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Talk:Big Convoy (BW)

2026-05-13T17:54:53Z

Crossfire: /* Main Quote */

I sure as hell never heard anyone call him "Maximus Prime". Besides, "Optimus Primeval" is better anyway. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 08:14, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

*The only Maximus Prime I know of is the dude who used to mod at Seibertron. I don't think it's ''that'' widely spread a term among the fandom. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

**Additionally, using "Maximus Prime" makes it kinda hard for people to know what the fuck you're talking about. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 16:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I came up with a name for him and realy like it Gigantus prime like gigantic and Optimus prime

== IDW section ==

So the Sourcebook stuff really doesn't fit with the Predacus stuff. In particular, Magmatron is created ''after'' the Pax Cybertronia according to Predacus, but was supposedly defeated by Big Convoy prior to it according to the Sourcebook. How are we supposed to reconcile this? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:21, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
:Well, it's not really our job to reconcile anything. If it really impedes the readability of our article, we should just put up a note pointing out that one account contradicts another. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 14:37, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
::Right. I'm talking about reconciling it from a reader's perspective. Like "In one accout, blah blah" or a note. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:29, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
:::Took a crack at it. Thoughts? --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 15:45, 1 June 2016 (EDT)

== Main Quote ==
I'm throwing down a gauntlet:

Where, exactly, does Big Convoy say "I never trust anyone—except for my Big Cannon", and how does he ''actually'' say it?

Both this page and Big Cannon have the same quote listed, but source two different issues of the BWN manga, this page saying it came from "[[A Battle Fought Alone]]", and Big Cannon saying "[[Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky]]". And both of those issues have quotes that have similar wording/intent, but do not 100% match what this page and Big Cannon are quoting (and both are part of longer sentences anyway). Considering the discrepancies that have been discovered in the BWII/BWN writeups in the last few years, this feels like one or more of these quotes have been either roughly translated, or someone has paraphrased and/or misidentified the sources, and mmmmight border on circular reporting?

So, in the interest of accuracy... what gives? [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 17:08, 7 May 2026 (EDT)

(I couldn't find any scans of the pages in question, or I'd be more prepared in asking this)
:I can only read Japanese very slowly, so I skimmed through the images that seemed like they could contain the quote and found these that might be what's being talked about:
::ABFA: [ビッグキャノンだけを]1 [たよりに]2 [一人で]3 [生きてきた]4 / [Big Cannon dake o]1 [tayori ni]2 [hitori de]3 [ikite kita]4 / [I have lived]4 [alone]3 [relying on]2 [(my) Big Cannon only]1
:::This line is quoted on the manga page as "I never trust anyone except for my Big Cannon, who had accompanied for my whole life."
::MCTTMITS: 貴様がいうようにオレは天涯孤独だからオレが信じるのは...我がキャノンのみ!!! / [Kisama ga iu you ni]1 [ore wa tengai kodoku]2 [dakara]3 [ore ga shinjiru no wa...]4 [waga cannon nomi!!!]5 / [It's as (a piece of shit like) you said]1 [I (am) alone in the world]2 [(and) therefore]3 [I have faith in...]4 [my cannon alone!!!]5
:::This line is quoted on the manga page as "Like you said, I am always alone, so I never trust anyone—except for my cannon."
:I hope I got the lines right and I hope this helps people join the discussion. I agree that the two page quotes need to be fixed. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 02:14, 8 May 2026 (EDT)

::Thank you for that, it's definitely a step in the right direction! Hopefully we can reach a consensus soon. [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 11:37, 8 May 2026 (EDT)
:::Alright, so now that I know for sure these are the correct lines, I propose to update the quote on both Big Cannon and MCTTMITS to "It's as you said, scumbag, I stand in the world alone, and therefore I have faith... IN MY CANNON ALONE!!!" I'm little good for detecting tone in Japanese, but I think this wording and construction reflects the scene as well as the loft of ''tengai kodoku'' and ''waga''.
:::As for Big Convoy's quote, I would prefer something different just to not use the same quote on two pages, but I haven't paid the kind of attention (yet?) to BWN to suggest another pick. Alternatively, I don't think it hurts the page to go without a quote until someone comes up with another. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 01:55, 9 May 2026 (EDT)
::::I personally would be fine with no quote on this page for the time being. Having recently re-watched BWN, there's definitely some material to work with, but since we still only have the fan-translated(?) subtitles, I'd be leery about using any of them as main quotes. (Of course, I can't read/understand Japanese, so maybe they're more accurate than I give them credit for?) [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 13:54, 13 May 2026 (EDT)

Ambulon

2026-05-10T21:15:06Z

Crossfire: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

{{factions|decepticon|autobot|ascenticon}}
:''Ambulon is an [[Autobot]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-ambulon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|"[[Pharma (G1)|Poor <s>Kenny</s> Ambulon, he was too young to die and be taken away from us.]]" "Dude, you're the one who ''[[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|cut him in half with a chainsaw.]]''"]]

'''Ambulon''' is the ward manager stationed at [[Delphi]]. He's known to be easily offended, and his fellow Delphi medic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] notes that he can be "a real gearstick sometimes." The gaps in his uneven paintwork reveal evidence of an earlier, buried portion of his life. Hint: He used to be purple.

Ambulon doesn't really have a complete alt mode—he turns into a leg. Just a leg. This unfortunate [[alternate mode]] is all that remains from his former life, where he was used as a guinea pig for a botched [[combiner]] experiment.

{{quote|Ambulon: From the verb "to ambulate," meaning "to walk about." It's a stupid name...}}
{{quote|...but all the best names are taken.|Ambulon and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]|"[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|"[[Bullets]]" (text story); [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]] (depicted on-panel)}}
[[File:Ambulon CLEAR Life After the Big Bang.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|"These legs are almost as nice as me. ''Almost''."]]

The robot who would come to be known as "Ambulon" was originally a [[Decepticon]] [[M.T.O.]] created for an offensive whose name started with "Operation Split Infin—". {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} He eventually became a test subject for the Decepticon [[Combicon]] project, and was modified to transform into a right leg.<ref>http://boards.idwpublishing.com/3/viewtopic.php?p=309412#p309412</ref> {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} While the other four Combicons enjoyed their new lot in life, Ambulon chafed under his humiliating new [[alternate mode]]; {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} circa [[2002]], he abandoned the Decepticons and joined the Autobots, partaking in the [[Act of Affiliation]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Ten years after his defection, Ambulon and his team of paramedics were on duty on [[Delphi]] when [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]'s squad arrived at Delphi after a skirmish with the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. A soldier named [[Schema]] had taken serious fire and was Ambulon's primary concern while staff medic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] examined Dogfight, [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] and [[Dodger (G1)|Dodger]] for less-serious injuries. When First Aid began touching all their [[insignia]]s, Ambulon looked up from Schema long enough to tell Dogfight's crew that was just the medic's personal quirk. {{storylink|Bullets}}

When the [[Red Rust]] virus was unleashed, [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], First Aid, and Ambulon rushed to treat the infected. They were later accompanied by [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and while First Aid was bringing them up to speed, Ambulon worked on the wounded Backstreet. Later on, when Ratchet, Pharma, and Ambulon were exploring Delphi, they were cornered by the [[Genericon]]s, who had escaped during the outbreak of the virus. They were rescued by an angry Fortress Maximus {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} who made short work of the Genericons.

[[File:NoGunsNoSwordsNoBriefcases-Ambulonleg.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|"I'm coming, Baby Legs! I'm... Regular... Legs!"]]

Pharma blamed Ambulon for the Red Rust incident, since he had been a Decepticon, but it was soon revealed that Pharma was behind this. Pharma shot the life support machine and fled through a tunnel in a [[CR chamber]], which had the medics scramble to save the failing patients. After Delphi's infected were cured with the vaccine, Ambulon left aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' with other survivors. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} Although Ambulon hoped to keep his embarrassing alternate mode a secret from the rest of the crew, a curious [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] bonked him on the [[Neural cluster|back of the neck]], forcing him into his leg mode. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

Ambulon was working in the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s medical bay when he, along with nearly everyone on board of the Lost Light, was frozen in place due to one of Brainstorm's experimental weapons accidentally going off. After he recovered, he was awarded a [[Rodimus Star]] "for exceptional endurance in the face of adversity." {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

[[File:IDWMtMtE15-AmbulonLegOfAction.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|"Okay, so, ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, okay?"]]

Following Fortress Maximus's psychotic episode on board the ''Lost Light'' (during which he shot five of the crew and held [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] hostage), Ambulon, along with First Aid and Ratchet, was instrumental in saving Rung's life after he was accidentally shot in the head by Swerve. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} When a number of offline Autobots suddenly awoke and squeezed their audio sensors, Ambulon was assigned to watch over them in the medibay. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} When [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s deactivated body was retrieved and put on life support, Ambulon assisted First Aid in investigating. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

Ambulon took care of [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] following the injuries he'd sustained on [[Temptoria]]. {{storylink|Before & After}} During [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]'s rampage on the ''Lost Light'', Ambulon crashed a [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay]] into him. It...lost the ''Lost Light'' a M.A.R.B. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} Rewind, a casualty of the battle, stitched together a final message for [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] using footage from his database, including a recording of Ambulon saying "apart". {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

Following the disappearance of Ultra Magnus from the medibay, Ambulon was questioned as to where the [[Diagnostic Drone|medibot]] had been at the time. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Along with First Aid, Ambulon gave a pretty good effort in fighting off the [[Legislator]]s when they invaded the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

[[File:Ambulondeath.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Sorry guys, but it looks like I gotta "split"]]

The ship was soon overrun, and both 'bots found themselves teleported to Pharma's new lab on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. Unfortunately for Ambulon, he was to play a part in a med-bot contest between Pharma and Ratchet, a contest precipitated by Ambulon being horrifically sawn in half, ''lengthwise''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} He did not survive the experience, but Ratchet made good use of Ambulon's senseless death: by fashioning a cannon from Ambulon's bisected remains, Ratchet was able to destroy the Legislator assigned to oversee the operation. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Upon Pharma's capture by the crew, his callously flippant attitude about his murder of Ambulon proved to be last straw for First Aid, who blew the traitor's head off. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life| This Calamitous Life}} Following their adventure on Luna 1, Ambulon's corpse was returned to the ''Lost Light;'' at some point over the next few years, his body was repaired and returned to its original condition before it was interred within the ship's morgue. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

Before he left the ''Lost Light'' aboard the ''[[O Fortuna]]'', Tailgate gave First Aid a leaving present that contained a photograph of the ship's medical staff—himself, Ratchet, the [[Diagnostic Drone]], and Ambulon. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

Much later, on Luna 1, Red Alert erroneously remembered Ambulon as being in the queue to join the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launch. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

Following [[Getaway]]'s mutiny, the Protectobots returned to the ''Lost Light'' to learn that the escapologist had seized control of the ship. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}} Unable to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] without the recently deceased [[Rook (CW)|Rook]], the team raided the morgue for Ambulon's body and used his leg mode as a suitable stand-in. Though Defensor attempted to overpower Getaway's forces, he was easily defeated by [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

During the final battle for [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] glimpsed Ambulon's spirit as the Decepticon used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to assist Optimus Prime against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
{{-}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Ambulon-Kreon.jpg|thumb]]
When [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] attacked Autobot City, Ambulon stood next to [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] in facing the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

===''TransTech''===
A [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] in [[Axiom Nexus]] knew of Ambulon and did not want to share his solitary alternate mode. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/28}}

=== 2019 IDW continuity ===
Ambulon was among the [[Ascenticon]]s who accepted branding with the new symbol of their movement. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

==Notes==
*According to [[James Roberts]], "Ambulon" was not his original name, but he sticks to it because someone else we know goes by that name too.<ref>Letters page, "[[Under Cold Blue Stars]]"</ref>
*Also according to James Roberts, Ambulon is the only name he's ever had.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Exclusive: Ambulon is the only name he's ever had. #MTMTE2015|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/681996130985484289|name=James Roberts|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=12|day=30|(defunct=)}}</ref>
*Ambulon's leg mode appears to have a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style peg. What should be noted is that while ''Combiner Wars'' toys in leg mode connect with the combiner torso by the ''knee'', Ambulon's joint is at the ''hip.''
*''Kre-O'' Ambulon uses Ratchet's helmet.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ambulon''' (アンビュロン ''Anbyuron'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 combiners]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) weapons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]

Talk:Big Convoy (BW)

2026-05-08T15:37:42Z

Crossfire: /* Main Quote */ Wiki Gods, we summon ye.

I sure as hell never heard anyone call him "Maximus Prime". Besides, "Optimus Primeval" is better anyway. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 08:14, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

*The only Maximus Prime I know of is the dude who used to mod at Seibertron. I don't think it's ''that'' widely spread a term among the fandom. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

**Additionally, using "Maximus Prime" makes it kinda hard for people to know what the fuck you're talking about. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 16:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I came up with a name for him and realy like it Gigantus prime like gigantic and Optimus prime

== IDW section ==

So the Sourcebook stuff really doesn't fit with the Predacus stuff. In particular, Magmatron is created ''after'' the Pax Cybertronia according to Predacus, but was supposedly defeated by Big Convoy prior to it according to the Sourcebook. How are we supposed to reconcile this? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:21, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
:Well, it's not really our job to reconcile anything. If it really impedes the readability of our article, we should just put up a note pointing out that one account contradicts another. --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 14:37, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
::Right. I'm talking about reconciling it from a reader's perspective. Like "In one accout, blah blah" or a note. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:29, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
:::Took a crack at it. Thoughts? --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] ([[User talk:Ascendron|talk]]) 15:45, 1 June 2016 (EDT)

== Main Quote ==
I'm throwing down a gauntlet:

Where, exactly, does Big Convoy say "I never trust anyone—except for my Big Cannon", and how does he ''actually'' say it?

Both this page and Big Cannon have the same quote listed, but source two different issues of the BWN manga, this page saying it came from "[[A Battle Fought Alone]]", and Big Cannon saying "[[Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky]]". And both of those issues have quotes that have similar wording/intent, but do not 100% match what this page and Big Cannon are quoting (and both are part of longer sentences anyway). Considering the discrepancies that have been discovered in the BWII/BWN writeups in the last few years, this feels like one or more of these quotes have been either roughly translated, or someone has paraphrased and/or misidentified the sources, and mmmmight border on circular reporting?

So, in the interest of accuracy... what gives? [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 17:08, 7 May 2026 (EDT)

(I couldn't find any scans of the pages in question, or I'd be more prepared in asking this)
:I can only read Japanese very slowly, so I skimmed through the images that seemed like they could contain the quote and found these that might be what's being talked about:
::ABFA: [ビッグキャノンだけを]1 [たよりに]2 [一人で]3 [生きてきた]4 / [Big Cannon dake o]1 [tayori ni]2 [hitori de]3 [ikite kita]4 / [I have lived]4 [alone]3 [relying on]2 [(my) Big Cannon only]1
:::This line is quoted on the manga page as "I never trust anyone except for my Big Cannon, who had accompanied for my whole life."
::MCTTMITS: 貴様がいうようにオレは天涯孤独だからオレが信じるのは...我がキャノンのみ!!! / [Kisama ga iu you ni]1 [ore wa tengaikodoku]2 [dakara]3 [ore ga shinjiru no wa...]4 [waga cannon nomi!!!]5 / [It's as (a piece of shit like) you said]1 [I (am) alone in the world]2 [(and) therefore]3 [I have faith in...]4 [my cannon alone!!!]5
:::This line is quoted on the manga page as "Like you said, I am always alone, so I never trust anyone—except for my cannon."
:I hope I got the lines right and I hope this helps people join the discussion. I agree that the two page quotes need to be fixed. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 02:14, 8 May 2026 (EDT)

::Thank you for that, it's definitely a step in the right direction! Hopefully we can reach a consensus soon. [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 11:37, 8 May 2026 (EDT)

Talk:Big Convoy (BW)

2026-05-07T21:08:41Z

Crossfire: /* Main Quote */ new section

Big Convoy (BW)

2026-05-07T18:18:59Z

Crossfire: Minor sentence structure adjustment.

{{factions|maximal|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Big Convoy}}

:''Big Convoy is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BigConvoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Was the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|dark of the moon]] on the sixth of June, in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss Kenworth pullin' logs]...]]

While most Maximal [[Supreme Commander]]s are known for being level-headed, friendly 'bots, '''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ ''Biggu Konboi'') breaks the mould. A gruff, solitary robot who knows little of teamwork, this lone wolf prefers to wander the galaxy alone, fighting battles in his own unique way. And boy, can he fight them! He is known throughout the Maximal ranks as "The One-Man Army", a gargantuan bruiser of a warrior with a huge arsenal of weaponry built into his body that lets him do the work of a whole battallion all on his lonesome. His signature and most famous weapon — the only thing he claims to trust — is the colossal [[Big Cannon]].

[[Vector Sigma]] has taken a special interest in Big Convoy, assigning him a task well outside his field of expertise: training instructor for a batch of new recruits freshly minted from the Maximal Military Academy. While being a leader and a teacher don't come easy to him, Vector Sigma is there to back him up, often speaking ''through'' him via the [[Energon Matrix]] in his chest. And with each lesson in warfare Vector Sigma has him impart to his new recruits, Big Convoy in turn learns a lesson about friendship and teamwork that brings him closer to his men.

{{quote|I never trust anyone—except for my Big Cannon.|Big Convoy|"[[A Battle Fought Alone]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Legends'' comic====
'''Big Junior''' (ビッグジュニア ''Biggu Junia'') was the son of [[Blue Big Convoy]], a radical estranged from the [[Great Convoy]]s because of his egalitarian opinions regarding the relationship between Convoys and other Transformers. The two fought at each other's side till one fateful day where they battled a [[Blentron|mysterious group]] who sought out [[Angolmois Energy]]. Blue Big Convoy sacrificed himself to destroy the villains and to save Big Junior. The elder mammoth used his last words to teach a weeping Big Junior the true meaning of being a "Convoy" and gave his arm to replace Big Junior's destroyed one. Henceforward, Big Junior was Big Convoy and he became a loner to protect himself from the pain of losing another comrade. {{Storylink|LG-EX Blue Big Convoy}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Junichi Inoue]] (Japanese)|[[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean)}}
[[Image:Bwneo1 bigconvoy dreamwave.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Big Convoy pulls a [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]].]]
[[Image:BigConvoyAnime1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We've got a great big codpiece.]]
Big Convoy once operated as a duo with [[Rockbuster]] and the two fought [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s and adventured together. However, their solitary natures eventually drove them apart and both warriors decided to become solo acts in the war against the Predacons. {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} Big Convoy's decision to go it alone brought him into conflict with the Maximal drill instructor [[Survive]], a stern believer in the value of teamwork. They parted on shaky ground, with Survive determined to someday teach Big Convoy how to work in a group. {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} As "the One Man Army" (the nickname he quickly earned), Big Convoy focused his energies on thwarting the machinations of [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]], the new leader of the Predacon forces. After a particularly explosive assault on a stronghold, the two became arch-foes.

To help Big Convoy broaden his horizons, [[Vector Sigma]] had him called in from the field and given him a new assignment: to serve as instructor for a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy knew that it wasn't in his nature to be a teacher, but being a loyal soldier, he accepted the task. His first mission was to explore [[Gaia]] and investigate the disappearance of [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]]. Little did he know, Magmatron and his Predacons were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsules ejected after the destruction of [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}}

On their journey to recover the Angolmois capsules, Big Convoy and his group of trainees stumbled upon the planet of [[Godbless]]. There, he spotted a volcano floating in orbit, and questioned [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] on whether the planet had any natural satellites or not. When the answer was no, he drove his ship closer, but was met with an apparition of a supposed “[[God of the Maximals]]”, in reality an illusion created by [[Saberback]], who told them to stay away from the planet, before shocking the vessel's systems and causing it to crash. When the group officially landed on the surface, Big Convoy ordered [[Colada]] and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] to scout their surroundings. Later on, when the two Maximals discovered Saberback and a capsule of Angolmois, Convoy came to their defenses and fired his “Big Cannon” on him and the other Predacons, allowing the Maximals to escape with the Angolmois. Before they departed from Godbless, [[Vector Sigma]], speaking through Convoy, told the people of the planet to put in their best efforts on their own before turning to the assistance of a god. {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}}
[[Image:MatrixBuster.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
Big Convoy led the Maximal recruits to the supposedly warm, paradise-like planet of [[Solid]], to recover an Angolmois capsule. He was shocked, along with the others, to learn that the planet was actually frigid and frozen over. When Longrack attempted to assemble a ground team to explore the surface, Convoy shut him down, claiming that it would be good training for everyone to go. He changed his mind, though, when he realized that [[Break]] was the only one adequately equipped for snow exploration. Instead, he and the rest of the recruits remained waiting in the snow, until Break was ready with the capsule. Unfortunately, [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] and Saberback attacked the group, burying them all underneath piles of snow. Thankfully, Colada was able to rescue them, Big Convoy included, with his flame breath. The attack, combined with the horrific weather, was enough to demoralize the team, leaving them unable to rendezvous with Break in their current condition to retrieve the capsule. To this end, Convoy suggested using a slab of ice to slide across the planet's surface and meet with the penguin Maximal, having Longrack break off a piece from a nearby mountain. The plan succeeded, and the group met with Break just in time to fend off [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] and take the Angolmois for themselves. Later on, when Longrack dressed down Break for seemingly caring more about the [[Gōmya|locals]] than the mission at hand, Vector Sigma spoke through Convoy, defending Break and stating that it was the right thing to do. {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}}

Big Convoy had the Maximal recruits touch down on [[Maderan]] to retrieve the Angolmois capsule located on the planet. When he was alerted through Stampy via signal flare of the Predacon presence on the surface, he took the ''[[Gung Ho]]'' down to solve the problem. After battling off Magmatron and freeing his recruits from the Predacons' clutches, he took wounded Stampy to the ship's sick bay so that he could recover. After the trainees apologizes to Stampy for poking fun at his cowardice, when he had in reality been the bravest of them all on Maderan, Vector Sigma spoke through Convoy once more, saying that, as a team, everyone had distinct, but important characteristics that made it run like clockwork. {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}}

When Colada and Break began to argue, Big Convoy sent them to the planet [[Donovan]] to search for the Angolmois there, and to hopefully stop their bickering. Break later called for help, revealing that he had left Colada to fend for himself in order to teach him a lesson, to the fury of Convoy. Once he beamed down on the planet, he searched for the pair, but was stopped by Dead End, who wished to have a one-on-one duel with the Maximal leader. Convoy shrugged off his attacks, and beat the snot out of the Predacon, rushing to help Break and Colada. By the time he arrived, the two had weakened the Predacons significantly, giving Convoy room to unleash his "Big Cannon" upon them. Once the Angolmois was secured, Vector Sigma spoke through the Maximal leader, talking on the virtues of working as a team. {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Ship's Log}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Charge! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}}}

====''End of G1 Universe''====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Age of Primes (End of G1 Universe)|Age of Primes}}}}

===''BomBom'' comic continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' comic====
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Long before [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] and [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]'s [[Gaia]]n battles took place, '''Big''' (ビッグ ''Biggu'') the [[mammoth]] lived on a cold, primitive world in the [[7th Cosmos]]. When an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule fell on the planet, it evolved Big and other beasts, who were then led by a [[Magmatron (BW)|''Giganotosaurus'']], and the capsule came to be known as the Divine Stone. The resulting gang turned violent and, when he wasn't around, murdered Big's friends.

When the time-lost Lio Convoy ended up on Big's planet, he came face to face with the dinosaurs, and was saved in the nick of time by Big. After some introductions, Big brought Lio Convoy to the Divine Stone, but they were confronted by the evil creatures. Big was wounded in the battle, but the mammoth managed to push them all into the crevasse containing the stone, which exploded, further evolving the dinosaurs into full-fledged Transformers with robot modes. Lio Convoy was able to take down the mooks, but was easily defeated by the union of the ''Giganotosaurus'' with a ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and a ''Elasmosaurus''—[[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]]. When the villains made their leave, Lio Convoy recovered and found the mammoth dying in the snow. Regretting his involvement, Lio Convoy used his [[Energon Matrix]] to cure the animal. The process evolved Big into the Maximal Big Convoy, but he was left alone and amnesiac in the raging snowstorm. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' comic====
Big Convoy would join the Maximals, becoming the notorious "One Man Army". During one battle, he disregarded [[Crow Convoy]]'s orders by rushing up to a [[Predacon fortress planet]] in a [[Maximal Reconnaissance Ship]] and blowing it up. The resulting shockwave damaged the [[Maximal Army 7th Fleet]]. For his insubordination, [[Great Convoy]] punished Big Convoy by making him the instructor of five rookie Maximals on the planet Gaia. He took a lackadaisy approach, commanding his students from the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', but came to their rescue when they encountered lethal [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] on the abandoned ''[[Galvaburg II]]''. Inside, they found the mysterious [[Unicron/Generation 1|Black Ball]]. When it was brought aboard the Maximals' ship, it suddenly activated the warp engine. {{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} The Black Ball revealed itself to be capable of speech and told the story of the war between Lio Convoy and Galvatron, and the Maximal commander's name stirred something in Big Convoy.

When the warp dropped the ''Gung Ho'' in [[Luxor]]'s orbit, it was immediately attacked by the Predacon flagship ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''. The ''Gung Ho'' crashed into an asteroid, but not before Big Convoy sent his subordinates on escape pods to Luxor. While repairing the ''Gung Ho'' with [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]], Big Convoy investigated Lio Convoy's record, finding nothing that connected them two. When the rookies down on Luxor were attacked by the Predacons [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] and [[Sling (BW)|Sling]], Big Convoy leapt to the planet to their rescue, managing to drive them away and prevent the planet's Angolmois Capsule from falling into the enemy's hands. {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} Their time on the planet was far from over, as the planet's sand was revealed to be actually made up of millimeter-long robots called [[Sandron]], who refused to allow the Maximals to leave the planet with the Capsule and threatened to eat them from the inside out. They attempted to sow confusion by assembling themselves into duplicates of the Maximals, but the ''Gung Ho'' was repaired in time to take the Maximals off the planet, and Big Convoy managed to use some deft gunfire to hold back the Sandron before they naturally dissipated thanks to the removal of the Angolmois Capsule from the planet. {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}}

The Maximals next went to [[Greengard]] for its Angolmois Capsule. After appointing [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] the leader of that particular retrieval mission, Big Convoy stayed behind on the ''Gung Ho'', where he awaited the arrival of the ''Dinosaur''. After burying it in an avalanche, Big Convoy came face-to-face with Magmatron himself, who taunted the Maximal about his knowledge of Big Convoy's origins. After a fierce battle, Big Convoy was able to blast away Magmatron with his [[Big Cannon]] and picked up his students, who had succeeded at their mission. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}} The next capsule was detected at [[Colada]]'s homeworld, [[Jörmungandr]]. Leaving [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] to watch over the ''Gung Ho'', Big Convoy joined his other soldiers to the planet, where they ran into Sling, Dead End, and [[Saberback]]. Big Convoy entered a duel with Dead End, but it was eventually interrupted by Saberback, who tried to off Big Convoy on the recently arrived [[Guiledart]]'s orders. A retaliatory blast from Big Convoy disintegrated Guiledart and breached the world's shell, sucking everything out into space. The Predacons were doomed to the void, and Big Convoy was forced to let go of his Big Cannon to save [[Break]]'s life, losing it forever. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

Big Convoy and his troops later found themselves within the sanctuary of the [[Byakurēn]], where they found an Angolmois Capsule being worshiped as a holy vessel. The Maximals fought off the cult's evil priests before [[Kuma Kinkin]] engaged Big Convoy in one-on-one combat. Big Convoy managed to slice off one of Kuma Kinkin's arms in the ensuing battle, and used the missionary's own Bearnium gauntlet to kill him, stabbing him with it through the forehead. The cult vanquished, Big Convoy and his crew took possession of the capsule. {{storylink|Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist!}} Next, Big Convoy led his troops to the aquatic planet [[Wednesday]], where they retrieved the fifth Angolmois Capsule after a brief altercation against [[Rage (BW)|Rage]]. {{storylink|To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade}}

[[Image:MangaBigConvoyVsBlentrons.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Who wants some?!]]
The sixth capsule was in the [[Graviton Prison]]. Though the Maximals were captured by the malfunctioning robot-guards, Big Convoy used his incredible kicking-strength to bust his crew out of their cell. With the capsule in their possession, the Maximals returned to their ship. The prison's guards attempted once more to stop the by pulling down on the ''Gung Ho'', but Big Convoy once more used his powerful legs to save the day, kicking the guards into a nearby black hole. {{storylink|The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!}}

For the final capsule, the Black Ball led the Maximals to a floating amphitheatre in proximity of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they encountered the surviving Magmatron, who revealed that the Black Ball had led him there and gave him the [[Blentron]]s as troops! As events unfolded, though, the Blentrons turned on Magmatron and fed the collected capsules to the Black Ball, from which the face of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] emerged. Unicron explained that the last Angolmois Capsule, the divine stone that fell on an icy planet so long ago, was absorbed into the bodies of Big Convoy and Magmatron, a revelation that broke Big Convoy's amnesia. Breaking down from his recovered memories, Big Convoy crouched in tears till Magmatron implored him to keep fighting, and the two joined forces against the Blentrons. Just as the two were about to swoop into Unicron's maw, [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], in actuality an agent of the [[Chronarchitect|Ruler of Time and Space]], froze time and explained to Big Convoy the threat of Unicron and the Ruler's plan to destroy the universe to remove the threat. After knocking some sense into the despondent Big Convoy, Heinrad was pulled out of the spacetime continuum for his violation of the dogma of noninterference. Away from Unicron, Big Convoy had to watch as the dark god chomped on Magmatron, spitting out his head and his [[Magma Blade (BW)|Magma Blade]]. After being entrusted the sword, Big Convoy used it to end his rival's life and swore to fight against Unicron, who had absorbed Cybertron to become his new body. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

With the Magma Blade in hand, Big Convoy had the ''Gung Ho'' lure Unicron to the clustered planetary system [[Georgian]], where the Maximal crew had Unicron attack planets, setting off explosions that destroyed his limbs. Limbless, Unicron tried to unleash a Blentron army, but it was of little effect to Big Convoy, who dove in and stabbed his eye with the Magma Blade. However, Unicron's dark essence emerged from its eye and plastered itself on Big Convoy's body to take it over. With no option, Big Convoy took the Matrix from his chest and unleashed its power, destroying himself and Unicron in the process. In his dying moments, Big Convoy saw Lio Convoy come to bring his soul to peace.

At Big Convoy's memorial, his former students, now graduated, paid homage to him when Heinrad appeared and took the four to an wintry planet. There, he revealed that Big Convoy's spark was "recycled" by his organization and the commander was reincarnated as an ordinary mammoth without memory or awareness of what came before. As the Maximals—now Convoys—saluted him, the mammoth walked off into the distance. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

====''Beast Wars Metals'' comic====
The visage of Big Convoy appeared alongside those of Lio Convoy and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in a poetic montage overlooking the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on [[Earth|Energoa]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
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[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] discovered that the [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]] had destabilized the Decepticon [[space bridge nexus]], causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions. One of these windows showed Big Convoy, who seemed to be looking right back at Jetfire. Jetfire, thinking he had seen the Optimus Prime he knew, tried to say so, but only stuttered, possibly in shock. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[Image:CybertronianBigConvoy.jpg|left|270px|thumb|He doesn't attend to politicians when there's asses to kick.]]
By one account, Big Convoy was known as the "one robot army" and was assigned by the [[Maximal Elder]]s to the ''Gung Ho'' and its crew of Maximal rookies in a time before the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. Together, they defeated Magmatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

In another account, Big Convoy had earned himself a place on the [[Autobot High Council]] by the tail-end of the Great War. He was away from their base of operation when news came in that both Optimus Prime and Galvatron had fallen in combat, and so attended a meeting via holographic-projection. After rebranding themselves the "[[Primal Council]]", the group discussed their intent to broker an armistice with their enemies, in the hopes of ending the war without further bloodshed. To this end, Big Convoy was sent to a front near the [[Rust Sea]] peninsula. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

Big Convoy was part of Cybertron's [[Committee for State Affairs]] alongside [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] and [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}} Because of his distinguished service, he was a high-ranking member of the joint committee. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

On Cybertron, Big Convoy, along with [[Tasmania Kid]], had been investigating recent disturbances and riots occurring with increasing frequency. He found that the riots had been set off by the use of Angolmois capsules—something which he thought he had seen the last of. Though the rulers of the [[Maximal Imperium]] sent their aide, [[Ikard]], to bring Big Convoy to them, he refused to come, citing the importance of getting some control in the field. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

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Following the trail of the Angolmois incidents, he and his unit were able to locate a monolithic structure jutting from the Cybertronian skyline. [[Colada|Cohrada]] speculated that the new building was in fact quite ancient, a part of an older era of Cybertron that was thrust up through the substructure. [[Shokaract]] emerged from the structure, eager to demonstrate his newfound power. Big Convoy retaliated, transforming into a heavily armed spider-tank alt mode. Magmatron witnessed that unless the timestream was altered, the Maximal leader would also be killed by Shokaract. Thus, the chronally displaced Predacon chose that moment in time for the transwarp coordinates to give to [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Therefore, the battle was interrupted by the appearance of [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]]'s transwarp cruiser, sparing Big Convoy. However, this hope was in vain, as it was soon shot down by Shokaract. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Big Convoy later met [[Bump]], a "specialist" sent by Lio Convoy. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers encountered the Pack, along with immigrants from Earth, including [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He participated in the plan and battled with Shokaract's forces. After their enemies were defeated, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hoped that no threat came up while they were focused on rebuilding Cybertron, which had fallen into a sorry state after Shokaract's distribution of Angolmois. Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] popped up just in time to dash that hope. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
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Big Convoy was at the newly constructed Autobot base, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], enjoying the big turret at the top of the building. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
'''Slammoth''' was a member of the [[Cybertronian Navy]] who served aboard the ''[[Gung Ho|Gung-Ho]]'', patrolling the [[Allowed Zone]] of known space under the watchful eye of the [[Human Confederacy]]. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

During the [[Grand Uprising]], Slammoth seized control of ''Gung-Ho'' from the Builders. He became Supreme Commander of the space vessels controlled by the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] as the war went on. In addition to clashing with Builders, Slammoth had several encounters with [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razor-Claw]], an opportunist Predacon warlord who seized control of Cybertron's three moons, and was initially antagonistic with [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]]'s movement.

When the war ended and the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] was routed, Slammoth took part in the negotiations at [[Dragon's Bane Cathedral]] in [[Hyperious]] to establish a new government. Once the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was hammered into shape, Slammoth became one of the three chosen representatives of the Resistance. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===Legends World===
The [[Legends World]], where the rest of the ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]] existed as fiction, had its [[Big Convoy (Legends)|own version of Big Convoy]].

''Beast Wars'' toy collector [[Rattrap (Legends)|Rattrap]] kept [[#Toys|the original Big Convoy toy]] on a shelf. {{storylink|LG10 Arcee}}

When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Majin Zarak]] threatened the [[Legends World]], Rattrap's [[#Encore|''Encore'' Big Convoy toy]] leaped to the rescue and revealed that all ''Transformers'' toys in the Legends World were actually living beings. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}

When the Legends World citizens were under attack by [[Galvatron II]]'s forces on the [[G1 World]] version of the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Leo Prime]] made use of [[Transformers sickness]] to awaken the power of their spiritual ancestors; Big Convoy took on the form of ''this'' Big Convoy. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
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==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
The awesomely powerful Big Convoy was originally a loner who preferred fighting alone. However, Maximal leadership decided that his talents were better served educating the next generation of Cybertronians—while Big Convoy still yearned for the old days, he was an excellent teacher who brought out the best in his students.

At some point, Big Convoy and his team of Maximals battled [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] for control of the universe's [[Dark Energon]] Capsules, racing from planet to planet in a conflict that culminated in a battle against a reborn Unicron. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWNtoy-BigConvoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Take off my kibble, and you've got two toys for the price of one!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-35'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[1999]] February
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Mammolike'''
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''C-05'''
:*''Accessories''; "[[Big Cannon#Beast Wars Neo|Big Cannon]]", 2 missiles, 2 "[[Mammoth Haken#Beast Wars Neo|Mammoth Haken]]" missiles, "[[Energon Matrix#BigConvoy|Energon Matrix]]"
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Big Convoy transforms into an organic mammoth. His beast mode has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head to somewhat simulate his "Mammoth Dynamite" attack. In addition, the tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears.

: In robot mode, Big Convoy is absolutely chock-full of weapons and [[gimmick]]s:
:# The spring-loaded "Big Cannon" (formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail) can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via [[5 mm post]] and can be stored on his back.
:# His shoulder armor can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
:# He has flip-out "{{w|tonfa|Mammoth Tonfa}}" melee weapons in both forearms.
:# The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his anchor-shaped "Mammoth Haken" projectiles (similar to the original ''Beast Wars'' Ultra Class [[Megatron (BW)/toys#BWultra|Megatron]] toy); the missiles can also be loosely held as melee weapons.
:# His chest panel flips down, revealing the first-ever removable Matrix toy accessory, vacuum-metalized gold with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5 mm fist holes.

: Big Convoy technically has a third mode, known as "Mammoth Tank", which is basically just his beast mode with the Big Cannon folded out and his Mammoth Haken launchers deployed. Yay.

: This toy is somewhat infamous for being a [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Much of his [[kibble]] can be detached from the main figure to form the majority of his beast mode [[:File:Bigconvoy shell.jpg|on its own]].

: [[Sonokong]] released Big Convoy as "Mammolike" in the [[South Korea|Korean]] ''Beast-War Neo'' toyline. This release features no changes to the toy itself, with the only differences being [[:File:C-05 Mammolike Sonokong.jpg|the packaging]] and bio cards.

: Big Convoy was [[redeco]]ed as [[Black Big Convoy]], then redecoed and slightly [[retool]]ed into [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)#Universe .282003.29|Nemesis Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/BigConvoy/bigconvoy.htm More information on Big Convoy at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Dai Uchū no Taiketsu: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (大宇宙の対決ビッグコンボイVSマグマトロン, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''VS-35'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[1999]] February
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''DX-05
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: Big Convoy was also available in the "Cosmic Showdown" "versus" pack with his chief adversary, [[Magmatron (BW)#Toys|Magmatron]], also released in the second wave of ''Neo'' product. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: This vs-pack was also released in Korea by Sonokong. Much like the single release of "Mammolike", both toys are identical to the Takara releases, the only differences being the packaging and bio cards.

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[[File:Gold_Big_Convoy_and_Magmatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kinpika Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (金ピカビッグコンボイVSマグマトロン, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-35'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: This gold [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] Big Convoy was featured as a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] giveaway through ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and ''[[TV-Kun]]'',<ref>[[Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Generations]]</ref> paired with a similarly gold version of Magmatron, limited to a whopping ten sets.

: Unfortunately, the dates and rules of the contest are currently undocumented.

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[[File:1999_Blue_Big_Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Please, Mr. Blue was [[Blue Big Convoy|my father]], call me Big.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Blue Big Convoy''' (1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-35'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, two "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: A redeco of Big Convoy in shades of blue, this figure is a Lucky Draw item. Again, unfortunately, the specifics of the contest are currently undocumented.

: The ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]''-original character [[Blue Big Convoy]] is an homage to this release.
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===''Encore''===
[[File:Encore-Big-Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Guess this means we won't be seeing a ''Masterpiece'' Big Convoy anytime soon then...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy''' (ビッグコンボイ, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[2019]] [[January 26]]
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix"

: The second-to-last release in TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' reissue series, this release of Big Convoy has been extensively redecoed to be more anime-accurate. The most notable changes include his paint and plastic being much more matte overall, flat white replacing the pearlescent white and silver, his beast mode pelt being a darker brown, his gold parts swapped to yellow, and his beast eyes now white with pupils.

: This release of Big Convoy displays considerably well with the ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] and anime-colored [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#MP38|Optimus Primal]] toys. With all three figures being roughly the same height, it is highly accurate to the respective cartoon scales.
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[[File:TF-BWN-Encore-Big-Convoy-Matrix-Buster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Come on and Slammoth'' ''And welcome to the Jammoth'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy (Matrix Buster Ver.)''' (ビッグコンボイ (マトリクスバスターVer.), [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[2020]] [[February 28]]
:*''Accessories:'' "Big Cannon", 2 missiles, 2 "Mammoth Haken" missiles, "Energon Matrix", "Matrix Buster", "NAVI" figure, 2 leg attachments

: The actual final release in the ''Encore'' line, this re-re-release of Big Convoy has no deco changes from the original ''Beast Wars Neo'' version, but does have a lot of new parts added to it.

: The centerpiece is the massive "[[Big Cannon#Encore|Matrix Buster]]" cannon accessory (as used in the penultimate episode of the ''Neo'' anime), which can store the [[retool]]ed Energon Matrix with collapsible handles, and has two flexible tubes that plug into his waist-piece. Completing the cartoon-based configuration are two small turbine-like parts that extend his hip-mounted mammoth legs by plugging in between the legs and the removable feet, exploiting a facet of the toy's construction that was not considered a play "feature" prior.

: Finally, this set also includes a small [[NAVI (Gung Ho)#Toys|NAVI]] figurine. Yay!

: This figure was also released in [[Australia]] as a EB Games/Zing exclusive.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-BigConvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Alright Magmatron, you big nerd, where's my Angolmois capsules?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Maximal Big Convoy''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Maximal Big Convoy''' (マクシマルビッグコンボイ)
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2026]] [[May 30]]
:*''Accessories'': [[Energon Matrix#Age of the Primes|Energon Matrix]], [[Big Cannon#Age of the Primes|Big Cannon]], 2 tusks, [[Matrix Cannon (BW)#Age of the Primes|Matrix Cannon]], 2 [[Mammoth Haken#Age of the Primes|Mammoth Hakens]]
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the first wave of 2026 ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Leader Class toys, Big Convoy is a faithful recreation of his animation model, transforming into a mammoth with poseable trunk, front shoulders, and ears. He retains many gimmicks from the original toy, including the opening chest and removable Energon Matrix, deployable tonfas, two handheld Mammoth Hakens, flip-up shoulder armor to reveal sculpted missiles, and hip-mounted mammoth legs that flip around to form cannons. He also includes the small [[Matrix Cannon]] blaster from the cartoon, which can be stored on his back in robot mode or inside one of his belly panels in beast mode, and his tusks are detachable, held on by 5 mm posts, with the instructions showing how they can be attached to his wrists as weapons.

:And of course, he comes with his Big Cannon, which stores on his back. The weapon now has a stand so Big Convoy can hold it up stably, and also now extends, revealing an extra peg that clips into his shoulder for greater security. However, the instructions make it look like the cannon can be clipped in in this manner and still be held by his arm facing straight forward; in reality, his shoulder kibble gets in the way so badly that in order to accomplish it, his arm really has to be positioned at a 45° angle across his body. Alternately, it can peg into the 5mm holes in his forearms, which allows him to wield it without the back of the weapon interfering with his shoulder kibble while it's pointed forward. Like the original figure, the Big Cannon uses the same 5mm post to attach in both modes, meaning it is possible to convert the toy without [[partformer|partsforming]] in theory, but in practice, it's a fool’s errand.

:Due to the difference in kibble management compared to the original toy, the Mammoth Haken attach directly to Big Convoy’s legs by 5mm port in robot mode. The instructions do not specify a place for them in mammoth mode, but storage spots for them are built into the beast-mode belly kibble (which now winds up on the back of the robot legs instead of the sides, and can also hold the haken when Big Convoy is in robot mode). The instructions also do not include an official recreation of his Mammoth Tank mode, but it's still possible to emulate his mode by deploying the Big Cannon in beast mode.

:Unlike previous Hasbro [[Lio Convoy (BW)#Legacy|"Convoy"]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Age of the Primes|toys]], Big Convoy keeps his original name.

:Big Convoy was first teased on [[Magmatron (BW)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Magmatron]]'s package art, and fully revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2025|San Diego Comic-Con 2025]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DOpNDp7gEqI/ Designer commentary on Big Convoy from Mark Maher on Instagram'']''
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==Merchandise==
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===''Beast Wars Real Figure Kit''===
[[File:RealFigureKit Big Convoy.jpg|thumb|right|Also included with base: sludge.]]
*'''Big Convoy''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': Stand

:A non-transforming PVC prize figure kit of Big Convoy. It comes packaged with the unassembled figure and a stand. The stand has two attachment points for other Real Figure Kit stands to connect.
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===''Beast Change Kit''===
*'''Big Convoy''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': Big Cannon
:Released by [[Takara]], ''[[Beast Change Kit]]'' Big Convoy is a snap together model kit of the character in a [[super deformed]] style. The model can assume both robot and mammoth modes by being partially disassembled and reassembled. The kit includes stickers for added detail, though unlike the ''Beast Wars II'' Change Kits, Big Convoy is not [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his wavemate Magmatron.

===Flame Toys===
*'''Big Convoy''' (20??)
{{toydesigner|[[Akira Amemiya]] (concept artist)}}
:Prototype sketches by [[Akira Amemiya]] of [[Studio Trigger]] fame of a Furai Model kit Big Convoy were revealed alongside Kuro Kara Kuri [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise|Rodimus]], Furai Model [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]], and Furai Model [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]] in 2019. Big Convoy has yet to be released.

