRavage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|u mad??]]

While on a [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|parallel Earth]], Ravage was tracked down by his [[Ravage (G1)|positive universe counterpart]] who intended to end him. When Ravage's request to be allowed to update Yatter was denied, he flew into a rage and attacked the other Ravage. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #10|Recordicons #10}} He was super happy to meet a [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] who wasn't evil and find lots of new Recordicon buddies, though after [[Stripes]] told him that [[Blockrock]] turned into a bomb, he stayed a safe distance from that guy. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #12|Recordicons #12}}

When Steeljaw pointed out that there must be a positive-universe version of himself, Ravage came to the conclusion that the opposite of his friend Steeljaw would be his enemy. Consequently when he met the other Steeljaw, Ravage socked him and made plain to the startled Autobot that they were enemies. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #13|Recordicons #13}} After crashing, Ravage was told by [[Glit (SG)|Glit]] that he shouldn't text while driving. Ravage demanded a second opinion, but positive-universe [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] told him the same thing, causing Ravage to interject that the second Glit was supposed to be evil. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #14|Recordicons #14}}

Ravage accidentally fell out of Soundwave while the latter was disguised as a light pylon, giving their position away to a couple of passing Autobots. As Soundwave complained, Ravage attempted to blame gravity for the mishap. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #17|Recordicons #17}} Ravage used his new friend [[Solarbot]] to fast-charge Steeljaw, as Steeljaw had previously claimed he was too busy solar charging to be Ravage's friend. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #18|Recordicons #18}} Ravage suggested [[Beastbox (SG)|Beastbox]] get an anti-virus after [[Squawktalk (SG)|Squawktalk]] began randomly emitting Internet spam phrases. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #19|Recordicons #19}}

[[File:Recordicons20-multipleravages.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67| or what, i'll turn into [[Jake]]?]]

Ravage was about to press a button when no less than five (possible) future versions of himself appeared to stop him. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #20|Recordicons #20}} When Laserbeak dismissed his positive universe counterpart as a poser for perching on [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], Ravage pointed out that he used to do that to their Megatron. Laserbeak claimed that that was before Megatron sold out and started fighting the war like all the other [[sheepitron]]s, and Ravage had to break it to him that all the sheepitrons had died in a bombing raid. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #23|Recordicons #23}} Ravage asked Laserbeak what music he liked, earning a speech about the relative merits of the musical art form. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #25|Recordicons #25}}

Captured by the Autobots, Ravage was stuck in a cage. [[Hound (SG)|Hound]] and [[Mirage (SG)|Mirage]] had a conspicuously helpful conversation about a place they were going to raid for energy before dropping the key near Ravage's cage. Ravage stuck his paw between the bars and took a selfie. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #28|Recordicons #28}} Ravage was not very good at guard duty, and was easily distracted by a laser pointer so that the Autobots could capture the Decepticons and give them a dip in a smelting pool. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #29|Recordicons #29}}

At some point in the future, Ravage was upgraded into a new body and went back in time to warn himself about wasting his time on the Internet. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #7|Recordicons #7}} This version of Ravage also went back a second time to stop him pressing a button. In more possible futures, Ravage turned evil, had a [[space bridge]] accident with Squawktalk, decided being black would be neat, or was reduced to a giant lion head. These various versions of him also traveled back in time to prevent him from pressing the button. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #20|Recordicons #20}}

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===Prevenge===
{{voiceactor|[[Morgan Lofting]] (English)}}
Ravage was teleported away from his home universe via a trans-dimensional portal. He found himself in a metallic corridor, where he met with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], whom he immediately began to annoy with his "leet-speak". "Thankfully", some auto-cannons then popped up, giving Ultra Magnus a reprieve from Ravage's ridiculous behavior. After making their way through the maze they found themselves in, Ultra Magnus and Ravage met up with the other occupants of the labyrinth, [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]]. Ravage was overcome with the urge to try and "boop" all of their noses. Then, the group's abductor made his presence known, ordering the lot to fight one another to the death. For the most part, the abductees would have none of it, forcing the [[Skuxxoid]] to come into view, and admit that he didn't have any leverage to make them do what he wanted them to. Snarl got rid of the Skuxxoid post-haste, and everyone devised the perfect solution to send them back home: by laughing together, like characters in a cheesy cartoon do at the end of an episode. Strangely enough, this worked! Ravage then wished everyone a happy 30th anniversary on behalf of the Transformers brand! {{storylink|Prevenge}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Autobots were going from Cybertron in a battleship, Ravage was assigned the task of keeping [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]] and [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] away from the launch area by taunting them into chasing him. He successfully kept them occupied while Megatron's forces destroyed the Autobot battleship. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (Legends)|Shattered Glass}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BW Tigerhawk toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Fly, my kitty! Fly!]]
*'''Tigerhawk''' (Transmetal 2 Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-50'''
{{note|''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Tigerhawk]] was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Ravage in the ''[[Recordicons]]'' stories.}}

: Tigerhawk transforms into half-robotic, half-technorganic, flying robot tiger-thing. Yes. In [[beast mode]], he is armed with "Hidden wing-tipped missiles", feather projectiles very similar to the Fuzor [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s, with spring-loaded switches to flip the wings forward, and flip-out missile launchers which activate when a lever on Tigerhawk's back is pulled (which also moves the wings). Under his beast head is a small cockpit with a pilot's chair (see Notes below).

: Like Transmetal 2 Megatron, Tigerhawk features a somewhat aborted "third mode", which is just a minor rearrangement of his beast mode parts with his vacuum-metalized helmet (or "Targeting Computer Battle Visor") covering his beast tiger head, making him look rather like Battle Cat from ''He-Man''.

: In [[robot mode]], Tigerhawk has a decent level of articulation, though his elbow joints are designed in such a way as to be not particularly useful. Due to his heels being vacuum-metalized, they are especially susceptible to scratching, as owners are likely to reposition them frequently to cope better with the heavy wings and gimmicks on his back.

: Judging from his packaging art, it seems that along with [[Optimus Minor]], [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], and [[Scarem]], Tigerhawk was amongst the few Transmetals 2 that was intended to have the strange feature of having access to multiple limbs in robot mode... In this case, a second pair of arms formed by his rear beast mode legs. A back-of-the-box graph for Tigerhawk gives technical designations to some of his robot mode parts. In addition to the already-mentioned "hidden wing-tip missiles" and "targeting computer battle visor," they include "Blast-open thunder torpedoes," "Ion-charged talons," "Accelerator beam-turret cannon" and "Multi-stage deployment wings."

:This mold was later used to make [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]] [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Tigerhawk/tigerhawk.htm More information on Tigerhawk at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWtoy-TigatronTransmetal.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|I can wave! In both modes! =D]]
*'''Tigatron''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels
{{note|''Beast Wars'' [[Tigatron]] was officially repurposed as a future form of ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage in the ''[[Recordicons]]'' stories.}}

: A [[BotCon 2001]] [[exclusive]], [[Transmetal]] Tigatron is a redeco of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Metals|Ravage]], which is itself a [[retool]] of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]]. He transforms into a mechanical cat with flip-out thruster-wings. His robot mode arms have spring-loaded flip-out blaster grips, which also have barrel extensions that can be clipped to his legs in beast mode. His tail separates to become a whip weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well. His chest panels open up to reveal a decal; he also came with an extra decal sheet to display other options within his chest, plus Maximal and [[Wrecker]]s [[insignia|faction symbol]] decals for extra customization. Both he and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] were limited to 1200 pieces.

: The original version of this mold was slightly retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]]. It was also used as the model for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/Tigatron/tigatron.htm More information on Tigatron on TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars Metals===
{{anchor|Metals}}
[[File:BWtoy-JaguarTM.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Nobody actually transforms this thing. Ever.]]
* '''Metals Jaguar''' (Beast Wars Metals Deluxe-sized toy, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''X-9'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels
{{note|''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Metals|Beast Wars Metals]]'' Jaguar was officially repurposed as Ravage in the ''[[Recordicons]]'' stories.}}

: ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar is a heavy [[retool]]ing of [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Transmetal Cheetor]], just as Ravage's robot mode CG model in the show is an altered [[Transmetal]] Cheetor. He transforms into a robotic big cat, with flip-out thrusters for a third "flight" mode (not, as in the episode, into a cassette tape that plays wicked 1980s style electric guitar, for obvious reasons). His forearms each have a spring-loaded flip out pistol stub, which can be extended with add-on barrels that clip to his rear legs in beast mode. His tail also can detach to form a whip-weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well.

: Jaguar's chest opens double-door-style to reveal a flat panel where one of three stickers can be placed. One, a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[spark]] chamber, is factory applied. The other two, an image of the original Megatron from the Golden Disk recording or a Decepticon symbol, can be applied over the existing sticker.

: This toy was also used to represent [[Jaguar]] the Younger in the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|''Beast Wars Metals'' manga]] and the mold was used to make [[BotCon 2001]]'s version of [[Tigatron]]. The original version was used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], and as the basis for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-RazorclawUltra.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|Know that I am '''waving'''! *waves*]]
* '''Razorclaw''' (Ultra, 2003)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles, 2 feather-missiles
{{note|''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Razorclaw was officially repurposed as Ravage in the ''[[Recordicons]]'' stories.}}

: Razorclaw is a dark gray and purple [[redeco]] and slight [[retool]] of [[Tigerhawk]], transforming into a winged mechanical/organic tiger with a bird-helmeted "attack mode". In attack mode, he is armed with "feather" missiles very similar to the Fuzor [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s, with spring-loaded switches to flip the wings forward, and flip-out missile launchers which activate when a lever on Razorclaw's back is pulled (which also moves the wings). A bird helmet that is usually hidden mostly behind the tiger head is deployed in this mode. (The normal beast mode points these missiles backwards and uses the normal tiger head.) Under his beast head is a small cockpit with an empty pilot's chair, a vestigial remnant of his aborted "third mode."

: Razorclaw's hind leg talons are also spring-loaded to snap closed when the palms are depressed. His beast mode tiger head has an articulated jaw and an articulated tongue! The flip-out missile launchers can be removed and pegged into the top and bottom of Razorclaw's left fist pegholes.

:His feather-missile launcher mechanisms were slightly [[retool]]ed from the original version of the toy. Though his toy is a [[Decepticon]] by allegiance, it keeps its sculpted Maximal logo.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Razorclaw/razorclaw.htm More information on Razorclaw at TFU.info]''

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===Kiss Players===
[[File:Glittoy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|If I wave I fall over. :~(]]
*'''Cassettron Set Kiss Players Position''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Left & right "multifunctional medical tool boxes"
{{note|''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage in ''[[Eye in the Sky]]''.}}

: A [[redeco]] of the original [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] mold, Glit transforms from a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys to a robot jaguar. He was available only in an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] set with [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] and [[Sundor]], which also came with a bonus music CD. The Cassettron set was released during the second week of March 2007.

: This mold was also used to make [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]] and [[Stripes]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Destron/Glit/glit.htm More information on Glit at TFU.info]
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1131/Kiss-Play/Glit.html Glit toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-SGRavage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Glit who, lol!!!]]
*'''Double Punch and Turbomaster''' (BotCon 2010 souvenir set)

: An honest-to-god nonrepurposed ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage toy, a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ravage]], transforms into a "cassette", or "capture mode" according to the original version of the mold's instructions. This mode fits onto the back of his mold-partner "[[Scorch (G1)|Turbomaster]]" via a pair of clips on the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] that fit into the tape spools. In this mode, Ravage is compatible with the original [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys. In jaguar mode, the [[5mm post|5mm holes]] can accommodate Glit's weapons or those of the original Ravage (even though there are tiny versions of the weapons above his hips).

:He was sold in a [[BotCon 2010]] souvenir set along with [[Double Punch]] and "Turbomaster". Unlike those two, Ravage didn't come with a bio card, probably because we know way too much about Ravage already! ''Timelines'' Ravage, like his set-mates, was limited to 1500 pieces.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/BCRavage/ravage.htm More information on Ravage at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*''Shattered Glass'' Ravage was [http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-8/04-guest-strips-and-miscellany/sgravage/ conceived] as a humorous fan-character by [[David Willis]], as a silly inversion of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s role as a quiet, stealthy spy. The character gained a bit of a following when Willis set up Twitter and Facebook pages for him as part of the joke, leading to his being officialized with a profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 26|issue 26]] of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club magazine]]. (Willis has subsequently used ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage in his own non-canon comics.)
* The blue-and-white jaguar whose corpse appears in [[Drift issue 2|''Drift'' #2]] was drawn into the issue by [[Alex Milne]] at the apparent urging of a friend, who envisioned it as ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage and sought to annoy David Willis (who was more amused than anything) by killing him.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=204657#204657 markerguru's post in "Transformers Drift #1: Reactions, Reviews, Spoilers" from the IDW Publishing Forums]</ref> Because we're a bunch of nerds who'd rather have a bit of fun with it, we've listed it as an appearance of [[Glit (KP)|Generation 1 Glit]] since ''Drift'' #2 is a Generation 1-based story and not a Shattered Glass one.
*One of Ravage's ''many'' possible future selves looks like [[Under-3]], but in white.
*He's the one that's waving!

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://twitter.com/ravagekitteh Ravage's Twitter feed]
*[https://www.facebook.com/sg.ravage Ravage's Facebook profile]
*[http://www.formspring.me/sgravage Ravage's Formspring.me account]

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Silverbolt (G1)

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{{disambig3|Silverbolt}}
:''Silverbolt is an [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] and later [[Maximal]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the Decepticons invaded Cybertron searching for the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], the Aerialbots tried to stop them. Unfortunately, they didn't reckon with [[Sixshot]]. Silverbolt's team was taken down in a matter of seconds, with him being personally eliminated by Cyclonus, wielding Sixshot in gun mode. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Silverbolt somehow survived Sixshot's direct hit, and was finally defeated [[The Rebirth, Part 3|two episodes later]] by [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. The [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] then took his [[power pack]] to use as fuel for the giant rocket engine they were constructing for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}}}

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

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

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
The Decepticons, up to their usual tricks, threatened to plunder Earth's resources. Silverbolt asked Optimus Prime to allow his Aerialbots to deal with the Stunticons, currently attacking a power plant. Optimus was hesitant, as the other Autobots pointed out that the Aerialbots were too young and inexperienced to go out into the field for such daunting a task. Silverbolt pleaded his case, stating that the Stunticons were the Aerialbots' bitter rivals. After briefly contemplating the situation, Optimus allowed Silverbolt and his team to deal with the threat. The two teams met, and quickly combined into their gestalt forms to do battle. Though Superion was initially crippled by the [[Omega Whip]], a new weapon controlled by the Decepticons, Superion held his own until the Autobots dispatched enough reinforcements to send the Decepticons fleeing. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Silverbolt was in charge of cooking when the Aerialbots hosted an [[energon]] barbecue party on Metroplex and invited their old friend, [[Jumal|King Hassan]]. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot|Energon BBQ Today!}} They later set out to put a stop to the Stunticons' latest bout of mischief. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot|Today Is Us Stunticons' Annual Holiday Demolition Race!}}

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

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

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

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

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

{{GIJoeTransformersfiction}}
Optimus Prime sent Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to back up Bumblebee as he investigated possible Decepticon activity at the unveiling of [[Power Station Alpha]]. They arrived just in time to see Bumblebee being blown away by the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team guarding the power station and combined into Superion in an attempt to retrieve Bumblebee's body. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Upon learning that Optimus Prime had died in battle while the Aerialbots were on their mission, Superion immediately disengaged and returned to the Ark. {{storylink|Power Struggle}} Later, the Autobots united with both G.I. Joe and [[Cobra]] against the Decepticons, who planned to use Power Station Alpha to destroy the world. Silverbolt and the Aerialbots entered the battle and once more formed Superion, this time to defeat [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

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

With Optimus dead, Silverbolt was one of the high-ranking Autobots gathered by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to decide their new leader. Silverbolt voted for [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]—nice one... {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} He later got killed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}} ''He was kept in stasis aboard the Ark with the other Underbase casualties and a resurrected Optimus Prime considered reviving Silverbolt with a fragment of the Matrix, before ultimately deciding to give the gift of life to the planet Earth instead.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

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

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

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

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

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=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
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After the defeat of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his Decepticons on [[Klo]], the Autobots split into smaller combat units throughout the universe. Once Optimus Prime and Grimlock learned of the threat posed by the second generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]], though, the Autobot forces reconsolidated under their command. Slingshot and the other Aerialbots were first seen after the Autobots had retreated to an asteroid sanctuary for retraining. They were, um, outsmarted by [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

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

====''Regeneration One''====
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Following the infusion of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] into his systems, Silverbolt blacked out during a hypersonic burn and shot away into space, only being saved by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]'s fast reactions. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} Sometime around [[2007]], he was being kept in stasis in the "[[Nursery]]" alongside [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

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Once Grimlock had returned from [[Nebulos]] with technology developed by the resurrected [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], new bodies were constructed for Silverbolt, Blaster, Inferno and Huffer and they were kept in the maxi-malady (secure) unit known as "[[Garage|The Garage]]" for testing, though Silverbolt and the others railed against this inactivity. Soon enough, Blaster hacked into [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s communications grid, alerting the Neo-Decepticon commander to the recuperating Autobots' interference and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] were dispatched to eliminate them. They defended themselves admirably, though Silverbolt was wounded by [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]'s napalm during the battle, only being saved by Inferno's quick reactions. Having proved themselves, they rejoined the Autobots proper. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

Reunited with the rest of the Aerialbots, Silverbolt was sent on a mission to investigate a Neo-Decepticon threat but [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] called them back before they encountered any resistance. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Soon afterwards, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'' attacked Cybertron and Silverbolt, along with pretty much every other flying Autobot, was deployed in response. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} This massed attack proved to be a feint to distract the ''Warworld'' from the [[Wrecker]]s, who successfully boarded and neutralised the Decepticon mothership. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}
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====''Classics''====
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Silverbolt was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to survive the ambient [[Energon radiation]], with Silverbolt taking the form of an eagle. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} After discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots went in search of them, only to find Megatron had found them first. Silverbolt, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were bombarded by the newly activated [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and the recovery of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

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

Silverbolt and his comrades arrived on modern-era negative-polarity Cybertron, where the [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] of their reality brought them up to speed. {{storylink|Falling into Place}} After being retrofitted with technological alt modes again by [[Needlenose (SG)|Needlenose]] and [[Spinister (SG)|Spinister]], Silverbolt traveled to positive-Earth to bolster the forces against the evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] and his [[Terminus Blade]]. {{storylink|Distant Fissures}} They survived Magnus's attacks thanks to the timely arrival of [[Nexus Prime]]. {{storylink|Restoration}}

===The Special Teams===
Silverbolt was created on Cybertron, where Vector Sigma first ignited the spark of life within him. Silverbolt, and the rest of the Aerialbots were nearly convinced to join the Decepticons upon their initial alliance with the Autobots. This was due to a fault in the Aerialbots’ programming, present due to a sudden drop in the mega-computer when they were being created. Silverbolt was capable of stripping electrons from air particles as he flew, and then discharging the build of energy as a weapon. The Aerialbots were sent over by Optimus to help the Protectobots defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]] from the Decepticons. Happening upon Bruticus and Menasor teaming-up to take on Defensor, the Aerialbots combined into Superion to even the odds. Bruticus fell early in the battle, prompting the Aerialbots to separate and give chase to Starscream while Defensor took over the fight with Menasor. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===

When an Autobot salvage expedition was unexpectedly ambushed by Decepticons, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] became concerned that the Cons had developed a new form of surveillance. Silverbolt suggested his men perform a full scan of the area for any spy installation. The Aerialbots were unable to locate any sites on the ground, but a ghost of a radar contact at high altitude caught their attention. Forming Superion, they flew as high as possible and confirmed that ''something'' was out there in the upper atmosphere. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

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

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

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

Their remains were collected secretly by [[Earth Defense Command]] and held in Area 51. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
The Aerialbots were awakened on the [[Fera Islands]] in [[1939]] and were reformatted as [[World War II]]-era fighter planes. After joining the battle against [[Cobra]] and the Decepticons, Silverbolt and the others battled the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], forcing them back. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} When [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] fell off a cliff, the Aerialbots combined into Superion and rescued them. {{storylink|Wolves}}

As Superion, they came under fire from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], {{storylink|Trenches}} eventually succumbing to his firepower, and were destroyed. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===The Beast Within===
Silverbolt participated in a massive battle between Autobot and Decepticon forces that did not end well. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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Before the war, Silverbolt was a law enforcer and member of captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team, serving as their eye in the sky and participating in the capture of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} During their hunt for the Decepticon spy [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], he reported to Orion where their target was headed and the failed attempts of the other Autobots at taking him down. Once everyone else was defeated or distracted, Silverbolt went after Soundwave on his own, only to crash when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] ripped off his port stabilizer. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} He later participated in the search for the insurgent [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], but was unable to assist his teammates after they entered the maze-like [[Acropolex]]. {{storylink|Ruins}} After Orion Pax had become Optimus Prime, Silverbolt and his Aerialbots responded to his rallying call for additional support against the Decepticons and fought against the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the battle over [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

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

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

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

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

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After the Chaos war, Silverbolt's fellow Aerialbot [[Barrel Roll]] died in an explosion and Silverbolt, unable to trust any Decepticons after four million years of war, blamed the survivor, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and would've killed the Decepticon if not for Wheeljack spoiling his aim. Shortly after the incident, Bumblebee agreed to accept [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] into the government, which made Silverbolt even more furious. [[File:Silverbolt Angry Stick Together.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]] He attacked Bumblebee and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] before announcing that he and his Aerialbots were leaving Bumblebee's government. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Shortly after leaving Iacon behind and traveling into the untamed wilderness Cybertron had become, the Aerialbots were the first to fall victim to [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s experiments with a [[combiner]] energy that influenced their minds and made them turn on each other. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Silverbolt's comrades teamed up to attack him, though he himself remained immune for a time, something he believed to be a side effect of him never truly feeling like part of the team. He avoided their attacks for three days before he too began to feel the effects and made a recording of his experiences as a warning to whoever came next. {{storylink|Night and the City}} [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]], sent out to find the lost Aerialbots, first discovered a broken wing belonging to their Silverbolt, {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} but by the time he tracked the warning message to its source, he found the Aerialbot leader had succumbed to the influence and, to cope, merged with his team into a single being: [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Superion soon fell in battle against a Prowl-controlled Devastator, leaving all the surviving Aerialbots comatose and on life support. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} They were eventually rebuilt and resuscitated through the efforts of Wheeljack and the [[Enigma of Combination]], {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}. As part of Starscream's political maneuvers, Silverbolt and the new Aerialbots were deployed to [[Caminus]] to stop Menasor. Silverbolt was less than enthusiastic about having to combine again, although Superion was able to dispatch the Stunticon combiner. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Following a clash with Devastator, Superion was briefly reduced to his components, although Starscream thought otherwise and forcibly reintegrated the Aerialbots back into Superion. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Much to Optimus Prime's concern, Superion hadn't separated since the fight with Devastator; Prowl commented that for all intents and purposes Superion ''was'' the new default form for the Aerialbots. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

{{spoiler|Edge of the Earth|04/16/16}}
As Superion joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on Earth, he disassembled into his individual Aerialbot components from time to time. Silverbolt and the Aerialbots performed a "bombing" run in the arid desert, releasing payloads that caused dramatic botanical growth where they fell, providing food to support the local humans. Silverbolt and the Aerialbots then fled the air resistance they faced, reluctantly holding to Prime's orders to not engage any human counter-strikes. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Though his aerial insecurities are now mostly a thing of the past, he still mutters a short prayer or mantra as he takes flight. Though taking to the air might bring about some queasiness in him still, Silverbolt believes that courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to overcome it. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

Silverbolt was a member of the Maximal counterpart to the [[Tripredacus Council]], the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside former Autobot teammates [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

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===Bot on the Street===
Silverbolt was asked if he'd like to change his alternate mode, and contemplated picking something more ground based. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}
===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Silverbolt was one of the many Autobots that found his way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Silverbolt and the rest of the Aerialbots flew over a barren, rocky terrain to meet against the Stunticons. Both teams combined, and their gestalt forms engaged in a no-holds-barred slug-fest. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Aerialbots and Stunticons|Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial}}
*Silverbolt and the Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Aerialbots combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}
*After being upgraded to their "Generation 2" bodies, the Aerialbots flew over some suburbs, greatly impressing a young boy. In response to the boy's cry of "Jet formation!" Silverbolt transformed into robot mode, slamming down on the ground before the boy, and exclaming "Jet transformation!" The Aerialbots then merged into Superion to duel against [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Aerialbots and Combaticons|Generation 2 Aerialbots and Combaticons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to create a new batch of Decepticons, the Autobots responded by returning to Cybertron and building the Aerialbots. Both they and the Stunticons were brought to life at the same time before Vector Sigma, and Silverbolt and the Aerialbots fought to defend the supercomputer from the Decepticons. Though it seemed that the Decepticons might win thanks to the power of Menasor, the Aerialbots managed to rout the Decepticons and chase them away. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 (Legends)|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Silverbolt and the rest of the Aerialbots clashed against the Stunticons once more on Earth, when the Decepticons attempted to use the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to transform the planet into a new Cybertron. He and his teammates merged into Superion, and they were ultimately victorious. Though the Decepticons attempted to flee with the key, Silverbolt gave chase, and was able to destroy the device, ending its treat to Earth. {{storylink|Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

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

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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Silverbolt participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who was available as a reward in the "Superion's Guard" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Silverbolt toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Oh God, I'm in the middle of a white cloud!" *faints*]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Aerialbot, 1986/1991)
**''Team ID number:'' '''A1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-50'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Electrostatic discharger rifle|Electrostatic Discharger Rifle]]", "Blast Shield" chest plate, Superion's head, 2 fists (left & right), 2 foot stands (left & right), ramp and "Blast Deflector" waist plate

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

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

:Silverbolt's hands use rare 4mm pegholes rather than the 3mm holes standard on smaller robots or the 5mm holes of larger Transformers (including his fellow "Scramble City" torso robots), which limits him to wielding his own rifle or the weapons from the few other characters who share this size, these being Hot Rod, Blurr, Kup, Scourge, and Springer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Legends Class multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends-class]] ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] toy, Silverbolt transforms into a Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet. He is only available in a Target-[[exclusive]] gift set along with Legends-class versions of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattorshot]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]].

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

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

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

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Multi-pack) at TFU.info]''
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===Bot Shots===
[[File:BotShots 5pack Silverbolt.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

*'''Autobot Air Force''' (Five-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T011'''
***''Fist strength'': '''735'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''377'''
***''Sword strength'': '''508'''
:Silverbolt is a redeco of the [[Jetfire (G1)#Bot Shots|Jetfire]] mold. As such, he turns into a super-deformed jet with a spring-loaded transformation back into robot mode. He was available in a five-pack with [[Slingshot (G1)|Quickslinger]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Fireflight (G1)|Autobot Firestrike]], and [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:Silverbolt Construct-Bots.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you tell him he's flying he'll fall to pieces.]]

*'''Silverbolt''' (Scout, 2013)
**''Pieces: '''39'''
: Part of Wave 3 of Construct-Bots Scouts, Silverbolt can transform into a jet. All of his parts are from ''Construct-Bots'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Shockwave]], minus his head which is a retool of ''Construct-Bots'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Wheeljack]]'s head (which has a friendly grin molded in between his battle mask segments). Unlike Shockwave, he does not feature any cannon parts but instead comes with an opaque blue recolor of the sword included with Ultimate [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Optimus Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/CBSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Silverbolt Generations.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|...nope, obviously not.]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Voyager, 2015)
**'''3 OF 5: [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'''
**''Accessories'': rifle/shield

:Released as part of the ''[[Combiner Wars]]'' subline, [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] Silverbolt transforms from a jet resembling a modified Concorde to a robot resembling his original form. He can combine with the Deluxe-class [[Alpha Bravo#Generations|Alpha Bravo]] (or [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]]), [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]], [[Fireflight (G1)#Generations|Firefly]] and [[Air Raid (G1)#Generations|Air Raid]] to form [[Superion (G1)#Generations|Superion]]. Silverbolt includes a collector card featuring art from the "[[Nemesis Rising]]" episode of ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]''.

:Silverbolt includes a larger-scale version of the original toy's rifle, which can be held in Silverbolt's or Superion's hands, or mounted to the sides of Silverbolt's forearm or underneath his nosecone in jet mode. The winged rear section of the rifle can be detached and used by Silverbolt as a shield, which can also be separately either held in Silverbolt's hand or mounted to the side of his forearm. Due to the way the head of Superion flips out, as well as the thinness of the plastic making up that joint, it is easy to push the wrong area when folding the head back into the body. This may cause stress lines and fractures if not properly addressed, and in the worst case scenario Superion's head can simply snap off. On the bright side, it's still possible to secure Superion's head inside Silverbolt's torso, and the combined mode's chest clamps can still hold the head in place for the combined mode.

:Silverbolt can also form the torso of [[Magnaboss]]. A sticker sheet was sold at [[BotCon 2016]] to enhance Silverbolt's resemblance to the original ''Beast Wars'' figure.

:This mold was retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Generations|Cyclonus]] and [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], and ''Timelines'' [[Sea Clamp#Timelines|Sea Clamp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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*'''Superion''' (Generation 2, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, individual Aerialbots guns/fists/feet

:A G2-themed redeco of ''Generations'' Combiner Wars Silverbolt is packed along with the other Aerialbots (including Powerglide), and sold together in a massive box.
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===''Unite Warriors''===
*'''Superion''' (Giftset, 2015)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''UW-01'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, shield

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

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

==References==
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[[Category:Aerialbots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Autobots]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Autobots]]
[[Category:Mail order items]]
[[Category:Maximal leaders]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
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Ironhide (G1)/toys

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[[File:Ironhideg1guido.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|This is what Ironhide's toys took 32 years to look like.]]

You have reached '''[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s toy page!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Ironhide''' (1984)[[File:G1 Ironhide toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sit on my face and tell me that you love me.]]
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:Ironhide was part of the original assortment of [[Autobot]] cars released in 1984, transforming into a red Nissan Sunny-Vanette Coach SGL and sharing his mold with the contemporaneously released [[Ratchet (G1)/toys|Ratchet]]. Ironhide splits when he transforms, with most of the rear section of his van mode transforming into a [[Onebox component|battle platform]], and the remainder becoming his rather misshapen, headless robot form. The robot can mount onto the battle platform, which is armed with a raising missile launcher and front-mounted "Static Laser Gun". Unusually for toys of this period, the Static Laser Gun can actually store when Ironhide is in vehicle mode, plugging into his undercarriage (although the missiles for his launcher and the peg required to attach the laser don't go anywhere).

:As with all his fellow Autobot Cars from that year, Ironhide's mold derived from [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, a series which was ''not'' about sentient robots, but rather human-controlled machines. The Ironhide and Ratchet molds are the ones that most clearly show evidence of this: in place of a head, these toy robots had chairs behind windscreens where the human rider would control the robot. The figures did include [[sticker]]s to go over these seats that depicted a sort of robot face, but when Ironhide and Ratchet's [[character model]]s were created for ''Transformers'' media, they did away with all traces of the human-controlled design to give the robots proper faces and heads, ultimately creating the two designs which were the most far-removed from the toys on which they were ostensibly based.

:The stripe on the side of his vehicle mode (a sticker on the toy) is actually based on a special edition of the Nissan Cherry Vanette. On the real vehicle, the rear section (which is black on the toy's sticker) is actually the sliding rear door rail.<ref name="stripe">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/438046-g1-ironhides-stripes-explained.html "G1 Ironhide's Stripes...EXPLAINED!"] at TFW2005</ref>

: For unknown reasons, Ironhide was the only Autobot Car not released by Takara as part of their [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|original retail line]] in any form (while Ratchet was not available at retail, he was available as a [[S.T.A.R.S.]] mail away item). Ironhide was reissued several times; this article lists each reissue separately where appropriate.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-ironhide/71/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Ironhide at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Ironhide/ironhide.htm More information on Ironhide at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1984/instr_ironhide.jpg Instruction booklet for Ironhide at Botchthecrab.com]''

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[[File:G1toy classic heroes ironhide.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Gold box Onebox]]
*'''Classic Ironhide''' (Classic Heroes, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:The original Ironhide toy was first reissued in 1990 alongside several other early Transformers as part of the European-exclusive [[Classics (Europe)|''Classics'']] range. He was functionally identical to his original release.
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2Gobot Ironhide.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not a Gateway.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: Part of the second wave of [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]] focusing on Generation 1 characters, Ironhide transforms into a silver Ford F150 Flareside pickup truck. Using through-axle construction for his wheels, he is compatible with most "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" play sets and tracks.

: The mold is a [[redeco]] of ''Generation 2'' Go-Bots toy [[Motormouth]], and was later redecoed into the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Spy Changer]] [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Autobot [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], and the second ''Universe'' incarnation of [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]].

: The toy was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] to be a [[Ironhide (G2)|"next-generation" clone of Ironhide]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/Ironhide/ironhide.htm More information on Go-Bot Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G2-toy IronhidePM.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Technically always in vehicle mode!]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Power Master, 1995)
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns

:[[Power Master]] Ironhide transforms into a khaki camouflaged-and-armored Humvee. His main gimmick is his "Power Master" pull-back motor, which you use by pulling back on his motorized rear wheels, then placing one of his guns into one of the holes above the doors, which releases a catch and allows him to zip along a smooth surface.

:The Power Masters were the last toys in the ''Generation 2'' line, and were only released in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Oddly, the Australia and New Zealand releases were in US packaging, complete with [[Hasbro]]'s Rhode Island address. They also conspicuously lack any mention of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in their stamped-on [[copyright]] information.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/IronhideEur/ironhide.htm More information on Power Master Ironhide at TFU.info]
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===Beast Wars===
[[File:Ironhide-bw-magnaboss-toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yes, this Alien-faced monstrosity certainly screams out "G1 Ironhide"! Who could possibly think otherwise?!]]
*'''Magnaboss''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns

: Ironhide transforms from an elephant via a rather complex process involving numerous hinges and unfolding panels into a rather stumpy robot. Although dumpy, he is nothing if not well-armed: he has a flip-out spike at the end of each arm, and comes with two removable guns that flip out from behind his elephant mode ears, and which can be plugged into the holes at the ends of his arms. Ironhide is packaged with [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], and combines with them to form his [[Magnaboss]]. Ironhide forms the bulk of the combiner's mass, including all four limbs.

:The Magnaboss toy included no information about its three components beyond their names. In 2007, [[IDW Publishing]] decided to retroactively establish that the trio were the ''Generation 1'' characters of the same names, and included this revelation in their ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]''.

: Ironhide was slightly redecoed to create [[Santon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Ironhide/ironhide.htm More information on Beast Wars Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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===Collectors' Edition===
[[File:G1toy collectors edition ironhide.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Ironhide''' (e-HOBBY exclusive, June 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''98'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:Ironhide was made available in Japan for the first time as part of the [[Collector's Edition]] line of reissues, available exclusively from online retailer [[e-HOBBY]] in a two-pack with mold-mate Ratchet. As the first Japanese edition of Ironhide, this was the first time the toy had been given a [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID number]].
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===Timelines===
[[File:TimelinesIronhide toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Red, red, and also red.]]
*'''Descent into Evil''' (Multi-figure boxset, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' Fold out gun/radar energon weapon, BotCon 2005 pin

: A [[BotCon 2005]] convention exclusive, ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' Ironhide was only available in the ''[[Descent into Evil]]'' boxset. He is a [[retool]] and redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Tow-Line (Energon)|Tow-Line]], with a newly sculpted head resembling his Generation 1 animation model. Like his original toy, Ironhide splits from a van into a robot mode and a [[Onebox component|battle sled]], each featuring [[powerlinx]] ports that allow them to combine with any other compatible Deluxe or Mega from the ''Energon'' toyline; Ironhide himself forms the "torso" in such a combination (armed with small guns that flip out from his feet to become over-shoulder blasters), while his battle sled becomes the "legs" for another robot. Because of his unusual design, Ironhide can powerlinx with his own battle sled. Ironhide is armed with a translucent blue [[Energon weapon]] that can fit in his fist in robot mode, mount on his battle sled, and transform into a radar array to mount on top of his van mode.

: Ironhide's retooled mold was also used for ''Timelines'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys|Ratchet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BCIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Timelines Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Encore===

[[File:Encoretoy-Ironhidewithhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|His head problem just became a shoulders problem.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''05'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

: Ironhide's original Generation 1 toy was made available again in mid-December 2007 as part of Takara's ongoing ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]]. This version was distinguished by the inclusion of a "head" of sorts for the figure: one of the toy's box flaps featured an illustration of Ironhide's cartoon-design head and chest windshield which could be punched out along its perforated edges, and then slotted behind the toy's windshield. This hid the "chair-face" of the original toy and gave Ironhide his cartoon face... at the cost of making his arms appear to grow out of his waist.

:This version of the toy was [[retool]]ed to add a pair of "clips" to the [[Onebox component|mobile platform's]] gun-base, designed to keep Ironhide more securely attached when riding it. However, these clips are right where a pair of decals normally go. Additionally, like the original Japanese release of the figure (but [[for safety reasons|unlike Hasbro's version]]), the missile launcher now fires.
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[[File:G1toy protect black ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Once you go black, you go back to red shortly afterwards.]]
*'''Protect Black Ironhide''' (2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''05'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:Tied in to Ironhide's ''Encore'' reissue was e-HOBBY's [[exclusive]] "New Year Special" [[redeco]] of the figure: Protect Black Ironhide. The toy was priced at 4725 yen, and pre-orders were taken until [[January 11|January 11th]] 2008, with a shipping date of April 2008.

:The new [[bio]] accompanying the release of the toy notes that Ironhide acquired this protective black coating to disguise himself from both Decepticons and members of the [[human]] criminal underworld, to better allow him to do his job as Optimus Prime's bodyguard. The bio also gives a name to the "mode" that consists of Ironhide standing atop his artillery platform, dubbing it his "Marauder Mode".

:[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=034000000005&search=%A5%A2%A5%A4%A5%A2%A5%F3%A5%CF%A5%A4%A5%C9 According to e-HOBBY], the black coloration is meant to [[homage]] the original ''Diaclone'' toy which became Ironhide, but between the release of Emergency Green Ratchet and the bio's reference to black pickup trucks, it's easy to see this is also an homage to [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|the new live-action movie Ironhide]]. The packaging is the same as the regular TF Encore Ironhide's.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Cybertron/ProtectBlackIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Protect Black Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:TFU08-toy Ironhide.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, I found my head! And that makes me sad.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Series'': Classic Series
**''Accessories'': "Converting Cannon" gun/blade

: As the first new-mold Ironhide toy designed to resemble the original character, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Ironhide transforms into a red SUV of made-up model. His chest features an [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]]-like gimmick that sees mechanical detailing rise up behind his chestplate when his bumper is lowered. He is armed with a double-ended "Converting Cannon" weapon, which deploys a translucent melee blade from one end, and a gatling cannon from the other. Although the instructions indicate that Ironhide's weapon should be attached by flipping his hand to the side of his wrist (as in transformation) and fitting the weapon over the naked wrist, the hand ''can'' in fact be made to fit inside the weapon with some careful jiggling.

