Laserbeak (WFC)

2020-07-06T17:59:25Z

Cross-wired-convoy: I'm just making a joke.

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:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Deployer DarknessRising3.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Origamicon.]]
Of the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s who stand with [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], '''Laserbeak''' may say the least, but he quickly distinguishes himself, as his powerful laser attacks can pin down an [[Autobot]] attack force... when it isn't cutting them to shreds. The only one of Soundwave's Deployers to apparently join his master on [[Earth]], Laserbeak is for all effects and purposes Soundwave's twin. Efficient, competent, and all-seeing-and-hearing, Laserbeak is a menace to even the mightiest of Autobots. He also has the honor of being perhaps the only thing his master sincerely cares about besides [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and Soundwave will drop everything if it means saving Laserbeak.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Megatron despised Soundwave's minions, including Laserbeak. Regardless, Soundwave found Laserbeak more valuable than [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]], and when Soundwave did some intense thinking, his Minicons inside got restless. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:Laserbeakface.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''This'' is a bird?]]
When Soundwave intercepted a message from [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]], Soundwave released Laserbeak (which was resting on his chest) to bring Fowler to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. After chasing Fowler's helicopter, the drone grabbed Fowler with his tentacles and returned to the Decepticon ship. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

After Soundwave picked up a possible signal from [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], who was previously assumed dead, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] went to investigate. Untrusting of Starscream, Soundwave decided to keep an eye on him by sending Laserbeak after him. After finding Megatron, Starscream intended to allow Megatron to perish, but was forced to reconsider when he discovered Soundwave's Minicon watching him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

While proving a point to [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], Soundwave unleashed Laserbeak, who zoomed around the ''Nemesis'' bridge and shot her a couple of times before reuniting with his master. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[Image:Triage Jackhammer vs Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Simon Furman would have a field day with this.]]
Laserbeak was dispatched to keep the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' busy while Soundwave went after an [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] relic. [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] managed to shoot the drone down, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] hit on the plan of uploading a virus into the disabled Laserbeak to allow the Autobots to gain the Iacon database. He and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] managed to do so, planting an additional grenade as a decoy. When Soundwave retrieved Laserbeak and returned to the ''Nemesis'', the Decepticons found the grenade but not the virus, which passed into the ship's computer and began downloading the database. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}

Once the Decepticons obtained information pointing to [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]] as the home of the Autobots' human friends, Laserbeak was put to work searching the area for the Autobots' base. This bore fruit when he located [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], who happened to be the last of the Iacon relics. He kept Smokescreen busy until Soundwave arrived to capture the Autobot. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After further exploration of the area, Laserbeak presumably found the base himself, and passed the information along to his superiors, engineering the destruction of the base and the scattering of the Autobots. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Laserbeak was dispatched to monitor the battle after the Decepticons tracked [[Jack Darby]]'s location. He was caught in the explosion when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and Jack blew up a gas station to take out the two pursuing [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], and Soundwave was unable to salvage any surveillance data from him. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

During a battle in [[Texas]], Laserbeak detached from Soundwave and was able to successfully short-out Optimus Prime's shiny new jetpack, causing the Autobot leader to crash in an undignified heap. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Laserbeak's second attempt at downing Optimus didn't go so well, with the Autobot leader punching him out of the air. He was unable to locate Soundwave after his master was captured, but [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] had him track Fowler to the Autobots' shielded base and reactivate Soundwave with new orders—capture Ratchet. {{storylink|Minus One}}

During his rescue of Soundwave, Laserbeak's transponder was shot off by [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], and the Autobots later used it to build an [[Chip|aerial drone]]. {{Storylink|Persuasion}}When Soundwave was trapped in the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], Laserbeak was also trapped by virtue of still being attached to his chest. {{Storylink|Deadlock}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Laserbeak was one of the many Decepticons that pursued the Allspark to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots in a human settlement. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:TRID E 36 Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|left|300px|This would be the last thing you see if this were [[Buzzsaw (FOC)|his twin]].]]
Trapped in the Shadowzone, Soundwave and by extension Laserbeak, followed Megatron back to Earth, but got stuck on the planet after Megatron departed. Soundwave and Laserbeak spent an unspecified amount of time in the Shadowzone, wandering aimlessly on Earth. After [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] caused a GroundBridge accident, Soundwave flew through the rift, deploying Laserbeak to overwhelm the Autobots while he threw Bumblebee into the Shadowzone. After [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] got their second wind, Soundwave dispatched Laserbeak once again, herding them into a portal and sending them out of the scrapyard so Soundwave could concentrate on building a beacon to contact Megatron.