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===''Blokees''===
[[File:Blokees-TF-DV07-Big-Convoy.jpg|thumb|250px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Big Convoy''' (2026)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Defender Version 07 - Power Of The Beast'''
:*''Pull rate'': 1/24
:*''Accessories'': Big Cannon

:Released as one of the two headline characters for [[Blokees]]' 7th wave of Defender Version blind-boxed kits, this Big Convoy (in his Robot Mode) is a 2.2-inch (5.5 cm) figure, a few inches smaller than the ''Galaxy/Shining'' Version kits, but still articulated. He comes with his signature Big Cannon.

:This wave (the global version) was first released in Korea's official Blokees Store, before it was available in China and globally. This kit is later redecoed into [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Big Convoy]].
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[[File:Blokees-TF-DV07-Special-Armor-Type-Big-Convoy.jpg|thumb|250px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Special Armor Type Big Convoy''' (2026)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Defender Version 07 - Power Of The Beast'''
:*''Pull rate'': 1/144
:*''Accessories'': Big Cannon, Matrix Buster

:A special chase variant of the regular robot mode Big Convoy, this version includes a more detailed deco, metallic/pearlscent paint operations, and extra accessories, such as the show-based Matrix Buster.

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==Notes==
*Big Convoy's chunky mammoth mode and emphasis on being a walking armory was decided upon as a direct contrast to the preceding Lio Convoy's lithe lion form and emphasis on blades.<ref>''[[Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Generations]]'', p. 125</ref>
*Concept art (below) by Big Convoy's toy designer [[Hisashi Yuki]] lists his preliminary name as Mammoth Convoy.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=珍しく日付が入っている絵が残っていて、まさに丁度２０年前に、ほぼ方向性が決まって来ていた様だ。今度の復刻版の発売が楽しみ♪|link=https://twitter.com/TOYROBOYUKI/status/1028923779949375488|name=Hisashi Yuki|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=08|day=13}}</ref>
*Like most comic-only Kreons, ''Kre-O'' Big Convoy is made up of existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses the [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] helmet, the bazooka gun (in reference to the [[Big Cannon]]), and some kind of spiky pieces attached to a backpack.
*Big Convoy was a candidate in [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line. Big placed eighth, with 2.1% of the vote.
*"Slammoth", Big Convoy's name in ''Beast Wars: Uprising'', originated as one of three possible names for the character eventually known as [[Victorion]] in the [[Fan polls#Combiner Wars Fan Built Combiner|Fan Built Combiner]] poll.

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Mammolike''' (맘모라이크 ''Mammoraikeu'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Mammothconvoy.jpg|''Beast Wars Neo'' concept art
File:IDW-BW-Big Convoy-Figueroa.jpg|IDW Cybertronian form concept art
File:04-Furai-Model-Big-Convoy.jpeg|Flame Toys Furai Model concept art
</gallery>

==References==
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Transformers: Devastation

2026-05-06T22:20:28Z

Crossfire: /* Generation 1 inspired weapons */

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{{videogame
|title=''Transformers: Devastation''
|image=Transformers Devastation cover.jpg
|caption=Like I said, kids are cruel, Jack. And I'm very in touch with my inner child.
|developer=[[PlatinumGames]]
|publisher=[[Activision]]
|writer=[[Andy Schmidt]]<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/19/andy-schmidt-confirmed-as-the-storyteller-for-transformers-devastation-293507 Andy Schmidt Confirmed As The Storyteller For Transformers: Devastation - TFW2005]</ref>
|additionalwriting=
|date=NA: [[October 6]], [[2015]] EU/AU: [[October 9]], [[2015]]
|platform=[[PlayStation]] 3, PlayStation 4, [[Xbox]] 360, Xbox One, PC
|ratings=ESRB: T PEGI: 7+ CB: M
|credits=Transformers: Devastation/credits
}}

'''''Transformers: Devastation''''' is a video game by [[PlatinumGames]], announced at E3 2015 and released in October of the same year. Billed as a tie-in to ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'',<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-forming-epic-storyline-toys-830399 'Transformers' Forming Epic Storyline with Toys, Comics and Video Games (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> ''Devastation'' is based in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] and tells an original story, in which the [[Autobot]]s unite to prevent the [[Decepticon]]s from turning the [[Earth]] to metal. The game primarily draws inspiration from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]], the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]], and the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline, among other sources, and features the return of some of the surviving voice actors from the original cartoon. The game was directed by [[Kenji Saito]], and the soundtrack was composed by [[Satoshi Igarashi]], [[Tetsuya Shibata]], and [[Jun Okubo]], with contributions by [[Vince DiCola]] and [[Kenny Meriedeth]].<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/16/watch-the-first-transformers-devastation-gameplay-live-183026 Watch the first Transformers Devastation gameplay! - TFW2005]</ref>

''Devastation'' was the final ''Transformers'' game published by [[Activision]]; following the expiration of their licensing agreement with [[Hasbro]], the game and its downloadable content were delisted from multiple digital storefronts on [[December 21]], [[2017]].<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/22/16810202/platinum-games-transformers-devastation-legend-of-korra-steam-xbox-live-playstation-store Platinum’s Transformers and Korra games disappear from digital stores - Polygon]</ref> A [[Transformers: Devastation (soundtrack)|selection of the game's soundtrack]], comprising 11 tracks composed by Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth, was announced at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]] and released via digital streaming services on November 5, 2021.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=1h47m57s Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]</ref> To date, they remain the only music tracks from the game ever to receive an official release.

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==Plot==
===Chapter 1: City of Steel===
[[File:Devastation-Arrival.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Avengers]], Assemble!]]
In [[New York City]], a large explosion heralds the appearance of several giant mechanical claws emerging from the ground, causing mass destruction. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons land downtown and observe the swarm of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] that has filled the air, with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] also detecting traces of [[plasma energy]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is hesitant, as no one has been able to control plasma energy since the [[Golden Age]], but Megatron rebukes him, intent on using the gift that they have been given. With the humans successfully evacuated from the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his team of Autobots arrive to assess the threat and stop the Decepticons. After a brief run-in with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Optimus and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] come face to face with Megatron himself. Optimus demands Megatron cease his attack on the city, but Megatron only laughs, saying that Optimus doesn't even realize the truth of who is really behind the attack, and declaring he only wants to make "improvements" to the city. Optimus and Bumblebee defeat Megatron, but he slips away as the two are distracted by the sudden appearance of a giant Steel Tower.

[[File:Devastation-SecretMessage.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Yes, it's coming to me..."Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?!"]]
The Autobots pursue Megatron to the tower, where he deduces that it is somehow directing the Insecticons before receiving a [[Cybertronian language#Aligned continuity family|stream of data]] encoded from the tower. He rides away on [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], with the Autobots giving chase, and after [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] briefly battles Megatron, a hatch emerges from the ground leading below. Megatron enters, activating the security system to ensure the Autobots cannot follow. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] reveals that the hatch leads to the interior of an unknown ship buried below the city, requiring the shutdown of three sub-generators and a primary generator to gain access. With no other choice, the Autobots reach the sub-generators, each guarded by two of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and shut them down. They return to the primary generator, but the Constructicons have beaten them there and reform Devastator. The team defeat the [[Combiner]], but a hologram of Megatron appears to reveal his plan: he now controls the Cybertronian ship known as the ''[[Proudstar]]'', and is using it to control the Insecticons, allowing him to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] the [[Earth]] into a new [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] within mere days at the cost of all native life.
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===Chapter 2: The Proudstar===
[[File:Devastation-ProudstarComponents.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[SELECT YOUR WEAPON]]]
After chasing down a [[Sentry-Bot]] containing the key-code to enter, the Autobots enter the ''Proudstar''. Optimus explains that the ship is of Autobot origin, and was once captained by [[Nova Prime]] as part of the Mission of Cybertronian [[Expansion]]. Its goal was to make uninhabited planets suitable for Cybertronian life and preserve a record of their race's culture via the [[Colonnade of Cybertron]] placed aboard the ship's supercomputer, the [[Ferrotaxis]], which controls both the [[Plasma Core]] and the Insecticons. With so much of Cybertron's culture having been lost over the course of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots make it their mission to retrieve the Ferrotaxis intact and shut down the Plasma Core, stopping the cyberforming. As they split up to explore, Optimus notes a feeling of darkness permeating the ship. The group briefly gets locked into a battle with Soundwave, but he is called away by Megatron for other matters, leaving them to be swarmed by Insecticons bursting from the many [[stasis pod]]s housed within the ship. The Autobots battle through the swarms, including several giant-sized Ancient Insecticons, as the voice of [[Teletraan Alpha]] cryptically hints at the [[The Transformers: The Movie|dark future events]] each Autobot will face, including prophesying that the Great War will come to an end without Optimus Prime there to see it. They reach the Plasma Core, but due to plasma energy's unpredictability, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] predicts blowing up the Core will cause an explosion that will take half the Earth with it. Defeating the Insecticon guards, they break the shielding protecting the Core, but the security system envelops the core in a protective casing and fires it away from the ship.
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===Chapter 3: The Core===
[[File:Devastation-CoreDamage.jpg|thumb|250px|right|That electrical storm is dangerous. Everyone grab your [[yellow boots]]!]]
With the ship and Insecticons rendered inactive due to the loss of their power source, the Autobots seek to retrieve the Plasma Core before Megatron, as well as shut it down due to the potentially dangerous leak sprung in the previous encounter. Knowing Megatron will need someone to retrieve the core, they encounter and defeat [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who believes plasma energy is too dangerous to be controlled by anyone and tells them the Core's location on the promise that they get rid of it. Making their way to the island where the Core landed, the Autobots encounter Decepticon defenses at [[Liberty Bridge]], stalling for time so that the leak may be patched before they move it. The team uses an explosive cube of [[Red Energon]] to clear the forces at the bridge's entrance, but Starscream arrives to replace them. The Autobots defeat him and begin to cross the bridge, only to come under fire by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as they do so. They manage to hold him off until reaching the other side of the bridge, where they defeat him. Optimus approaches the badly-damaged Plasma Core container, but Starscream appears and carries it away before they have a chance to shut it down.
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===Chapter 4: Possession===
[[File:Devastation-Menasor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Great... AETHER!]]
Back at the tower, Soundwave reveals to Megatron that they were unable to patch the leak before Starscream took the Plasma Core, meaning its detonation is imminent. Only able to be repaired at a [[Plasma Energy Interface]] on Cybertron, Megatron orders Starscream to bring the unstable Core to the tower. The Autobots pursue him across the bridge, but the onset of a storm makes it difficult for Starscream to fly, causing him to lose his grip on the Core and drop it into the city. Optimus tracks Starscream's landing location, but Megatron sends [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] to the coordinates as well. The team race him to the crash site, barely beating him there, and fight him off. The Autobots follow the trail to the Plasma Core, and Wheeljack prepares to patch the leak while the others cover him. Just as he gets the case open, Motormaster and the rest of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrive and form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. The Autobots defeat the Combiner and, in a fit of rage, he throws the Plasma Core case all the way to the tower. Megatron activates the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron and takes the Core and his troops through, ordering Starscream to hold off the Autobots.
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===Chapter 5: To Cybertron===
[[File:Devastation-PlasmaEnergyInterface.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Well, there's your problem: you put the batteries in backwards!]]Optimus and his team follow the Decepticons through the space bridge, battling Starscream while in transit. They emerge on Cybertron just as Megatron leaves with the Plasma Core and Blitzwing appears for a rematch. The group defeat him and approach the Plasma Energy Interface, but before they can stop it, they are ambushed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. While ultimately defeated, Shockwave manages to hold the Autobots off long enough for [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] to finish repairing the Plasma Core and escape with Megatron. Bumblebee points out the insanity of their plan, but Shockwave argues that Nova Prime was the one who saw the need to cyberform populated planets, though Optimus refuses to believe it. Now back at the tower, Megatron orders the Plasma Core and the Ferrotaxis brought online, declaring the cyberforming process will be complete in less than one Earth day.
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===Chapter 6: Ferrotaxis===
[[File:Devastation-Nova-Madness.jpg|thumb|250px|right|He took the cancellation of ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fourth season pretty hard.]]
Now patched and restored to the ''Proudstar'', the Plasma Core is put into overdrive, causing the Insecticons to restart the cyberforming process at a rapid rate, and the Autobots return to stop it. However, due to the poor repair job by the Constructicons, the Core ruptures and produces a gravitational anomaly that begins sucking the Autobots in. Retreating to a safe distance, Wheeljack deduces that if the core goes critical, it will lead to planetary extinction. Optimus decides that the only way to shut down both the Plasma Core and the Insecticons is by using the Ferrotaxis, which [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] points out is in Megatron's possession. However, Soundwave takes control of the ship's security systems, sabotaging their escape route. Barely evading his traps, the Autobots once again become aware of the darkness permeating the ''Proudstar''. Prime posits that while Nova Prime's mission may have initially been noble, cyberforming uninhabited planets to bring life to the galaxy, he and his crew were corrupted by some [[Unicron/Generation 1|unknown entity]] along the way, seeding darkness within his spark and driving him to insanity. The entity sought the destruction of Cybertron and its people, and still searches for the planet to this day, destroying all it encounters along the way. The Autobots head to the control room, but are blocked by Soundwave. Defeating him, the team prepares to storm the control room and take Megatron down once and for all.
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===Chapter 7: Legacy===
[[File:Devastation-FinalBattle.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"You only want the Ferrotaxis because I'm using it." "Oh, yeah? Prove it." "Here." "Hey, man, I don't want your stupid Ferrotaxis."]]
As they approach the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s control room, the Autobots are beset by a legion of Decepticons seeking to defend it, including Motormaster, Thundercracker and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The Autobots enter the control room, where Megatron mocks them before leaving with the Ferrotaxis, ordering the Constructicons to finish them off. After battling all six individually, the Constructicons merge into Devastator, prompting another battle. However, it isn't long before Menasor shows up as well, forcing them to fight both Combiners at once. Eventually, both are knocked off the platform to their destruction, and the Autobots head for the surface. Emerging from below, the Autobots find Megatron watching in delight as the planet is ripped apart by the cyberforming, declaring their home will live once more and noting how much he and Optimus could have accomplished together as allies. Optimus demands that Megatron hand over the Ferrotaxis so that their culture might continue to be preserved and shared, but Megatron throws it away, declaring that they will have to defeat him to get it. The Autobots engage in battle in battle with Megatron and emerge victorious, with Optimus once again demanding the Ferrotaxis. Megatron declares that if he can't have it, no one can, launching it high into the sky with his fusion cannon. A swarm of Insecticons follows the Ferrotaxis into the air, and Optimus grabs hold of one of them to catch up, with Megatron in hot pursuit.

[[File:Devastation-Space.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Space...the final <s>boss battle</s> frontier...]]
Now in Earth's orbit as the Insecticons surround the Ferrotaxis, Optimus prepares to fire at the computer, only to be knocked from his perch by Megatron, forcing the two into a zero-gravity final battle. Megatron argues that he fights to restore Cybertron, the home that Optimus abandoned, and that life comes from servos, gyros, and fuel, not flesh. Optimus rejects this, however, believing that destroying other worlds to keep Cybertron on life-support can't be the only way. With one final blow, Optimus manages to knock Megatron out long enough to retrieve the Ferrotaxis, but cannot shut down the Insecticons due to a failsafe activated by Megatron. Megatron declares the only way to stop the Ferrotaxis is to destroy it at the cost of Cybertron's culture and history, and that Cybertron's fate is now in Optimus's hands. Optimus replies that he has the courage to make the right decision and fires upon the Ferrotaxis, destroying it. As a result, the Plasma Core shuts down and the Insecticons all fall lifelessly back to Earth. Megatron is mortified, but Prime is resolute in his decision, believing humanity should decide its own fate. As he falls back to Earth, he tells the other Autobots that while they have lived on Earth for years, they have never truly accepted it as their home, holding out hope of returning to a re-forged Cybertron. While that may someday occur, Prime declares that as of that day, the Earth is their true home, and they are to protect it no matter the cost.

[[File:Devastation-Nova-Awakens.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Oy! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck.]]
Later, back at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', a recovered Optimus discusses with Wheeljack if he has found a way to strengthen their forces, with Wheeljack deeming the process risky. As he reflects on what Teletraan Alpha told him aboard the ''Proudstar'', Teletraan-1 receives a transmission from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who throw their full support behind Optimus's plan. Deciding that this is the price he must pay to rid the world of the Decepticons, Optimus and Wheeljack examine schematics for the [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|project]]. Unbeknownst to them, one of the pods on the'' Proudstar'' has broken open. Nova Prime awakens...
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==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
**[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]<ref group=note name="DLC">Indicates character available only as downloadable content skin.</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Dan Gilvezan]])
**Goldfire<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Michael Bell]])
**[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Christopher Swindle]])
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ([[Gregg Berger]])
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] ([[Jamieson Price]])
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Scott Whyte]])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Frank Welker)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] ([[Dave Boat]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] ([[Darryl Kurylo]])
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (Christopher Swindle)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (Dave Boat)
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (Michael Bell)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (André Sogliuzzo)
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (Jamieson Price)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (Gregg Berger)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (Steve Blum)
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (Jamieson Price)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]<ref group=note name="vehicle">Indicates character who only appears in vehicle mode.</ref>
**[[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
*[[Ground Soldier]]s (Steve Blum, Darryl Kurylo, [[Jim Ward]])
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] (James Arnold Taylor, André Sogliuzzo, Liam O'Brien)
*[[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] (Darryl Kurylo, Christopher Swindle, Dave Boat)
**[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
**[[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]]
**[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
|c4=
*[[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Teletraan Alpha]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Nova Prime]]
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]<ref group=note name="text">Indicates character who only appears in text-based log entries.</ref>
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]]<ref group=note name="text"/>
*[[Kremzeek]]
|nonumbering=true
}}
<references group=note/>

==Quotes==
"But...but PLASMA energy is unstable! No one has been able to tame it since...since...the GOLDEN AGE!" 
"Then stand back Starscream, and watch me tame it, as I have tamed you."
:— '''Megatron''' made '''Starscream''' his patsy.

"Optimus... come to save the day, I presume?"
:— Just like old times for '''Megatron''' and Optimus Prime.

"Less talk, Autobot. More dying."
:— '''Megatron''' plays for keeps.

"They call me 'Goldfire'! ...Ridiculous, I know."
:— '''Bumblebee''' is less than impressed by his DLC costume.

"Scanning... Identified. Cybertronian Bumblebee. Beware the coming tide of chaos... You will evolve known by another name. In time, your spirit will be that of legend. Your monikers will be many: The World's Bridge. Goldbug. Race-Welder. And finally... Goldfire." 
"Well, that makes me feel special..."
:— '''Teletraan Alpha''' foresees '''Bumblebee''''s future.

"My loyalty only goes so far. Tampering with Plasma Energy? That's madness." 
"Wow, that took, like, no convincing at all. No wonder they call you ThunderCRACKER." 
"Very funny, pipsqueak."
:— Much to '''Thundercracker''''s dismay, '''Bumblebee''' learns the true meaning of his name.

"Last one there's the corroded diode, Autobots!"
:— '''Motormaster''' tells the Autobots to eat his dust.

"Starscream failed. Guess that makes me the new leader of the Decepticons! ...Anybody else want this job?"
:— All hail '''Skywarp'''!

"We should have been allies, you know. Imagine what we could have accomplished... But you never had the manifolds to do what needed to be done." 
"I have the manifolds to stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk motivation.

"Why must you always interfere?" 
"You would place Cybertron at the center of the universe." 
"Cybertron is the center of my universe. How is it not at the heart of yours?" 
"Cybertron is about all life. Destruction to keep Cybertron on life support--there must be another way." 
"Flesh isn't life. Servos, gyros and fuel--this is where life comes from! You're defending--''bi-product''--at best! I will restore Cybertron and retake the galaxy!" 
"That ambition will be your end."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' wax poetic as they battle in space.

"Behold, Optimus. A new Cybertron is being born..." 
"No, you are only destroying the Earth, not creating." 
"You don't really believe that, do you?" 
"It is the only thing I am sure I believe. You must be stopped." 
"You're welcome to try." 
"It will be my pleasure." 
"I'm not done yet!!"
:— The final battle between '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' comes to a head.

"Autobots. We have lived on Earth for decades. But I see now that we have not truly accepted Earth as our home, holding out some distant hope that we would return to a newly re-forged Cybertron. And maybe one day, that will happen, but we cannot continue to live in between worlds. From this day forward, we are no longer Cybertronians who are stranded on another world. Now we are a part of Earth. And we must treat Earth as though we were forged here. And we must protect our home...no matter the cost."
:— '''Optimus''' monologues as he falls back to Earth.

==Gameplay==
''Devastation'' is a fast-paced hack-and-slash brawler, similar to many of Platinum's other titles like ''Bayonetta'' and ''[[Solid Snake|Metal Gear]] Rising: Revengeance''. Players choose from five Autobots ([[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]) and battle Decepticons using a combination of light and heavy physical attacks, with players generally having to defeat an entire wave of enemies in order to proceed. Players can chain these attacks into a combo, as well as extend their combos and utilize new moves by strategically transforming back and forth between vehicle and robot modes during strings of attacks. Each of the Autobots is also equipped with a projectile-based weapon, allowing them to attack enemies they cannot normally reach, such as airborne [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Players have multiple defensive options, being able to block, dodge, parry, and counterattack against enemy blows; similar to the "Witch Time" mechanic from ''Bayonetta'', dodging at just the right moment will induce "Focus" and cause time to slow down for the surrounding environment, giving players a chance to move in close and counterattack. Certain gameplay segments will encourage the use of vehicle mode over robot mode, such as chasing down escaping Decepticons on a highway or transforming back to robot mode at maximum speed to break an enemy shield.

Each of the five Autobots has a different set of moves and properties; Optimus is the most equally-balanced, Bumblebee focuses on quickness over attack strength, Sideswipe uses a hit-and-run attack style, Wheeljack is largely based around ranged combat and defense, and Grimlock deals in slow but powerful close-range strikes. Each character also possesses a unique ability that they can trigger in battle, such as Wheeljack's shield or Grimlock's grapple; this depletes energy from their Ability Gauge, which automatically refills over time. Attacking enemies will also fill the Ultimate Gauge; when full, this will allow players to use their character-specific Ultimate Attack, doing heavy damage to multiple foes.

The game also includes a player-customization system. Several different weapon types can be potentially dropped by enemies or found in weapons caches and vaults. Each type of weapon, such as axes, swords, or hammers, can only be used by certain characters, and new weapons can be synthesized by using the old ones as materials, allowing players to create stronger weapons of different types. Players can also spend in-game [[Galactic Credits|credits]] to develop [[T.E.C.H.]] that grants passive boosts to their characters, giving them bonuses such as auto-recovery or an increased credit drop rate; the strength of the T.E.C.H. developed varies depending on the amount of credits spent, as well as the player's success at a quicktime event during the synthesis process. Characters' individual stats can also be improved either through combat or by purchasing upgrades with credits. The Lab acts as the in-game store, allowing players to purchase additional weapons, temporary power-ups, and new moves for all five Autobots. Players can access all of these options by returning to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', either between story chapters or by using one of several Teletraan uplinks in each stage, which also function as checkpoints.

The game features seven Story chapters. At the beginning, three difficulty levels are accessible ("Scout", "Warrior", and "Commander"), while two higher difficulties ("[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]" and "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]") are unlocked after completing the lower ones. Players who go off the beaten path in the story chapters may find side missions and [[Transpacial Converters]] scattered about; completing these will reward players with additional weapons. In addition to the primary Story Mode, the game also includes a Challenge Mode with 50 stand-alone missions.

A Gallery mode allows players to view assorted art pieces, such as stage concept art and [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[package art|character art]]. New art can be unlocked by finding bouncing [[Kremzeek]]s and Mystery Objects in each stage, or shooting down Decepticon Flags and Spy Ops hovering in the sky. Collectible [[Source:Devastation info logs|info logs]] explaining various concepts and backstory elements can be found throughout the game as well. Completing the game will add the credits sequence to the gallery, viewable with or without the credits themselves, as well as a model viewer that allows players to view all of the 3D character models, accompanied by their respective themes. The model viewer includes a "Transform" command that lets you view both of their modes, and a "Try Me" button that plays some of their voice samples.

Players who pre-ordered the game received a downloadable content bundle that included character skins for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe based on [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], Goldfire, and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] respectively, as well as three new weapons: the [[Dark Star Saber]], the twin Golden Hunters, and the Photon Disruptor. This bundle was later made publicly available for a $5 purchase roughly a month following the game's release.

==Trophy/Achievement list==
When completing various goals and tasks during the game, the player will be rewarded as part of their console of choice's meta-goal system. Players can earn up to 31 Trophies on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and 30 Achievements on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The PlayStation versions' trophies come in four types: Bronze, which represent easier tasks and are worth the least experience; Silver, which are awarded for challenges of mid-level difficulty; Gold, which are given for harder tasks and worth more experience; and Platinum, the highest-level trophy unlocked only after earning all of a game's other trophies. On the Xbox versions, each achievement has a Gamerscore value that adds to the player's total Gamerscore across all games played; up to 1000 Gamerscore can be earned in ''Devastation''. These achievements can also be earned in the PC version as part of the Steam interface, but lack the individual values and weights from the console versions.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
|-
| [[File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|60px]]
| [['Til all are one|Till All Are One]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|60px]]
| [[Supreme Commander]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Optimus Prime.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|60px]]
| Sting Like a Bee
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Bumblebee.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|60px]]
| The Wizard of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Wheeljack.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|60px]]
| Raging Bull
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Sideswipe.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The King.jpg|60px]]
| The King
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Grimlock.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Clear.jpg|60px]]
| All Clear
| Complete all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 85 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Halfway There.jpg|60px]]
| Halfway There
| Complete half of all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation No Stone Unturned.jpg|60px]]
| No Stone Unturned
| Collect all collectible items.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Avid Collector.jpg|60px]]
| Avid Collector
| Complete half of all collectible items.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Synthesis 101.jpg|60px]]
| Synthesis 101
| Synthesize 10 weapons.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Full Throttle.jpg|60px]]
| Full Throttle
| Defeat 100 enemies with Vehicle/Dino Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Dont Hit The Brakes.jpg|60px]]
| (Don't) Hit the Brakes!
| Defeat 100 enemies with Rush Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Platinum.jpg|60px]]
| Platinum
| Complete all chapters, earning the highest rank, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Catch This.jpg|60px]]
| Catch this!
| Use parrying to catch the following from an enemy: a boulder, a missile, and both drill types.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Pedal To The Metal.jpg|60px]]
| Pedal to the Metal
| Use Focus 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Quick Reflexes.jpg|60px]]
| Quick Reflexes
| After dodging, quickly counter with a melee attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Bullet Storm.jpg|60px]]
| Bullet Storm
| After dodging, quickly counter with a ranged attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hawkeyed.jpg|60px]]
| Hawkeyed
| Perform 100 successful head shots.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|60px]]
| Flyswatter
| Finish the lift battle in Chapter 2 without taking damage from Insecticons.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Urban Landscaping.jpg|60px]]
| Urban Landscaping
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, knock Devastator into a building 3 times.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|60px]]
| Roadblock
| In chapter 4, defeat Motormaster while racing him.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|60px]]
| Surround Sound
| In chapter 6, on diff. COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without defeating any cassettes.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|60px]]
| Wrecking Crew
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Devastator without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hard-Core.jpg|60px]]
| HARD-Core
| In chapter 2, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, destroy the shielding without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|60px]]
| [[Triple Changer]]
| In chapter 3, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Blitzwing without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|60px]]
| Destruction Derby
| In chapter 4, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Menasor without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|60px]]
| Don't Look Him in the Eye
| In chapter 5, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Shockwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Broken Radio.jpg|60px]]
| Broken Radio
| In chapter 6, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|60px]]
| [[Emperor of Destruction]]
| In chapter 7, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Megatron without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Trophies.jpg|60px]]
| All Trophies
| Earned all other trophies.
|
| {{PS Platinum}}
|-
|}

==Technical errors and oddities==
*At the beginning of the game, Soundwave is not shown flying in the sky despite landing alongside Starscream, Blitzwing, and Megatron a moment later.
*In that same cutscene, the Decepticon flying next to Blitzwing is not Starscream, but one of the Warrior Seekers.
*''Also'' in the opening cutscene, the thick, comic book-style outline around Starscream's jaw doesn't move while he warns Megatron about plasma energy.
*In Chapter 1, after the first Devastator battle, Sideswipe's torso is seen twisted.
*In Chapter 1, Teletraan 1 pronounces "[[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]" as "Kai-on" when it should be "Kay-on".
*In Chapter 1, when the Constructicons form Devastator, you can see straight through Devastator's shoulder joint in the brief moment before Bonecrusher attaches. This is due to the model's arm joint not being capped off at the end as it is usually obscured by Devastator's arm, thus allowing the camera to see within the model where the polygon backfaces are not rendered.
*In Chapter 1, when Megatron enters the hatch leading underground, Optimus mispronounces Teletraan-1 as "Teltraan-1", omitting the second syllable.
*In Chapter 2, a second "the" is included in the subtitles when Optimus says "Autobots, welcome to the ''Proudstar''."
*In Chapter 3, when Optimus throws the Red Energon cube, it is inexplicably colored pink.
*In Chapter 4, when the Autobots find the location of the Plasma Core, Bumblebee is seen opening and closing his mouth repeatedly despite not having any dialogue.
*In Chapter 4, as Motormaster and his Stunticons intervene, a very scaled down model of his alternate mode can briefly be seen between his legs as Breakdown and Offroad attach onto them.
*In Chapter 4, after Starscream crashes in the Decepticon hangar, the faction symbols on all the other Decepticons suddenly pulse as one.
*In Chapter 6, the cutscene of Soundwave approaching the Autobots shows a red-and-black cassette-bot next to him, but when the fight starts, the bot is in shades of blue... and labeled as Frenzy. Rumble doesn't join the fight until Soundwave's health dips a bit, and yes, he's the red-and-black one, and yes, this is backwards from their cartoon depictions.
*Throughout the campaign, many shots in the cutscenes show some characters such as Starscream and Soundwave having their hand textures being swapped with Wheeljack's.
*The description for Sideswipe's "Launcher Barrage" ability states that the player needs to press the fire button repeatedly, while in actuality the attack will fire on its own.
*When using the single sword weapon type, the attack sequence, "light, pause, light (hold)" can give the player an extra jump.
*Grimlock uses the ascending (Dino-to-robot) transformation sound effect whenever the player gets him to transform from robot to ''T. rex'' mode while moving, as opposed to the descending (Robot-to-dino) sound effect that the other player characters use.

==Transformers references==
===Weapons===
All of the player weapons are derived from those used in past ''Transformers'' series:

====Generation 1 inspired weapons====
*Optimus carries both his standard [[energon-axe]] and [[ion blaster]].
*Bumblebee's blasters are based on the [[Generic Autobot laser pistol|weapon]] included with his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|first ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. Bumblebee's melee weapons are his "gloves", which are just his fists.
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe's]] primary melee weapons are silver swords identical to the one included with his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|G2 ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. His standard [[flare gun]] and [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|G2 comic]] GZS-3 and MA685 blasters are also unlockable throughout the game.
*Wheeljack's wrenches are based on the accessories included with his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*Grimlock wields his [[galaxial rocket launcher]] packaged with his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original toy]], though it is physically modeled after his Twin Stunner Laser (see [[Galaxial rocket launcher#Notes|here]] for more on that). Much like Bumblebee, his default melee weapons are his gloves, but his [[energo weapon|Energo-sword]] can be unlocked.
*The Piercing Rifle series of weapons and Golden Hunters associated with Goldfire are based on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s blaster.
*The Heavy Spreadshot series of weapons and Photon Disruptor associated with Red Alert are based on [[Getaway]]'s [[plasma-shell shotgun]].
*The "Hyper" series of axes are a dual-headed variant of the regular energon-axe, but this means they also resemble Prime's weapon as it appeared in "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]".
*After defeating Megatron, you unlock his classic [[fusion cannon]].
*Defeating Starscream unlocks his [[null-ray]]s.
*The Shockwave Blaster is based on Shockwave's, well, blaster mode.
*The drills Bonecrusher and Devastator use (both melee and ranged) can be unlocked after they are defeated. Both versions are based on the spring-loaded drills that came with their G1 toys.
*The Solar Beam Rifle is based on [[Devastator (G1)/toys|Devastator's]] weapon (called a [[magna laser]] in his and Mixmaster's [[instructions]] but a [[solar energy beam rifle]] in his [[bio]]).
*Motormaster/Menasor's classic Ionizer Sword and Cyclone Rifle can be unlocked after they are defeated.
*The Small Blasters are based on those wielded by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]].
*The four basic Machineguns {{sic}} are based on [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s "Electrothermic Blast Tube" (AKA the gun his G1 figure came with). Fittingly, the Kickback fought in Chapter 2 wields one of these.
*The Basic Blaster is based on [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s [[photon rifle]].
*The Basic Spreadshot is based on the animation model of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s hologram gun.
*The grenade launchers, four basic missile launchers, and Grappling Hook are all based on the missile launchers in [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] & [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'s [[Onebox component]]s.
**In addition, the Grappling Hook's tip is the same as [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s iconic hook-hand as it originally appeared in the Marvel UK comics, which served a similar harpoon-like function.
*The Adhesive and Slow Gel Guns, as well as the Rust, Confuse & Weakening Spreadshots, all resemble the missile launcher that came with [[Sludge (G1)#Toys|Sludge]] (specifically, how it appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]).
*The Heavy Blaster is based on the animation model for [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s photon missile launcher.
*The heavy sniper rifles are modeled after [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s [[Electro-scrambler]].
*The basic swords are slightly scaled-down versions of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'s [[Sonic sword]].
*The Battle Cutters are dead ringers for the saw weapon [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] briefly used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*The Photon Eliminator, Rodimus Prime's classic weapon, can be acquired after Magnus mode is unlocked.
*The Magna Shot blaster is a signature weapon of [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]].

====Other continuties inspired weapons====
*All of the "middle-weight" launchers (Delay Launcher, 6 Shot Missiles, etc.) are based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing's]] shoulder-mounted gatling gun.
*The Battle Swords resemble [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s swords. They are often dual-wielded in the game by Elite Seekers in Primal's original colors.
*The basic hammer weapons bear a striking resemblance to the [[Magnus Hammer]].
*Some of the weapons originate from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers Prime]]'':
**The [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]]
**The [[Dark Star Saber]]
**The [[Forge of Solus Prime]]
**The normal Battle Hammer version of the Forge resembles the hammer included with the [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|''Beast Hunters'' Voyager Ultra Magnus toy]].
**The Wrecking Ball is [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s signature weapon.
**The four "knuckle" weapons resemble the "Combat Claw" that came with the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Prime|Voyager Megatron toy]].
*While the "glove" series of weapons are visually generic, the idea of elementally-charged fists is conceptually similar to [[nucleon shock gauntlet]]s.
*The Loudspeaker is based on ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]] [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' Deluxe Class [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]]'s weapon (itself based on [[Classic Pretender]] [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Pretender|Jazz]]'s weapon) in its combined form with the figure's loudspeaker accessories attached.
*The Assault Rifles are modeled after the large rifle that came with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr's]] [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*The basic sniper rifles are based on [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s [[musket laser]] included with his [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|2011 ''Generations'' figure]].
*The MOD Fusion Cannon and Battle Blade are based on [[live-action film series|live action]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s shotgun from ''Dark of the Moon'' and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s arm blades, respectively.
*Heavy hammers, such as the Energon and Shock Hammer, are based on ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s mace.

===Other===
*While the character designs are based off of the animation models from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', many feature designs elements from their modern toys. Bumblebee has some inspiration from his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' toy]], Sideswipe's from his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|2008 ''Universe'' toy]], and Wheeljack from his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]]. Motormaster, the Stunticons, Devastator, Megatron, Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus are influenced by their concurrent ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toys, to varying degrees. Unlike their cartoon models, Optimus's truck mode has the white stripe and Bombshell's robot mode torso is purple, like many of their toys.
*The Warrior and Sergeant Ground Soldiers are based on the [[Battlecharger]]s, and reuse parts from Wheeljack's model, referencing the Battlecharger's [[Battlecharger#Timelines|''Timelines'' toys]]. The generic Seekers have the wings and conehead of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], though they use the non-conehead cartoon Seeker body from Starscream et al, rather than Ramjet's more complex, toy-like show model body. The Heavy Weapon Ground Soldier is based on [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], only without the jet mode (and associated kibble).
*The first chapter is named after a [[City of Steel (episode)|Generation 1 episode]].
*Wheeljack's Ultimate attack involves building an [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] from "[[The Immobilizer]]".
*The Repair Kits bear a fair resemblance to [[Diagnostic Drone]]s.
*The weapon crates scattered throughout each level bear a resemblance to the [[AllSpark]]'s container from ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.
*The attempted [[cyberforming]] of Earth by the Decepticons has been used as a plot point in several past ''Transformers'' stories.
*The hurricane wind generators may be a reference to the [[Devastator Winds]] that have inspired Devastator's name in a few continuities.
*Concept art in the game shows that the cyberforming claws found throughout New York City and the ''Proudstar'' are based on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s claws/hands, though the final design has ''slightly'' different details.
*In the ''Ark'', one of the monitors behind Sideswipe displays a schematic of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], sporting his ''Combiner Wars'' design.
*Sideswipe declares he's ready to [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|bust some Deceptichops]].
*Megatron's appearance mixes his general G1 design with his ''Combiner Wars'' [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|figure]] (tank tread shins, pointed shoulders, tank alt. mode).
*Megatron generates an energy-based shield from his fusion cannon arm, an ability he previously exhibited in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
*Several billboards advertise [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|S. Witwicky's Auto Shop]] and [[Prim Cola]]. Also visible is the "Creamy Cream" billboard from "[[Prime Target (G1)|Prime Target]]", renamed to the less-snigger-inducing "Bluebird Lotion". An IDW-inspired billboard easter egg is a sign advertising, "[[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's Motor Oil]]."
*Shops found around the city include [[Becky's Coffee Shop]] from "[[I, Robot-Master!]]"; Lander's Beverages, named in homage to [[Lander]]'s love of wines; and a jewelry store named Bahoudin's, referencing the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from "[[Trans-Europe Express]]". [[Burger House]] was also planned to appear, but PlatinumGames had to change the sign for legal reasons, instead advertising a "Mega Burger Combo".<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124183053/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/12/20/the-abundant-easter-eggs-of-transformers-devastation.aspx|name=Matt Miller|title=The Abundant Easter Eggs Of Transformers Devastation|site=Game Informer|year=2015|month=12|day=20}}</ref>
*The message Megatron receives from the tower uses "[[Cybertronian language#The Transformers cartoon|Ancient Autobot]]" characters, first seen in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
*Bumblebee comments on the unlikely odds that another Cybertronian ship besides the ''Ark'' and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' would have crash-landed on Earth millions of years ago... unaware that the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' did exactly that in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
*The Insecticons are treated as a swarm similar to the clones from the Generation 1 cartoon and the Infestation from the IDW comics, with infologs stating that these Insecticons were bred specifically for use on the ''Proudstar'' without the faction alignment, speech or distinct personalities of the primary Insecticons.
*Like his IDW self, Nova Prime traveled through the [[Benzuli Expanse]].
*One of Kranix's logs makes mention of [[Ore-13]].
*Teletraan Alpha alludes to Wheeljack and Optimus's unfortunate demises in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Teletraan Alpha also tells Bumblebee that he will eventually be known as "The World's Bridge", "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Goldbug]]", "Race-Welder", and "Goldfire".
*Sideswipe asks Teletraan Alpha if he's been talking to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|his brother]].
*Teletraan Alpha cannot read Grimlock's aura due to the Dinobot [[S.O.S. Dinobots|not being completely Cybertronian]].
*[[Red Energon]] appears, only here it's a volatile explosive, not a speed enhancer.
*Blitzwing uses ice in his jet mode and fire in his tank mode, in the vein of his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]].
*Shockwave has the ability to generate duplicates of himself, in an ''insanely'' specific reference to a power mentioned in the original animated series [[production bible]], which was never used in the cartoon itself ([[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1#Continuity notes|except maybe once]]). The duplicates have the grey color scheme of the original "Astro Magnum" toy Shockwave was based on.
*Megatron states that he thought Optimus was [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|made of sterner stuff]].
*Optimus defeats Megatron with the same haymaker he used in their final battle in the [[Battle of Autobot City]].
*Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus's appearances at the end of the game are taken directly from their ''Combiner Wars'' designs, although their limb configurations do not match their standard setups.
*The end credits theme, "Face the Devastation", features a sequence of chords borrowed from [[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|''The Transformers: The Movie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s musical score]], also composed by Vince DiCola.
*In one of his unused voice lines, Thundercracker claims to be "The Scourge of the [[Mithril Sea|Mithric Sea]]".
*In unused dialogue of Sideswipe's encounter with Megatron, he says that he [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|could've waited an eternity for this]].

==Toys inspired by this game==
As mentioned, ''Transformers: Devastation'' was intended as a tie-in of sorts to the concurrent ''Combiner Wars'' toyline — however, no figures were actually released with any co-branding relating to the game.

It would be a decade later in [[2025]] when characters directly based on ''Transformers: Devastation'' would be sold under the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline, featuring all-new Optimus Prime and Bumblebee molds and a handful of redecoes of other figures based on their in-game appearances, many of whom came with weapons based on the ones seen in-game. While technically a "gamer edition" release, it is worth noting that said Optimus toy was meant to scale with the concurrently released ''The Transformers: The Movie'' Studio Series [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Devastator]], whose design is generally close to his video game counterpart.

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==Notes==
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Who dares disturb my beauty sleep? Have you not heard? This movie's already over! Captain Blue is defeated, and we are victorious!]]
*[[FIRRIB|Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red]].
*According to an interview at E3 2015, Kenji Saito stated his favorite character to design was Grimlock, as he found him the most unique and interesting from both a character and gameplay perspective.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://youtu.be/P-9rVBCogS4?si=UgBfBxO3sRuHIks-&t=473|quote=Stage Demo: Transformers: Devastation - E3 2015|name=GameSpot|year=2015|month=6|day=18}}</ref>
*Although Frank Welker reprised his roles as both Megatron and Soundwave from the original cartoon, he did not voice Superion, Mixmaster, Skywarp, Rumble, or Frenzy, despite having originated all of those roles. Similar can be said of Michael Bell, who did not voice Bombshell and Bonecrusher as in the original cartoon (albeit, the latter was for only one episode). Additionally, of the other characters in the game whose voice actors were still alive, [[Corey Burton]], [[Arthur Burghardt]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Clive Revill]], and [[Hal Rayle]] did not return to voice Shockwave, Devastator, Hook, Bonecrusher, Kickback, or Skrapnel, respectively. While not confirmed, this was most likely due to budgetary concerns.
*Originally, the second phases of each boss battle were intended to feature vocals in their backing music tracks, as Platinum had previously done for the boss fights in ''Metal Gear Rising''. However, due to time constraints and other commitments, the decision was made to add in secondary guitar leads for the second phases instead.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/PG_saito/status/970259344007643136|quote=ほんとはボーカルも入れたかったんだけど開発期間とほかイロイロあって難しい状態だったのでかわりにギターに歌ってもらってます。ボスが本気状態になるとギターがのってくる演出になっとります。かっこいいですよー。|name=Kenji Saito|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=3|day=4}}</ref>
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was planned to appear as part of the boss fights with Soundwave, but was removed during development. However, his unused character model and textures can still be found within the game's files.
*Nova Prime reuses parts from Motormaster's model and most robot mode models share the same hands.
*The 2015 San Diego Comic-Con poster for ''Devastation'' features Menasor in his original Generation 1 design rather than his ''Combiner Wars'' design, suggesting the game design changed at some point during development.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/Guido_Guidi/status/824390786670297088/|quote=Unused G1 accurate Menasor from the SDCC "Transformers: Devastation" game poster (final version featured Combiner Wars inspired design)|name=Guido Guidi|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=01|day=25}}</ref>
*Megatron's [[Energon mace|Energon Mace]], Sideswipe's Pile Drivers, and Blitzwing's [[Electron scimitar|Electron Scimitar]] were all featured in early concept art as potential unlockable weapons. However, none of these made it into the final game.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/667870090369470465|quote=Transformers: Devastation is packed full of all kinds of weapons. Here are some concepts for just a few.|name=PlatinumGames|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=11|day=20}}</ref>
*During the final battle in space, the player always fights as Optimus Prime even if another playable character was in use, but Prime will fight using the previous character's gear. For example, if Wheeljack was using his wrenches to fight Megatron on the ground, Prime will ''somehow'' have those wrenches with him in space. This also applies to the "Nemesis Prime" DLC skin, which will revert to the standard Optimus, despite being the same character.
*A slightly different version of the ending cutscene can be found hidden within the game's files. While mostly identical, this early version ends before it can display the full schematics for Optimus Maximus, making the reveal much more vague.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWtAZcT3Co|quote=Transformers Devastation secrets|name=Running Sky|year=2020|month=11|day=30}}</ref>
*At the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Microsoft held a sweepstakes to win one of 20 custom-painted Xbox One consoles with designs based on several upcoming games, including one based on ''Devastation''.<ref>[https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2015/07/02/xbox-sdcc-collectible-xbox-one-console-sweepstakes/ Win one of 20 Custom Painted Xbox Ones at SDCC 2015 - Xbox]</ref>
* A ''Devastation''-branded faceplate for PlayStation 4 was designed with the intention of being sold as part of a console bundle in China. However, by all accounts, no evidence exists that they were ever sold. An ''extremely'' limited number of the faceplates ended up in the hands of a few PlatinumGames' staff members, including former creative producer JP Kellams, who revealed the faceplate's existence before later auctioning his off for charity.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Next up is the #Transformers Devastation PS4 faceplate. This one is officially licensed by Sony and super rare. I think it never came out, so this is likely one of only a few in existence.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892008560189441|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}} {{citesocial|quote=Created for a potential Transformers PS4 bundle in China, but I've never seen proof that this was actually released. A few got dispersed to the PG team which is how I got mine. I've NEVER seen another one of these in the wild and my suspicion is that there are very few of these.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892327423762437|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}}</ref>
* Devastator's first appearance as he looks over the building is an identical shot to the Colossal Titan's first appearance in ''{{w|Attack on Titan}}''.
* The final shot of Menasor's second phase transition resembles the "[[Brave (franchise)|''Brave'' Perspective]]".