: His [[stock photography]] (seen [[:File:Universe 2008 Ironhide Toy.jpg|here]]) shows him with a silver face and hubcaps, but as the final product shows, that didn't happen. While Hasbro claimed there would be a [[Variant|running change]] that would have the face in silver, no such change occurred. Speaking of packaging, Ironhide was also was the first new ''Universe'' figure to have [[package art]] that wasn't burdened with [[dull surprise]].

: The figure has a couple of production flaws. Due to a combination of three places on the figure having too much plastic, Ironhide's head assembly does not have the clearance to rise up fully, and it ends up looking like he's hanging his head in shame. However, with some heavy tinkering, the head can be raised to a more level, straight position [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transtopia-fix-universe-20-ironhides-low-self-esteem/14298/]. The paint on the car roof has also been reported to rub off over time, and can have a sticky feel to it.

: This mold was retooled to make [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Ratchet]] and ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei!]]'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Ratchet]] (surprising absolutely no one), plus [[BotCon 2012]]'s [[Sir Soundwave#Timelines|Sir Soundwave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Universe Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei Ironhide toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He still has the head, and the stripe too.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-11'''
**''Accessories'': Converting Cannon

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]] Transformers'' Ironhide is a redeco of ''Universe'' Ironhide, with a view to making him far more accurate to his [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] appearance. To this end, a generally darker shade of red plastic and lighter gray plastic are used. Additionally, the blue paint used for his opaque windows are a better match to his transparent blue windows than on Hasbro's ''Universe'' toy. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, Ironhide features [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] silver for his headlights, brake lights and his Converting Cannon housing.

:Although the instructions indicate that Ironhide's weapon should be attached by flipping his hand to the side of his wrist (as in transformation) and fitting the weapon over the naked wrist, the hand can in fact be made to fit inside the weapon with some careful jiggling.
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===Bot Shots===
[[File:BotShots launcher Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Ironhide Launcher''' (Launcher, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BL003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''505'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''235'''
***''Sword strength'': '''880'''

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 1 launchers, Ironhide is a teeny pickup truck (with spoiler) with a [[Autotransformation|spring-loaded automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His alternate mode and chest design are based on [[Ironhide (Movie)|live-action movie Ironhide]], with his head being based on the original [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]].

:He comes with a large trailer that pops open into a battle station with a pair of articulated buzzsaw-arms, and a spring-loaded vehicle launching ramp. The cannons on top of the trailer are based on live-action movie Ironhide's cannons.

:Ironhide was redecoed into [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Super Bot Dirt Boss]] and [[Hound (G1)|Blitz Shot Autobot Hound]]. His main truck body, arms, and legs are also used by [[Ratchet (G1)|Autobot Ratchet]]. His launcher was redecoed into ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' Ratchet's [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#RescueBase|Rescue Base]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSLIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Launcher Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots 3pack Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Decepticon Brawl / Shockwave / Ironhide''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 007'''
***''Fist strength'': '''305 '''
***''Blaster strength'': '''970'''
***''Sword strength'': '''350'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 three-packs, this is a "Super Bot" [[redeco]] of Ironhide, meaning he is cast in translucent plastic and has more lopsided strength ratings. He comes with [[Brawl (Movie)#BotShotS13Pack|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)#Bot Shots|Shockwave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BS3pkIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Super Bot Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots single Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B012'''
***''Fist strength'': '''500'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''670'''
***''Sword strength'': '''450'''

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Bot Shots'' single-packs, this is a live-action movie-style redeco of Ironhide in black and bluish-silver, with orange windows.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on single-pack Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots Spinshot Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''845'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''210'''
***''Sword strength'': '''570'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, Ironhide is a new Spin Shot version decoed in red not unlike ''Generation 1'' Ironhide. As a Spin Shot, one manually winds up his upper body beforehand when transforming him into vehicle mode, where striking the front of the vehicle will cause him to burst open and spin while auto-transforming.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Spin Shot Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots PolarAssault Ironhide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I've heard of snow tires but ''this'' is ridiculous!]]
*'''Polar Assault Team''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''750'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''265'''
***''Sword strength'': '''600'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 five-packs, this redeco of the original Ironhide toy in bluish dark-grey, with white wheels and orange eyes. He comes in a five pack with similarly-themed redecos of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Bumblebee]], [[Mirage (G1)#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Mirage]], and [[Jetfire (G1)#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Jetfire]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSPAIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Polar Assault Ironhide at TFU.info]''

===BeCool===
*'''Black Off Road Car (Ironhide)''' (2012)
**''ID number'': '''B10'''

:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Black Off Road Car" is practically identical to the single-packed black ''Bot Shots'' Ironhide toy, the only difference being that his stickers don't depict power levels but instead drawings of his vehicle mode off-roading, a tire and a wrench.

===Construct-Bots===
[[File:Construct-bot_ironhide_stock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A truck... sure, sure...]]
* '''Ironhide''' (Scout, 2013)
**''Pieces: '''45'''
: Part of Wave 1 of Construct-Bots Scouts, Ironhide can transform into a truck. Most of his parts debuted with him, however his head is a retool of [[Blitzwing (G1)#Construct-Bots|Blitzwing]]'s, switching his angry face with a grin. His large gun is also from Blitzwing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/CBIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
{{anchor|Specialist}}[[File:Generationstoy specialist ironhide.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Specialist: Autobots''' (multi-pack, 2014)
:''Accessories:'' Converting cannon
:''Universe'' Ironhide was re-released in a three-pack with ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and ''Universe'' [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], available from Hasbro Asia and [[TakaraTomy Mall]]. All three Autobots feature new metallic paint decos, and the set's [[package art]] links up to the contemporaneously-released "Specialist: Decepticons" set to form a complete image. At selected stores in Asia, the set was available with a free Autobot insignia earphone cap plug.
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[[File:CWDlxIronhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Don't expect him to be repainted with [[Offroad|black/grey colors]] with [[Ironhide (Movie)|cannons]] added.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Axe, "super-cooled nitrogen/white-hot molten lead" dual cannon/hand/foot/engine

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Ironhide is a redeco/new-head retool of [[Offroad|Decepticon Offroad]], which transforms from a 4x4 double-cab pickup truck which is reminiscent to his [[Ironhide (Movie)|live-action movie counterpart]] to robot and back! As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe figure he can form a combined-mode limb for any Voyager Class toy from the same subline but is, of course, intended to be combined with Sunstreaker, Mirage, Prowl, and Optimus Prime to create [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]. He is also officially associated with [[Betatron]] and [[Magnaboss]]. A sticker sheet was sold at [[BotCon 2016]] to enhance Ironhide's resemblance to the original ''Beast Wars'' figure.

:He includes a [[5mm post|5mm handle]] axe weapon, and a larger accessory that can form a hand or foot in limb mode, a gun for robot mode, and can be mounted on a tab in the vehicle mode's truck bed to form a giant engine block. In an unadvertised feature, the peg on his engine weapon is the right size to mount a [[Mini-Con]] on.

: Hilariously, the robot mode [[stock photography|stock photo]] depicting a hand-painted [[prototype]] that's featured on the back of the toy's packaging is missing the wheel on his right leg.

:Ironhide is packed with the comic book "[[First Contact (IDW)|First Contact]]", rebranded as ''Combiner Wars'' #15.

:The original sculpt was redecoed as [[Ruckus (G1)#Timelines|Grabuge]], heavily retooled as [[First Aid (G1)#Generations|First Aid]] and differently retooled as [[Trailbreaker (G1)#CombinerWars|Trailbreaker]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Combiner Wars Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Q-Transformers===
[[File:QTransformers Ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I run on Propane and propane accessories.]]
*'''Ironhide''' ([[January 30|1-30]]-2016)
**''ID number:'' '''QTF-07'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Ironhide transforms from a licensed [[super deformed]] Toyota HiAce to a cute grumpy little robot.

:Ironhide was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Ratchet]].

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:MP27-Ironhide.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The G1 Ironhide you always wanted. Except with hip kibble. And a beer gut. And a long face.]]
* '''Ironhide''' (1-30-2016)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-27'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Laser pistols, Static Laser Gun, missile launcher, missile, 2 alternate hands, 4 nozzles, wrist [[sonodar]], chest screen, jetpack, 2 flare effects, battle sled, 2 faces
: [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] Ironhide is a new mold that transforms into a licensed Cherry Vanette. He is in the standard Masterpiece [[scale]] (since MP-09), standing inbetween MP-10 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10|Convoy]] and MP-12 [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Lambor]] in bot mode and can fit inside [[Combat Deck (G1)#mp10|Convoy's trailer]] in vehicle mode

: He comes with a bunch of accessories referencing many of the gadgets he used in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]. Ironhide's [[character model]] did not include any weapons or other extra tools or devices, meaning there was little to no consistency in the depiction of his armament in the series; as such, the toy picks and chooses from the many weapons and accoutrements he was seen using. He includes a pair of generic Autobot laser pistols of the same design as the gun that came with ''Masterpiece'' Bumblebee (which Ironhide began using in "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]") which can be stored on the underside of his vehicle mode, a larger gun based on his original toy's Static Laser Gun (similar weapons having been seen in "[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]" and "[[A Prime Problem]]"), a set of alternate hands representing his ability to spray liquids through his fingertips (done in multiple episodes), a set of nozzles that can be exchanged for his hands based on those seen in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]", a second set of nozzles based not on anything from the cartoon, but on the ''connector peg'' for his Static Laser Gun from his original toy, the back-mounded missile launcher from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]" based on his original toy's launcher, his wrist-mounted sonodar sensor dish from "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", complimented by a readout image of dinosaur bones that can be slipped behind his windshield, and the jetpack seen in "[[The Immobilizer]]", complete with jet-flare effects. A peg hole on the roof of his vehicle mode can hold one of the laser pistols or the Static Laser Gun.

:Since ''Masterpiece'' Ironhide's robot mode incorporates the entire vehicle mode, a separate "battle sled" piece has been included, based on the component of the original toy, that can store all of Ironhide's accessories, including a second face piece that stores on the underside of the sled. In an additional nod to the original G1 toy, specifically its lack of a proper head, there is a sculpted detail resembling the "face" decal that went on the seat of the original toy that is visible through the windshield in van mode, that gets tucked away in robot mode.

:Ironhide was retooled into ''Masterpiece'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Ratchet]].
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-UW05-Ironhide.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Convoy Grand Prime''' (Multi-pack, [[February 27|2-27]]-2016)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''UW-05'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons, 4 Gun/Fist/Foots

:Takara's iteration of Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (minus the Rodimus mold). He has numerous changes in deco to better match his look in the Generation 1 cartoon.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
[[File:Ironhide decoy.jpg|thumb|Rubber-hide]]
* '''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

: Ironhide was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" soft rubber ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the figures in the series, Ironhide featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. He was available in red as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, in peach as part of various other randomly-packed box sets released by Takara subsidiary [[Seven]], and in a wide variety of different colors in "gachapon" capsule machines.

*'''Ironhide''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': 7

: The Ironhide figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Ironhide/ironhide.htm More information on Decoy Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:Ironhide scf pvc.jpg|thumb|Finally, something that's actually accurate- oh wait, it's just a figurine]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2001)

: A three-inch tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Ironhide was available in the third "act" of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full color figure and a colorless clear plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. Additionally, the full-color version of Ironhide came packaged with the left leg of the wave's collectable [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] "build-a-figure".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on SCF Ironhide (Clear Version) on TFU.info]''

===Heroes of Cybertron===
*'''Ironhide''' (2003)

: Ironhide's ''Super Collection Figure'' PVC was released the following year by Hasbro as part of their ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line. Like all the figures in the series, Ironhide was given a [[light-piping]] gimmick by being cast entirely in translucent blue plastic then painted everywhere except on his eyes and the back of his head. Unlike the Japanese version, he was sold separate on a blister card.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Hard Hero===
*'''Ironhide''' (2002)

[[File:HardHero G1Ironhide bust.jpg|thumb|Go, Simba! Join the circle of life!]]
: This cold-cast porcelain 6-inch tall bust was sculpted by Jason Ray, and is based very heavily upon Ironhide's cartoon appearance. A signed artist's proof version was available, limited to 100 pieces.
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===Attacktix===
[[File:Ironhide-atx.jpg|thumb|[[Signal Lancer]] would soon rethink teaming up with Ironhide.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (Booster, <s>2007</s>)

: Ironhide was likely to have been one of several ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' Booster pieces. Though displayed as part of the ''Attacktix'' display at the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' "Celebration IV" convention, he —and all the other pieces revealed at the show— were ultimately never released.

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===Boss Coffee===
[[File:BossCoffee ironhide.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2008)

:A non-transforming PVC figure of Ironhide was released as part of a promotion by [[Boss Coffee]]. The small figure was randomly included with single cans of the company's "Rainbow Mountain Blend" coffee, contained in a plastic capsule affixed to the top of can which then became a display base for the figurine once removed. Ironhide features articulation at the shoulders and waist, and came with a small catalog leaflet that could be folded up and attached to the lid/base to form a diorama background for added display value.
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[File:DiamondSelect G1Ironhide bust.jpg|thumb|Proof that EVERY Wave 1 Autobot had a shoulder cannon.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Ironhide was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. This detailed bust is based on Ironhide's (you guessed it) cartoon/comic model, but with much more detailing and with elements of his toy design. These include his vehicle sled's missile launcher mounted on his shoulder, his wielding of his sled's static laser gun and his original Diaclone "face" being present behind his windshield. In addition to the missile launcher being removable his open left hand can be replaced with a hand gripping his cartoon pistol for two handed "chop busting."
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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Ironhide and Kickback''' (2008)

[[File:Robotheroesironhidekickback.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Stop copying me!" "Stop copying me!"]]
:This adorably happy figurine of Ironhide is ready to pound his packmate [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] into metal filings. He features articulation in his neck and shoulders.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/RHIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
* The black ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of Ironhide was sold by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in North America as the ''[[Diakron]]'' "DK-2" Car/Robot in 1983, seemingly just a few months before he would be rebranded as a Transformer.
[[Image:Generation2LightSpeed.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You have to be pretty desperate to copy Blowout's motto.]]
* An early version of [[Power Master]] Ironhide's artwork in blue and yellow was used on packaging mock-ups displayed around [[Hasbro]]'s headquarters bearing the names "Light Speed", "Belzone", and "Pothole", though no release of these toys was ever intended.
* A mock-up of a new [[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]] toy in the form of a ''Universe'' (2008) Ironhide redeco was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014]]'' Vol. 1 as one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. During the fan poll held to determine which of the ten would be produced, Camshaft claimed only 1.6% of the votes, leaving him in second-to-last place.<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Autobots]]
[[Category:BotCon exclusives]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:E-Hobby]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Go-Bots]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Q-Transformers characters]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Prowl (G1)/toys

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Crockalley: /* Generations */ Combiner Wars Magnaboss

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[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] has many toys! All of them are pricks.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Prowl toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I ain't fallin' for no banana in the tailpipe...]]
* '''Prowl''' (Autobot Car, 1984/1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''09'''
**''Accessories:'' "Acid pellet gun", left & right missile launchers, 3 "wire-guided missiles"

: Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Police Car Fairlady Z", Prowl was one of the original assortment of [[Autobot Cars]] released in 1984. He transforms into a [[Wikipedia:Nissan 280ZX|Datsun 280ZX Turbo]] sports car (known in Japan as a "Fairlady Z") decorated in police car livery; the original figure featured the word "Diaclone" on the police badges that decorate his shoulders and chest, but these were naturally removed for the Transformers version of the toy. He is armed in robot mode with a silver-chromed hand-held [[Acid pellet|acid pellet gun]], and two shoulder-mounted missile launchers. The spring-loaded firing mechanism for these launchers was disabled by Hasbro, but remained intact on the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the figure.
[[File:Prowl-Mexico.jpg|thumb|left|South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)]]
:In 1985, a heat-activated [[rubsign]] was added to the front of Prowl's hood. That same year, his Mexican release (left) featured a more startling variation: this release of the figure rendered his helmet, arms, and boots black, plus his "POLICE" decals became "POLICIA". There was also a widely available running change [[variant]] (or just factory error) that left out the black paint on his car hood.

:Prowl's toy has been [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] as part of the ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classic Heroes]]'' line in 1990, ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' in 2002, and the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' in 2003. See below for individual entries on these releases.

: This mold was retooled to create the simultaneously-released [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys|Bluestreak]], and again for [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-Prowl/177/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Prowl at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on Prowl at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|ActionMaster}}[[File:G1toy ActionMasterProwl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It's the PRICK-CYCLE!!!!!]]
* '''Turbo Cycle with Prowl''' (Action Blaster Vehicle, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Cycle, small cannon, 2 missiles, 2 engine intakes (left & right), shield/gas tank cover

: [[Action Master]] Prowl is a non-transforming action figure whose appearance is styled after his cartoon model, with a few toy-based liberties taken. Like all Action Masters, he can interact with all the line's vehicles and weapons; as part of the "Action Blasters Vehicles" assortment, Prowl came packaged with the [[Turbo Cycle (G1)|Turbo Cycle]], which transforms from motorcycle to a gun emplacement.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on Action Master Prowl at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy ClassicHeroProwl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Would seem like less of a prick if they hadn't airbrushed out his yo-yo...]]
* '''Classic Prowl''' (Classic Heroes, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' "Acid pellet gun", left & right missile launchers, 3 "wire-guided missiles"
:The original Prowl toy was first reissued in Europe alongside several other early Transformers, as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classic Heroes]]" range. He is not entirely identical to the original, however: for reasons unknown, the ''Classics'' release of Prowl features the original ''Diaclone'' labels on his chest and shoulders, with the word "Diaclone" on his police badges, while his forehead crest, previously a pair of stickers, is now painted.
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===Beast Wars===
[[File:Prowl-bw-magnaboss-toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Prick with claws. Gitit, gitit, huh huh huh?]]
*'''Magnaboss''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Tail

: Prowl transforms from a lion into a robot, with his cat-butt turning into a "cyber tail claw" weapon. He is able to combine with [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], his package buddies, into [[Magnaboss]]. Prowl transforms into Magnaboss' head.

: This mold was used to make [[Lio Junior]].

:The Magnaboss toy included no information about its three components beyond their names. The character was established by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] to be Generation 1 Prowl in [[2007]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on ''Beast Wars'' Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===Machine Wars===
[[File:Mwprowl.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Do you have any idea how fast you were going?]]
* '''Prowl''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Gun (gun body & barrel)

: Sharing a mold with ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Prowl transforms into a Penske PC-18 Indycar, and converts to robot mode with a spring-loaded, one-step transformation. His rifle-halves store in his legs in car mode. He—and the entire ''Machine Wars'' line—was available only at Kay-Bee stores.

: Prowl's usual function is strategist, but, in an ironic twist, in this first non-police car form he is described as chief of security.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] and [[repurposing|repurposed]] as a [[Prowl (MW)|clone of Prowl]] and as [[Prowl drone|drone clones of Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on ''Machine Wars'' Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===The Transformers Collection===
{{anchor|TFC}}[[File:G1toy tfc prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Prowl''' (2002)
**''ID number:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' "Acid pellet gun", left & right missile launchers, 3 "wire-guided missiles"

:Takara's first reissue of Prowl was the second instalment in their ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' line of reissues, and was mostly identical to the original figure, save for a few small differences: the text on his hip stickers is changed to "2002 08" from the original's "2800 ZP", his rubsign is relocated from its original obtrusive spot at the front of his hood to just below his windshield (winding up on the back of his head in robot mode), and like the ''Classic Heroes'' version, his forehead crest is painted. As with the previous Takara release of the figure, his missile launchers are functional.
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===Commemorative Series===
{{anchor|Commemorative}}[[File:G1toy commemorative series prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Neutered prick.]]
* '''Prowl''' (2003/2006)
**''Accessories:'' "Acid pellet gun", left & right missile launchers, 3 "wire-guided missiles"
:In 2003, Hasbro released their own reissue of the original Prowl toy as part of their [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series IV]]'' that was available in the United States, Canada and Australia. This version of Prowl featured all the modifications made to the original toy for Takara's ''Transformers Collection'', and a few more besides. Like his mold-mate Bluestreak, released in the previous wave, Prowl's gun and missiles are cast in unchromed black plastic, and his missile launchers are once again disabled, in lieu of enlarging the missiles to the disproportionate length required [[for safety reasons]] (as was done for several other Commemorative figures). Where his original toy's launchers merely had their springs removed, leaving their trigger mechanisms intact to hold the missiles in place, this figure actually recasts the launchers as solid pieces with no triggers, into which the missiles are simply popped.

:In 2006, three years after the US release and long after the ''Commemorative Series'' had been discontinued by Toys"R"Us in America, Prowl and several other figures were released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom. Unlike previous UK releases of ''Commemorative Series'' figures, the packaging for this batch was no longer [[multilingual packaging|multilingual]], but in English only. Despite this, the packaging was ''not'' identical to the previous US version; it lacked the "Commemorative Series", "classic re-issue" and "choking hazard" safety warning labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings, and moved the "Ages 5+" recommendation to a new position.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on Commemorating Series reissue Prowl]''
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[File:STF Prowl.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Wee-woo-wee-woo-wee-woo.]]
* '''Prowl''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''GTF-09'''

: Released in Wave 2 of ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'', this Prowl is the smallest possible transforming toy based upon the original Prowl toy. He faithfully reproduces the transformation sequence for the most part, but due to parts-cost limitations, he has little articulation, his legs cannot separate and his wheels do not roll.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' version of [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/SmallestProwl/prowl.htm More information on Smallest Transforming Prowl]''
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===Alternators/Binaltech===
[[File:AlternatorsProwl.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You better get a lawyer, son...]]
* '''Prowl''' (Alternator, 2005/2006)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton aka "Blight Stick"

: ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Prowl transforms into a fully-licensed 1:24-scale [[wikipedia:Acura RSX|Acura RSX]] with police lights, opening doors, hood and trunk. His engine becomes a (non-firing) gun, while a clear-plastic nightstick is hidden under his car mode rear section. He was among the last of the "red box" Alternators, but was included in new "white box" assortments in 2006. The "white box" version of Prowl has additional Acura logos on the rear of the car that the "red box" version did not have.

[[File:BinaltechProwl.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|...you better get a real good one.]]

: For his standard Japanese ''Binaltech'' release, Prowl got a different vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the [[Hasbro]] version's deco being based more on the original [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toy]]), a different spoiler mold, "Type R" rims compared to the ''Alternators'' version's "Type S" rims, right-side steering, a Japanese police cherry blossom emblem instead of an Acura logo, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R" on the packaging, the model's make in Japan.

: Multiple reports suggest that at least the ''Binaltech'' version suffers from a [[design flaw]]: The wing mirrors are simply ''glued'' onto the doors for whatever reason, and the glue is not particularly strong. Trying to open a door by pulling on the mirror could likely result in the mirror snapping off.

: At [[OTFCC 2004]], Hasbro stated that there was no Prowl ''Alternators'' toy in the works, but some other emergency vehicle (which got a chorus of boos). Considering the development schedule of ''Transformers'' toys, this was most likely referring to the fact that the Acura RSX sculpt was originally intended to be [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt. Eventually, however, it was decided to release the toy as Prowl instead, even though the Subaru Impreza sculpt's robot mode had more resemblance to Generation 1 Prowl and the Acura RSX sculpt's robot mode had more resemblance to Generation 1 Red Alert. [[Control drawing]]s of the figure with the originally intended Red Alert head sculpt can be found in the Japanese ''[[Transformers Collection 2007]]'' book, among other places.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/AltProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Prowl]''
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[[File:Binaltech Blue Prowl toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Prowl on his day off.]]
* '''Prowl Vivid Blue Pearl Edition''' (Binaltech, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton

: Like [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister]], Prowl got two different ''Binaltech'' decos released in equal numbers. The second version, known as Vivid Blue Pearl Prowl, is a civilian version with no police lights, a mostly blue interior, a Honda logo (instead of the cherry blossom emblem) on the grill, and a solid blue car shell. His robot mode parts remained mostly the same color, however.

: This mold (the Japanese blue Prowl [[variant]], combined with parts from American police Prowl) was used to make ''Alternators'' [[Camshaft (G1)|Autobot Camshaft]]. This toy was also [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Prowl 2]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/BTProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Binaltech'' Prowl Vivid Blue Pearl Edition]''
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* '''Prowl Satellite Patrol Edition''' (Binaltech "USA Edition", 2005?)
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton

: The [[Hasbro]] version of Prowl, using the Hasbro red box packaging, was supposed to have been released in Japan as an exclusive "[[USA Edition]]" to a satellite TV provider named Takarand. The only notable difference from the Hasbro version was the "Satellite Patrol" (spelled "satillite" in official preview photos) markings on his doors. It is unknown if this toy was ever actually released, however, as Takarand changed owners around the same time.

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===Universe (2003)===
*'''Prowl''' (Autobot Spy Changer, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: A redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Prowl 2]] mold, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' Prowl transforms into a modified Chevrolet Caprice police car with through-axle construction for super-speedy rolling on smooth surfaces. His gun hides as his car mode's tailpipe. Originally only available at Kay-Bee stores in packaging with no sub-line markings, his entire assortment was later repackaged under the ''Universe'' banner and sold through "dollar store" chains like Family Dollar.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Universe'' incarnation of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/SpyProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Universe'' (2003) Spychanger Prowl]''

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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe 2008 Prowl toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Sticky prick.]]
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''
**''Accessories'': Gun

: Prowl transforms into a modified [[wikipedia:Nissan 350Z|Nissan 350Z]] similarly to Prowl's appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation 1 comics]]. Like previous Generation 1 Prowl toys, his paint job is based upon that of a Japanese police car. The [[prototype]] and pre-production versions of Prowl featured a traditional American-style rectangular light bar, but the production toy features a swept-back modern light bar.

: Many buyers have reported that after repeated handling of the toy, the paint on the pieces of Prowl molded from translucent plastic (his doors, his roof, the sides of his hood and front bumper) quickly becomes sticky to the touch and begins to smear and rub off. Presumably, this owes something to the plastic and paint failing to bond properly, although what allowed the toy to leave factories with this flaw undetected is unknown. Sticky paint has not been reported on ''every'' Prowl; there is some suggestion that temperature and humidity play a role in whether or not it occurs. It has been suggested that the problem only affects the first run of Prowl figures, but sticky figures have been purchased at retail when the line was launched in Europe just over a month after its American debut. Also, on a lot of the UK release toys, all the pieces that are molded white plastic have a very faint pink tinge.

: This mold was redecoed for ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]] and retooled to make ''Universe'' [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Silverstreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe (2008)|Smokescreen]] and ''Timelines'' [[Rapido#Timelines|Rapido]]. The lightbar was also used for ''Universe'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ratchet]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)#Generations|Red Alert]]. This toy also served as the basis of the non-toy ''Shattered Glass'' incarnation of [[Prowl (SG)|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Universe'' (2008) Prowl]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei Prowl toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Shiny prick.]]
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-08'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: The Japanese ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Prowl is a retool and redeco of ''Universe'' Prowl, changing the swept-back American light bar with a more rounded Japanese lightbar, and having a more consistent coating of white paint. He also features [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] silver parts such as his gun, Acid Blasters and his vehicle mode spoiler. Universe Prowl's orange Autobot symbol was changed to the more standard red for the Henkei release.

:Soon after his release, some customers have reported that ''Henkei'' Prowl suffers from the same sticky paint problem that plagued many ''Universe'' Prowls.

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===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titaniumtoy ww prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Heavy metal prick.]]
*'''War Within Prowl''' (2008)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: This version of Prowl transforms into a Cybertronic hovercar, based on his design from the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' comics. Initially canceled due to the end of the Titanium Series line, Hasbro eventually released this figure as a Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] in the fall of 2008.

: The vehicle mode as pictured on the packaging for this toy contains two transformation errors (compared to the instructions). His toes (sticking up at the rear of the vehicle) should be folded back, revealing small red and blue emergency lights. Also, the left and right sides of the vehicle should be slid outwards, turning them into nacelles rather than integral parts of the main body.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TitProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Titanium Series'' War Within Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers (2010)===
{{anchor|2010legend}}[[File:TF2010 Legends G1Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Tiny prick (tee-hee).]]
*'''Prowl''' (Legends Class, 2011)

:Part of the ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' subline, Legends Prowl transforms into a police car resembling his 2008 Universe toy with a rubsign on the hood. As a robot he features limited articulation, and no painted eyes.

:This mold was also used to make [[Safety Prime]] and, without the lightbar, ''[[Transformers Chronicle]]'' [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Chronicle|Streak]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Generations|Bluestreak]]. The instruction line art on the back of Prowl's packaging gave a hint of this by showing a robot mode with no lightbar on the back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RTSLegProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Reveal the Shield'' Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===Chronicle===
[[File:EZCollectionProwlToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Prowl''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' Prowl is a slight redeco of the ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Legends Class]] Prowl toy, without a rubsign, with a running change in the mold omitting the side doors handles. Like other ''Chronicle'' Legends toys, he is sold in a blindpacked box.

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===Bot Shots===
[[Image:Bot Shots S1 BP003 Prowl.jpg|thumb|300px|Cute little Prick.]]
*'''Sentinel Prime / Prowl / Bumblebee''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''540'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''255'''
***''Sword strength'': '''835'''

: A [[redeco]] of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Bot Shots|Barricade]], Prowl is a teeny little police car with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He was only available in a three-pack with [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Bot Shots|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Bumblebee]].

: Prowl's main car body, arms and legs were also used to make [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Bumblebee]], [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSProwl/prowl.htm More information on Prowl at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots_UnreleasedProwl.jpg|thumb|300px|Jumping prick.]]
*'''Prowl''' (<strike>2013</strike>)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B013'''
***''Fist strength'': '''???'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''557'''
***''Sword strength'': '''???'''
:Part of the unreleased fourth wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2, Prowl is a Jump Shot that transforms into a heavily modified police car and carries a gun in the right hand.
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===BeCool===
*'''Patrol Car (Prowl)''' (2012)
**''ID number'': '''B01'''

:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Patrol Car" is a practically identical to the ''Bot Shots'' Prowl toy, the only difference being that his power level stickers have been replaced with simple drawings of a lightbar, a traffic light and a rope.

===Masterpiece===
[[File:MP Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Collector's prick.]]
*'''Prowl''' ([[September 26|9-26]]-2013)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MP-17'''
**''Accessories:'' Semi-automatic Rifle, Missile Launcher (Amazon.co.jp only)

: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Prowl transforms into a licensed Nissan Fairlady 280Z-T. As with other figures in the ''Masterpiece'' line, he is intended to be an accurate representation of his [[Character model|cartoon model]], and even features an extensive glossy white and black [[Paint operation|paint]] scheme. Roughly as tall as a [[Size class|Voyager Class]] figure, he is also in [[scale]] with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10|MP-10 Optimus Prime]], and can fit inside [[Combat Deck (G1)#mp10|Prime's trailer]] in vehicle mode. In contrast to previous larger entries in this line, Prowl lacks [[die-cast]] parts, and his tires are cast in hard, non-rubberized plastic.

: For accessories, he comes with his rifle, which can be held with his hands, or can mount onto a peg-hole on the back of his light-bar via the separate peg on its jointed handle. He also comes with a pair of built-in shoulder cannons, based on Bluestreak's cartoon character model's cannons, that can be deployed in robot mode. Prowl's [[instructions]] even feature a screencap from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] that depicts Prowl with the launchers; however, that is actually an [[animation error]] from [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|the very first episode]] that has Bluestreak (with his very distinctive head design) colored as Prowl.

: If purchased in Japan through [[Amazon (website)|Amazon.com]], one additionally gets a single non-firing toy-accurate missile launcher accessory, which can cover and replace either of his shoulder cannons, as well as tab onto the rear sides of his vehicle mode. If purchased in other Asian markets outside of Japan, a collector's coin is included instead of or in addition to the launcher. The coin itself is star-shaped, and comes in a package shaped like a police badge.

: This mold was redecoed and retooled each time into [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-18 Streak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-19 Smokescreen]]. Streak and Prowl were to be released simultaneously, but Prowl was pushed back one month and Streak two months to meet demand.
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[[File:Hasbro MP Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Cheap collector's prick.]]
*'''Masterpiece Prowl''' (2014)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-04'''

:The Hasbro release of the figure, again available as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.

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===Q-Transformers===
[[File:QTransformers Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Super-deformed]] prick.]]
*'''Prowl''' ([[December 26|12-26]]-2014)
**''ID number:'' '''QT-06'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Prowl transforms from [[super deformed]] Nissan Fairlady 280Z-T police car to cute little robot. He comes with a code for unlocking Prowl as a playable character in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' game.

:This mold was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Smokescreen (G1)#Q-Transformers|Smokescreen]].
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===Generations===
{{CWDeadEndMold}}
[[File:CWDlxProwl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Combining prick ([[Devastator (G1)|Yeah, we wish too]]).]]
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe class, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' "acid core" blaster, dual "missile launcher" gun/fist/foot

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe class toys, Prowl is a [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Streetwise (G1)|Protectobot Streetwise]] sporting a new head. Being a Combiner Wars figure, Prowl can combine to form [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] as either an arm or a leg. He is also officially associated with [[Betatron]] and [[Magnaboss]]. A sticker sheet was sold at [[BotCon 2016]] to enhance Prowl's resemblance to the original ''Beast Wars'' figure.

:Prowl comes packaged with the comic book "[[Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON]]".

:This mold was originally heavily retooled from [[Dead End (G1)#Generations|Dead End]], was [[redeco]]ed as [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and was differently retooled as [[Dustup]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWProwl/prowl.htm More information on Combiner Wars Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-UW05-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Japanese exclusive Combining Prick. (Still not a head though.)]]
*'''Convoy Grand Prime''' (Multi-pack, [[February 27|2-27]]-2016)
**''ID number'': '''UW-05'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons, 4 Gun/Fist/Foots

:Takara's iteration of Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (minus the Rodimus mold). He has numerous changes in deco to better match his look in the Generation 1 cartoon.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[File:TFcaramel prowl.jpg|thumb|Stiff prick.(stop snickering).]]
*'''Prowl''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Prowl was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue, and yellow.

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===Transformers Choco===
*'''Prowl''' (1985)
:A solid-color, snap-together model kit of Prowl was released by Kabaya as part of their ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' line of candy toys. It was available in various colors, and came with candy-coated chocolates.

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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Kabaya-Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Prowl''' (2009)
:Released in the second wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2009, this transforming model kit of Prowl is made from black and white plastic, with a lot of stickers for detail. It's based on the ''Henkei'' Prowl toy.

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===Decoy===
[[File:Decoy prowl.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Prowl was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Autobots in the series, Prowl was molded in soft red rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Prowl was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Prowl''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''19'''
:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, Prowl was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on Decoy Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Prowl bust.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Who needs legs when one has LOGIC??]]
*'''Prowl''' (2002)

:A cold-cast porcelain bust labeled as number 3 in [[Hard Hero]]'s series of ''Transformers'' busts, Prowl is sculpted to be six inches tall, having a seven-inch wide "wingspan", and wielding his acid pellet gun in his left hand. 100 copies of this product were signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].

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===Attacktix===
[[File:Tf2-16-400.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I got a big... gun.]]
*'''Prowl''' (Booster, <s>2007</s>)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: Planned to be in part of the Series 2 wave of ''[[Attacktix]]'', Prowl is a Captain class unit with the special ability to stun an opposing player unit. His sculpt is based upon his Generation 1 cartoon model with some additional details. His weapon is a '''hugely''' oversized version of his rifle, capable of firing a large silver projectile.
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Paper prick.]]
*'''Prowl''' (2007)

: A 25-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Prowl "transforms" into a black and white police car that vaguely resembles a Nissan Z. He uses the same parts layout as ''[[Movie (franchise)|Movie]]'' [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Transformers 3D Battle Card Game|Barricade]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#3D Battle Card game|Bumblebee]], [[Swerve (Movie)#3D Battle Card Game|Swerve]], and [[Mirage (Movie)#3D Battle Card Game|Mirage]].

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[File:Prowl statue.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The Prowl 2 of Prowl busts.]]
* '''Prowl''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Prowl was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and was limited to 500 pieces. Prowl, along with his "brothers" [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Transformers - Mini Bust|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)#Transformers - Mini Bust|Smokescreen]], is exclusive to online retailer [[Toyrocket|Toyrocket.com]]. The bust features Prowl's acid pellet gun and twin missile launchers, and the missile launchers and car doors can be attached via magnets on either side of his head.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroesprowllaserbeak.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|He's smiling—must have his DVDs alphabetized.]]
*'''Prowl and Laserbeak''' (2009)

:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Prowl would have been a happy little non-transforming figure. The figure has the standard swiveling head and arms, and in a bizarre sculpting oddity, has a wheel well on one foot but not the other. He would have come in a two-pack with [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Laserbeak]], but the Generation 1-themed portion of the ''Robot Heroes'' line was canceled before they saw retail release. Several unpackaged samples have made it into the hands of collectors, however.

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[File:MightyMuggs Prowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Adowable pwick.]]
*'''Prowl''' (2010)
:''Accessories:'' Gun

: This [[super deformed|super-deformed]], non-transformable Prowl figure mostly uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, and features same door-wings molds as [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Mighty Muggs|Jazz]]. He has swivel joints in his neck and arms, and comes with his trademark acid pellet gun. Prowl was originally meant to be released in the fourth wave of Mighty Muggs Transformers, but the Transformers section of the toyline was canceled before the wave was released. The toy was eventually made available as an exclusive at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2010|San Diego Comic-Con 2010]].
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===Tiny Titans===
*'''Prowl''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''9/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Prowl is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode. Sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, he comes with a collectible card with a scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===The Loyal Subjects===
[[File:Prowltls.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Mystery prick.]]
[[The Loyal Subjects]] Prowl is a Wave 2 figure with standard articulation. He is mostly based on his animation model. For every 16 figures, there are 2 Prowls. This toy was also recolored into Bluestreak and Smokescreen.
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==Notes==
* Prowl's ''[[Diaclone]]'' predecessor also came with additional, optional stickers that would identify him as being part of the police forces from existing Japanese cities, namely Tokyo, Sapporo, Sendai, Osaka and Fukuoka. The original ''Transformers'' instruction booklet shows a visible Diaclone label sheet, complete with these optional stickers, which did not make it to the final product.
* ''Machine Wars'' Prowl's card-art is actually an altered version of the art for the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Laser Rod]] [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]].