Ultimately, the two Autobots were able to pin down the Mini-Con and bludgeon him into unconsciousness. While Bumblebee and [[Denny Clay]] overpowered Soundwave and forced him back into another Shadowzone portal, Grimlock and Strongarm returned with a still-unconscious Laserbeak, throwing both of them into the dimension from whence they had came. {{storylink|Portals}}

When Soundwave escaped the Shadowzone using Decepticon Hunters brought to him by the Activator Mini-Cons [[Stuntwing]], [[Trickout]], and [[Goldgear]], Laserbeak-who had been reformatted into an Activator Mini-Con as well-was deployed to attack [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] when his master discovered the Autobot while he was hiding. As Soundwave went to activate a beacon generator that could irradiate Earth in an effort to contact Megatron, Laserbeak was deployed again to fight Optimus Prime. Just as he was about to finish the Prime, [[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]], an Activator Mini-Con who had failed Soundwave, knocked Laserbeak aside before he linked up with Optimus to upgrade him. With the additional power provided, Optimus successfully knocked Laserbeak out of the sky. The Mini-Con was then taken back to Cybertron on ''[[Prime Force One]]'' alongside his master. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFCLaserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The clearest shot of him in the whole game.]]

When the captive [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] were brought before Soundwave in the Kaon Prison, Laserbeak swooped down and perched on his master's arm. It soon turned out, however, that Prime's team had allowed themselves to be captured so they could rescue [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], and as they escaped and made their way through the prison, Laserbeak could be spotted lurking in the shadows, watching their progress, at three different locations. By the time Prime's group made it to Soundwave's laboratory, where Zeta Prime was being held Laserbeak had reunited with his master, and joined Soundwave in battling the Autobots. Laserbeak served as Soundwave's last line of defense in the clash, ejecting from his chest and screeching across the lab at high speeds, blasting laser bursts onto the Autobots below. He was eventually downed, however, and accompanied Soundwave in a hasty retreat, but not before Soundwave fatally wounded Zeta Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
Lazerbeak{{sic}} recorded a communication between Zeta Prime and the Autobots, allowing the Decepticons to pinpoint the Autobot leader's probable location so they could obtain the [[Omega Key]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-pressXtopetLaserbeak.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You know you want to.]]
Laserbeak was at Soundwave's side during the assault on Autobot City that nearly destroyed the Ark. In a surprising lack of judgement, he flew past a rampaging Optimus Prime, leading the Autobot leader to where Soundwave was disguised as a light fixture. Luckily for both Decepticons, they were in such a place Optimus was unable to get a clear shot and managed to retreat.

Laserbeak was with Soundwave when the Combaticons and Starscream brought Optimus in as their prisoner. He also somehow missed the massive city-sized Autobot who snuck up on the Decepticons and proceeded to beat Megatron to death. He wisely fled with the remaining Decepticons.

Laserbeak was instrumental in reviving Megatron in Soundwave's laboratory in Kaon, recovering the Techvolt used to bring the Decepticon leader back to life. This earned him an affectionate scratch on the head from the notoriously unemotional Communications Officer. When Megatron tried to do the same, the irate Minicon nipped at him, amusing the warlord.

During the assault on the Autobot defenses keeping Trypticon prisoner, Laserbeak was with Soundwave throughout the battle. He was next seen aboard the Nemesis, Trypticon's new form. He joined Soundwave and Rumble in boarding the Ark as it fled towards a Space Bridge, successfully fending off the Autobots and destroying their anti-air cannons. This allowed the Decepticons to send in Bruticus. He wasn't seen after, though presumably he was sucked into the collapsing Space Bridge along with everyone else.
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Laserbeak accompanied Soundwave, Shockwave, and Starscream on a mission to retrieve the Dark Spark from an ancient Cybertronian city. Laserbeak helped his master fend off attacking Insecticons. When they reached the chamber that held the Dark Spark, Laserbeak was dispatched by Soundwave to help the Decepticons unlock vault. When the Autobots Sideswipe and Ironhide took the Dark Spark and locked the Decepticons in the Dark Spark's chamber, Laserbeak was the only Decepticon that wasn't trapped inside, and freed his comrades. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Laserbeak and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Laserbeak aided Soundwave in his aerial battle against Optimus Prime. Both Decepticons were eventually defeated, and subsequently sent fleeing. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''Robots in Disguise''====
[[Image:Primetoy-HasbroTakaraTomy-Laserbeaks.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[April 28|04-28]]'''
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 004'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-09'''

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#RID|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, [[Soundwave (WFC)#Deluxe|Soundwave]] comes with Laserbeak. He pegs into Soundwave's chest via a [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible post]], which also allows him to perch on top of Soundwave's vehicle mode fuselage or palms.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the second wave of Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' product, uses [[sticker]]s for its details instead of [[Paint operation|paint]].