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://open.spotify.com/album/1WhigvyyE6rQyFlFV5wmwP ''Transformers: Devastation'' soundtrack selection on Spotify]

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|publisher=[[Activision]]
|writer=[[Andy Schmidt]]<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/19/andy-schmidt-confirmed-as-the-storyteller-for-transformers-devastation-293507 Andy Schmidt Confirmed As The Storyteller For Transformers: Devastation - TFW2005]</ref>
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'''''Transformers: Devastation''''' is a video game by [[PlatinumGames]], announced at E3 2015 and released in October of the same year. Billed as a tie-in to ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'',<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-forming-epic-storyline-toys-830399 'Transformers' Forming Epic Storyline with Toys, Comics and Video Games (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> ''Devastation'' is based in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] and tells an original story, in which the [[Autobot]]s unite to prevent the [[Decepticon]]s from turning the [[Earth]] to metal. The game primarily draws inspiration from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]], the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]], and the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline, among other sources, and features the return of some of the surviving voice actors from the original cartoon. The game was directed by [[Kenji Saito]], and the soundtrack was composed by [[Satoshi Igarashi]], [[Tetsuya Shibata]], and [[Jun Okubo]], with contributions by [[Vince DiCola]] and [[Kenny Meriedeth]].<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/16/watch-the-first-transformers-devastation-gameplay-live-183026 Watch the first Transformers Devastation gameplay! - TFW2005]</ref>

''Devastation'' was the final ''Transformers'' game published by [[Activision]]; following the expiration of their licensing agreement with [[Hasbro]], the game and its downloadable content were delisted from multiple digital storefronts on [[December 21]], [[2017]].<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/22/16810202/platinum-games-transformers-devastation-legend-of-korra-steam-xbox-live-playstation-store Platinum’s Transformers and Korra games disappear from digital stores - Polygon]</ref> A [[Transformers: Devastation (soundtrack)|selection of the game's soundtrack]], comprising 11 tracks composed by Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth, was announced at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]] and released via digital streaming services on November 5, 2021.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=1h47m57s Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]</ref> To date, they remain the only music tracks from the game ever to receive an official release.

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==Plot==
===Chapter 1: City of Steel===
[[File:Devastation-Arrival.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Avengers]], Assemble!]]
In [[New York City]], a large explosion heralds the appearance of several giant mechanical claws emerging from the ground, causing mass destruction. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons land downtown and observe the swarm of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] that has filled the air, with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] also detecting traces of [[plasma energy]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is hesitant, as no one has been able to control plasma energy since the [[Golden Age]], but Megatron rebukes him, intent on using the gift that they have been given. With the humans successfully evacuated from the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his team of Autobots arrive to assess the threat and stop the Decepticons. After a brief run-in with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Optimus and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] come face to face with Megatron himself. Optimus demands Megatron cease his attack on the city, but Megatron only laughs, saying that Optimus doesn't even realize the truth of who is really behind the attack, and declaring he only wants to make "improvements" to the city. Optimus and Bumblebee defeat Megatron, but he slips away as the two are distracted by the sudden appearance of a giant Steel Tower.

[[File:Devastation-SecretMessage.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Yes, it's coming to me..."Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?!"]]
The Autobots pursue Megatron to the tower, where he deduces that it is somehow directing the Insecticons before receiving a [[Cybertronian language#Aligned continuity family|stream of data]] encoded from the tower. He rides away on [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], with the Autobots giving chase, and after [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] briefly battles Megatron, a hatch emerges from the ground leading below. Megatron enters, activating the security system to ensure the Autobots cannot follow. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] reveals that the hatch leads to the interior of an unknown ship buried below the city, requiring the shutdown of three sub-generators and a primary generator to gain access. With no other choice, the Autobots reach the sub-generators, each guarded by two of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and shut them down. They return to the primary generator, but the Constructicons have beaten them there and reform Devastator. The team defeat the [[Combiner]], but a hologram of Megatron appears to reveal his plan: he now controls the Cybertronian ship known as the ''[[Proudstar]]'', and is using it to control the Insecticons, allowing him to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] the [[Earth]] into a new [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] within mere days at the cost of all native life.
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===Chapter 2: The Proudstar===
[[File:Devastation-ProudstarComponents.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[SELECT YOUR WEAPON]]]
After chasing down a [[Sentry-Bot]] containing the key-code to enter, the Autobots enter the ''Proudstar''. Optimus explains that the ship is of Autobot origin, and was once captained by [[Nova Prime]] as part of the Mission of Cybertronian [[Expansion]]. Its goal was to make uninhabited planets suitable for Cybertronian life and preserve a record of their race's culture via the [[Colonnade of Cybertron]] placed aboard the ship's supercomputer, the [[Ferrotaxis]], which controls both the [[Plasma Core]] and the Insecticons. With so much of Cybertron's culture having been lost over the course of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots make it their mission to retrieve the Ferrotaxis intact and shut down the Plasma Core, stopping the cyberforming. As they split up to explore, Optimus notes a feeling of darkness permeating the ship. The group briefly gets locked into a battle with Soundwave, but he is called away by Megatron for other matters, leaving them to be swarmed by Insecticons bursting from the many [[stasis pod]]s housed within the ship. The Autobots battle through the swarms, including several giant-sized Ancient Insecticons, as the voice of [[Teletraan Alpha]] cryptically hints at the [[The Transformers: The Movie|dark future events]] each Autobot will face, including prophesying that the Great War will come to an end without Optimus Prime there to see it. They reach the Plasma Core, but due to plasma energy's unpredictability, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] predicts blowing up the Core will cause an explosion that will take half the Earth with it. Defeating the Insecticon guards, they break the shielding protecting the Core, but the security system envelops the core in a protective casing and fires it away from the ship.
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===Chapter 3: The Core===
[[File:Devastation-CoreDamage.jpg|thumb|250px|right|That electrical storm is dangerous. Everyone grab your [[yellow boots]]!]]
With the ship and Insecticons rendered inactive due to the loss of their power source, the Autobots seek to retrieve the Plasma Core before Megatron, as well as shut it down due to the potentially dangerous leak sprung in the previous encounter. Knowing Megatron will need someone to retrieve the core, they encounter and defeat [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who believes plasma energy is too dangerous to be controlled by anyone and tells them the Core's location on the promise that they get rid of it. Making their way to the island where the Core landed, the Autobots encounter Decepticon defenses at [[Liberty Bridge]], stalling for time so that the leak may be patched before they move it. The team uses an explosive cube of [[Red Energon]] to clear the forces at the bridge's entrance, but Starscream arrives to replace them. The Autobots defeat him and begin to cross the bridge, only to come under fire by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as they do so. They manage to hold him off until reaching the other side of the bridge, where they defeat him. Optimus approaches the badly-damaged Plasma Core container, but Starscream appears and carries it away before they have a chance to shut it down.
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===Chapter 4: Possession===
[[File:Devastation-Menasor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Great... AETHER!]]
Back at the tower, Soundwave reveals to Megatron that they were unable to patch the leak before Starscream took the Plasma Core, meaning its detonation is imminent. Only able to be repaired at a [[Plasma Energy Interface]] on Cybertron, Megatron orders Starscream to bring the unstable Core to the tower. The Autobots pursue him across the bridge, but the onset of a storm makes it difficult for Starscream to fly, causing him to lose his grip on the Core and drop it into the city. Optimus tracks Starscream's landing location, but Megatron sends [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] to the coordinates as well. The team race him to the crash site, barely beating him there, and fight him off. The Autobots follow the trail to the Plasma Core, and Wheeljack prepares to patch the leak while the others cover him. Just as he gets the case open, Motormaster and the rest of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrive and form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. The Autobots defeat the Combiner and, in a fit of rage, he throws the Plasma Core case all the way to the tower. Megatron activates the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron and takes the Core and his troops through, ordering Starscream to hold off the Autobots.
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===Chapter 5: To Cybertron===
[[File:Devastation-PlasmaEnergyInterface.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Well, there's your problem: you put the batteries in backwards!]]Optimus and his team follow the Decepticons through the space bridge, battling Starscream while in transit. They emerge on Cybertron just as Megatron leaves with the Plasma Core and Blitzwing appears for a rematch. The group defeat him and approach the Plasma Energy Interface, but before they can stop it, they are ambushed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. While ultimately defeated, Shockwave manages to hold the Autobots off long enough for [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] to finish repairing the Plasma Core and escape with Megatron. Bumblebee points out the insanity of their plan, but Shockwave argues that Nova Prime was the one who saw the need to cyberform populated planets, though Optimus refuses to believe it. Now back at the tower, Megatron orders the Plasma Core and the Ferrotaxis brought online, declaring the cyberforming process will be complete in less than one Earth day.
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===Chapter 6: Ferrotaxis===
[[File:Devastation-Nova-Madness.jpg|thumb|250px|right|He took the cancellation of ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fourth season pretty hard.]]
Now patched and restored to the ''Proudstar'', the Plasma Core is put into overdrive, causing the Insecticons to restart the cyberforming process at a rapid rate, and the Autobots return to stop it. However, due to the poor repair job by the Constructicons, the Core ruptures and produces a gravitational anomaly that begins sucking the Autobots in. Retreating to a safe distance, Wheeljack deduces that if the core goes critical, it will lead to planetary extinction. Optimus decides that the only way to shut down both the Plasma Core and the Insecticons is by using the Ferrotaxis, which [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] points out is in Megatron's possession. However, Soundwave takes control of the ship's security systems, sabotaging their escape route. Barely evading his traps, the Autobots once again become aware of the darkness permeating the ''Proudstar''. Prime posits that while Nova Prime's mission may have initially been noble, cyberforming uninhabited planets to bring life to the galaxy, he and his crew were corrupted by some [[Unicron/Generation 1|unknown entity]] along the way, seeding darkness within his spark and driving him to insanity. The entity sought the destruction of Cybertron and its people, and still searches for the planet to this day, destroying all it encounters along the way. The Autobots head to the control room, but are blocked by Soundwave. Defeating him, the team prepares to storm the control room and take Megatron down once and for all.
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===Chapter 7: Legacy===
[[File:Devastation-FinalBattle.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"You only want the Ferrotaxis because I'm using it." "Oh, yeah? Prove it." "Here." "Hey, man, I don't want your stupid Ferrotaxis."]]
As they approach the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s control room, the Autobots are beset by a legion of Decepticons seeking to defend it, including Motormaster, Thundercracker and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The Autobots enter the control room, where Megatron mocks them before leaving with the Ferrotaxis, ordering the Constructicons to finish them off. After battling all six individually, the Constructicons merge into Devastator, prompting another battle. However, it isn't long before Menasor shows up as well, forcing them to fight both Combiners at once. Eventually, both are knocked off the platform to their destruction, and the Autobots head for the surface. Emerging from below, the Autobots find Megatron watching in delight as the planet is ripped apart by the cyberforming, declaring their home will live once more and noting how much he and Optimus could have accomplished together as allies. Optimus demands that Megatron hand over the Ferrotaxis so that their culture might continue to be preserved and shared, but Megatron throws it away, declaring that they will have to defeat him to get it. The Autobots engage in battle in battle with Megatron and emerge victorious, with Optimus once again demanding the Ferrotaxis. Megatron declares that if he can't have it, no one can, launching it high into the sky with his fusion cannon. A swarm of Insecticons follows the Ferrotaxis into the air, and Optimus grabs hold of one of them to catch up, with Megatron in hot pursuit.

[[File:Devastation-Space.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Space...the final <s>boss battle</s> frontier...]]
Now in Earth's orbit as the Insecticons surround the Ferrotaxis, Optimus prepares to fire at the computer, only to be knocked from his perch by Megatron, forcing the two into a zero-gravity final battle. Megatron argues that he fights to restore Cybertron, the home that Optimus abandoned, and that life comes from servos, gyros, and fuel, not flesh. Optimus rejects this, however, believing that destroying other worlds to keep Cybertron on life-support can't be the only way. With one final blow, Optimus manages to knock Megatron out long enough to retrieve the Ferrotaxis, but cannot shut down the Insecticons due to a failsafe activated by Megatron. Megatron declares the only way to stop the Ferrotaxis is to destroy it at the cost of Cybertron's culture and history, and that Cybertron's fate is now in Optimus's hands. Optimus replies that he has the courage to make the right decision and fires upon the Ferrotaxis, destroying it. As a result, the Plasma Core shuts down and the Insecticons all fall lifelessly back to Earth. Megatron is mortified, but Prime is resolute in his decision, believing humanity should decide its own fate. As he falls back to Earth, he tells the other Autobots that while they have lived on Earth for years, they have never truly accepted it as their home, holding out hope of returning to a re-forged Cybertron. While that may someday occur, Prime declares that as of that day, the Earth is their true home, and they are to protect it no matter the cost.

[[File:Devastation-Nova-Awakens.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Oy! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck.]]
Later, back at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', a recovered Optimus discusses with Wheeljack if he has found a way to strengthen their forces, with Wheeljack deeming the process risky. As he reflects on what Teletraan Alpha told him aboard the ''Proudstar'', Teletraan-1 receives a transmission from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who throw their full support behind Optimus's plan. Deciding that this is the price he must pay to rid the world of the Decepticons, Optimus and Wheeljack examine schematics for the [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|project]]. Unbeknownst to them, one of the pods on the'' Proudstar'' has broken open. Nova Prime awakens...
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
**[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]<ref group=note name="DLC">Indicates character available only as downloadable content skin.</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Dan Gilvezan]])
**Goldfire<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Michael Bell]])
**[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Christopher Swindle]])
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ([[Gregg Berger]])
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] ([[Jamieson Price]])
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Scott Whyte]])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Frank Welker)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] ([[Dave Boat]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] ([[Darryl Kurylo]])
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (Christopher Swindle)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (Dave Boat)
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (Michael Bell)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (André Sogliuzzo)
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (Jamieson Price)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (Gregg Berger)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (Steve Blum)
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (Jamieson Price)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]<ref group=note name="vehicle">Indicates character who only appears in vehicle mode.</ref>
**[[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
*[[Ground Soldier]]s (Steve Blum, Darryl Kurylo, [[Jim Ward]])
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] (James Arnold Taylor, André Sogliuzzo, Liam O'Brien)
*[[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] (Darryl Kurylo, Christopher Swindle, Dave Boat)
**[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
**[[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]]
**[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
|c4=
*[[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Teletraan Alpha]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Nova Prime]]
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]<ref group=note name="text">Indicates character who only appears in text-based log entries.</ref>
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]]<ref group=note name="text"/>
*[[Kremzeek]]
|nonumbering=true
}}
<references group=note/>

==Quotes==
"But...but PLASMA energy is unstable! No one has been able to tame it since...since...the GOLDEN AGE!" 
"Then stand back Starscream, and watch me tame it, as I have tamed you."
:— '''Megatron''' made '''Starscream''' his patsy.

"Optimus... come to save the day, I presume?"
:— Just like old times for '''Megatron''' and Optimus Prime.

"Less talk, Autobot. More dying."
:— '''Megatron''' plays for keeps.

"They call me 'Goldfire'! ...Ridiculous, I know."
:— '''Bumblebee''' is less than impressed by his DLC costume.

"Scanning... Identified. Cybertronian Bumblebee. Beware the coming tide of chaos... You will evolve known by another name. In time, your spirit will be that of legend. Your monikers will be many: The World's Bridge. Goldbug. Race-Welder. And finally... Goldfire." 
"Well, that makes me feel special..."
:— '''Teletraan Alpha''' foresees '''Bumblebee''''s future.

"My loyalty only goes so far. Tampering with Plasma Energy? That's madness." 
"Wow, that took, like, no convincing at all. No wonder they call you ThunderCRACKER." 
"Very funny, pipsqueak."
:— Much to '''Thundercracker''''s dismay, '''Bumblebee''' learns the true meaning of his name.

"Last one there's the corroded diode, Autobots!"
:— '''Motormaster''' tells the Autobots to eat his dust.

"Starscream failed. Guess that makes me the new leader of the Decepticons! ...Anybody else want this job?"
:— All hail '''Skywarp'''!

"We should have been allies, you know. Imagine what we could have accomplished... But you never had the manifolds to do what needed to be done." 
"I have the manifolds to stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk motivation.

"Why must you always interfere?" 
"You would place Cybertron at the center of the universe." 
"Cybertron is the center of my universe. How is it not at the heart of yours?" 
"Cybertron is about all life. Destruction to keep Cybertron on life support--there must be another way." 
"Flesh isn't life. Servos, gyros and fuel--this is where life comes from! You're defending--''bi-product''--at best! I will restore Cybertron and retake the galaxy!" 
"That ambition will be your end."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' wax poetic as they battle in space.

"Behold, Optimus. A new Cybertron is being born..." 
"No, you are only destroying the Earth, not creating." 
"You don't really believe that, do you?" 
"It is the only thing I am sure I believe. You must be stopped." 
"You're welcome to try." 
"It will be my pleasure." 
"I'm not done yet!!"
:— The final battle between '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' comes to a head.

"Autobots. We have lived on Earth for decades. But I see now that we have not truly accepted Earth as our home, holding out some distant hope that we would return to a newly re-forged Cybertron. And maybe one day, that will happen, but we cannot continue to live in between worlds. From this day forward, we are no longer Cybertronians who are stranded on another world. Now we are a part of Earth. And we must treat Earth as though we were forged here. And we must protect our home...no matter the cost."
:— '''Optimus''' monologues as he falls back to Earth.

==Gameplay==
''Devastation'' is a fast-paced hack-and-slash brawler, similar to many of Platinum's other titles like ''Bayonetta'' and ''[[Solid Snake|Metal Gear]] Rising: Revengeance''. Players choose from five Autobots ([[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]) and battle Decepticons using a combination of light and heavy physical attacks, with players generally having to defeat an entire wave of enemies in order to proceed. Players can chain these attacks into a combo, as well as extend their combos and utilize new moves by strategically transforming back and forth between vehicle and robot modes during strings of attacks. Each of the Autobots is also equipped with a projectile-based weapon, allowing them to attack enemies they cannot normally reach, such as airborne [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Players have multiple defensive options, being able to block, dodge, parry, and counterattack against enemy blows; similar to the "Witch Time" mechanic from ''Bayonetta'', dodging at just the right moment will induce "Focus" and cause time to slow down for the surrounding environment, giving players a chance to move in close and counterattack. Certain gameplay segments will encourage the use of vehicle mode over robot mode, such as chasing down escaping Decepticons on a highway or transforming back to robot mode at maximum speed to break an enemy shield.

Each of the five Autobots has a different set of moves and properties; Optimus is the most equally-balanced, Bumblebee focuses on quickness over attack strength, Sideswipe uses a hit-and-run attack style, Wheeljack is largely based around ranged combat and defense, and Grimlock deals in slow but powerful close-range strikes. Each character also possesses a unique ability that they can trigger in battle, such as Wheeljack's shield or Grimlock's grapple; this depletes energy from their Ability Gauge, which automatically refills over time. Attacking enemies will also fill the Ultimate Gauge; when full, this will allow players to use their character-specific Ultimate Attack, doing heavy damage to multiple foes.

The game also includes a player-customization system. Several different weapon types can be potentially dropped by enemies or found in weapons caches and vaults. Each type of weapon, such as axes, swords, or hammers, can only be used by certain characters, and new weapons can be synthesized by using the old ones as materials, allowing players to create stronger weapons of different types. Players can also spend in-game [[Galactic Credits|credits]] to develop [[T.E.C.H.]] that grants passive boosts to their characters, giving them bonuses such as auto-recovery or an increased credit drop rate; the strength of the T.E.C.H. developed varies depending on the amount of credits spent, as well as the player's success at a quicktime event during the synthesis process. Characters' individual stats can also be improved either through combat or by purchasing upgrades with credits. The Lab acts as the in-game store, allowing players to purchase additional weapons, temporary power-ups, and new moves for all five Autobots. Players can access all of these options by returning to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', either between story chapters or by using one of several Teletraan uplinks in each stage, which also function as checkpoints.

The game features seven Story chapters. At the beginning, three difficulty levels are accessible ("Scout", "Warrior", and "Commander"), while two higher difficulties ("[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]" and "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]") are unlocked after completing the lower ones. Players who go off the beaten path in the story chapters may find side missions and [[Transpacial Converters]] scattered about; completing these will reward players with additional weapons. In addition to the primary Story Mode, the game also includes a Challenge Mode with 50 stand-alone missions.

A Gallery mode allows players to view assorted art pieces, such as stage concept art and [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[package art|character art]]. New art can be unlocked by finding bouncing [[Kremzeek]]s and Mystery Objects in each stage, or shooting down Decepticon Flags and Spy Ops hovering in the sky. Collectible [[Source:Devastation info logs|info logs]] explaining various concepts and backstory elements can be found throughout the game as well. Completing the game will add the credits sequence to the gallery, viewable with or without the credits themselves, as well as a model viewer that allows players to view all of the 3D character models, accompanied by their respective themes. The model viewer includes a "Transform" command that lets you view both of their modes, and a "Try Me" button that plays some of their voice samples.

Players who pre-ordered the game received a downloadable content bundle that included character skins for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe based on [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], Goldfire, and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] respectively, as well as three new weapons: the [[Dark Star Saber]], the twin Golden Hunters, and the Photon Disruptor. This bundle was later made publicly available for a $5 purchase roughly a month following the game's release.

==Trophy/Achievement list==
When completing various goals and tasks during the game, the player will be rewarded as part of their console of choice's meta-goal system. Players can earn up to 31 Trophies on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and 30 Achievements on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The PlayStation versions' trophies come in four types: Bronze, which represent easier tasks and are worth the least experience; Silver, which are awarded for challenges of mid-level difficulty; Gold, which are given for harder tasks and worth more experience; and Platinum, the highest-level trophy unlocked only after earning all of a game's other trophies. On the Xbox versions, each achievement has a Gamerscore value that adds to the player's total Gamerscore across all games played; up to 1000 Gamerscore can be earned in ''Devastation''. These achievements can also be earned in the PC version as part of the Steam interface, but lack the individual values and weights from the console versions.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
|-
| [[File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|60px]]
| [['Til all are one|Till All Are One]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|60px]]
| [[Supreme Commander]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Optimus Prime.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|60px]]
| Sting Like a Bee
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Bumblebee.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|60px]]
| The Wizard of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Wheeljack.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|60px]]
| Raging Bull
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Sideswipe.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The King.jpg|60px]]
| The King
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Grimlock.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Clear.jpg|60px]]
| All Clear
| Complete all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 85 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Halfway There.jpg|60px]]
| Halfway There
| Complete half of all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation No Stone Unturned.jpg|60px]]
| No Stone Unturned
| Collect all collectible items.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Avid Collector.jpg|60px]]
| Avid Collector
| Complete half of all collectible items.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Synthesis 101.jpg|60px]]
| Synthesis 101
| Synthesize 10 weapons.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Full Throttle.jpg|60px]]
| Full Throttle
| Defeat 100 enemies with Vehicle/Dino Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Dont Hit The Brakes.jpg|60px]]
| (Don't) Hit the Brakes!
| Defeat 100 enemies with Rush Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Platinum.jpg|60px]]
| Platinum
| Complete all chapters, earning the highest rank, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Catch This.jpg|60px]]
| Catch this!
| Use parrying to catch the following from an enemy: a boulder, a missile, and both drill types.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Pedal To The Metal.jpg|60px]]
| Pedal to the Metal
| Use Focus 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Quick Reflexes.jpg|60px]]
| Quick Reflexes
| After dodging, quickly counter with a melee attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Bullet Storm.jpg|60px]]
| Bullet Storm
| After dodging, quickly counter with a ranged attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hawkeyed.jpg|60px]]
| Hawkeyed
| Perform 100 successful head shots.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|60px]]
| Flyswatter
| Finish the lift battle in Chapter 2 without taking damage from Insecticons.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Urban Landscaping.jpg|60px]]
| Urban Landscaping
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, knock Devastator into a building 3 times.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|60px]]
| Roadblock
| In chapter 4, defeat Motormaster while racing him.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|60px]]
| Surround Sound
| In chapter 6, on diff. COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without defeating any cassettes.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|60px]]
| Wrecking Crew
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Devastator without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hard-Core.jpg|60px]]
| HARD-Core
| In chapter 2, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, destroy the shielding without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|60px]]
| [[Triple Changer]]
| In chapter 3, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Blitzwing without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|60px]]
| Destruction Derby
| In chapter 4, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Menasor without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|60px]]
| Don't Look Him in the Eye
| In chapter 5, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Shockwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Broken Radio.jpg|60px]]
| Broken Radio
| In chapter 6, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|60px]]
| [[Emperor of Destruction]]
| In chapter 7, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Megatron without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Trophies.jpg|60px]]
| All Trophies
| Earned all other trophies.
|
| {{PS Platinum}}
|-
|}

==Technical errors and oddities==
*At the beginning of the game, Soundwave is not shown flying in the sky despite landing alongside Starscream, Blitzwing, and Megatron a moment later.
*In that same cutscene, the Decepticon flying next to Blitzwing is not Starscream, but one of the Warrior Seekers.
*''Also'' in the opening cutscene, the thick, comic book-style outline around Starscream's jaw doesn't move while he warns Megatron about plasma energy.
*In Chapter 1, after the first Devastator battle, Sideswipe's torso is seen twisted.
*In Chapter 1, Teletraan 1 pronounces "[[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]" as "Kai-on" when it should be "Kay-on".
*In Chapter 1, when the Constructicons form Devastator, you can see straight through Devastator's shoulder joint in the brief moment before Bonecrusher attaches. This is due to the model's arm joint not being capped off at the end as it is usually obscured by Devastator's arm, thus allowing the camera to see within the model where the polygon backfaces are not rendered.
*In Chapter 1, when Megatron enters the hatch leading underground, Optimus mispronounces Teletraan-1 as "Teltraan-1", omitting the second syllable.
*In Chapter 2, a second "the" is included in the subtitles when Optimus says "Autobots, welcome to the ''Proudstar''."
*In Chapter 3, when Optimus throws the Red Energon cube, it is inexplicably colored pink.
*In Chapter 4, when the Autobots find the location of the Plasma Core, Bumblebee is seen opening and closing his mouth repeatedly despite not having any dialogue.
*In Chapter 4, as Motormaster and his Stunticons intervene, a very scaled down model of his alternate mode can briefly be seen between his legs as Breakdown and Offroad attach onto them.
*In Chapter 4, after Starscream crashes in the Decepticon hangar, the faction symbols on all the other Decepticons suddenly pulse as one.
*In Chapter 6, the cutscene of Soundwave approaching the Autobots shows a red-and-black cassette-bot next to him, but when the fight starts, the bot is in shades of blue... and labeled as Frenzy. Rumble doesn't join the fight until Soundwave's health dips a bit, and yes, he's the red-and-black one, and yes, this is backwards from their cartoon depictions.
*Throughout the campaign, many shots in the cutscenes show some characters such as Starscream and Soundwave having their hand textures being swapped with Wheeljack's.
*The description for Sideswipe's "Launcher Barrage" ability states that the player needs to press the fire button repeatedly, while in actuality the attack will fire on its own.
*When using the single sword weapon type, the attack sequence, "light, pause, light (hold)" can give the player an extra jump.
*Grimlock uses the ascending (Dino-to-robot) transformation sound effect whenever the player gets him to transform from robot to ''T. rex'' mode while moving, as opposed to the descending (Robot-to-dino) sound effect that the other player characters use.

==Transformers references==
===Weapons===
All of the player weapons are derived from those used in past ''Transformers'' series:

====Generation 1 inspired weapons====
*Optimus carries both his standard [[energon-axe]] and [[ion blaster]].
*Bumblebee's blasters are based on the [[Generic Autobot laser pistol|weapon]] included with his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|first ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. Bumblebee's melee weapons are his "gloves", which are just his fists.
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe's]] primary melee weapons are silver swords identical to the one included with his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|G2 ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. His standard [[flare gun]] and [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|G2 comic]] GZS-3 and MA685 blasters are also unlockable throughout the game.
*Wheeljack's wrenches are based on the accessories included with his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*Grimlock wields his [[galaxial rocket launcher]] packaged with his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original toy]], though it is physically modeled after his Twin Stunner Laser. Much like Bumblebee, his melee weapons are his gloves, but his [[energo weapon|Energo-sword]] can be unlocked.
*The Piercing Rifle series of weapons and Golden Hunters associated with Goldfire are based on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s blaster.
*The Heavy Spreadshot series of weapons and Photon Disruptor associated with Red Alert are based on [[Getaway]]'s [[plasma-shell shotgun]].
*The "Hyper" series of axes are a dual-headed variant of the regular energon-axe, but this means they also resemble Prime's weapon as it appeared in "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]".
*After defeating Megatron, you unlock his classic [[fusion cannon]].
*Defeating Starscream unlocks his [[null-ray]]s.
*The Shockwave Blaster is based on Shockwave's, well, blaster mode.
*The drills Bonecrusher and Devastator use (both melee and ranged) can be unlocked after they are defeated. Both versions are based on the spring-loaded drills that came with their G1 toys.
*The Solar Beam Rifle is based on [[Devastator (G1)/toys|Devastator's]] weapon (called a [[magna laser]] in his and Mixmaster's [[instructions]] but a [[solar energy beam rifle]] in his [[bio]]).
*Motormaster/Menasor's classic Ionizer Sword and Cyclone Rifle can be unlocked after they are defeated.
*The Small Blasters are based on those wielded by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]].
*The four basic Machineguns {{sic}} are based on [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s "Electrothermic Blast Tube" (AKA the gun his G1 figure came with). Fittingly, the Kickback fought in Chapter 2 wields one of these.
*The Basic Blaster is based on [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s [[photon rifle]].
*The Basic Spreadshot is based on the animation model of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s hologram gun.
*The grenade launchers, four basic missile launchers, and Grappling Hook are all based on the missile launchers in [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] & [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'s [[Onebox component]]s.
**In addition, the Grappling Hook's tip is also the same as [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s iconic hook-hand, which served a similar harpoon-like function.
*The Adhesive and Slow Gel Guns, as well as the Rust, Confuse & Weakening Spreadshots, all resemble the missile launcher that came with [[Sludge (G1)#Toys|Sludge]] (specifically, how it appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]).
*The Heavy Blaster is based on the animation model for [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s photon missile launcher.
*The heavy sniper rifles are modeled after [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s [[Electro-scrambler]].
*The basic swords are slightly scaled-down versions of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'s [[Sonic sword]].
*The Battle Cutters are dead ringers for the saw weapon [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] briefly used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*The Photon Eliminator, Rodimus Prime's classic weapon, can be acquired after Magnus mode is unlocked.
*The Magna Shot blaster is a signature weapon of [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]].

====Other continuties inspired weapons====
*All of the "middle-weight" launchers (Delay Launcher, 6 Shot Missiles, etc.) are based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing's]] shoulder-mounted gatling gun.
*The Battle Swords resemble [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s swords. They are often dual-wielded in the game by Elite Seekers in Primal's original colors.
*The basic hammer weapons bear a striking resemblance to the [[Magnus Hammer]].
*Some of the weapons originate from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers Prime]]'':
**The [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]]
**The [[Dark Star Saber]]
**The [[Forge of Solus Prime]]
**The normal Battle Hammer version of the Forge resembles the hammer included with the [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|''Beast Hunters'' Voyager Ultra Magnus toy]].
**The Wrecking Ball is [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s signature weapon.
**The four "knuckle" weapons resemble the "Combat Claw" that came with the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Prime|Voyager Megatron toy]].
*While the "glove" series of weapons are visually generic, the idea of elementally-charged fists is conceptually similar to [[nucleon shock gauntlet]]s.
*The Loudspeaker is based on ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]] [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' Deluxe Class [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]]'s weapon (itself based on [[Classic Pretender]] [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Pretender|Jazz]]'s weapon) in its combined form with the figure's loudspeaker accessories attached.
*The Assault Rifles are modeled after the large rifle that came with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr's]] [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*The basic sniper rifles are based on [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s [[musket laser]] included with his [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|2011 ''Generations'' figure]].
*The MOD Fusion Cannon and Battle Blade are based on [[live-action film series|live action]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s shotgun from ''Dark of the Moon'' and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s arm blades, respectively.
*Heavy hammers, such as the Energon and Shock Hammer, are based on ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s mace.

===Other===
*While the character designs are based off of the animation models from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', many feature designs elements from their modern toys. Bumblebee has some inspiration from his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' toy]], Sideswipe's from his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|2008 ''Universe'' toy]], and Wheeljack from his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]]. Motormaster, the Stunticons, Devastator, Megatron, Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus are influenced by their concurrent ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toys, to varying degrees. Unlike their cartoon models, Optimus's truck mode has the white stripe and Bombshell's robot mode torso is purple, like many of their toys.
*The Warrior and Sergeant Ground Soldiers are based on the [[Battlecharger]]s, and reuse parts from Wheeljack's model, referencing the Battlecharger's [[Battlecharger#Timelines|''Timelines'' toys]]. The generic Seekers have the wings and conehead of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], though they use the non-conehead cartoon Seeker body from Starscream et al, rather than Ramjet's more complex, toy-like show model body. The Heavy Weapon Ground Soldier is based on [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], only without the jet mode (and associated kibble).
*The first chapter is named after a [[City of Steel (episode)|Generation 1 episode]].
*Wheeljack's Ultimate attack involves building an [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] from "[[The Immobilizer]]".
*The Repair Kits bear a fair resemblance to [[Diagnostic Drone]]s.
*The weapon crates scattered throughout each level bear a resemblance to the [[AllSpark]]'s container from ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.
*The attempted [[cyberforming]] of Earth by the Decepticons has been used as a plot point in several past ''Transformers'' stories.
*The hurricane wind generators may be a reference to the [[Devastator Winds]] that have inspired Devastator's name in a few continuities.
*Concept art in the game shows that the cyberforming claws found throughout New York City and the ''Proudstar'' are based on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s claws/hands, though the final design has ''slightly'' different details.
*In the ''Ark'', one of the monitors behind Sideswipe displays a schematic of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], sporting his ''Combiner Wars'' design.
*Sideswipe declares he's ready to [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|bust some Deceptichops]].
*Megatron's appearance mixes his general G1 design with his ''Combiner Wars'' [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|figure]] (tank tread shins, pointed shoulders, tank alt. mode).
*Megatron generates an energy-based shield from his fusion cannon arm, an ability he previously exhibited in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
*Several billboards advertise [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|S. Witwicky's Auto Shop]] and [[Prim Cola]]. Also visible is the "Creamy Cream" billboard from "[[Prime Target (G1)|Prime Target]]", renamed to the less-snigger-inducing "Bluebird Lotion". An IDW-inspired billboard easter egg is a sign advertising, "[[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's Motor Oil]]."
*Shops found around the city include [[Becky's Coffee Shop]] from "[[I, Robot-Master!]]"; Lander's Beverages, named in homage to [[Lander]]'s love of wines; and a jewelry store named Bahoudin's, referencing the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from "[[Trans-Europe Express]]". [[Burger House]] was also planned to appear, but PlatinumGames had to change the sign for legal reasons, instead advertising a "Mega Burger Combo".<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124183053/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/12/20/the-abundant-easter-eggs-of-transformers-devastation.aspx|name=Matt Miller|title=The Abundant Easter Eggs Of Transformers Devastation|site=Game Informer|year=2015|month=12|day=20}}</ref>
*The message Megatron receives from the tower uses "[[Cybertronian language#The Transformers cartoon|Ancient Autobot]]" characters, first seen in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
*Bumblebee comments on the unlikely odds that another Cybertronian ship besides the ''Ark'' and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' would have crash-landed on Earth millions of years ago... unaware that the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' did exactly that in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
*The Insecticons are treated as a swarm similar to the clones from the Generation 1 cartoon and the Infestation from the IDW comics, with infologs stating that these Insecticons were bred specifically for use on the ''Proudstar'' without the faction alignment, speech or distinct personalities of the primary Insecticons.
*Like his IDW self, Nova Prime traveled through the [[Benzuli Expanse]].
*One of Kranix's logs makes mention of [[Ore-13]].
*Teletraan Alpha alludes to Wheeljack and Optimus's unfortunate demises in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Teletraan Alpha also tells Bumblebee that he will eventually be known as "The World's Bridge", "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Goldbug]]", "Race-Welder", and "Goldfire".
*Sideswipe asks Teletraan Alpha if he's been talking to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|his brother]].
*Teletraan Alpha cannot read Grimlock's aura due to the Dinobot [[S.O.S. Dinobots|not being completely Cybertronian]].
*[[Red Energon]] appears, only here it's a volatile explosive, not a speed enhancer.
*Blitzwing uses ice in his jet mode and fire in his tank mode, in the vein of his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]].
*Shockwave has the ability to generate duplicates of himself, in an ''insanely'' specific reference to a power mentioned in the original animated series [[production bible]], which was never used in the cartoon itself ([[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1#Continuity notes|except maybe once]]). The duplicates have the grey color scheme of the original "Astro Magnum" toy Shockwave was based on.
*Megatron states that he thought Optimus was [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|made of sterner stuff]].
*Optimus defeats Megatron with the same haymaker he used in their final battle in the [[Battle of Autobot City]].
*Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus's appearances at the end of the game are taken directly from their ''Combiner Wars'' designs, although their limb configurations do not match their standard setups.
*The end credits theme, "Face the Devastation", features a sequence of chords borrowed from [[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|''The Transformers: The Movie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s musical score]], also composed by Vince DiCola.
*In one of his unused voice lines, Thundercracker claims to be "The Scourge of the [[Mithril Sea|Mithric Sea]]".
*In unused dialogue of Sideswipe's encounter with Megatron, he says that he [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|could've waited an eternity for this]].

==Toys inspired by this game==
As mentioned, ''Transformers: Devastation'' was intended as a tie-in of sorts to the concurrent ''Combiner Wars'' toyline — however, no figures were actually released with any co-branding relating to the game.

It would be a decade later in [[2025]] when characters directly based on ''Transformers: Devastation'' would be sold under the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline, featuring all-new Optimus Prime and Bumblebee molds and a handful of redecoes of other figures based on their in-game appearances, many of whom came with weapons based on the ones seen in-game. While technically a "gamer edition" release, it is worth noting that said Optimus toy was meant to scale with the concurrently released ''The Transformers: The Movie'' Studio Series [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Devastator]], whose design is generally close to his video game counterpart.

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==Notes==
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Who dares disturb my beauty sleep? Have you not heard? This movie's already over! Captain Blue is defeated, and we are victorious!]]
*[[FIRRIB|Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red]].
*According to an interview at E3 2015, Kenji Saito stated his favorite character to design was Grimlock, as he found him the most unique and interesting from both a character and gameplay perspective.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://youtu.be/P-9rVBCogS4?si=UgBfBxO3sRuHIks-&t=473|quote=Stage Demo: Transformers: Devastation - E3 2015|name=GameSpot|year=2015|month=6|day=18}}</ref>
*Although Frank Welker reprised his roles as both Megatron and Soundwave from the original cartoon, he did not voice Superion, Mixmaster, Skywarp, Rumble, or Frenzy, despite having originated all of those roles. Similar can be said of Michael Bell, who did not voice Bombshell and Bonecrusher as in the original cartoon (albeit, the latter was for only one episode). Additionally, of the other characters in the game whose voice actors were still alive, [[Corey Burton]], [[Arthur Burghardt]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Clive Revill]], and [[Hal Rayle]] did not return to voice Shockwave, Devastator, Hook, Bonecrusher, Kickback, or Skrapnel, respectively. While not confirmed, this was most likely due to budgetary concerns.
*Originally, the second phases of each boss battle were intended to feature vocals in their backing music tracks, as Platinum had previously done for the boss fights in ''Metal Gear Rising''. However, due to time constraints and other commitments, the decision was made to add in secondary guitar leads for the second phases instead.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/PG_saito/status/970259344007643136|quote=ほんとはボーカルも入れたかったんだけど開発期間とほかイロイロあって難しい状態だったのでかわりにギターに歌ってもらってます。ボスが本気状態になるとギターがのってくる演出になっとります。かっこいいですよー。|name=Kenji Saito|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=3|day=4}}</ref>
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was planned to appear as part of the boss fights with Soundwave, but was removed during development. However, his unused character model and textures can still be found within the game's files.
*Nova Prime reuses parts from Motormaster's model and most robot mode models share the same hands.
*The 2015 San Diego Comic-Con poster for ''Devastation'' features Menasor in his original Generation 1 design rather than his ''Combiner Wars'' design, suggesting the game design changed at some point during development.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/Guido_Guidi/status/824390786670297088/|quote=Unused G1 accurate Menasor from the SDCC "Transformers: Devastation" game poster (final version featured Combiner Wars inspired design)|name=Guido Guidi|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=01|day=25}}</ref>
*Megatron's [[Energon mace|Energon Mace]], Sideswipe's Pile Drivers, and Blitzwing's [[Electron scimitar|Electron Scimitar]] were all featured in early concept art as potential unlockable weapons. However, none of these made it into the final game.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/667870090369470465|quote=Transformers: Devastation is packed full of all kinds of weapons. Here are some concepts for just a few.|name=PlatinumGames|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=11|day=20}}</ref>
*During the final battle in space, the player always fights as Optimus Prime even if another playable character was in use, but Prime will fight using the previous character's gear. For example, if Wheeljack was using his wrenches to fight Megatron on the ground, Prime will ''somehow'' have those wrenches with him in space. This also applies to the "Nemesis Prime" DLC skin, which will revert to the standard Optimus, despite being the same character.
*A slightly different version of the ending cutscene can be found hidden within the game's files. While mostly identical, this early version ends before it can display the full schematics for Optimus Maximus, making the reveal much more vague.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWtAZcT3Co|quote=Transformers Devastation secrets|name=Running Sky|year=2020|month=11|day=30}}</ref>
*At the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Microsoft held a sweepstakes to win one of 20 custom-painted Xbox One consoles with designs based on several upcoming games, including one based on ''Devastation''.<ref>[https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2015/07/02/xbox-sdcc-collectible-xbox-one-console-sweepstakes/ Win one of 20 Custom Painted Xbox Ones at SDCC 2015 - Xbox]</ref>
* A ''Devastation''-branded faceplate for PlayStation 4 was designed with the intention of being sold as part of a console bundle in China. However, by all accounts, no evidence exists that they were ever sold. An ''extremely'' limited number of the faceplates ended up in the hands of a few PlatinumGames' staff members, including former creative producer JP Kellams, who revealed the faceplate's existence before later auctioning his off for charity.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Next up is the #Transformers Devastation PS4 faceplate. This one is officially licensed by Sony and super rare. I think it never came out, so this is likely one of only a few in existence.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892008560189441|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}} {{citesocial|quote=Created for a potential Transformers PS4 bundle in China, but I've never seen proof that this was actually released. A few got dispersed to the PG team which is how I got mine. I've NEVER seen another one of these in the wild and my suspicion is that there are very few of these.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892327423762437|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}}</ref>
* Devastator's first appearance as he looks over the building is an identical shot to the Colossal Titan's first appearance in ''{{w|Attack on Titan}}''.
* The final shot of Menasor's second phase transition resembles the "[[Brave (franchise)|''Brave'' Perspective]]".