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The Future Buried...

2016-03-02T01:26:18Z

Crockalley: /* Transformers references */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Another Light]], Part Six
|prev=Out of the One, Many
|next=Assembly (issue)
|seriesissue2=''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|Shattered Glass]]''
|title="The Future Buried..."
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|published in=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 66|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #66]]
|writers=[[Jesse Wittenrich]] & [[Pete Sinclair]]
|pencils=[[Eryck Webb]]
|inks=Eryck Webb
|colors=[[Evan Gauntt]]
|letters=Jesse Wittenrich
|managing editor=Pete Sinclair
|continuity=''[[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|Shattered Glass]]''
|chronology=[[2015]]
}}

'''A new era begins.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=Heroic [[Autobot]]s
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]] (2)
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] (6)
*[[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] (7)
*[[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (9)
*[[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] (10)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (11)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (12)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (24)
*[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (25)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (26)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (28)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (29)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (30)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (38)

|h2=Heroic [[Decepticon]]s
|c2=
*[[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] (1)
*[[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]] (4)
*[[Scourge (SG)|Scourge]] (5)
*[[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] (23)
*[[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] (27)
*[[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] (31)
*[[Spinister (SG)|Spinister]] (36)
*[[Needlenose (SG)|Needlenose]] (37)
*[[Hun-Grrr]] (40)

|h3=Evil Autobots
|c3=
*[[Drift (SG)|Drift]] (14)
*[[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]] (15)
*[[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]] (16)
*[[Rewind (SG)|Rewind]] (17)
*[[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] (20)
*[[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] (21)

|h4=Evil Decepticons
|c4=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (42)
*? (43)
*? (44)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (45)
*? (46)
*? (47)

|h5=Others
|c5=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (8)
*[[Autotrooper (SG)|Autotroopers]] (13)
*[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Nova Prime]] (18)
*[[Unicron]] (19)
*[[Primus]] (22)
*[[Gaea (Classics)|Gaea]] (32)
*[[Prowl (SG)|Checkpoint]] (33)
*[[Brawn (SG)|X-Brawn]] (34)
*[[Acolyte of Unicron|Acolytes of Unicron]] (35)
*[[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]] (39)
*[[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]] (41)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Errors===
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
*Spike's abrupt declaration of 'Oh sh-' was previously uttered in full by his cartoon counterpart in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*''Shattered Glass'' Primus's colors are based on Unicron's [[Unicron/toys#Energon|''Energon'' colors]]. His final fate as an orbiting head mirrors Unicron's fate at the end of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', completing the movie homage this comic arc has been.

===Real-world references===

===Other trivia===

{{issuestub}}

[[Category:Shattered Glass issues]]

Sandsting

2016-02-28T18:40:31Z

Crockalley: /* Adventure */

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Sandsting is a [[Decepticon]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Sandsting package art.jpg|right|thumb|350px|I have red parts! Now people will know I'm not Scorponok!]]

'''Sandsting''' stings everything. He stings his enemies, he stings his masters, he would probably sting sand. The only thing sharper than his armor-piercing stinger is his tactical mind, making him an impossibly deadly adversary when he has a chance to plan an ambush.

{{TOCclear}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames}}{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:Sandsting RID 2015.jpg|right|thumb|350px|...wait, never mind.]]
*'''Sandsting''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
**''Accessories'':

:Sandsting transforms from a robotic scorpion into a Cybertronian torpedo in a single step. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to and launch from any Deployer figure, such as [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]]. He comes with a number of clear plastic accessories attached to a Decepticon-[[insignia]]-shaped sprue, which can be attached using tabs and slots. Some of these parts can combine with those of his wavemates [[Beastbox (RID)|Beastbox]], [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]], and [[Velocirazor]] to form [[Mini-Con armor shark|an energy shark]].

:Unfortunately, due to the placement of his scan-badge under his tail, scanning him for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] is nigh-impossible unless you peel off the sticker.
{{-}}

===Adventure===
[[File:Transformers-Adventure-Sandsting-Micron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Micronshooter Fracture Set''' (Deployer, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV24'''
**''Accessories'': Airazor and Sandstinger Microns
:The Transformers ''Adventure Series'' release of Sandsting is bundled with Fracture and Airazor (in lieu of the more logical choice, Divebomb). Sandstinger is a redeco of the Mini-con figure above, replacing the purple plastic with lilac, green plastic with dark grey, and features several paint applications. Sandstinger also features a different scan-badge, which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sandstinger''' (サンドスティンガー Sandosutingā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shāshì''' (Taiwan, 沙螫, "Sandsting")

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]

Sins of the Wreckers issue 3

2016-02-21T12:57:04Z

Crockalley: /* Transformers references */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]'' #3
|prev=Sins of the Wreckers issue 2
|next=Sins of the Wreckers issue 4
|image=SOTW3_regcvr.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 27]], [[2015]]
|coverdate=January 2015
|written by=[[Nick Roche]]
|art by=Nick Roche
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|publisher=[[Ted Adams]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2015)]]
}}

'''The face of Prowl's captor is revealed, as is his true plan, and his most dangerous creation yet.'''

==Synopsis==

''Many years ago, during the war, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] rushes into [[Tarantulas (BW)|Mesothulas]]'s lab to inform him of the success of his "[[Decepti-Bomb]]"—an explosive made entirely from [[Decepticon]]-traceable components which has just destroyed the [[Neutral]] city of [[Carpessa]], killing nearly 1500 civilians, but causing the survivors to blame the Decepticons and sign up with the [[Autobot]]s. This has proven to be the final straw for Prowl... the morality of his actions has overcome him, and he is no longer willing to work with Mesothulas on such questionable projects. Mesothulas pooh-poohs Prowl's desire to change his path, and instead decides to show his newest work: the [[Noisemaze]], a pocket dimension that torments the senses of all those incarcerated within it.''

In the present day, somewhere within the Noisemaze itself, now that Prowl has agreed to talk to him, Mesothulas unveils himself. Prowl gapes at the gigantic, organic spider that comes slithering down the webs that surround him, the new form worn by Mesothulas, which the twisted scientist reveals goes hand-in-hand with his new name: [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. He goes on to explain that he has a mole within the ranks of the Autobots, a gifted communications expert who helped him track down the [[Aequitas]] [[data slug]] so that he could use it to get Prowl's attention. Lifting the webbed Autobot onto his back, Tarantulas carries him through his facility, "The [[Tor]]"—built in the heart of the Noisemaze but designed to shut out its effects—on a twisted tour. Tarantulas shows off the bio-disguises he created for the forces of [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]] in return for their help in capturing Prowl, then brings him to with the facility's power source, a small crystal he calls "[[Obtenteum]]", the energies of which have facilitated everything Tarantulas has done. Prowl is rightly amazed by the incredible technology on display and cannot understand why Tarantulas does not simply ''take'' whatever it is he wants, but Tarantulas then reveals that what he ''wants'' is to give everything to Prowl!

Back in [[Nome]], [[Alaska]], the battle between the [[Wrecker]]s and Mayhem continues. Presently, [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] receives word from [[Leobreaker (G1)|Leobreaker]], inside [[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]], that the source of the giant Transformer's immobilized transformation has been discovered; Carnivac calls off the fight, and Tidal Wave reluctantly retreats back into the ocean, whinging and moping all the way. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] catches [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] up on what they have learned from Prowl while he and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] were away; at the mention of the Noisemaze, fear crosses Impactor's features, and he insists they all return to ''[[Debris]]'' immediately. Meanwhile, inside the retreating Tidal Wave, Carnivac is presented with the cause of his transformation problem: the missing [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] jammed in Tidal Wave's [[transformation cog]]. Fatally injured and near death as a consequence, Stakeout is surprised to see Carnivac, who turns out to also have previously worked under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] before defecting. Carnivac assures his old friend that the other Wreckers are still alive, if not particularly safe, and Stakeout asks him to stay with him as he dies.

Tarantulas gleefully reveals that he wants to resume his old relationship with Prowl; in his mind, the two of them were never better than when they were together, each providing great and terrible inspiration for the other. Prowl refuses to accept that was true—that he was ever responsible for anything Mesothulas made or did—and turns his offer down. Tarantulas is saddened, and the pair's thoughts turn back to the day their partnership originally ended: the day the [[anti-rad armor]]-clad Autobot came blasting into Mesothulas's lab and hurled him into the Noisemaze in order to get rid of him and all the evidence he and Prowl had been involved. Tarantulas explains that he had a personal jumpgate fitted in his body that allowed him to escape the Noisemaze, but it took centuries before he was able to overcome the torturous delirium of the maze enough to remember about it and activate it. Returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to find his lab stripped, he decided to follow in the footsteps of the the planet's other scientific giants, which eventually led him to follow [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s trail to [[Earth]]. He created Obtenteum from a sample of the [[Ore-13]] he found on the planet, and was inspired to perfect bio-disguises by Earth's wildlife—his ''second'' greatest achievement, he claims. He then reminds Prowl of his ''first'': [[Ostaros]], the first ever successful example of artificial Cybertronian life, built and animated in his old lab. Tarantulas inquires as to Ostaros's fate, and Prowl relates how he falsified papers for him and made him an Autobot... and that Ostaros then died on the battlefield. Tarantulas is consumed with rage and sorrow, and with a spray of furious spittle, extends his offer to Prowl one last time—with the caveat that if he says no, Tarantulas will visit the same fate upon Prowl as he has suffered, mental and emotional devastation through the destruction of everything he has ever built, out of nothing more than spite. Still Prowl refuses... and then finds himself surrounded by a cube of pure darkness...

Out in the chaos of the Noisemaze itself, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] writhe in sensory agony. [[Verity Carlo|Verity]] is unaffected, as is [[Claw Jaw]], who laughs at their pain... until [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], apparently able to screen out the maze's effects thanks to his mastery of signals, deactivates Claw Jaw's blockers and amplifies the maze's signal, causing the squid's head to explode. Verity calls upon Hubcap to use his powers to help the other Wreckers, but the little 'bot seems hesitant—something Verity does not have the time to notice, as she once again collapses in spasms of pain. Hubcap bends over to pick her up, congratulating her on her bravery, and telling her she must be brave one more time...

On ''Debris'', Kup watches as Impactor digs up his own pre-emptive grave site. He tells Kup what little he knows about Mesothulas and the Noisemaze, and the pair start to put together a plan to protect themselves from its effects. Finally, Impactor unearths what he was looking for, buried beneath his own grave to keep it hidden: the original gate to the Noisemaze from Mesothulas's laboratory.

Huddled in darkness, Prowl suddenly hears the voices of Springer, Arcee, and Roadbuster echoing in the void, each one confessing their guilty secrets. Then Tarantulas's voices joins theirs to offer an explanation: as the inventor of Aequitas, the guilt-calculating computer, he has now invented its successor, the guilt-''extracting'' computer, [[Impetus]]. Emerging from the darkness, Prowl sees his friends strapped into the computer, and Tarantulas—with Hubcap at his side—indicating that the remaining empty chair is for Prowl to sit in, that his sins might be released into the world...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (1)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (5)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (6)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] (9)
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (10)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (11)
*[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (15)
*[[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] (18)

|h2=[[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]]|c2=
*[[Claw Jaw]] (8)
*[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]] (12)
*[[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] (13)
*[[Cybershark]] (14)
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (16)
*[[Leobreaker (G1)|Leobreaker]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Verity Carlo]] (4)
|c4=
*[[Ostaros]] (2)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Mesothulas/Tarantulas]] (3)
}}

==Quotes==

"One touch and it's '''all''' out there; '''the war''' reignites, the Autobots are '''disgraced''' and I'm a walking symbol for where it all went wrong. So, just simple, boring, unambitious '''blackmail''', then?" 
"That's just the '''by-product;''' the afterbirth of a '''poor decision''' you've '''yet to make.'''" 
"What do you '''want''', Tarantulas?" 
"'''Come'''... I want to show you something '''naughty'''..."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Tarantulas'''

"Come off it—I was just your '''conduit''' to—what did you call it? '''The specimen,''' do I have that right? The concept that '''Cybertronian civilization'''—and the war '''itself'''—was some living macrocosmic '''organism'''. '''Our race''' was your '''lab animal''', and you were '''obsessed''' with finding new ways to '''prod it''' 'til it '''squeaked.'''"
:—'''Prowl''', on Tarantulas's thought processes

"I want... to '''ask''' you... '''the question'''... one more time. If you say '''no''', I will see you '''destroyed''', as '''I''' was. Not '''physically''', but mentally; '''emotionally.''' All you've '''worked for'''—all you've '''lived for'''; toppled over for the vulture to '''feast''' on, just because you denied me. I have felt '''true'''' loss, Prowl. And I want '''you''' to be '''alive''' and '''aware''' and '''cogent''' to feel it, too."
:—'''Tarantulas'''

"Usually, someone has to be dead before they take their '''secrets to their grave.'''"
:—'''Kup''', on what lies within Impactor's grave

"Your friends have proven more than '''adequate'''—if less than '''willing'''—test-subjects for '''Impetus.''' I've saved you a '''seat''', Prowl. '''Come:''' I want you to '''show me''' something '''naughty.'''
:—'''Tarantulas'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Prowl wears anti-radiation armor of the kind seen in ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'' to cross the "radiation moat" surrounding Mesothulas's lab.
*Though he is clearly regretful of his actions, it's not hard to imagine Prowl being willing, on some level, to kill Neutrals for his own objectives. Prowl ''hates'' Neutrals, as we saw throughout the first story arc of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'', which ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' explained was because he used to ''be'' one, and they serve as a reminder of his own weakness and failure.
*Tarantulas describes how Prowl goes through "cyclical phases" of "trying and failing" to change. Most recently, Prowl went through one of these phases during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]], when he tried to be a better 'bot, only for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s betrayal to push him back on his original path.
*It turns out Tarantulas was responsible for inventing the "Overmind protocol" Prowl used to mindlink with Kup, as seen in [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|''All Hail Megatron'' #15]].
*Tarantulas mentions Cybertronians having used "rudimentary bio-disguises" in the past; the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] used such alternate modes in ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''.
*The guilty confessions we hear at the issue's end include:
**Springer blaming himself for the outcome of ''Spotlight: Kup'' and all the deaths that took place in it.
**Roadbuster remembering when [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] attempted to euthanize the comatose Springer, as related in [[Interiors|''More than Meets the Eye'' #6]], and revealing that secretly, he wished ''he'' had been brave enough to end his friend's suffering.
**Arcee blaming herself for "following" someone, for letting that person "do that" to her, for not seeing "what he is." If she's talking about [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], this would be the first tiny droplet of information about Arcee's life before she became the 'bot we know today.
**Arcee again, claiming that the only time she ever knew happiness was when she was killing Jhiaxus over and over, as seen in ''[[Spotlight: Sideswipe]]''.
**Springer again, lamenting his failure to stop Impactor from executing [[Squadron X]]. It is noted that he could not switch modes at the time, and Springer was suffering extreme bodily injury, able to only to drag himself slowly across the ground, when that happened, detailed a bit more clearly in "[[Zero Point]]" than in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''.
**Someone remembering how they killed a group of young lives while they slept for fear of what they would become. By process of elimination, this is logically Roadbuster, and it certainly ''sounds'' like something he'd do, but what it refers to is unclear; it is apparently an event that has not yet been recorded in IDW history.

===Transformers references===
*As we theorized last issue, Mesothulas turns out to be Tarantulas. He appears with an organic version of his [[Transmetal]] body, while his younger self, appearing only in flashbacks, is a mechanical version of his original organic ''Beast Wars'' design. His older design uses his original toy's robot head, as opposed to the [[mutant head]] made famous by the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]].
*Another [[Chimeracon]], [[Leobreaker (G1)|Leobreaker]], is introduced this issue, a Generation 1 version of the [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' character of the same name]]. Physically, he is based not on his namesake, but on the shared "big cat" body-type of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]], with the ''Cybertron'' character's color scheme—though his organic/furred parts are colored grey-black, which would make for a pretty rad, goth-lookin' lion.
*In what is perhaps a surprising move for so avowed a fan of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] as Roche, Carnivac's robot-mode head is based much more closely on his original toy (complete with the little "scored-out box" on his forehead) than on the character's (malleable) depiction in the comics.
*If you haven't had enough ''Beast Wars'' references yet, Tarantulas quotes the "originators" referring to the act of perfecting an alt mode as "attaining the [[maximal]]." It is currently unclear if these originators are a formal group, or if Tarantulas is simply referring to the creators of bio-disguises.

===Real-life references===
*A "tor" is a kind of rock formation that juts out of a smooth surrounding, which seems like an apt description of Tarantulas's Tor, a fixed point of stability jutting out of a landscape of incoherent chaos. Given the themes of ''Sins of the Wreckers'', though, it might also be a reference to {{w|Tor (anonymity network)|the computer network of the same name}}, which was created to maintain anonymity and secrecy of users. This "anonymous" portion of the internet is called the "deep web"—''web'', see, he's a spider—so it could well be a deliberate reference.
*Obtenteum appears to derive its name from the word "obtention," meaning "the act of obtaining something," since it is, after all, the means by which Tarantulas has attained everything he now has. Well that's... straightforward!
*The name of the substance may also derive from rocket scientist (and occultist) Jack Parsons' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons_%28rocket_engineer%29] motto "Thelema Obtentum Procedero Amoris Nuptiae" - Grammatically incorrect Latin for "The establishment of Thelema through the rituals of love." The law of Thelema is "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will." Yeah, that's not creepy at all...

===Errors===
*On the recap page, "Noisemaze" is misspelled "Noicemaze" in one instance.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Regular cover:''' Impactor's hand bursts out of his grave as Kup looks on, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''Subscription cover:''' Human police officers open fire on Prowl, by [[Andy MacDonald]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover:''' Verity sits atop a pile of corpses, by [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
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[[Category:Sins of the Wreckers issues]]

Titan (group)

2016-02-20T14:42:49Z

Crockalley:

{{disambig3.5|the tremendously huge and powerful Transformers|the ruined Cybertronian city|Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan}}
:''Metrotitans are a type of [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MtMtEAnn2012-Metrotitans.jpg|450px|thumb|[[Tyrest (G1)|Gotta catch'em all!]]]]
'''Metrotitans''', or simply '''Titans''', are giant city-sized bots, created millions of years ago by the [[Knights of Cybertron]] to act as their living ships, and capable of tremendous feats such as teleporting across vast distances. [[Drift (G1)|Some]] claim they had Super [[Spark]]s that allowed them to straddle multiple planes of existence where they communed and divined, but certainly even their sparkless remains stay interconnected, allowing [[Lockdown (G1)|the]] [[Tyrest (G1)|unscrupulous]] to hunt them.

Known Metrotitans include:
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|"Metrotitan"]]
*[[Metrobase]]
*The [[Crystal City Metrotitan]]
*A Titan who would later become the "[[Necrotitan]]"

Thirteen Titans left Cybertron to establish colonies on other planets using [[hot spot]]s within their bodies. These include:
*[[Caminus]], Titan of [[Solus Prime]], who settled and was incorporated into the planet of the same name.
*[[Prion]], who founded an unnamed colony.
*[[Navitas]], who founded the city of [[Delta]] on [[Velocitron]].
*[[Tempo]], who carried truth-seeking philosophers.
*A deceased Titan who colonized [[Devisiun]].
*[[Chela]], Titan of [[Onyx Prime]], who colonized [[Eukaris]].
*[[Carcer]]

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Metrotitans were living starships, city-sized Cybertronians of unspeakable power who (legend has it) served the Knights of Cybertron before they departed from the homeworld of the Transformers. [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] claimed that the Metrotitans still existed on Cybertron during his time, and that he used to pray in their shadow. Sometime after the war with Mortilus, the Knights of Cybertron led the followers to the stars aboard the Metrotitans, to usher in a new era of Cyberutopia. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Thirteen known as the Colony Titans acted as colonizers, taking hot spots in order to populate new worlds. According to the [[Mistress of Flame]], the Colony Titans were sent into space to prepare new worlds, one for each member of the [[Thirteen]] to rule over. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} In many cases, these colonies developed unique adaptations that set them apart from Cybertronians; the Titans themselves were often repurposed into cities and building materials. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

Over time, Metrotitans fell into the realm of myth and legend. By the time Cyclonus had become part of [[Nova Prime]]'s inner court, only two "Titans" remained on Cybertron, both in hiding. One slumbered in secret beneath [[Crystal City]], and was guarded by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. When Nova discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid the Titan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed the Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. Omega explained that the Titan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect it until then. When the Autobot/Decepticon war subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the [[Circle of Light]], and used the energies of the Metrotitan to power their departure from Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Settling on the planet [[Theophany]], the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Titan, continuing to use its energies to power their new home. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

The other remaining Metrotitan on Cybertron was called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], "the first Titan". {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} Metroplex was a long time friend of the ancient Cybertronian called [[Alpha_Trion_(G1)|Alpha Trion]], and in the past they surveyed and mapped most of the planet together, including the [[Rust Spot]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} At one point, Metroplex entered a deep slumber as the "[[Acropolex]]" of Nyon, until the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon War when the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], the former [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], woke him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to aid him against [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Rise}} After the battles were done, {{storylink|Endgame}} he served as Autobot headquarters for some time until he departed the planet with Alpha Trion to investigate and counteract [[Regenesis|Shockwave's star-spanning project]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} One group of Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], attempted to follow, and travelled to a planet where he was refuelling, but [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] woke him rather than inform his superior, and prompted Metroplex to teleport onward before Bludgeon discovered his presence. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

[[File:ReluctantSpecialist-LeviathansOfTheSky.jpg|thumb|left|]]
At some point afterward, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] obtained his space bridge nodes to install them in Megatron's new body, {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} apparently forcing him to travel physically through space thereafter.

Millions of years later, the few remaining Metrotitans were growing increasingly decrepit and weak from underfuelling. Believing that the ancient giants held the key to reaching [[Cyberutopia]], the supposed location of the Knights of Cybertron, Chief Justice [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] hired [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] to hunt down and kill Metrotitans so that he could use their parts to cobble together an antique space bridge leading directly to the Knights. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Lockdown and his group of [[Titan Hunter]]s tracked down the weakened Titans, killed them, then took them to be stripped down for profit before using the remains to find the next one. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} The leftovers were left on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Tyrest's headquarters, in a veritable [[Wikipedia:Elephant's graveyard|elephant's graveyard]] of Metrotitan corpses. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} At one point Lockdown's hunters followed a Titan signal to the ''[[Lost Light]]'', which had a sloughed-off piece of Metroplex aboard that had recently struck the ship, and aimed to use it to detect Metroplex himself, before being forced off by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] without their prize. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's [[Legislator]]s, leaving no sign of life, save the Metrotitan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the ''Lost Light'' arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Doing so, Chromedome discovered that the Titan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—it had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, it lacked the necessary power to teleport its giant bulk across space. With the Titan willing to destroy itself to separate its [[spark]] from its body in order to return home, [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that its reduced power could teleport away from the planet. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

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The shrunken Titan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to its old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing its molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] worked to contain the impending disaster, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] got closer to the Titan, and were shocked when it awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. The Titan dubbed Starscream the conqueror who would unite Cybertron and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, then bid the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with it. The Titan was then obliterated as reality erupted in an antimatter explosion. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

When the ''Lost Light'' found its way to the Missing Miracle Moon of Luna 1 via a portal in space, [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and the rest of the away team discovered Tyrest's Metrotitan graveyard and unsuccessfully tried to take refuge from Lockdown and crew inside of the huge relics. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Tyrest was finally able to activate his Titan-made space bridge, but whether or not its destination was truly Cyberutopia remains a mystery. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Meanwhile on a decaying [[Gorlam Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] summoned a dormant Metrotitan to rise from the ground in order to fight off [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. However the combiner attack was a ruse, as the Decepticon scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] desired to bring the [[Ore-2]] and [[space bridge]] technology the Titan contained to Shockwave. Via the marooned Titan Hunter [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] Jhiaxus took control of the Titan and teleported back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} The Titan was brought to Shockwave's lair, the [[Crystal City]], {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} where its Ore-2 reacted with the [[Ore-14]] of the city, turning it into the undead "[[Necrotitan]]". {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he had wished to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] or the long since vanished Titans. {{storylink|Head Games}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
* The existence of thirteen Metrotitan colonies seems to imply a connection to the [[Thirteen]] Primes, and/or their Thirteen Tribes, who were established to have vanished from Cybertron in [[The Crucible|issue #34]]. Though later issues revealed that Solus Prime and Onyx Prime apparently departed with two of the colony Titans, directly inspiring the cultures on Caminus and Eukaris respectively, it is evident that not all of the Thirteen each left with one of the Titans—the planets that Shockwave believed the Thirteen settled on were the worlds later seeded with [[Regenesis]] ores, and the Regenesis worlds we have seen are completely separate from the colony worlds. In addition, [[Nexus Prime]] died at the conclusion of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] while Alpha Trion remained on Cybertron for millions more years to come. The Mistress mentions that the thirteen colonies were an early attempt at [[Pax Cybertronia]]; presumably each Prime would control one world, but this plan fell through for reasons unknown.

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Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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What did '''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]''' do? Find out in [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marrrrrrrrvel Comics]]!

'''Hint:''' {{w|Giri (Japanese)|Heavy is the head... and heavier the heart.}}

{{quote|With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.|[[Abraham Lincoln]]|{{w|Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address|March 4, 1865}}}}

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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Before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus Prime was a Transformer of note, displaying his skills in the [[IntraFormers Sharpshooting Competition]]. {{storylink|Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot's ''Transformers Universe'' entry}} As a serious-minded individual, he also spoke out against [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]]'s faddish "[[Chic Chips]]" line of hardware accessories. {{storylink|Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose's ''Transformers Universe'' entry}}

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''At some point pre-war'' {{storylink|State Games}}<ref>This almost certainly wasn't the intention but later stories establish "Prime in name" = "has Matrix"</ref>, the Matrix was passed to him by Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

''Gladiatorial [[Games]] were commissioned between the city-states to increase good will as the planet's population outpaced its resources. Optimus Prime was the gladiator champion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and he shared a sporting rivalry with a young champion from [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] called [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. During a match in Tarn, Optimus intervened to stop Megatron killing his opponent, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. But sabotage plunged Tarn and [[Vos (polity)|Vos]] into an inter-city war that night. An [[Overlord (rank)|Autobot Overlord]] was damaged while trying to sort it out, so Optimus Prime left to get help. However, the Overlord 'mysteriously' perished while under the care of Megatron and Overlord's bodyguard, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].'' {{storylink|State Games}} ''Following the destruction of Tarn and Vos, Prime had planned to become a medical officer, but enrolled in the Autobot army as soon as the Decepticons declared war. He was immediately put in charge of the [[Elite Flying Corps]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Annual 1987|Optimus Prime datafile}}

''Optimus Prime saved the life of an Autobot named [[Swoop (G1)|Divebomb]] from another [[Divebomb (G1)|flying Decepticon]] who had previously beaten him and taken his name. "Divebomb" hated Prime with a passion, and was humiliated by his rescue, and so he kept this to himself.'' {{storylink|What's in a Name?}}

[[File:FlamesofBoltax-Triggerbots.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Optimus Prime's Cybertronic truck mode, along with a Cybertronic Grumman X-29, a Cybertronic Suzuki touring motorcycle, and a Cybertronic Porsche 962.]]
[[Lieutenant Commander]] Optimus Prime of the [[Autobot Fourth Computerized Division]] quickly made a name for himself as a combat leader. He decided the neutral [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]] could help the Autobots win the war and, ignoring the risk to the neutral and [[Override (G1)|Override's]] concern this could escalat the war, went with the [[Triggerbot]]s to recruit him. This not just violated a neutrality agreement and thus meant Megatron could claim Boltax's [[Underbase]] databank himself, Optimus had shown the watching Decepticons how to get past Boltax's defences. The [[circuit sect]] were butchered and Prime was forced to jettison the massive databank into space to prevent anyone acquiring its power. This 'victory' helped make his career but he knew he'd been driven by pride and glory-seeking. The shame of what he'd done always remained with him. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

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As a general, he proved to be the only one capable of rallying the rag-tag forces into a proper army.{{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''As his reputation became known, he was promoted to field commander of the entire Autobot army but regrettably, the [[Council of Autobot Elders]] still pulled the strings. Unknown to the Elders, Optimus Prime began orchestrating unsanctioned military actions.'' {{storylink|Transformers Annual 1987|Optimus Prime datafile}} ''As the Great War intensified, Autobot territories began falling under Decepticon dominion, one City-State at a time. The last City-State to be taken was the Autobot capital of Iacon.''{{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}} The Decepticons almost overpowered the Autobot defensive line at [[Jan-Ja]] but Optimus fired up his troops and made an unexpected charge, repulsing the superior Decepticon forces. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

''As Decepticons besieged Iacon, the Council of Elders prepared to surrender. Councillor [[Xaaron]] suggested that High Councillor [[Traachon]] step down and allow a military officer to assume Autobot leadership. Traachon then used his powers of veto and effectively elected himself out of office, allowing Optimus Prime to assume supreme command of the Autobots, becoming the first soldier to ever hold the mantle of Autobot leadership. This came when Optimus had already set in motion a plan behind their back: using [[shatter bomb]]s to collapse the bridge into Iacon after the Decepticons had 'triumphantly' begun crossing it. To ensure this worked, Optimus fought Megatron personally to keep his attention away from advancing: their first meeting since the Vos-Tarn war.'' {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}

[[File:Optimusprimeg1marvelfirst.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Prime had to go through an experimental "box with a gun on top" phase before he could commit to the truck thing.]]
After over a thousand years of war, Cybertron—shaken from its orbit and drifting through space—came under threat when it floated into the path of a massive asteroid swarm that could potentially devastate the planet. Prime led a group of his most powerful Autobot warriors on the Autobot starship, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], on a mission to destroy the asteroids. Although the Autobots were successful, in the aftermath of this mission the Ark was attacked by Decepticons, hoping to overcome their weakened foes. Intent on keeping the secrets of the Ark's computer, [[Aunty]], from the Decepticons, Prime set the craft on a suicide course, crashing it into the prehistoric planet Earth. After lying dormant for four million years, the Ark was awakened by the eruption of [[Mount St. Hilary]] in [[1984]], and Optimus Prime was rebuilt so that he could reconfigure his body into a semi truck. As the Decepticons fled, Optimus Prime called for a roll call of his own troops. Suspecting that after all this time, Cybertron probably no longer existed, Optimus Prime began studying the planet upon which they had landed; he was startled to realize that this planet did have sentient life! He swore that the Autobots would hide themselves from Earth's natives, so that they would be spared the horrors of the Transformers' war. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:PowerPlay-Optimustransforms.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|In the live-action movie's version of this scene, Sparkplug was replaced with some hot chick.]]
Optimus Prime and the other Autobots were all dangerously low on fuel, but thankfully [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] had befriended some humans who could help—[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] and his son, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. Leading the Autobots to Sparkplug's auto shop, Optimus Prime introduced himself to the humans. Unfortunately, the Decepticons had the same idea, and the warring factions met in battle. But while Prime was busy shooting Decepticons out of the air, Megatron grabbed Sparkplug, and so Prime was forced to face his nemesis one-on-one. Despite Prime's apparent victory, Sparkplug was snatched away by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], and the Decepticons retreated. Optimus Prime acknowledged Buster's sorrow at the kidnapping of his father, but noted that without fuel, retrieving him would be impossible. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Carrying [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] in his trailer, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots returned to the Ark, where [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] awaited. With the mysterious [[Spider-Man]]'s help, Sparkplug was rescued from the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister|cliffside headquarters]], but not before Sparkplug had converted fuel for the Decepticons! {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} Unfortunately, Optimus Prime couldn't stop the Autobots from overreacting to this bad news, and their actions caused Sparkplug Witwicky to suffer a heart attack. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

[[File:Boulderdamfight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Better get used to seeing this scene.]]
''When the Ark alerted Optimus Prime of a power surge at [[Sherman Dam]], he and his Autobots weren't surprised to find the Decepticons behind it. Afraid of the dam crumbling under the stress of the Decepticons' manipulations, he faced off against Megatron on the top of the dam, brandishing his energy ax. As he trash-talked Megatron, Prime was suddenly distracted by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s defeat. Megatron used this moment to his advantage, knocking Prime off the dam and firing his cannon into the dam itself. Prime quickly assembled his troops, directing them to divert the waves by digging trenches and elevating the neighboring humans. Mirage was angered when the humans still vilified them, despite their hard work, but Prime calmed him.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}}

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime sent a team of Autobots to investigate the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]], a local legend in the [[United Kingdom]]. After befriending [[Sammy Harker]], and tangling with the Decepticons over the remains of the Man of Iron's ship, Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] were forced to destroy the ship and its inhabitants, not realizing that its [[Navigator (Autobot)|Navigator]] knew the location of Cybertron. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}} ''Back at the Ark, after [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] suffered some sort of psychotic break and ran off, Optimus Prime decided that hunting Brawn down was crucial, before he could harm any humans! After Brawn was cornered, he threatened the Autobots with death, but he was quickly overwhelmed, and Optimus Prime carried Brawn's defeated body back to the Ark. In order to prove Brawn's loyalty, a showdown was orchestrated between him and the traitorous Decepticon, [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. With the help of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s holograms, Brawn's death was faked once he had proved himself, and the two factions returned to their respective bases.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''The Decepticons did not stay there for long, and suddenly a full-scale attack was launched on the Ark! Unfortunately, the Ark's computer systems, "[[Aunty]]", went berserk, and it fell to Optimus and Megatron to team up against the malfunctioning program. Megatron used his [[Antimatter|ability to tap into the power of a black hole]], freeing them, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] destroyed Aunty, and the Decepticons were forcibly ejected from the Ark.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}

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[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] alerted Optimus Prime to information that Ratchet had uncovered from the Ark's databanks: millions of years ago, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] battled [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] to a standstill. This raised some questions, but there was little Optimus Prime could do with this knowledge now. With a Decepticon attack imminent, and the Autobots dangerously low on fuel, Optimus Prime had a desperate gamble. Using the [[Tubes of Transference]], the combined remaining fuel was compiled into five of the strongest Autobots, himself, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Huffer, [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. Sure enough, the Decepticons descended quickly upon them, but even though Prime was still low on fuel, he was still quick enough to grab Starscream out of the air! It was not enough to defeat Megatron, however, and his nemesis hoisted Prime's body over his head in complete victory. ...That is, until Megatron and the other Decepticons doubled over in pain. Sparkplug had poisoned the Decepticons' fuel! Unfortunately, Optimus Prime's subsequent speech was short as he and the other Autobots were blasted into pieces. Shockwave had awakened and returned. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

[[File:NewOrder-OptimusPrimehead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Buster regretted the low volume on his Optimus Prime voice changer helmet.]]
Though the Decepticons had taken over the Ark, Ratchet was able to sneak Buster Witwicky inside, and the young human was startled to find Optimus Prime's decapitated head attached to machinery. {{storylink|The New Order}} Optimus Prime, in this weakened state, pleaded with Buster to detach two power cords and attach them to either side of the human's head. This released a tremendous amount of energy, transferring Optimus Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to the human, and Buster blacked out. After Buster awoke, he returned to Ratchet to tell him of Optimus Prime's defeat. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} Ratchet had to see this for himself, and he was saddened to find out that Buster was correct. The Autobots were defeated, even including the mighty Optimus Prime! But Optimus would not let Ratchet give up or despair. He pushed Ratchet to action, telling him that even though Ratchet was nothing more than a doctor, now was the time for him to learn to be a warrior. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Since Shockwave's return, he had wrested leadership of the Decepticons from Megatron, and so the former Decepticon leader was ordered by Shockwave to prepare to move Optimus Prime's head from the Ark to the Decepticons' base of operations within [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

Shockwave planned to use the Creation Matrix energies within Optimus Prime's head to give life to a new Decepticon army, despite Optimus Prime's obvious objections. Shockwave didn't know that he had transferred most of the energy to Buster Witwicky, so Optimus Prime took quiet solace in the fact that the last of his remaining energies would be used on only six new warriors. {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} ''Meanwhile back at the Ark, Ratchet and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] remotely controlled Prime's headless body to prevent [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] from setting off [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]]'s nuclear arsenal.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

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Optimus Prime's head watched helplessly as Shockwave brought his [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to life using the rest of Prime's stored Creation Matrix energies. But Shockwave realized something was wrong when Prime failed to give life to his next creation, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Shockwave deduced what had happened, and so he sent Jetfire (who was still little more than a drone) out to capture Buster. Optimus Prime realized he had put Buster in tremendous danger, but thankfully Buster prevailed. However, with the Matrix energy spent, Prime was useless to Shockwave, and so the Decepticon leader made plans to dispose of the head. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} In actuality, the head Shockwave disposed of was an impostor. Shockwave had learned that his headquarters were bugged, and so when the Autobots came to retrieve the head from a nearby swamp, the impostor head took control of Prime's body and turned on the Autobots. The day was saved only by the efforts of Buster, who was able to wrest control of Jetfire so that he could deliver the real head to its body. Once again whole, Prime retaliated against the Decepticons battling at the swamp, and one by one, they were destroyed. Shockwave himself arrived to battle Prime, but after they grappled, Shockwave was thrown into the swamps and disappeared. Instead of delivering a final blow, Optimus Prime rushed back to the plant to assure Buster's safety. The nightmare over, Prime transferred the Creation Matrix energies from Buster back into himself. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

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''Optimus Prime's dignity restored with his head once again reunited with his body, Prime immediately dressed as Santa Claus to appease Buster's strong sense of [[Christmas]] spirit.'' {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}}

''Optimus Prime questioned his ability to lead after his recent series of trials when a fight broke out amongst the Autobots on whether to use the Creation Matrix to create an army of unstoppable robot monsters. His introspection was interrupted by the intrusion of Ravage. The spy was captured, but it was not known by the Autobots that this was part of a larger Decepticon plot. Ravage escaped easily, and when Bumblebee gave chase, the Autobot was captured by the Decepticons. His disembodied arm was dropped in front of the Ark by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], a gauntlet cast. Prime decided to go alone to Decepticon headquarters to rescue Bumblebee, despite the other Autobots' objections. Indeed, Prime bested the Decepticons one-by-one, felling them all, until he arrived, heavily damaged, in the chamber where Bumblebee was held. After making short work of Soundwave, Optimus Prime returned to the Autobots, determined to do things right from then on.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}