: Laserbeak's mold was also redecoed into ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' [[Nightshriek (Cobra)|Nightshriek]] and served as the model for the non-toy drone used by ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' [[Botanica (BM)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Botanica]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm Hasbro Soundwave with Laserbeak at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1501.html Arms Micron Soundwave with Laserbeak at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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====''Cyberverse''====
[[Image:BHtoy Cyberverse Soundwave.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse Legion Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 005'''
**''Accessories'': Sonic Saw

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]] is a smaller-scale toy. Laserbeak is ''technically'' present, though as a detail permanently molded onto Soundwave's chest.
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===''Generations''===
[[Image:Generationstoy-FOCLaserbeak.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / #001'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG13'''

: Part of the first wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Laserbeak is a <strike>Akane Taka from ''Kamen Rider Hibiki''</strike> [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] "[[data disc]]" that transforms into a robotic bird. He is capable of storing in and launching out of Soundwave's chest compartment (very tightly), and features a [[Autotransformation|fully automatic, spring-loaded transformation]] to bird mode that is triggered when a button on his underside is pressed.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version of Laserbeak, part of the fourth wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, uses a deeper red plastic than the [[Hasbro]] version. Both versions use the same circuit-board pattern as mold-mate [[Buzzsaw (FOC)#Toys|Buzzsaw]], but the Hasbro version mirrors the pattern along the vertical axis.

: In both markets, Laserbeak was only available with his larger partner [[Soundwave (WFC)#GenerationsVoyager|Soundwave]].

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Buzzsaw (FOC)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Sunder (FOC)|Sunder]], and was also [[retool]]ed into [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]]. This toy was also [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series and as ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' Laserbeak.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCLaserbeak/laserbeak.htm More information on Hasbro ''Generations'' Laserbeak at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1867.html More information on TakaraTomy Soundwave and Laserbeak at Alfes Toy Blog]''
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===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
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[[Image:RID2015ActivatorsLaserbeak.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Soundwave & Laserbeak''' (Activator Combiner, 2017)
:The ''[[Combiner Force]]'' Activators Soundwave figure includes a Laserbeak accessory, which can convert into either a little spaceship thing or a weapon for his robot and vehicle modes. Attaching him (or any Activator Mini-Con) to Soundwave's vehicle mode will cause it to deploy a pair of reciprocating missile launchers.
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==Merchandise==

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==Notes==
*The [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|home console version]] of ''War for Cybertron'' has a trophy/achievement that is received by shooting the three hidden Laserbeaks in Kaon Prison Break.
*Laserbeak's appearance in ''War for Cybertron'' appears to be based off [[Laserbeak (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart's]] Cybertronian form from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
*Hasbro referred to the Deployer in ''Prime'' as Laserbeak at [[BotCon 2011]], though he was not named onscreen until "Triage", which aired the following year.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Laserbeak''' (レーザービーク ''Rēzābīku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīgūang Niăo''' (China, 激光鸟, "Laser Bird")
*''Russian:'' '''Lazernik''' (Лазерник)

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Lookout Mountain

2020-02-29T23:21:21Z

Cross-wired-convoy:

[[File:TFTM Lookout Mountain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| "I call this 'Lookout' Mountain."<br>"Yes, you can certainly see far from up here."<br>"I call it 'Lookout' Mountain because that's what you say every time we go down it."]]
'''Lookout Mountain''' is a mountain overlooking [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]]. The mountain previously featured an artificial observation deck. Hot Rod claims you can see everything from Lookout Mountain, within the usual constraints of a round planet. This may (or may not) include such sights as seven states, [[Rock City]], Ruby Falls, the world's steepest incline railway, and the final or temporary resting place of [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. At the very least, it is apparently an ideal point from which to watch shuttles approaching Autobot City.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
In the year [[2005]], the main mountain road was blocked off (possibly for repair) by a team of [[Autobot]]s overseen by [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] crashed through their blockade and drove up the mountain road to the artificial observation point.

After [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noticed [[Decepticon]]s aboard an incoming shuttle and Hot Rod fired on it, the Decepticons retaliated, blowing the observation point to smithereens. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

==Notes==
*There are {{w|Lookout Mountain (disambiguation)|several}} Lookout Mountains within the continental United States. Which, if any, of these is the "Lookout Mountain" that appeared in ''The Movie'' is unclear. The pop-up commentary on the 20th Anniversary DVD states that this Lookout Mountain is in Chattanooga, [[Tennessee]].

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