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://open.spotify.com/album/1WhigvyyE6rQyFlFV5wmwP ''Transformers: Devastation'' soundtrack selection on Spotify]

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'''''Transformers: Devastation''''' is a video game by [[PlatinumGames]], announced at E3 2015 and released in October of the same year. Billed as a tie-in to ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'',<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-forming-epic-storyline-toys-830399 'Transformers' Forming Epic Storyline with Toys, Comics and Video Games (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> ''Devastation'' is based in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] and tells an original story, in which the [[Autobot]]s unite to prevent the [[Decepticon]]s from turning the [[Earth]] to metal. The game primarily draws inspiration from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]], the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]], and the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline, among other sources, and features the return of some of the surviving voice actors from the original cartoon. The game was directed by [[Kenji Saito]], and the soundtrack was composed by [[Satoshi Igarashi]], [[Tetsuya Shibata]], and [[Jun Okubo]], with contributions by [[Vince DiCola]] and [[Kenny Meriedeth]].<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/16/watch-the-first-transformers-devastation-gameplay-live-183026 Watch the first Transformers Devastation gameplay! - TFW2005]</ref>

''Devastation'' was the final ''Transformers'' game published by [[Activision]]; following the expiration of their licensing agreement with [[Hasbro]], the game and its downloadable content were delisted from multiple digital storefronts on [[December 21]], [[2017]].<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/22/16810202/platinum-games-transformers-devastation-legend-of-korra-steam-xbox-live-playstation-store Platinum’s Transformers and Korra games disappear from digital stores - Polygon]</ref> A [[Transformers: Devastation (soundtrack)|selection of the game's soundtrack]], comprising 11 tracks composed by Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth, was announced at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]] and released via digital streaming services on November 5, 2021.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=1h47m57s Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]</ref> To date, they remain the only music tracks from the game ever to receive an official release.

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==Plot==
===Chapter 1: City of Steel===
[[File:Devastation-Arrival.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Avengers]], Assemble!]]
In [[New York City]], a large explosion heralds the appearance of several giant mechanical claws emerging from the ground, causing mass destruction. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons land downtown and observe the swarm of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] that has filled the air, with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] also detecting traces of [[plasma energy]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is hesitant, as no one has been able to control plasma energy since the [[Golden Age]], but Megatron rebukes him, intent on using the gift that they have been given. With the humans successfully evacuated from the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his team of Autobots arrive to assess the threat and stop the Decepticons. After a brief run-in with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Optimus and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] come face to face with Megatron himself. Optimus demands Megatron cease his attack on the city, but Megatron only laughs, saying that Optimus doesn't even realize the truth of who is really behind the attack, and declaring he only wants to make "improvements" to the city. Optimus and Bumblebee defeat Megatron, but he slips away as the two are distracted by the sudden appearance of a giant Steel Tower.

[[File:Devastation-SecretMessage.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Yes, it's coming to me..."Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?!"]]
The Autobots pursue Megatron to the tower, where he deduces that it is somehow directing the Insecticons before receiving a [[Cybertronian language#Aligned continuity family|stream of data]] encoded from the tower. He rides away on [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], with the Autobots giving chase, and after [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] briefly battles Megatron, a hatch emerges from the ground leading below. Megatron enters, activating the security system to ensure the Autobots cannot follow. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] reveals that the hatch leads to the interior of an unknown ship buried below the city, requiring the shutdown of three sub-generators and a primary generator to gain access. With no other choice, the Autobots reach the sub-generators, each guarded by two of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and shut them down. They return to the primary generator, but the Constructicons have beaten them there and reform Devastator. The team defeat the [[Combiner]], but a hologram of Megatron appears to reveal his plan: he now controls the Cybertronian ship known as the ''[[Proudstar]]'', and is using it to control the Insecticons, allowing him to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] the [[Earth]] into a new [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] within mere days at the cost of all native life.
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===Chapter 2: The Proudstar===
[[File:Devastation-ProudstarComponents.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[SELECT YOUR WEAPON]]]
After chasing down a [[Sentry-Bot]] containing the key-code to enter, the Autobots enter the ''Proudstar''. Optimus explains that the ship is of Autobot origin, and was once captained by [[Nova Prime]] as part of the Mission of Cybertronian [[Expansion]]. Its goal was to make uninhabited planets suitable for Cybertronian life and preserve a record of their race's culture via the [[Colonnade of Cybertron]] placed aboard the ship's supercomputer, the [[Ferrotaxis]], which controls both the [[Plasma Core]] and the Insecticons. With so much of Cybertron's culture having been lost over the course of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots make it their mission to retrieve the Ferrotaxis intact and shut down the Plasma Core, stopping the cyberforming. As they split up to explore, Optimus notes a feeling of darkness permeating the ship. The group briefly gets locked into a battle with Soundwave, but he is called away by Megatron for other matters, leaving them to be swarmed by Insecticons bursting from the many [[stasis pod]]s housed within the ship. The Autobots battle through the swarms, including several giant-sized Ancient Insecticons, as the voice of [[Teletraan Alpha]] cryptically hints at the [[The Transformers: The Movie|dark future events]] each Autobot will face, including prophesying that the Great War will come to an end without Optimus Prime there to see it. They reach the Plasma Core, but due to plasma energy's unpredictability, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] predicts blowing up the Core will cause an explosion that will take half the Earth with it. Defeating the Insecticon guards, they break the shielding protecting the Core, but the security system envelops the core in a protective casing and fires it away from the ship.
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===Chapter 3: The Core===
[[File:Devastation-CoreDamage.jpg|thumb|250px|right|That electrical storm is dangerous. Everyone grab your [[yellow boots]]!]]
With the ship and Insecticons rendered inactive due to the loss of their power source, the Autobots seek to retrieve the Plasma Core before Megatron, as well as shut it down due to the potentially dangerous leak sprung in the previous encounter. Knowing Megatron will need someone to retrieve the core, they encounter and defeat [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who believes plasma energy is too dangerous to be controlled by anyone and tells them the Core's location on the promise that they get rid of it. Making their way to the island where the Core landed, the Autobots encounter Decepticon defenses at [[Liberty Bridge]], stalling for time so that the leak may be patched before they move it. The team uses an explosive cube of [[Red Energon]] to clear the forces at the bridge's entrance, but Starscream arrives to replace them. The Autobots defeat him and begin to cross the bridge, only to come under fire by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as they do so. They manage to hold him off until reaching the other side of the bridge, where they defeat him. Optimus approaches the badly-damaged Plasma Core container, but Starscream appears and carries it away before they have a chance to shut it down.
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===Chapter 4: Possession===
[[File:Devastation-Menasor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Great... AETHER!]]
Back at the tower, Soundwave reveals to Megatron that they were unable to patch the leak before Starscream took the Plasma Core, meaning its detonation is imminent. Only able to be repaired at a [[Plasma Energy Interface]] on Cybertron, Megatron orders Starscream to bring the unstable Core to the tower. The Autobots pursue him across the bridge, but the onset of a storm makes it difficult for Starscream to fly, causing him to lose his grip on the Core and drop it into the city. Optimus tracks Starscream's landing location, but Megatron sends [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] to the coordinates as well. The team race him to the crash site, barely beating him there, and fight him off. The Autobots follow the trail to the Plasma Core, and Wheeljack prepares to patch the leak while the others cover him. Just as he gets the case open, Motormaster and the rest of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrive and form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. The Autobots defeat the Combiner and, in a fit of rage, he throws the Plasma Core case all the way to the tower. Megatron activates the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron and takes the Core and his troops through, ordering Starscream to hold off the Autobots.
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===Chapter 5: To Cybertron===
[[File:Devastation-PlasmaEnergyInterface.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Well, there's your problem: you put the batteries in backwards!]]Optimus and his team follow the Decepticons through the space bridge, battling Starscream while in transit. They emerge on Cybertron just as Megatron leaves with the Plasma Core and Blitzwing appears for a rematch. The group defeat him and approach the Plasma Energy Interface, but before they can stop it, they are ambushed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. While ultimately defeated, Shockwave manages to hold the Autobots off long enough for [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] to finish repairing the Plasma Core and escape with Megatron. Bumblebee points out the insanity of their plan, but Shockwave argues that Nova Prime was the one who saw the need to cyberform populated planets, though Optimus refuses to believe it. Now back at the tower, Megatron orders the Plasma Core and the Ferrotaxis brought online, declaring the cyberforming process will be complete in less than one Earth day.
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===Chapter 6: Ferrotaxis===
[[File:Devastation-Nova-Madness.jpg|thumb|250px|right|He took the cancellation of ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fourth season pretty hard.]]
Now patched and restored to the ''Proudstar'', the Plasma Core is put into overdrive, causing the Insecticons to restart the cyberforming process at a rapid rate, and the Autobots return to stop it. However, due to the poor repair job by the Constructicons, the Core ruptures and produces a gravitational anomaly that begins sucking the Autobots in. Retreating to a safe distance, Wheeljack deduces that if the core goes critical, it will lead to planetary extinction. Optimus decides that the only way to shut down both the Plasma Core and the Insecticons is by using the Ferrotaxis, which [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] points out is in Megatron's possession. However, Soundwave takes control of the ship's security systems, sabotaging their escape route. Barely evading his traps, the Autobots once again become aware of the darkness permeating the ''Proudstar''. Prime posits that while Nova Prime's mission may have initially been noble, cyberforming uninhabited planets to bring life to the galaxy, he and his crew were corrupted by some [[Unicron/Generation 1|unknown entity]] along the way, seeding darkness within his spark and driving him to insanity. The entity sought the destruction of Cybertron and its people, and still searches for the planet to this day, destroying all it encounters along the way. The Autobots head to the control room, but are blocked by Soundwave. Defeating him, the team prepares to storm the control room and take Megatron down once and for all.
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===Chapter 7: Legacy===
[[File:Devastation-FinalBattle.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"You only want the Ferrotaxis because I'm using it." "Oh, yeah? Prove it." "Here." "Hey, man, I don't want your stupid Ferrotaxis."]]
As they approach the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s control room, the Autobots are beset by a legion of Decepticons seeking to defend it, including Motormaster, Thundercracker and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The Autobots enter the control room, where Megatron mocks them before leaving with the Ferrotaxis, ordering the Constructicons to finish them off. After battling all six individually, the Constructicons merge into Devastator, prompting another battle. However, it isn't long before Menasor shows up as well, forcing them to fight both Combiners at once. Eventually, both are knocked off the platform to their destruction, and the Autobots head for the surface. Emerging from below, the Autobots find Megatron watching in delight as the planet is ripped apart by the cyberforming, declaring their home will live once more and noting how much he and Optimus could have accomplished together as allies. Optimus demands that Megatron hand over the Ferrotaxis so that their culture might continue to be preserved and shared, but Megatron throws it away, declaring that they will have to defeat him to get it. The Autobots engage in battle in battle with Megatron and emerge victorious, with Optimus once again demanding the Ferrotaxis. Megatron declares that if he can't have it, no one can, launching it high into the sky with his fusion cannon. A swarm of Insecticons follows the Ferrotaxis into the air, and Optimus grabs hold of one of them to catch up, with Megatron in hot pursuit.

[[File:Devastation-Space.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Space...the final <s>boss battle</s> frontier...]]
Now in Earth's orbit as the Insecticons surround the Ferrotaxis, Optimus prepares to fire at the computer, only to be knocked from his perch by Megatron, forcing the two into a zero-gravity final battle. Megatron argues that he fights to restore Cybertron, the home that Optimus abandoned, and that life comes from servos, gyros, and fuel, not flesh. Optimus rejects this, however, believing that destroying other worlds to keep Cybertron on life-support can't be the only way. With one final blow, Optimus manages to knock Megatron out long enough to retrieve the Ferrotaxis, but cannot shut down the Insecticons due to a failsafe activated by Megatron. Megatron declares the only way to stop the Ferrotaxis is to destroy it at the cost of Cybertron's culture and history, and that Cybertron's fate is now in Optimus's hands. Optimus replies that he has the courage to make the right decision and fires upon the Ferrotaxis, destroying it. As a result, the Plasma Core shuts down and the Insecticons all fall lifelessly back to Earth. Megatron is mortified, but Prime is resolute in his decision, believing humanity should decide its own fate. As he falls back to Earth, he tells the other Autobots that while they have lived on Earth for years, they have never truly accepted it as their home, holding out hope of returning to a re-forged Cybertron. While that may someday occur, Prime declares that as of that day, the Earth is their true home, and they are to protect it no matter the cost.

[[File:Devastation-Nova-Awakens.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Oy! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck.]]
Later, back at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', a recovered Optimus discusses with Wheeljack if he has found a way to strengthen their forces, with Wheeljack deeming the process risky. As he reflects on what Teletraan Alpha told him aboard the ''Proudstar'', Teletraan-1 receives a transmission from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who throw their full support behind Optimus's plan. Deciding that this is the price he must pay to rid the world of the Decepticons, Optimus and Wheeljack examine schematics for the [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|project]]. Unbeknownst to them, one of the pods on the'' Proudstar'' has broken open. Nova Prime awakens...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
**[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]<ref group=note name="DLC">Indicates character available only as downloadable content skin.</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Dan Gilvezan]])
**Goldfire<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Michael Bell]])
**[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Christopher Swindle]])
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ([[Gregg Berger]])
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] ([[Jamieson Price]])
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Scott Whyte]])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Frank Welker)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] ([[Dave Boat]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] ([[Darryl Kurylo]])
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (Christopher Swindle)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (Dave Boat)
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (Michael Bell)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (André Sogliuzzo)
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (Jamieson Price)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (Gregg Berger)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (Steve Blum)
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (Jamieson Price)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]<ref group=note name="vehicle">Indicates character who only appears in vehicle mode.</ref>
**[[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
*[[Ground Soldier]]s (Steve Blum, Darryl Kurylo, [[Jim Ward]])
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] (James Arnold Taylor, André Sogliuzzo, Liam O'Brien)
*[[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] (Darryl Kurylo, Christopher Swindle, Dave Boat)
**[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
**[[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]]
**[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
|c4=
*[[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Teletraan Alpha]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Nova Prime]]
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]<ref group=note name="text">Indicates character who only appears in text-based log entries.</ref>
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]]<ref group=note name="text"/>
*[[Kremzeek]]
|nonumbering=true
}}
<references group=note/>

==Quotes==
"But...but PLASMA energy is unstable! No one has been able to tame it since...since...the GOLDEN AGE!" 
"Then stand back Starscream, and watch me tame it, as I have tamed you."
:— '''Megatron''' made '''Starscream''' his patsy.

"Optimus... come to save the day, I presume?"
:— Just like old times for '''Megatron''' and Optimus Prime.

"Less talk, Autobot. More dying."
:— '''Megatron''' plays for keeps.

"They call me 'Goldfire'! ...Ridiculous, I know."
:— '''Bumblebee''' is less than impressed by his DLC costume.

"Scanning... Identified. Cybertronian Bumblebee. Beware the coming tide of chaos... You will evolve known by another name. In time, your spirit will be that of legend. Your monikers will be many: The World's Bridge. Goldbug. Race-Welder. And finally... Goldfire." 
"Well, that makes me feel special..."
:— '''Teletraan Alpha''' foresees '''Bumblebee''''s future.

"My loyalty only goes so far. Tampering with Plasma Energy? That's madness." 
"Wow, that took, like, no convincing at all. No wonder they call you ThunderCRACKER." 
"Very funny, pipsqueak."
:— Much to '''Thundercracker''''s dismay, '''Bumblebee''' learns the true meaning of his name.

"Last one there's the corroded diode, Autobots!"
:— '''Motormaster''' tells the Autobots to eat his dust.

"Starscream failed. Guess that makes me the new leader of the Decepticons! ...Anybody else want this job?"
:— All hail '''Skywarp'''!

"We should have been allies, you know. Imagine what we could have accomplished... But you never had the manifolds to do what needed to be done." 
"I have the manifolds to stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk motivation.

"Why must you always interfere?" 
"You would place Cybertron at the center of the universe." 
"Cybertron is the center of my universe. How is it not at the heart of yours?" 
"Cybertron is about all life. Destruction to keep Cybertron on life support--there must be another way." 
"Flesh isn't life. Servos, gyros and fuel--this is where life comes from! You're defending--''bi-product''--at best! I will restore Cybertron and retake the galaxy!" 
"That ambition will be your end."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' wax poetic as they battle in space.

"Behold, Optimus. A new Cybertron is being born..." 
"No, you are only destroying the Earth, not creating." 
"You don't really believe that, do you?" 
"It is the only thing I am sure I believe. You must be stopped." 
"You're welcome to try." 
"It will be my pleasure." 
"I'm not done yet!!"
:— The final battle between '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' comes to a head.

"Autobots. We have lived on Earth for decades. But I see now that we have not truly accepted Earth as our home, holding out some distant hope that we would return to a newly re-forged Cybertron. And maybe one day, that will happen, but we cannot continue to live in between worlds. From this day forward, we are no longer Cybertronians who are stranded on another world. Now we are a part of Earth. And we must treat Earth as though we were forged here. And we must protect our home...no matter the cost."
:— '''Optimus''' monologues as he falls back to Earth.

==Gameplay==
''Devastation'' is a fast-paced hack-and-slash brawler, similar to many of Platinum's other titles like ''Bayonetta'' and ''[[Solid Snake|Metal Gear]] Rising: Revengeance''. Players choose from five Autobots ([[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]) and battle Decepticons using a combination of light and heavy physical attacks, with players generally having to defeat an entire wave of enemies in order to proceed. Players can chain these attacks into a combo, as well as extend their combos and utilize new moves by strategically transforming back and forth between vehicle and robot modes during strings of attacks. Each of the Autobots is also equipped with a projectile-based weapon, allowing them to attack enemies they cannot normally reach, such as airborne [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Players have multiple defensive options, being able to block, dodge, parry, and counterattack against enemy blows; similar to the "Witch Time" mechanic from ''Bayonetta'', dodging at just the right moment will induce "Focus" and cause time to slow down for the surrounding environment, giving players a chance to move in close and counterattack. Certain gameplay segments will encourage the use of vehicle mode over robot mode, such as chasing down escaping Decepticons on a highway or transforming back to robot mode at maximum speed to break an enemy shield.

Each of the five Autobots has a different set of moves and properties; Optimus is the most equally-balanced, Bumblebee focuses on quickness over attack strength, Sideswipe uses a hit-and-run attack style, Wheeljack is largely based around ranged combat and defense, and Grimlock deals in slow but powerful close-range strikes. Each character also possesses a unique ability that they can trigger in battle, such as Wheeljack's shield or Grimlock's grapple; this depletes energy from their Ability Gauge, which automatically refills over time. Attacking enemies will also fill the Ultimate Gauge; when full, this will allow players to use their character-specific Ultimate Attack, doing heavy damage to multiple foes.

The game also includes a player-customization system. Several different weapon types can be potentially dropped by enemies or found in weapons caches and vaults. Each type of weapon, such as axes, swords, or hammers, can only be used by certain characters, and new weapons can be synthesized by using the old ones as materials, allowing players to create stronger weapons of different types. Players can also spend in-game [[Galactic Credits|credits]] to develop [[T.E.C.H.]] that grants passive boosts to their characters, giving them bonuses such as auto-recovery or an increased credit drop rate; the strength of the T.E.C.H. developed varies depending on the amount of credits spent, as well as the player's success at a quicktime event during the synthesis process. Characters' individual stats can also be improved either through combat or by purchasing upgrades with credits. The Lab acts as the in-game store, allowing players to purchase additional weapons, temporary power-ups, and new moves for all five Autobots. Players can access all of these options by returning to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', either between story chapters or by using one of several Teletraan uplinks in each stage, which also function as checkpoints.

The game features seven Story chapters. At the beginning, three difficulty levels are accessible ("Scout", "Warrior", and "Commander"), while two higher difficulties ("[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]" and "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]") are unlocked after completing the lower ones. Players who go off the beaten path in the story chapters may find side missions and [[Transpacial Converters]] scattered about; completing these will reward players with additional weapons. In addition to the primary Story Mode, the game also includes a Challenge Mode with 50 stand-alone missions.

A Gallery mode allows players to view assorted art pieces, such as stage concept art and [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[package art|character art]]. New art can be unlocked by finding bouncing [[Kremzeek]]s and Mystery Objects in each stage, or shooting down Decepticon Flags and Spy Ops hovering in the sky. Collectible [[Source:Devastation info logs|info logs]] explaining various concepts and backstory elements can be found throughout the game as well. Completing the game will add the credits sequence to the gallery, viewable with or without the credits themselves, as well as a model viewer that allows players to view all of the 3D character models, accompanied by their respective themes. The model viewer includes a "Transform" command that lets you view both of their modes, and a "Try Me" button that plays some of their voice samples.

Players who pre-ordered the game received a downloadable content bundle that included character skins for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe based on [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], Goldfire, and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] respectively, as well as three new weapons: the [[Dark Star Saber]], the twin Golden Hunters, and the Photon Disruptor. This bundle was later made publicly available for a $5 purchase roughly a month following the game's release.

==Trophy/Achievement list==
When completing various goals and tasks during the game, the player will be rewarded as part of their console of choice's meta-goal system. Players can earn up to 31 Trophies on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and 30 Achievements on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The PlayStation versions' trophies come in four types: Bronze, which represent easier tasks and are worth the least experience; Silver, which are awarded for challenges of mid-level difficulty; Gold, which are given for harder tasks and worth more experience; and Platinum, the highest-level trophy unlocked only after earning all of a game's other trophies. On the Xbox versions, each achievement has a Gamerscore value that adds to the player's total Gamerscore across all games played; up to 1000 Gamerscore can be earned in ''Devastation''. These achievements can also be earned in the PC version as part of the Steam interface, but lack the individual values and weights from the console versions.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
|-
| [[File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|60px]]
| [['Til all are one|Till All Are One]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|60px]]
| [[Supreme Commander]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Optimus Prime.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|60px]]
| Sting Like a Bee
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Bumblebee.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|60px]]
| The Wizard of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Wheeljack.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|60px]]
| Raging Bull
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Sideswipe.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The King.jpg|60px]]
| The King
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Grimlock.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Clear.jpg|60px]]
| All Clear
| Complete all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 85 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Halfway There.jpg|60px]]
| Halfway There
| Complete half of all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation No Stone Unturned.jpg|60px]]
| No Stone Unturned
| Collect all collectible items.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Avid Collector.jpg|60px]]
| Avid Collector
| Complete half of all collectible items.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Synthesis 101.jpg|60px]]
| Synthesis 101
| Synthesize 10 weapons.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Full Throttle.jpg|60px]]
| Full Throttle
| Defeat 100 enemies with Vehicle/Dino Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Dont Hit The Brakes.jpg|60px]]
| (Don't) Hit the Brakes!
| Defeat 100 enemies with Rush Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Platinum.jpg|60px]]
| Platinum
| Complete all chapters, earning the highest rank, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Catch This.jpg|60px]]
| Catch this!
| Use parrying to catch the following from an enemy: a boulder, a missile, and both drill types.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Pedal To The Metal.jpg|60px]]
| Pedal to the Metal
| Use Focus 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Quick Reflexes.jpg|60px]]
| Quick Reflexes
| After dodging, quickly counter with a melee attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Bullet Storm.jpg|60px]]
| Bullet Storm
| After dodging, quickly counter with a ranged attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hawkeyed.jpg|60px]]
| Hawkeyed
| Perform 100 successful head shots.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|60px]]
| Flyswatter
| Finish the lift battle in Chapter 2 without taking damage from Insecticons.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Urban Landscaping.jpg|60px]]
| Urban Landscaping
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, knock Devastator into a building 3 times.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|60px]]
| Roadblock
| In chapter 4, defeat Motormaster while racing him.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|60px]]
| Surround Sound
| In chapter 6, on diff. COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without defeating any cassettes.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|60px]]
| Wrecking Crew
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Devastator without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hard-Core.jpg|60px]]
| HARD-Core
| In chapter 2, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, destroy the shielding without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|60px]]
| [[Triple Changer]]
| In chapter 3, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Blitzwing without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|60px]]
| Destruction Derby
| In chapter 4, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Menasor without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|60px]]
| Don't Look Him in the Eye
| In chapter 5, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Shockwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Broken Radio.jpg|60px]]
| Broken Radio
| In chapter 6, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|60px]]
| [[Emperor of Destruction]]
| In chapter 7, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Megatron without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Trophies.jpg|60px]]
| All Trophies
| Earned all other trophies.
|
| {{PS Platinum}}
|-
|}

==Technical errors and oddities==
*At the beginning of the game, Soundwave is not shown flying in the sky despite landing alongside Starscream, Blitzwing, and Megatron a moment later.
*In that same cutscene, the Decepticon flying next to Blitzwing is not Starscream, but one of the Warrior Seekers.
*''Also'' in the opening cutscene, the thick, comic book-style outline around Starscream's jaw doesn't move while he warns Megatron about plasma energy.
*In Chapter 1, after the first Devastator battle, Sideswipe's torso is seen twisted.
*In Chapter 1, Teletraan 1 pronounces "[[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]" as "Kai-on" when it should be "Kay-on".
*In Chapter 1, when the Constructicons form Devastator, you can see straight through Devastator's shoulder joint in the brief moment before Bonecrusher attaches. This is due to the model's arm joint not being capped off at the end as it is usually obscured by Devastator's arm, thus allowing the camera to see within the model where the polygon backfaces are not rendered.
*In Chapter 1, when Megatron enters the hatch leading underground, Optimus mispronounces Teletraan-1 as "Teltraan-1", omitting the second syllable.
*In Chapter 2, a second "the" is included in the subtitles when Optimus says "Autobots, welcome to the ''Proudstar''."
*In Chapter 3, when Optimus throws the Red Energon cube, it is inexplicably colored pink.
*In Chapter 4, when the Autobots find the location of the Plasma Core, Bumblebee is seen opening and closing his mouth repeatedly despite not having any dialogue.
*In Chapter 4, as Motormaster and his Stunticons intervene, a very scaled down model of his alternate mode can briefly be seen between his legs as Breakdown and Offroad attach onto them.
*In Chapter 4, after Starscream crashes in the Decepticon hangar, the faction symbols on all the other Decepticons suddenly pulse as one.
*In Chapter 6, the cutscene of Soundwave approaching the Autobots shows a red-and-black cassette-bot next to him, but when the fight starts, the bot is in shades of blue... and labeled as Frenzy. Rumble doesn't join the fight until Soundwave's health dips a bit, and yes, he's the red-and-black one, and yes, this is backwards from their cartoon depictions.
*Throughout the campaign, many shots in the cutscenes show some characters such as Starscream and Soundwave having their hand textures being swapped with Wheeljack's.
*The description for Sideswipe's "Launcher Barrage" ability states that the player needs to press the fire button repeatedly, while in actuality the attack will fire on its own.
*When using the single sword weapon type, the attack sequence, "light, pause, light (hold)" can give the player an extra jump.
*Grimlock uses the ascending (Dino-to-robot) transformation sound effect whenever the player gets him to transform from robot to ''T. rex'' mode while moving, as opposed to the descending (Robot-to-dino) sound effect that the other player characters use.

==Transformers references==
===Weapons===
All of the player weapons are derived from those used in past ''Transformers'' series:

====Generation 1 inspired weapons====
*Optimus carries both his standard [[energon-axe]] and [[ion blaster]].
*Bumblebee's blasters are based on the [[Generic Autobot laser pistol|weapon]] included with his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|first ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. Bumblebee's melee weapons are his "gloves", which are just his fists.
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe's]] primary melee weapons are silver swords identical to the one included with his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|G2 ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. His standard [[flare gun]] and [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|G2 comic]] GZS-3 and MA685 blasters are also unlockable throughout the game.
*Wheeljack's wrenches are based on the accessories included with his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*Grimlock wields his [[galaxial rocket launcher]] packaged with his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original toy]], though it is physically modeled after his Twin Stunner Laser. Much like Bumblebee, his melee weapons are his gloves, but his [[energo weapon|Energo-sword]] can be unlocked.
*The Piercing Rifle series of weapons and Golden Hunters associated with Goldfire are based on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s blaster.
*The Heavy Spreadshot series of weapons and Photon Disruptor associated with Red Alert are based on [[Getaway]]'s [[plasma-shell shotgun]].
*After defeating Megatron, you unlock his classic [[fusion cannon]].
*Defeating Starscream unlocks his [[null-ray]]s.
*The Shockwave Blaster is based on Shockwave's blaster mode.
*The drills Bonecrusher and Devastator use (both melee and ranged) can be unlocked after they are defeated. Both versions are based on the spring-loaded drills that came with their G1 toys.
*The Solar Beam Rifle is based on [[Devastator (G1)/toys|Devastator's]] weapon (called a [[magna laser]] in his and Mixmaster's [[instructions]] but a [[solar energy beam rifle]] in his [[bio]]).
*Motormaster/Menasor's classic Ionizer Sword and Cyclone Rifle can be unlocked after they are defeated.
*The Small Blasters are based on those wielded by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]].
*The four basic Machineguns {{sic}} are based on [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s "Electrothermic Blast Tube" (AKA the gun his G1 figure came with). Fittingly, the Kickback fought in Chapter 2 wields one of these.
*The Basic Blaster is based on [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s [[photon rifle]].
*The Basic Spreadshot is based on the animation model of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s hologram gun.
*The grenade launchers, four basic missile launchers, and Grappling Hook are all based on the missile launchers in [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] & [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'s [[Onebox component]]s.
**In addition, the Grappling Hook's tip is also the same as [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s iconic hook-hand, which served a similar harpoon-like function.
*The Adhesive and Slow Gel Guns, as well as the Rust, Confuse & Weakening Spreadshots, all resemble the missile launcher that came with [[Sludge (G1)#Toys|Sludge]] (specifically, how it appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]).
*The Heavy Blaster is based on the animation model for [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s photon missile launcher.
*The heavy sniper rifles are modeled after [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s [[Electro-scrambler]].
*The basic swords are slightly scaled-down versions of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'s [[Sonic sword]].
*The Battle Cutters are dead ringers for the saw weapon [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] briefly used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*The Photon Eliminator, Rodimus Prime's classic weapon, can be acquired after Magnus mode is unlocked.
*The Magna Shot blaster is a signature weapon of [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]].

====Other continuties inspired weapons====
*All of the "middle-weight" launchers (Delay Launcher, 6 Shot Missiles, etc.) are based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing's]] shoulder-mounted gatling gun.
*The Battle Swords resemble [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s swords. They are often dual-wielded in the game by Elite Seekers in Primal's original colors.
*The basic hammer weapons bear a striking resemblance to the [[Magnus Hammer]].
*Some of the weapons originate from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers Prime]]'':
**The [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]]
**The [[Dark Star Saber]]
**The [[Forge of Solus Prime]]
**The normal Battle Hammer version of the Forge resembles the hammer included with the [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|''Beast Hunters'' Voyager Ultra Magnus toy]].
**The Wrecking Ball is [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s signature weapon.
**The four "knuckle" weapons resemble the "Combat Claw" that came with the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Prime|Voyager Megatron toy]].
*While the "glove" series of weapons are visually generic, the idea of elementally-charged fists is conceptually similar to [[nucleon shock gauntlet]]s.
*The Loudspeaker is based on ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]] [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' Deluxe Class [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]]'s weapon (itself based on [[Classic Pretender]] [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Pretender|Jazz]]'s weapon) in its combined form with the figure's loudspeaker accessories attached.
*The Assault Rifles are modeled after the large rifle that came with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr's]] [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*The basic sniper rifles are based on [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s [[musket laser]] included with his [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|2011 ''Generations'' figure]].
*The MOD Fusion Cannon and Battle Blade are based on [[live-action film series|live action]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s shotgun from ''Dark of the Moon'' and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s arm blades, respectively.
*Heavy hammers, such as the Energon and Shock Hammer, are based on ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s mace.

===Other===
*While the character designs are based off of the animation models from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', many feature designs elements from their modern toys. Bumblebee has some inspiration from his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' toy]], Sideswipe's from his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|2008 ''Universe'' toy]], and Wheeljack from his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]]. Motormaster, the Stunticons, Devastator, Megatron, Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus are influenced by their concurrent ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toys, to varying degrees. Unlike their cartoon models, Optimus's truck mode has the white stripe and Bombshell's robot mode torso is purple, like many of their toys.
*The Warrior and Sergeant Ground Soldiers are based on the [[Battlecharger]]s, and reuse parts from Wheeljack's model, referencing the Battlecharger's [[Battlecharger#Timelines|''Timelines'' toys]]. The generic Seekers have the wings and conehead of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], though they use the non-conehead cartoon Seeker body from Starscream et al, rather than Ramjet's more complex, toy-like show model body. The Heavy Weapon Ground Soldier is based on [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], only without the jet mode (and associated kibble).
*The first chapter is named after a [[City of Steel (episode)|Generation 1 episode]].
*Wheeljack's Ultimate attack involves building an [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] from "[[The Immobilizer]]".
*The Repair Kits bear a fair resemblance to [[Diagnostic Drone]]s.
*The weapon crates scattered throughout each level bear a resemblance to the [[AllSpark]]'s container from ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.
*The attempted [[cyberforming]] of Earth by the Decepticons has been used as a plot point in several past ''Transformers'' stories.
*The hurricane wind generators may be a reference to the [[Devastator Winds]] that have inspired Devastator's name in a few continuities.
*Concept art in the game shows that the cyberforming claws found throughout New York City and the ''Proudstar'' are based on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s claws/hands, though the final design has ''slightly'' different details.
*In the ''Ark'', one of the monitors behind Sideswipe displays a schematic of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], sporting his ''Combiner Wars'' design.
*Sideswipe declares he's ready to [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|bust some Deceptichops]].
*Megatron's appearance mixes his general G1 design with his ''Combiner Wars'' [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|figure]] (tank tread shins, pointed shoulders, tank alt. mode).
*Megatron generates an energy-based shield from his fusion cannon arm, an ability he previously exhibited in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
*Several billboards advertise [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|S. Witwicky's Auto Shop]] and [[Prim Cola]]. Also visible is the "Creamy Cream" billboard from "[[Prime Target (G1)|Prime Target]]", renamed to the less-snigger-inducing "Bluebird Lotion". An IDW-inspired billboard easter egg is a sign advertising, "[[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's Motor Oil]]."
*Shops found around the city include [[Becky's Coffee Shop]] from "[[I, Robot-Master!]]"; Lander's Beverages, named in homage to [[Lander]]'s love of wines; and a jewelry store named Bahoudin's, referencing the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from "[[Trans-Europe Express]]". [[Burger House]] was also planned to appear, but PlatinumGames had to change the sign for legal reasons, instead advertising a "Mega Burger Combo".<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124183053/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/12/20/the-abundant-easter-eggs-of-transformers-devastation.aspx|name=Matt Miller|title=The Abundant Easter Eggs Of Transformers Devastation|site=Game Informer|year=2015|month=12|day=20}}</ref>
*The message Megatron receives from the tower uses "[[Cybertronian language#The Transformers cartoon|Ancient Autobot]]" characters, first seen in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
*Bumblebee comments on the unlikely odds that another Cybertronian ship besides the ''Ark'' and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' would have crash-landed on Earth millions of years ago... unaware that the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' did exactly that in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
*The Insecticons are treated as a swarm similar to the clones from the Generation 1 cartoon and the Infestation from the IDW comics, with infologs stating that these Insecticons were bred specifically for use on the ''Proudstar'' without the faction alignment, speech or distinct personalities of the primary Insecticons.
*Like his IDW self, Nova Prime traveled through the [[Benzuli Expanse]].
*One of Kranix's logs makes mention of [[Ore-13]].
*Teletraan Alpha alludes to Wheeljack and Optimus's unfortunate demises in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Teletraan Alpha also tells Bumblebee that he will eventually be known as "The World's Bridge", "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Goldbug]]", "Race-Welder", and "Goldfire".
*Sideswipe asks Teletraan Alpha if he's been talking to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|his brother]].
*Teletraan Alpha cannot read Grimlock's aura due to the Dinobot [[S.O.S. Dinobots|not being completely Cybertronian]].
*[[Red Energon]] appears, only here it's a volatile explosive, not a speed enhancer.
*Blitzwing uses ice in his jet mode and fire in his tank mode, in the vein of his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]].
*Shockwave has the ability to generate duplicates of himself, in an ''insanely'' specific reference to a power mentioned in the original animated series [[production bible]], which was never used in the cartoon itself ([[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1#Continuity notes|except maybe once]]). The duplicates have the grey color scheme of the original "Astro Magnum" toy Shockwave was based on.
*Megatron states that he thought Optimus was [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|made of sterner stuff]].
*Optimus defeats Megatron with the same haymaker he used in their final battle in the [[Battle of Autobot City]].
*Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus's appearances at the end of the game are taken directly from their ''Combiner Wars'' designs, although their limb configurations do not match their standard setups.
*The end credits theme, "Face the Devastation", features a sequence of chords borrowed from [[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|''The Transformers: The Movie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s musical score]], also composed by Vince DiCola.
*In one of his unused voice lines, Thundercracker claims to be "The Scourge of the [[Mithril Sea|Mithric Sea]]".
*In unused dialogue of Sideswipe's encounter with Megatron, he says that he [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|could've waited an eternity for this]].

==Toys inspired by this game==
As mentioned, ''Transformers: Devastation'' was intended as a tie-in of sorts to the concurrent ''Combiner Wars'' toyline — however, no figures were actually released with any co-branding relating to the game.

It would be a decade later in [[2025]] when characters directly based on ''Transformers: Devastation'' would be sold under the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline, featuring all-new Optimus Prime and Bumblebee molds and a handful of redecoes of other figures based on their in-game appearances, many of whom came with weapons based on the ones seen in-game. While technically a "gamer edition" release, it is worth noting that said Optimus toy was meant to scale with the concurrently released ''The Transformers: The Movie'' Studio Series [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Devastator]], whose design is generally close to his video game counterpart.

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{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#SSDevastation|Bumblebee]]}}
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==Notes==
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Who dares disturb my beauty sleep? Have you not heard? This movie's already over! Captain Blue is defeated, and we are victorious!]]
*[[FIRRIB|Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red]].
*According to an interview at E3 2015, Kenji Saito stated his favorite character to design was Grimlock, as he found him the most unique and interesting from both a character and gameplay perspective.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://youtu.be/P-9rVBCogS4?si=UgBfBxO3sRuHIks-&t=473|quote=Stage Demo: Transformers: Devastation - E3 2015|name=GameSpot|year=2015|month=6|day=18}}</ref>
*Although Frank Welker reprised his roles as both Megatron and Soundwave from the original cartoon, he did not voice Superion, Mixmaster, Skywarp, Rumble, or Frenzy, despite having originated all of those roles. Similar can be said of Michael Bell, who did not voice Bombshell and Bonecrusher as in the original cartoon (albeit, the latter was for only one episode). Additionally, of the other characters in the game whose voice actors were still alive, [[Corey Burton]], [[Arthur Burghardt]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Clive Revill]], and [[Hal Rayle]] did not return to voice Shockwave, Devastator, Hook, Bonecrusher, Kickback, or Skrapnel, respectively. While not confirmed, this was most likely due to budgetary concerns.
*Originally, the second phases of each boss battle were intended to feature vocals in their backing music tracks, as Platinum had previously done for the boss fights in ''Metal Gear Rising''. However, due to time constraints and other commitments, the decision was made to add in secondary guitar leads for the second phases instead.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/PG_saito/status/970259344007643136|quote=ほんとはボーカルも入れたかったんだけど開発期間とほかイロイロあって難しい状態だったのでかわりにギターに歌ってもらってます。ボスが本気状態になるとギターがのってくる演出になっとります。かっこいいですよー。|name=Kenji Saito|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=3|day=4}}</ref>
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was planned to appear as part of the boss fights with Soundwave, but was removed during development. However, his unused character model and textures can still be found within the game's files.
*Nova Prime reuses parts from Motormaster's model and most robot mode models share the same hands.
*The 2015 San Diego Comic-Con poster for ''Devastation'' features Menasor in his original Generation 1 design rather than his ''Combiner Wars'' design, suggesting the game design changed at some point during development.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/Guido_Guidi/status/824390786670297088/|quote=Unused G1 accurate Menasor from the SDCC "Transformers: Devastation" game poster (final version featured Combiner Wars inspired design)|name=Guido Guidi|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=01|day=25}}</ref>
*Megatron's [[Energon mace|Energon Mace]], Sideswipe's Pile Drivers, and Blitzwing's [[Electron scimitar|Electron Scimitar]] were all featured in early concept art as potential unlockable weapons. However, none of these made it into the final game.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/667870090369470465|quote=Transformers: Devastation is packed full of all kinds of weapons. Here are some concepts for just a few.|name=PlatinumGames|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=11|day=20}}</ref>
*During the final battle in space, the player always fights as Optimus Prime even if another playable character was in use, but Prime will fight using the previous character's gear. For example, if Wheeljack was using his wrenches to fight Megatron on the ground, Prime will ''somehow'' have those wrenches with him in space. This also applies to the "Nemesis Prime" DLC skin, which will revert to the standard Optimus, despite being the same character.
*A slightly different version of the ending cutscene can be found hidden within the game's files. While mostly identical, this early version ends before it can display the full schematics for Optimus Maximus, making the reveal much more vague.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWtAZcT3Co|quote=Transformers Devastation secrets|name=Running Sky|year=2020|month=11|day=30}}</ref>
*At the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Microsoft held a sweepstakes to win one of 20 custom-painted Xbox One consoles with designs based on several upcoming games, including one based on ''Devastation''.<ref>[https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2015/07/02/xbox-sdcc-collectible-xbox-one-console-sweepstakes/ Win one of 20 Custom Painted Xbox Ones at SDCC 2015 - Xbox]</ref>
* A ''Devastation''-branded faceplate for PlayStation 4 was designed with the intention of being sold as part of a console bundle in China. However, by all accounts, no evidence exists that they were ever sold. An ''extremely'' limited number of the faceplates ended up in the hands of a few PlatinumGames' staff members, including former creative producer JP Kellams, who revealed the faceplate's existence before later auctioning his off for charity.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Next up is the #Transformers Devastation PS4 faceplate. This one is officially licensed by Sony and super rare. I think it never came out, so this is likely one of only a few in existence.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892008560189441|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}} {{citesocial|quote=Created for a potential Transformers PS4 bundle in China, but I've never seen proof that this was actually released. A few got dispersed to the PG team which is how I got mine. I've NEVER seen another one of these in the wild and my suspicion is that there are very few of these.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892327423762437|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}}</ref>
* Devastator's first appearance as he looks over the building is an identical shot to the Colossal Titan's first appearance in ''{{w|Attack on Titan}}''.
* The final shot of Menasor's second phase transition resembles the "[[Brave (franchise)|''Brave'' Perspective]]".

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://open.spotify.com/album/1WhigvyyE6rQyFlFV5wmwP ''Transformers: Devastation'' soundtrack selection on Spotify]

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|developer=[[PlatinumGames]]
|publisher=[[Activision]]
|writer=[[Andy Schmidt]]<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/19/andy-schmidt-confirmed-as-the-storyteller-for-transformers-devastation-293507 Andy Schmidt Confirmed As The Storyteller For Transformers: Devastation - TFW2005]</ref>
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'''''Transformers: Devastation''''' is a video game by [[PlatinumGames]], announced at E3 2015 and released in October of the same year. Billed as a tie-in to ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'',<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-forming-epic-storyline-toys-830399 'Transformers' Forming Epic Storyline with Toys, Comics and Video Games (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> ''Devastation'' is based in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] and tells an original story, in which the [[Autobot]]s unite to prevent the [[Decepticon]]s from turning the [[Earth]] to metal. The game primarily draws inspiration from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]], the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW comics]], and the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline, among other sources, and features the return of some of the surviving voice actors from the original cartoon. The game was directed by [[Kenji Saito]], and the soundtrack was composed by [[Satoshi Igarashi]], [[Tetsuya Shibata]], and [[Jun Okubo]], with contributions by [[Vince DiCola]] and [[Kenny Meriedeth]].<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/06/16/watch-the-first-transformers-devastation-gameplay-live-183026 Watch the first Transformers Devastation gameplay! - TFW2005]</ref>

''Devastation'' was the final ''Transformers'' game published by [[Activision]]; following the expiration of their licensing agreement with [[Hasbro]], the game and its downloadable content were delisted from multiple digital storefronts on [[December 21]], [[2017]].<ref>[https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/22/16810202/platinum-games-transformers-devastation-legend-of-korra-steam-xbox-live-playstation-store Platinum’s Transformers and Korra games disappear from digital stores - Polygon]</ref> A [[Transformers: Devastation (soundtrack)|selection of the game's soundtrack]], comprising 11 tracks composed by Vince DiCola and Kenny Meriedeth, was announced at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]] and released via digital streaming services on November 5, 2021.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=1h47m57s Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]</ref> To date, they remain the only music tracks from the game ever to receive an official release.

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==Plot==
===Chapter 1: City of Steel===
[[File:Devastation-Arrival.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Avengers]], Assemble!]]
In [[New York City]], a large explosion heralds the appearance of several giant mechanical claws emerging from the ground, causing mass destruction. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons land downtown and observe the swarm of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] that has filled the air, with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] also detecting traces of [[plasma energy]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is hesitant, as no one has been able to control plasma energy since the [[Golden Age]], but Megatron rebukes him, intent on using the gift that they have been given. With the humans successfully evacuated from the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his team of Autobots arrive to assess the threat and stop the Decepticons. After a brief run-in with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Optimus and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] come face to face with Megatron himself. Optimus demands Megatron cease his attack on the city, but Megatron only laughs, saying that Optimus doesn't even realize the truth of who is really behind the attack, and declaring he only wants to make "improvements" to the city. Optimus and Bumblebee defeat Megatron, but he slips away as the two are distracted by the sudden appearance of a giant Steel Tower.