''After Optimus Prime visited Bumblebee in the repair bay, the Autobots were surprised to be attacked by the Dinobot [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], who was thought to be dead. After Swoop's mind was reclaimed from [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]], Swoop went berserk and left once more. After learning that the Dinobots all would suffer the same involuntary rage, Optimus Prime called for a Dinobot Hunt!'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''Optimus Prime briefed the Autobots on the Dinobots and their nature and sent them to find the Dinobots in groups. Later, Optimus Prime traveled via [[Ark shuttlecraft]] to put a stop to a fight between Grimlock and Sludge that had claimed several Autobot and human injuries. Prime neutralized the rampaging Dinobots, but was saddened to hear that the Decepticons had seized the opportunity to steal large quantities of energy from the humans while the Autobots were kept busy. With the Dinobots in ruin and the Decepticons fueled, Optimus Prime's Autobots had suffered a major defeat.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''Optimus Prime later checked in with Ratchet, who was monitoring the comatose Dinobots. He implored Ratchet to find a way to save them from their constant nightmares.'' {{storylink|Victory!}}

With the Autobot ranks drastically depleted, Optimus Prime gave life to Jetfire using the Creation Matrix, and performed on him the [[Rite of the Autobrand]]. He guided Jetfire through the Ark; first into Ratchet's repair bay, and next into Wheeljack's lab, where additional troops were being assembled. Optimus Prime assigned Bumblebee to train these new recruits, but ordered them not to engage the enemy. When the group stumbled onto a Decepticon plot to siphon energy from a [[Brick Springhorn]] concert, Optimus gathered every able Autobot to assist. However, Bumblebee had disobeyed orders and his rookies had successfully thwarted the Decepticons. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

When a human named [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] appeared on television, claiming he controlled all Transformers, Optimus Prime led a team of Autobots into the [[Powder River Basin]] to prevent the human from getting hurt. Megatron, who had frozen, deactivated, at the bottom of the basin, was subsequently re-energized by Soundwave and his minions, and the combined might of their firepower and the human military's drove away Optimus and the Autobots in defeat. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} Afterward, Bumblebee felt he had failed Optimus Prime due to his relative lack of size and strength, and so he ran away. When Optimus discovered that Bumblebee had become a target of interest for the Decepticons, Optimus hurriedly led another team of Autobots to the rescue, an act that helped prove Bumblebee's worth to himself. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

[[File:RobotBuster-outofyourminds.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"There's ''no slaggin' way'' Mary-Kate is the cuter Olsen Twin!"]]
''Optimus Prime was absolutely appalled to discover that Wheeljack and Ratchet had built Buster Witwicky a [[battlesuit]] to aid him in the battle against the Decepticons, asking them outright if they had lost their minds. Though Buster protested, noting that since he was trusted with holding the Creation Matrix he should be trusted with the suit as well, Optimus Prime ordered the armored suit destroyed. But Buster stole the armored suit under cover of night and attacked the Decepticon headquarters, plowing through the Decepticons until he reached Shockwave. Shockwave bested the human, but the arrival of Optimus Prime and the Autobots convinced Shockwave to spare his life.'' {{storylink|Robot Buster!}} ''Following this incident, Buster began having strange nightmares, and Optimus Prime suspected that these nightmares were induced by the Creation Matrix.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}} ''Wanting to investigate these Creation Matrix-induced dreams, Optimus Prime and Buster were hooked up to machinery so that the human could share them. Optimus Prime and Buster witnessed strange five-robot combiners from each faction named [[Special Teams]] fighting at the [[Pullen Power Plant]], and awoke shouting their name. They had seen a vision of the next generation of Transformers...'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

Meanwhile on Cybertron, a group of Autobots were happy to learn that Optimus Prime and his Autobots still lived. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:CommandPerformances-Autobotsattack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Year Two toys, attack!"]]
In front of all the active Autobots, Optimus Prime and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] unveiled their secret project: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]! Designed to be their last line of defense, Prime planned to leave Omega Supreme to guard the Ark while Prime led the Autobots to the [[Wyoming base|Decepticon river basin headquarters]] to steal combiner technology from Devastator and promptly leave. The Dinobots scoffed at this plan, refusing to start a battle they were required to run away from, and so Grimlock and his Dinobots seceded from the Autobots. Though [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] raised concerns, Optimus Prime maintained that he had allowed for this. In fact, he allowed for everything save the interference of the humans, and after the mission was successfully pulled off, one human came after Skids for revenge. Optimus Prime regretfully had to leave Skids behind. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''Learning of the Dinobots' disastrous solo adventures, Optimus Prime wanted to disown them, but reluctantly acknowledged that they were necessary muscle for the team. Tragically, while speaking to the Autobots about their war thus far on Earth, he, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], and Ratchet mysteriously vanished in a flash of light!'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''They found themselves in a strange dimension called [[Limbo]], where they joined a war between [[Cloran|crea]][[Zenag|tures]] whose behavior seemed rather familiar. They soon allied with Shockwave, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], who were also shunted into this dimension. They found out the whole alien war was just an illusion created by [[Limbo parasite|native parasites]], who fed on their emotions.'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} ''Upon his return, Optimus learned that they had been displaced by Autobots and Decepticons traveling from the future.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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As Ratchet sealed up one of Prime's wounds, the Autobot commander was delighted to see Skids was alive, having returned to him along with [[Donny Finkleberg]] (previously the Robot-Master). They had news for him regarding the arrival of Autobot reinforcements from Cybertron, but they were interrupted by a news bulletin. [[Hoover Dam]] was being attacked by Decepticons, so Optimus Prime leapt from the repair bay despite Ratchet's objections to call the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] into service. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} Later Ratchet was able to finish sealing Prime's wound, but not before the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] was able to implant a [[cerebro-shell]] within Prime's body. Through this link, the Decepticons would be able to share use of the Creation Matrix to give life to new troops! The Aerialbots hadn't done well on their first outing, so as Optimus Prime reformatted them, Megatron gave life to the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]! Shortly afterwards, Prime sent the Aerialbots out to assist Skids but they were thwarted by the Stunticons and all the Autobots present fell into the hands of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} When [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] experimented on the captive Skids's [[brain module]], she was able to access many images of Optimus Prime in his memory chips. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''At some point, Prime gave the go-ahead to Prowl and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s mission to intercept Decepticon activity at a [[NASA]] facility and asked Jetfire to go allong as support.'' {{storylink|The Gift}}

''Optimus Prime observed the records of how poorly the Autobots performed in his absence in Limbo, specifically how they went so far as to seek leadership from Megatron out of sheer desperation. Optimus Prime began to consider whether he was too important to the Autobots, and if they could carry on should he fall. To alleviate his doubts, he and a reluctant [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] plotted to fake Prime's death to teach the Autobots how to fend for themselves. While Prime was setting up an [[Facsimile construct|impostor version of himself]] to leave behind destroyed for the Autobots to find, Megatron sent the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to attack Prime.'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:HarderTheyDie-Iaconno.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You can't go home again.]]
''During the scuffle, Optimus and Megatron were transported to Cybertron, while Prime's counterfeit body, torn apart, was found by the Autobots. Optimus Prime surveyed Cybertron for the first time in four million years, and he couldn't believe how terribly it had fallen. Cities and buildings were cut to the ground, and even his beloved Iacon was in shambles. After Prime saved [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] from a [[Well-armed Decepticon bully|roving Decepticon]], the tiny Autobot followed him despite Prime's wishes to be alone. Unfortunately, Megatron (in league with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]) had spread rumors that an imposter Optimus Prime had infiltrated Cybertron, which were readily believed due to Prime's four-million-year absence. Before too long, Prime was surrounded and shackled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Wrecker]]s!'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''With Outback's help, Prime was able to escape, but not without Outback suffering mortal wounds. {{storylink|Under Fire!}} As Outback began to die in his arms, Prime told Outback of the time he, Prowl, and Ratchet were stuck in Limbo. His words were overheard by the Wreckers, but hearing Prime's words convinced Emirate Xaaron that this was in fact the real Optimus Prime!'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}}

[[File:Primefuneralnumberone.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|He approved of it ''so much'' that when he died for real the next day, they instead shot him into space.]]
''The return of Optimus Prime was a welcome boost to the Autobot underground resistance. Not only did Autobot morale increase, but Decepticons were spooked at his very appearance! But after a few [[Decepticon fuel store|strategic victories]], Prime knew he had to return to Earth. Prime and Ultra Magnus planned one last raid—they would besiege the [[Polyhex Decepticon stronghold|Decepticon stronghold]] in [[Polyhex]] and destroy Megatron! But Megatron's "eccentricities" had become too much for Cybertron's Decepticons to handle, and in the middle of their battle, all three were whisked away to Earth by the [[space bridge]]. Optimus Prime appeared before the Autobots just as they had finished their Earth-inspired burial of the impostor body he had left behind.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Game over, man! Game over!]]
The Autobots had been monitoring the humans' creation of [[Power Station Alpha]], and Optimus Prime, sensing its completion would need closer inspection, sent Bumblebee to its unveiling. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Optimus Prime met an anticlimactic end in a gambit for [[Energy Futures Industries]]' [[Hydrothermocline]]. He and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] agreed to fight Megatron and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] in a simulated, virtual world named ''[[Multi-World]]''. They agreed whichever leader lost in the virtual world would be blown up in the real world. Originally virtual Megatron was killed. But when Megatron cheated using the Afterdeath code, Prime resorted to killing virtual beings to gain the upper hand, and despite his victory Prime believed he had truly lost. Before their eyes, the human [[Ethan Zachary]] detonated Optimus Prime's body, as was previously agreed. In secret, Ethan secured away a [[floppy disk]] that held a copy of Optimus Prime's mind. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} Meanwhile, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] had been sent to investigate Bumblebee's destruction at the hands of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], but he was recalled in the middle of this altercation when it was discovered that Optimus Prime had been "assassinated". {{storylink|Power Struggle}}

Optimus Prime's death unhinged Megatron further. The Decepticon leader simply couldn't believe that his eternal foe was truly dead, and he began blowing up random trucks. Megatron's paranoia grew so much that he blew up the Space Bridge with himself on it. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} Ratchet's subsequent efforts to restore Optimus Prime were unsuccessful, and after much grieving, Optimus Prime's body was launched into space as per Cybertronian custom. Omega Supreme presided over his funeral, and both he and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] gave eulogies. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

In front of a holographic image of Optimus Prime's head, the surviving Autobots tried to choose a new leader. Optimus Prime's replacement would be like him: a great warrior, wise, compassionate, kind, and courageous. As luck would have it, Grimlock chose exactly that moment to show all of those qualities for the first and only time in his life. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

''When Shockwave and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snap Trap]] experimented on a [[Archforce|clone]] of Megatron using a [[psycho-probe]], it experienced visions of being defeated by Optimus Prime and Straxus.'' {{storylink|Salvage!}} ''Around the same time, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] thought back over the mistakes he had made as leader of the Wreckers, including nearly executing Prime as a Decepticon spy.'' {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}

Optimus Prime's funeral barge eventually crashed on a giant moon of [[VsQs]], where it lay for an untold time. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[File:Ethanzacharypretendertothethrone.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Reaching level 70 was a momentous occasion.]]
Years passed as [[Ethan Zachary]], who still possessed the floppy disk that contained a copy of Optimus Prime's mind, tried to coax it into full sentience. This copy of Optimus Prime believed he was a video game character and nothing more, despite Ethan Zachary's constant prodding. Ethan thought he finally had a chance to jolt Prime back to his old self when he was investigated by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. The two put Optimus Prime in charge of a real team of Autobots, the [[Pretender]]s, and the disk copy Prime led them in battle against Decepticon Pretenders. Prime's delusions were unshaken. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} Goldbug took the disk with him, and attempts to rebuild Optimus Prime ended in failure. An argument over supreme Autobot leadership erupted between Grimlock's earthbound Autobots and a group of Autobots who had just arrived from [[Nebulos]] under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Ultimately, Fortress Maximus realized that Optimus Prime was the true leader of the Autobots, not anyone else, and so he sent Goldbug, [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Getaway]] back to Nebulos where the technology existed to fully restore Optimus Prime to life. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[File:PeoplePower-reprogrammed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Seriously, Prime's been playing WoW waaaay too long.]]
It wasn't quite so simple, however. Fortress Maximus's Autobots had left Nebulos in ruin, and the planet poisoned its fuel supply so that robots could never return and wage war. A loophole was found, however, in the [[Powermaster]] process, created by the scientist [[Hi-Q]]. As luck would have it, Hi-Q was the exact person Goldbug was searching for to rebuild Optimus Prime, but the scientist refused on the grounds that he would be reintroducing the war to his planet—and he didn't believe the Transformers were any more than clever yet unsentient machines. Optimus Prime was rebuilt anyway, even though he wouldn't live very long at all without unpoisoned fuel. Hi-Q changed his mind on the sentience of Transformers when he saw the rebuilt Optimus Prime (shocked out of his video game persona delusions) interact with Goldbug. Hi-Q underwent the Powermaster process himself to save Optimus Prime's life, and Powermaster Optimus Prime was able to defeat two Powermaster-enhanced Decepticons, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]]. Optimus Prime and his crew left Nebulos with their new Nebulon partners. {{storylink|People Power!}}

Prime quickly proved himself to be a fool, for he dared to ignore [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]]. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival}}

''Before reuniting with the other Earthbound Autobots, Optimus Prime and the other Powermasters took a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to Earth on [[Christmas]] Day. Optimus Prime, seeing Earth's frozen wasteland, wondered why he even cared about the Earth in the first place, much less fought desperately to defend it. But after recalling the events that first brought him there, he remembered that it was his fault that the Ark crashed there four million years ago, and so any pain and suffering caused by the Transformers' war was his burden.'' {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

''Returning to the Ark, Optimus easily assumed command of the Autobots there; while the Dinobots were initially unhappy, Prime quickly and effortlessly sweet-talked them into going along with it.'' {{storylink|The Quest!}} That done, he learned via television about the Decepticons' baffling island vacation resort, [[Club Con]]. Optimus Prime sent Blaster to investigate. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:TimeWars-OptimusPrimeentersthefray.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Enter a new challenger!]]
''Despite a mysterious disruption in time and space that threatened all reality, due to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s adventures in his own past (which was Prime's present), Optimus Prime halted a conference on the matter to rescue [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]. While Highbrow apologized for interrupting more important matters, he, Optimus Prime, and a few other Autobots were displaced to Limbo once again, allowing [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and other Autobots from the future to investigate the mysterious disruption. The other present-day Autobots thought Optimus Prime and the others had been disintegrated, and so attacked the "impostor" Autobots under Rodimus Prime's command, but Optimus spoke to them through Rodimus Prime's Matrix and calmed them down. A crazed yet seemingly unbeatable Galvatron attacked them, and Optimus Prime debated whether he should leave Limbo and team up with Rodimus against him, even though two Matrix-bearers coexisting at the same time would accelerate the timestorm's destruction of reality. Eventually, Optimus decided to ignore the dangers, and he materialized through Rodimus Prime's Matrix and engaged Galvatron one-on-one. Finally, Galvatron himself was eaten by the timestorm, and Scourge and the body of Cyclonus were also fed to it, which caused the timestorm to subside temporarily. Rodimus Prime promised to Optimus Prime that he would destroy all time machines when he returned to the future.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Fortmaxboat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Prime's not back five minutes and he's already using the previous leader as his personal boat.]]
Optimus Prime and Fortress Maximus accompanied Blaster to where Club Con used to be located, but it had been relocated by then. Prime assured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] that the search for his brother Buster, who had been kidnapped by the Decepticons, would continue. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Sure enough, a distress signal in the Arctic led the Autobots to Buster, but also to a Decepticon ambush! After several Autobots were incapacitated, the battle stopped when it was discovered that this had all been arranged by Starscream, who had launched into space to seize the powers of the long lost [[Underbase]]. As the Autobots and Decepticons formed a loose alliance to stop Starscream, Optimus Prime warned that he had learned when he was young that fully possessing the Underbase led madness or death. Starscream was stopped before he could absorb all of the Underbase, but he had absorbed enough of it to be able to destroy the Decepticons' island spacecraft in which the two factions were traveling. Thankfully, Optimus Prime had thought ahead and had the Ark follow them there in case of an emergency.

Several teams of allied Autobots and Decepticons followed Starscream to Earth to stop him, but Optimus Prime insisted that he stay behind on the Ark to work on a plan on his own. [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] had growing suspicions that the Autobot leader was really trying to claim the rest of the Underbase for himself, and they snuck on board as the Transformers on Earth were being shut down en masse by Starscream. Unfortunately for Optimus, they caught him while Hi-Q was disconnected from him, and so he was drastically overpowered. Optimus revealed to Scorponok that he was not trying to possess the Underbase... rather, he had been working on a rocket to deflect the Underbase towards Earth. He knew Starscream would try to absorb the rest, and sure enough, Starscream did—growing in size and power before their eyes. But possession of the Underbase resulted in madness ''and'' death, and Starscream's massive body exploded. Scorponok apologized for his bad appraisal of Optimus Prime's intentions, and the two commanders resolved to cease fighting so that they could gather their wounded and resume the fight another day. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[File:People's Gas.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Hell, let's just put the robot arms right there on the front of the trailer, why not.]]
Now that Buster had been reclaimed from the Decepticons, Spike told Optimus Prime that he felt his obligation to the Autobots was over. Prime reluctantly let Spike go, but told him that he was more attached to Fortress Maximus than he knew. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}} Not only was now Fortress Maximus out of commission, but the Autobots had suffered incredible losses at the hands of the Underbase-powered Starscream. Optimus Prime assigned [[Cloudburst]] and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] to purchase [[microchip]]s on the black market at [[Grand Central Space Station]], knowing their Pretender shells would allow them to hide their robotic forms from the robotophobic aliens there. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}} Cloudburst and Landmine reached an ethical impasse involving the microchips, and so Optimus Prime reached out to Cybertron for reinforcements. He called upon the [[Micromaster]]s, specifically the [[Race Car Patrol]] and [[Off Road Patrol]], to investigate some Decepticon-originated weather problems in [[New York City]]. Hi-Q worried that the Micromasters were unreliable punks, but they were able to prove themselves against the Decepticons in the end, though they refused to join the Autobots proper. {{storylink|King Con!}}

[[File:Doubledealerofthecentury.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Optimus Prime is also corresponding with a cash-strapped Nicaraguan prince...]]
''The Race Car Patrol accompanied Prime on a more rural mission: receiving stolen Autobot resistance plans couriered by [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]. But a Decepticon, [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], abducted Chainclaw before he could deliver them, and offered the plans back to Prime as a ransom. Optimus Prime accepted, and a new Autobot named [[Doubledealer|Double]] offered to deliver the Energon payment himself. But Double never made it, and he returned to Optimus defeated with Chainclaw's injured form, having been "ransacked" by "the Decepticons".'' {{storylink|(Double) Deal of the Century!}}

''The [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] trained against [[solid light simulation]]s of Optimus Prime and other high-ranking Autobots in [[Slaughter City]].'' {{storylink|The Hunting Party (Marvel)|The Hunting Party}}

''Optimus Prime lamented that he could no longer use the Creation Matrix to heal his fallen troops, as the Matrix was inside his old body which had been shot into space; the Autobots did not know the Matrix was in Optimus Prime's chest to remove. On cue, a being who called himself [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] appeared on Earth, and it was seemingly powered by a piece of the Creation Matrix! Death Bringer proved to be invulnerable, but Optimus Prime couldn't bring himself to harm something that held the essence of the Matrix anyhow. But after enough destruction, Optimus Prime was finally able to defeat it with help from [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], who convinced it to self-destruct in concordance with its primary function.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}} {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

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''[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] led a seemingly suicidal assault on the Ark, entirely for the purpose of seeking revenge against his defeat at the hands of Nightbeat, [[Siren (G1)|Siren]], and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]]. Optimus Prime took Thunderwing on, berating him for having more courage than sense. True to Prime's words, Thunderwing's own troops dragged him away.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

Optimus Prime ordered Ratchet to get some downtime, fearing his overworked medic (and friend) was losing his grip on sanity. Soon after, Optimus Prime saw news reports of the Micromaster [[Air Strike Patrol]] holding [[MacDill Air Force Base]] hostage, so he took the largest ensemble of troops down to Earth he could muster, given the Autobots' depleted ranks. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} [[File:Resurrectiongambit-bombburst.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]] As he told the Micromasters to surrender or face the consequences, he received a transmission from Ratchet, back at the Ark, but [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]] fired at Prime's communicator before the message could be completed. This enraged Optimus Prime, who began to suspect grander, more sinister things at work behind the scenes. Optimus Prime had been led to a staged battle, but before he could leave, Scorponok and his Decepticons also arrived, itching for a fight! But after the circumstances of the day, Optimus Prime wasn't about to deny them the opportunity, and he fought back with a shocking, cold fury that baffled even Scorponok. The humans at the Air Force base called out Prime on his reckless violence, and Prime apologized for his outburst. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

Since Optimus Prime knew the battle was staged, he scaled back his troops accordingly, and ordered them to return to the Ark and leave him behind. [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] refused and stayed behind, helping Optimus Prime fend off the hordes of Decepticons who had attacked him. But Optimus Prime stopped Hot Rod short of firing on [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]], as Optimus Prime had begun to appeal to his sense of logic. Someone was pulling the strings! Scorponok hesitated, but before an agreement could be reached, they were confronted by an old enemy thought defeated—Starscream! {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}

Though Starscream's performance started out impressively, he soon began to show his true cowardly colors, and so both factions again parted ways. Once again Optimus Prime turned his thoughts towards Ratchet... {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[File:YesterdaysHeroes-Whyyyy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Meanwhile, nobody mourns poor [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]].]]
...but it was too late! Ratchet had sacrificed himself to destroy Megatron, the orchestrator behind the events at MacDill Air Force Base. Optimus Prime was overcome with grief, and he decided to stop fighting altogether. After parking the Ark on Earth's moon, he walked out on its surface, apparently never to return again. This, of course, caused the Autobots to worry about the future of their cause, and Hot Rod quickly threw together a risky plan to win Prime back. He plotted a "rampage" by an "out-of-control" [[Guardian (Marvel)|Mark V Guardian droid]] to whisk Prime back into fighting shape, but when the droid truly went out of control, the plan worked just a little too well. Prime came to his senses, returned to the Ark, and destroyed the droid, but not before several Autobots suffered genuine injury. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

Meanwhile, their creator, [[Primus]] had awakened within Cybertron, alerting his enemy [[Unicron]] to its location. Since the only thing that could stop Unicron was the Creation Matrix, and the Creation Matrix had been shot into space inside Optimus Prime's funeral barge, Prime and Emirate Xaaron assembled several teams of Autobots to scour a specific star system in which the funeral barge likely would have landed. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} Though Optimus Prime was never very comfortable with the mystical side of the Creation Matrix, he approached an altar aboard the Ark and was given a vision of a Matrix corrupted by evil and imminent oblivion! {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}} After several dead ends, the Prime's funeral barge and the Creation Matrix were found on the barren moon of [[VsQs]]. Optimus Prime and Hot Rod went together to meet the [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport]] as it landed, but were shocked to realize that Autobots were not delivering the Matrix at all! No, they were face to face with Lord Thunderwing, the Creation Matrix's next vessel! {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[File:AllFallDown-andweshallwin.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"The sky will open. The lights will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect!"]]
Powered by the corrupted energies of the Matrix, Thunderwing was unstoppable. Even so, Optimus Prime pleaded for his troops to avoid trying to damage Thunderwing, for the Matrix was their only chance to destroy Unicron! After numerous losses were incurred, however, Optimus Prime decided to forgo the soft touch, and the Autobot leader let loose his full fury on the possessed Decepticon leader. More and more, the Matrix assumed control of Thunderwing, even taking control of his mind, but Prime could not make Thunderwing notice he was losing control of his own body. Thunderwing was not stopped by Prime's strength or by logic or reason, but by the cunning of Nightbeat. Nightbeat harpooned Thunderwing to the All-Terrain Turbo-Transport, shut off the [[artificial gravity]] systems, and Thunderwing and the transport were flung out into space. Thunderwing and the Matrix were presumed destroyed when the transport's self-destruct activated. Despite this seemingly catastrophic loss, Optimus Prime vowed to never give hope or give in to evil. With good on their side, they would ultimately prevail! {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

[[File:PriceofLife-Icannot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Optimus Prime is firmly against the Right to Die movement.]]
With the Matrix out of the picture, Optimus Prime fell to another prophecy, one that claimed that Unicron could be destroyed if all Transformers worked together as one. That would be impossible so long as the war continued, so Prime announced his intentions to surrender the Autobots to the Decepticons on Earth. Unsurprisingly, this was met with hostility. Optimus Prime was also still hung up on Ratchet's death, and had assigned Nightbeat to investigate it. Nightbeat suggested that Ratchet and Megatron might still be alive in [[|transwarp|Unspace]], the dimension that serves as a middleman between transdimensional portal openings. Nightbeat was correct, but there were complications. He was able to pull Ratchet out of Unspace, but Ratchet had been fused molecularly with Megatron into one frightening creature! {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Optimus Prime refused to let anyone harm the creature. This caused even more complications when the creature, unchecked, began to tear apart the Ark's engine systems. [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], Prime's security officer, warned him that if he didn't put the creature down, he would personally remove Prime from command. Optimus Prime reluctantly approached the creature, intending to kill it, but when the half that was Ratchet put the barrel of Prime's gun to its own head, begging Prime to kill it, Optimus Prime had second thoughts. He ordered [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] to separate the two, even though Megatron would survive. Worse, one could not survive without the other. This did not please Kup and the others. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

True to his word, Optimus Prime surrendered his Autobots to Scorponok's Decepticons, stationed in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] swamps. The Decepticons were enjoying this turn of events a little too much, which drew an outburst from Kup. Optimus Prime tried to tell Kup to have patience, but Kup reminded him that the Optimus Prime he knew would never back down, never surrender, no matter what the cost! But no matter, the deed was done, and Optimus Prime and the Autobots were escorted into cells. After a while, Optimus Prime began to suspect that Scorponok didn't really want to talk about an alliance against Unicron at all, and was ignoring the long term to satisfy his short term problems with commanding respect amongst his troops. Optimus Prime knocked aside Soundwave, his guard, and found Kup and Hot Rod. Unfortunately, Kup wouldn't be so easily rounded up, citing Prime's recent problems. But Prime pleaded to him at length, noting that for a warrior race, perhaps surrender took the most courage of all! Kup quietly admitted Prime was right, and the three Autobots burst into Scorponok's quarters, where Scorponok's body had been stowed, leaving Lord Zarak and Bludgeon mostly vulnerable. Zarak and Hot Rod grabbed a hostage each, but Prime ordered both sides to stand down. They had to begin trusting each other, if they were to team up against Unicron. Optimus Prime and Scorponok were once again about to reach an agreement when they were once again interrupted! A splinter team of Decepticons, led by Shockwave and Starscream, attacked the Decepticons' underground base, causing it to implode. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Optimus Prime's immediate concern was damage control—and not just towards the humans in nearby New York City, but to the fragile alliance that was nearly formed! He and Nightbeat left to keep Scorponok and Shockwave's feud from reaching New York, but the fight was accelerated with the arrival of [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s new superhuman team, the [[Neo-Knights]]! {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Their best chance at securing the alliance was keeping Scorponok alive, but Circuit Breaker was making it very difficult. Finally, once Shockwave was out of the picture, Optimus Prime and Scorponok once again (again) went to shake hands... {{storylink|Out of Time!}} when all Earthbound Transformers were all whisked away by Primus to Cybertron. Primus spoke to them through the glowing body of Emirate Xaaron, telling them of the eternal conflict between himself and Unicron. Primus also selected Optimus Prime to be the Transformers' leader, which caught the attention of a hidden sect of [[Acolyte of Unicron|Unicron cultists]]. While Scorponok confided in Prime that he was scared, the two were jumped by the cultists. Scorponok, the Autobots, and even the rest of the Decepticon army came to Prime's rescue, and it seemed the alliance was finally forged. ...Till, at least, Kup pointed out that Unicron himself was hovering over the planet, ready for attack. Prime took the opportunity to double over in debilitating pain, a condition he had been hiding from the Autobots for some time. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-sothatallmaylive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Prime's been reading his [[Jesus|New Testament]].]]
Kup and Getaway tried to push Prime along, but the force of Unicron's claws punching into the surface of Cybertron sent them reeling. Just the sheer impossible size of Unicron paralyzed Optimus Prime and Scorponok with fear and awe. Primus, still using Emirate Xaaron's body as an avatar, tried to intervene, but was destroyed; Optimus Prime cried out in loss. Optimus Prime was not shaken into action until a [[Galvatron II|brave, unidentified soldier]] attacked Unicron singlehandedly and was swatted away. The Autobot leader charged into action, but their attacks had little effect. Scorponok was among the casualties, and Optimus Prime waited with the melted body of his former foe until death. Scorponok, having martyred himself, asked Optimus Prime if he "did good". Optimus Prime nodded, called him his friend, and finally Scorponok passed away. Unfortunately, it was Optimus Prime's turn. A Matrix-possessed Thunderwing had suddenly returned, but although Thunderwing's body was completely disintegrated by Unicron, that left the Matrix itself unaccounted for. Prime ejected Hi-Q from his chest, knowing this next act would kill him. He seized the Matrix, fought its corruption, and plunged himself and the Matrix into Unicron's maw. Unicron exploded. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

[[File:EndOfTheRoad-itcanitis.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Gotta sell that one last toy!]]
The Transformers' ultimate battle was won, but the cost was high! What was left of Optimus Prime's body was found, and he was amazingly still holding on to life, thanks to the Matrix energy that he'd absorbed. But he hadn't much longer, so he pulled Prowl close to him and told him that Grimlock would lead the Autobots. Prime died (again), and Prowl screamed in agony. But before too long, after the Powermaster absorbed [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] energy from Grimlock, Hi-Q announced that ''he'' was Optimus Prime! {{storylink|Still Life!}} Since Cybertron was threatening to break apart after the stress of Unicron's attack, Hi-Q and the other Neo-Knights were packed up on a ship meant to escape the planet. But Hi-Q had other ideas. {{storylink|Exodus!}} He persuaded the Neo-Knights to stay on the dying planet and search for the [[Last Autobot]], explaining that the pains Optimus Prime were feeling before he died were the start of a larger metamorphosis. If Prime had lived, the Powermaster process would have eventually merged the two into one, but it continued on even with Prime dead. Thankfully for the Neo-Knights, Hi-Q was not crazy, and they stumbled across the storage chamber for the Last Autobot. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

The Last Autobot set in motion the planet's healing process and took an interest in Hi-Q. A new robotic body was forged around Hi-Q's, and he and Optimus Prime were truly combined into one being! Optimus Prime, fully reborn as an [[Action Master]], took the Neo-Knights and the Last Autobot to [[Klo]], where the final battle was taking place. The Autobots had dwindled to just five of their number, and the Decepticons were approaching total victory, when Optimus Prime miraculously returned. Optimus Prime ushered in a new age of peace and harmony by shoving his fists through the Decepticons' heads and torsos, and with some resurrection help from the Last Autobot, the dead Autobots were restored and the Decepticons were forced to flee. The war finally over, Optimus Prime told his fellow Autobots that they'd help Klo rebuild... and then they'd finally go home! {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
In an alternate timeline, Optimus Prime still maintained his Powermaster body in 1995. When a [[Feminist mob|feminist group]] on Earth raised complaints that all the Autobots seemed to fit male archetypes, Optimus tried to appease them in the name of public relations. Unfortunately, his "appeasement" came in the form of a powder pink token Autobot female named [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. That... didn't go over well. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

Years later, in [[2004]], Prime was back in his original Earthly appearance. While attending the grand opening of Autobot City on Earth, the Autobots came under fire from Shockwave and his Decepticons. Optimus Prime and the Autobots bravely used their bodies as shields to protect their human guests until the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

===Earthforce===
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[[File:Primevsgrimlockbreakaway.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|That's got to be therapeutic.]]
While dealing with the oncoming threat of Unicron, Optimus Prime came under a great deal of stress and began actively berating [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and his newly reactivated Dinobots for their more brutal methods of combating the enemy. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This reprimand prompted Grimlock to offer his resignation from the Autobot army. Tempers got heated, and the two Autobots actually started brawling with one another in the conference room. After a few minutes of furious fighting, however, Prime and Grimlock effectively beat some sense into each other. Optimus Prime decided to take the Ark and its crew out into space, leaving Grimlock behind to command an "Earthforce" of Autobots, dedicated to protecting the planet in his absence. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

Optimus Prime returned briefly for an inspection after the Autobot [[Earthbase]] was completed, and the Dinobots barely managed to keep him from learning about the [[Emotional damper|berserker rages]] which plague [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] every few million years. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}} He also oversaw the reconstruction of [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] in Wheeljack's [[Body Shop]], leaving the vain Autobot under Grimlock's command before returning to space. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}}
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===Another Time & Place===
[[File:TFAnnual1991rip.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.1|They will each keep half in special BFF lockets.]]
After Klo, the Autobots returned to Cybertron in an effort to rebuild the planetary government and resources. Optimus Prime naturally took the lead in these endeavours, but matters weighed heavily on his spark. The Nucleon-soaked Hi-Q at the core of his new body was one thing, reducing Prime to a non-transforming "[[Action Master|Actionmaster]]" like many of his fellow Autobots. But more importantly, Optimus Prime feared that the newfound peace on Cybertron would not last. He desperately wanted his soldiers to stop being soldiers, yet was petrified that something might come along and disturb their inactivity. This trepidation kept Optimus from stopping Grimlock from jetting off on an ill-advised mission to [[Hydrus Four]] in search of a way to reverse the Nucleon process, and he even refused to listen to Prowl when he reported that Grimlock took off to Hydrus Four anyway. Prowl struck a chord, however, when he pointed out that if he could track Grimlock's destination, so could the Decepticons. Shamed by Prowl's rebuke, Optimus Prime soon pushed aside his recalcitrance and assembled a strike team to go after the Dinobots.

On Hydrus Four, the Autobots discovered the Decepticons had taken over the medical facility with the Nucleon supply, and taken the Dinobots hostage. It seemed Bludgeon had a plan for the Nucleon, using it to recreate Megatron himself. With a surgical strike, however, they managed to free the Dinobots and take the fight to the enemy. Optimus confronted Bludgeon himself in battle, but was saved when Grimlock suddenly charged through and struck the Decepticon leader in dino-mode. It turned out the Nucleon process could be reversed after all! After that, all Prime and Grimlock had to do was tear apart the zombie-like, half-revived Megatron. Piece o' cake. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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==''Transformers Comic-Magazin''==
Powermaster Optimus Prime led the Autobots when the joint Decepticon leaders [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] shot a minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack at Dawn}}

He was monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to humanity in [[New York City]]. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. {{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}} Optimus Prime held a meeting in which he discussed with his fellow Autobots the importance of defending Earth's oil supply from the Decepticons in case they had forgotten, and applauded [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]]'s call for a one-world Autobot government. The Decepticons then attacked an oil tanker. Prime put [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] in charge of the rescue mission, while he coordinated stopping the other raids that the Decepticons were systematically carrying out. At the end of a long night full of battles, he treats the Autobots to a stash of Energon.{{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}}

Optimus Prime requested that the [[Micromaster]]s take on Earth modes and join him on Earth. The [[Race Car Patrol]], [[Off Road Patrol]], [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] and [[Sports Car Patrol]] emerged from hyperspace at several hundred mach into the Ark. A day later, a huge battle took place in New York as the Autobots battled the Decepticons. The Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con', however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings.{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime put the entire burden of discovering their whereabouts on the shoulders of the Double Targetmasters. Once the Decepticon base was located, he ordered that [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] be given the power and abilities of [[Pretender]]s and sent to defeat the Decepticons (and they did, hurrah!). {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Megatron's Ultimatum}}

Optimus Prime was part of a wayward simulation watched by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] that mashed up previous adventures of the Autobots. It prominently ended with Optimus reviewing the characteristics of various Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}

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==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Optimusprime-g2.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|More apocalyptic visions than you can shake a covenant at.]]
As time passed, with the Decepticons supposed in exile and Cybertron at peace, the Autobots functionally disbanded. They scattered across the galaxies, with many retiring in peace while others continued to fight ''for'' peace among other civilizations they came across. Optimus Prime was still based out of Cybertron for a time, when he was alerted to Megatron's resurgence on Earth by the Joe team. {{storylink|Goin' South}} He also had at least one encounter with Bludgeon's forces after [[Klo]], {{storylink|Ghosts}} but eventually was no longer in direct command of all Autobots as they scattered across the galaxy.

The time came when Optimus Prime was called back into the skirmish, alongside his honor guard of [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], when Grimlock and his combat unit discovered a greater [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] that had sprouted up without their noticing it. These next generation Decepticons, led by the Liege Centuro [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], would conquer world after world using terraforming and exo-structuring processes to remake raw materials into a new Cybertron for their use. Optimus Prime, Grimlock and their "Dirty Dozen" of Autobots began a small resistance movement against Jhiaxus and his people, but realized they were out of their depth. As the call went out to reassemble the Autobot army en masse, Prime worried that they were still missing some greater threat—he had begun experiencing visions of an unknown peril that was heading their way, and wasn't sure if even the united Autobots would be enough to deal with it. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

A temporary cease fire with the Cybertronian Empire in the [[K'Tord Nebula]] after encountering psychic parasites that fed off of aggression did nothing to forestall the greater conflict between them. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

Until he could identify this secondary threat, Prime ordered the Autobots to remain inactive at an Autobase built into a small asteroid belt. But certainly Grimlock was having none of that. He grabbed a sizeable percentage of their displaced warriors who had already arrived and headed out after Jhiaxus and his flagship, [[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]. Naturally, they got in over their heads. Prime grabbed some of his personal soldiers (Hot Rod, Kup, Prowl, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]) and hijacked a strike ship to get close enough to Twilight for a rescue mission. Once Grimlock and his men were sent out on a prison vessel, Optimus blasted the ship just enough to cause chaos, and give Grimlock enough time to overtake the crew. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Surprisingly enough, he gave Grimlock no rebuke once they met up again—in fact, Prime put the Dinobot commander in charge of the entire army! In order to fully understand the visions of impending doom he was receiving, Optimus Prime decided he needed to return to Cybertron itself, to help "cut through the static" that was garbling whatever message the Matrix was trying to send him. Engaging in a quasi-mystical ritual to expand his psychic boundaries, Optimus cast himself mentally back through time to witness the birth of the first Transformer, [[Prima]], as he rose from the living structure of Cybertron itself. What he saw next, however, was astonishing—Cybertronians birthing new Cybertronians themselves, causing living metal to burst forth from them in a bio-morphic reproduction process called "[[Reproduction#Budding|budding]]". Primus had apparently allowed this only up till a point, allowing the race to evolve in stages before discontinuing the ability and the memory of it from his progeny. Jhiaxus and his new Cybertronians, however, were the end result of some Decepticons somehow relearning the budding process. They were stronger, yes, and perhaps more evolved physically, but their souls, their sparks, were distilled too many times over. Optimus Prime awoke from his trance, believing he had come to understand the threat he sensed: the fractioning of his species. Little did he know that the threat was far less philosophical, and far more tangible, than he realized. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When word reached Prime that Megatron had resurfaced on Earth, he jumped at the idea of joining forces with the original Decepticons to face off against the Cybertronians. Travelling to Earth alone, Optimus approached Megatron with the intent to talk. Instead, Megatron blasted him from behind, beat him to a pulp, ionized his every circuit, and then ripped out his chest and siphoned away the power of the Matrix. So no, the talking didn't go too well. Prime only survived due to Grimlock's talent for insubordination, as the Dinobot leader brought a massive strike team down to save their fallen leader before Megatron finished him off. Still, as the Autobots dragged Prime away to receive repair treatment, he knew Megatron would be back—Optimus had stuttered out enough information about "new Decepticons" to pique his old foe's interest, and once Megatron went after them and bit off more than he could chew, they'd meet again. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

In this, at least, Optimus Prime knew Megatron all too well. Only days later a heavily battered and bruised Megatron wandered into Autobase: Earth, looking for that alliance Prime had offered. {{storylink|New Dawn}}{{storylink|Escalation!}} With new allies, things were looking up for Prime until the unthinkable happened. His visions of death and apocalypse finally came true as the Autobots came across a devastated world looking almost identical to the images he had been experiencing. Optimus now realized his visions were not metaphorical in nature, and almost drew the conclusion himself before [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s science team completed their analysis of the genocide—it was their fault. More specifically, some by-product of the Cybertronian race had been formed by the budding process which created Jhiaxus and the Cybertronians, an animate entity that scoured the cosmos of its own design. Before more data and analysis could be had, however, Jhiaxus and his troops arrived on Earth seeking to end their ancestors once and for all. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[File:Megatrong2idiot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|No, no, shoot at ''each other''!]]
Once again seeking compromise, Optimus Prime took Megatron in an attempt to reacquire the Decepticon [[Warworld]] and use it to force Jhiaxus to see reason, that they faced a common and perhaps unbeatable foe in this "[[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]". His efforts were more than a little delayed, however, by the ever-treacherous [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. That Decepticon schemer had sold them out to Jhiaxus in the first place, but then came aboard Warworld and merged with it and the power of the Creation Matrix Megatron had been housing there. {{storylink|Total War!}} Still, Optimus Prime managed to reach a communications console, and begged Jhiaxus for an audience to discuss the impending threat which was bearing down on them all. As badly as Prime's last attempt to "just talk" with an enemy had gone, this time it went much worse, as Jhiaxus responded by ordering the orbital bombardment and destruction of the human city of [[San Francisco]]. Millions of lives wiped out in an instant. And before Prime could even attempt to respond or try again, the Swarm itself arrived in orbit. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

[[File:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Do you like me? Check (yes) or (no)."]]
As bad as things were, a silver lining did develop—Starscream proved too much of a "pedestrian villain" to actually corrupt the Matrix as had happened in the past. Instead, it was actually turning him more heroic, giving him selfless and self-sacrificing urges! Not wanting to be a hero, much less a dead hero, Starscream willingly relinquished the Matrix to Optimus Prime. In yet another effort at unity and compromise, Prime took a skysled over to Jhiaxus's flagship, Twilight, in order to talk the Liege Centuro into working with the Autobots and Decepticons to commune with the Swarm.

[[File:RageInHeaven-HeroPrime.jpg|left|thumb|100px|He really does like to push the new toy at the last possible moment.]]
Instead, Jhiaxus tore off his face.

The formerly icy Cybertronian had been driven completely off his rocker by the extended conflict with his ancestors, and was now little more than a mad dog pounding away at Optimus Prime. The brutality only ended when the Swarm entered Twilight and consumed Jhiaxus utterly. At this point, Optimus had reasoned that the Swarm was merely a void, searching for something to complete the emptiness inside it. With desperate reasoning, Prime allowed the Swarm to assail him, hoping that he (and the Matrix inside him) would prove to be what it was searching for. His body ravaged to the point of total disintegration, Optimus Prime still managed to make mental contact with the Swarm as it consumed him, and expose it to the will of Primus. Having successfully purified the Swarm, Optimus Prime rematerialized in a new, more powerful body. In the aftermath, in front of the cheering masses, Prime declared a new age of peace and enlightenment.

Privately, however, Prime knew that [[Furmanism|it never ends]]... {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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==Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Optimus megatron war without end.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
When the diabolical [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] launched an all-out attack on [[London]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] called in Optimus Prime who travelled to Earth with a small squad comprising [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Skram (G2)|Skram]]. On their arrival, Grimlock was nowhere to be found, having been incapacitated by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in a new body. Sending his troops to deal with the other Decepticons, Optimus sought out and confronted Bludgeon, blasting [[Windrazor (G2)|Tornado]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] out of the way and soundly beating the Decepticon leader in one-on-one combat. It was only then that the real threat revealed himself — Megatron! {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}

Still weary from his battle with Bludgeon, Prime wasn't sure if he could beat Megatron and he was quickly proved correct as the Decepticon showed off the features of his new body, including the powerful [[Particle cannon|particle accelerator cannon]]. Fortunately for the Autobot leader, [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] ordered his [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]] to attack Megatron, then Grimlock and his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] intervened and finally Jazz and the others arrived. Outnumbered, Megatron summoned [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and retreated.

Later at [[Autobase]], Grimlock filled Prime in on what had happened in his absence. Thousands, perhaps millions of [[Cybertronian (faction)|new Decepticons]] had shown up and were [[eco-structuring]] worlds into new Cybertrons all over the galaxy and Grimlock had even tussled with these Decepticons' leader, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. However disturbing this news, Optimus's visions had warned him that there was something much worse out there... {{storylink|War Zone}}

Prime was still having apocalyptic visions when Grimlock went against orders and attempted to destroy the Cybertronian flagship ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]''. The mission went badly, leading to the deaths of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], until Prime showed up to save the day aboard the captured Cybertronian ship ''[[Sabre]]''. Afterwards, Optimus left Grimlock in charge of the Autobots as he went to investigate the source of his visions. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Deep beneath the surface of Cybertron, Prime was shown the creation of the Transformer race and learned of a previously-unknown method of [[reproduction]], that of budding. He also saw how the Cybertronian Empire had rediscovered this process to massively bolster their numbers. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
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==''Classics''==
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[[File:Classicscomicautobots.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"All right, do-over. This time I'll skip the visions of doom, and you won't get yourself tangled up with Cobra. Deal?"]]
After the war ended on Klo, Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron exhausted. Since the war had gone on for so long, Prime had all along resigned himself to an inevitable death, and so finding the war at an end, Prime simply withdrew from society. No civilian job satisfied him. Now that peace was finally here, he had no idea what to do! Fifteen years later, he was somewhat relieved that Megatron had resurfaced on Earth. Though it shamed him, he once again had a purpose. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|''Classics'' Optimus Prime's profile}}

Optimus Prime returned to Earth commanding [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus]] (formerly Hot Rod) to counter the return of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. When Transformers from another reality, [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], arrived on Earth unexpectedly, Megatron stumbled upon them, only to find himself under attack by Prime and his Autobots. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1|Crossing Over #1}} Overwhelmed, Megatron managed to escape with Landquake, while the Autobots returned to Autobot headquarters with Skyfall. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2|Crossing Over #2}}

Optimus Prime took his Autobots and Skyfall to [[South America]], where the Decepticons were investigating a mysterious energy source that was similar to the radiation readings of their new dimension-traveling companions. After Prime left Jetfire in mid-transit to help [[Armored Robot Hunters|RUNT]] fight the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], he and the remaining Autobots arrived at their destination and battled the rest of Megatron's forces on the ground. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3|Crossing Over #3}} As the battle raged, Optimus Prime took on Megatron in a one-on-one battle. Megatron tried repeatedly to escape Prime so that he could discover the location of the energy readings, but Prime made it difficult. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 4|Crossing Over #4}} As Megatron's troops were eliminated from the fight, the Decepticon leader realized his gambit was up. He swore the next time he and Prime met, it would be different! Optimus Prime told him to leave before he lost his patience, and the Decepticons withdrew. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5|Crossing Over #5}}

The battle won, but the energy source still a mystery, Prime and his Autobots returned to their headquarters heavily damaged, and seemingly having lost Skyfall and Cliffjumper (along with Landquake). Later, he was pleased to have been visited (seemingly very quickly, if really at all) by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] when their paths crossed while the latter was hunting [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

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==''Regeneration One''==
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[[File:Optimus prime loose ends 1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Hot Rod's first action as Autobot leader was to order a more comfortable chair.]]
In the twenty-one years since defeating Bludgeon on Klo and returning to Cybertron, Optimus Prime had grown more distant, sequestering himself to [[Nova Point]], where he was mentoring [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], catching wind of some dissident Decepticon activity, visited Prime to ask him to send the [[Wrecker]]s in to stop a potential uprising before it began. Prime, believing that such an action would only galvanize the Decepticons, forbade it. However, shortly thereafter, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] was able to hijack a defense satellite and use it to destroy the [[Last Autobot]] where it stood in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

Kup defied the stand-down order and activated the Wreckers to stop a Neo-Decepticon raid on a weapons decommissioning facility in [[Kalis]], preventing the detonation of reclaimed warheads. Prime reluctantly conceded that the Wreckers' actions saved countless lives and chose not to punish Kup at this time, much to Magnus' concern due to the influence the Wreckers' war-hero status had had on his cadets. Prime didn't hear Magnus' concerns, however, as he was overcome with a vision of [[Unicron]], threatening to return and kill him again. Frustrated with Prime's lack of action, Kup decided to take a more proactive approach, and left with the Wreckers for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

Kup's mission proved disastrous, as [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had devastated the planet, and had been waiting for Prime to return for one more showdown—a fact he revealed to Kup when the Wrecker leader was captured. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s distress signal was received on Cybertron, at which time the Autobots discovered a repeating message from Megatron, calling for Prime and taunting him. Ultra Magnus and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] took these messages to Optimus. With the revelation of Megatron's survival, Prime had no choice but to mobilize the Autobots to Earth, though he ordered Hot Rod to stay behind to watch over Cybertron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

Optimus arrived on Earth to find Megatron, along with an army of [[zombie]] Decepticons that he had revived and lobotomized, in the remains of [[Washington, D.C.]], about to destroy Springer. The insane Decepticon was thrilled to see that his nemesis had finally come. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Prime realized that his inaction had resulted in Megatron's devastation of the planet, but did his best to contain himself as he ordered Megatron to let Springer go. Megatron proceeded to shoot Springer in the head with his [[fusion cannon]], and then sarcastically suggested that he misinterpreted Prime's meaning. This was enough to make the Autobot leader snap, and as the other Autobots engaged Megatron's zombie army, Prime and Megatron went head-to-head.

[[File:Prime megatron loose ends 5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
As the battle commenced, Megatron revealed his dark designs — he had set this confrontation up to be their final battle. Being linked with [[Aunty|Auntie]], the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s computer, he had programmed her to launch all of Earth's remaining nuclear weapons should he be terminated; should Megatron prevail over Prime, or should the two find themselves in a stalemate, he intended to fire the missiles anyway, ensuring that both would be destroyed, along with every remaining living thing on the planet!

During the battle, Kup destroyed Ratchet, sending Megatron into agony and providing Prime with the opening he needed to rip Megatron's spark from his chest, ending his old foe once and for all. Fortunately for Optimus, at about the same time, the group of Wreckers led by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] had reached the Ark, and Circuit Smasher was able to disable Auntie, not only preventing the nuclear launch, but deactivating the zombie Decepticons as well. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

Prime mournfully watched as the bodies of the fallen zombie army—which had even included Autobots that had been left in stasis on the Ark—were gathered up to be destroyed by orbital bombardment. He refused First Aid's offer of repairs, choosing to wear his battle scars in memory of the fallen. Prime offered an apology to Kup, who wasn't quick to forgive. He was then tersely confronted by Circuit Smasher, who informed Prime that he and his human allies had unanimously voted for the Autobots to leave Earth immediately. Prime tried to ask his former ally to reconsider, believing that the Autobots could help humanity rebuild, but Spike rebuffed him, stating that they were far beyond "rebuilding" and had to start from scratch. Not wishing to bring further conflict upon the humans, Prime reluctantly chose to abide by their decision. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

At least, he would ensure the other Autobots abide by the humans' wishes, as he surprised Ultra Magnus with the revelation that he was staying behind to help rebuild. Prime also revealed to Magnus that he believed his own resurrection at the hands of the Last Autobot had been a mistake, that his own time had passed, and that it was time for Hot Rod to assume the mantle of leadership. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}} Optimus proceeds to drive to the Yukon, with the intent of destroying the Ark and its Cybertronian technology once and for all, though he is unable to decide whether this is out of altruism, or atonement. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} However, when Optimus arrived at the Ark, he was surprised to find it taking off... and with a Transformer aboard who Prime recognized as Megatron. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Later, Optimus sends a message to the Autobots on Cybertron telling them of [[Galvatron II|Megatron-like character's]] presence on the Ark. Hearing about the state of shock Scorponok left the people of Nebulos in, Prime reasoned the two damaged worlds of Earth and Nebulos could help each other. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Despite Circuit Smasher's electrified reception, Optimus Prime presented his plan to Blackrock and the humans, and they accepted. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} Circuit Smasher remained recalcitrant, however, and even threatened to blow up the Space Bridge while Prime was constructing it. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Nevertheless, work on Earth and Nebulos neared completion. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

When the Space Bridge was activated, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] came through and defeated the already wounded Prime and captured Spike. Optimus had to be hurriedly ushered in for repairs. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} He was being treated by G.B. Blackrock when his body suddenly vanished. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

When Rodimus was journeying to [[Zero Space]], the Dark Matrix creature called on three different versions of Optimus from different points in this timeline. Of them was the wounded-'current'-Prime. The Dark Matrix creature commanded the Primes to attack Rodimus Prime who was carrying the [[Sword of Primus]]. Rodimus couldn't handle even one Prime and three Primes were too much for him. It was then that he called [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|multiple Rodimuses from across the multiverse]]. They managed to hold off Optimus long enough for him to shake off the entity's control. Optimus Prime counseled Rodimus on how to defeat the Anti-Matrix, and the beast was cut off from the rest of the multiverse. Optimus and Rodimus reverted back to Cybertron, where Optimus finally expired from his accumulated injuries. He was at peace, though, believing the Last Autobot made a mistake reviving him years ago, and the Autobots were now in the hands of a worthy successor. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Gladiators]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Powermasters]]
[[Category:Primes]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Robo-Capers characters]]
[[Category:Rulers of Cybertron]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Legends World

2016-01-31T13:51:25Z

Crockalley: /* Transformers Legends comic */

The '''Legends Universe''' (レジェンズユニバース ''Rejenzu Yunibāsu''), [[universal stream]] designate '''Iocus 514.31 Gamma''', is a "dream world" created via the telepathy of the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] and monitored by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Beings within it can cause their wishes to come true through mere thought, and the various ''Transformers'' series exist as mere fiction and toys.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Through the telepathic power of the Zamojin, the Legends Universe was formed, and their creation, Windblade, was assigned to monitor it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}}

Due to an accident with [[solitarium]], both [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] were transported to the Legends Universe from their [[OG World|home universe]]. Sky-Byte made the best of his situation {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}} while Jetfire eventually used a solitarium portal to return to his universe with [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] in tow. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}}

At some point, it was decided that the experiment was to end, and Windblade set out to destroy the universe with a storm. Using the universe's property of granting wishes, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] summoned [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who defeated Windblade and caused a program reset in the smaller robot. With Windblade's amnesia regarding her mission, the Legends Universe continued to exist unabated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}}

[[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] also found his way into the Legends Universe, where he encountered Gelshark and convinced him to return to their home universe to break [[Megatron (RID)|Gigatron]] out of prison. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Black Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] learned of a secret entrance to the Legends Universe {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Resurrection! Lord Megatron!|Resurrection! Lord Megatron!}} constructed by the Zamojin in case of emergencies. He went through, expecting to forcibly sap the world of its energy, only to be met with an adoring fanbase. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World|Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World}}

An [[Aurex]] [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] also found their way into the Legends Universe, spending their time feeding Megatron's [[Mini-Con]] obsession. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition vol. EX}} To prevent an alliance of the two Megatrons from conquering the Legends Universe, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (undercover as a simple janitor) summoned the [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] of his home universe to foil the two Megatrons. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}}

[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] later made her way to the Legends Universe courtesy of transdimensional gyro-rotors purchased from [[swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]. She hoped to be able to do whatever she wanted in this universe, only to be foiled by the universe's Autobot visitors and Transformers sickness-afflicted Maximals, who had been tipped off by Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition vol. 16}}

In order to foil Primax Megatron's Halloween "trick or energy" scheme, Alpha Trion opened a portal to his home universe to summon [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] for assistance. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] was wary of visiting the Legends Universe, as he was afraid that interacting with a fictional iteration of himself might cause a time paradox. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 13/5/2015}} He (having worked with the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s' universal stream system) saw it as a [[Iocus|Iocus Cluster]] universe that was "in on the joke", as it were: even its own inhabitants didn't seem to take their reality seriously. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 17/8/2015}}

==Notes==
*The Legends Universe's universal stream designation, given in [[Ask Vector Prime]], is taken from the release date of Chapter 1 of the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' webcomic.

[[Category:Legends franchise]]
[[Category:Universes]]

Talk:Unicrons

2015-10-20T23:20:46Z

Crockalley:

Technically, articles on groups of characters should be at the singular form, which would make this [[Unicron (faction)]] or [[Unicron (subgroup)]]... --[[User:Flicky1991|flicky]][[User talk:Flicky1991|1991]] 14:18, 20 October 2015 (EDT)
:Well, we made an exception for the [[Survivors]] for whatever reason. Just puttin' that out there. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] ([[User talk:DrSpengler|talk]]) 15:15, 20 October 2015 (EDT)
::And we don't wanna move [[Unicron]] because of this dumb thing. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:47, 20 October 2015 (EDT)
:::Agreed. I consider having the very notable character Unicron at the namespace of his own name to be higihly preferable. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:52, 20 October 2015 (EDT)

Wouldn't this be better as a note on the Heralds of Unicron or Minions of Unicron page? Does it need its own page all to itself? This term is only used on that one DVD box, yes? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] ([[User talk:Crockalley|talk]]) 19:20, 20 October 2015 (EDT)

Insignia

2015-10-09T02:26:17Z

Crockalley: Unicron, Cobra/Decpticon

[[File:FireintheSky Skyfires magicAutobotsymbol.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

One of the universals across all Transformers continuities has been the use of '''insignia''' to differentiate members of respective armies, and sometimes sub-factions within armies or even individuals. This was sometimes used as a tactical advantage when Transformers would temporarily wear the symbol of the opposite faction to fool their opponents.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] switched sides, tearing the Decepticon insignia off of his chest and installing an Autobot insignia. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] reawakened the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and told them to go help their friends. They reluctantly agreed and flew off after them. When they arrived, they initially could not distinguish friend from foe, until [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] suggested that their friends might be the ones with the same robotic face on them as they had. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] once stole [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp's]] insignia as part of a successful plan to turn the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] against the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Traitor}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
When [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] was revived by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after being trapped in a tar pit for four million years, he went into a frenzy and attacked him, until he saw Ratchet's Autobrand and calmed down. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

[[File:MarvelUS14-Jetfire-RiteOfTheAutobrand.jpg|thumb|Die cast construction...]]
''[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] was uncomfortable taking orders from [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who was still wearing a Decepticon insignia.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} Jetfire officially became an Autobot after going through the [[Rite of the Autobrand]]. To better disguise themselves on Earth, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] installed [[Circuits|shielding circuitry]] into the Autobots which enabled a metal sheet to cover their Autobot symbols in [[alternate mode]]. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] fooled [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] into thinking they were Autobots by wearing fake Autobot symbols. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} The [[Sports Car Patrol]] tricked Ratchet into thinking they were Autobots by wearing counterfeit Autobot symbols—Decepticon and Autobot symbols on a rotating plate so they could switch back and forth. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}}

Megatron spent some time on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] district as an [[Empty]]. His mind was damaged and he just wandered about the place until the sight of an Autobot wearing an Autobot symbol snapped him out of it. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

[[File:Springer carnivac catilla insignia survivors.jpg|thumb|left|...it's a lost art.]]
''United into a [[Survivors|single team]] following the events of the [[Time Wars]] and by battling the nightmare creatures generated by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'s time in [[Limbo]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] offered to make [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]] [[Honorary Autobot]]s, passing them a pair of Autobot badges as he did so.'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered to the Decepticons, he laid an Autobot insignia at [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s feet. Scorponok promptly crushed it. {{storylink|Surrender!}} After the Autobots and Decepticons came together to fight [[Unicron]], they continued their uneasy alliance and adorned their headquarters with an insignia that included a slightly modified Decepticon sign atop a slightly modified Autobot sign. {{storylink|Still Life!}} [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] were outside in Cybertron's increasingly bad weather discussing the planet's upcoming self-destruction when the wind blew the gigantic Autobot insignia off the wall and onto Dreadwind's head. {{storylink|Exodus!}}

====Marvel Generation 2 comics====
The Autobots had at some point begun using a new insignia that resembled Optimus Prime rather than the [[Last Autobot]]. Bludgeon's Decepticons were also using a new symbol, similar to their old one, that coincidentally resembled the [[Cybertronian Empire]] insignia closely.

===''Beast Wars''===
[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s Maximal insignia once morphed into a Predacon one (and later back again). No other Transformer showed they could do this, and he only used it for a con. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

When the [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]] turned [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] into a Predacon, it automatically changed his insignia as well as giving him a [[redeco]]. {{storylink|Dark Designs}} Likewise, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] gained Decepticon insignia while he was possessed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Possession}} [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] sported both a Decepticon and Predacon insignia while working as a Predacon secret agent. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Waspinator ''pulled his insignia off'' like it was a fabric patch when renouncing his Predacon membership. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] has such an ego, he created [[:File:OptimalSituation Tarantulas insignia.jpg|his ''own'' special insignia]] for his [[Arachnoid]]s.

===Unicron Trilogy===
[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] could change his insignia from Autobot to Decepticon—an ability he utilised for deceptive purposes. {{storylink|Credulous}} {{storylink|Ship}}

Using the power of [[Unicron]], [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had the ability to brainwash Transformers to the Decepticon cause. In [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]'s case, it changed his insignia from Autobot to Decepticon. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}} When Inferno fought against Megatron's influence through his willpower, his insignia would toggle back and forth until he succeeded in purging the Decepticon in him. His Autobot insignia looked brand new after that. {{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}}

===''Wings Universe''===
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:Pyro streetwise insignia g2 redux.jpg|thumb]]
After defeating [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s Decepticons at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] decided that he would have the rest of the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s transferred to serve on [[Earth]]. To make it official, [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] handed him a set of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Autobot badges. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
{{-}}

==Major cross-franchise insignia==
{| class="prettytable" border="1"
|-
![[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|upright=1.1|Autobot insignia]] [[Autobot]]
|''It seems likely that in the real world, the Autobot symbol was derived from a stylized drawing of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s toy's head. In the Marvel Comics continuity, it was known as the "Autobrand" and was seemingly based on the face of the [[Last Autobot]]. In the original animated series, it was a mark of the [[Quintesson]] slave brand.''
|-
![[File:Symbol decept reg.png|197px|Decepticon insignia]] [[Decepticon]]
|''It seems likely that in the real world, the Decepticon symbol was derived from a stylized drawing of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s toy's head. It has no given origin in either comic or cartoon, but in the latter, it presumably has the same origin as the Autobot symbol.

Note that the downward-facing point on the base of the central crest was unusual in the 1980s, where the original toy crest ([[#The Great War|see below]]) had ended in a blunt base, which the cartoon also generally used, though with a third point at the top. IDW have generally (though not universally) revived that version in the comics and reference books published by them, as seen on the [[:File:TDOOP RIB.jpg|RI-B cover of their ''Death of Optimus Prime'' one-shot.]]
|}

==Generation 1==
===Prehistory===
<gallery>
File:Ancient Transformer Symbol.png|'''Ancient [[Transformer]]''' ''This ancient symbol was discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. He claims that although Transformers have been split into two races, they are one species.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave) |Generation One}}
File:Ancient Autobot Symbol.png|'''Autobot''' ''This symbol appeared on the forehead of [[Primon|Ancient Robot]], who spoke to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].'' {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFoD}}
File:Fallen faction symbol.png|'''[[The Fallen]]''' ''This symbol was only used on the [[Titanium Series|''Titanium'' toyline]] representation of the Fallen. It was not used in [[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]] or any other fiction.''
</gallery>

===Pre-War {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}===
<gallery>
File:Megatron Origin Symbol.png|'''[[Clench (G1)|Clench]]''' ''This symbol was worn by Clench and his team in [[Kaon]]'s [[Gladiatorial combat|illegal pitfights]] prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. After [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] replaced Clench as team captain he retained the symbol for a time before developing the Decepticon insignia as his team emblem.''
File:Security_symbol_Megatron_Origin.png|'''Security Services''' ''This symbol is used by the Autobot Security Services crew operating under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and was seen on the flags draped over the coffins at the state funeral of operatives [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].''
File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png|'''[[Senate]]-related symbol''' ''This symbol was worn by the crew of Senator [[Decimus]]'s ship, as well as by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] during his senatorial days.''
</gallery>

===The War Within===
<gallery>
File:War Within Autobot Symbol.png|'''Autobot''' Used in {{storylink|Transformers: The War Within|The War Within}} but not {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages}}
File:Decepticon warwithin symbol.png|'''Decepticon''' Used in {{storylink|Transformers: The War Within|The War Within}} but not {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages}}
File:Emirate Xeon symbol.png|'''[[Xeon|Emirate Xeon]]''' ''This symbol appeared on the helmet of the departed politician Emirate Xeon.'' {{storylink|The War Within issue 2}}
File:Ultracon symbol.png|'''[[Ultracon]]''' ''Used by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s group.'' {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath}}
</gallery>

===The Great War===
<gallery>
File:Symbol autobot dx edit.jpg|''The Autobot symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging.''
File:DConsym.gif|''The Decepticon symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging. Note the bevelled detail in the center of the crest at the top - the model sheet of the symbol created for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] based on this version misinterpreted it as a third spike, and it appeared in the show rendered in this manner almost universally.''
File:MarvelTFUDecepticonInsignia.png|''The Decepticon sigil as it appeared in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' profiles
File:Shocksymb.jpg|'''[[Cybertron Guard]]''' ''This symbol represents the Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command charged with Cybertron's security. It was [[Retcon|retroactively]] named in 2007 by TakaraTomy's [[World of the Transformers]] website, but unnamed in its original context.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer}}
File:MarvelUS-77-AutobotDecepticonAlliance.png|'''Autobot/Decepticon Alliance''' {{storylink|Exodus!}}
File:Wreckers symbol.png|'''[[Wrecker]]s''' ''This symbol was used by the Wreckers in the [[3H Productions|3H]] Wreckers/Universe comics, and debuted in 2001. It is uncertain if prior incarnations of the team used this insignia or if it came into use after the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]].'' {{storylink|Departure|Departure}}
</gallery>

===Rubsigns===
<gallery>
File:Rubsign inactive.png|'''[[Rubsign]]''' ''Unactivated rubsign.''
File:Fastlane.png|'''[[Fastlane]]''' ''Rubsign used on Autobot Clone Fastlane.''
File:Cloudraker.png|'''[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]''' ''Rubsign used on Autobot Clone Cloudraker.''
File:Pounce.png|'''[[Pounce]]''' ''Rubsign used on Decepticon Clone Pounce.''
File:Wingspan.png|'''[[Wingspan]]''' ''Rubsign used on Decepticon Clone Wingspan.
</gallery>

===Wings Universe===
<gallery>
File:Cybertron_Knights.jpg|'''[[Cybertronian Knight|Cybertronian Knights]]'''
</gallery>

===Non-Cybertronian Insignia===
<gallery caption="Race symbols">
File:Junkion symbol.png|'''[[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]'''
File:Quintesson symbol.png|'''[[Quintesson]]/[[Terrorbot]]''' ''This symbol was featured as part of the decal set for the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] [[drone]]s.''
File:Unicron faction symbol.png|'''[[Herald of Unicron]]''' ''Introduced as the Blendtron's insignia (see below), it was later used in the ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' book to denote Unicron
File:AmmoniteInsignia.png|'''[[Ammonite]]s'''
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Organisations">
File:EDC Symbol.png|'''[[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] (cartoon)'''
File:DW EDC.png|'''[[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] (Dreamwave)'''
File:Federation of western europe.jpg|'''[[Federation of Western Europe]]'''
File:Machination logo.png|'''[[Machination]]'''
File:RobotMasterInsignia.png|'''[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]'''
File:Skywatch Logo.png|'''[[Skywatch]]'''
File:Z Foundation.png|'''[[Z Foundation]]'''
File:Zarak Consortium Logo.png|'''[[Zarak Consortium]]'''
</gallery>

===Kiss Players===
''These symbols were used by the [[Sparkbot]]s in '''Kiss Play Position'''.''
<gallery>
File:Sparkbot Angela symbol.gif|'''[[Angela]]'''
File:Sparkbot Stardust symbol.gif|'''[[Star Dust]]'''
File:Sparkbot Zangetsu symbol.gif|'''[[Zangetsu]]'''
</gallery>

===Brazilian G1===
''These faction symbols were used in the Brazilian [[Estrela]] releases of the [[Micro Change|Microchange]] "Mini Car Robo" subline molds.''
<gallery>
File:Optimus symbol.png|'''[[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]'''
File:Malignus symbol.png|'''[[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]]'''
</gallery>

===The Functionist Universe {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}===
<gallery>
File:Functionist council insignia.png|'''[[Functionist Council]]''' ''They're big on cogs.''
File:Functionary insignia.png|'''Functionist Council''' ''A variant worn by [[Functionary]] enforcers.''
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==G.I. Joe Crossovers==
<gallery>
File:Cobralogo.png|'''[[Cobra]]'''
File:Joelogo.png|'''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'''
File:ActionForce_Logo.png|'''[[Action Force (team)|Action Force]] (European version of the brand)'''
File:Cobra Decepticon symbol.png|'''Cobra/Decepticon''' ''First used in 2003 for promotion of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|the comic]], although not in the actual story. In 2015, the symbol returned, used on the [[Viper]] toy and in his fictional appearances.''
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==Generation 2==
<gallery>
File:Auto-g2.png|'''Autobot''' ''The G2 Autobot symbol seems clearly based on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. In the Marvel Comics continuity this change may have occurred since the [[Last Autobot]] had come and gone.''
File:Con-g2.png|'''Decepticon''' ''The G2 Decepticon symbol seems to be a stylized, updated G1 Decepticon symbol. Bludgeon's Decepticons adopted this symbol around 1991, apparently unaware it was also being used by the Cybertronian Empire that they would soon encounter.''
File:Cybertronian.png|'''[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]]''' ''This symbol was used by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] Cybertronian Empire, who considered themselves neither Autobot nor Decepticon.''
File:Cybertron-federation.png|'''[[Cybertron Alliance]]''' ''This was only used in Japanese continuity to bridge [[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]] and [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]].''
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==Beast Era==
===Beast Wars===
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File:Maximal symbol.png|'''[[Maximal]]'''
File:Predacon symbol.png|'''[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]'''
File:Mutants symbol.png|'''[[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]'''
File:Maximal Guard Insignia.png|'''Maximal Peacekeeper''' ''Worn by knight-like Maximal soldiers/peacekeepers in [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]].''
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====[[Predacon (G1)]]====
''These symbols appeared on the walls of a transwarp shunt room used by [[Magmatron]] in IDW's [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]. Although never explicitly stated, they apparently denote the original Predacon combiner team.''
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File:Razorclaw Symbol.png|'''[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'''
File:Tantrum Symbol.png|'''[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]'''
File:Divebomb symbol.png|'''[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]'''
File:Headstrong symbol.png|'''[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]'''
File:Rampage symbol.png|'''[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]'''
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===Beast Wars II===
<gallery>
File:Moon symbol clean.png|'''[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]]'''
File:Space pirate seacon sign.png|'''Space Pirate [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]]'''
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===Beast Wars Neo===
<gallery>
File:Blendtron red.png|'''[[Blendtron]] / [[Herald of Unicron]]'''
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===Beast Machines===
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File:Maximal symbol bm.png|'''Maximal'''
File:Vehicon symbol.png|'''[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]'''
File:Dinobots symbol.png|'''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]''' ''This insignia replaced the [[spark crystal]]s of the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] toys that were introduced to the Beast Machines toyline.''
File:Timelines Predacon Symbol.png|'''Predacon ([[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]])''' ''Worn by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]''.''
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==Car Robots==
<gallery>
File:Car Robots Destron.png|''Takara used this symbol to represent the Combatron (Decepticon in ''Robots in Disguise'') sub-group in ''Car Robots''—it's an upside-down ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol, which had been molded into the [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] toy, a redeco of ''Generation 2'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]]. The Hasbro version removed them and used the traditional Decepticon symbol. Though it can be briefly seen several times in the cartoon, this symbol does not "exist" in the English version.''
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==Unicron Trilogy==
===Armada===
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File:Minicon symbol.png|'''[[Mini-Con]]''' ''This symbol hints at the origins of the Mini-Cons, in that the "M" is echoed in Unicron's face, with the border representing the planet-eater's orbital ring.''
File:Unicron energon symbol.png|'''[[Unicron]]''' ''Used on the Japanese packaging of Armada's Unicron toy, and on the Japanese website of the [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada toyline]]. Also seen in the background of Unicron's transformation sequence in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon cartoon]].''
File:Unicronsymbol dwmtmte.png|'''[[Unicron]]''' ''Used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Armada profile book]] to denote Unicron-allied Transformers.''
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===Energon===
<gallery>
File:Energon symbol.png|'''Energon''' ''Used to denote [[energon]]. It is a stylized representation of an Autobot [[Energon star]].''
File:Energon Powerlinx symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Black''' ''Used by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|his]] [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|combiner]] [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|partners]].''
File:Energon Powerlinx Gold symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Gold''' ''Worn by Mega-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Mega- and Deluxe-sized Transformers.''
File:Energon Powerlinx Silver symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Silver''' ''Worn by Deluxe-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Deluxe- and Mega-sized Transformers.''
File:Energon Powerlinx Red symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Red''' ''Worn by Ultra-sized Transformers, who can combine with additional vehicle mode parts to form a "brute mode"''
File:Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|'''Powerlinx - Blue''' ''Used by the [[Air Team]], the [[Construction Team]], and the [[Destruction Team]].''
File:Team Ironhide symbol.png|'''[[Team Ironhide]]''' ''An insignia worn by Ironhide and a group of Omnicons under his command in an episode of the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon cartoon]].''
File:E27 earthfederationlogo.png|'''[[Earth Federation]]''' ''The multi-national organization that governs [[Earth]] during the 2020s.''
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===Cybertron===
<gallery>
File:Cyber Key symbol Earth.png|'''[[Earth]]''' ''Seen on [[Cyber Key]]s that belong to Transformers from Earth.''
File:Cyber Key symbol Velocitron.png|'''[[Velocitron]]''' ''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from the planet Velocitron.''
File:Cyber Key symbol Jungle Planet.png|'''[[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]''' ''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from the Jungle Planet.''
File:Cyber Key symbol Gigantion.png|'''[[Gigantion]]''' ''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from the planet Gigantion.''
File:Cyber_Key_Combatron.png|'''[[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]''' ''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from Combatron.''
File:Cybertron Defence.png|'''[[Cybertron Defense Team]]''' ''Used by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], after their collective reconstruction.''
File:Cobybot-sigil.jpg|'''[[Cobybot]]''' ''Used only on the reformatted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] piloted by [[Coby Hansen]].''
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==Live-action film franchise==
===2007 ''Transformers'' film===
''For the 2007 movie, the Autobot and Decepticon factions were rendered in steely gray. Additionally, the Autobot and Decepticons were strongly associated with the colors blue and red, which led to the Autobot symbol appearing in blue in multiple media. Nonetheless the 'official colors' of said symbols remains red and purple.''
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File:Live action Autobot insignia.png|'''Autobot''' ''The biggest change is that the tops of the eye sockets, horizontal in the G1 symbol, tip down towards the middle in the Movie symbol. There are other minor differences in proportions and angles.''
File:Movie Autobot.JPG|''The movie Autobot symbol as it appeared in various promotional material. The beveled edges and metal appearance as opposed to the normal stencil-like insignia is reminiscent of the original insignias as they appeared on the G1 toy packaging.''
File:Live action Decepticon insignia.png|'''Decepticon''' ''The G1 symbol has triangular eyes, as opposed to the skinny diamond eyes in the Movie symbol. Again, there are other minor differences. Perhaps most interesting in this continuity, is that the Decepticon symbol is based upon the face of [[The Fallen]].''
File:Movie Decepticon.JPG|''The movie Decepticon insignia as it appeared in various promotional material, similarly stylized like the Autobot insignia.''
File:Sector7logo.png|'''[[Sector Seven]]''' ''A secret organization on earth that is trying to save humanity from the Autobots and Decepticons.''
File:Elitemountaindewrobots.png|'''[[Mountain Dew Robot]]''' ''An elite group of infiltrators determined to steal the [[AllSpark]] for their own purposes.''
File:Stopsector7.png|'''[[Stop Sector Seven]]''' ''Stop Sector Seven is an organization created to stop Sector Seven. It is headed by [[Agent X]].''
File:Lunchables brigade symbol.png|'''[[Lunchables Brigade]]''' ''A [[Human|Terran]] radical group advocating the abolition of routine lunches by means of direct mealtime intervention.''
File:Seeker-Con Airforce.png|'''Seeker/Decepticon "Air Force"''' ''Appears on various ''Movie'', ''Revenge of the Fallen'', ''Hunt for the Decepticons'' and ''Dark of the Moon'' toys, as well as on some ''Prime'' toys (including all toys of [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], as well as his cartoon CG model).''
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===Revenge of the Fallen===
<gallery>
File:NEST insignia.png|'''[[NEST]]''' ''Depicted on vehicles and uniforms of NEST personnel. Variations include a version with Autobot insignia over top.''