[[File:Devastation-SecretMessage.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Yes, it's coming to me..."Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?!"]]
The Autobots pursue Megatron to the tower, where he deduces that it is somehow directing the Insecticons before receiving a [[Cybertronian language#Aligned continuity family|stream of data]] encoded from the tower. He rides away on [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], with the Autobots giving chase, and after [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] briefly battles Megatron, a hatch emerges from the ground leading below. Megatron enters, activating the security system to ensure the Autobots cannot follow. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] reveals that the hatch leads to the interior of an unknown ship buried below the city, requiring the shutdown of three sub-generators and a primary generator to gain access. With no other choice, the Autobots reach the sub-generators, each guarded by two of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and shut them down. They return to the primary generator, but the Constructicons have beaten them there and reform Devastator. The team defeat the [[Combiner]], but a hologram of Megatron appears to reveal his plan: he now controls the Cybertronian ship known as the ''[[Proudstar]]'', and is using it to control the Insecticons, allowing him to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] the [[Earth]] into a new [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] within mere days at the cost of all native life.
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===Chapter 2: The Proudstar===
[[File:Devastation-ProudstarComponents.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[SELECT YOUR WEAPON]]]
After chasing down a [[Sentry-Bot]] containing the key-code to enter, the Autobots enter the ''Proudstar''. Optimus explains that the ship is of Autobot origin, and was once captained by [[Nova Prime]] as part of the Mission of Cybertronian [[Expansion]]. Its goal was to make uninhabited planets suitable for Cybertronian life and preserve a record of their race's culture via the [[Colonnade of Cybertron]] placed aboard the ship's supercomputer, the [[Ferrotaxis]], which controls both the [[Plasma Core]] and the Insecticons. With so much of Cybertron's culture having been lost over the course of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots make it their mission to retrieve the Ferrotaxis intact and shut down the Plasma Core, stopping the cyberforming. As they split up to explore, Optimus notes a feeling of darkness permeating the ship. The group briefly gets locked into a battle with Soundwave, but he is called away by Megatron for other matters, leaving them to be swarmed by Insecticons bursting from the many [[stasis pod]]s housed within the ship. The Autobots battle through the swarms, including several giant-sized Ancient Insecticons, as the voice of [[Teletraan Alpha]] cryptically hints at the [[The Transformers: The Movie|dark future events]] each Autobot will face, including prophesying that the Great War will come to an end without Optimus Prime there to see it. They reach the Plasma Core, but due to plasma energy's unpredictability, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] predicts blowing up the Core will cause an explosion that will take half the Earth with it. Defeating the Insecticon guards, they break the shielding protecting the Core, but the security system envelops the core in a protective casing and fires it away from the ship.
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===Chapter 3: The Core===
[[File:Devastation-CoreDamage.jpg|thumb|250px|right|That electrical storm is dangerous. Everyone grab your [[yellow boots]]!]]
With the ship and Insecticons rendered inactive due to the loss of their power source, the Autobots seek to retrieve the Plasma Core before Megatron, as well as shut it down due to the potentially dangerous leak sprung in the previous encounter. Knowing Megatron will need someone to retrieve the core, they encounter and defeat [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who believes plasma energy is too dangerous to be controlled by anyone and tells them the Core's location on the promise that they get rid of it. Making their way to the island where the Core landed, the Autobots encounter Decepticon defenses at [[Liberty Bridge]], stalling for time so that the leak may be patched before they move it. The team uses an explosive cube of [[Red Energon]] to clear the forces at the bridge's entrance, but Starscream arrives to replace them. The Autobots defeat him and begin to cross the bridge, only to come under fire by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as they do so. They manage to hold him off until reaching the other side of the bridge, where they defeat him. Optimus approaches the badly-damaged Plasma Core container, but Starscream appears and carries it away before they have a chance to shut it down.
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===Chapter 4: Possession===
[[File:Devastation-Menasor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Great... AETHER!]]
Back at the tower, Soundwave reveals to Megatron that they were unable to patch the leak before Starscream took the Plasma Core, meaning its detonation is imminent. Only able to be repaired at a [[Plasma Energy Interface]] on Cybertron, Megatron orders Starscream to bring the unstable Core to the tower. The Autobots pursue him across the bridge, but the onset of a storm makes it difficult for Starscream to fly, causing him to lose his grip on the Core and drop it into the city. Optimus tracks Starscream's landing location, but Megatron sends [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] to the coordinates as well. The team race him to the crash site, barely beating him there, and fight him off. The Autobots follow the trail to the Plasma Core, and Wheeljack prepares to patch the leak while the others cover him. Just as he gets the case open, Motormaster and the rest of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrive and form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. The Autobots defeat the Combiner and, in a fit of rage, he throws the Plasma Core case all the way to the tower. Megatron activates the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron and takes the Core and his troops through, ordering Starscream to hold off the Autobots.
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===Chapter 5: To Cybertron===
[[File:Devastation-PlasmaEnergyInterface.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Well, there's your problem: you put the batteries in backwards!]]Optimus and his team follow the Decepticons through the space bridge, battling Starscream while in transit. They emerge on Cybertron just as Megatron leaves with the Plasma Core and Blitzwing appears for a rematch. The group defeat him and approach the Plasma Energy Interface, but before they can stop it, they are ambushed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. While ultimately defeated, Shockwave manages to hold the Autobots off long enough for [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] to finish repairing the Plasma Core and escape with Megatron. Bumblebee points out the insanity of their plan, but Shockwave argues that Nova Prime was the one who saw the need to cyberform populated planets, though Optimus refuses to believe it. Now back at the tower, Megatron orders the Plasma Core and the Ferrotaxis brought online, declaring the cyberforming process will be complete in less than one Earth day.
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===Chapter 6: Ferrotaxis===
[[File:Devastation-Nova-Madness.jpg|thumb|250px|right|He took the cancellation of ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fourth season pretty hard.]]
Now patched and restored to the ''Proudstar'', the Plasma Core is put into overdrive, causing the Insecticons to restart the cyberforming process at a rapid rate, and the Autobots return to stop it. However, due to the poor repair job by the Constructicons, the Core ruptures and produces a gravitational anomaly that begins sucking the Autobots in. Retreating to a safe distance, Wheeljack deduces that if the core goes critical, it will lead to planetary extinction. Optimus decides that the only way to shut down both the Plasma Core and the Insecticons is by using the Ferrotaxis, which [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] points out is in Megatron's possession. However, Soundwave takes control of the ship's security systems, sabotaging their escape route. Barely evading his traps, the Autobots once again become aware of the darkness permeating the ''Proudstar''. Prime posits that while Nova Prime's mission may have initially been noble, cyberforming uninhabited planets to bring life to the galaxy, he and his crew were corrupted by some [[Unicron/Generation 1|unknown entity]] along the way, seeding darkness within his spark and driving him to insanity. The entity sought the destruction of Cybertron and its people, and still searches for the planet to this day, destroying all it encounters along the way. The Autobots head to the control room, but are blocked by Soundwave. Defeating him, the team prepares to storm the control room and take Megatron down once and for all.
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===Chapter 7: Legacy===
[[File:Devastation-FinalBattle.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"You only want the Ferrotaxis because I'm using it." "Oh, yeah? Prove it." "Here." "Hey, man, I don't want your stupid Ferrotaxis."]]
As they approach the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s control room, the Autobots are beset by a legion of Decepticons seeking to defend it, including Motormaster, Thundercracker and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The Autobots enter the control room, where Megatron mocks them before leaving with the Ferrotaxis, ordering the Constructicons to finish them off. After battling all six individually, the Constructicons merge into Devastator, prompting another battle. However, it isn't long before Menasor shows up as well, forcing them to fight both Combiners at once. Eventually, both are knocked off the platform to their destruction, and the Autobots head for the surface. Emerging from below, the Autobots find Megatron watching in delight as the planet is ripped apart by the cyberforming, declaring their home will live once more and noting how much he and Optimus could have accomplished together as allies. Optimus demands that Megatron hand over the Ferrotaxis so that their culture might continue to be preserved and shared, but Megatron throws it away, declaring that they will have to defeat him to get it. The Autobots engage in battle in battle with Megatron and emerge victorious, with Optimus once again demanding the Ferrotaxis. Megatron declares that if he can't have it, no one can, launching it high into the sky with his fusion cannon. A swarm of Insecticons follows the Ferrotaxis into the air, and Optimus grabs hold of one of them to catch up, with Megatron in hot pursuit.

[[File:Devastation-Space.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Space...the final <s>boss battle</s> frontier...]]
Now in Earth's orbit as the Insecticons surround the Ferrotaxis, Optimus prepares to fire at the computer, only to be knocked from his perch by Megatron, forcing the two into a zero-gravity final battle. Megatron argues that he fights to restore Cybertron, the home that Optimus abandoned, and that life comes from servos, gyros, and fuel, not flesh. Optimus rejects this, however, believing that destroying other worlds to keep Cybertron on life-support can't be the only way. With one final blow, Optimus manages to knock Megatron out long enough to retrieve the Ferrotaxis, but cannot shut down the Insecticons due to a failsafe activated by Megatron. Megatron declares the only way to stop the Ferrotaxis is to destroy it at the cost of Cybertron's culture and history, and that Cybertron's fate is now in Optimus's hands. Optimus replies that he has the courage to make the right decision and fires upon the Ferrotaxis, destroying it. As a result, the Plasma Core shuts down and the Insecticons all fall lifelessly back to Earth. Megatron is mortified, but Prime is resolute in his decision, believing humanity should decide its own fate. As he falls back to Earth, he tells the other Autobots that while they have lived on Earth for years, they have never truly accepted it as their home, holding out hope of returning to a re-forged Cybertron. While that may someday occur, Prime declares that as of that day, the Earth is their true home, and they are to protect it no matter the cost.

[[File:Devastation-Nova-Awakens.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Oy! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck.]]
Later, back at the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', a recovered Optimus discusses with Wheeljack if he has found a way to strengthen their forces, with Wheeljack deeming the process risky. As he reflects on what Teletraan Alpha told him aboard the ''Proudstar'', Teletraan-1 receives a transmission from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], who throw their full support behind Optimus's plan. Deciding that this is the price he must pay to rid the world of the Decepticons, Optimus and Wheeljack examine schematics for the [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|project]]. Unbeknownst to them, one of the pods on the'' Proudstar'' has broken open. Nova Prime awakens...
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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
**[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]<ref group=note name="DLC">Indicates character available only as downloadable content skin.</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Dan Gilvezan]])
**Goldfire<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Michael Bell]])
**[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref group=note name="DLC"/>
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Christopher Swindle]])
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ([[Gregg Berger]])
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] ([[Jamieson Price]])
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Scott Whyte]])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Frank Welker)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] ([[Dave Boat]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] ([[Darryl Kurylo]])
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (Christopher Swindle)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (Scott Whyte)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (Dave Boat)
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (Michael Bell)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (André Sogliuzzo)
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (Jamieson Price)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (Gregg Berger)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (Steve Blum)
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (Jamieson Price)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] ([[James Arnold Taylor]])
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] ([[Liam O'Brien]])
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]<ref group=note name="vehicle">Indicates character who only appears in vehicle mode.</ref>
**[[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
**[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]<ref group=note name="vehicle"/>
*[[Ground Soldier]]s (Steve Blum, Darryl Kurylo, [[Jim Ward]])
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] (James Arnold Taylor, André Sogliuzzo, Liam O'Brien)
*[[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] (Darryl Kurylo, Christopher Swindle, Dave Boat)
**[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
**[[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]]
**[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
|c4=
*[[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Teletraan Alpha]] (Jim Ward)
*[[Nova Prime]]
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]<ref group=note name="text">Indicates character who only appears in text-based log entries.</ref>
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]]<ref group=note name="text"/>
*[[Kremzeek]]
|nonumbering=true
}}
<references group=note/>

==Quotes==
"But...but PLASMA energy is unstable! No one has been able to tame it since...since...the GOLDEN AGE!" 
"Then stand back Starscream, and watch me tame it, as I have tamed you."
:— '''Megatron''' made '''Starscream''' his patsy.

"Optimus... come to save the day, I presume?"
:— Just like old times for '''Megatron''' and Optimus Prime.

"Less talk, Autobot. More dying."
:— '''Megatron''' plays for keeps.

"They call me 'Goldfire'! ...Ridiculous, I know."
:— '''Bumblebee''' is less than impressed by his DLC costume.

"Scanning... Identified. Cybertronian Bumblebee. Beware the coming tide of chaos... You will evolve known by another name. In time, your spirit will be that of legend. Your monikers will be many: The World's Bridge. Goldbug. Race-Welder. And finally... Goldfire." 
"Well, that makes me feel special..."
:— '''Teletraan Alpha''' foresees '''Bumblebee''''s future.

"My loyalty only goes so far. Tampering with Plasma Energy? That's madness." 
"Wow, that took, like, no convincing at all. No wonder they call you ThunderCRACKER." 
"Very funny, pipsqueak."
:— Much to '''Thundercracker''''s dismay, '''Bumblebee''' learns the true meaning of his name.

"Last one there's the corroded diode, Autobots!"
:— '''Motormaster''' tells the Autobots to eat his dust.

"Starscream failed. Guess that makes me the new leader of the Decepticons! ...Anybody else want this job?"
:— All hail '''Skywarp'''!

"We should have been allies, you know. Imagine what we could have accomplished... But you never had the manifolds to do what needed to be done." 
"I have the manifolds to stand up for those who cannot stand for themselves."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' talk motivation.

"Why must you always interfere?" 
"You would place Cybertron at the center of the universe." 
"Cybertron is the center of my universe. How is it not at the heart of yours?" 
"Cybertron is about all life. Destruction to keep Cybertron on life support--there must be another way." 
"Flesh isn't life. Servos, gyros and fuel--this is where life comes from! You're defending--''bi-product''--at best! I will restore Cybertron and retake the galaxy!" 
"That ambition will be your end."
:— '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' wax poetic as they battle in space.

"Behold, Optimus. A new Cybertron is being born..." 
"No, you are only destroying the Earth, not creating." 
"You don't really believe that, do you?" 
"It is the only thing I am sure I believe. You must be stopped." 
"You're welcome to try." 
"It will be my pleasure." 
"I'm not done yet!!"
:— The final battle between '''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''' comes to a head.

"Autobots. We have lived on Earth for decades. But I see now that we have not truly accepted Earth as our home, holding out some distant hope that we would return to a newly re-forged Cybertron. And maybe one day, that will happen, but we cannot continue to live in between worlds. From this day forward, we are no longer Cybertronians who are stranded on another world. Now we are a part of Earth. And we must treat Earth as though we were forged here. And we must protect our home...no matter the cost."
:— '''Optimus''' monologues as he falls back to Earth.

==Gameplay==
''Devastation'' is a fast-paced hack-and-slash brawler, similar to many of Platinum's other titles like ''Bayonetta'' and ''[[Solid Snake|Metal Gear]] Rising: Revengeance''. Players choose from five Autobots ([[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]) and battle Decepticons using a combination of light and heavy physical attacks, with players generally having to defeat an entire wave of enemies in order to proceed. Players can chain these attacks into a combo, as well as extend their combos and utilize new moves by strategically transforming back and forth between vehicle and robot modes during strings of attacks. Each of the Autobots is also equipped with a projectile-based weapon, allowing them to attack enemies they cannot normally reach, such as airborne [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Players have multiple defensive options, being able to block, dodge, parry, and counterattack against enemy blows; similar to the "Witch Time" mechanic from ''Bayonetta'', dodging at just the right moment will induce "Focus" and cause time to slow down for the surrounding environment, giving players a chance to move in close and counterattack. Certain gameplay segments will encourage the use of vehicle mode over robot mode, such as chasing down escaping Decepticons on a highway or transforming back to robot mode at maximum speed to break an enemy shield.

Each of the five Autobots has a different set of moves and properties; Optimus is the most equally-balanced, Bumblebee focuses on quickness over attack strength, Sideswipe uses a hit-and-run attack style, Wheeljack is largely based around ranged combat and defense, and Grimlock deals in slow but powerful close-range strikes. Each character also possesses a unique ability that they can trigger in battle, such as Wheeljack's shield or Grimlock's grapple; this depletes energy from their Ability Gauge, which automatically refills over time. Attacking enemies will also fill the Ultimate Gauge; when full, this will allow players to use their character-specific Ultimate Attack, doing heavy damage to multiple foes.

The game also includes a player-customization system. Several different weapon types can be potentially dropped by enemies or found in weapons caches and vaults. Each type of weapon, such as axes, swords, or hammers, can only be used by certain characters, and new weapons can be synthesized by using the old ones as materials, allowing players to create stronger weapons of different types. Players can also spend in-game [[Galactic Credits|credits]] to develop [[T.E.C.H.]] that grants passive boosts to their characters, giving them bonuses such as auto-recovery or an increased credit drop rate; the strength of the T.E.C.H. developed varies depending on the amount of credits spent, as well as the player's success at a quicktime event during the synthesis process. Characters' individual stats can also be improved either through combat or by purchasing upgrades with credits. The Lab acts as the in-game store, allowing players to purchase additional weapons, temporary power-ups, and new moves for all five Autobots. Players can access all of these options by returning to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', either between story chapters or by using one of several Teletraan uplinks in each stage, which also function as checkpoints.

The game features seven Story chapters. At the beginning, three difficulty levels are accessible ("Scout", "Warrior", and "Commander"), while two higher difficulties ("[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]" and "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]") are unlocked after completing the lower ones. Players who go off the beaten path in the story chapters may find side missions and [[Transpacial Converters]] scattered about; completing these will reward players with additional weapons. In addition to the primary Story Mode, the game also includes a Challenge Mode with 50 stand-alone missions.

A Gallery mode allows players to view assorted art pieces, such as stage concept art and [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[package art|character art]]. New art can be unlocked by finding bouncing [[Kremzeek]]s and Mystery Objects in each stage, or shooting down Decepticon Flags and Spy Ops hovering in the sky. Collectible [[Source:Devastation info logs|info logs]] explaining various concepts and backstory elements can be found throughout the game as well. Completing the game will add the credits sequence to the gallery, viewable with or without the credits themselves, as well as a model viewer that allows players to view all of the 3D character models, accompanied by their respective themes. The model viewer includes a "Transform" command that lets you view both of their modes, and a "Try Me" button that plays some of their voice samples.

Players who pre-ordered the game received a downloadable content bundle that included character skins for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe based on [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], Goldfire, and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] respectively, as well as three new weapons: the [[Dark Star Saber]], the twin Golden Hunters, and the Photon Disruptor. This bundle was later made publicly available for a $5 purchase roughly a month following the game's release.

==Trophy/Achievement list==
When completing various goals and tasks during the game, the player will be rewarded as part of their console of choice's meta-goal system. Players can earn up to 31 Trophies on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and 30 Achievements on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The PlayStation versions' trophies come in four types: Bronze, which represent easier tasks and are worth the least experience; Silver, which are awarded for challenges of mid-level difficulty; Gold, which are given for harder tasks and worth more experience; and Platinum, the highest-level trophy unlocked only after earning all of a game's other trophies. On the Xbox versions, each achievement has a Gamerscore value that adds to the player's total Gamerscore across all games played; up to 1000 Gamerscore can be earned in ''Devastation''. These achievements can also be earned in the PC version as part of the Steam interface, but lack the individual values and weights from the console versions.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
! Icon
! Achievement/Trophy name
! Achievement/Trophy description
! Gamerscore
! PS Trophy
|-
| [[File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|60px]]
| [['Til all are one|Till All Are One]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|60px]]
| [[Supreme Commander]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Optimus Prime.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|60px]]
| Sting Like a Bee
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Bumblebee.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|60px]]
| The Wizard of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Wheeljack.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|60px]]
| Raging Bull
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Sideswipe.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation The King.jpg|60px]]
| The King
| Complete all chapters on any difficulty using Grimlock.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Clear.jpg|60px]]
| All Clear
| Complete all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 85 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Halfway There.jpg|60px]]
| Halfway There
| Complete half of all Challenge Mode missions on any difficulty.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation No Stone Unturned.jpg|60px]]
| No Stone Unturned
| Collect all collectible items.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
| [[File:Devastation Avid Collector.jpg|60px]]
| Avid Collector
| Complete half of all collectible items.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Synthesis 101.jpg|60px]]
| Synthesis 101
| Synthesize 10 weapons.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Full Throttle.jpg|60px]]
| Full Throttle
| Defeat 100 enemies with Vehicle/Dino Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Dont Hit The Brakes.jpg|60px]]
| (Don't) Hit the Brakes!
| Defeat 100 enemies with Rush Attacks.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Platinum.jpg|60px]]
| Platinum
| Complete all chapters, earning the highest rank, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater.
| 90 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Gold}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Catch This.jpg|60px]]
| Catch this!
| Use parrying to catch the following from an enemy: a boulder, a missile, and both drill types.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Pedal To The Metal.jpg|60px]]
| Pedal to the Metal
| Use Focus 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Quick Reflexes.jpg|60px]]
| Quick Reflexes
| After dodging, quickly counter with a melee attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Bullet Storm.jpg|60px]]
| Bullet Storm
| After dodging, quickly counter with a ranged attack 100 times.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hawkeyed.jpg|60px]]
| Hawkeyed
| Perform 100 successful head shots.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|60px]]
| Flyswatter
| Finish the lift battle in Chapter 2 without taking damage from Insecticons.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Urban Landscaping.jpg|60px]]
| Urban Landscaping
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, knock Devastator into a building 3 times.
| 15 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Bronze}}
| [[File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|60px]]
| Roadblock
| In chapter 4, defeat Motormaster while racing him.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|60px]]
| Surround Sound
| In chapter 6, on diff. COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without defeating any cassettes.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|60px]]
| Wrecking Crew
| In chapter 1, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Devastator without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Hard-Core.jpg|60px]]
| HARD-Core
| In chapter 2, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, destroy the shielding without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|60px]]
| [[Triple Changer]]
| In chapter 3, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Blitzwing without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|60px]]
| Destruction Derby
| In chapter 4, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Menasor without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|60px]]
| Don't Look Him in the Eye
| In chapter 5, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Shockwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation Broken Radio.jpg|60px]]
| Broken Radio
| In chapter 6, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Soundwave without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
| [[File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|60px]]
| [[Emperor of Destruction]]
| In chapter 7, on difficulty COMMANDER or greater, defeat Megatron without taking damage.
| 30 {{gamerscore}}
| {{PS Silver}}
|-
| [[File:Devastation All Trophies.jpg|60px]]
| All Trophies
| Earned all other trophies.
|
| {{PS Platinum}}
|-
|}

==Technical errors and oddities==
*At the beginning of the game, Soundwave is not shown flying in the sky despite landing alongside Starscream, Blitzwing, and Megatron a moment later.
*In that same cutscene, the Decepticon flying next to Blitzwing is not Starscream, but one of the Warrior Seekers.
*''Also'' in the opening cutscene, the thick, comic book-style outline around Starscream's jaw doesn't move while he warns Megatron about plasma energy.
*In Chapter 1, after the first Devastator battle, Sideswipe's torso is seen twisted.
*In Chapter 1, Teletraan 1 pronounces "[[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]" as "Kai-on" when it should be "Kay-on".
*In Chapter 1, when the Constructicons form Devastator, you can see straight through Devastator's shoulder joint in the brief moment before Bonecrusher attaches. This is due to the model's arm joint not being capped off at the end as it is usually obscured by Devastator's arm, thus allowing the camera to see within the model where the polygon backfaces are not rendered.
*In Chapter 1, when Megatron enters the hatch leading underground, Optimus mispronounces Teletraan-1 as "Teltraan-1", omitting the second syllable.
*In Chapter 2, a second "the" is included in the subtitles when Optimus says "Autobots, welcome to the ''Proudstar''."
*In Chapter 3, when Optimus throws the Red Energon cube, it is inexplicably colored pink.
*In Chapter 4, when the Autobots find the location of the Plasma Core, Bumblebee is seen opening and closing his mouth repeatedly despite not having any dialogue.
*In Chapter 4, as Motormaster and his Stunticons intervene, a very scaled down model of his alternate mode can briefly be seen between his legs as Breakdown and Offroad attach onto them.
*In Chapter 4, after Starscream crashes in the Decepticon hangar, the faction symbols on all the other Decepticons suddenly pulse as one.
*In Chapter 6, the cutscene of Soundwave approaching the Autobots shows a red-and-black cassette-bot next to him, but when the fight starts, the bot is in shades of blue... and labeled as Frenzy. Rumble doesn't join the fight until Soundwave's health dips a bit, and yes, he's the red-and-black one, and yes, this is backwards from their cartoon depictions.
*Throughout the campaign, many shots in the cutscenes show some characters such as Starscream and Soundwave having their hand textures being swapped with Wheeljack's.
*The description for Sideswipe's "Launcher Barrage" ability states that the player needs to press the fire button repeatedly, while in actuality the attack will fire on its own.
*When using the single sword weapon type, the attack sequence, "light, pause, light (hold)" can give the player an extra jump.
*Grimlock uses the ascending (Dino-to-robot) transformation sound effect whenever the player gets him to transform from robot to ''T. rex'' mode while moving, as opposed to the descending (Robot-to-dino) sound effect that the other player characters use.

==Transformers references==
===Weapons===
All of the player weapons are derived from those used in past ''Transformers'' series:

====Generation 1 inspired weapons====
*Optimus carries both his standard [[energon-axe]] and [[ion blaster]].
*Bumblebee's blasters are based on the [[Generic Autobot laser pistol|weapon]] included with his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|first ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. Bumblebee's melee weapons are his "gloves", which are just his fists.
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe's]] primary melee weapons are silver swords identical to the one included with his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|G2 ''Masterpiece'' toy]]. His standard [[flare gun]] and [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|G2 comic]] GZS-3 and MA685 blasters are also unlockable throughout the game.
*Wheeljack's wrenches are based on the accessories included with his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*Grimlock wields his [[galaxial rocket launcher]] packaged with his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original toy]], though it is physically modeled after his Twin Stunner Laser. Much like Bumblebee, his melee weapons are his gloves, but his [[energo weapon|Energo-sword]] can be unlocked.
*The Piercing Rifle series of weapons and Golden Hunters associated with Goldfire are based on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s blaster.
*The Heavy Spreadshot series of weapons and Photon Disruptor associated with Red Alert are based on [[Getaway]]'s [[plasma-shell shotgun]].
*After defeating Megatron, you unlock his classic [[fusion cannon]].
*Defeating Starscream unlocks his [[null-ray]]s.
*The Shockwave Blaster is based on Shockwave's blaster mode.
*The drills Bonecrusher and Devastator use (both melee and ranged) can be unlocked after they are defeated. Both versions are based on the spring-loaded drills that came with their G1 toys.
*The Solar Beam Rifle is based on [[Devastator (G1)/toys|Devastator's]] weapon (called a [[magna laser]] in his and Mixmaster's [[instructions]] but a [[solar energy beam rifle]] in his [[bio]]).
*Motormaster/Menasor's classic Ionizer Sword and Cyclone Rifle can be unlocked after they are defeated.
*The Small Blasters are based on those wielded by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]].
*The four basic Machineguns {{sic}} are based on [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s "Electrothermic Blast Tube" (AKA the gun his G1 figure came with). Fittingly, the Kickback fought in Chapter 2 wields one of these.
*The Basic Blaster is based on [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s [[photon rifle]].
*The Basic Spreadshot is based on the animation model of [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s hologram gun.
*The grenade launchers, four basic missile launchers, and Grappling Hook are all based on the missile launchers in [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] & [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'s [[Onebox component]]s.
*The Adhesive and Slow Gel Guns, as well as the Rust, Confuse & Weakening Spreadshots, all resemble the missile launcher that came with [[Sludge (G1)#Toys|Sludge]] (specifically, how it appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]).
*The Heavy Blaster is based on the animation model for [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s photon missile launcher.
*The heavy sniper rifles are modeled after [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s [[Electro-scrambler]].
*The basic swords are slightly scaled-down versions of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'s [[Sonic sword]].
*The Battle Cutters are dead ringers for the saw weapon [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] briefly used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*The Photon Eliminator, Rodimus Prime's classic weapon, can be acquired after Magnus mode is unlocked.
*The Magna Shot blaster is a signature weapon of [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]].

====Other continuties inspired weapons====
*All of the "middle-weight" launchers (Delay Launcher, 6 Shot Missiles, etc.) are based on ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing's]] shoulder-mounted gatling gun.
*The Battle Swords resemble [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s swords. They are often dual-wielded in the game by Elite Seekers in Primal's original colors.
*The basic hammer weapons bear a striking resemblance to the [[Magnus Hammer]].
*Some of the weapons originate from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers Prime]]'', such as the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], the [[Dark Star Saber]], and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. The Battle Hammer version of the Forge resembles the one included with ''[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|''Beast Hunters'' Ultra Magnus toy]].
*The Wrecking Ball resembles [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s melee weapon.
*The four "knuckle" weapons resemble the "Combat Claw" that came with the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Prime|Voyager Megatron]] toy.
*The Loudspeaker is based on ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]] [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' Deluxe Class [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]]'s weapon (itself based on [[Classic Pretender]] [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Pretender|Jazz]]'s weapon) in its combined form with the figure's loudspeaker accessories attached.
*The Assault Rifles are modeled after the large rifle that came with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr's]] [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]].
*The basic sniper rifles are based on [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s [[musket laser]] included with his [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|2011 ''Generations'' figure]].
*The MOD Fusion Cannon and Battle Blade are based on [[live-action film series|live action]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s weapons, respectively.
*Heavy hammers, such as the Energon and Shock Hammer, are based on ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s mace.

===Other===
*While the character designs are based off of the animation models from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', many feature designs elements from their modern toys. Bumblebee has some inspiration from his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' toy]], Sideswipe's from his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|2008 ''Universe'' toy]], and Wheeljack from his [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|2010 ''Generations'' toy]]. Motormaster, the Stunticons, Devastator, Megatron, Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus are influenced by their concurrent ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toys, to varying degrees. Unlike their cartoon models, Optimus's truck mode has the white stripe and Bombshell's robot mode torso is purple, like many of their toys.
*The Warrior and Sergeant Ground Soldiers are based on the [[Battlecharger]]s, and reuse parts from Wheeljack's model, referencing the Battlecharger's [[Battlecharger#Timelines|''Timelines'' toys]]. The generic Seekers have the wings and conehead of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], though they use the non-conehead cartoon Seeker body from Starscream et al, rather than Ramjet's more complex, toy-like show model body. The Heavy Weapon Ground Soldier is based on [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], only without the jet mode (and associated kibble).
*The first chapter is named after a [[City of Steel (episode)|Generation 1 episode]].
*Wheeljack's Ultimate attack involves building an [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] from "[[The Immobilizer]]".
*The Repair Kits bear a fair resemblance to [[Diagnostic Drone]]s.
*The weapon crates scattered throughout each level bear a resemblance to the [[AllSpark]]'s container from ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.
*The attempted [[cyberforming]] of Earth by the Decepticons has been used as a plot point in several past ''Transformers'' stories.
*The hurricane wind generators may be a reference to the [[Devastator Winds]] that have inspired Devastator's name in a few continuities.
*Concept art in the game shows that the cyberforming claws found throughout New York City and the ''Proudstar'' are based on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s claws/hands, though the final design has ''slightly'' different details.
*In the ''Ark'', one of the monitors behind Sideswipe displays a schematic of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], sporting his ''Combiner Wars'' design.
*Sideswipe declares he's ready to [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|bust some Deceptichops]].
*Megatron's appearance mixes his general G1 design with his ''Combiner Wars'' [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|figure]] (tank tread shins, pointed shoulders, tank alt. mode).
*Megatron generates an energy-based shield from his fusion cannon arm, an ability he previously exhibited in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
*Several billboards advertise [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|S. Witwicky's Auto Shop]] and [[Prim Cola]]. Also visible is the "Creamy Cream" billboard from "[[Prime Target (G1)|Prime Target]]", renamed to the less-snigger-inducing "Bluebird Lotion". An IDW-inspired billboard easter egg is a sign advertising, "[[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's Motor Oil]]."
*Shops found around the city include [[Becky's Coffee Shop]] from "[[I, Robot-Master!]]"; Lander's Beverages, named in homage to [[Lander]]'s love of wines; and a jewelry store named Bahoudin's, referencing the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from "[[Trans-Europe Express]]". [[Burger House]] was also planned to appear, but PlatinumGames had to change the sign for legal reasons, instead advertising a "Mega Burger Combo".<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124183053/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/12/20/the-abundant-easter-eggs-of-transformers-devastation.aspx|name=Matt Miller|title=The Abundant Easter Eggs Of Transformers Devastation|site=Game Informer|year=2015|month=12|day=20}}</ref>
*The message Megatron receives from the tower uses "[[Cybertronian language#The Transformers cartoon|Ancient Autobot]]" characters, first seen in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
*Bumblebee comments on the unlikely odds that another Cybertronian ship besides the ''Ark'' and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' would have crash-landed on Earth millions of years ago... unaware that the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' did exactly that in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
*The Insecticons are treated as a swarm similar to the clones from the Generation 1 cartoon and the Infestation from the IDW comics, with infologs stating that these Insecticons were bred specifically for use on the ''Proudstar'' without the faction alignment, speech or distinct personalities of the primary Insecticons.
*Like his IDW self, Nova Prime traveled through the [[Benzuli Expanse]].
*One of Kranix's logs makes mention of [[Ore-13]].
*Teletraan Alpha alludes to Wheeljack and Optimus's unfortunate demises in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Teletraan Alpha also tells Bumblebee that he will eventually be known as "The World's Bridge", "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Goldbug]]", "Race-Welder", and "Goldfire".
*Sideswipe asks Teletraan Alpha if he's been talking to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|his brother]].
*Teletraan Alpha cannot read Grimlock's aura due to the Dinobot [[S.O.S. Dinobots|not being completely Cybertronian]].
*[[Red Energon]] appears, only here it's a volatile explosive, not a speed enhancer.
*Blitzwing uses ice in his jet mode and fire in his tank mode, in the vein of his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]].
*Shockwave has the ability to generate duplicates of himself, in an ''insanely'' specific reference to a power mentioned in the original animated series [[production bible]], which was never used in the cartoon itself ([[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1#Continuity notes|except maybe once]]). The duplicates have the grey color scheme of the original "Astro Magnum" toy Shockwave was based on.
*Megatron states that he thought Optimus was [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|made of sterner stuff]].
*Optimus defeats Megatron with the same haymaker he used in their final battle in the [[Battle of Autobot City]].
*Defensor, Superion, and Optimus Maximus's appearances at the end of the game are taken directly from their ''Combiner Wars'' designs, although their limb configurations do not match their standard setups.
*The end credits theme, "Face the Devastation", features a sequence of chords borrowed from [[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|''The Transformers: The Movie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s musical score]], also composed by Vince DiCola.
*In one of his unused voice lines, Thundercracker claims to be "The Scourge of the [[Mithril Sea|Mithric Sea]]".
*In unused dialogue of Sideswipe's encounter with Megatron, he says that he [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|could've waited an eternity for this]].

==Toys inspired by this game==
As mentioned, ''Transformers: Devastation'' was intended as a tie-in of sorts to the concurrent ''Combiner Wars'' toyline — however, no figures were actually released with any co-branding relating to the game.

It would be a decade later in [[2025]] when characters directly based on ''Transformers: Devastation'' would be sold under the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline, featuring all-new Optimus Prime and Bumblebee molds and a handful of redecoes of other figures based on their in-game appearances, many of whom came with weapons based on the ones seen in-game. While technically a "gamer edition" release, it is worth noting that said Optimus toy was meant to scale with the concurrently released ''The Transformers: The Movie'' Studio Series [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Devastator]], whose design is generally close to his video game counterpart.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#SSDevastation|Devastation Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Wheeljack]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#SSDevastation|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Air Warrior#Studio Series|Elite Seeker]] / [[Ground Soldier#Studio Series|Ground Soldier]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
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|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:SS-toy GroundSoldier.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Deluxe Class Ground Soldier]]
|}

==Notes==
[[File:Devastation-Ratbat.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Who dares disturb my beauty sleep? Have you not heard? This movie's already over! Captain Blue is defeated, and we are victorious!]]
*[[FIRRIB|Frenzy is blue, Rumble is red]].
*According to an interview at E3 2015, Kenji Saito stated his favorite character to design was Grimlock, as he found him the most unique and interesting from both a character and gameplay perspective.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://youtu.be/P-9rVBCogS4?si=UgBfBxO3sRuHIks-&t=473|quote=Stage Demo: Transformers: Devastation - E3 2015|name=GameSpot|year=2015|month=6|day=18}}</ref>
*Although Frank Welker reprised his roles as both Megatron and Soundwave from the original cartoon, he did not voice Superion, Mixmaster, Skywarp, Rumble, or Frenzy, despite having originated all of those roles. Similar can be said of Michael Bell, who did not voice Bombshell and Bonecrusher as in the original cartoon (albeit, the latter was for only one episode). Additionally, of the other characters in the game whose voice actors were still alive, [[Corey Burton]], [[Arthur Burghardt]], [[Neil Ross]], [[Clive Revill]], and [[Hal Rayle]] did not return to voice Shockwave, Devastator, Hook, Bonecrusher, Kickback, or Skrapnel, respectively. While not confirmed, this was most likely due to budgetary concerns.
*Originally, the second phases of each boss battle were intended to feature vocals in their backing music tracks, as Platinum had previously done for the boss fights in ''Metal Gear Rising''. However, due to time constraints and other commitments, the decision was made to add in secondary guitar leads for the second phases instead.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/PG_saito/status/970259344007643136|quote=ほんとはボーカルも入れたかったんだけど開発期間とほかイロイロあって難しい状態だったのでかわりにギターに歌ってもらってます。ボスが本気状態になるとギターがのってくる演出になっとります。かっこいいですよー。|name=Kenji Saito|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=3|day=4}}</ref>
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was planned to appear as part of the boss fights with Soundwave, but was removed during development. However, his unused character model and textures can still be found within the game's files.
*Nova Prime reuses parts from Motormaster's model and most robot mode models share the same hands.
*The 2015 San Diego Comic-Con poster for ''Devastation'' features Menasor in his original Generation 1 design rather than his ''Combiner Wars'' design, suggesting the game design changed at some point during development.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/Guido_Guidi/status/824390786670297088/|quote=Unused G1 accurate Menasor from the SDCC "Transformers: Devastation" game poster (final version featured Combiner Wars inspired design)|name=Guido Guidi|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=01|day=25}}</ref>
*Megatron's [[Energon mace|Energon Mace]], Sideswipe's Pile Drivers, and Blitzwing's [[Electron scimitar|Electron Scimitar]] were all featured in early concept art as potential unlockable weapons. However, none of these made it into the final game.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/667870090369470465|quote=Transformers: Devastation is packed full of all kinds of weapons. Here are some concepts for just a few.|name=PlatinumGames|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=11|day=20}}</ref>
*During the final battle in space, the player always fights as Optimus Prime even if another playable character was in use, but Prime will fight using the previous character's gear. For example, if Wheeljack was using his wrenches to fight Megatron on the ground, Prime will ''somehow'' have those wrenches with him in space. This also applies to the "Nemesis Prime" DLC skin, which will revert to the standard Optimus, despite being the same character.
*A slightly different version of the ending cutscene can be found hidden within the game's files. While mostly identical, this early version ends before it can display the full schematics for Optimus Maximus, making the reveal much more vague.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWtAZcT3Co|quote=Transformers Devastation secrets|name=Running Sky|year=2020|month=11|day=30}}</ref>
*At the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Microsoft held a sweepstakes to win one of 20 custom-painted Xbox One consoles with designs based on several upcoming games, including one based on ''Devastation''.<ref>[https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2015/07/02/xbox-sdcc-collectible-xbox-one-console-sweepstakes/ Win one of 20 Custom Painted Xbox Ones at SDCC 2015 - Xbox]</ref>
* A ''Devastation''-branded faceplate for PlayStation 4 was designed with the intention of being sold as part of a console bundle in China. However, by all accounts, no evidence exists that they were ever sold. An ''extremely'' limited number of the faceplates ended up in the hands of a few PlatinumGames' staff members, including former creative producer JP Kellams, who revealed the faceplate's existence before later auctioning his off for charity.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Next up is the #Transformers Devastation PS4 faceplate. This one is officially licensed by Sony and super rare. I think it never came out, so this is likely one of only a few in existence.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892008560189441|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}} {{citesocial|quote=Created for a potential Transformers PS4 bundle in China, but I've never seen proof that this was actually released. A few got dispersed to the PG team which is how I got mine. I've NEVER seen another one of these in the wild and my suspicion is that there are very few of these.|link=https://twitter.com/synaesthesiajp/status/1653892327423762437|name=JP Kellams|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=05|day=03}}</ref>
* Devastator's first appearance as he looks over the building is an identical shot to the Colossal Titan's first appearance in ''{{w|Attack on Titan}}''.
* The final shot of Menasor's second phase transition resembles the "[[Brave (franchise)|''Brave'' Perspective]]".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://open.spotify.com/album/1WhigvyyE6rQyFlFV5wmwP ''Transformers: Devastation'' soundtrack selection on Spotify]

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[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Void Rivals issue 29

2026-05-03T07:34:22Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */

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|caption=Looks like the Void Rivals have nothing but contempt for this court!
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|publisher=[[Image Comics]] [[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[April 22]], [[2026]]
|coverdate=April 2026
|written by=[[Robert Kirkman]]
|art by=[[Andrei Bressan]]
|colors by=[[Dee Cunniffe]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Ben Abernathy]]
|continuity=[[Energon Universe]]
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'''Darak and Dulin experience first-hand the Quintessons' brand of justice.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Vector Theta]] reawakens! [[Beta (G1)#Energon Universe|Zerta Trion]] has decided it is time for her to join the fight, and requests the supercomputer repair her legs. Vector Theta promises it will be done.

[[Pythona]] runs through the streets of [[Zertonia]] towards the crashed [[Leviathan (Cobra-La)|Leviathan]], taking out a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] on the way. She is spotted by [[Proximus]], who tries to stop her and ask some questions, but Pythona has no time for a "machine" and sends out tendrils to scramble his circuits. But Proximus is ''not'' a machine, and the tendrils instead form a psychic connection, showing Proximus everything in her mind, including her current mission. Proximus, his questions answered, merely implores her to complete her mission.

The forces of the [[Quintesson]]s have breached the capital of [[Agorria]]. [[Dulin]] tries to rally his remaining forces, but is cut off by the arrival of the [[Tribunal]]. The War Judge requests the Agorrians surrender, but Dulin isn’t having any of it. Meanwhile, [[Darak]] is attempting to save his father—by sending a [[Jump Jet]] into the atmosphere and then turning right back around and crashing it into the Tribunal! Darak survives the collision thanks to an [[Energon]] boost, but unfortunately the Tribunal is completely unfazed and merely knocks the Agorrian unconscious. Darak wakes up in a massive prison cell, alongside Dulin and what Agorrians survived the Tribunal’s assault. Dulin assures his son not to lose hope.

Pythona approaches the crash site, and is greeted by [[Grakula]] and "[[Borr]]", the final dog-like mutation of Grakula’s old armor, who immediately impresses Pythonia by going after nearby Sharkticons. Elsewhere in Zertonia, the [[Unifier]]s are saved by the appearance of [[Zalilak]] and [[Solila]], who make quick work of the [[Allicon]]s. Unfortunately, Solila hasn’t heard anything from Darak about Agorria.

In the Tribunal’s flagship, Dulin and Darak are put on trial before the War Judge. The verdict? Innocent! Dulin and Darak discover what that means as they are dropped into the Sharkticon pit…

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|h4=[[Agorrian]]s|c4=
* [[Dulin]] (6)
* [[Dukan]] (8)
* [[Darak]] (10)

|h5=[[Zertonian]]s|c5=
* [[Proximus]] (5)
* [[Kanela]] (13)
* [[Zalilak]] (15)
* [[Solila]] (16)

|h6=Others|c6=
* [[Vector Theta]] (1)
* [[Beta (G1)#Energon Universe|Zerta Trion]] (2)
* Red [[Handroid]] (9)
'''[[Cobra-La]]'''
* [[Pythona]] (3)
* [[Borr]] (11)
* [[Grakula]] (12)
'''[[Quintesson]]s'''
* [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s (4)
* The [[Tribunal]] (7)
* [[Allicon]]s (14)
* [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Prosecutor]] (17)
* [[Quintesson Bailiff|Bailiffs]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity Notes===
{{issuestub}}

===Transformers References===
* The Quintessons’ trial is obviously a huge reference to [[The Transformers: The Movie]].
** The Prosecutor quotes verbatim the “beg for your lives” line from the film (albeit subbing in “esteemed Tribunal” for “imperial magistrate”).

===Errors===
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===Other Notes===
* Energon Experience: Presented by Skybound Executive Editor Ben Abernathy
** '''Character Spotlight:''' Dukan
** '''Trion real hard!:''' Will we be getting a Zerta Trion/Tribunal battle?
** '''Creator Spotlight:''' Ben asks artist [[Andrei Bressan]] which Quintesson face is most fun to draw. Bressan responds Dominion; the Roman aesthetic makes the Italian in him happy.