File:NEST Global Alliance.png|'''[[NEST]]''' ''Insignia used on Autobot toys from the [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]] [[subline imprint|refresh subline]].''
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==[[Transtech]]==
<gallery>
File:Transtech Autobot symbol.png|'''Autobot'''
File:Transtech Decepticon symbol.png|'''Decepticon'''
File:Axion Nexus Security Administration symbol.png|'''[[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]]'''
File:Ozsa badge.png|'''Offworlder Zone Security Administration'''
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==Shattered Glass==
''The alternate reality of the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] timeline posits an army of evil Cybertronians united under the leering visage of a purple insignia badge... though probably not the one you were expecting.''
<gallery>
File:Autobot Shattered Glass.png|'''Autobot'''
File:Autobotsecretpolice.png|'''Autobot [[Secret Police]]''' ''Worn by [[Nightbeat (SG)|Nightbeat]] and presumably his subordinates.''
File:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|'''Elite Guard''' ''Worn by [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] and presumably his subordinates.''
File:Decepticon Shattered Glass.png|'''Decepticon'''
File:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|'''Elite Guard''' ''Worn by [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]] and presumably all pre-war officers of the Elite Guard.''
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==Animated==
<gallery>
File:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|'''[[Cybertron Elite Guard]]''' ''This insignia is used by the elite forces under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]].''
File:Sumdac Systems.PNG|'''[[Sumdac Systems]]''' ''The corporate logo of [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]]'s company, as seen in the foyer of [[Sumdac Tower]].''
File:TFA Autotrooper Badge.png|'''[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]]''' ''Worn by the security and peacekeeping forces of Cybertron.''
File:Otoboto-faction symbol.png|'''[[Otoboto family]]''' Symbol for ''Animated's'' live-action shell-sequence in Japan.
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==Alternity==
<gallery>
File:Protector Insignia.png|'''[[Protector]]s''' ''This insignia was seen worn by the [[synthoid]] [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], a member of the Protectors. Its basis is [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s face, in accordance with his stated function as "Protector."''
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==Star Wars Crossovers==
<gallery>
File:Alliance Starbird.png|'''[[Rebel Alliance]]'''
File:Republic Emblem.png|'''[[Galactic Republic]]'''
File:Imperial_Emblem.png|'''[[Empire]]'''
File:Sith Quad-Sun.png|'''[[Sith]]'''
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==Disney Label==
<gallery>
File:MickeyMouseTransformer.png|'''[[Mickey Mouse]]'''
File:Donald Disney Label Insignia.png|'''[[Donald Duck]]'''
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==Aligned==
<gallery>
File:Symbol star seeker reg.png|'''[[Star Seeker]]s'''
File:RescueBots symbol.png|'''[[Rescue Bot]]s'''
File:RescueBots cartoon insignia.png|Simplified '''[[Rescue Bot]]s''' insignia
File:Doctor Morocco logo.png|'''[[Thaddeus Morocco|Dr. Morocco]]'''
File:Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|'''[[Lightning Strike Coalition|Lightning Strike Coalition Force]]/[[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]]'''
File:PredaconPrimeLogo.png|'''[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]''' (final)
File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|'''[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]''' (prototype)
File:PrimeSharkticonSymbol.png|'''[[Megatron (WFC)|Sharkticon Megatron]]
File:MECHlogo.png|'''[[MECH]]'''
File:Samswordbotsym.png|'''Samurai [[Swordbot]]s'''
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==''Angry Birds Transformers''==
<gallery>
File:Autobirds symbol.png|'''[[Autobird]]s'''
File:Deceptihog symbol.png|'''[[Deceptihog]]s'''
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==Others==
<gallery>
File:Animorphlogo.png|'''[[Animorph]]
File:Autotots sigil.png|'''[[Autotot]]'''
File:Gobots auto symbol.png|'''[[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]'''
File:Playschool Go-Bots G.png|'''[[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]]'''
File:First.png|'''[[First Transformers]]'''
File:Garikunsym_copy.jpg|'''[[Gari Robo-kun]]
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Optimus Prime (RID)

2015-10-03T13:12:36Z

Crockalley: /* Dreamwave Armada comic */

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{{disambig3.5|the Autobot leader from the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon|the Autobot ghost from the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon|Optimus Prime (WFC)#2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDPrime02.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Ironically, filled with [[Burning justice|blazing justice.]] ]]

'''Optimus Prime''' is a stern and serious commander, devoted to protecting freedom and innocent life. He has seen the galactic path of conquest and destruction already burned by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and swears it will not include [[Earth]]. Optimus Prime often finds himself in the role of "straight man" to the more comic stylings of the other Autobots and [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]], and tends to treat their humorous exaggerations or personality quirks as statements of straightforward fact. His subordinates view him as a great leader, if stubborn and much too prone to long speeches. Optimus Prime's greatest weakness is his sense of nobility. If an adversary claims to have had a change of heart and discovered inner goodness, Prime will fall for it every single time. But once he finds out he's been had, they'd better watch out!

==Fiction==
===American cartoon continuity===
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{noteCR}}
{{voiceactor|[[Neil Kaplan]] (English), [[Satoshi Hashimoto]] (Japanese)|[[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Gerardo Reyero]] (Latin American Spanish)}}
[[File:BattleProtocol Prime gun.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Firearms are the right of all sentient beings.]]
Optimus Prime was created, along with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] during the [[Golden Age]]. The two of them were raised together, and thus, saw each other as brothers. However, this relationship was torn apart after the Cybertron Civil Wars, whereupon the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] chose Optimus Prime to command the Autobots in stopping the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] leader [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] from ravaging the universe in his quest for energy. Ultra Magnus left Cybertron that same day, bitter and spiteful of his brother. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Prime soon struck up command on [[Earth]], where he took the form of a fire truck. Operating out of a secret base in [[Metro City]], he and his fellow Autobots were more than ready to face Megatron and his Predacons. The conflict began when Megatron appeared in New York, attempting to kidnap the famous scientist [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]]. Optimus struck up a friendship with Onishi's son, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]], and despite not being able to save the boy's father, vowed that he would help rescue him. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

[[File:BulletTrainRescue Prime through window.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Armor Digivolve!]]
Optimus later took Koji to see the Autobot base, during a series of Predacon attacks on trucks around Metro City. New Predacon [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] turned out to be after a terrorist device hidden in a sports car. With the bomb on the verge of exploding, Optimus converted to his [[Super Mode|battle mode]] and used his power stream to blast the shark and the bomb safely into space. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}} The launch of the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train was also a clear target for the Predacons, and Optimus ordered the Autobots to provide an escort. Sure enough, the Predacons destroyed a bridge ahead, and Optimus aided [[Team Bullet Train]] in stopping the train before disaster occurred. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}}

Together with the [[Autobot Brothers]], Prime prevented the Predacons from stealing the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] stored in a Metro City warehouse. When the generator was later moved, the Predacons made a second attempt, but Prime was content to sit back and watch the [[Spy Changer]]s go to work in foiling the quartet. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

{{quote|Your imagery is derivative. It lacks semiotic cohesion. And the hapless foe is you!|Optimus Prime, critiquing Sky-Byte's poetry|"The Hunt for Black Pyramid"}}

A distress call from Koji sent Optimus and the Autobot Brothers to a location in the sea near Metro City. Using the [[Global Space Bridge]], the Autobots made the leap out to a stricken ship, which was under attack by the Predacons. Prime fought with Sky-Byte, discovering that the shark had the edge while underwater. Once the ship was righted, the Autobot Leader quickly beat the Predacon into a withdrawal with his Fist of Steel. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} Prime suspected that an attack by Megatron and the Predacon trio in the middle of Metro City was a diversion, and this was confirmed by an SOS from Side Burn, who was exploring [[Payuma ruins|Native American ruins]]. After Prime had traveled to the ruins and fought off Sky-Byte, the Autobots found a [[Doctor Onishi's microchip|microchip]], hidden there by Doctor Onishi. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[File:SecretWeaponD5 TAI Prime thoughtful.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Something about the upper chassis design?]]
Following Side Burn's kidnapping by the Predacons, Prime responded to the ransom request... by turning up alone and promptly being captured himself. Megatron began beating on the bound Optimus, until [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[X-Brawn]] and the Spy Changers mounted a stealth rescue. The prisoners freed, the Autobots turned on the Predacons and chased them off. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} When Koji reported a Predacon attack on the [[Grandpa|D-512 Stanwich Steamer]], Optimus coordinated the Autobot defense from home base. After [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]]'s last minute rescue of the train, Optimus held Koji up so that the boy could film the steam engine. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

[[File:SkidZsChoice Prime dynamic stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I hope you like this shot, cos you'll be seeing it a lot!]]
Optimus was not very worried about Mirage having apparently defected, stating that he was an Autobot and a member of the elite Spy Changers. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}} Optimus has the Autobots all enter the [[International Grand Prix]] in order to try and find [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], a recently arrived Autobot who had scanned a racing car and become possessed by the urge to compete in races. Unfortunately the Predacons decided to enter the race too, and partway through, Optimus and the Autobot Brothers found themselves holding up a huge rock dropped onto them by Megatron. Fortunately Skid-Z himself turned up and destroyed the rock, allowing them to chase Megatron off. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

Another new recruit, [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] went rogue and began towing away random Autobots to an unspecified location. Prowl and Optimus finally managed to track Tow-Line down, correcting the damage to his circuits done by the Predacons, and rescuing their fellows. A rousing battle ensued, with inevitable defeat for the Predacons. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}} A Predacon investigation of the [[Cave of the Dragon]] lead Optimus and Midnight Express to dress up as a huge statue to chase them off. The ruse worked, and Optimus discovered that the cave did contain something of interest — an [[O-Part]]! {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Concerned at recent Predacon activity, Optimus called the Autobots back to HQ to review previous missions. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

[[File:TheDecepticons Prime missile launchers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Why my shoulders hurt?]]
Lead by Doctor Onishi's microchip to [[Castle Peak]], Prime and the Autobot Brothers found the Predacons digging up a derelict Autobot spacecraft. The ship contained six [[protoform]]s, which Megatron promptly stole, whisking them away to nearby [[McKinley Army Base]] to be formatted into [[Decepticon]]s. During the fight at the base, [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] attempted to flee in a fuel tanker, and was saved by Optimus from plunging into a crater. The last protoform scanned Optimus and the tanker at the same time, resulting in [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], a Decepticon resembling a twisted clone of the Autobot leader. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} The Decepticons' first mission was to attack [[Sherman Dam]], during which Optimus managed to stop them from detonating explosives planted on the dam, and clashed with Scourge. {{storylink|Commandos}}

[[File:Volcano Prime battle mode stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
More activity lead Prime and the Spy Changers to [[Montrose Island]], where they clashed with the Decepticons and Sky-Byte. With the volcano in danger of erupting, Optimus froze the crater with his Blizzard Storm attack, but was occupied fighting Scourge to do any more. He pinned [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], allowing the Spy Changer to use their [[Inferno Blast]] to divert the erupting lava to the sea. {{storylink|Volcano}} The Decepticons had [[Movor]] fired into space to try and locate the Autobot base from orbit, by observing Autobot movements. Optimus had Side Burn go to [[Pier 7B]], where an ambush had been arranged. Prime's battle with Scourge was largely won by the fact that Movor kept firing on the pair from space and accidentally hitting Scourge. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

Prime hoped that Scourge and his fellow Decepticons would one day be restored to their true Autobot selves, and in fact at one point [[Mega-Octane]] met with Optimus Prime, claiming that the Decepticons wanted to defect. Just as Optimus was about to show the Decepticons to the Autobot base, Sky-Byte attacked. Scourge's strike at the Predacon would have incurred a human casualty, had Optimus not deflected the sword blow with his [[Flying Fist]], and the trick was revealed. Enraged with disappointment, Optimus [[Burning justice|glowed with power]] as he fought off the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

[[File:WedgesShortFuse Prime Blizzard Blast.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|This image conjures some uncomfortable imagery...]]
Optimus took part in countering a series of attacks on power plants, {{storylink|The Fish Test}} and arrived in [[Antarctica]] in time to help the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] defeat the Decepticon and Predacon forces. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} He also helped the Build Team reach the space bridge computer after the Decepticons sabotaged it. During the subsequent battle in the Arctic, he was content to let [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] face Megatron alone, as a matter of honor. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

Sky-Byte and his Predacons attacked the [[CGA Tower]] during its opening, apparently holding the humans inside hostage and demanding that Optimus Prime bring him the O-Parts. Optimus headed for the scene, but was cut off by the Decepticons. His haste resulted in him speedily dispatching Ruination with one shot from his Blaze Blaster, before hurrying to the tower. After a further battle with Scourge, Optimus helped stabilise the tower so that Landfill could create a new foundation for it. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}} After the Decepticons began a vendetta against the Build Team, Optimus ordered the Build Team not to get involved — but they did anyway, battling Ruination underground. Prime reached the location after Landfill had defeated the Decepticons in a huge fireball, and extinguished the four Autobots. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[File:Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Matters escalated when Ultra Magnus appeared on Earth, making his desire to take the Matrix from Optimus Prime known to his "brother". Optimus confronted Magnus, inviting the Autobot to join his team, but Magnus refused and challenged Prime to a duel. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Optimus refused to fight Magnus, and was thus mercilessly fired upon, until [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], and [[X-Brawn]] arrived to carry him away. Prime took refuge on a deserted island, but the Decepticons, Megatron, and Magnus all tracked him there. In the midst of the battle, Magnus forcibly activated their ability to combine into [[Omega Prime]], intending to use it to drain Prime of his energy so he could take the Matrix, but Optimus managed to take control and use their combination to stop the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Optimus took time out to review footage of the Autobots' recent missions. {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}} After the Decepticons captured the Autobot Brothers, Optimus confronted them, but was unable to fight back under threat of the brothers being killed. Despite being pounded on by the Decepticons, Optimus was fit enough to combine with Ultra Magnus once the three brothers were freed. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Optimus came to the Autobot Brothers' rescue himself when they experienced an odd power drain during battle. He fought Ruination and Scourge alone until Ultra Magnus arrived to lend a hand. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[File:KojiGetsHisWish Optimus firing at Scourge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|I don't belong in this reality!]]
During the search for some ruins under Metro City, Optimus Prime monitored things from base. He joined his men when they found [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] hidden in the ruins, and helped fight the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} While the Build Team concealed Fortress Maximus, Optimus kept Scourge busy, fighting the Decepticon beneath the city. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}} He turned up in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] after the rest of the Autobots had collected all of the O-Parts, in time to fight off Megatron. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

[[File:MaximusEmerges Optimus and Magnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Christian side-hug.]]
Combined into an orb, the O-Parts lead Optimus and the Autobot Brothers back to the Sahara, and a pyramid located in a cavern beneath the sands. There they battled with Megatron and the Decepticons over the [[Orb of Sigma]]. Once again, Omega Prime was formed in order to battle Megatron, and at the end of the battle, only the Autobot was still standing. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} Though the Autobots gained the location of [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to activating Fortress Maximus, Cerebros was snatched from their grasp by the Decepticons. Optimus lead his men in attempted to protect the titan, but Scourge managed to succeed. Fortress Maximus proved impossible to control, and began rampaging across the city. The return of Megatron, in a few form as Galvatron, complicated the battle, and even Optimus and Ultra Magnus combined into Omega Prime were unable to stop the devastation, until Koji managed to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[File:SurpriseAttack Optimus carries Cerebros.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
Clashes with the Decepticons and Fortress Maximus in a desert {{storylink|The Human Element}} and a forest were largely unsuccessful, but internal ructions in the Decepticon ranks eventually resulted in the Autobots managing to gain control of Cerebros. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} When the Decepticons discovered the location of the Autobot base and mounted an attack, Optimus took Cerebros, leading the Decepticons through Metro City to an ambush in a more remote location. Prime and Magnus combined into Omega Prime once again, but found they were ineffective against the power of Galvatron's ''[[Megastar]]'', and were forced to sit back and watch as Fortress Maximus dealt with the battle station. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

Galvatron had survived the confrontation and began draining power from Fortress Maximus. When Omega Prime confronted him, he responded by using [[cyber-bat]]s to enslave and threaten the world's children. Prime was forced to call a retreat through the space bridge, which gave Galvatron the opportunity to trap them there and flood the tunnel with lava. As Optimus was overcome by the lava, Koji's words inspired him to escape and confront Galvatron once more. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

Though Galvatron seized the rest of the Autobots in an energy field, Optimus escaped and combined with Ultra Magnus. Omega Prime challenged Galvatron one-on-one at the [[Earth's core]]. He was seemingly no match for the Decepticon leader, until Fortress Maximus sent his power, which energized the Matrix, forming the giant weapon, the [[Matrix Blade]]. Galvatron was defeated, and with that, the Autobots' mission on Earth was finished, and Prime resolved to return to Cybertron—but not before "one last look around" with Koji and the rest of his team. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

====Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?====
[[File:UltraMagnustotheRescue Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
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With the other Autobots all engaged in other fights around the world, Optimus Prime alone was available to answer T-AI's battle protocol at an experimental nuclear generator in Arizona. His opening plan was to lure the Predacons and Decepticons away from the humans to battle them at a safe distance, but his wayward brother Ultra Magnus intervened, confronting the villains head on in the middle of the generator plant. As Prime chastised Magnus for his rash action, Scourge overheard and seized on the idea to threaten the humans if the Autobots didn't stand down. Despite his anger at Optimus, Ultra Magnus remembered his Autobot training and reluctantly laid down his weapon. At the proper moment, though, the brothers managed to attack a distracted Scourge and save the humans. The Predacons and Decepticons escaped with the generator, but the humans were safe. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

''Some time later, Optimus was part of Omega Prime as Omega Prime worked with Fortress Maximus to put an end to the universe-consumption campaign of an apparent non-singularity version of Unicron, a warlord who had united his consciousness with [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]].'' {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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====3H and Fun Publications comics====
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[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Here I am, kept in this tiny room, forced to be kept merged to this dude who hates me.]]

''In universal stream [[Viron 903.0 Beta]],'' after turning in Galvatron to the proper authorities, Optimus Prime enjoyed the time following by studying various lifeforms and their environments on other planets throughout the universe. During this vacation, his weapons systems were upgraded considerably.

However, his skills were inevitably needed once again on Earth when evil threatened the planet. He formed the [[Dimensional Patrol]] from the ranks of the Autobots who had stayed behind on Earth, as well as additional experts in transwarp technology, to defend the planet from those who would do it harm via the "temporal and spatial nexus" in Earth's proximity. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and several members of the Dimensional Patrol were abducted by [[Unicron]]. Here they were to battle each other in the [[Cauldron]], where their energy would feed and repair the shattered body of the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|Sam's Club exclusive Optimus Prime profile}} ''One of Optimus's fellow abductees was [[Red Alert (RID)|Red Alert]], who died at some point and had his body taken over by [[Inferno (Universe)|Inferno]].''

As Omega Prime, Prime and Magnus escaped this fate in a jailbreak set into motion by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. They left Unicron for their home universe via a portal created by [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]], {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} but shortly thereafter they were once again called into service by [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

{{note|It is unclear whether the change to a yellow color scheme accompanied the weapons systems upgrade or if these colors were visited upon him by the [[Unicron virus|corrupting energies]] of the [[Pit]]. Since his colors had returned to "normal" by the end of the Universe conflict (see below), the latter seems most likely.}}

[[File:OptimusPrimeRIDprimuschamber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Prime picked this trick up from watching ''BASEketball.'']]

During the final battle with the [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]] in the [[Pit]], Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus (as Omega Prime) were fighting alongside the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] when the corrupt pocket universe began to collapse around them. Omega Prime and the others fled through a dimensional portal, but the powerlinxed brothers were diverted by the former [[Mini-Con]] [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] into [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon|another reality]], {{Storylink|Revelations Part 2}} just in time to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] from unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]] inside the Spark Chamber of [[Primus]]. The evil clone was defeated, and the brothers hooked up with [[Sentinel Maximus]] and his comrades as they attempted to fortify the local Cybertron against the [[Unicron Singularity]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}

[[File:InvasionPrologue-Primes.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Prime probably should have learned by now that Sentinel Maximus can't do anything.]]
Working relatively behind the scenes while that reality's [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his crew searched for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, Optimus Prime and his brother found themselves moderating an internal dispute among the Mini-Con colonies in Cybertron's debris field, {{Storylink|Revelations Part 4}} and were engaged with a Cybertronian-sized version of [[Unicron]] himself when Primus first transformed due to an infusion of Cyber Key Power. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} Some months later, after the final battle with the Cyber Key empowered [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], Optimus Prime first met his local counterpart, and they exchanged information on their endeavors over the last few months. With the newly reformed Unicron on the loose after their last encounter, Optimus chose to join Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Maximus in hunting him down. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

Optimus Prime was gathered in [[Axiom Nexus]] by [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|its Optimus Prime]], along with a roster of other Optimus Primes and [[Sentinel Maximus|their]] [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|kin]] in a group known as the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]]. A multiversal cataclysm in [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] seeded with [[Rarified Energon]] and an invasion by evil Autobots from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|the negative polarity universe]] had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers were usually never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

His name was on a list of Convoy members given by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]] to [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]]. The list noted that he was also known by the moniker "Ignition Prime" and hailed from universal stream Viron 903.0 Beta. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

Ignition Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the [[Waruder]] invasion of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
{{note|As this fiction takes place in a different [[continuity family]], "Fire Convoy" will be used to refer to the character.}}
====Car Robots catalog====
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''Fire Convoy was a vassal of the [[Convoy Council]] and a peer of [[Reverse Convoy]], [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]], and [[Galaxy Convoy]].'' He led the [[Dimensional Patrol]] in pursuit of [[Megatron (RID)|Gigatron]]'s [[Predacon (RID)|Destronger]]s to the year 2000 ''at the behest of the [[Convoy Council]]. While Fire Convoy was making preparations, he discovered the Beta BT unit of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] which had been in storage for centuries. Knowing that the memories it contained were invaluable, Fire Convoy had the Beta BT unit rebuilt with [[Spy Changer]] technology and infused with life by [[Vector Sigma]]. [[Prowl 2]] taught Fire Convoy and his Dimensional Patrol much about life on late 20th century Earth although Prowl 2 himself was unable to join the Dimensional Patrol on their expedition due to the risk of time paradoxes.''
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====''Transformers Legends'' comic====
Affected by [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s '80s Transformation Beam, a TV began airing adult-rated content at prime time as was acceptable in the '80s, including a scene of [[#KT Figure Collection|Fire Convoy creeping on a bathing T-AI]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

When Gelshark was sent to the [[Legends Universe]], he was perplexed to find that the Transformers were just a franchise of toys and media. When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattle]] explained to him about characters like [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Sky-Byte found through research that "Optimus Prime" was the English name of his hated enemy, Fire Convoy. Thus, he sought to ruin Fire Convoy's reputation in this world... by dressing up as ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' Optimus Prime. The plan didn't work out, as Gelshark was unable to bring himself to crush young fans' dreams. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

===Shell Game===
[[File:ShellGame optimusprime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Good thing we didn't see what happened to him, or else [[The_Transformers:_The_Movie|history would've repeated itself.]]]]
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''In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], Optimus Prime, as part of [[Omega Prime]], defeated Megatron, but Megatron was soon replaced by a more fearsome Decepticon/Predacon leader, [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. On the eve of a critical battle with Megazarak's forces, Optimus's loyal soldiers [[Fireflight (Universe)|Fireflight]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], [[Drydock (TF 2010)|Drydock]], [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]], [[Swerve (Chevy)|Swerve]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], as well as some of Megazarak's Decepticons, were abducted by [[Unicron]] to fight in the [[Universe War]]. Despite some of Megazarak's Decepticons being abducted as well, Optimus, [[Sky Lynx (RID)|Sky Lynx]], [[Hound (RID)|Hound]], and [[X-Brawn]] ultimately fell to Megazarak's onslaught.''

Optimus's corpse was thereafter visible on the surface of Cybertron, one of countless Autobots who fell at the hands of [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. {{storylink|Shell Game}}
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===Spy Changer continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[File:WorldsCollide4 Viron universe portal.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|"Hmmm... ''yellow''... Do you think that's me, Prowl?"]]
When then the [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]] destabilized the [[space bridge nexus]] in [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma]], causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] caught a glimpse of the Optimus Prime and Prowl of [[Viron 1103.12 Gamma]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

====OTFCC Voice Actor Drama====
{{voiceactor|[[Michelle Carolus]] (English)}}
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[[Image:Optimusprimelittleyellowdifferent.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Wait a minute... there's something bothering me about this Prime. I know! This female Optimus Prime ''doesn't have a fire ladder!'' Enjoy your ''negligence suit'', lady!]]

''Turns out the Optimus Prime of Viron 1103.12 Gamma was female! When the [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] of her world accidentally turned all of Earth's energon toxic, Optimus Prime had her troops had to downsize into new Spy Changer forms to survive, much to the amusement of the Predacons... until the Autobots blew up the Predacons' pure energon and the bad guys ran out of energy. Optimus's nemesis [[Scourge (RID)#Ask Vector Prime|Scourge]] was the only villain that made the shift to a Spy Changer body, but she too was defeated by Prime's army.''

Optimus Prime and her cohorts [[Prowl (RID)#3H comics (2)|Prowl]], [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#3H comics (2)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Ironhide (RID)#3H comics|Ironhide]] were later plucked from their universe and stranded on a frozen planetoid, a side effect of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s device that blocked [[Unicron]]'s attempt to kidnap Transformers from multiple dimensions. These stranded Autobots were targeted for 'recruitment' by [[Reptilion]] but rescued by the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. During the battle, Optimus took charge; [[Prowl (RID)#3H comics (1)|a Prowl]] was left bemused taking orders from someone so short while Optimus was distracted (and annoyed) by his constant statement of what attacks he was going to do.

Optimus and her crew appeared to stick around for the [[Universe War]]. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

{{note|Prime's "Worlds Collide" cameo was originally meant to be the cartoon incarnation Optimus Prime, but was later retconned into being the Prime from the Voice Actor Drama. That Prime was called "he" by Prowl, but was later retconned into being female as a nod to the female fan who voiced him for the presentation.}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], Optimus Prime was a student of [[Scavenger (RID)|Scavenger]] at the [[Autobot Military Academy]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2001)===
[[File:RID Optimus Prime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Burning justice|BURNING JUSTICE]]]]
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*'''Fire Convoy/Optimus Prime''' (Super, 2000, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-001'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime transforms into a Japanese Hino Brandlier fire truck. Harkening back to Generation 1 toys, he features chromed wheels with rubber tires. The forward section of his truck detaches to become his standard [[robot mode]]. His '[[trailer]]' can be reconfigured into a sort of battle station. The station can then be disassembled and attached around the robot to form his Battle Mode. His standard robot can combine with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] to form [[Omega Prime]].

: The original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' release differs from the [[Hasbro]] version in that it has a darker, metallic-flake plastic, red chrome eyes for both modes and has no Autobot symbols tampo-printed on the shoulder pads. Obviously, the voice clips used for the Japanese toy are also different, although the English clips are essentially translations of the Japanese ones (with the Hasbro toy incorrectly proclaiming that Optimus Prime's transformation into super mode uses the code-phrase "[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|maximize]]"). Additionally, the Hasbro version has the unfortunate tendency for its rubber tires to split down its molding connection. Furthermore, Fire Convoy's missiles are of a different mold on the Japanese toy. The toy’s ladder features a trigger that flips all four of his missile launchers forward into firing position when pressed. On Fire Convoy, pressing this trigger causes all four missiles to immediately launch (if by "launch" you mean "be-flung-up-into-the-air-and-fall-to-the-ground-instantly") when they flip forward, whereas the Hasbro toy removes the auto-fire feature, allowing them to be launched one-at-a-time via individual triggers. Unchanged from the Takara release, the tires feature the name "FIRE CONVOY" instead of "OPTIMUS PRIME".

: By some bizarre twist of fate, the standard [[robot mode]] has four [[Mini-Con]] ports on his arms ''before'' they were used in ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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*'''Black Super Fire Convoy ''' (Super, 2000/2001)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: Also known as "Super Fire Convoy Black Version" and "Dark Super Fire Convoy", this [[black repaint]] of the Optimus Prime figure featured a golden chrome chest, and clear sirens. It was available only as a prize in several contests held by Takara: 15 units were available as prizes in a raffle held in [[TV Magazine]] in July; 400 were raffled off in a drawing that involved sending in coupons that came with the ''Car Robots'' DVDs (200 from October to December 2000, and 200 more from March to May 2001); and an undetermined amount were offered in a scratch-card contest also held by TV Magazine.

:This figure was also sold in a giftest with a black version of Ultra Magnus as "Black God Fire Convoy", noted below.
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*'''Clear Super Fire Convoy''' (Super, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: Clear Super Fire Convoy is constructed primarily of translucent plastic, with opalescent/glittery white parts and gold chrome hubcaps. Like the Black Version of the figure, was only available as a contest prize. An unknown number of units were raffled off as part of the "Convoy Car Robots Campaign" between June and July 2000, while 15 were available at drawings held at Tokyo's Seibu Department Store between the 15th and 28th of August.

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*'''Black God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)
:This two-figure giftset includes the Black Super Figure Convoy figure, plus a black version of the Ultra Magnus figure (itself exceptionally rare), who together combine to form Black God Fire Convoy. It was ''ludicrously'' limited in its availability, with the only ten units known to exist being offered as prizes in a scratch-card contest that TV Magazine run until early November 2000.

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*'''God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version''' (Giftset, 2000)
**''Accessories'': [[Matrix Blade|God Fire Sword]]
:The God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイスペシャルクリアバージョン) set includes a DIFFERENT clear Super Figure Convoy figure (with silver chrome hubcaps), plus a clear version of God Magnus. Together, they combine to form God Fire Convoy. The set also included the God Fire Sword, which had previously been available only through various contests and raffles.

:The giftset was exclusive to Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. Released on November 23, 2000, it was limited to 3000 pieces; reportedly, only 100 TRUs carried the set, and limited customers to one purchase on the day of release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearSuperFireConvoy/superfireconvoy.htm More information on Clear Super Fire Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Spychanger RIDPrime toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Tiny BURNING JUSTICE]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Basic, 2002)

: This is a smaller, simplified version of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime made for the Spy Changer/Basic class in the ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline. It has no standard [[robot mode]] and parts do not detach. Oddly, all promotional images of this figure depicted it colored in ''orange''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrimeGobot/optimusprime.htm More information on Spychanger Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-OptimusPrimeSuper.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|LEMON-FLAVORED BURNING JUSTICE]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Supreme, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: A Sam's Club [[exclusive]], the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' release of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime basically swapped out all of his red plastic for a yellow-orange color. He came packed in [[robot mode]] in an upright display package, which featured a sticker on the front with a hilariously mistransformed Omega Prime, advertising the toy's combining ability with the simultaneously-released, slightly-redecoed Sam's Club exclusive ''Universe'' release of ''Robots in Disguise'' Ultra Magnus.

: For some reason, the Autobot symbol on his chest in Battle Mode is left unpainted.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/TFUOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TFU03-toy OptimusWMSpychanger.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Tiny LEMON-FLAVORED BURNING JUSTICE]]
*'''Optimus Prime and Prowl''' (Basic, 2003)

: One of a half-dozen Wal-Mart exclusive ''Universe'' toys to hit in the span of a few short months in 2003, this version of Prime is a yellow [[redeco]] of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Spy Changer]] Prime (with an oddly-unpainted face), based on the Sam's Club version of the larger toy. She was only available in a Basic-pricepoint two-pack with [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/TFUOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Spychanger Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Cybertron===
[[File:Cybertrontoy ridprime magnus 2pack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|MULTIVERSAL BURNING JUSTICE]]
* '''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles
:This Costco exclusive is a redecoed Super [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] Optimus Prime toy. He was sold with ''Cybertron'' Ultra Magnus, a repackaged Super ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. He transforms into a Japanese Hino Brandlier fire truck. Harkening back to Generation 1 toys, he features chromed wheels with rubber tires. The forward section of his truck detaches to become his standard [[robot mode]]. His 'trailer' can be reconfigured into a sort of battle station. The station can then be disassembled and attached around the robot to form his '''Battle Mode'''. His continuity of origin was ambiguous for years, as he was released under the ''Cybertron'' banner. The Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] settled the issues in [[2015]].

:In Australia, this set was released as a Myer exclusive.
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===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium RIDPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|METAL BURNING JUSTICE]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Display stand, nameplate

: ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Optimus is a six-inch tall [[die-cast]] metal and plastic version of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime. In [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] the ladder rotates at its base and the nozzles flip out of the end of the ladder, but the ladder cannot extend. As he is much simplified compared to the larger toy, the (largely hollow) front of the vehicle cannot separate and form the standard [[robot mode]], nor can the rear of the vehicle form the battlestation. Instead, the entire fire truck transforms into a simplified version of the super robot Battle Mode. His legs unfold like the original Super Mode's forearms do. On this version of Optimus, panels on his forearms pop up and reveal small, non-firing sculpted guns.

: His ladder can be detached, as can his arms. Oddly enough, the ladder can connect to his shoulder joint, but only on the detached arms. This is very bizarre, as his arm and ladder don't do anything when connected. He also has some strange ports around his body that seem to do nothing.

: This mold was also used to make ''Titanium Series'' [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TitRIDOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers DX===
[[File:Rid prime kabayakit1.jpg|225px|thumb|Puny BURNING JUSTICE]]

*'''Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol
:As part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers DX]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, Optimus Prime was one of three pre-assembled transforming figurines packaged with lemon candy. Capable of transforming into only the cab portion of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Prime's [[robot mode]] could also be upgraded into his Super Mode by attaching several additional armor pieces (two boots, two gauntlets, two arm-cannons, two shoulder guards, a head, a chest piece and a ladder), some of which came packaged with Prime himself, and the rest of which were split between the other two figures in the line, [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]].
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Rid prime kabayakit2.jpg|225px|thumb|[[Scale|Out of scale]] BURNING JUSTICE]]

*'''Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 1
**''Accessories:'' Pistol
:Part of Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' range of candy toys this version of Prime is a diminutive non-transforming snap-together model kit packaged with a stick of gum. Split across two plastic sprues, the kit is made of metallic silver and translucent red pieces with some painted details, which must be cut off their sprues and assembled by the buyer.

*'''Super Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 2
:Prime's Super Mode also got representation in ''Transformers Gum''. Just as with his standard ''Gum'' figure, this one is likewise non-transforming, silver and translucent red, and packaged with gum.
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===Trans Kit===
[[File:Rid prime kabayakit3.jpg|225px|thumb|White Chocolate, Blueberry, and Cherry (not pictured) BURNING JUSTICE]]

*'''Super Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 1
:Another model kit of Prime was released by Kabaya as part of their ''[[Trans Kit]]'' range of candy toys. This non-transforming figure was cast entirely in one color of plastic, but was available in either grey, blue or red. It came packaged in a two-piece box with candy-coated chocolates.

*'''Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 2
**''Accessories:'' Pistol
:Like his larger self, this version of Prime was also available in grey, blue and red plastic.
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===KT Figure Collection===

* '''Ai-chan''' (2004)

[[File:AI PVC.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Perverted BURNING JUSTICE]]
: This figurine was produced by [[KT Figure Collection]], and included in a set of four others. It is notable in that not only is this the only non-[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] PVC in the entire set, but Ai-chan is portrayed bathing in a hot spring, and is thus completely nude, aside from her hat. A [[super deformed]] Super Fire Convoy is seen peeking over the side, and a miniature [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] bath toy is in Ai-chan's hands.

: Yes, it's creepy. And you may find her face is familiar, BECAUSE the figure is designed by [[Yuki Ohshima]], who did the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|creepiest thing]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] ever.
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===Robot Heroes===
* '''Super Optimus Prime''' / '''Megatron'''

[[File:RobotHeroes-RID2001-OptimusPrimeMegatron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|ADORABLE BURNING JUSTICE with [[Megatron (RID)|lazy madman]]]]
:Robot Heroes Optimus Prime was an ''adorable little robot'' based on his "Battle mode" look, and was going to be available with Megatron.

:This didn't happen because our god is not a loving and forgiving one.

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==Notes==
* According to the first ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, Optimus and his Autobots are part of a "Dimensional Patrol" that followed the Predacons from another dimension. This seems to have been only vaguely alluded to in the Japanese version of the show—Fire Convoy proclaimed in the first episode that he would follow Gigatron wherever he went, "even if it's to the edge of the universe"—but does not seem to have played a large part of the main story, to the extent that the ''Robots in Disguise'' dub was able to omit it entirely. However, the [[3H Productions|3H]] supplemental materials for the ''Universe'' series re-established the idea, presenting the "Dimensional Patrol" as a post-cartoon organization.
* The first ''Car Robots'' catalog also stated that Fire Convoy and Gigatron were once "[[:File:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|childhood friends]]" that became eternal rivals. We don't really have any idea how that was supposed to work.
* Fans in Japan joke that Optimus Prime is an Autobot [[Emperor of Destruction]] rather than an Autobot [[Supreme Commander]], due to his actions in the ''Car Robot'' anime.
* For this incarnation of Optimus, voice actor [[Neil Kaplan]] specifically impersonated the voice of the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Peter Cullen]]. ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime is one of the few Optimuses (two [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|as of 2008]]) whose English voice actor isn't Cullen or [[Garry Chalk]]. At conventions, Kaplan refers to himself as "the [[wikipedia:George Lazenby|George Lazenby]] of Optimus Primes".<ref>This would presumably make [[David Kaye]] the [[wikipedia:Daniel Craig|Daniel Craig]] of Optimus Primes.</ref>
* ''Cybertron'' "Multi-Pack" Optimus Prime's on-package [[bio]] seems to indicate he's ''Unicron Trilogy'' Optimus Prime. However, his (and Magnus') deco was later used in the [[Fun Publications]] ''Cybertron'' fan club magazine comic as ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime having traveled to the ''Unicron Trilogy'' universe.
* Optimus Prime's [[Super Mode]] chest resembles the chest of EnRyu from ''[[Brave (franchise)|King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]'', another Takara series. EnRyu also transforms into a fire truck with a similarly positioned "ladder cannon".
* This is the first incarnation of Optimus not to be [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|killed off]] at any point during his series. Possibly due to the fact that he is not intended to be [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] in the original ''Car Robot'' series.
** However, the Optimus Prime in "[[Shell Game]]" was later retconned as an iteration of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime, so that darkens things a bit.
*Optimus was left out of the [[BotCon 2010]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] video tribute to Optimus Prime(s).
*Michelle Carolus voiced Optimus at the [[OTFCC 2004]] voiced drama but Optimus' female voice went unmentioned by the rest of the cast. Eleven years later, "Ask Vector Prime" retconned her into an Optimus Prime who just happened to be female (grandfathering the Spy Changer Scourge as female too, due to their clone nature). In the script, she was called "Optimus Prime (Micro)".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Fire Convoy''' (ファイヤーコンボイ ''Faiyā Konboi'')
*''Korean:'' '''Fire Convoy''' (파이어콘보이 ''Paieo Konboi'')
*''Russian:'' '''Optimus''' (Оптимус)

==Footnotes==
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Stock photography

2015-10-03T11:52:21Z

Crockalley: /* Notes */

[[File:ROTFDevastatorStockPhoto.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Yeaaaaah. If only.]]
'''Stock photography''', often simply referred to as '''stock photos''', is official photography of ''Transformers'' [[toy]]s used by [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] to illustrate toy packaging, [[catalog]]s, [[instructions]] and toy listings on their official websites. Hasbro and Takara sometimes use the same stock photos for the same toys, but in many cases, the two companies use different stock photos, often because the toys may not be entirely identical in terms of coloring and details. Stock photos may also be supplied for magazines and other media outlets.

Sometimes stock photos are taken in-house, while in other instances, the job is outsourced to external photo studios. The photographers often have a tendency to photograph the toys in (sometimes glaringly) incorrectly [[transformation|transformed]] states. Awkward poses are also common.

The toys used for stock photos are often early [[prototype]]s that might differ from the final toys. Production samples may also be used for stock photos. Furthermore, Hasbro also have stock photos of the toys in packaging, often including international, [[multilingual packaging|multilingual]] variations.

==Types of stock photography==
===Generation 1, 2 and early Beast Wars (Hasbro)===
[[File:G1OptimusInstructionsSample.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Direction arrows not included.]]Early ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' toys featured plenty of stock photography. Photos of the toy in both robot and [[alternate mode]](s) were printed on both side flaps of the packaging, and who could forget the Start>Change>Finish [[transformation]] sequence that was printed on the top of the boxes. In 1984, the [[instructions]] were also made up of stock photographs.

By 1985, Hasbro switched to line art for the instructions. Subsequently, stock photography disappeared almost completely from the back of Transformers' boxes. The only exceptions were [[combiner]] components, who often showed the other team members as [[cross-sell]]s. Larger scale toys like [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] or [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortess Maximus]] also featured additional detail photos of various features and [[gimmick]]s of the toy on the front of their boxes.

Probably the most familiar Transformers stock photography from those early years, though, were the Hasbro [[catalog]]s. Just about everyone who got a Transformer with a catalog can remember poring over it, examining those photos and trying to decide which toys to talk their parents into getting. The 1984 catalog featured a lot of group shots of the toys on color-neutral (but presumably real) backgrounds; the 1985 catalog, meanwhile, featured many toys in diorama settings with "rocky terrain" backgrounds, while some larger toys were simply superimposed over the catalog's own background.

In later years, the amount of stock photos was reduced to one photo of each mode, which were used on the packaging as well as in catalogs. Starting in 1986, the catalogs no longer featured real backgrounds, instead depicting the toys superimposed over whatever background the general catalog had. In addition, the 1989 Small [[Pretender]]s featured cross-sells on the back of their cards, and carded [[Micromaster]]s depicted stock photos of the included toys on the back of their cards. European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] combiner team members also depicted the entire team as cross-sells on the back of their packaging.

[[File:Astrotraincatalog.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|left|The Astrotrain toy you never had!]]
Where it gets tricky with the catalog stock photography is that many of the toys used were early prototypes (or, in some cases, possibly recycled ''[[Diaclone]]'' production toys): 1984's [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys|Bluestreak]] was consistently depicted in the infamous blue and silver ''Diaclone'' color scheme his ''Transformers'' incarnation was never available in, 1985's [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] featured extendable arms, a different head and a different color scheme than the final toy, 1988's [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] featured either retractable or sawed off [[Optimus Prime Super Modes|super mode]] hands on his trailer in vehicle mode, and a lot of toys were equipped with different weapons than they actually came with.

''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' featured cross-sells in the form of group photos of the toys on their packaging, set on "rocky terrain" backgrounds similar to the group photos from the 1985 Generation 1 catalog. 1996 and 1997 ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' toys by [[Kenner]] continued to use diorama group photos of the toys for the back of their packaging.
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===Enhanced prototype photos (Hasbro)===
[[File:CybertronLeobreakerStockPhotos.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Sadly, the actual toy is ''not'' [[vacuum metallizing|chromed]].]]
When parent company [[Hasbro]] reclaimed control over the ''Beast Wars'' toy line from their Kenner subsidiary starting with the [[Fuzor]] and [[Transmetal]] figures, diorama photos were replaced with isolated images of the toys in both modes superimposed over neutral backgrounds. The toys used for these photos now often were early, spray-painted [[prototype]]s with hand-painted details and water-slide decals for graphics and [[insignia]]s that would later be [[tampograph]]ed on the final toys. For the photos, the toys would be lit with a strong overhead light to accentuate the sculpted details, with an additional head-on light to give it a reflective sheen, and a very diffused back light to enhance the shadows. Subsequently, the photos would be digitally retouched by adjusting the levels and curves to further enhance the lighting, saturation and contrasts, resulting in a very glossy, "airbrushed", almost "metallic" look... which was far from representative of the actual toys, which still typically featured flat plastic colors. An exception were toys with [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] parts, such as the Transmetals; however, in the long run, they were the exception rather than the rule.

Hasbro continue to use the "airbrushed" prototype photos to this very day. Large photos of each mode are regularly featured on the back (or bottom) of a toy's packaging. The "improved" look of the photos compared to the actual toys has actually ''increased'', with shiny colors and extensive [[paint operation]]s that make the real toys look like a sad disappointment in comparison. In addition, due to their prototype nature, the toys used for these photos may also sport [[design change|''physical'' differences from the actual toys]], such as the different head sculpts for ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' Deluxe Class [[Protoform]] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Starscream]] and Leader Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Megatron]] (which were based on earlier designs for the [[Transformers (film)|movie]]) or the movable forearm cannons and articulated hands for ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager Class Starscream (which got gutted for the final toy due to budget reasons). Notable color differences with the final toy may also occur, as happened with ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Powerlinx]] [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]]. The disclaimer "Product and colors may vary" (also sometimes "Color and contents may vary") protects Hasbro from litigation in this regard.

[[File:MovieMegatronStarscreamProtoHeads.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|Who are you guys?]]In a particularly bizarre case, the "airbrushed" stock photo of [[Legends Class]] [[Scattershot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Scattorshot]] on the back of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Target]] [[exclusive]] "Special Team Leaders" five-pack depicts a ''bent elbow'', even though the toy is a [[redeco]], and no previous release of the sculpt had featured [[articulation]] joints at the elbows. Supposedly, it's easier for Hasbro to simply rapid up a new prototype than keeping samples of older product around for the purpose of re-painting them. This also happened with the [[Target]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' Scout [[Air Raid (Movie)|Air Raid]], whose on-packaging stock photos depict him with the same feet sporting human-like toes as previously seen in the stock photos of the original release of the sculpt, ''Energon'' [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]], even though both Skyblast and Air Raid's production versions sported more robotic feet.

Starting with the final waves of ''Energon'' and ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], Hasbro used "airbrushed" stock photos of the toys' robot modes on European [[multilingual packaging]] instead of the [[package art]] the North American toys continued using for undisclosed reasons. Package art has since made a return in Europe with ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' and ''Universe'', however. In addition, starting with the ''Movie'' line, Hasbro also use gray-scaled versions of the "airbrushed" stock photos as "cover" images for their [[instructions|instruction sheets]], replacing the line art renditions of the toys from previous lines.
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===Production samples (Hasbro)===
[[File:UniverseVectorPrimeStockPhotos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Can ''you'' guess which version you could actually buy in stores?]]
In addition to this, Hasbro have also used a ''second'' set of stock photos ever since the days of late ''Beast Wars'', which once again included a shot of each mode of the toys, but this time taken from (pre)production samples with minimal alterations in post-production, resulting in a more accurate representation of the actual toys. Occasionally, however, pre-production samples are used for these photos which aren't 100% accurate to the final toys either, such as the [[:File:Universe2008 G1Cyclonus.jpg|beige plastic]] used for ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus's]] [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] (versus the actual toy's purple, which more or less matched the earlier airbrushed stock photo), or the missing black stripes on ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generations|Bumblebee]]'s chest.

This set also includes a photo of the toy in sample packaging. Additional photos of international multilingual packaging also exist; sometimes they are simply digitally altered versions of the US packaging, sometimes they are actually brand new photos of the different packaging. Sometimes the photos of the packaging samples are also later digitally altered in the case of last-minute changes to the packaging design. For example, two versions of ''Universe'' [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno's]] packaging stock photos exist, with the background of the "25 years" logo changed to a different color.

[[File:CWStreetwiseStockCollage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Stock photo overload!]]The back (or bottom) of the packaging always depicts the "airbrushed prototype" stock photos, as do the accompanying [[cross-sell]]s. In other instances, there is no cut-and-dry rule for when which set is used: Hasbro's official website listings for toys sometimes depict airbrushed prototypes, and in other cases, they depict the more realistic production samples. Generally, however, the website tends more towards the latter. Store websites and online retailers are often supplied with both sets. Some eventually replace the "airbrushed" versions with the more accurate samples, others use whatever they get first, and sometimes they even depict ''both''.

In more recent years, additional sets of stock photos have come into practice, among them a set featuring both the toys themselves and child models playing with them. For toys including different accessories or [[pack-in material]]s in different international markets, separate photo sets exist for each verson.
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===Takara stock photos===
[[File:HenkeiGalvatronStockPhoto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|One of the few fields where Takara is [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|undeniably superior to Hasbro]].]]
[[TakaraTomy|Takara]] generally use different stock photos than Hasbro, especially since their version of a toy often differs from its Hasbro counterpart. Takara's stock photos, usually taken by [[e-HOBBY]]'s parent company Part One Inc., also often depict hand-painted early prototypes that may slightly differ from the final toys, but the photos aren't run through heavy post-production filters, and as a result usually look a lot more representative of the final toys than Hasbro's "airbrushed" photos.

Takara often have additional and/or different stock photos for their own website, online stores (with e-Hobby often getting the biggest bulk) and toy packaging, and occasionally supply Japanese Hobby magazines with even ''more'' additional detail photos.

Sometimes Takara and Hasbro use the same stock photos, especially when the toys are virtually identical. Most ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toys didn't have their own Takara stock photos—instead, Takara just used Hasbro's "airbrushed" photos for online listings. The packaging of those toys—with the exception of the "Basic" figures from the first ''Movie'' line, TakaraTomy's versions of the [[Fast Action Battlers]], which had their own unique packaging with unique stock photos—used exactly the same design as their Hasbro counterparts, down to the use of unchanged English text (save for additional stickers that identified them as Japanese releases).

The same usually applies to [[USA Edition]]s and other toys released in Japan in Hasbro or Hasbro-derived packaging. Even toys like ''Movie'' [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''/''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' "USA Edition" [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], both of whom sported notably different color schemes from their Hasbro counterparts, depicted the Hasbro versions on the backs of their packaging. The same generally applies to [[exclusive]] [[redeco]]s, which either use the same packaging as the respective sculpt's original release, or use gray-scaled or otherwise monochrome color variations of the original packaging, with minimal changes to the on-packaging text. An odd case was ''Movie'' [[Arcee (Movie)|Black Arcee]], a non-exclusive (but still Japan-only) redeco of the original ''Movie'' Arcee toy (which was also available in Japan), which came in a mostly unchanged version of the original Arcee's Hasbro packaging, down to the [[bio]]...but with all-new stock photos on the back depicting the new color scheme, which were closer to the usual Takara stock photo quality.

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==Problems with stock photos==
[[File:StockPhotosMistransformed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|oUR liVEs aRe PaIn]]
Most ''Transformers'' figures are more complex than your average ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' or ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' toys. Because the people who take the stock photos for Hasbro, regardless of whether they're an in-house department or an outsourced external studio, take photos for ''all'' of Hasbro's toy lines (meaning they may be working on a tight schedule) and probably aren't fans, they may encounter problems when trying to [[transformation|transform]] the toys—especially when early prototypes don't come with [[instructions]]. Mistransformed robot modes and awkward poses are often the result. Although this is understandable (in some cases, even the official instructions are vague, unhelpful, or even ''incorrect''), there are instances where one has to wonder if the photographers stopped to think for a moment if the robot they just took a photo of looks like it's correctly transformed and posed. Furthermore, why does Hasbro use some of those photos in official advertising (including the back of the packaging), when they're (arguably) poor representations of their products? Reportedly, Hasbro nowadays tries to send someone from the design team to the photo session to avoid this problem, but time does not always permit.

Occasionally, stock photos even show a ''[[misassembly|misassembled]]'' toy, such as a production sample of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]] with two right arms (which, ironically enough, had a counterpart at Amazon.com, whose own stock photos depicted a Prowl with two ''left'' arms).

[[File:MagentaStockPhotos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Yes, Hasbro employs color-blind people. You got a problem with that?]]
For some reason, Takara's stock photos rarely feature mistransformations, and the toys are usually more dynamically posed. Either those Japanese photographers are more capable of handling the toys, or Takara simply puts more emphasis on "acceptable" product photos.

Another occasional problem is notably incorrect color schemes and decos depicted in the stock photos. When [[redeco]]s of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys were included in early [[wave]]s of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' as eleventh-hour additions, they simply depicted the toys in their original ''Armada'' colors on the back of the packaging: The stock photos for ''Energon'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] sported ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload's]] colors, ''Energon'' [[Rapid Run (Energon)|Rapid Run]] was shown in ''Armada'' [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways's]] colors, and ''Energon'' [[Treadbolt]] was shown in ''Armada'' [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger's]] colors. Fortunately, this practice was never employed again to this extent.

[[File:EuroClassicsCombaticons.jpg|thumb|left|The redecos that never happened.]]
In addition, sometimes the post-production department goes overboard and screws up the hue and saturation settings of the "airbrushed" photos. This is most evident with toys that sport red or orange colors, which tend to come out as various magenta-ish shades after too much digital alteration. Notable instances provided to online retailers include early stock photos of ''Alternators'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternators|Optimus Prime]] and [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Deluxe Class [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys|Sideswipe]], ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class]] [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' Scout Class [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. With Legends Class Arcee, it even affected the later set of stock photos depicting a production sample. Sometimes Hasbro later sends out updated versions of those stock photos with corrected hue settings. The back (or bottom) of the toys' packaging usually features the photos with more or less correct hue settings.

Something similar may have happened as early as 1991, when the packaging for the [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European-only]] ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' reissues of the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] depicted the team in seemingly [[redeco]]ed colors across all the various [[multilingual packaging|market-specific packaging]] [[variant]]s, although the toys themselves retained their original decos.
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==Notes==
*It has been suggested<ref name="jinsao">[http://shortpacked.livejournal.com/419462.html?thread=11322246#t11322246 Post by Jin Saotome at the Shortpacked! blog], October 2008.</ref> that Hasbro's airbrushed, heavily digitally retouched stock photos and their lack of resemblance to anything that will ever realistically be available in toy stores are a totally conscious decision: Since the toy market is heavily competitive, toy companies will want to make their toys as impressive for mass retailers' buying agents as possible. Simply put, Hasbro tries to convince [[Walmart]] that ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] is the ''most awesome toy ever'' by touching up his early promotional photos, which the buying agents will use as a basis for deciding how many cases of a toy line's [[wave]]s they are going to order. Since those buying agents won't care about the differences between the early stock photos and the final toys anymore by the time those toys come out, Hasbro have no problem with providing them with deliberately deceptive renditions of their products.

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Talk:Cryotek (RID)

2015-10-03T04:55:28Z

Crockalley: /* RID vs G1 */

At some point, I need to rewrite this to adhere to the style guide. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:50, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes you do. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 03:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, you go fix Wideload the way he should be. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

===Cryotek's actual plan===

All right. What was it? Okay, so we know from 3H that it would ultimately end up with the resurrection of Unicron blah blah blah, but... aside from that. He wants to send the Dinobots, the Mutants, and the Wreckers on fools errands. But the real Vector Sigma breaks through the Oracle and gives the Wreckers a REAL mission -- protecting the Divine Light. But... apparently that was Cryotek's true purpose all along? How does that work? Tengu, where are you? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

:Cryotek's purpose was to claim the divine light, lead the Quintessons to Cybertron (whose reformation int he last episode of BM they were unaware of- they lsot contact witht he planet whwn the Oracle went offline) and betray thrm, using the Divine Light's ability to act as a 'fuse' through which to transfer Primus's power either directly into himself, or somehow to Unicron.

:This fails for some reason,a nd the result ins INSTEAD that Primus himself comes online, as seen in TFU, instead of having to work through Vector Sigma. They got the fuse back the Quints pulled when they first invaded the nascent Cybertron, and so Primus can function again.

::That doesn't answer my question. If it was Cryotek's original purpose to claim the divine light, then why did Primus have to come online to *give the Wreckers different directions than otherwise intended*? The implication is that everyone was to be sent off-world into fools errands, but Vector Sigma broke through the Oracle to give the Wreckers their *real* mission, not the fake one. And yet, this was apparently Cryotek's plan from the beginnings, despite it all? It's a plot hole. Unless, I guess, Cryotek set up the whole "Primus broke through and gave us a real mission" thing, and it was his voice that was pretending to be Vector Sigma breaking through in the first place, putting on this charade for the benefit of the Wreckers. But that seems a little absurd. Why bother? Just give them their orders like the others. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:32, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

: His plan was '''A BLOOH BLAH BALLLAHA BLOOOOOOOOOO!!!''' [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 03:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I still don't 'see' the conenction between Cryotek and Unicron, bt it's clearly there- Wreckers even list shim as a minion of Unicron, so who knows? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:27, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Why's he under RID? [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 10:22, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

His toy was released as a RiD toy. However given that all his fiction is G1/BW/BM/TFU related it does seem odd. I just noticed it myself. It really isn't "the continuity he's most associated with" which I thought was the standard. I haven't looked do we have an entry for RiD Optimus Primal, or was his foray as a spirit guide for that Prime covered under BW? [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 10:29, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

: Latter-day RiD segued into Universe (Fire Convoy preparing the Spychanger for a great comign threat, the foundign of the Interdimensional whosiswhatsis...)
: I think can, maybe, say that BM Primalw as sent to RiD Prime to inform him of these coming threats we're just told he's preparing for?
: (That's purely metatextual of course, like toy-continuity vs. show continuity, sicne I think RiD Prime started preparign after being kidnapped by Unicron during TFU #2 and subsequently beign returned home.)
: If anything, this would be someting Primal did during his post-death pre-reincarnate state. He doesnt' mention it, but it doesnt' rule it out. (And even if it didnt' 'happen' for the Comic, that's where this piece of toy-continuity is suppsoed to fit.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

: We had a big discussion in the "series tags" a couple days back, but people seem to keep ignoring it, so it ended up being largely me and Steve-o. "Toy-series of origin" is the way of tagging that simply makes the most SENSE and is EASIEST. You "common association" is far too open to interpretation. Of course, I'm still waiting to see if the UT and BW and J-G1 characters should be broken up into sub-series for consistancy's sake, which, despite me liking how we emphasise the use of (UT), I think we SHOULD. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

: That seems awfully toy-specific for a CHARACTER DRIVEN WIKI! If they wanted toys they would go to TFU.info. [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 19:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

:: Characters... WHO ARE BASED ON TOYS. Who are created TO SELL TOYS. Toys are the core of the damn franchise. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
::And it's not like the information here is strictly the stuff you can already find on tfu.info....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 20:35, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

===Spark drivers===
In response to "Who the fuck said that," the answer is "[[Hasbro|HASBRO]]." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 07:44, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

==Decepticon symbol==
There's a Decepticon symbol on Crytotek's left shoulder in Theft of the Golden Disk. Is he supposed to be a former Decepticon? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 20:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

== Toy first or character first? ==

If this is the wrong place to ask this, then I apologize. But I must at least ask. Did Cryotek originate as a redecoed figure of the TM2 Megatron first, or was he first conceived as a character in TF fiction?
From what I can gather, his toy came out in late 2001 as a Target exclusive in the RiD toyline, and his first fictional appearance was in The Wreckers issue 2: Betrayal at BotCon 2002.

''However'', I wholeheartedly remember having once read a FAQ question regarding when/if Cryotek would be getting a toy release at all and if it would be a BotCon exclusive or not. The answer given said that it would be a Target exclusive in the RiD toyline, which did come to pass. Though, the way the question was asked implied that the nature of his character was already made known ahead of his toy's release date, which has me wondering if his persona was conceived ''and'' made known prior to the release of his toy.

If I could ''find'' this old question it would greatly help me in trying to figure this out. I've been searching on the WayBack Machine's archives of BotCon.com and OTFCC.com, but have found nothing yet. Any assistance to figuring this out would be greatly appreciated. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 23:16, 11 March 2011 (EST)
: If you read the Notes section to this page, you would know exactly all about how we knew about him prior to his release date. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:00, 12 March 2011 (EST)

==RID vs G1==
Does there need to be a RID Cryotek specifically separate from G1? There does, right? And that would mean that this guy would need to move somewhere else, probably Cryotek (G1). Someone double check this before I start doing stuff, I often seem to be on the wrong side of these universe naming and moves. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 20:30, 22 September 2015 (EDT)
:I believe Cryotek was just one of a bunch of toys that were meant to be released earlier, but were pushed back into the RID toyline for reasons. The big Beast Machines Optimal Primal toy was released in this line too, but I'm pretty sure we're not going to pretend that he's a separate character either. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 20:34, 22 September 2015 (EDT)
::Right, I was only asking because [[Ask Vector Prime]] today had the Robots in Disguise [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] encountering Cryotek. I'm fine with just putting that info here. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 20:36, 22 September 2015 (EDT)
:::Ah, nertz. I hadn't gotten around to check AVP today. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 20:41, 22 September 2015 (EDT)
::::I guess I'm just not getting something. There needs to be two ships named Longbow, one for Cybertron and one for RID, but we're ok with having just one Cryotek across G1 & RID? If there's a logic here I'm not seeing it. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 00:12, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
:::::I thought you were referring to the fact that Cryotek was a RID toy as basis for splitting him off. With the info from AVP, I have no arguments against making a separate page for RID Cryotek. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 00:17, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
::::::I'm all for splitting a page for RID Cryotek. However, I think we should wait to see if AVP clarifies anything on RID Cryotek. The post almost sounds to me like it's Primax 797.18 Epsilon Cryotek who has escaped the formless dimension into Viron 903.0 Beta. After all, it's big hero JG1 Optimus Primal/Convoy who's pursuing him. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 00:29, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
:::::::Sounds reasonable, considering that AVP doesn't seem like it'll be around for much longer. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 00:31, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
::::::::Waiting to see if we learn more makes a ton of sense to me. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 09:05, 23 September 2015 (EDT)

::::::::In any case, even if there isn't a page split, can we consider making an exception to the disambiguate-by-franchise-rather-than-continuity-family rule? It works in most case, but I think here it only serves to confuse things; maybe moving if to Cryotek (BW) or Cryotek (G1) would be better? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 02:49, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
:::::::::I don't think it's especially confusing, and I'd really rather not open up those floodgates. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 04:09, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
::::::::::Well, I found it particularly confusing when I first found the wiki, and I'm not sure what floodgates it would open - as far as I know, the only comparable situation (i.e. characters from one continuity family being first released as part of another family's franchise) would be a few DOTM Mini-Cons, etc? I feel like it's similar to how Animated Timelines characters would, IIRC, be disambiguated to "Animated" rather than "Timelines" back when the wiki still used (Timelines). Sorry, I'm rambling - what I'm trying to say is that it ''did'' confuse me as a casual fan, and given the recent increased focus on being accessible to casual fans... --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 05:12, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
:::::::::::It's just a case of cracks starting to appear in our organization scheme. When we started this, at the end of the Unicron Trilogy era, characters across different universe were pretty distinct. There were very few "lore" characters, and we'd just lived through four years of repeated "nameslaps" where Ironhide could be a female Mini-Con and a punk rookie Autobot. Post-movie, as characters become more consistent across the spectrum of Transformers stories, and many names now hold ''meaning'', some of these delineations grow to feel quite pointless. Knock Out, for instance, really is exactly the same character across the Prime cartoon and IDW comics, he just calls a different planet home. I think it's quite clear that AVP has been poking that particular bear of late, with it's Micromaster/Mini-Con/Cyberdroid analogues, or that answer from just the other day about an Aurex Hi-Q and Arcana. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 06:11, 23 September 2015 (EDT)
::::::::::::oh hey remember when we came to a consensus to move this page OH WAIT --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 18:57, 1 October 2015 (EDT)
::::::::::::::Revert please. Also, I wouldn't say "cracks just appeared" since this was all done on purpose by human agency to write new facts directly for the wiki but whatever we've been over that. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 21:39, 1 October 2015 (EDT)
::::::::::::::::apparently there have been too many intermediate edits and I CAN'T just revert it. Or maybe there's some trick I'm forgetting. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 22:01, 1 October 2015 (EDT)
:::::::::::::::::Ok, consensus is RID and G1 Cryotek are close enough to live on the same page? Works for me. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 00:44, 2 October 2015 (EDT)

[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Talk:Cryotek_%28G1%29 Discussion from Cryotek (G1)]

I'm sorry, I'm going to be a little anal about my understanding of this wiki. Under the current policy, I can't wrap my head around combining characters from RID and Beast Machines onto one page. The Cryotek from Vector Prime's story is a RID character. (The story gives no indication otherwise.) If that policy ever changes, that's fine. But this isolated incident of Cryoteks from two continuity families on one page is weird. I understand the ideas of cross-franchise characters being very similar and the desire to keep them together, but that requires a significant reorganization of the wiki en masse. This helter skelter fashion of changing the status quo is not a great idea. --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] ([[User talk:Crockalley|talk]]) 00:55, 3 October 2015 (EDT)

Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys

2015-09-27T13:40:40Z

Crockalley: /* Adventure */ The blade details match Drift's on-screen sword.

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[[File:GenWFCinstructionslineart-CybertronianOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
A lot of plastic has been sacrificed in the name of this '''Optimus Prime'''...

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-CybertronianOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It's ''[[Transformers: The War Within|War Within]]'' but with fewer chinstraps and handvents.]]
*'''Cybertronian Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster rifle

: Based on his appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'', ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Optimus Prime transforms from a red, blue, and silver robot into an "armored truck mode." He comes with a hand-held rifle that is held via either of its two [[5mm post]]s, and can fold up to store in either mode. He features additional 5mm ports on his forearms, roof, and front-wheel panels. Optimus has a stylized sculpted Autobot insignia on his back, as seen in the game, but it is obscured by [[kibble]].

: An undocumented transformation step includes flipping Optimus Prime's knees out in vehicle mode to form a back bumper with tail lights. Oddly, the toy itself and the [[package art]] show Optimus Prime with four fingers on each hand, while he has 5 fingers in the video game. The vehicle mode pictured here is minimally mis-transformed: The exhaust pipes have not been rotated to hide the indentations against the vehicle body. The instructions show the rifle being plugged in by its shorter peg, but the packaging depicts the rifle stored by its grip, which keeps the weapon higher off Prime's body, but is also more secure.

:Optimus Prime is part of the first wave of ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, but he and Cybertronian [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Generations|Bumblebee]] shipped ahead of their two other wavemates via [[Toys"R"Us]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#United|Optimus Prime Cybertron Mode]] and [[Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|Darkside Optimus Prime]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/GenerationsOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertronian Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generationstoy-OptimusPrimeFOC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Heroic Fist Truck of DOOM!!!!! (Hasbro version pictured)]]
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-FOCOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(TakaraTomy version pictured)]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''01 / #001'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[December 28|12-28]]-[[2012]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG01'''
**''Accessories'': "Ion cannon"

: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, Optimus Prime is based on his ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' design, and transforms from a robot to a Cybertronian truck and back. His ion cannon, based on a weapon seen in his concept art, can mount via either of its two 5mm posts onto ports on his hands, forearms, back, and shoulder smokestacks. The toy is known for being oddly small for an Optimus Prime toy, especially when compared to other toys from the same line. This allows him to be more or less in scale with [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]] (likewise from the same line), however.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the first wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, is noticeably shinier, casting his red and blue plastics in different, metallic shades, having much darker gray and black plastics, coating much of his red plastic in glossy metallic paint, and featuring numerous additional [[Paint operation|paint highlights]], among other deco changes.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Generations|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GenOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Fall of Cybertron'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[File:PrimeFEtoy-OptimusPrimeSDCC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This should tide us over for <s>three</s> <s>six</s> eight months!]]
*'''Matrix of Leadership SDCC Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, magnet, dignity-removing wearable Matrix packaging

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

[[File:PrimeFEtoy-SDCCpackaging.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Step 1: Put Optimus Prime toy inside a wearable Matrix. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!]]

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

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[[File:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeEP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Can transform from truck mode to movie trailer narrator mode and back!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: A Deluxe-sized Optimus Prime comes with a similarly-scaled [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Megatron]] and PVC figurines of [[Jack Darby (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Jack Darby]], [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Miko Nakadai]], and [[Raf Esquivel#EntertainmentPack|Raf Esquivel]]. Optimus converts from [[robot mode]] to his [[alternate mode|truck mode]]. He comes with a gun than he can wield with his hands, as well as peg onto his hitch in vehicle mode, with different pegs for either configuration. Similar to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|a previous Optimus Prime toy]], he features some [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|faux-kibble]] in the form of his actual windshield chest being covered by sculpted panels featuring his characteristic windshield-chest.

: Initial distribution of this set was... spotty at best, with most of the stock going to Canada. However, [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] picked up this set, along with most of the "First Edition" line, as part of a ''huge'' block of US market [[exclusive]]s for holiday season 2012.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/PrimeEPOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Entertainment Pack Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And those chest-mounted side-view mirrors go to ''where'' on the truck mode? (Hasbro version pictured)]]
[[File:Takara-tomy-fe-optimus-prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(TakaraTomy version pictured)]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''001'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] battle sword", "[[plasma cannon]]", cardboard stand

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: First Edition'' Voyager-Class toys, Optimus Prime transforms into a truck, with a similar (but more complex) transformation to his previous Deluxe-Class toy, and features a faux-kibble window-chest panel as well as a detailed truck cab interior. He comes with a "Cybertronian battle sword" and a "plasma cannon", either of which can peg into his hands. The cannon also features a 5mm peg-hole on the underside of its barrel, allowing the sword (or any other compatible accessory) to mount there as a bayonet. They are stored in vehicle mode by pegging them onto either the 5mm-compatible trailer hitch, or onto each peg-hole beside it, although the [[instructions]] tell [[you]] to peg the sword facing forwards onto the hitch, with the cannon mounting backwards onto one of the side pegs. His trailer hitch ends up on his right robot leg, and he has a fake, sculpted, equally-usable trailer hitch on his left leg. As with all "First Edition" toys, he features a cardboard stand.

: He is minimally mis-transformed in-package and in the [[Stock photography|stock photo]], as his shoulder guards aren't flipped open. His stock photography also shows his plasma cannon as being solid black, when the final cannon is black speckled with silver paint, with slightly more painted silver details on the tips of the barrels.

: The Japanese release of this figure features slightly different colors for greater [[show-accuracy]], including darker reds and blues, and a more metallic silver plastic.

: The First Edition Voyagers were never released in the US, forcing buyers to import him from Canada or Japan... at first. [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] later picked up this toy, along with most of the "First Edition" line, as part of a ''huge'' block of US market [[exclusive]]s for holiday season 2012. This second run introduced a [[Variant#Colors and deco|deco variant]], in which the red paint on, beside, and below the truck side windows is omitted, revealing the patch of brown plastic underneath. As he is packaged in robot mode, with his front wheels and shoulders covering said patch, the only way to identify which version is which while in the box is by looking at the hinge joints beside his two painted torso lights, with the center portions of the hinges being unpainted brown on the variant.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/PrimeFEOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Voyager Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Prime-toy OptimusShining.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Shining Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, [[June 16|6-16]]-2012)
**''Accessories'': "Plasma Cannon", "Cybertronian Battle Sword", cardboard stand

: One of two exclusive toys at the [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2012 held on [[June 16]]th and [[June 17|17th]] (the other being [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UnitedBlack|''United'' Black Optimus Prime]]), this is the First Edition Prime mold (see above) done up mostly in transparent plastics. He comes in a grayscale version of the First Edition packaging that is otherwise unchanged from the Japanese package, design-wise.

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1576.html Shining Optimus Prime at Alfes's Toy Blog (part 1)]
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1577.html Shining Optimus Prime at Alfes's Toy Blog (part 2)]

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[[File:Prime-toy DarkGuardOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men.]]
*'''Dark Guard Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, [[December 1|12-01]]-2012)
**''Accessories'': "Cybertronian battle sword", "plasma cannon"
: This Japanese-exclusive black-and-gold redeco of First Edition Voyager Class Optimus Prime was available exclusively at the fourteen stores taking part in the [[Cybertron Satellite]] promotion. It depicts Prime coated in an alloy reverse-engineered by Ratchet from MECH equipment that protects Optimus against Dark Energon and other techno-biological hazards.

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===Rescue Bots===
[[File:RescueBots-toy OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Admit it, you want one.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2011)
:Optimus Prime transforms into a red and blue semi truck of likely fictitious origin. In keeping with the simplified transformation scheme of the Rescue Bots line, Optimus Prime transforms from truck to robot when [[Autotransformation|his legs are folded down]], at which point his head, arms, and hands emerge; folding his toes into position will finish the transformation.

:Of note is that on some samples, the head can sometimes lock into position even when the figure is in robot mode; this could be observed simply by walking into a store and seeing multiple "headless" Prime figures. This can occasionally be corrected by pushing down on the back of the panel or tapping the head, thereby releasing it.

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[[File:Rescue-bots-Electronic-Rescue-Bots-Mobile-Headquarters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Electronic Rescue Bots Mobile Headquarters''' (playset 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Optimus Prime, [[Cody Burns]]
:The Electronic Rescue Bots [[Mobile Headquarters]] includes an Optimus Prime toy with a seat for the Cody Burns figure. He has a simple transformation that involves folding his legs and standing him up.

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[[File:RescueBots SilverForceOptimusBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Silver Force Optimus Prime and Bumblebee''' (2-pack, 2014)
:Available with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys|Silver Force Bumblebee]], Silver Force Optimus Prime is a redeco of the Energize non-transforming figure, featuring silver through all his body. It was not sold in the United States, apparently being exclusive to Canadian [[Target]] stores.

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*'''Epic Optimus Prime''' (2014)
:Epic Optimus Prime is a 22 inches tall, non-transforming Optimus Prime figure, featuring limited articulation in the waist, shoulders and wrists. His chest can be opened to reveal a command center with a seat and room to display at least three figures His arms also feature one seat each to accommodate more figurines. The back of his arms and legs are hollow with "shelves" that allow even more figurines to be displayed.

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*'''Optimus Prime'''<ref>http://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/playskool-heroes-transformers-rescue-bots-optimus-prime-figure:3DF4BF0B-5056-9047-F558-5E90F9A55F35</ref> (2015)
:Optimus Prime converts from robot to T-Rex{{sic}} and back! He's smaller than Optimus Primal, though.

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*'''Optimus Primal'''<ref>http://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/playskool-heroes-transformers-rescue-bots-optimus-primal-figure:FBB9C73F-5056-9047-F5C7-630AA7919AF5</ref> (2015)
:Optimus Primal converts from robot to T-Rex{{sic}} and back! With push-button [[autotransformation]] and electronic lights, sounds, and phrases.

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*'''Optimus Prime Tow Truck'''<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Playskool-Heroes-Transformers-Optimus-Exclusive/dp/B00P2SNBV0</ref> (2015)
:A redeco/new-head retool of the [[Hoist_(RB)#Rescue_Bots|Rescue Bots Hoist the Tow-bot]] figure, Optimus Prime transforms from robot into a tow truck. Pulling the tow truck's hook up converts him back into a robot.

:He is currently released as an Amazon exclusive.

===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:TRURageOverCybertronCybertronianOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|S-s-s-so th-th-th-this i-i-i-is w-w-w-what i-i-i-it f-f-fe-feels l-l-li-like t-t-t-to b-be st-st-stu-stunned.]]
*'''Rage over Cybertron''' (Multipack, 2011)
:*''Accessories'': "blaster" rifle

:A redeco of Cybertronian Optimus Prime with a translucent red front section, additional (painted) "scratched paint" details, some red paint highlights either omitted or changed to yellow and additional yellow circuitry pattern detailing reminiscent of the jammed abilities/mode lock/EMP effect from the ''War for Cybertron'' game, available in a [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive three-pack with redecos of Cybertronian Megatron and Cybertronian Bumblebee.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/TRUROCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Rage over Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Cyberverse===
[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Equipped with "Berry Blast" Push Pops.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 001'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 31|3-31]]-[[2012]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EZ-01'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "battle cannons"

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class toys, Optimus Prime is a smaller-scale toy, and features translucent plastic for his torso so that the toy can be illuminated using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He comes with two translucent "battle cannon" weapons which feature multiple [[C joint|3mm posts and port]]s, allowing them to be held by his hands, or store/mount onto numerous ports on his person. Additionally, he features a 5mm port for a trailer hitch.

:The Hasbro release comes with a pack-in file card. In addition to the regular version, Optimus was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside alongside [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)#Cyberverse|Starscream]], with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

:Like many other modern toys, Optimus was designed with an alternate head sculpt (based on the [[mouthplate]]-less face as seen on the show) intended for a later retool, which was [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with the original head. At least one specimen sporting the mouthplate-less head has been found at retail, although since this occurrence has seemingly been limited to an isolated incident, it can be assumed to be a [[quality control|manufacturing error]] rather than a genuine [[variant]].<ref name="cvvari">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/cyberverse-optimus-prime-unmasked-variant-174184/ TFW2005 reporting] on the head sculpt "variant" for Cyberverse Commander Class Optimus Prime.</ref> The mouthplate-less head sculpt ''was'' eventually used officially for a later-[[wave]] redeco, Nightwatch Optimus Prime (see below).

:This sculpt was later retooled to make ''Beast Hunters Cyberverse'' [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#BHCyberverse|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/CommOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cyberverse Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-NightwatchOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Add the cannons from my previous release to form ''Prime'' "[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleSteel|Battle Steel Optimus Prime]]!"]]
*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 008'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "battle swords"

: Part of the third wave of ''Prime Cyberverse'' Commander Class toys, Nightwatch Optimus Prime is a redeco of Series 2 ''Cyberverse'' Optimus Prime, using the faceplate-less head sculpt that is [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with the original head. His blue plastic is now gray, his smokestacks and thighs are left unpainted, he loses the Autobot insignia on his right forearm/door, and he gains yellow paint highlights for his eyes and lights, along with various other minor deco differences. Instead of the original release's cannons, he now comes with a pair of swords, which each have a pair of 3mm posts for wielding/mounting.