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Darak and Dulin wish to be spared this mockery of justice, by [[Lorenzo De Felici]]
* '''Cover B:''' Grakula and Borr, by [[Andrei Bressan]] and [[Adriano Lucas]].
* '''Cover C:''' Dulin, by [[Ben Oliver]]
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' Darak battles Sharkticons, by [[Crom Carpenter]]
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Pythona, by [[Chuma Hill]]

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===Reprints===
* '''''Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War''''' ([[July 21]], [[2026]]) ISBN 1534332515 / ISBN 978-1534332515 
** Collects issues #25-30.
** Trade paperback format.

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File:Void Rivals V5.jpg|'''''Volume 5: Quintesson War''''' - cover art by Lorenzo De Felici
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Void Rivals issues]]

Energon Universe

2026-05-01T21:07:32Z

Crossfire: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the shared universe from [[Skybound Entertainment]]'s comics|the [[Transformers: Legacy#"Universe" designations|universe]] from ''[[Transformers: Legacy]]''|Transformers: Energon (franchise)}} 
[[File:Energon Universe logo.png|center|500px]] 

[[File:EU2ndAnniversary.jpg|thumb|right|upright=3|Well, it's not quite ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', and it's not quite ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'', but man...]]

The '''Energon Universe''' is the name for the shared universe in which [[Skybound Entertainment]]'s comic books featuring licensed properties from [[Hasbro]] take place. Launched in [[2023]], these properties currently include [[Transformers (2023 comic)|an ongoing ''Transformers'' series]], a line of ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)|G.I. Joe]]'' comics, and the original series ''[[Void Rivals]]''.

==Overview==
The aliens [[Darak]] and [[Solila]], members of two warring factions, become stranded on a deserted planet and are forced to work together to survive. While attempting to escape, the two come across the derelict form of the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who is restored to functionality and leaves to check on the state of his homeworld, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Jetfire's journey brings him to the planet Earth, where he finds and reactivates the dormant [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s and they resume their war. In response to their awakening, events are set into motion that will lead to the formation of the special ops team [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the terrorist organization [[Cobra]].

==Development==

===Comic series===
[[Robert Kirkman]] first began developing the Energon Universe in [[2021]] after Hasbro approached Skybound about taking over the licenses for ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' from [[IDW Publishing]]. Wanting to do something unique, Kirkman proposed launching the universe with a new property that would feature a surprise reveal in the first issue, which eventually became ''Void Rivals''. Along with writing ''Void Rivals'', Kirkman acts as a sort of "showrunner" for the rest of the Energon Universe line, with other creators working on the main ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' comics.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/robert-kirkman-void-rivals-shared-energon-universe-transformers-gi-joe How Robert Kirkman's Void Rivals Secretly Launches a Massive Shared Universe — IGN]</ref> It was named the Energon Universe after [[Joshua Williamson]] pitched the idea of integrating Energon into the ''Cobra Commander'' mini series.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=We were actually struggling for a name for the line, as Josh was developing Cobra Commander. He was like "I think I think they could find some Energon in the swamp here". And I was like "oh, Energon's in G.I. Joe now. I can put Energon in Void Rivals, super easy."
|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMTfuouxzEg&t=2889s|name=Robert Kirkman|site=YouTube|year=2025|month=05|day=12}}</ref>

In the letters page for [[Void Rivals issue 3|''Void Rivals'' #3]], Kirkman stated that there were no plans to integrate other Hasbro properties into the Energon Universe, though that could change in the future — something that did indeed occur in [[2025]] with the introduction of [[Matt Trakker]] and [[Miles Mayhem]] from ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'' into the universe. He also confirmed that they don't plan to have more than four series running at once. As of [[Void Rivals issue 15|''Void Rivals'' #15]], Kirkman had affirmed that the Energon Universe will "for the foreseeable future" consist solely of the ''Void Rivals'', ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' ongoing titles to keep the line at a manageable, easy-to-follow size, with no plans to publish any additional miniseries in the style of the four ''G.I. Joe'' origin stories. However, by February [[2026]] those plans had changed, as Kirkman’s keynote address at ComicsPro announced the addition of a fourth ongoing, based on ''M.A.S.K.'', being written by [[Dan Watters]] and drawn by [[Simon Parr]].<ref> [https://imagecomics.com/press-releases/image-skybound-hasbro-announce-new-energon-universe-series-m-a-s-k-by-dan-watters-pye-parr/ Image Comics: IMAGE/SKYBOUND & HASBRO ANNOUNCE NEW ENERGON UNIVERSE SERIES M.A.S.K. BY DAN WATTERS & PYE PARR]</ref>

===Animated series===
An animated adaptation of the Energon Universe, produced by Skybound and Hasbro with [[Joe Henderson]] attached as showrunner, was reported to be in-development in late 2025. Like the source material, it is meant to be aimed at an older audience than the typical ''Transformers'' viewer.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2025/10/energon-universe-adult-animated-series-joe-henderson-1236592776/ Deadline: Energon Universe Adult Animated Series Based On Comic From Hasbro & Skybound With Joe Henderson As Showrunner Hitting TV Marketplace]</ref>

==List of featured intellectual properties==
* ''[[Void Rivals]]'' (original)
* ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''
* ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]''

==Titles==
===Ongoing series===
* ''[[Void Rivals]]''
* ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]''
* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)|G.I. Joe]]''
* ''[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)|M.A.S.K.]]''

===Limited series===
* ''[[Duke (comic)|Duke]]''
* ''[[Cobra Commander (comic)|Cobra Commander]]''
* ''[[Scarlett (comic)|Scarlett]]''
* ''[[Destro (comic)|Destro]]''

===Specials===
* ''[[Energon Universe 2024 Special]]''
* ''[[Energon Universe 2025 Special]]''
* ''[[Energon Universe 2026 Special]]''

==Distribution and localization==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Publisher
!Country
!Language
|-
|[[Ades Media]]
|Sweden
|Swedish
|-
|Moztros Editorial
|[[Spain]]
|Spanish
|-
|Nagle Comics
|Poland
|Polish
|-
|OVNI Press
|Latin America
|Spanish
|-
|Panini Comics
|[[Germany]]
|German
|-
|saldaPress
|[[Italy]]
|Italian
|-
|Szukits Kiadó
|[[Hungary]]
|Hungarian
|-
|Tiandi Press
|[[China]]
|Chinese
|-
|Urban Comics
|[[France]]
|French
|}

==Toyline==
===Void Rivals===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''San Diego Comic-Con 2025'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Void Rivals|Autobot Jetfire]] (w/ [[Solila#Toys|Zertonian Solila]] and [[Darak#Toys|Agorrian Darak]])}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:SDCC 2025 Void Rivals box set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right|Autobot Jetfire (w/ Zertonian Solila and Agorrian Darak), the first toys to be released to coincide with the new universe.]]
|}

===''Studio Series''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hasbro Pulse]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#SSEnergonUniverse|Energon Universe Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:GensEUOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Energon Universe Optimus Prime]]
|}

== Posters ==
<gallery>
File:EnergonUniversePoster.jpeg|Initial poster featuring [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Darak]] and [[Solila]] (2023).
File:EU2ndAnniversary.jpg|Second anniversary poster (2025).
</gallery>

==Notes==
*Previously, ''G.I. Joe'' comics fell out of this wiki’s purview unless they featured ''Transformers'' characters in them. For example, [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[G.I. Joe vol. 5|''G.I. Joe'' vol. 5]] is covered on this wiki due to the presence of [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]], but the preceding volumes are not. However, unlike prior publishers such as IDW and [[Marvel Comics]], the Energon Universe's non-''Transformers'' properties are being incorporated into one cohesive universe right from the get-go, with Cybertronians appearing as recurring characters in ''Void Rivals'' and driving the plots of the various ''G.I. Joe'' series (and later appearing in them as well). As such, we at TFWiki.net have, at least for now, opted to cover the non-''Transformers'' titles in the Energon Universe in full, in order to keep everything nice and simple.

==See also==
* [[Hasbro Universe]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Crossovers]]
[[Category:Skybound Entertainment]]

Lionblade

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Crossfire: /* Notes */

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Lionblade is a [[Maximal]] from [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[Movie continuity family]].''
[[File:ROTB_Lionblade.jpg|I guess all the good names really ''are'' taken.|thumb|upright=1.25]]

'''Lionblade''' is a white Maximal lion. [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Seems familiar.]]

==Toys==
===''Rise of the Beasts''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1m1|'''Optimus Prime & Lionblade''' (Beast Combiners, [[2023]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of "Beast Combiners" two-packs, Lionblade converts from a white lion with a golden mane to a set of armor for compatible figures via partial autotransformation.

: They were only available packed in with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BeastCombiner|Optimus Prime]], and their armor mode features a new robot-mode head with some nice golden detailing. However, they are compatible with any other "main" figure in the Beast Combiner assortment, not just Prime.

==Notes==
*Lionblade is an ''extremely'' obvious [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] homage, in that they're a white lion with a gold mane. Additionally, their armor mode features a blue head in the classic Prime style and red on the chest, resulting in a color palette that is quite similar to Lio Convoy (when combined with Prime, anyway; not so much with anyone else).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lionblade''' (ライオンブレード ''Raionburēdo'')

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Maximals]]

Brake-Neck (disambiguation)

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Crossfire:

The name '''Breakneck''' / '''Brake-Neck''' has been applied to multiple characters in ''Transformers''.

{{disamb|y=[[1992]]|Breakneck, another name for [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], the [[Autobot]] [[Turbomaster]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]], the [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] via the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' line]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2013]]|[[Wildrider (G1)#Bot Shots|Brake-Neck]], an alternate name for [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (1985), the [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] Ferrari from Generation 1.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]|[[Breakneck (Prime)|Breakneck]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers Universe (Jagex)|Transformers Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Brake-Neck (G1)|Brake-Neck]], the Decepticon Stunticon from ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' who is separate from Wildrider.}}

{{disambig}}

Popular beast alternate modes

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Crossfire: /* Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes) */

[[File:Class06-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2|There's more of these than you'd think.]]
Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

{{SITENAME}} has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is (more or less) organized in chronological order of toy release or fictional appearance.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==

===Arachnids===
====Spiders====
[[File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Not an [[Avengers]] member.]]
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
*[[Arcee (G1)]]
*[[Crystal Widow]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]
*[[Airachnid (Prime)]] <ref name="motif">This character qualifies because of their robot mode motif.</ref>
*[[Airachnid (G1)]]

====Scorpions====
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
*[[Pincher (G1)]]
*[[Scorpulator]]
*[[Double Punch (G1)]] / [[Double Punch (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]] / [[Scorponok (BWSG)]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor">This character partially qualities because of their nature as a Fuzor.</ref>
*[[Ax]]
*[[Poison Bite]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]
*[[Zori (Prime)]] / [[Zori (G1)]] / [[Sting (RID)]]
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Scorponok (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)]]

===Crustaceans===
====Crabs====
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]
*[[Cancix]]
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
*[[Razor-Sharp]]
*[[Crab spy]]
*[[Gura]]
*[[Clampdown (RID)]] / [[Clawtrap]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Crabby Grabby]]

===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Sharpshot]]
*[[Shrapnel (RID)]]
*[[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)]] / [[Kickback (Cyberverse)]] / [[Bombshell (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)]]

====Scarabs and male rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
[[File:G1-toy Bombshell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not Heracross.]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BW)]]
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]
*[[Hardshell]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]] / [[Razorhorn]]
*[[Bido (Prime)]] / [[Bido (G1)]]
*[[Barrage (Prime)]]
*[[Bombshell (RID)]]
*[[Saberhorn]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Orthoptera)====
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
*[[Ransack (G1)]] / [[Ransack (SG)|Ransack (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Scourge (BW)]]
*[[Kickback (FOC)]]
*[[Kickback (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Spinhead]] <ref name="motif" />

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
*[[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]]
*[[Injector (BW)|Injector]] / [[Latolata]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]] / [[Inferno (Animated)]] / [[Antagony (Animated)]]
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[King Waruder]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[B-Navi]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[NAVI-Q]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[King Waruder|Daros]] / [[Buggy]]

====Mantises (order Mantodea)====
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]

====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dobo]]

==Fishes==

===Chondrichthyes===
====Rays====
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

====Sharks====
'''Hammerhead shark''' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)]] / [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s {{storylink|Betrayal}}
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)]] / [[Ragebyte]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Hammerbyte]]

'''Great White shark''' (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
*[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark (Transmetal 2)]]
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)]] / [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Cloud|Hellwarp]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]] / [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]] / [[Megalligator]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Gatoraider]]
*[[Dai]]
*[[Razorgrille (RID)]] / [[Skullcruncher (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ROTB)]]

===Lizards===
[[File:Prime-toy Zad.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Geckobot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]] / [[Wreckloose (TF 2010)]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]]
*[[Reptilion]]
*[[Zado]] / [[Zad]]
*[[Crazybolt (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slicedice]] <ref name="motif" />

===Snakes===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Fangtron.jpg|thumb]]
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

*[[Colada]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Night Viper]] <ref>This character qualifies even though vipers are not cobras.</ref>
*[[Cobrabreast]]
*[[Gobu]] / [[Gob]]
*[[Vertebreak (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slitherfang]] / [[Fangtron]]
*[[Overcoiled]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
*[[Snapper]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dado (Prime)]]
*[[Skold]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Ankylosaurus''====
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Bazooka (BW)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Cross-Ryu drone]]
*[[Roughneck]]
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]
*[[Scale (RB)|Scale the Shield-Bot]]
*[[Scarr]]

====''Brontosaurus''<ref>Due to the changing classification status of various fossils, these molds may have been described as either ''Brontosaurus'' or ''Apatosaurus'' at the time of release.</ref>====
[[File:SS-toy Zauru.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Sludge (G1)]]
*[[Zaur (G1)]] / [[Uruaz]] / [[Zauru]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Sludge (SG)]]
*[[Zaur (Animated)]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]
*[[Slog (AOE)]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]

====''Pachycephalosaurus''====
*[[Hardhead (BW)]] / [[Dinotron (BM)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Pachycephalosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Caesar-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)]]<ref>Vertebreak's beast mode is based on the dinosaur previously known as ''Dracorex''. However, as of 2020, ''Dracorex'' is recognized as being the juvenile form of ''Pachycephalosaurus''.</ref> / [[Dracodon]]
* [[Jawbreaker (ES)]]

====''Spinosaurus''====
[[File:AOEGenerationsDeluxeScorn.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)]] / [[Repugnus (Cybertron)]] / [[Undermine (TF 2010)]]
*[[Scorn]]
*[[Spindle]]
*[[Spirituan]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
*[[Snarl (G1)]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Doryu (G1)]]
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
*[[Hacksaw]]
*[[Doryu (SG)]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]
*[[Abyssrain]]
*[[Snarl (Cyberworld)]]

====''Styracosaurus''====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Ractonite.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Killer Punch]]
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Ractonite]]

====''Triceratops''====
[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Slug.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Slag (G1)]]
*[[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]
*[[Snarl (Animated)]]
*[[Slug (FOC)]]
*[[Slug (AOE)]]
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]
*[[Tricerashot (RID)]] / [[Tricerashot (G1)]]<ref name="motif" />
*[['Tops]]
*[[Trisourtops]] / [[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tricranius]]
*[[Slug (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Leafback]]

====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[File:Beast Machines T-Wrecks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (G1)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
*[[Tyrannitron]]
*[[Tri-Rex]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]
*[[Predacon (Armada)]] / [[Preditron]]
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]] / [[Megatron (BWSG)]]
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner" />
*[[Sharp-T]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Bogusaurus Rex]] / [[Stinkosaurus Rex]] / [[Greeny Rex]] / [[Bum Sprout]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]] / [[Roarista]] / [[Goldasaurus Blend]]
*[[Hoist (RB)]] {{storylink|Big Wheels}}
*[[Paleotrex]] / [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations|Transmutate]] / [[Skelivore]]
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
*[[Captain Volca]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)]]

====''Velociraptor''====
[[File:DB-toy Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]
*[[Razor Claw]]
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]
*[[Slash (AOE)]]
*[[Dinobot (BWSG)]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RaptorRescan|Bumblebee (WFC)]]
*[[Slash (POTP)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]
*The [[Raptoricon]]s
**[[Thrashclaw]]
**[[Slice (G1)]]
**[[Gnash]]
**[[Shred]]
*[[Lance (RB)|Lance the Raptor-Bot]]
*[[Slash (RBA)]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|thumb|Won't you, take me, on your mighty wings...]]
*[[Swoop (G1)]]
*[[Graphy]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]] / [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)]]
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Swoop (Animated)]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]
*[[Nosedive]]
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]
*[[Pterry]]
*[[Ptero]]
*[[Pteraxadon]] / [[Terror-Daxtyl]] / [[Enerax]] / [[Sights (G1)]] / [[Fireglide (SG)]] / [[Fireglide (G1)]]
*[[Wingfinger]]
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Thunderbeak]]

==Birds==
===Condors (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')===
[[File:Mov-toy RGR NightBeat7.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt (Beast Machines)]]
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]] / [[Laserbeak (KOU)]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)]] <ref name="motif" />

===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===
[[File:G1Divebomb toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)]] / [[Squawktalk (SG)]]
*[[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BW)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]
*[[Talon (RB)]]

===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
*[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
*[[Airazor (BW)]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Tobias]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]] / [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]]
*[[Baru (Prime)]] / [[Baru (G1)]]
*[[Airazor (ROTB)]]
*[[Blue Bolts (RID)#End of G1 Universe|Bluebolt]] / [[Star Eagle]]

===Owls (order Strigiformes)===
[[File:Prowl tm2 fktoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Beast Wars Prowl.]]
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl II]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Blurray Murray]] / [[Gol-D]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]
{{-}}

==Synapsids==
====''Dimetrodon''====
[[File:DB-toy Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dinobots Sludge]]
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|"Spinosaurus" drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Saber-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]
{{-}}

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
*[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek (BW)]] / [[True One]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)]]
*[[Skar (G1)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
*[[Sonar (BW)]]
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]] / [[Wingthing (Animated)]] / [[Ratbat (KOU)]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Ratbat (ROTF)]]
*[[Convobat]]
*[[Nightstrike]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)]] / [[Psychobat (RID)]] / [[Psychobat (BWU)]]
*[[Nyx]]
*[[Dracula|Draculus]]

===Bovids===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Horri-Bull]]
*[[Longhorn]]
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
*[[Bisonbreast]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Baro (Prime)]] / [[Baro (G1)]]
*[[Bolt (G1)|Bolt]]
*[[Terrashock]] / [[Overhead]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Smashdown]] / [[Malleus Minotaurus]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Lavamuleta]]
*[[Megatron (Cyberworld)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Optimus Prime]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB (BW)|Max-B]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*the [[Cub]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]
*[[Cassie]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]
*[[Servo (RB)]]
*[[Growl (RB)]]
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)]]
*[[Wolfang (Prime)]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Fireplug]]
*[[Sergeant Slobber]]
*[[Steeljaw (RID)]] / [[Phantomjaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Silverhound]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Clipshade]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Mutt-Chievous]]
*[[Coach Husky]]
*[[Silverfang]]
*[[Chainclaw (ROTB)]]
*[[Bullseye (Target)|Bullseye]]

===Equines===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Mach Kick]]
*[[Strada]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]] / [[King Candyhooves]] / [[Sugar Saddle]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Howlback (BB)]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Ax]]
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)]]
*[[Scratch (RID)]] / [[Razorpaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Snarlsaber]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
*[[CatSCAN]]
*[[Rampage (G1)]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]
*[[Tigerbreast]]
*[[Toraizer]]
*[[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Bantor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Tigertron (Go-Bots)|Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]
*[[Stripes]]
*[[Arrowstripe]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')
[[File:Prime voyager Thundertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Angela]] / [[Eggleo]] / [[Dark Eggleo]]
*[[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]] / [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]
*[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Leonicus]]
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]
*[[Lionizer (G1)]] / [[Dazzlestrike]]
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion]]
*[[Rachel]]
*[[Lione]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]
*[[Under-3]]
*[[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] / [[Victory Leo]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]] / [[Lionizer (Animated)]]
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]] / [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Lionblade]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

*[[Cheetor (BW)]] / [[Shadow Panther]] / [[Nightprowler]] / [[Cheetor (BWSG)]]
*[[Che]]
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]
*[[Swift (RB)]]
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')
[[File:G1toy-Beastbox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Could 100 humans take ''him'' on?]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)]] / [[Beastbox (SG)]]
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Optimus Primal (BWSG)]]
*[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]
*[[Primal Prime]] / [[Rodimus Primal]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|Optimus Prime (Cybertron)]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Beastbox (ROTF)]]
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Optimus Prime]] <ref name="pretender">This character qualifies due to their Pretender shell only.</ref>
*[[Silverback|Silverback the Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Rarigo]] / [[Ape X Arms]]
*[[Chilla Gorilla]] / [[Abominable Soundman]] / [[Tranquillabeast]] / [[Grinded G. Ears]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]] / [[Flood Jug]]
*[[Snorg the Conquerer]]
*[[Nemesis Primal]]
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)]] / [[Apelinq (ROTB)]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <s>human being</s> Pretender shell!"]]

*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Groundbreaker]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Splashdown]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Metalhawk (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Doubleheader]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Pincher (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Stranglehold]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Vroom (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
*[[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*The [[new lab assistant]]
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] <ref name="IDW">This character qualifies due to their portrayal in the 2005 IDW continuity only.</ref>
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]
*[[Overlord (G1)]] <ref name="IDW" />

===Proboscideans===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-Ozu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Shuffler]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Big Convoy (BW)|Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (G1)]]
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]
*[[Masterdominus]]
*[[Hydrophant]]

===Suidae===
'''Boars'''
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Razorbeast]] / [[Randy (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Megatron]]

===Rhinos===
[[File:Beast Wars-Transmetal Rhinox-toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher...]]

*[[Headstrong (G1)]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]] / [[Ramhorn (SG)]]
*[[Stranglehold]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Hornbreast]]
*[[Top-Heavy]]
*[[Fire Beast]]
*[[Rhino (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]
*[[Rumble (ROTF)]]
*[[Zamu]]
*[[Transit (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Transit (G1)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)]]
*[[Drillnohorn]]

===Rabbits===
[[File:BWN-toy Stampy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]]
*[[Kitte Shūshū]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Drizzlefluff Tinkletail]]
{{-}}

===Rodents===
'''Rats'''
*[[Rattrap (BW)]] / [[Packrat]]
*[[Rattrap (BWSG)]] / [[Labrat]]
*[[Rattle Tail]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')
[[File:BW Barbearian toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Rise and Shine, Ursine!]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]
*[[Bear Transformer]]
*[[Sequoia]]
*[[Polarclaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Cuddle Wuddle]] / [[Goldie Snuggleshine]] <ref>Characters using this mold technically turn into ''teddy'' bears.</ref>
{{-}}

==Mythical creatures==
===[[Dragon]]s===
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]

*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)]]
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]
*''Likely'' [[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]
*[[Mechatron]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Cryotek (RID)]]
*[[Galvatron (BW)]] / [[Unicron]]
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]
*[[Ripclaw]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)]] / [[Bakudora]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*[[Lazerback (Prime)]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]] / [[Dorara]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]] / [[Garara (Go!)|Garara]] / [[Thrash (TLK)]]
*[[Blight (Prime)]] / [[Burara]] / [[Gorge]]
*[[Windrazor (Prime)]] / [[Divebomb (Prime)]] / [[Barara]] / [[Rupture]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]] / [[Dragonblaster]]
*[[Flamesnort]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Drake (RB)]]
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner">This character qualities even if they are a partner drone.</ref>
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]] / [[Crimsonflame]]
*[[Dragonstorm]]
*[[Rootwing]] / [[Smerg the Sad]]
*[[Sugar Breath]] / [[Milton]]
*[[Sour Wing]] / [[Aday]] / [[Sweet Fang]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)]]
*[[World Dragnus]]
*[[Dragknight Soldier]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Panther

2026-03-16T02:36:00Z

Crossfire: /* Beast Wars */

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Panther is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:General jaguar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I stand up!]]

'''Panther''' turns into... a panther! Yeah.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Perfect Book''===
Panther was a Maximal ground soldier. Very fast on his feet, he showcased this ability by using his speed for reconnaissance. {{Storylink|Beast Wars Perfect Book}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
Panther is somewhat of an oddball... On top of constantly talking to himself, in strange third-person narratives no less, he believes even the most mundane of missions to be of the utmost importance. Though he is stealthy, his tendency to make his monologues out loud tend to give his position away. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #3}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Panther was on the Maximal team in the fateful 1924th match of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], which was interrupted by [[Lio Convoy]]'s assassination of [[Supersonic]] and call for an uprising against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} Along with the rest of his team, Panther chose to run for it. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]], [[Rhino (BW)|Rhino]], and Panther were visiting [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Sculpture Garden]] where they mocked the Preadcon [[Skold]] for trying to indulge in Maximal activities, lowering her self-esteem enough for [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] to recruit her. {{storylink|Thicker Skin}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWtoy mcdonalds jaguar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Panther''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)}}</ul>

: 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. That said, Panther features a surprising amount of articulation compared to the other McDonald's toys, with universal shoulders and hips, hinged elbows and knees, and even a head swivel. Unfortunately, due to his very small footprint and panther-head hanging off the back, actually ''posing'' him in any meaningful way is almost impossible. 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.

: Panther was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] to be [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga. (Amusingly, said manga simultaneously repurposed Ravage's [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Metals|own ''Beast Wars'' toy]] as [[Jaguar|Ravage's son]].)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Panther/panther.htm More information on Panther at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:PantherBWSourcebook.jpg|thumb|[[X-Men|It's a mutation. It's a very groovy mutation.]]]]
*Panther was developed from the original concept of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], where he was a black panther (or cougar) version of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. The initial toy design underwent many simplifications before reaching the final McDonald's product as Panther.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CJC-i7cgfHR/ Hasbro concept presentation for McDonald's collaboration]</ref>
*Jake Isenberg's artwork for Panther in the IDW ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' depicts the Maximal with a sort of robotic equivalent for {{w|heterochromia iridum}}. One of his eyes is yellow, the other green in [[robot mode]]. Another character, [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], exhibits heterochromia iridum in her plant form, but not her robot form.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Characters with heterochromia]]

Megabolt

2026-03-15T05:41:00Z

Crossfire: /* Robots in Disguise (2001) */ Eh?

{{factions|decepticon|unicron|exarchon}}
:''Megabolt is a [[Decepticon]] originally from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Megabolt-mag.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|Emissary of darkness, Cure Bolt!]]

For countless civilizations, the arrival of '''Megabolt''' means the end of them, though the exact methods vary. Sometimes he appears as a benefactor, though it is only a ruse so his fellow Decepticons can catch the targeted victims by surprise. Other times, he simply wades in like a force of nature, destroying everything in his path. Either way, death and destruction lie in his wake.

Megabolt is utterly convinced of the superiority of the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] race, and sees everything else in the vast [[multiverse]] as fuel for the Decepticons' conquest. His incredible strength, massive firepower, and troop-carrying abilities make him the first-strike weapon in many of [[Unicron]]'s plans. He is also a cunning strategist and even a politician when need be, having assimilated data from thousands of subjugated and destroyed worlds.<ref>''Universe'' profile for Megabolt in [[The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|''The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine'' #1]]</ref> Brains ''and'' brawn.

==Fiction==
===''Wings Universe''===
Megabolt's long-deactivated body was intended to be used as the stage two body for [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], although such plans ultimately fell through. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

===Shell Game continuity===
In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], Megabolt was an [[Zombie|undead monster]] built from the corpse of [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] to take control of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]]. (Hardcore.) He was pulled from his home universe by [[Unicron]] to fight in the [[Universe War]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 30 July 2015}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:WeAreNotMeantToBeDarkness TurmoilMegabolt.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|]]
Megabolt fought for [[Exarchon]] during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. At the end of the war, he was serving aboard [[Turmoil]]'s warship; as they fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with a number of prisoners of war, [[Pyra Magna (G1)|Pyra Magna]]'s vessel intercepted their ship and accidentally destroyed it, killing everyone aboard. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}}
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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
{{anchor|Megabolt}}
[[File:Megabolt rid.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Not to be confused with [[personal canon|headcanon]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megabolt''' (Deluxe Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile

: A [[KB Toys]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of the ''original'' KB exclusive [[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megatron Megabolt]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Megabolt transforms from a robot into a large head-shaped tank with six insect-like legs. A gear-wheel mechanism moves the legs up and down as the tank mode is pushed along. Pressing the [[spark crystal]] on the tank's top opens its jaw and fires a spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, this swings the entire cannon assembly up over the robot's head, along with a "battle mask". The assembly is held in place by a magnet in this configuration, allowing a small nub to press the firing trigger when the spark crystal is pressed again.

: This figure has a mild case of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|GPS]]. It tends to manifest in the form of broken tabs, or cracks at the forearm transformation joints and [[ball joint]]s. Fortunately, this usually just causes things to become loose, instead of the usual "shatter into worthless dust" effect.

: Like his wave-mate [[Jhiaxus (RID)#Toys|Jhiaxus]], Megabolt was released in October of 2003, in packaging that was in the style of the then-running ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toyline.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)#Japan|Beast Wars Returns]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/toys#MegaheadMegatron|Megahead Megatron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Megabolt/megabolt.htm More information on Megabolt at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Car Robots-toy-Brave Maximus-Megatron Megabolt.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|]]
*If you remove the insect-legs from Megabolt's tank mode, he fits almost perfectly into the neck-socket of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] mold. This play feature was mentioned in the original Megatron Megabolt toy's bio, but not Megabolt's.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Minions of Unicron]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Colada (BW)

2026-03-08T07:44:11Z

Crossfire: /* Beast Wars */

{{factions|maximal|liegemaximo}}
{{picsneeded|Fiction}}
{{disambig2|the ''Beast Wars Neo'' Maximal|the ''Kre-O'' Predacon|Corhada}}
:''Colada is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWNeoCohradaSticker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Quando este colpe a ferido Colada la preçiada. / Vio Diego Gonçalez que no escaparie con el alma.'']]
'''Colada''' (コラーダ ''Korāda'', aka '''Cohrada'''<ref>''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' was the first English fiction with the character in it, and it uses the "Cohrada" spelling (likely thanks to that being the spelling [[Ben Yee]] used on [http://web.archive.org/web/20030626012837/http://www.bwtf.com/bwneo/toys/reviews/cohrada.shtml his website]).</ref> and '''Corahda'''<ref>"Corahda" is the spelling used in ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' and is closer to the Japanese pronunciation.</ref>) is perhaps the most problematic of the new Maximal recruits serving under [[Big Convoy]]. This arrogant snake ‘bot scoffs at his teammates at every turn, viewing them as lesser, and impediments to his own skill. Unlike [[Break]], who also goes through bouts of arrogance, Colada loathes to work as a team, and chafes under rules. He often lets out his frustration with having to follow regulations on the Maximal Sub-Commander [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]], who he teases endlessly. Though the other trainees wish they could do something about the smug serpent, the problem is that Colada actually ''does'' have prowess on the battlefield. With his shockwave creating whip, ever sharp Hand Byūto, and mastery of desert climates, he has certainly earned his role of Ground Trooper. Hopefully someday, Big Convoy can temper Colada’s crippling egotism in order to transform him into both an effective warrior, ''and'' a good teammate.

{{bigquote|I don't wanna be playing along with guys like you.|Colada's first words to the other recruits|"[[Big Convoy, Move Out]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Makoto Ueki]] (Japanese)|[[Yeong-seon Kim]] (Korean)}}
[[File:Cohrada1.jpg|left|thumb|Who needs fingers when you have a gun and a whip?]]
Colada was among a group of five new Maximal recruits chosen to serve under Big Convoy as his trainees. The snake ‘bot saw himself as above the others, insisting that they shouldn’t pretend to like one another. Longrack told him to knock it off, much to his chagrin. Break then suggested testing their instructor’s strength, which Colada agreed with, thinking it’d be “fun”. Thus, when Big Convoy eventually entered the training room, he, along with the others, attacked him. Convoy was able to disable them all quickly with his legendary strength, though. Although he appreciated the gesture, the Maximal leader told the group that their real training had to begin, which involved traveling to the planet [[Gaia]] to investigate [[Lio Convoy]]’s disappearance there. Once in orbit of the planet, the group was told that Big Convoy would be remaining on the ship, and the rest of them would be led by Longrack on the ground. When deploying to the surface, Colada struggled to control his transportation vessel, and was met with even more unfortunate luck when the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s confronted them. When questioned on what to do, Longrack implemented an “every man for themselves” type of strategy, which resulted in [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] fleeing and getting caught by [[Sling (BW)|Sling]]. Colada and the rest of the group attempted to leave without him, but Big Convoy fired on them, and told them that none left without the rabbit ‘bot. [[Magmatron]] then utilized the hostage Stampy as a means of locating the Maximals, and prepared to fight Big Convoy. As the Predacon leader readied himself for battle, Longrack suggested that all rush him at once to take back their teammate. As Colada and the others attempted to do so, they were once more confronted by Predacon forces, but this time, [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] froze time for long enough to rescue Stampy, and return back to Convoy, unscathed. [[Guiledart]] then took the initiative to teleport all Predacons back to HQ before things got messy, which left the Maximals alone on Gaia to complete their mission: recovering a black box recording of Lio Convoy detailing his disappearance, and the loss of [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] capsules across the universe. Back on the ship, Colada and the others had a new goal: recovering the Angolmois energy before the Predacons could use it for evil. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}}

Colada was with Big Convoy and the other Maximal recruits when they saw a volcano floating in orbit above the planet [[Godbless]]. Although some of the trainees didn’t seem to care about investigating what was going on with the planet, Colada included, Longrack monologued on the importance of being peacekeepers of the galaxy, which meant that unnatural goings on had to be investigated. The snake ‘bot poked fun at him for this, naturally, and Longrack responded in kind. Big Convoy took Longrack’s side in the dispute, though, and traveled closer to the planet, before having their ship impaired by the arrival of a supposed “[[God of the Maximals]]”, causing the vessel to crash down to the surface. Colada and Longrack were both chosen to scout the planet, with the former getting distracted at things like oil, much to the latter’s chagrin. During their expedition, they learned from a native that [[Mikesu|people]] from his village had been seeing a god of their own, but instead one that resembled their own species. This “god” of theirs was making them give away their oil, which was crippling the locals. They reported this information back to Big Convoy, before making their way up to the volcano, and seeing the “Maximal God” once more. Colada himself wanted to attack the being, but Longrack insisted he hold back and be patient. Sure enough, when the “god” attempted to squash the Maximals, it disappeared instead, revealing itself to be an apparition. Longrack had an “I told you so” moment, which frustrated Colada, but before things could escalate they found a strange flower. The local fauna tried to smack the snake Maximal, before revealing itself to be the Predacon [[Saberback]]. The Predacon had used Angolmois energy to create illusions to scare off the Maximals and bend the locals to his will, and now intended to take the remaining energy back to Magmatron. Saberback stood off against Longrack and Colada, before leaping into orbit with the Angolmois capsule. The pair tried to catch up to him, but were stopped by [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]], Sling, and Guiledart. They then received their own reinforcements in the form of Stampy, Break, Heinrad, and Big Convoy, causing a huge brawl to break out for the capsule. In the end, the Maximals won, and sealed the energy safely away on their vessel. Before they departed back into space, Colada tried to take some more of the local oil, but was told off by Longrack, causing yet another argument between the two. Afterwards, the group shot back into space, intent on finding more Angolmois. {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}}

Colada was among the Maximal recruits who ended up traveling to the supposedly warm, paradise-like planet of [[Solid]]. With the others, he descended to the surface of the planet in the ''[[Gung Ho]]'' in order to retrieve the Angolmois capsule located there before the Predacons could. He quickly noticed that the planet was anything but warm, however, with ice spires and frozen-over bodies of water being abundant. He questioned [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] on whether it was supposed to look like this, to which the AI responded that it normally shouldn't. Although Break volunteered to be the sole explorer of the planet, Big Convoy insisted that it be a team mission, meaning that Colada and the others had to enter the wintery hellscape laid before them. Immediately met with frigid winds, he attempted to transform into snake mode to warm himself, but to no avail. Because of the team's general suffering and Break being the only competent warrior on ice, the majority of the team, including Colada, remained behind with Big Convoy as Break surveyed the planet. Later on, the Predacons Saberback and Sling buried the Maximals underneath piles of snow, and Colada had to thaw everyone out with his flame breath. He continued to create a path through the snow with his fiery abilities, until Big Convoy realized that a more efficient means of transport would be sliding across the planet on a large slab of ice. Using this slab, they were able to meet up with Break and save the Angolmois capsule from being stolen by Dead End. After it was safely sealed away back on their ship, Colada and the others rocketed off to find more Angolmois. {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}}

Colada participated in target practice with the other Maximal recruits, who were using one ''another'' as targets. When Stampy felt uncomfortable with the prospect of getting hurt, Colada coiled around him to hold him in place to be shot at. Stampy bit the snake 'bot's coils, causing Colada to let go of him, and call Stampy a coward. Before the group could tease Stampy any more, Big Convoy came into the room, interrupting the game. Later on, the Maximals touched down on [[Maderan]] to find the Angolmois capsule located there. Colada wanted Stampy to be on the exploration team with him, but the rabbit 'bot instead opted to go with Break instead, leaving Colada with Heinrad. The pair quickly found what they thought to be an Angolmois capsule, but what was in actuality an electric trap placed by the Predacons Dead End and Saberback. Dead End whipped Colada for the trouble that he had caused them, but the Maximals were temporarily freed by Stampy. Upon the arrival of Magmatron, however, they were swiftly recaptured. Soon after Magmatron's entrance, Big Convoy arrived, alerted by Stampy of Predacon presence on the planet, and freed the Maximals again, causing the Predacons to retreat. Colada was with the other Maximals when they thanked Stampy for his bravery, and apologized for their cruelty towards him. {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}}

On the ''Gung Ho'', Break and Colada got into an argument between one another, much to the dismay of the other recruits. Seeing an opportunity to encourage teamwork, Big Convoy sent the two as a pair to investigate the planet [[Donovan]], where an Angolmois capsule was located. As their bickering began to cool down, Break was afflicted by the mirages of the planet, and in the confusion threw a stone at Colada to determine if he was real or not. Needless to say, their arguing started back up soon after. While wandering, Colada and Break stumbled upon Sling, who immediately attacked the former. Colada questioned Sling on why he was so frustrated, but he was only met with cannon blasts. When Dead End showed up to assist Sling in taking down Colada, the dimetrodon refused, thinking that the other Predacons would take credit for his work. While the two bickered, Colada managed to escape, and tried to track down the capsule on his own. He eventually met back up with Break, who was frustrated at him for trying to strike out on his own, but Colada angrily responded that he wished Break was a Predacon, so that he could just get rid of him. Shortly after this, the Predacons found the pair, and began to attack. During the battle, Break extended a hand of friendship to Colada, which the loner snake 'bot happily accepted. Working as a team, they held off the Predacons long enough for Big Convoy to show up, save them, and retrieve the Angolmois. {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Ship's Log}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|
The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}}}

====''Beast Wars Diorama Story''====
At some point, Colada was transported back in time to the planet [[Earth|Energoa]], during the original [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] between the Maximals and the Predacons. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}} There, he battled the also time-lost [[Archadis]]. {{storylink|Colada Chapter}} {{storylink|Archadis Chapter}} Soon, several [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s from [[Transformers (film)|another universe]] appeared. A battle broke out between the Maximals, Predacons, Autobots and Decepticons. {{Storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} Colada joined with the other Maximals and Autobots in a final strike against the combined Predacon-Decepticon forces. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}

====''End of G1 Universe''====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Age of Primes (End of G1 Universe)|Age of Primes}}}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' comic===
Colada was born and lived on the planet [[Jörmungandr]] before the other inhabitants were massacred by the [[Blentron]]s. From then on, he joined the Maximals, swearing for revenge. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}} {{storylink|Double Cross}}}}

While exploring the planet [[Wednesday]] in the search for an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule, Colada and the rest of Big Convoy's crew were attacked by an enormous jellyfish. Though Colada and Break were ready to dispatch the creature, their attack was interrupted by Stampy, who had deduced that the jellyfish was in truth a Transformer under the Angolmois Capsule's influence. After freeing Queen [[Rage (BW)|Rage]] of the capsule's power, the Maximals continued on their way in the search for more capsules. {{storylink|To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Return to Zero}}}}

After the conclusion of his adventures serving under Big Convoy, Colada took the name "Cobrarge" and went off to colonize a planet similar to his homeworld in an effort to build a new Jörmungandr. {{storylink|What Became of the Five....}}

===3H comics===
Colada was a member of the [[Maximal High Council]] after the [[Great Transformation]]. He, along with his fellow council members, disbelieved [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] when he warned them of the threat of [[Unicron]]. {{Storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendCohradaCybertronMode.jpg|thumb|left|''If you like piña Cohradas / And getting caught in the rain...'']]
'''Cohrada''' was part of the ''Gung Ho'' crew under [[Big Convoy]] that defeated [[Magmatron]]. After Magmatron's defeat, Cohrada left the official Maximal army to work as an independent agent, since he had little patience for the rules and laws of peacetime. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

Serving as part of Big Convoy's task force on the trail of Cybertron's illicit trade in Angolmois, Cohrada was present when the Maximal leader located the newly risen tower headquarters of [[Shokaract]]. He speculated that this was in fact a structure from an older era of Cybertron, thrust to the surface of the planet by an unknown force. Of course then Shokaract decided that he and the other members of the task force had to die. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} While Cohrada did in fact die originally, this was undone thanks to the [[Pack]] using [[time travel]] to show up just as Shokaract began massacring the task force. With Shokaract distracted, Big Convoy's team traveled to the Pack's crashed ship, where a suspicious Cohrada stuck a gun in [[Bump]]'s face. After the situation was made clear to them, the Maximals teamed up with the Pack and the reinforcements there had brought to defeat Shokaract once and for all. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:Saltmanzandothers.jpg|thumb|Weaving through the streets like a... a...]]
Colada was among the inhabitants of the multiversal hub city of [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
'''Corahda''' was a fighter assigned to the third [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] expedition against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. During the team's ascent of the massive [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]], their rear guard [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] radioed that an additional [[Micromaster]] team was approaching from the west below. When Buzzclaw refused to commit to taking down the Builders himself, cocky Corahda impulsively leapt down to confront the reinforcements himself. Unfortunately, Buzzclaw had underestimated the number of reinforcements, and Corahda found himself facing an entire brigade. Still, he managed to kill [[Dirt Digger]], [[Spark Grid]], and the [[Race Track Patrol]] before falling to blaster fire. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Colada was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] mentioned Corahda as an example of a Maximal who didn't turn into a mammal or bird. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy Cohrada.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Best feature? His wiggles.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Colada''' (コラーダ, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-30'''
:*''Release date'': [[1999]] January ??
:*''Accessories'': "Arm Machine Gun" water-squirter
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in the Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Colada is a Deluxe-sized figure that transforms from an organic cobra to a robot with vaguely-cowboy-ish styling. His tail is segmented to swing and wiggle freely like many cheap plastic snake toys. Also included is his soft-plastic "Arm Machine Gun", which is located inside his [[beast mode]] mouth and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirts water]] by pressing on the panel at the top of the snake-mode's hood. Both gimmicks are available in his robot mode; his tail becomes the "Hand Byūto", forming his right arm, while the Arm Machine Gun mounts on his left wrist and is now activated when squeezing the bladder directly. His [[Maximal]] [[spark crystal]] is also located on his left arm.

: He also features a third "Battle Mode", a gun emplacement focused around his Arm Machine Gun, that was shown being operated by his comrade [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] in the cartoon (though any Basic-sized figure can "operate" it).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/Corahda/corahda.htm More information on Colada at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|VS30}}{{anchor|VsPack}}
{{Twoimages|File:BWN-toy VS-30-box.jpg|w1=150
|File:DX-02 Cobrio VS Stegorat Sonokong.jpg|w2=150|caption='''Left:''' ''Takara packaging pictured'' '''Right:''' ''Sonokong packaging pictured''|float=right}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Sabaku no Taiketsu: Colada VS Saberback''' (砂漠の対決コラーダVSセイバーバック, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''VS-30'''
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''DX-02'''
:*''Release date'': [[1999]] January ??
:*''Accessories'': "Arm Machine Gun" water-squirter

: Colada was also available in a "Desert Showdown" two-pack with the "Destoron" [[Saberback#Toys|Saberback]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: [[Sonokong]] also released this vs-pack in [[South Korea|Korea]]n ''Beast-War Neo'' markets. "'''Cobrio'''" is identical to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases of Colada, other than the packaging and [[Tech Spec]] cards.
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===''Beast Wars Telemocha Series''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Colada''' (コラーダ, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TM-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[2007]] [[March 22]]
:*''Accessories'': "Arm Machine Gun" water-squirter

: Released in the first wave of Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]'', Colada is an extensive [[redeco]] of the figure above, with a more muted version of the original color scheme to better blend the figure with the other toys in the line, which got paint jobs hewing very closely to the [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] models of the CGI show's cast.