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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionAutobotSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24|11-24]]-2012)
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP1'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "battle cannons"

: This redeco of Optimus Prime uses the faceplate-less version of the mold's head, and replaces his red plastic with a metallic shade, among other minor deco changes. He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#EZ6pack|Ratchet]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)#EZ6pack|Bulkhead]], [[Arcee (WFC)#EZ6pack|Arcee]], and [[Wheeljack (Prime)#EZ6pack|Wheeljack]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|His new vehicle mode may be combat-ready, but it's still terrible at parallel parking.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 001'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Thunder Lance), [[Star Saber (Prima)#BHCyberverse|Star Saber]]

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class toys, Optimus Prime is an all-new mold. He now transforms into a monstrous, flat-nosed truck with spiky fenders at the front and a cage compartment at the back, and comes with the Thunder Lance and Star Saber. Each of the weapons features two differently-placed 3mm posts, allowing them to be held by his hands, or mount onto two ports on the rear vehicle sides, as well as allowing the lance to additionally be used as a pressure-fired missile launcher.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Autobot/CybCommOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on "Beast Hunters" Cyberverse Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBHPRtoy-Cyberverse-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| Now in the color Metallic!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Predaking''' (Cyberverse Commander 2-pack, 2013)
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Thunder Lance), [[Star Saber (Prima)#Target2pack|Star Saber]]

: Part of the "[[Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising|Predacons Rising]]" [[subline imprint]], Optimus Prime is a redeco of his Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' Commander Class toy in a color scheme inspired by [[Thunder Clash]], including a version of the latter's peculiar chest insignia. He comes in a two-pack with a purple and black redeco of Commander Class [[Predaking (Prime)#Target2pack|Predaking]].

: Like all ''Predacons Rising'' releases, the Optimus Prime/Predaking two-pack was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores in the United States and Canada and to [[Tesco]] stores in the UK, and is also supposed to be exclusive to Carrefour elsewhere in Europe (presumably in France and/or Spain, though there have been no sightings as of yet). It has also been found at Rossmann drug stores in Germany and Ripley stores in Chile and popped up at BigW stores in Australia ''much'' later, in mid-2014. Also, like all ''Predacons Rising'' multi-pack redecos of ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse figures, the ''Cyberverse'' logo is nowhere to be found on the packaging.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Autobot/PROptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Predacons Rising'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-BeastBladeOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Blade Optimus Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 008'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Thunder Lance), [[Star Saber (Prima)#BBladeCyberverse|Star Saber]], Battlewing Shield

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters Cyberverse'' Commander Class toys, Beast Blade Optimus Prime is a jungle-themed green and blue redeco of his Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' Commander Class toy, coming with a new Battlewing Shield accessory in addition to retaining both the Thunder Lance and Star Saber. His shield can open up to form wings, and can be pegged onto the ridge on top of the vehicle's cage compartment, or mount onto the screw-hole on his, er, robot butt.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Autobot/CybCommBBOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Beast Blade Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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===Prime===
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[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-PrimeVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Laser Prime]]! ...sorta.]]
[[File:Prime-toy OptimusTakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|My headlights are totally fake.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / 001'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 31|3-31]]-[[2012]]'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''AM-01'''
**''Accessories'': Battle blaster/Cannon & battle sword (Hasbro only), "O.P." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Voyager Class toys, Optimus Prime is a new, smaller, slightly more [[Articulation|articulated]] mold, and is the first mainline ''Prime'' Optimus Prime figure released ''not'' to have fake windshield windows on his chest, though they're upside-down relative to truck-mode.

: He now comes with a half-translucent gun which lights up and expands [[MechTech]]-style when the lever is pulled. Bizarrely, the main section of the weapon is sculpted to resemble Prime's forearm, with the unfolding part being his in-show gun. Additionally, he comes with an opaque sword resembling the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], which he can wield two-handed. The gun features a peg on its underside and a port on each side, while the sword features a peg and peg-hole on its hilt in addition to its 5mm handle. In robot mode, either accessory can mount on his hands, on either of his shoulders, or be pegged into either of his half-translucent forearms. In vehicle mode, the top of the vehicle mode cab can also fold back to reveal two additional peg holes, and there are three peg holes (including the fifth wheel hitch) on the back section, although the hitch tends to open up and not hold very well.

: Unlike previous Voyager Class MechTech weapons, the gun cannot be set to stay expanded. This means that Prime is forced to threaten Decepticons with a random block of parts, unless you want to use one of your hands to permanently unfold his weapon.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] release of Optimus Prime has considerable differences from the [[Hasbro]] release. His blue and red plastics are darker and metallic, his translucent blue plastic is darker, and a few of his [[paint operation]]s have been omitted and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s, such as his shins, feet, headlamps, and [[insignia]]s. His legs, outer forearms and truck mode "sleeper cabin" side panels have been [[retool]]ed to include [[5mm post]]-holes as part of the line-wide "[[Arms Micron]]" gimmick. As such, he does not come with the Hasbro version's weapons, but instead an Arms Micron partner named [[O.P.]] who transforms into a weapon resembling Optimus's in-show blaster cannon. This version of the mold was also used to make ''Prime'' [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]].

: The Hasbro version of the mold was retooled to make ''Beast Hunters'' [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ultra Magnus]], using the forearms of the TakaraTomy version.

: AM-01 Optimus was also part of a special Arms Micron promotion. Between [[March 1]]st and [[March 30]]th 2012, those who pre-ordered Optimus online from through one of four different web sites ([[Amazon (website)|Amazon Japan]], [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]], Bic Camera, and Yodobashi Camera) received the bonus promotional Micron [[Firebolt (Prime)|Firebolt]] with their Prime.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Voyager Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1460.html Arms Micron Optimus Prime at Alfes's toy blog (part 1)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1461.html Arms Micron Optimus Prime at Alfes's toy blog (part 2)]''

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[[File:Transformers-Prime-Weaponizers-Optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|The only reason he still has the blaster is because mini-guns mounted on his shoulders can be very deafening.]]
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-ArmsMasterOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Weaponizer, 2012)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[September 29|9-29]]-2012'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''AM-21'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle (Hasbro only), "R.A." Arms Micron & Matrix Blade (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Weaponizer Class toys, Optimus Prime is a large toy, similar in size to Leader Class figures from previous ''Transformers'' toylines. He features a simpler transformation and design compared to previous Leader-sized figures, with him having fake chest windows (again) and a simplified, hollow truck rear where his feet, arms, and fake chest windows are plainly visible. He comes with a blaster which can mount onto his hands, shoulder-pads, and the sides of his legs/truck rear.

: His ''main'' gimmicks, however, are the two large, blue-and-white mini-guns hidden in his back/hood, which can deploy and "weaponize" either mode. When deployed, the mini-guns swing out from his back/hood and spin, while a red LED inside his torso lights up briefly. The mini-guns swing down to the sides of his head in robot mode, and can also be deployed in vehicle mode when one manually opens the grille. Pushing down on the red lever on the center his torso (in either mode) briefly lights up the LED again and swings the mini-guns back into their hiding places.

: The Hasbro version of this mold was retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Platinum Edition|Ultra Magnus]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the seventh wave of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, is dubbed '''Arms Master Optimus''', uses darker, metallic plastics, casts the backs of his thighs in metallic red, replaces his metallic silver paint with glossy gray, and replaces a few of his paint operations with customer-applied foil stickers, such as his insignias, shins, headlamps, the ''tiny'' yellow lights on his torso, and the blue deco on his truck panel sides. He has also been retooled with additional 5mm pegs for his thighs, roof, and lower backpack, as well as ports for his forearms, shoulders, smokestacks, fuel tanks, and roof. Instead of the rifle, he comes with a very large [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#ArmsMaster|Matrix]] which can tab onto his chest as armor or mount onto the back of the truck cab, with the Matrix also being covered in 5mm posts and holes so that Arms Microns can be attached to it. He additionally comes with a clear-blue "Shining" version of the Arms Micron, [[R.A.#ArmsMaster|R.A.]], who can combine with the Matrix to form the colossal [[Star Saber (Prima)#ArmsMaster|Matrix Saber]].

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*'''Remote Controlled Optimus Prime''' (2012)
**''Accessories'': Remote control

:An electronic Optimus Prime, operable by remote control. As well as driving around, the remote control allows you to convert Optimus from truck to robot and trigger his punching action.

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-BattleShieldOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Real is Brown.]]
*'''Battle Shield Optimus''' (Voyager, [[August 12|8-12]]-2012)
**''Accessories'': "O.P. A", "Pral G", "Sais G", "Jayz G" Arms Microns, sword, trailer

: [[Exclusive]] to Japanese [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores, this [[redeco]] of AM-01 Optimus features warmer, metallic shades of plastic, replaces the gray plastic around his windshield-chest with red, and replaces the clear-blue plastics with clear-black. He comes with the Hasbro version's battle sword, which is now a darker, warmer shade. For Arms Microns, he now comes with [[O.P.#Gray|O.P. A]], [[Pral#Gold|Pral G]], [[Sais#Gold|Sais G]], and [[Jayz#Gold|Jayz G]], and the latter three can combine to form a golden version of the [[Cosmotector#Gold|Cosmotector]] shield (hence the name).

:If purchased during the summer 2012 promotional period, he would also have come with a cardboard trailer unit that features Arms Micron mounting points, and can carry a Deluxe Class vehicle (like, say, [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]]).

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1635.html Battle Shield Optimus at Alfes's toy blog (part 1)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1636.html Battle Shield Optimus at Alfes's toy blog (part 2)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1637.html Battle Shield Optimus at Alfes's toy blog (part 3)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1638.html Battle Shield Optimus at Alfes's toy blog (part 4)]''

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[[File:AM-EX-Orion-Pax.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Orion Pax''' (Deluxe, [[October 20|10-20]]-2012)
**''Japanese Number:'' '''AM-EX'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, "Gold Metal R.A." Arms Micron

: A Bic Camera and Joshin Kids' Land exclusive, this redeco is the first release of the ''Prime: First Edition'' Deluxe class Optimus Prime figure in Japan, featuring a slightly lighter hue of red (the [[stock photography]] provided by TakaraTomy, showed Orion Pax's red plastic features more pink than its original toy, this seems to have been a trick of the lighting or a photoshop), and greyish blue plastic. He features several customer-applied foil stickers, including Decepticon insignias of varying sizes. He comes with a [[R.A.#Orion|gold vac-metal version of the Arms Micron, R.A.]], as well as the normal blaster-cannon.

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[[File:PrimeDEtoy-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I feel so fiery and gutsy...]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Dark Energon Voyager, 2012)
**''Number'': '''002'''
**''Accessories'': Battle blaster/Cannon, battle sword

: ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Dark Energon Series|Prime: Dark Energon]]'' Optimus Prime is a [[BigBadToyStore]]-exclusive redeco/retool of RID Optimus Prime, being is cast in translucent red and orange, and three shades of opaque blue. He comes with a new mouthplate-less head.

: Though he was packaged on an individual box, he was initially sold as part of a set with [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Dark Energon Megatron]]. He was eventually made available on his own, and all of the Dark Energon Series toys were eventually made available in Singapore as mass-retail releases. The Voyager Class toys, in particular, also saw mass-retail release in the Philippines.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Autobot/DEOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Dark Energon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-PrimeUnicronPack-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime + Gaia Unicron''' (2013)
**''Accessories'': "O.P" Arms Micron

:This Asian-exclusive redeco of AM-01 Optimus Prime features a sticker-less, extensive paint-job, coating his red parts and half-translucent arms in glossy metallic paint, painting his torso, shins, grille, fenders, and wheel rims silver, painting half of his feet in glossy black, having painted headlights, and featuring a unique "snake" insignia on his roof/right shoulder-pad, due to 2013 being the "Year of the Snake". [[O.P.#PrimeUnicronPack|O.P]] comes pre-assembled, lacks stickers, and features paint operations.

:He and O.P come in a multi-pack with a similarly-shiny [[Unicron/toys#PrimeUnicronPack|Gaia Unicron]] (with [[Bogu]]).

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===Platinum Edition===
[[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-YOTSOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Platimus.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Year of the Snake exclusive, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Firetruck drone, helicopter drone, drill tank drone, submarine drone, trailer, rifle, missile

: ''Platinum Edition'' "Year of the Snake" Optimus Prime is a redeco of [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'']] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|Super Class Optimus Prime]], and transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab. He is armed with a spring-loaded [[missile]] launcher that is held by his hands via 5mm post, and can store on the rear of his truck mode (which becomes the backpack of his robot mode) when not in use. He lacks the electronics that previous versions have.

:He comes with a trailer which has flip-down support struts at the rear to enable it to stand alone, and either side of the trailer features a Mini-Con-compatible peg. The trailer stands upright to become an "Energon tower" with a helipad, as well as a radar dish with a 5mm peg-hole. The trailer houses four "assault vehicles" which are redecoes of the [[Prime Force]] drones, and three of the trailer's four storage compartments feature launching mechanisms that propel the vehicles into action. The "assault vehicles" consist of a firetruck with an extending ladder and rotating turret, a helicopter with spinning rotors, a drill tank with a gear-wheel-activated spinning drill, and a submarine with opening capture claws beneath its bow. Combining with the four interchangeable drones to form limbs, Optimus Prime can also transform into "[[Super Mode|Super Optimus Prime]]", and any drone is capable of forming any limb.

[[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-YOTSSuperOptimusPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
:In lieu of combining with his drones, Optimus Prime can also combine with ''Platinum Edition'' [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to form what his instructions ''also'' call "Super Optimus Prime". The drones are color-matched to Omega Supreme, and can attach to four connectors on his body. In an undocumented feature, Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Energon|Wing Saber]] in a similar fashion, with Wing Saber splitting into four components that connect to Prime as limbs. Wing Saber's red and white torso components can become arms for Prime while his legs attach to Prime's own, creating a "flight mode" of sorts, but the parts can also be swapped around, with Wing Saber's legs deploying large missile launchers and becoming arms.

:Though the [[stock photography]] shows the original mouthed-face head and smooth inner chest windows, the final toy uses the face-plated head and ridged inner windows. The [[packaging]]'s [[bio]] is every [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] bio ever (well, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|mostly]]), but considering he combines and interacts with Omega Supreme, who appears to be an [[Aligned continuity family]] version of the character, it seems necessary that Optimus Prime is as well.

:''Platinum Edition'' Optimus Prime is exclusive to BigBadToyStore and Amazon.com in America, but was also released at Philippine mass retail in limited quantities, in Australia as a Kmart exclusive and in Canada as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.
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===Beast Hunters===
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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Voyager-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|MONSTER FIRETRUCK transforms into JETPOWER OPTIMUS PRIME!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2013)
**''Series/Number'': '''2 / 001'''
** ''Accessories:'' Two "Ionic Pulse Launchers"/"Eaglefire Missile Launchers", two missiles, [[Star Saber (Prima)#BHVoyager|Star Saber]]

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Voyager Class toys, Optimus Prime is a larger, all-new mold. He also transforms into a monstrous, flat-nosed truck, but differs from his Cyberverse toy by having a faceplate-less mouth, and by being equipped with a large four-winged backpack in robot mode. He features a 5mm port for each of his hands, one on his backpack, one near each of his front wheels, and one on each of his two upper wings.

:He comes with the Star Saber, which has a 5mm handle and a post on its hilt, as well as two spring-loaded, missile-firing "[[Ionic Pulse Launcher]]s" (which are called "Eaglefire Missile Launchers" in the instructions). The launchers each feature a 5mm post, have flip open prods, and can peg onto the ports near the wheels on his robot back, giving him a pair of back-mounted rocket engines.

:Some units have a waist [[Swivel joint|swivel]] that is somehow fixed in place, and is unable to rotate. His packaging stock photography also depicts translucent green missiles that are opaque light-gray in the final product. His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5|fifth chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

:He was redecoed into ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' [[Hunter Nemesis Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Voyager ''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Ultimate-BHOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Beast Hunter Optimus Prime: Hunter of Beasts.]]
*'''Beast Hunter Optimus Prime''' (Ultimate, 2013)
** ''Accessories:'' Dragon-hunting sword, dragon-hunting shield, five missiles

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Ultimate Class toys, Beast Hunter Optimus Prime is larger than the average Weaponizer or Leader Class toy, and comes with a sword and shield which can mount via 5mm post in various ways on his hands, forearms, and legs.

:His main [[gimmick]], however, is his quintet of "[[Firebreath Cyclocannons]]"—spring-loaded dragon-headed missile launchers mounted on an ornate, rotating circular contraption attached to his back/roof. Turning the handle on top makes the backpack rotate and cycle through each cannon, and pressing the handle's button will trigger and fire whatever cannon is at the top/front. When the cannons are cycled through in robot mode, his eyes and windshield-chest light up, and one can alternatively rotate (but not fire) the cannons and activate his light-up features by pushing down on the fake spiky fenders on his stomach. Out of the package, the handle itself comes detached to allow the rest of the toy to fit.

:His stock photography depicts his three green missiles as translucent, when they are opaque in the final product. His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 17|seventeenth chapter]] of the ''Tales of the Beast Hunters'' series. This toy was originally announced at UK Toy Fair 2013 as "Dragon Disc Optimus Prime".

:His sword would later be reused for Unite Warriors [[Grand Scourge]]'s Matrix Breaker Sword, and [[Arcee_(G1)#Generations|Arcee's]] Combiner Slayer from the SDCC Exclusive Combiner Hunters set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BHOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Beast Hunter Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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*'''Beast Hunter Optimus Prime''' (Ultimate, 2013)
**'''07 OF 30'''
** ''Accessories:'' Dragon-hunting sword, dragon-hunting shield, five missiles

: This version of Ultimate Class Beast Hunter Optimus Prime is exclusive to [[Cybertron Con 2013]]. While Prime itself is unchanged, he has been packaged in the box with his backpack plugged into his back, allowing the cannons to rotate when his spiky stomach-fenders are pushed down. The box itself also has slightly different text and graphical layouts, is encased in a large, slip-on outer covering, and features a designated number as part of the ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' line.

:Hasbro's Facebook retrospective of the numbered "Thrilling 30" figures states the name of this figure as "First Edition Beast Hunters Optimus Prime", even though the term "First Edition" doesn't appear anywhere on its packaging.<ref name="retro">[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/posts/743925055677691 Habro Thrilling 30 retrospective] on Facebook, mirrored [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-generations-classics-30-35/hasbro-transformers-30th-anniversary-thrilling-30-exclusives-retrospective-gallery-181598/ here] on TFW2005.</ref>

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[[File:BeastHunters Optimus Prime VS Predaking Two Pack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Who Won? Who's Next? YOU Decide!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Predaking''' (multi-pack, 2013)
** ''Accessories:'' Two "Ionic Pulse Launchers"/"Eaglefire Missile Launchers", two missiles, [[Star Saber (Prima)#BHVoyager|Star Saber]]
:A minor redeco of ''Beast Hunters'' Voyager Class Optimus Prime that lacks the black paint operation for the Star Saber's hilt, changes the color of the side windows' paint operations from yellow to green, adds yellow paint operations for the headlights and lacks the silver paint operations above the front windows.

:This version was only available in a two-pack with an ever-so-slightly more redecoed Voyager Class [[Predaking (Prime)#Optimus|Predaking]], which has thus far only been released at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Portugal, the United Kingdom and Germany. In Germany, it was explicitly advertised as a Toys"R"Us exclusive. This box was available at regular retail in Brazil.

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[[File:Beast-Hunters-Weaponizers-BeastTrackerOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|'It's-a-me, Luigi!]]
*'''Beast Tracker Optimus Prime''' (Weaponizer, 2013)
** ''Accessories:'' Rifle, Dragon Sword

: A redeco of ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Weaponizer Optimus Prime, this figure swaps out the red plastics with forest green, has new green paint applications on his torso, loses the electronics, and gains an additional "Dragon Sword" accessory, a slightly smaller version of the Ultimate Class Beast Hunter Optimus Prime's "Dragon-hunting sword".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BTOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Beast Tracker Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Series3VoyagerOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|With weapons forged from mighty Dragon phlegm.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series/Number'': '''3 / 001'''
** ''Accessories:'' Nexus Sword, Vector Shield, cannon, missile

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Hunters'' Series 3 Voyager Class toys, Optimus Prime is functionally an upsized copy of his ''Beast Hunters'' Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' toy, though with certain sculpted details based on his larger toys, the replacement of his ball joints with more robust [[Ratchet (mechanism)|ratchet joint]]s, the addition of thigh [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s, and various deco differences. As a result, his complexity is lower than in his previous Voyager Class toys, but he ends up being much, ''much'' more massive.

:For accessories, he comes with (according to his bio) "the ancient weapons of the Primes", such as his Nexus Sword (a reference to [[Nexus Prime (Prime)|Nexus Prime]]), the Vector Shield (an upscaled, non-transforming version of the shield from his [[#BBladeCyberverse|''Cyberverse'' "Beast Blade" toy]], and a reference to [[Vector Prime]]), as well as a generic cannon with a pressure-fired missile. All of his accessories can peg into his hands, right forearm, backside, and vehicle sides.

:The Nexus Sword is extremely similar to the original Voyager ''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime toy, however much like with sword from the ''Beast Hunters'' Weaponizer Beast Tracker Optimus, the sword is a shorter and less detailed version of the original weapon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/BHOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on "upscaled" Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots BH Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

* '''Optimus Prime''' (Elite Class, 2014)
: Optimus Prime is heavily based on the large Ultimate class toy with the circular dragon cannons. The large disc rig separates to become two large curved swords while the dragon heads become hand held cannons.

:Like most [[Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, this Optimus never saw release in the United States.
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===Go!===
[[File:Go!toy-HunterOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!]]
*'''Hunter Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, [[April 27|4-27]]-2013)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G11'''
** ''Accessories:'' Two missile launchers, two missiles, [[Star Saber (Prima)#Go!|Matrix Saber]]

:Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Optimus Prime is a redeco of the Voyager Class ''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime toy. His red and blue plastics are now cast in metallic shades, his translucent green plastic has been replaced with translucent blue, his yellow highlights are more orange-yellow, his yellow-painted side windows are now blue, and his gray plastic is now cast in two different, darker shades. The Matrix Saber, aside from being blue, uses a bluer shade of gunmetal paint for its hilt and handle.

:His packaging stock photography is merely a color-swapped version of Hasbro's stock photos, switching out the green for blue.
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[[File:Tf-go-optimus-exprime-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|TRUKK NOT CHOOCHOO DREGUN]]
*'''Optimus Exprime''' (Voyager, [[January 25|1-25]]-2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G26'''
** ''Accessories:'' Two large swords, two kabuto helmets/shields

:Part of the eighth wave of TakaraTomy ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' toys, Optimus Exprime is capable of changing from a robot to either a train or (something resembling) a [[Popular beast alternate modes#Dragons|dragon]] and back again. He can also form the torso of either DaiKenzan (with [[Kenzan]] forming the upper torso, head, and arms and [[Gekisoumaru]] forming the legs) or DaiGekisou (With Kenzan and Gekisoumaru reversed from their roles in DaiKenzan).

:While not mentioned in his instructions, the train sections which normally hang off his arms can be reversed and his dragon claws can be flipped out to give him a passable set of combat claws.

:Each of his kabuto helmets forms the head for one of the two combined modes. In addition, either of his kabuto helmets can be connected to his robot mode back (allowing his swords to also be stored on his back), and both can be connected to the rear of his train mode simultaneously. In robot mode or combined mode, his kabuto helmets can be held individually as a shield or combined into an even larger shield.

:Optimus Exprime's electronics are slightly less complex than those of Kenzan and Gekisoumaru. In robot, dragon, and train modes, pressing a button sets off red flashing LEDs and causes him to play one of seven sounds or phrases (which do not change depending on the mode). Pressing and holding the button activates a combination mode similar to the ones found in Kenzan and Gekisoumaru. Optimus Exprime calls on Kenzan and Gekisoumaru to combine with him, and then combination music plays as the LEDs flash blue, purple, and red (with the two halves of his [[Autobot]] [[insignia]] showing different colors!). Completing either combination by snapping the correct kabuto helmet into place ends the combination mode and triggers another phrase.

:Once combined, DaiKenzan has three new phrases (spoken in Kenzan's voice), while DaiGekisou has four (in Gekisoumaru's voice). In either combined form, pressing and holding the button activates an additional, longer phrase for their "final attack". DaiGekisou is armed with a scissors-esque "shuriken" made from combining Optimus Exprime's two swords, while DaiKenzan simply wields them separately.

:Unlike the other [[Swordbot]] toys, Optimus Exprime's kabuto helmets form an integral part of one of his [[alternate mode]]s. The kabuto helmet designed for use with his DaiGekisou combination forms the head of his dragon form, while the kabuto helmet designed for use with his DaiKenzan combination forms the "tail" of the same. He comes with two HUGE swords (with [[5mm post|5mm]] handles) which can be attached to several places on his kabuto helmets or either alternate form, held separately in his hands, or held both in the same hand (with one held in reverse-grip).

:An additional oddity is that unlike every other toy in the Go! toyline, Optimus Exprime came packaged in a box without a window. This is potentially because of the sheer amount of information TakaraTomy wanted to print on the box, or because they were unable to fit him into the box in robot mode with all of his accessories displayed. Whatever the reason, it left him with a smaller box than the other voyagers in the line, a substantially-altered box layout, and a much shorter profile.

:Adorably, his robot mode feet are molded to resemble itty-bitty versions of his bullet train mode, complete with molded wheels.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/OptimusExprime/optimusexprime.htm More information on Optimus Exprime at TFU.info]''

===Kre-O===
:See [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#BattleForEnergon|Battle For Energon]], [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#BeastBlade|Beast Blade Optimus Prime]], and [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#Robots in Disguise]].

===Robots in Disguise===
====Legion Class====
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[[File:2015 RID Cyberverse Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legion Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' None
: Part of the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|2015 Robots in Disguise]]'' line Optimus Prime is a smaller-scale toy. He transforms from robot to trailer/truck combination and back!

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode left shoulder. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Legion-Class figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. However the badge is completely impossible to scan in vehicle mode.

:The prototype images (pictured on the right) showed that Optimus features sharp antennae on his head. This was rounded off for safety reasons in the final product. features Due to the size and simplified transformation, he ends up having 6 wheels instead of 10.

:This mold is to be redecoed into [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Legion Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-CotT-2-pack-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Why throw away your colors so recklessly?!]]
*'''Optimus Prime VS Megatronus''' (Clash of the Transformers 2-pack, 2015)

:Packaged with Megatronus, This Optimus Prime is a redeco of the Legion Class figure above.

:Like his original Legion Class toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode left shoulder. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Legion-Class Clash of the Transformers Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. However the badge is completely impossible to scan in vehicle mode.

:The 2-pack have thus far only been available as Toys"R"Us exclusives in Australia.
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*'''Optimus Prime [Clear ver]''' (EZ Collection, 2015)

:A transparent redeco of the Legion Class Optimus Prime figure, this EZ Collection Optimus Prime is entirely unpainted, save for his face. The toy is free for the first 3000 people to buy over 3000 yen (including taxes) worth of Transformers Adventure products in Toys R' US Japan.

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[[File:Adventuretoy-ToysRUsPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Giraffimus Prime: Making G2 look subtle since 2015...]]
*'''Toys"R"Us Prime''' (EZ Collection, 2015)
:Toys"R"Us Prime is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDLegion|Optimus Prime]], and transforms from robot into a vaguely futuristic truck. He was available from mid-July [[2015]] when purchasing more than ¥3000 of ''Adventure'' product at a Toys"R"Us store.

:Toys"R"Us Prime did not feature a scan-badge on his left shoulder, but instead prints the badge in a card, which can be scanned with the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

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*'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
:Available for this set, this version of Bumblebee is a redeco of the original Legion Class Optimus Prime toy, featuring additional paint details. He was released as a four-pack along with [[Steeljaw (RID)#TAV35|Steejaw]], [[Underbite (RID)#TAV35|Underbite]], and [[Grimlock (WFC)#TAV35|Grimlock]].

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====Hyper Change Heroes/3-Step Changers====
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': [[April 25]], [[2015]]
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TED-06'''
[[File:RID20153StepOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|(Hasbro version pictured)]]

:Part of the first wave of Transformers: Robots in Disguise [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Three-Step Changers|Hyperchange Heroes]], Optimus Prime transforms into a futuristic trailer truck. to robot in just 3 easy steps! His arms & legs serves as his trailer, while the chest serves as his truck front. He is also one of the Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime toys which does not feature a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|Faux]] window chest in robot mode. He features articulation on his both arms, and includes 5mm post-compatible holes in each hand.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest/truck hood. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Hyperchange Heroes Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. The badge is easily scannable while in package.

:The Transformers Adventures' Easy Dynamic Series release, titled "'''Big Optimus Prime'''", features extra paint details, and having two additional Autobot symbols on his shoulders. He also includes a different scannable badge, which is compatible with TakaraTomy's Transformers Adventures app. Scanning this will unlock Big Optimus Prime in the collection list.

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[[File:RID2015-CotT-Three-Step-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Clash of the Transformers, 2015)
:A redeco and retool of the Three-Step Optimus Prime figure above, this toy is based on Optimus Prime's appearance in the episode Battlegrounds, and features a small sword.

:Like his original toy, :His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest/truck hood. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the 3-step Clash Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. The badge is easily scannable while in package.

:The toy is currently released as a Toys"R"Us Canada exclusive.

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====Warrior Class====
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[[File:2015RIDWarriorOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Hey, guys! I made it!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Warrior Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Axe
:Part of the second wave of Warriors, Optimus Prime transforms into a futuristic trailer truck.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode left shoulder. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Warrior-Class Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. As he's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:Like the Legion Class figure, the toy has a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|Faux]] window chest in robot mode. Undocumented in the instructions, Warrior Class Optimus Prime's axe can store between his trailer. The mold was later redecoed into Transformers Adventure [[Nemesis Prime (Adventure)|Nemesis Prime]].
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[[File:CotT-Warrior-Class-Optimus-Prime-Hasbro-Version.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Clash-of-the-Transformers-Warrior-Class-Optimus-Prime-TakaraTomy-Ver.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Clash of the Transformers, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Axe

:A redeco of Warrior Class Optimus Prime based on his appearance in the ''Robots in Disguise'' season 1 finale, exclusive to Toys"R"Us stores.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode left shoulder. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Warrior-Class Clash of the Transformers Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. As he's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:The TakaraTomy release of the toy, also a Toys"R"Us exclusive, features a different scan-badge on his left shoulder. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app unlocks Clash Optimus on the list.
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====Mega====
[[File:RID2015MegaOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Mega Optimus Prime''' (2015)

:Mega Optimus Prime is a new slightly-larger-sized mold with the similar transformation scheme from the [[Optimus_Prime_(WFC)/toys#Hyper_Change_Heroes.2F3-Step_Changers|3-Step Changer]] toy. It transforms from Truck to Robot in just 3 easy steps! His deco is based on his appearance in the season finale "Battlegrounds". He also obtains additional articulation on the arms, and sports connector ports for the upcoming Mini-Con figures.

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====One-Step Changer====
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:The new One-Step Optimus Prime toy transforms from a trailer truck into a robot in just one easy step! The toy features a similar transformation to the other [[Optimus_Prime_(Movie)/toys#OneStep|One-Step Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound_(Movie)#Robots_in_Disguise|One-Step Changer Movie Hound]]. The figure is initially released as a Target exclusive 6-Pack with One-step figures of Bumblebee, Steeljaw, Grimlock, Sideswipe, Underbite.

:His scannable badge is featured on the left side of his trailer. Scanning this in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game temporarily unlocks the One-Step Changer Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. The badge is impossible to be scanned in Robot Mode.

====Titan Changers====
[[File:Robots-in-Disguise-Titan-Changer-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The unexpected return of Action Master Elites!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Titan Changer, 2015)

:A surprise entry in the Titan Hero series, Titan Changer Optimus Prime transforms into a very tall robot to a truck with a veryyy long trailer and back!

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Changer Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

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===Adventure===
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[[File:Transformers-Adventures-TAV21-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Reinforcing the belief that TakaraTomy makes better toys than Hasbro, again.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2015)
**''Release Date'': [[July 25|7-25-]][[2015]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV21'''
**''Accessories'': Small Axe, Small Black Blaster, Bumblebee's Sword, Strongarm's Crossbow, Jazz's Lance, Drift's Sword
:Available only for the Japanese markets, this Optimus Prime is a vaguely Supreme-sized mold, transforming into a futuristic trailer truck to robot and back. The figure features 3 gimmicks:
:*Pressing the button on his robot mode back activates lights on his chest, while 200 selected sounds and voice phrases were played along with the light.
:*Pressing the two gray pieces on his arms makes the Decepticon Hunter pop out to his hands.
:*Turning the dial on his left shoulder will feature a normal Autobot Insignia, and ''two'' Scan-badges.

:The figure also features a hollow trailer (which also serves as his legs), fit for the Warrior Class-sized toys. The trailer can also be converted into a battle station. Because of the toy's design & transformation, he is kinda show-accurate. Optimus also features 5mm-compatible ports on his trailer, arms, and the pop-out Decepticon Hunters. He also includes many weapons, including his axe with a ''short'' handle. The included weapons can also be combined with the Decepticon Hunters into a dual-bladed weapon.

:The two badges on his left shoulder are compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Supreme Mode, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV33'''

:''Supreme Mode'' Optimus Prime is a retool of the first Adventure Optimus Prime figure, and features several ports for ''Adventure'' Microns.

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===Hero Mashers===
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[[File:Hero-Mashers-RID2015-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime'''

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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
[[File:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Vehicle code name: Rhino]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''1'''
:Happy Meal Optimus Prime is a nontransformable [[alternate mode|truck]]! When the smokestacks are pushed completely forward, a red LED shines out the translucent plastic of his windshield, headlights, and the Autobot symbol on his grill. An on/off switch on the truck's underside enables or disables the light feature.
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2013)
:Molded this time in [[robot mode]], Optimus Prime has minimal articulation. Twisting his upper body at the waist causes him to raise his left arm, swinging up the sword which that arm is morphed into. When lowered, the sword extends lower than his feet, making him slightly unstable when standing on a flat surface.
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2015)
:Another new robot mode Optimus Prime Happy Meal Toy, this time based on his appearance in Robots in Disguise, he sports a chained mace-like weapon.

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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:KabayaKit-TFGum-WFCOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''''War for Cybertron'' Optimus Prime''' (2012)
**''Accessories:'' "blaster" rifle
:Part of the fifth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s revival of the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' series, this snap-on transforming model kit of ''War for Cybertron'' Optimus Prime is sculpted from red, light blue, and gray plastics, and uses [[sticker]]s for detail. He comes with a blue non-transforming version of his [[C joint|hand-held]] blaster rifle, which mounts at the rear in vehicle mode. He comes packed with a model kit of [[Tigerbreast#Transformers Gum|Tigerbreast]], and a stick of gum.

:This figure suffers from a [[design flaw]], in that his knee joint pegs are slightly too big for their sockets, and that the resulting connection is so tight that it makes the sockets form stress marks and eventually crack, or even cracking during assembly. The problem can be remedied by simply sanding down the pegs prior to sliding the legs onto the peg.
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===Tomica===
[[File:Dream-Tomica-TFP-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (12-28-2012)

:''[[w:Tomica|Tomica]]'' Optimus Prime is a die-cast non-transforming toy of his truck mode from ''Prime''. It was sold as part of the "Dream Tomica Series", a subline featuring exclusively fictional vehicles.
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===Eaglemoss cards===
[[File:Eaglemoss Optimus01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2012)
** Number: 01
** Power: 970
** Speed: 690
** Dexterity: 575
** Mind: 850
** Combat: 935
** Description:
Optimus Prime swore to protect Earth from Decepticons.
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===Titan Heroes/Guardians===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (12-inch Titan Hero, 2013)
:Part of the ''Prime''-portion of the ''[[Titan Heroes]]'' line, Optimus Prime is a non-transforming 12" figure! He is a durable, minimally-painted figure with somewhat unfortunate proportions.

*'''Optimus Prime''' (16-inch Titan Hero, 2013)
[[File:TitanheroesOP.jpg|thumb|195px|Trust me, you don't want me to turn sideways. ''(12-inch version pictured)'']]
:Optimus Prime was also available in a 16-inch version, which is a different sculpt.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Titan Guardian, 2015)
:A 6-inch non-transforming figure of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime, with five points of articulation.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Guardian Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Titan Heroes, 2015)
:A 12-inch, simplified non-transforming statue of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime with five points of articulation.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Hero Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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{{ETitan}}
[[File:Robots-in-Disguise-Electronic-Titan-Guardian-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Electronic Titan Heroes, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Sword

:A new-mold 12-inch non-transforming figure of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime with five points of articulation, a sword accessory, and electronic sound effects activated by pressing his Autobot insignia.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Hero Optimus Prime figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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===Kinder Surprise===
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===Tiny Titans===
[[File:Tiny-Optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|What a babe]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''6/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Optimus Prime is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode based on his ''Robots in Disguise'' look. Sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, he comes with a collectible card with a scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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==Notes==
[[File:SDCCPrimeOptimusPrimeTestShot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|> OPEN PACKAGE You open the package. There is an Optimus Prime inside.]]
* A black and red version of the First Edition deluxe Optimus Prime could be seen in the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011 ''Transformers'' slide show, inside a mock-up of the wearable Matrix of Leadership package done for the convention that year. This figure was presumably a test-shot, as it seems to share plastic colors with ''Generations'' [[Black Shadow (Victory)#Generations|Sky Shadow]] (who was, coincidentally, first revealed at that same Comic-Con).
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===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Optimus has several powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

[[File:SickMind CybSat-OpSkyMaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He's about to pull a Powdered Toast Man.]]

*'''Sword Mode''' (ソードモード ''Sōdo Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.2, C.L., O.P., R.A.
: Optimus's "Sword Mode", depicted on his AM-01 release box-back, which is just him brandishing the [[Star Saber (Arms Micron)|Star Saber]] while [[C.L.]] is attached to Optimus's right leg. Woo.

*'''Sky Master Mode''' (スカイマスターモード ''Sukai Masutā Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.2 (x2), C.L. (x2), Jida (x2), O.P.
: The more interesting "Sky Master Mode", revealed in the "[[From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division|Cybertron Satellite]]" segment of "[[Sick Mind|Phantom Transformation! Mind-Diving]]", has him using O.P. as a blaster, ''two'' [[B.2]]s as leg-thrusters, and ''two'' sets of C.L./[[Jida]](!) combinations as back-mounted [[jet pack]]s. The [[Arms Micron#AMW Series|AMW versions]] of C.L. and Jida, while not as color-coordinated, are a far more economical option than buying two of each Cliffjumper. Good luck with the second B.2. This mode was created as a "counter" to the aerial combatant Starscream, along with the [[Energon Sniper]] Combo Weapon (despite it being a Decepticon-Micron-formed weapon). Apparently, the "Arms Up Mission" game isn't picky about factions.

*'''Galaxy Prime Mode''' (ギャラクシープライムモード ''Gyarakushī Puraimu Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.2, Jayz, O.P., Pral, R.A., Sais
: Seen on [[Unicron/toys#Prime|Gaia Unicron]]'s boxback, "Galaxy Prime mode" has Optimus wearing Gaia Unicron in "Gaia Armor" mode while holding the [[Star Saber (Arms Micron)|Star Saber]] and [[Cosmotector]] Super Combo Weapons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Hero Mashers Autobots]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]