: He comes with a DVD featuring the Japanese dub of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[A Better Mousetrap]]"... an episode (and show) that the character was never featured in.

::''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Cybertron/Cohrada/corahda.htm More information on ''Telemocha'' Colada at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Gum''===
*'''Colada''' (candy toy, 1999)
:A snap together model kit of Colada was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Gum|Beast Wars Gum]]'', sculpted entirely from blue plastic. He could transform from robot to beast mode by being broken down into its component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. It came with a stick of gum.

==Notes==
*Colada's name is likely taken from either the drink piña colada, which is represented in Japanese as ''pinya korāda'' (ピニャ・コラーダ), or the sword {{w|Colada}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Cobrio''' (코브리오 ''Kobeurio'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Convoys]]
[[Category:Council members]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Maximals]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Maximal leaders]]
[[Category:Resistance]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Maximals]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:TransTech Maximals]]
[[Category:Universe Maximals]]

Popular beast alternate modes

2026-03-06T01:06:25Z

Crossfire: /* Rabbits */

[[File:Class06-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2|There's more of these than you'd think.]]
Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

{{SITENAME}} has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is (more or less) organized in chronological order of toy release or fictional appearance.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==

===Arachnids===
====Spiders====
[[File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Not an [[Avengers]] member.]]
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
*[[Arcee (G1)]]
*[[Crystal Widow]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]
*[[Airachnid (Prime)]] <ref name="motif">This character qualifies because of their robot mode motif.</ref>
*[[Airachnid (G1)]]

====Scorpions====
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
*[[Pincher (G1)]]
*[[Scorpulator]]
*[[Double Punch (G1)]] / [[Double Punch (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]] / [[Scorponok (BWSG)]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor">This character partially qualities because of their nature as a Fuzor.</ref>
*[[Ax]]
*[[Poison Bite]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]
*[[Zori (Prime)]] / [[Zori (G1)]] / [[Sting (RID)]]
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Scorponok (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)]]

===Crustaceans===
====Crabs====
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]
*[[Cancix]]
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
*[[Razor-Sharp]]
*[[Crab spy]]
*[[Gura]]
*[[Clampdown (RID)]] / [[Clawtrap]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Crabby Grabby]]

===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Sharpshot]]
*[[Shrapnel (RID)]]
*[[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)]] / [[Kickback (Cyberverse)]] / [[Bombshell (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)]]

====Scarabs and male rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
[[File:G1-toy Bombshell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not Heracross.]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BW)]]
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]
*[[Hardshell]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]] / [[Razorhorn]]
*[[Bido (Prime)]] / [[Bido (G1)]]
*[[Barrage (Prime)]]
*[[Bombshell (RID)]]
*[[Saberhorn]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Orthoptera)====
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
*[[Ransack (G1)]] / [[Ransack (SG)|Ransack (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Scourge (BW)]]
*[[Kickback (FOC)]]
*[[Kickback (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Spinhead]] <ref name="motif" />

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
*[[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]]
*[[Injector (BW)|Injector]] / [[Latolata]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]] / [[Inferno (Animated)]] / [[Antagony (Animated)]]
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[King Waruder]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[B-Navi]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[NAVI-Q]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[King Waruder|Daros]] / [[Buggy]]

====Mantises (order Mantodea)====
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]

====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dobo]]

==Fishes==

===Chondrichthyes===
====Rays====
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

====Sharks====
'''Hammerhead shark''' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)]] / [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s {{storylink|Betrayal}}
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)]] / [[Ragebyte]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Hammerbyte]]

'''Great White shark''' (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
*[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark (Transmetal 2)]]
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)]] / [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Cloud|Hellwarp]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]] / [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]] / [[Megalligator]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Gatoraider]]
*[[Dai]]
*[[Razorgrille (RID)]] / [[Skullcruncher (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ROTB)]]

===Lizards===
[[File:Prime-toy Zad.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Geckobot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]] / [[Wreckloose (TF 2010)]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]]
*[[Reptilion]]
*[[Zado]] / [[Zad]]
*[[Crazybolt (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slicedice]] <ref name="motif" />

===Snakes===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Fangtron.jpg|thumb]]
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

*[[Colada]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Night Viper]] <ref>This character qualifies even though vipers are not cobras.</ref>
*[[Cobrabreast]]
*[[Gobu]] / [[Gob]]
*[[Vertebreak (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slitherfang]] / [[Fangtron]]
*[[Overcoiled]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
*[[Snapper]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dado (Prime)]]
*[[Skold]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Ankylosaurus''====
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Bazooka (BW)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Cross-Ryu drone]]
*[[Roughneck]]
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]
*[[Scale (RB)|Scale the Shield-Bot]]
*[[Scarr]]

====''Brontosaurus''<ref>Due to the changing classification status of various fossils, these molds may have been described as either ''Brontosaurus'' or ''Apatosaurus'' at the time of release.</ref>====
[[File:SS-toy Zauru.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Sludge (G1)]]
*[[Zaur (G1)]] / [[Uruaz]] / [[Zauru]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Sludge (SG)]]
*[[Zaur (Animated)]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]
*[[Slog (AOE)]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]

====''Pachycephalosaurus''====
*[[Hardhead (BW)]] / [[Dinotron (BM)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Pachycephalosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Caesar-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)]]<ref>Vertebreak's beast mode is based on the dinosaur previously known as ''Dracorex''. However, as of 2020, ''Dracorex'' is recognized as being the juvenile form of ''Pachycephalosaurus''.</ref> / [[Dracodon]]
* [[Jawbreaker (ES)]]

====''Spinosaurus''====
[[File:AOEGenerationsDeluxeScorn.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)]] / [[Repugnus (Cybertron)]] / [[Undermine (TF 2010)]]
*[[Scorn]]
*[[Spindle]]
*[[Spirituan]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
*[[Snarl (G1)]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Doryu (G1)]]
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
*[[Hacksaw]]
*[[Doryu (SG)]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]
*[[Abyssrain]]
*[[Snarl (Cyberworld)]]

====''Styracosaurus''====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Ractonite.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Killer Punch]]
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Ractonite]]

====''Triceratops''====
[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Slug.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Slag (G1)]]
*[[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]
*[[Snarl (Animated)]]
*[[Slug (FOC)]]
*[[Slug (AOE)]]
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]
*[[Tricerashot (RID)]] / [[Tricerashot (G1)]]<ref name="motif" />
*[['Tops]]
*[[Trisourtops]] / [[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tricranius]]
*[[Slug (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Leafback]]

====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[File:Beast Machines T-Wrecks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (G1)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
*[[Tyrannitron]]
*[[Tri-Rex]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]
*[[Predacon (Armada)]] / [[Preditron]]
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]] / [[Megatron (BWSG)]]
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner" />
*[[Sharp-T]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Bogusaurus Rex]] / [[Stinkosaurus Rex]] / [[Greeny Rex]] / [[Bum Sprout]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]] / [[Roarista]] / [[Goldasaurus Blend]]
*[[Hoist (RB)]] {{storylink|Big Wheels}}
*[[Paleotrex]] / [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations|Transmutate]] / [[Skelivore]]
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
*[[Captain Volca]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)]]

====''Velociraptor''====
[[File:DB-toy Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]
*[[Razor Claw]]
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]
*[[Slash (AOE)]]
*[[Dinobot (BWSG)]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RaptorRescan|Bumblebee (WFC)]]
*[[Slash (POTP)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]
*The [[Raptoricon]]s
**[[Thrashclaw]]
**[[Slice (G1)]]
**[[Gnash]]
**[[Shred]]
*[[Lance (RB)|Lance the Raptor-Bot]]
*[[Slash (RBA)]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|thumb|Won't you, take me, on your mighty wings...]]
*[[Swoop (G1)]]
*[[Graphy]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]] / [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)]]
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Swoop (Animated)]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]
*[[Nosedive]]
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]
*[[Pterry]]
*[[Ptero]]
*[[Pteraxadon]] / [[Terror-Daxtyl]] / [[Enerax]] / [[Sights (G1)]] / [[Fireglide (SG)]] / [[Fireglide (G1)]]
*[[Wingfinger]]
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Thunderbeak]]

==Birds==
===Condors (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')===
[[File:Mov-toy RGR NightBeat7.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt (Beast Machines)]]
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]] / [[Laserbeak (KOU)]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)]] <ref name="motif" />

===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===
[[File:G1Divebomb toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)]] / [[Squawktalk (SG)]]
*[[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BW)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]
*[[Talon (RB)]]

===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
*[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
*[[Airazor (BW)]] / [[Star Eagle]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Tobias]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]] / [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]]
*[[Baru (Prime)]] / [[Baru (G1)]]
*[[Airazor (ROTB)]]

===Owls (order Strigiformes)===
[[File:Prowl tm2 fktoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Beast Wars Prowl.]]
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl II]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Blurray Murray]] / [[Gol-D]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]
{{-}}

==Synapsids==
====''Dimetrodon''====
[[File:DB-toy Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dinobots Sludge]]
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|"Spinosaurus" drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Saber-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]
{{-}}

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
*[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek (BW)]] / [[True One]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)]]
*[[Skar (G1)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
*[[Sonar (BW)]]
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]] / [[Wingthing (Animated)]] / [[Ratbat (KOU)]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Ratbat (ROTF)]]
*[[Convobat]]
*[[Nightstrike]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)]] / [[Psychobat (RID)]] / [[Psychobat (BWU)]]
*[[Nyx]]
*[[Dracula|Draculus]]

===Bovids===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Horri-Bull]]
*[[Longhorn]]
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
*[[Bisonbreast]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Baro (Prime)]] / [[Baro (G1)]]
*[[Bolt (G1)|Bolt]]
*[[Terrashock]] / [[Overhead]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Smashdown]] / [[Malleus Minotaurus]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Lavamuleta]]
*[[Megatron (Cyberworld)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Optimus Prime]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB (BW)|Max-B]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*the [[Cub]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]
*[[Cassie]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]
*[[Servo (RB)]]
*[[Growl (RB)]]
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)]]
*[[Wolfang (Prime)]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Fireplug]]
*[[Sergeant Slobber]]
*[[Steeljaw (RID)]] / [[Phantomjaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Silverhound]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Clipshade]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Mutt-Chievous]]
*[[Coach Husky]]
*[[Silverfang]]
*[[Chainclaw (ROTB)]]
*[[Bullseye (Target)|Bullseye]]

===Equines===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Mach Kick]]
*[[Strada]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]] / [[King Candyhooves]] / [[Sugar Saddle]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Howlback (BB)]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Ax]]
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)]]
*[[Scratch (RID)]] / [[Razorpaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Snarlsaber]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
*[[CatSCAN]]
*[[Rampage (G1)]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]
*[[Tigerbreast]]
*[[Toraizer]]
*[[Tigatron]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Bantor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]
*[[Stripes]]
*[[Arrowstripe]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')
[[File:Prime voyager Thundertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Angela]] / [[Eggleo]] / [[Dark Eggleo]]
*[[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]] / [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]
*[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Leonicus]]
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]
*[[Lionizer (G1)]] / [[Dazzlestrike]]
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion]]
*[[Rachel]]
*[[Lione]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]
*[[Under-3]]
*[[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] / [[Victory Leo]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]] / [[Lionizer (Animated)]]
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]] / [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Lionblade]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

*[[Cheetor (BW)]] / [[Shadow Panther]] / [[Nightprowler]] / [[Cheetor (BWSG)]]
*[[Che]]
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]
*[[Swift (RB)]]
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')
[[File:G1toy-Beastbox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Could 100 humans take ''him'' on?]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)]] / [[Beastbox (SG)]]
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Optimus Primal (BWSG)]]
*[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]
*[[Primal Prime]] / [[Rodimus Primal]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|Optimus Prime (Cybertron)]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Beastbox (ROTF)]]
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Optimus Prime]] <ref name="pretender">This character qualifies due to their Pretender shell only.</ref>
*[[Silverback|Silverback the Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Rarigo]] / [[Ape X Arms]]
*[[Chilla Gorilla]] / [[Abominable Soundman]] / [[Tranquillabeast]] / [[Grinded G. Ears]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]] / [[Flood Jug]]
*[[Snorg the Conquerer]]
*[[Nemesis Primal]]
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)]] / [[Apelinq (ROTB)]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <s>human being</s> Pretender shell!"]]

*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Groundbreaker]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Splashdown]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Metalhawk (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Doubleheader]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Pincher (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Stranglehold]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Vroom (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
*[[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*The [[new lab assistant]]
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] <ref name="IDW">This character qualifies due to their portrayal in the 2005 IDW continuity only.</ref>
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]
*[[Overlord (G1)]] <ref name="IDW" />

===Proboscideans===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-Ozu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Shuffler]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (G1)]]
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]
*[[Masterdominus]]
*[[Hydrophant]]

===Suidae===
'''Boars'''
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Razorbeast]] / [[Randy (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Megatron]]

===Rhinos===
[[File:Beast Wars-Transmetal Rhinox-toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher...]]

*[[Headstrong (G1)]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]] / [[Ramhorn (SG)]]
*[[Stranglehold]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Hornbreast]]
*[[Top-Heavy]]
*[[Fire Beast]]
*[[Rhino (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]
*[[Rumble (ROTF)]]
*[[Zamu]]
*[[Transit (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Transit (G1)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)]]
*[[Drillnohorn]]

===Rabbits===
[[File:BWN-toy Stampy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]]
*[[Kitte Shūshū]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Drizzlefluff Tinkletail]]
{{-}}

===Rodents===
'''Rats'''
*[[Rattrap (BW)]] / [[Packrat]]
*[[Rattrap (BWSG)]] / [[Labrat]]
*[[Rattle Tail]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')
[[File:BW Barbearian toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Rise and Shine, Ursine!]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]
*[[Bear Transformer]]
*[[Sequoia]]
*[[Polarclaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Cuddle Wuddle]] / [[Goldie Snuggleshine]] <ref>Characters using this mold technically turn into ''teddy'' bears.</ref>
{{-}}

==Mythical creatures==
===[[Dragon]]s===
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]

*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)]]
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]
*''Likely'' [[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]
*[[Mechatron]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Cryotek (RID)]]
*[[Galvatron (BW)]] / [[Unicron]]
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]
*[[Ripclaw]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)]] / [[Bakudora]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*[[Lazerback (Prime)]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]] / [[Dorara]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]] / [[Garara (Go!)|Garara]] / [[Thrash (TLK)]]
*[[Blight (Prime)]] / [[Burara]] / [[Gorge]]
*[[Windrazor (Prime)]] / [[Divebomb (Prime)]] / [[Barara]] / [[Rupture]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]] / [[Dragonblaster]]
*[[Flamesnort]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Drake (RB)]]
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner">This character qualities even if they are a partner drone.</ref>
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]] / [[Crimsonflame]]
*[[Dragonstorm]]
*[[Rootwing]] / [[Smerg the Sad]]
*[[Sugar Breath]] / [[Milton]]
*[[Sour Wing]] / [[Aday]] / [[Sweet Fang]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)]]
*[[World Dragnus]]
*[[Dragknight Soldier]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Popular beast alternate modes

2026-03-06T01:03:19Z

Crossfire: /* Bovids */

[[File:Class06-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2|There's more of these than you'd think.]]
Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

{{SITENAME}} has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is (more or less) organized in chronological order of toy release or fictional appearance.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==

===Arachnids===
====Spiders====
[[File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Not an [[Avengers]] member.]]
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
*[[Arcee (G1)]]
*[[Crystal Widow]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]
*[[Airachnid (Prime)]] <ref name="motif">This character qualifies because of their robot mode motif.</ref>
*[[Airachnid (G1)]]

====Scorpions====
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
*[[Pincher (G1)]]
*[[Scorpulator]]
*[[Double Punch (G1)]] / [[Double Punch (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]] / [[Scorponok (BWSG)]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor">This character partially qualities because of their nature as a Fuzor.</ref>
*[[Ax]]
*[[Poison Bite]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]
*[[Zori (Prime)]] / [[Zori (G1)]] / [[Sting (RID)]]
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Scorponok (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)]]

===Crustaceans===
====Crabs====
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]
*[[Cancix]]
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
*[[Razor-Sharp]]
*[[Crab spy]]
*[[Gura]]
*[[Clampdown (RID)]] / [[Clawtrap]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Crabby Grabby]]

===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Sharpshot]]
*[[Shrapnel (RID)]]
*[[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)]] / [[Kickback (Cyberverse)]] / [[Bombshell (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)]]

====Scarabs and male rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
[[File:G1-toy Bombshell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not Heracross.]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BW)]]
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]
*[[Hardshell]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]] / [[Razorhorn]]
*[[Bido (Prime)]] / [[Bido (G1)]]
*[[Barrage (Prime)]]
*[[Bombshell (RID)]]
*[[Saberhorn]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Orthoptera)====
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
*[[Ransack (G1)]] / [[Ransack (SG)|Ransack (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Scourge (BW)]]
*[[Kickback (FOC)]]
*[[Kickback (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Spinhead]] <ref name="motif" />

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
*[[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]]
*[[Injector (BW)|Injector]] / [[Latolata]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]] / [[Inferno (Animated)]] / [[Antagony (Animated)]]
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[King Waruder]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[B-Navi]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[NAVI-Q]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[King Waruder|Daros]] / [[Buggy]]

====Mantises (order Mantodea)====
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]

====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dobo]]

==Fishes==

===Chondrichthyes===
====Rays====
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

====Sharks====
'''Hammerhead shark''' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)]] / [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s {{storylink|Betrayal}}
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)]] / [[Ragebyte]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Hammerbyte]]

'''Great White shark''' (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
*[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark (Transmetal 2)]]
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)]] / [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Cloud|Hellwarp]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]] / [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]] / [[Megalligator]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Gatoraider]]
*[[Dai]]
*[[Razorgrille (RID)]] / [[Skullcruncher (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ROTB)]]

===Lizards===
[[File:Prime-toy Zad.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Geckobot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]] / [[Wreckloose (TF 2010)]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]]
*[[Reptilion]]
*[[Zado]] / [[Zad]]
*[[Crazybolt (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slicedice]] <ref name="motif" />

===Snakes===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Fangtron.jpg|thumb]]
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

*[[Colada]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Night Viper]] <ref>This character qualifies even though vipers are not cobras.</ref>
*[[Cobrabreast]]
*[[Gobu]] / [[Gob]]
*[[Vertebreak (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slitherfang]] / [[Fangtron]]
*[[Overcoiled]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
*[[Snapper]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dado (Prime)]]
*[[Skold]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Ankylosaurus''====
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Bazooka (BW)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Cross-Ryu drone]]
*[[Roughneck]]
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]
*[[Scale (RB)|Scale the Shield-Bot]]
*[[Scarr]]

====''Brontosaurus''<ref>Due to the changing classification status of various fossils, these molds may have been described as either ''Brontosaurus'' or ''Apatosaurus'' at the time of release.</ref>====
[[File:SS-toy Zauru.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Sludge (G1)]]
*[[Zaur (G1)]] / [[Uruaz]] / [[Zauru]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Sludge (SG)]]
*[[Zaur (Animated)]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]
*[[Slog (AOE)]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]

====''Pachycephalosaurus''====
*[[Hardhead (BW)]] / [[Dinotron (BM)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Pachycephalosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Caesar-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)]]<ref>Vertebreak's beast mode is based on the dinosaur previously known as ''Dracorex''. However, as of 2020, ''Dracorex'' is recognized as being the juvenile form of ''Pachycephalosaurus''.</ref> / [[Dracodon]]
* [[Jawbreaker (ES)]]

====''Spinosaurus''====
[[File:AOEGenerationsDeluxeScorn.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)]] / [[Repugnus (Cybertron)]] / [[Undermine (TF 2010)]]
*[[Scorn]]
*[[Spindle]]
*[[Spirituan]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
*[[Snarl (G1)]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Doryu (G1)]]
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
*[[Hacksaw]]
*[[Doryu (SG)]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]
*[[Abyssrain]]
*[[Snarl (Cyberworld)]]

====''Styracosaurus''====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Ractonite.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Killer Punch]]
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Ractonite]]

====''Triceratops''====
[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Slug.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Slag (G1)]]
*[[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]
*[[Snarl (Animated)]]
*[[Slug (FOC)]]
*[[Slug (AOE)]]
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]
*[[Tricerashot (RID)]] / [[Tricerashot (G1)]]<ref name="motif" />
*[['Tops]]
*[[Trisourtops]] / [[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tricranius]]
*[[Slug (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Leafback]]

====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[File:Beast Machines T-Wrecks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (G1)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
*[[Tyrannitron]]
*[[Tri-Rex]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]
*[[Predacon (Armada)]] / [[Preditron]]
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]] / [[Megatron (BWSG)]]
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner" />
*[[Sharp-T]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Bogusaurus Rex]] / [[Stinkosaurus Rex]] / [[Greeny Rex]] / [[Bum Sprout]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]] / [[Roarista]] / [[Goldasaurus Blend]]
*[[Hoist (RB)]] {{storylink|Big Wheels}}
*[[Paleotrex]] / [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations|Transmutate]] / [[Skelivore]]
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
*[[Captain Volca]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)]]

====''Velociraptor''====
[[File:DB-toy Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]
*[[Razor Claw]]
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]
*[[Slash (AOE)]]
*[[Dinobot (BWSG)]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RaptorRescan|Bumblebee (WFC)]]
*[[Slash (POTP)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]
*The [[Raptoricon]]s
**[[Thrashclaw]]
**[[Slice (G1)]]
**[[Gnash]]
**[[Shred]]
*[[Lance (RB)|Lance the Raptor-Bot]]
*[[Slash (RBA)]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|thumb|Won't you, take me, on your mighty wings...]]
*[[Swoop (G1)]]
*[[Graphy]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]] / [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)]]
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Swoop (Animated)]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]
*[[Nosedive]]
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]
*[[Pterry]]
*[[Ptero]]
*[[Pteraxadon]] / [[Terror-Daxtyl]] / [[Enerax]] / [[Sights (G1)]] / [[Fireglide (SG)]] / [[Fireglide (G1)]]
*[[Wingfinger]]
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Thunderbeak]]

==Birds==
===Condors (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')===
[[File:Mov-toy RGR NightBeat7.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt (Beast Machines)]]
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]] / [[Laserbeak (KOU)]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)]] <ref name="motif" />

===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===
[[File:G1Divebomb toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)]] / [[Squawktalk (SG)]]
*[[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BW)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]
*[[Talon (RB)]]

===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
*[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
*[[Airazor (BW)]] / [[Star Eagle]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Tobias]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]] / [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]]
*[[Baru (Prime)]] / [[Baru (G1)]]
*[[Airazor (ROTB)]]

===Owls (order Strigiformes)===
[[File:Prowl tm2 fktoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Beast Wars Prowl.]]
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl II]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Blurray Murray]] / [[Gol-D]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]
{{-}}

==Synapsids==
====''Dimetrodon''====
[[File:DB-toy Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dinobots Sludge]]
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|"Spinosaurus" drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Saber-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]
{{-}}

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
*[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek (BW)]] / [[True One]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)]]
*[[Skar (G1)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
*[[Sonar (BW)]]
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]] / [[Wingthing (Animated)]] / [[Ratbat (KOU)]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Ratbat (ROTF)]]
*[[Convobat]]
*[[Nightstrike]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)]] / [[Psychobat (RID)]] / [[Psychobat (BWU)]]
*[[Nyx]]
*[[Dracula|Draculus]]

===Bovids===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Horri-Bull]]
*[[Longhorn]]
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
*[[Bisonbreast]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Baro (Prime)]] / [[Baro (G1)]]
*[[Bolt (G1)|Bolt]]
*[[Terrashock]] / [[Overhead]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Smashdown]] / [[Malleus Minotaurus]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Lavamuleta]]
*[[Megatron (Cyberworld)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Optimus Prime]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB (BW)|Max-B]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*the [[Cub]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]
*[[Cassie]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]
*[[Servo (RB)]]
*[[Growl (RB)]]
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)]]
*[[Wolfang (Prime)]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Fireplug]]
*[[Sergeant Slobber]]
*[[Steeljaw (RID)]] / [[Phantomjaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Silverhound]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Clipshade]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Mutt-Chievous]]
*[[Coach Husky]]
*[[Silverfang]]
*[[Chainclaw (ROTB)]]
*[[Bullseye (Target)|Bullseye]]

===Equines===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Mach Kick]]
*[[Strada]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]] / [[King Candyhooves]] / [[Sugar Saddle]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Howlback (BB)]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Ax]]
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)]]
*[[Scratch (RID)]] / [[Razorpaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Snarlsaber]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
*[[CatSCAN]]
*[[Rampage (G1)]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]
*[[Tigerbreast]]
*[[Toraizer]]
*[[Tigatron]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Bantor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]
*[[Stripes]]
*[[Arrowstripe]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')
[[File:Prime voyager Thundertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Angela]] / [[Eggleo]] / [[Dark Eggleo]]
*[[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]] / [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]
*[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Leonicus]]
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]
*[[Lionizer (G1)]] / [[Dazzlestrike]]
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion]]
*[[Rachel]]
*[[Lione]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]
*[[Under-3]]
*[[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] / [[Victory Leo]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]] / [[Lionizer (Animated)]]
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]] / [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Lionblade]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

*[[Cheetor (BW)]] / [[Shadow Panther]] / [[Nightprowler]] / [[Cheetor (BWSG)]]
*[[Che]]
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]
*[[Swift (RB)]]
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')
[[File:G1toy-Beastbox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Could 100 humans take ''him'' on?]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)]] / [[Beastbox (SG)]]
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Optimus Primal (BWSG)]]
*[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]
*[[Primal Prime]] / [[Rodimus Primal]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|Optimus Prime (Cybertron)]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Beastbox (ROTF)]]
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Optimus Prime]] <ref name="pretender">This character qualifies due to their Pretender shell only.</ref>
*[[Silverback|Silverback the Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Rarigo]] / [[Ape X Arms]]
*[[Chilla Gorilla]] / [[Abominable Soundman]] / [[Tranquillabeast]] / [[Grinded G. Ears]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]] / [[Flood Jug]]
*[[Snorg the Conquerer]]
*[[Nemesis Primal]]
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)]] / [[Apelinq (ROTB)]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <s>human being</s> Pretender shell!"]]

*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Groundbreaker]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Splashdown]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Metalhawk (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Doubleheader]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Pincher (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Stranglehold]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Vroom (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
*[[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*The [[new lab assistant]]
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] <ref name="IDW">This character qualifies due to their portrayal in the 2005 IDW continuity only.</ref>
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]
*[[Overlord (G1)]] <ref name="IDW" />

===Proboscideans===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-Ozu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Shuffler]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (G1)]]
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]
*[[Masterdominus]]
*[[Hydrophant]]

===Suidae===
'''Boars'''
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Razorbeast]] / [[Randy (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Megatron]]

===Rhinos===
[[File:Beast Wars-Transmetal Rhinox-toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher...]]

*[[Headstrong (G1)]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]] / [[Ramhorn (SG)]]
*[[Stranglehold]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Hornbreast]]
*[[Top-Heavy]]
*[[Fire Beast]]
*[[Rhino (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]
*[[Rumble (ROTF)]]
*[[Zamu]]
*[[Transit (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Transit (G1)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)]]
*[[Drillnohorn]]

===Rabbits===
[[File:BWN-toy Stampy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Beast Wars Neo Stampy]]
*[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]]
*[[Kitte Shūshū]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Drizzlefluff Tinkletail]]
{{-}}

===Rodents===
'''Rats'''
*[[Rattrap (BW)]] / [[Packrat]]
*[[Rattrap (BWSG)]] / [[Labrat]]
*[[Rattle Tail]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')
[[File:BW Barbearian toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Rise and Shine, Ursine!]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]
*[[Bear Transformer]]
*[[Sequoia]]
*[[Polarclaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Cuddle Wuddle]] / [[Goldie Snuggleshine]] <ref>Characters using this mold technically turn into ''teddy'' bears.</ref>
{{-}}

==Mythical creatures==
===[[Dragon]]s===
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]

*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)]]
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]
*''Likely'' [[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]
*[[Mechatron]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Cryotek (RID)]]
*[[Galvatron (BW)]] / [[Unicron]]
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]
*[[Ripclaw]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)]] / [[Bakudora]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*[[Lazerback (Prime)]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]] / [[Dorara]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]] / [[Garara (Go!)|Garara]] / [[Thrash (TLK)]]
*[[Blight (Prime)]] / [[Burara]] / [[Gorge]]
*[[Windrazor (Prime)]] / [[Divebomb (Prime)]] / [[Barara]] / [[Rupture]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]] / [[Dragonblaster]]
*[[Flamesnort]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Drake (RB)]]
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner">This character qualities even if they are a partner drone.</ref>
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]] / [[Crimsonflame]]
*[[Dragonstorm]]
*[[Rootwing]] / [[Smerg the Sad]]
*[[Sugar Breath]] / [[Milton]]
*[[Sour Wing]] / [[Aday]] / [[Sweet Fang]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)]]
*[[World Dragnus]]
*[[Dragknight Soldier]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Popular beast alternate modes

2026-03-06T00:46:35Z

Crossfire: /* Mammals */

[[File:Class06-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2|There's more of these than you'd think.]]
Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

{{SITENAME}} has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is (more or less) organized in chronological order of toy release or fictional appearance.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==

===Arachnids===
====Spiders====
[[File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Not an [[Avengers]] member.]]
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
*[[Arcee (G1)]]
*[[Crystal Widow]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]
*[[Airachnid (Prime)]] <ref name="motif">This character qualifies because of their robot mode motif.</ref>
*[[Airachnid (G1)]]

====Scorpions====
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
*[[Pincher (G1)]]
*[[Scorpulator]]
*[[Double Punch (G1)]] / [[Double Punch (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]] / [[Scorponok (BWSG)]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor">This character partially qualities because of their nature as a Fuzor.</ref>
*[[Ax]]
*[[Poison Bite]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]
*[[Zori (Prime)]] / [[Zori (G1)]] / [[Sting (RID)]]
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Scorponok (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)]]

===Crustaceans===
====Crabs====
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]
*[[Cancix]]
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
*[[Razor-Sharp]]
*[[Crab spy]]
*[[Gura]]
*[[Clampdown (RID)]] / [[Clawtrap]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Crabby Grabby]]

===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Sharpshot]]
*[[Shrapnel (RID)]]
*[[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)]] / [[Kickback (Cyberverse)]] / [[Bombshell (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)]]

====Scarabs and male rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
[[File:G1-toy Bombshell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not Heracross.]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BW)]]
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]
*[[Hardshell]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]] / [[Razorhorn]]
*[[Bido (Prime)]] / [[Bido (G1)]]
*[[Barrage (Prime)]]
*[[Bombshell (RID)]]
*[[Saberhorn]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Orthoptera)====
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
*[[Ransack (G1)]] / [[Ransack (SG)|Ransack (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Scourge (BW)]]
*[[Kickback (FOC)]]
*[[Kickback (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Spinhead]] <ref name="motif" />

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
*[[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]]
*[[Injector (BW)|Injector]] / [[Latolata]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]] / [[Inferno (Animated)]] / [[Antagony (Animated)]]
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[King Waruder]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[B-Navi]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[NAVI-Q]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[King Waruder|Daros]] / [[Buggy]]

====Mantises (order Mantodea)====
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]

====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dobo]]

==Fishes==

===Chondrichthyes===
====Rays====
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

====Sharks====
'''Hammerhead shark''' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)]] / [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s {{storylink|Betrayal}}
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)]] / [[Ragebyte]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Hammerbyte]]

'''Great White shark''' (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
*[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark (Transmetal 2)]]
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)]] / [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Cloud|Hellwarp]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]] / [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]] / [[Megalligator]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Gatoraider]]
*[[Dai]]
*[[Razorgrille (RID)]] / [[Skullcruncher (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ROTB)]]

===Lizards===
[[File:Prime-toy Zad.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Geckobot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]] / [[Wreckloose (TF 2010)]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]]
*[[Reptilion]]
*[[Zado]] / [[Zad]]
*[[Crazybolt (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slicedice]] <ref name="motif" />

===Snakes===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Fangtron.jpg|thumb]]
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

*[[Colada]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Night Viper]] <ref>This character qualifies even though vipers are not cobras.</ref>
*[[Cobrabreast]]
*[[Gobu]] / [[Gob]]
*[[Vertebreak (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slitherfang]] / [[Fangtron]]
*[[Overcoiled]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
*[[Snapper]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dado (Prime)]]
*[[Skold]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Ankylosaurus''====
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Bazooka (BW)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Cross-Ryu drone]]
*[[Roughneck]]
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]
*[[Scale (RB)|Scale the Shield-Bot]]
*[[Scarr]]

====''Brontosaurus''<ref>Due to the changing classification status of various fossils, these molds may have been described as either ''Brontosaurus'' or ''Apatosaurus'' at the time of release.</ref>====
[[File:SS-toy Zauru.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Sludge (G1)]]
*[[Zaur (G1)]] / [[Uruaz]] / [[Zauru]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Sludge (SG)]]
*[[Zaur (Animated)]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]
*[[Slog (AOE)]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]

====''Pachycephalosaurus''====
*[[Hardhead (BW)]] / [[Dinotron (BM)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Pachycephalosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Caesar-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)]]<ref>Vertebreak's beast mode is based on the dinosaur previously known as ''Dracorex''. However, as of 2020, ''Dracorex'' is recognized as being the juvenile form of ''Pachycephalosaurus''.</ref> / [[Dracodon]]
* [[Jawbreaker (ES)]]

====''Spinosaurus''====
[[File:AOEGenerationsDeluxeScorn.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)]] / [[Repugnus (Cybertron)]] / [[Undermine (TF 2010)]]
*[[Scorn]]
*[[Spindle]]
*[[Spirituan]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
*[[Snarl (G1)]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Doryu (G1)]]
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
*[[Hacksaw]]
*[[Doryu (SG)]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]
*[[Abyssrain]]
*[[Snarl (Cyberworld)]]

====''Styracosaurus''====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Ractonite.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Killer Punch]]
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Ractonite]]

====''Triceratops''====
[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Slug.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Slag (G1)]]
*[[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]
*[[Snarl (Animated)]]
*[[Slug (FOC)]]
*[[Slug (AOE)]]
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]
*[[Tricerashot (RID)]] / [[Tricerashot (G1)]]<ref name="motif" />
*[['Tops]]
*[[Trisourtops]] / [[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tricranius]]
*[[Slug (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Leafback]]

====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[File:Beast Machines T-Wrecks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (G1)]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
*[[Tyrannitron]]
*[[Tri-Rex]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]
*[[Predacon (Armada)]] / [[Preditron]]
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]] / [[Megatron (BWSG)]]
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner" />
*[[Sharp-T]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Bogusaurus Rex]] / [[Stinkosaurus Rex]] / [[Greeny Rex]] / [[Bum Sprout]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]] / [[Roarista]] / [[Goldasaurus Blend]]
*[[Hoist (RB)]] {{storylink|Big Wheels}}
*[[Paleotrex]] / [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations|Transmutate]] / [[Skelivore]]
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
*[[Captain Volca]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)]]

====''Velociraptor''====
[[File:DB-toy Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]
*[[Razor Claw]]
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]
*[[Slash (AOE)]]
*[[Dinobot (BWSG)]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RaptorRescan|Bumblebee (WFC)]]
*[[Slash (POTP)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]
*The [[Raptoricon]]s
**[[Thrashclaw]]
**[[Slice (G1)]]
**[[Gnash]]
**[[Shred]]
*[[Lance (RB)|Lance the Raptor-Bot]]
*[[Slash (RBA)]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|thumb|Won't you, take me, on your mighty wings...]]
*[[Swoop (G1)]]
*[[Graphy]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]] / [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)]]
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Swoop (Animated)]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]
*[[Nosedive]]
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]
*[[Pterry]]
*[[Ptero]]
*[[Pteraxadon]] / [[Terror-Daxtyl]] / [[Enerax]] / [[Sights (G1)]] / [[Fireglide (SG)]] / [[Fireglide (G1)]]
*[[Wingfinger]]
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Thunderbeak]]

==Birds==
===Condors (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')===
[[File:Mov-toy RGR NightBeat7.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt (Beast Machines)]]
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]] / [[Laserbeak (KOU)]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)]] <ref name="motif" />

===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===
[[File:G1Divebomb toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)]] / [[Squawktalk (SG)]]
*[[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BW)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]
*[[Talon (RB)]]

===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
*[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
*[[Airazor (BW)]] / [[Star Eagle]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Tobias]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]] / [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]]
*[[Baru (Prime)]] / [[Baru (G1)]]
*[[Airazor (ROTB)]]

===Owls (order Strigiformes)===
[[File:Prowl tm2 fktoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Beast Wars Prowl.]]
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl II]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Blurray Murray]] / [[Gol-D]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]
{{-}}

==Synapsids==
====''Dimetrodon''====
[[File:DB-toy Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dinobots Sludge]]
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|"Spinosaurus" drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Saber-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]
{{-}}

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
*[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek (BW)]] / [[True One]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)]]
*[[Skar (G1)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
*[[Sonar (BW)]]
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]] / [[Wingthing (Animated)]] / [[Ratbat (KOU)]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Ratbat (ROTF)]]
*[[Convobat]]
*[[Nightstrike]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)]] / [[Psychobat (RID)]] / [[Psychobat (BWU)]]
*[[Nyx]]
*[[Dracula|Draculus]]

===Bovids===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Horri-Bull]]
*[[Longhorn]]
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
*[[Bisonbreast]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Baro (Prime)]] / [[Baro (G1)]]
*[[Bolt (G1)|Bolt]]
*[[Terrashock]] / [[Overhead]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Smashdown]] / [[Malleus Minotaurus]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Lavamuleta]]
*[[Megatron (Cyberworld)]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB (BW)|Max-B]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*the [[Cub]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]
*[[Cassie]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]
*[[Servo (RB)]]
*[[Growl (RB)]]
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)]]
*[[Wolfang (Prime)]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Fireplug]]
*[[Sergeant Slobber]]
*[[Steeljaw (RID)]] / [[Phantomjaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Silverhound]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Clipshade]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Mutt-Chievous]]
*[[Coach Husky]]
*[[Silverfang]]
*[[Chainclaw (ROTB)]]
*[[Bullseye (Target)|Bullseye]]

===Equines===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Mach Kick]]
*[[Strada]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]] / [[King Candyhooves]] / [[Sugar Saddle]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Howlback (BB)]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Ax]]
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)]]
*[[Scratch (RID)]] / [[Razorpaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Snarlsaber]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
*[[CatSCAN]]
*[[Rampage (G1)]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]
*[[Tigerbreast]]
*[[Toraizer]]
*[[Tigatron]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Bantor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]
*[[Stripes]]
*[[Arrowstripe]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')
[[File:Prime voyager Thundertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Angela]] / [[Eggleo]] / [[Dark Eggleo]]
*[[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]] / [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]
*[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Leonicus]]
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]
*[[Lionizer (G1)]] / [[Dazzlestrike]]
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion]]
*[[Rachel]]
*[[Lione]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]
*[[Under-3]]
*[[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] / [[Victory Leo]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]] / [[Lionizer (Animated)]]
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]] / [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Lionblade]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

*[[Cheetor (BW)]] / [[Shadow Panther]] / [[Nightprowler]] / [[Cheetor (BWSG)]]
*[[Che]]
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]
*[[Swift (RB)]]
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')
[[File:G1toy-Beastbox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Could 100 humans take ''him'' on?]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)]] / [[Beastbox (SG)]]
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Optimus Primal (BWSG)]]
*[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]
*[[Primal Prime]] / [[Rodimus Primal]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|Optimus Prime (Cybertron)]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Beastbox (ROTF)]]
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Optimus Prime]] <ref name="pretender">This character qualifies due to their Pretender shell only.</ref>
*[[Silverback|Silverback the Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Rarigo]] / [[Ape X Arms]]
*[[Chilla Gorilla]] / [[Abominable Soundman]] / [[Tranquillabeast]] / [[Grinded G. Ears]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]] / [[Flood Jug]]
*[[Snorg the Conquerer]]
*[[Nemesis Primal]]
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)]] / [[Apelinq (ROTB)]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <s>human being</s> Pretender shell!"]]

*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Groundbreaker]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Splashdown]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Metalhawk (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Doubleheader]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Pincher (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Stranglehold]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Vroom (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
*[[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*The [[new lab assistant]]
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] <ref name="IDW">This character qualifies due to their portrayal in the 2005 IDW continuity only.</ref>
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]
*[[Overlord (G1)]] <ref name="IDW" />

===Proboscideans===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-Ozu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Shuffler]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (G1)]]
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]
*[[Masterdominus]]
*[[Hydrophant]]

===Suidae===
'''Boars'''
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Razorbeast]] / [[Randy (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Samurai|Samurai Megatron]]

===Rhinos===
[[File:Beast Wars-Transmetal Rhinox-toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher...]]

*[[Headstrong (G1)]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]] / [[Ramhorn (SG)]]
*[[Stranglehold]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Hornbreast]]
*[[Top-Heavy]]
*[[Fire Beast]]
*[[Rhino (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]
*[[Rumble (ROTF)]]
*[[Zamu]]
*[[Transit (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Transit (G1)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)]]
*[[Drillnohorn]]

===Rabbits===
[[File:BWN-toy Stampy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Beast Wars Neo Stampy]]
*[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]]
*[[Kitte Shūshū]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Drizzlefluff Tinkletail]]
{{-}}

===Rodents===
'''Rats'''
*[[Rattrap (BW)]] / [[Packrat]]
*[[Rattrap (BWSG)]] / [[Labrat]]
*[[Rattle Tail]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')
[[File:BW Barbearian toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Rise and Shine, Ursine!]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]
*[[Bear Transformer]]
*[[Sequoia]]
*[[Polarclaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Cuddle Wuddle]] / [[Goldie Snuggleshine]] <ref>Characters using this mold technically turn into ''teddy'' bears.</ref>
{{-}}

==Mythical creatures==
===[[Dragon]]s===
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]

*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)]]
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]
*''Likely'' [[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]
*[[Mechatron]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Cryotek (RID)]]
*[[Galvatron (BW)]] / [[Unicron]]
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]
*[[Ripclaw]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)]] / [[Bakudora]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*[[Lazerback (Prime)]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]] / [[Dorara]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]] / [[Garara (Go!)|Garara]] / [[Thrash (TLK)]]
*[[Blight (Prime)]] / [[Burara]] / [[Gorge]]
*[[Windrazor (Prime)]] / [[Divebomb (Prime)]] / [[Barara]] / [[Rupture]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]] / [[Dragonblaster]]
*[[Flamesnort]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Drake (RB)]]
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner">This character qualities even if they are a partner drone.</ref>
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]] / [[Crimsonflame]]
*[[Dragonstorm]]
*[[Rootwing]] / [[Smerg the Sad]]
*[[Sugar Breath]] / [[Milton]]
*[[Sour Wing]] / [[Aday]] / [[Sweet Fang]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)]]
*[[World Dragnus]]
*[[Dragknight Soldier]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Space Pirates!

2026-03-01T23:44:23Z

Crossfire: /* Other trivia */

{{disambig3|Space Pirates}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #182–187
|prev=The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)
|next=Firebug!
|title="Space Pirates!"
|image=MarvelUK-187.jpg
|caption=Arise, Ghyrikius Prime!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[September 10|10th September]]–[[October 15|15th October]] [[1988]]
|coverdate=10th September–15th October 1988
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Dan Reed]] (#182–183) [[Lee Sullivan]] (#186–187)
|pencils=[[Dougie Braithwaite]] (#184–185)
|inks=[[Dave Harwood]] (#184–185)
|colour=[[Euan Peters]] (#182–186) [[Steve White]] (#187)
|letters=[[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
|edits by=Chris Francis
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#Original future|Original future (2008)]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
}}
'''Death and destruction reign supreme as the Quintessons embark on their master plan to eliminate the Transformers species.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sevax.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
The [[Quintesson]]s are not having a good year. Space-time itself has been seriously ruptured, and the feedback from the disruption has altered the orbit of the Quintessons' homeworld [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]], such that it is in imminent danger of falling into its [[sun]].

The Quintessons' original plan of response to this crisis was to find an alternative homeworld to move to; to that end, Quintesson spies/explorers surveyed a number of machine worlds (including [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]) and recorded their findings in the [[Quintesson Journal]]. Unfortunately, the journal fell into the hands of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], who withstood all attempts to wring its location from him. As such, the Quintessons decide to move to Plan B — direct conquest of Cybertron and elimination of the [[Transformer]]s. Fear of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] has made them hold off to this point, but without any other option, they proceed. This plan will start with an assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]].

Meanwhile, on the way to the holding cells, Wreck-Gar manages to escape his guards and get onto a nearby boat. Attacked from beneath, Wreck-Gar falls into the water and is surrounded by biting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]].

===Plan of Attack!===
[[File:Beachcomber air raid space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is bored with guard duty at Autobot City Earth and goes off for a ride, which the Quintesson General [[Ghyrik]] uses as an opportunity to mount a full-scale attack, killing many [[Autobot]]s, including [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] as he attempts to transform Autobot City into Battle Mode. Arcee is shocked when she returns to see the devastation, only to be gunned down herself.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar is saved from a sea of Sharkticons by [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] on his own spaceship.

===Pursuit!===
[[File:Space Pirates! Junkions refuse to answer Rodimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
On Cybertron, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] has a confused video call with some [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], failing to find out the location of Wreck-Gar. He then discovers communications to Autobot City Earth are down.

The Quintessons move on to the second part of their plan B. They ask the Decepticon commander [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] for help against the Autobots that are (allegedly) attacking the Quintesson homeworld. Having no sympathy to the Quintesson plight, Soundwave instead decides to mount a full-scale attack on the empty [[Autobase]] on Cybertron.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar and Wheelie have meaningless conversations and escape the Quintessons in an asteroid field.

Finally, Rodimus and the Autobots arrive on Autobot City Earth to find their comrades hanging lifeless from the sides of the city.

===The Tender Trap!===
[[File:Astrotrain space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
On Cybertron, the Decepticons launch their attack on Autobase. But it was a trap! They are ambushed by an army of Quintessons. At a loss, Soundwave sends an anonymous distress call to the remaining Autobots, which is picked up by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

On Earth, Rodimus sends the others off whilst he takes care of Arcee by using the power of the Matrix. But it was also a trap! Rodimus is ambushed by General Ghyrik who runs off with the Matrix. Away from its power, Rodimus weakens and shrinks, reverting to Hot Rod.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar and Wheelie have more meaningless conversations and continue to escape the Quintessons.

===The Awakening!===
Hot Rod and Arcee manage to escape the Quintessons. Finding the strung-up body of Blaster, Hot Rod rummages through his chest for some cassettes.

[[File:Generalghyrik.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Um, Mr. Ghyrik, the capture of the hero comes before the "Villain's Exposition"...]]
Inside Autobot city, General Ghyrik realizes that whilst the attack on Autobot City Earth was just for the purposes of eliminating the Autobots, it would also serve as a base to enslave all of Earth's humans.

On Cybertron, just as the Decepticons are about to be defeated, Ultra Magnus and the Autobots turn up and join in the fight against the Quintessons.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar and Wheelie abandon ship for a small asteroid containing a few Junkions and a transmitter, just in time for the transmission of the contents of the message canister

[[File:Metroplex-UK.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.]]
Finally, whilst Arcee and Blaster's Cassettes hold off the Quintessons, Hot Rod fights with General Ghyrik and manages to reactivate [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the giant Autobot sleeping within Autobot City.

===The End of the World!===
On Earth, Metroplex unloads a can of whoopass on the occupying Quintessons. Hot Rod manages to recover the Matrix from Ghyrik by using a child's trick, and then throws Ghyrik off a rooftop, thus winning the battle there.

On Cybertron, the combined Autobot and Decepticon forces overwhelm the Quintessons on Cybertron, and Soundwave even briefly considers the notion of a truce—but the two factions have been through too much to ever resolve their differences.

Meanwhile, as the contents of the message canister is transmitted to the galaxy at large, a large number of robotic species discover their worlds had been slated for potential colonization. As a result, those Quintessons who managed to escape the death of their world will be galactic fugitives, hated and hunted by the machine races of the galaxy.

Epilogue 1: The Quintesson planet comes to an end.

Epilogue 2: Months from now, Autobot scientists discover the accelerated death of the Quintesson homeworld was because of a rapidly-expanding rift in time and space.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (10)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (11)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (12)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (13)
*[[Hopper]] (14)
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (15)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (16)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (19)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (20)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod]] (21)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (26)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (35)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (36)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (37)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (38)
*[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] (47)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (48)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (50)
*[[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] (51)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (52)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (53)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (54)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (55)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (56)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (57)
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] (58)
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (59)
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] (60)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (61)
}}
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (27)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (28)
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] (29)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (30)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (31)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (32)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (33)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (34)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (39)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (40)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (41)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (42)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (43)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (44)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (45)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (46)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] (49)
|c4=
*[[Ghyrik]] (1)
*[[Jolup]] (2)
*[[Kledji]] (3)
*[[Sevax]] (4)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (5)
*Various [[Quintesson]] guards (6)
*Quintesson judge (7)
*"Innocent" victim (8)
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] (9)
*[[Junkyard (G1)|Junkyard]] (22)
*[[Second-in-command Junkion]] (23)
*[[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]] (24)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"It's funny, once upon a time '''Hot Rod''' would probably have joined me! But now that he's been transformed by our sacred life force, '''the Creation Matrix''', into our leader, '''Rodimus Prime''', he's probably going to '''court-martial''' me."
:—'''Arcee''' laments Hot Rod's matrix-induced character development as she returns to her deserted guard post.

"But quit the '''macho''' bit, eh? It just '''doesn't suit you!'''" 
"Aww...I thought you might find it sort'a '''appealing!'''" 
"'''Matrix help us!'''"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Hot Rod'''

"'''What have you done?''' A '''self-destruct''' device?" 
"Not exactly. You see, the reason why Autobot City is able to transform... is that its core is a '''living being''' — a '''Transformer!''' All I did was wake him up! General, may I introduce... '''<big>METROPLEX!</big>'''"
:— '''Ghyrik''' sets up '''Hot Rod''' to give Metroplex a cool intro/exposition.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:Chase perceptor space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] is on the left, pictured here with [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]'s head, and colored like [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]. He's like a combination of half the [[Throttlebot]]s at this point.]]
*In part 1, a [[Quintesson Prosecutor]] addresses a Judge with "Has the imperial majestrix reached a verdict?", almost certainly a mishearing of a line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' referring to the imperial ''magistrate''.
*In part 2, [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] is coloured like [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]].
*In the big reveal shot of all the Autobots strung up and inactive at the end of part 3, a narration text box resides over Trailbreaker, and it seems to have confused the colourist. His upper half above the text box is coloured correctly, but his legs below it are a strange red and white colour scheme.
**In the same shot, there's an Autobot halfway offscreen who appears to be coloured like Brawn... but from what's visible, the actual character model used doesn't look anything like him. Whether this was actually intended to be Brawn or is just a generic using his colour scheme is hard to say, as no other shot of these Autobots in the later parts ever has the character in frame.
*On page 2 panel 2 of part 4, as Soundwave speaks to the assembled Decepticons aboard Astrotrain, Wildrider is coloured like his fellow Stunticon Breakdown.
*In another shot of the strung up Autobots in part 4, there's a [[generic]] to the left of Slingshot who is coloured like Trailbreaker... probably because he was supposed to ''be'' Trailbreaker, who the art consistently depicts as being strung up to the left of Slingshot in parts 3 and 5.
*Page 5 Panel 4 of Part 5: Wheeljack is missing his characteristic cheek fins.

[[File:SpacePiratesSoundwaveLeader.JPG|thumb|upright=1.9|right|Colour swap thursdays is a proud tradition among the Stunticons (Wildrider is second from the right).]]

===Continuity errors===
*Considering the events of [[The Transformers: The Movie]] have been referenced in and are implied to be canon to the Marvel UK future timeline, it's a bit odd to see Wheeljack alive here since he's very prominently shown dead in The Movie. Same with Brawn, if indeed that is supposed to be him (see Artwork and technical errors above).

===Continuity notes===
*The future Autobots were last seen in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]". Their story continues in "[[Time Wars]]".
*We get a look at Soundwave's generals. They're mainly the leaders of sub-teams, such as [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]. Oddly, [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] is representing the Constructicons these days. [[File:Soundwaveconsiders.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|We don't ''have'' to kill each other. What do you say?]]

===Real-life references===
*When Soundwave sorrowfully notes that "too much has happened between our races" for an end to the war to occur, artist [[Lee Sullivan]] homages the artwork from the similar end to ''{{W|Batman: The Killing Joke}}'', published earlier that year.

===Other trivia===
*This story is noticeably influenced by Season 3 of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]]. Space Pirates was the most cartoon-influenced UK comic story since "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]".
**As in the episode "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]", Rodimus Prime has the Matrix stolen from within him, and is 'de-powered' to his previous incarnation Hot Rod, whilst the Matrix thief has enhanced strength.
**[[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] resembles strongly its appearance in the 1986 animated movie and season 3 cartoon series, albeit coloured differently. As in the cartoon series, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] is seen as the 'living core' of the city.
**Characters prominent in Season 3 of the cartoon series, but previously unknown to the Marvel UK comic series, such as the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], also feature heavily.
**Established Transformers who weren’t in Season 3 of the cartoon barely appear, and none have speaking lines.
*The first three parts of this story are the basis for "[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 24|Fooled By Space Pirates]]", a German text story.
* The ship that Wreck-Gar and Wheelie are flying around in for most of the back half of this arc is very clearly just [[Ark (G1)|the Ark]]'s model from the cartoon. (Though it's not ''actually'' the Ark, as the Ark looked completely different in the Marvel comics).

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #182'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Combat Colin]]'' - "Kung Fu Penguins"
**"Kung Fu Penguins" was a reprint of full page Combat Colin strips that originally appeared in [[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]] issues #34, #35, #36, #38, #39 and #40
*Issue #182 includes the last ever ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Grim Grams|Grim Grams]]'', which had been a feature since [[In the National Interest|issue #75]]. In an introduction [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] claimed this was because it was too difficult for the dumb [[stubbie]]s to forward all the letters to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] (where Grimlock currently resided).

'''Issue #183'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Visionaries]]'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''
*This issue saw a whole new look Transformation page (the introduction on page 2), which had last been changed in issue [[In the National Interest|#74]] (and before that in issue [[The New Order|#22]]). It no longer included a contents index (thus making life more difficult for future wiki page editors).
*The back-up strip changed from ''Action Force'' to ''Visionaries'', necessitating a change to the front cover subtitle.
*Instead of a letters page, issue #183 contained a special ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' strip entitled "[[The Wind of Change!]]" by [[Simon Furman]] and [[Lew Stringer]] that showed Grimlock being replaced by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] as letters page answerer.

'''Issue #184'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''
*Issue #184 saw the first installment of ''Dread Tidings'', which then ran until [[Rhythms of Darkness!|issue #299]]

'''Issue #185'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''

'''Issue #186'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''

'''Issue #187'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Wings" and ''Combat Colin''

===British Junkionisms===
*As in the cartoon, Wreck-Gar's dialogue is littered with references to TV shows. However, UK comics Wreck-Gar has watched an awful lot more UK TV. This obviously wasn't a problem when the story originally came out, but thanks to the increased availability of UK stories in the US along with the fact that lots of these references are decades old, lots of this stuff is now just plain confusing. So, here's a list of exactly what the hell Wreck-Gar is talking about in each issue:

====Part 1====
*"Great Balls of Fire!"—a 1957 {{w|Great Balls of Fire|song}} made famous by Jerry Lee Lewis.
*"''L.A. Law'' this ain't"—An American {{w|L.A. Law|legal drama}}.
*"No mealtime treat"—?.
*"Tense, nervous headache" and "nothing acts faster than Anadin"—references a British advert for [http://www.anadin.co.uk/ Anadin], a brand name for various headache tablets (yes, it's a real brand).
*"Bite it, crunch it, chew it!"—the jingle used for an advert for {{w|Boost (chocolate)|Cadbury's Boost}}, a chocolate bar.
*"Tonight on ''The Clothes Show''..."—A {{w|The Clothes Show|television show}} originally shown on [[BBC]] 1 that showed you how you too could look great on a budget. Often involved {{w|Sleeveless shirt|tank tops}}.
*"''Top of the Pops'' on the Quintessons' hit-list was Cybertron"—A popular British {{w|Top of the Pops|music show}}, featuring artists from the Top 40. Ruthlessly crushed by MTV and its ilk.
*"...and it's still not safe to go back in the water!"—Tag line from {{w|Jaws|some film}} about a [[Overbite (G1)|shark]] or something.

====Part 2====
*"For up to 20% fewer fillings, use Gibbs Sr!"—Gibbs Sr was a brand of toothpaste. It's also the answer to the question "What was the first advert ever shown on British TV?" Impress your friends with knowledge!
*"...the sweet you can eat between meals!"—Allegedly, a {{w|Milky Way (chocolate bar)|Milky Way bar}}. The version sold in the UK lacks the caramel you find in the US version, which is actually closer to a UK Mars bar (and which both used the "work, rest and play" advertising slogan). The UK version will float in water. More sexy knowledge!
*"Shot my bolt, Bernie"—Possibly a reference to a TV show called ''[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_Golden_Shot The Golden Shot]''. Furman is showing his age a bit here. Out of context, it sounds incredibly rude.
*"It'll take more than Five Alive to pep me up"—{{w|Five Alive|Juice drink}} still widely available in the UK. Contains 42% fruit juice, 22% sugar and several artificial sweeteners. Yum!
*"Talk about close shaves...I was so impressed, I bought the company!"—Advertising slogan used on Remington Electric Shavers.
*"The needs of the many must take precedence over the needs of the one, Captain"—A generic term, but in this case referencing the {{w|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|greatest sci-fi film of all time}}.
*"Autobots must be warned of Quintessons' university challenge"—British {{w|University Challenge|quiz show}}, pitting university students against each other. Oxbridge colleges (who compete individually) usually won.
*"It'll be winner takes all if we don't make our home run now!"—Another {{w|Winner Takes All (game show)|quiz show}}, notable for having a top prize of £1000 (oooh) and for helping to catch a rapist. Yes.

====Part 3====
*"I'm afraid it's time for closedown"—The name given to the period during the bad old days when TV stations would shut down for the night. Abandoned once they realised that people might want to watch TV after midnight, and that they had plenty of music/news/repeats to show them.
*"Only when Bob says ''Opportunity Knocks!''"—A sort of precursor to ''America/Britain's Got Talent'', {{w|Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|this show}} aired off and on from the 50s through to the 90s. Wreck-Gar is referencing the period when it was hosted by British National Treasure {{w|Bob Monkhouse}}.
*"Until then we follow the Green Cross Code"—The name given to the act of stopping at the side of the road and checking both ways before crossing. The original Green Cross Code man was David Prowse, who later went on to complain about being dubbed in [[Star Wars (film)|some film]].
*"Run silent. Run deep. You know it makes sense."—The former refers to the {{w|Run Silent, Run Deep|1958 film of the same name}}. The latter, meanwhile, was one of several catchphrases associated with British TV programme ''{{w|Only Fools and Horses}}''.
*"Yeah. Why slowmo...when you can Flymo!"—Tagline to an advert for a really nice [http://www.flymo.com/ lawn mower] that was much faster than contemporary designs.
*"Need extra strength Daz. Reaches the parts of engines other powers can't stir!"—[http://www.dazwhite.co.uk/ Washing detergent] that is so much more powerful than normal ones that it had adverts proclaiming this power to all. Currently uses old soap stars (you see the joke!) instead.
*"Points mean prizes!"—Catchphrase used by {{w|Bruce Forsyth}} - British National Treasure, when he presented ''{{w|Play Your Cards Right}}'', a quiz show based on the US show ''Card Sharks''.

====Part 4====
*"She flies through the air with the greatest of ease!"—Lyrics from the 19th century song, "{{w|The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze}}". Wreck-Gar was probably more familiar with one of the many cover versions.
*"I'm going to have to offer that to the other side!"—"The other side" was a typical way of referring to the opposing team on various television quiz shows, such as ''{{w|University Challenge}}''.
*"Today, the Wish You Were Here Team visits..."—''{{w|Wish You Were Here...?}}'' was a long-running British travel programme.

====Part 5====
*Wreck-Gar's extended exchange with another Junkion is done in the style of football (that's soccer to the colonials in the reading audience) commentation, after the British television show ''{{w|The Big Match}}''. Wreck-Gar and his companion refer to each other with the names of the show's presenters, {{w|Brian Moore (commentator)|Brian Moore}} and {{w|Jimmy Hill}}, respectively.

===Foreign Localization===

'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rymdpiraterna'''" ("The Space Pirates")
====Swedish Junkionisms====
*Many of Wreck-Gar and the Junkions' references were localized to Swedish equivalents.
=====Part 1=====
* "Det här är då '''inte''' ''Lagens änglar''!"—''L.A. Law<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' Swedish title.
*"Inget fungerar bättre än Alvedon..."—Swedish brand name for [https://www.alvedon.se/ headache tablets].
*"Smaken som golvar dig!"—Reference to an ad for [https://www.serietidningsreklam.se/2022/08/12/smaken-som-golvar-dig Rocky], a type of candy bar referencing the {{w|Rocky|Stallone film}}.
*"Idag på ''sköna söndag''..."—{{w|lang=sv|Sköna söndag|Life-style program}} that ran from 1986 to 1996, including showing off fashion.
*"Cybertron var överst på Quintessonernas ''Tracks'' topp 40."—{{w|lang=sv|Tracks|Radio program}} from 1984-2010 where listeners could vote on the five best songs of what was currently charting.
=====Part 2=====
*"Pepsodent tar bort den gula hinnan."—Reference to a 1975 ad campaign for {{w|Pepsodent}} toothpaste featuring tennis player {{w|Björn Borg}}.
*"Nu krävs det mer än Sun-Maid för att pigga upp mig"—{{w|Sun-Maid}} is a brand of raisins.
*"Dom där tänderna ser ut att vara i behov av lite Super Gel: läckert blå, häftigt god."—Referencing the [https://www.serietidningsreklam.se/2015/09/20/pepsodent-gel-tjejer-och-killar-kalle-anka-co-1991-16 tagline] for a now discontinued brand of children's toothpaste.
*"Nej, Jim - Flertalets behov väger tyngre än behovet hos den enskilde"—Still referencing ''Star Trek II'', but made clearer by the addition of the name [[James T. Kirk|Jim]] to the line.
=====Part 3=====
*"Det är bättre att göra som ''Das Boot''."—Referencing the 1981 {{w|Das Boot|film}}.
*"Scotty - vi behöver kraft till motorerna"—Another ''Star Trek'' reference, though this one is more associated with {{w|Star Trek: The Original Series|''The Original Series''}}.
=====Part 4=====
*"Noll till hundra på 2,6 sekunder. Andra modeller kommer inte i närheten av samma prestanda."—Generic reference to car advertisments.
*"Idag kommer ''Ett med naturen''..."—{{w|lang=sv|Ett med naturen|Nature program}} that ran from 1983 to 1996.
=====Part 5=====
*"Det är dags för den här veckans '''tiotusenkronorsfråga!'''"— Referencing the game show ''{{w|lang=sv|Kvitt eller dubbelt}}'', alternately known as ''tiotusenkronorsfrågan'', which was based of the American ''{{w|The $64,000 Question}}''.

{{stub|More references are likely there that could be easier spotted by someone who was there for them.}}

===Covers (6)===
*'''UK issue #182 cover:''' A pair of Quintessons hold Cybertron in their clutches, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #183 cover:''' Arcee is shot, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''UK issue #184 cover:''' Rodimus Prime is confused, by [[Jerry Paris]].
*'''UK issue #185 cover:''' Soundwave is ambushed by the Quintessons, by Andrew Wildman.
*'''UK issue #186 cover:''' Metroplex's fist, by Andrew Wildman.
*'''UK issue #187 cover:''' Ghyrik takes the Matrix from Rodimus Prime, by Andrew Wildman.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-182.jpg|'''UK issue #182'''
File:MarvelUK-183.jpg|'''UK issue #183'''
File:MarvelUK-184.jpg|'''UK issue #184'''
File:MarvelUK-185.jpg|'''UK issue #185'''
File:MarvelUK-186.jpg|'''UK issue #186'''
File:MarvelUK-187.jpg|'''UK issue #187'''
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #17 cover:''' Reuse of issue #182's cover.
*'''''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]'' TPB:''' a Quintesson (probably Lord Kledji) oversees Hot Rod and Arcee injured, Wreck-Gar being attacked by Sharkticons and Metroplex awakening on Earth, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Space Pirates|Best of UK: Space Pirates]]'' #1 cover A:''' Wreck-Gar vs Sharkticons, art by [[Robby Musso]] and colours by [[Kieran Oats]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #1 cover RI:''' Wreck-Gar is dragged under by Sharkticons, from issue #182, page 11, panel 1.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover A:''' Soundwave leads the Decepticons into battle, art by [[Dan Khanna]] and colours by [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover RI:''' Soundwave and his generals aboard Astrotrain, from page 2 of issue #185.
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom17.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #17'''
File:SpacePiratesTitanTPB.jpg|'''''Space Pirates'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKSP1A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #1 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKSP1RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #1 cover RI'''
File:IDWBofUKSP2A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKSP2RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover RI'''
</gallery>
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover A:''' Metroplex vs Quintessons, art by [[Nick Roche]] and colours by [[Chris Carter]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover RI:''' Metroplex vs Quintessons, from the final page of issue #186.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB cover:''' Reuse of the cover of ''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' issue #1.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB cover:''' Reuse of the cover of ''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' issue #2.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK]]'' Omnibus:''' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] tear into the [[Wreckers]] and [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]], crop of the cover to ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars|Best of UK: Time Wars]]'' issue #4.
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 14: Space Pirates''''' [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and a scene of Blaster and Wheeljack strung up
*'''''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Volume 6]] cover:''' General [[Ghyrik]], a [[Quintesson]] Judge, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Snarler]]. Art and colors by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<gallery>
File:IDWBofUKSP3A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKSP3RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover RI'''
File:IDWBofUKSP.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKSPTPB.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKOmnibus.jpg|'''''Best of UK'' Omnibus'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v14.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 14;''''' cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Dougie Braithwaite]] and [[Dave Harwood]]
File:ClassicsUK6.jpg|'''''Classics UK'' Volume 6 TPB'''
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Space Pirates!

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Crossfire: /* Real-life references */

{{disambig3|Space Pirates}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #182–187
|prev=The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)
|next=Firebug!
|title="Space Pirates!"
|image=MarvelUK-187.jpg
|caption=Arise, Ghyrikius Prime!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[September 10|10th September]]–[[October 15|15th October]] [[1988]]
|coverdate=10th September–15th October 1988
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Dan Reed]] (#182–183) [[Lee Sullivan]] (#186–187)
|pencils=[[Dougie Braithwaite]] (#184–185)
|inks=[[Dave Harwood]] (#184–185)
|colour=[[Euan Peters]] (#182–186) [[Steve White]] (#187)
|letters=[[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
|edits by=Chris Francis
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#Original future|Original future (2008)]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
}}
'''Death and destruction reign supreme as the Quintessons embark on their master plan to eliminate the Transformers species.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sevax.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
The [[Quintesson]]s are not having a good year. Space-time itself has been seriously ruptured, and the feedback from the disruption has altered the orbit of the Quintessons' homeworld [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]], such that it is in imminent danger of falling into its [[sun]].

The Quintessons' original plan of response to this crisis was to find an alternative homeworld to move to; to that end, Quintesson spies/explorers surveyed a number of machine worlds (including [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]) and recorded their findings in the [[Quintesson Journal]]. Unfortunately, the journal fell into the hands of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], who withstood all attempts to wring its location from him. As such, the Quintessons decide to move to Plan B — direct conquest of Cybertron and elimination of the [[Transformer]]s. Fear of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] has made them hold off to this point, but without any other option, they proceed. This plan will start with an assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]].

Meanwhile, on the way to the holding cells, Wreck-Gar manages to escape his guards and get onto a nearby boat. Attacked from beneath, Wreck-Gar falls into the water and is surrounded by biting [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]].

===Plan of Attack!===
[[File:Beachcomber air raid space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is bored with guard duty at Autobot City Earth and goes off for a ride, which the Quintesson General [[Ghyrik]] uses as an opportunity to mount a full-scale attack, killing many [[Autobot]]s, including [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] as he attempts to transform Autobot City into Battle Mode. Arcee is shocked when she returns to see the devastation, only to be gunned down herself.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar is saved from a sea of Sharkticons by [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] on his own spaceship.

===Pursuit!===
[[File:Space Pirates! Junkions refuse to answer Rodimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
On Cybertron, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] has a confused video call with some [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], failing to find out the location of Wreck-Gar. He then discovers communications to Autobot City Earth are down.

The Quintessons move on to the second part of their plan B. They ask the Decepticon commander [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] for help against the Autobots that are (allegedly) attacking the Quintesson homeworld. Having no sympathy to the Quintesson plight, Soundwave instead decides to mount a full-scale attack on the empty [[Autobase]] on Cybertron.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar and Wheelie have meaningless conversations and escape the Quintessons in an asteroid field.

Finally, Rodimus and the Autobots arrive on Autobot City Earth to find their comrades hanging lifeless from the sides of the city.

===The Tender Trap!===
[[File:Astrotrain space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
On Cybertron, the Decepticons launch their attack on Autobase. But it was a trap! They are ambushed by an army of Quintessons. At a loss, Soundwave sends an anonymous distress call to the remaining Autobots, which is picked up by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

On Earth, Rodimus sends the others off whilst he takes care of Arcee by using the power of the Matrix. But it was also a trap! Rodimus is ambushed by General Ghyrik who runs off with the Matrix. Away from its power, Rodimus weakens and shrinks, reverting to Hot Rod.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar and Wheelie have more meaningless conversations and continue to escape the Quintessons.

===The Awakening!===
Hot Rod and Arcee manage to escape the Quintessons. Finding the strung-up body of Blaster, Hot Rod rummages through his chest for some cassettes.

[[File:Generalghyrik.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Um, Mr. Ghyrik, the capture of the hero comes before the "Villain's Exposition"...]]
Inside Autobot city, General Ghyrik realizes that whilst the attack on Autobot City Earth was just for the purposes of eliminating the Autobots, it would also serve as a base to enslave all of Earth's humans.

On Cybertron, just as the Decepticons are about to be defeated, Ultra Magnus and the Autobots turn up and join in the fight against the Quintessons.

Meanwhile, Wreck-Gar and Wheelie abandon ship for a small asteroid containing a few Junkions and a transmitter, just in time for the transmission of the contents of the message canister

[[File:Metroplex-UK.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.]]
Finally, whilst Arcee and Blaster's Cassettes hold off the Quintessons, Hot Rod fights with General Ghyrik and manages to reactivate [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the giant Autobot sleeping within Autobot City.

===The End of the World!===
On Earth, Metroplex unloads a can of whoopass on the occupying Quintessons. Hot Rod manages to recover the Matrix from Ghyrik by using a child's trick, and then throws Ghyrik off a rooftop, thus winning the battle there.

On Cybertron, the combined Autobot and Decepticon forces overwhelm the Quintessons on Cybertron, and Soundwave even briefly considers the notion of a truce—but the two factions have been through too much to ever resolve their differences.

Meanwhile, as the contents of the message canister is transmitted to the galaxy at large, a large number of robotic species discover their worlds had been slated for potential colonization. As a result, those Quintessons who managed to escape the death of their world will be galactic fugitives, hated and hunted by the machine races of the galaxy.

Epilogue 1: The Quintesson planet comes to an end.

Epilogue 2: Months from now, Autobot scientists discover the accelerated death of the Quintesson homeworld was because of a rapidly-expanding rift in time and space.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (10)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (11)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (12)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (13)
*[[Hopper]] (14)
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (15)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (16)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (19)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (20)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod]] (21)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (26)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (35)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (36)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (37)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (38)
*[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] (47)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (48)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (50)
*[[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] (51)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (52)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (53)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (54)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (55)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (56)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (57)
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] (58)
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (59)
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] (60)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (61)
}}
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (27)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (28)
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] (29)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (30)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (31)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (32)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (33)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (34)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (39)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (40)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (41)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (42)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (43)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (44)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (45)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (46)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] (49)
|c4=
*[[Ghyrik]] (1)
*[[Jolup]] (2)
*[[Kledji]] (3)
*[[Sevax]] (4)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (5)
*Various [[Quintesson]] guards (6)
*Quintesson judge (7)
*"Innocent" victim (8)
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] (9)
*[[Junkyard (G1)|Junkyard]] (22)
*[[Second-in-command Junkion]] (23)
*[[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]] (24)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"It's funny, once upon a time '''Hot Rod''' would probably have joined me! But now that he's been transformed by our sacred life force, '''the Creation Matrix''', into our leader, '''Rodimus Prime''', he's probably going to '''court-martial''' me."
:—'''Arcee''' laments Hot Rod's matrix-induced character development as she returns to her deserted guard post.

"But quit the '''macho''' bit, eh? It just '''doesn't suit you!'''" 
"Aww...I thought you might find it sort'a '''appealing!'''" 
"'''Matrix help us!'''"
:—'''Arcee''' and '''Hot Rod'''

"'''What have you done?''' A '''self-destruct''' device?" 
"Not exactly. You see, the reason why Autobot City is able to transform... is that its core is a '''living being''' — a '''Transformer!''' All I did was wake him up! General, may I introduce... '''<big>METROPLEX!</big>'''"
:— '''Ghyrik''' sets up '''Hot Rod''' to give Metroplex a cool intro/exposition.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:Chase perceptor space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Chase (G1)|Chase]] is on the left, pictured here with [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]'s head, and colored like [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]. He's like a combination of half the [[Throttlebot]]s at this point.]]
*In part 1, a [[Quintesson Prosecutor]] addresses a Judge with "Has the imperial majestrix reached a verdict?", almost certainly a mishearing of a line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' referring to the imperial ''magistrate''.
*In part 2, [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] is coloured like [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]].
*In the big reveal shot of all the Autobots strung up and inactive at the end of part 3, a narration text box resides over Trailbreaker, and it seems to have confused the colourist. His upper half above the text box is coloured correctly, but his legs below it are a strange red and white colour scheme.
**In the same shot, there's an Autobot halfway offscreen who appears to be coloured like Brawn... but from what's visible, the actual character model used doesn't look anything like him. Whether this was actually intended to be Brawn or is just a generic using his colour scheme is hard to say, as no other shot of these Autobots in the later parts ever has the character in frame.
*On page 2 panel 2 of part 4, as Soundwave speaks to the assembled Decepticons aboard Astrotrain, Wildrider is coloured like his fellow Stunticon Breakdown.
*In another shot of the strung up Autobots in part 4, there's a [[generic]] to the left of Slingshot who is coloured like Trailbreaker... probably because he was supposed to ''be'' Trailbreaker, who the art consistently depicts as being strung up to the left of Slingshot in parts 3 and 5.
*Page 5 Panel 4 of Part 5: Wheeljack is missing his characteristic cheek fins.

[[File:SpacePiratesSoundwaveLeader.JPG|thumb|upright=1.9|right|Colour swap thursdays is a proud tradition among the Stunticons (Wildrider is second from the right).]]

===Continuity errors===
*Considering the events of [[The Transformers: The Movie]] have been referenced in and are implied to be canon to the Marvel UK future timeline, it's a bit odd to see Wheeljack alive here since he's very prominently shown dead in The Movie. Same with Brawn, if indeed that is supposed to be him (see Artwork and technical errors above).

===Continuity notes===
*The future Autobots were last seen in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]". Their story continues in "[[Time Wars]]".
*We get a look at Soundwave's generals. They're mainly the leaders of sub-teams, such as [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]. Oddly, [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] is representing the Constructicons these days. [[File:Soundwaveconsiders.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|We don't ''have'' to kill each other. What do you say?]]

===Real-life references===
*When Soundwave sorrowfully notes that "too much has happened between our races" for an end to the war to occur, artist [[Lee Sullivan]] homages the artwork from the similar end to ''{{W|Batman: The Killing Joke}}'', published earlier that year.

===Other trivia===
*This story is noticeably influenced by Season 3 of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]]. Space Pirates was the most cartoon-influenced UK comic story since "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]".
**As in the episode "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]", Rodimus Prime has the Matrix stolen from within him, and is 'de-powered' to his previous incarnation Hot Rod, whilst the Matrix thief has enhanced strength.
**[[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] resembles strongly its appearance in the 1986 animated movie and season 3 cartoon series, albeit coloured differently. As in the cartoon series, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] is seen as the 'living core' of the city.
**Characters prominent in Season 3 of the cartoon series, but previously unknown to the Marvel UK comic series, such as the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], also feature heavily.
**Established Transformers who weren’t in Season 3 of the cartoon barely appear, and none have speaking lines.
*The first three parts of this story are the basis for [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 24|Fooled By Space Pirates]], a German text story.
* The ship that Wreck-Gar and Wheelie are flying around in for most of the back half of this arc is very clearly just [[Ark (G1)|the Ark]]'s model from the cartoon. (Though it's not ''actually'' the Ark, as the Ark looked completely different in the Marvel comics).

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #182'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Combat Colin]]'' - "Kung Fu Penguins"
**"Kung Fu Penguins" was a reprint of full page Combat Colin strips that originally appeared in [[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]] issues #34, #35, #36, #38, #39 and #40
*Issue #182 includes the last ever ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Grim Grams|Grim Grams]]'', which had been a feature since [[In the National Interest|issue #75]]. In an introduction [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] claimed this was because it was too difficult for the dumb [[stubbie]]s to forward all the letters to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] (where Grimlock currently resided).

'''Issue #183'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Visionaries]]'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''
*This issue saw a whole new look Transformation page (the introduction on page 2), which had last been changed in issue [[In the National Interest|#74]] (and before that in issue [[The New Order|#22]]). It no longer included a contents index (thus making life more difficult for future wiki page editors).
*The back-up strip changed from ''Action Force'' to ''Visionaries'', necessitating a change to the front cover subtitle.
*Instead of a letters page, issue #183 contained a special ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' strip entitled "[[The Wind of Change!]]" by [[Simon Furman]] and [[Lew Stringer]] that showed Grimlock being replaced by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] as letters page answerer.

'''Issue #184'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''
*Issue #184 saw the first installment of ''Dread Tidings'', which then ran until [[Rhythms of Darkness!|issue #299]]

'''Issue #185'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''

'''Issue #186'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Quest of the Four Talismans" and ''Combat Colin''

'''Issue #187'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Visionaries'' - "Wings" and ''Combat Colin''

===British Junkionisms===
*As in the cartoon, Wreck-Gar's dialogue is littered with references to TV shows. However, UK comics Wreck-Gar has watched an awful lot more UK TV. This obviously wasn't a problem when the story originally came out, but thanks to the increased availability of UK stories in the US along with the fact that lots of these references are decades old, lots of this stuff is now just plain confusing. So, here's a list of exactly what the hell Wreck-Gar is talking about in each issue:

====Part 1====
*"Great Balls of Fire!"—a 1957 {{w|Great Balls of Fire|song}} made famous by Jerry Lee Lewis.
*"''L.A. Law'' this ain't"—An American {{w|L.A. Law|legal drama}}.
*"No mealtime treat"—?.
*"Tense, nervous headache" and "nothing acts faster than Anadin"—references a British advert for [http://www.anadin.co.uk/ Anadin], a brand name for various headache tablets (yes, it's a real brand).
*"Bite it, crunch it, chew it!"—the jingle used for an advert for {{w|Boost (chocolate)|Cadbury's Boost}}, a chocolate bar.
*"Tonight on ''The Clothes Show''..."—A {{w|The Clothes Show|television show}} originally shown on [[BBC]] 1 that showed you how you too could look great on a budget. Often involved {{w|Sleeveless shirt|tank tops}}.
*"''Top of the Pops'' on the Quintessons' hit-list was Cybertron"—A popular British {{w|Top of the Pops|music show}}, featuring artists from the Top 40. Ruthlessly crushed by MTV and its ilk.
*"...and it's still not safe to go back in the water!"—Tag line from {{w|Jaws|some film}} about a [[Overbite (G1)|shark]] or something.

====Part 2====
*"For up to 20% fewer fillings, use Gibbs Sr!"—Gibbs Sr was a brand of toothpaste. It's also the answer to the question "What was the first advert ever shown on British TV?" Impress your friends with knowledge!
*"...the sweet you can eat between meals!"—Allegedly, a {{w|Milky Way (chocolate bar)|Milky Way bar}}. The version sold in the UK lacks the caramel you find in the US version, which is actually closer to a UK Mars bar (and which both used the "work, rest and play" advertising slogan). The UK version will float in water. More sexy knowledge!
*"Shot my bolt, Bernie"—Possibly a reference to a TV show called ''[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_Golden_Shot The Golden Shot]''. Furman is showing his age a bit here. Out of context, it sounds incredibly rude.
*"It'll take more than Five Alive to pep me up"—{{w|Five Alive|Juice drink}} still widely available in the UK. Contains 42% fruit juice, 22% sugar and several artificial sweeteners. Yum!
*"Talk about close shaves...I was so impressed, I bought the company!"—Advertising slogan used on Remington Electric Shavers.
*"The needs of the many must take precedence over the needs of the one, Captain"—A generic term, but in this case referencing the {{w|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|greatest sci-fi film of all time}}.
*"Autobots must be warned of Quintessons' university challenge"—British {{w|University Challenge|quiz show}}, pitting university students against each other. Oxbridge colleges (who compete individually) usually won.
*"It'll be winner takes all if we don't make our home run now!"—Another {{w|Winner Takes All (game show)|quiz show}}, notable for having a top prize of £1000 (oooh) and for helping to catch a rapist. Yes.

====Part 3====
*"I'm afraid it's time for closedown"—The name given to the period during the bad old days when TV stations would shut down for the night. Abandoned once they realised that people might want to watch TV after midnight, and that they had plenty of music/news/repeats to show them.
*"Only when Bob says ''Opportunity Knocks!''"—A sort of precursor to ''America/Britain's Got Talent'', {{w|Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|this show}} aired off and on from the 50s through to the 90s. Wreck-Gar is referencing the period when it was hosted by British National Treasure {{w|Bob Monkhouse}}.
*"Until then we follow the Green Cross Code"—The name given to the act of stopping at the side of the road and checking both ways before crossing. The original Green Cross Code man was David Prowse, who later went on to complain about being dubbed in [[Star Wars (film)|some film]].
*"Run silent. Run deep. You know it makes sense."—The former refers to the {{w|Run Silent, Run Deep|1958 film of the same name}}. The latter, meanwhile, was one of several catchphrases associated with British TV programme ''{{w|Only Fools and Horses}}''.
*"Yeah. Why slowmo...when you can Flymo!"—Tagline to an advert for a really nice [http://www.flymo.com/ lawn mower] that was much faster than contemporary designs.
*"Need extra strength Daz. Reaches the parts of engines other powers can't stir!"—[http://www.dazwhite.co.uk/ Washing detergent] that is so much more powerful than normal ones that it had adverts proclaiming this power to all. Currently uses old soap stars (you see the joke!) instead.
*"Points mean prizes!"—Catchphrase used by {{w|Bruce Forsyth}} - British National Treasure, when he presented ''{{w|Play Your Cards Right}}'', a quiz show based on the US show ''Card Sharks''.

====Part 4====
*"She flies through the air with the greatest of ease!"—Lyrics from the 19th century song, "{{w|The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze}}". Wreck-Gar was probably more familiar with one of the many cover versions.
*"I'm going to have to offer that to the other side!"—"The other side" was a typical way of referring to the opposing team on various television quiz shows, such as ''{{w|University Challenge}}''.
*"Today, the Wish You Were Here Team visits..."—''{{w|Wish You Were Here...?}}'' was a long-running British travel programme.

====Part 5====
*Wreck-Gar's extended exchange with another Junkion is done in the style of football (that's soccer to the colonials in the reading audience) commentation, after the British television show ''{{w|The Big Match}}''. Wreck-Gar and his companion refer to each other with the names of the show's presenters, {{w|Brian Moore (commentator)|Brian Moore}} and {{w|Jimmy Hill}}, respectively.

===Foreign Localization===

'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rymdpiraterna'''" ("The Space Pirates")
====Swedish Junkionisms====
*Many of Wreck-Gar and the Junkions' references were localized to Swedish equivalents.
=====Part 1=====
* "Det här är då '''inte''' ''Lagens änglar''!"—''L.A. Law<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' Swedish title.
*"Inget fungerar bättre än Alvedon..."—Swedish brand name for [https://www.alvedon.se/ headache tablets].
*"Smaken som golvar dig!"—Reference to an ad for [https://www.serietidningsreklam.se/2022/08/12/smaken-som-golvar-dig Rocky], a type of candy bar referencing the {{w|Rocky|Stallone film}}.
*"Idag på ''sköna söndag''..."—{{w|lang=sv|Sköna söndag|Life-style program}} that ran from 1986 to 1996, including showing off fashion.
*"Cybertron var överst på Quintessonernas ''Tracks'' topp 40."—{{w|lang=sv|Tracks|Radio program}} from 1984-2010 where listeners could vote on the five best songs of what was currently charting.
=====Part 2=====
*"Pepsodent tar bort den gula hinnan."—Reference to a 1975 ad campaign for {{w|Pepsodent}} toothpaste featuring tennis player {{w|Björn Borg}}.
*"Nu krävs det mer än Sun-Maid för att pigga upp mig"—{{w|Sun-Maid}} is a brand of raisins.
*"Dom där tänderna ser ut att vara i behov av lite Super Gel: läckert blå, häftigt god."—Referencing the [https://www.serietidningsreklam.se/2015/09/20/pepsodent-gel-tjejer-och-killar-kalle-anka-co-1991-16 tagline] for a now discontinued brand of children's toothpaste.
*"Nej, Jim - Flertalets behov väger tyngre än behovet hos den enskilde"—Still referencing ''Star Trek II'', but made clearer by the addition of the name [[James T. Kirk|Jim]] to the line.
=====Part 3=====
*"Det är bättre att göra som ''Das Boot''."—Referencing the 1981 {{w|Das Boot|film}}.
*"Scotty - vi behöver kraft till motorerna"—Another ''Star Trek'' reference, though this one is more associated with {{w|Star Trek: The Original Series|''The Original Series''}}.
=====Part 4=====
*"Noll till hundra på 2,6 sekunder. Andra modeller kommer inte i närheten av samma prestanda."—Generic reference to car advertisments.
*"Idag kommer ''Ett med naturen''..."—{{w|lang=sv|Ett med naturen|Nature program}} that ran from 1983 to 1996.
=====Part 5=====
*"Det är dags för den här veckans '''tiotusenkronorsfråga!'''"— Referencing the game show ''{{w|lang=sv|Kvitt eller dubbelt}}'', alternately known as ''tiotusenkronorsfrågan'', which was based of the American ''{{w|The $64,000 Question}}''.

{{stub|More references are likely there that could be easier spotted by someone who was there for them.}}

===Covers (6)===
*'''UK issue #182 cover:''' A pair of Quintessons hold Cybertron in their clutches, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #183 cover:''' Arcee is shot, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''UK issue #184 cover:''' Rodimus Prime is confused, by [[Jerry Paris]].
*'''UK issue #185 cover:''' Soundwave is ambushed by the Quintessons, by Andrew Wildman.
*'''UK issue #186 cover:''' Metroplex's fist, by Andrew Wildman.
*'''UK issue #187 cover:''' Ghyrik takes the Matrix from Rodimus Prime, by Andrew Wildman.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-182.jpg|'''UK issue #182'''
File:MarvelUK-183.jpg|'''UK issue #183'''
File:MarvelUK-184.jpg|'''UK issue #184'''
File:MarvelUK-185.jpg|'''UK issue #185'''
File:MarvelUK-186.jpg|'''UK issue #186'''
File:MarvelUK-187.jpg|'''UK issue #187'''
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #17 cover:''' Reuse of issue #182's cover.
*'''''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]'' TPB:''' a Quintesson (probably Lord Kledji) oversees Hot Rod and Arcee injured, Wreck-Gar being attacked by Sharkticons and Metroplex awakening on Earth, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Space Pirates|Best of UK: Space Pirates]]'' #1 cover A:''' Wreck-Gar vs Sharkticons, art by [[Robby Musso]] and colours by [[Kieran Oats]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #1 cover RI:''' Wreck-Gar is dragged under by Sharkticons, from issue #182, page 11, panel 1.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover A:''' Soundwave leads the Decepticons into battle, art by [[Dan Khanna]] and colours by [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover RI:''' Soundwave and his generals aboard Astrotrain, from page 2 of issue #185.
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom17.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #17'''
File:SpacePiratesTitanTPB.jpg|'''''Space Pirates'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKSP1A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #1 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKSP1RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #1 cover RI'''
File:IDWBofUKSP2A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKSP2RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #2 cover RI'''
</gallery>
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover A:''' Metroplex vs Quintessons, art by [[Nick Roche]] and colours by [[Chris Carter]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover RI:''' Metroplex vs Quintessons, from the final page of issue #186.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB cover:''' Reuse of the cover of ''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' issue #1.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB cover:''' Reuse of the cover of ''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' issue #2.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK]]'' Omnibus:''' [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] tear into the [[Wreckers]] and [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]], crop of the cover to ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars|Best of UK: Time Wars]]'' issue #4.
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 14: Space Pirates''''' [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and a scene of Blaster and Wheeljack strung up
*'''''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Volume 6]] cover:''' General [[Ghyrik]], a [[Quintesson]] Judge, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Snarler]]. Art and colors by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<gallery>
File:IDWBofUKSP3A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKSP3RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #3 cover RI'''
File:IDWBofUKSP.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKSPTPB.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKOmnibus.jpg|'''''Best of UK'' Omnibus'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v14.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 14;''''' cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Dougie Braithwaite]] and [[Dave Harwood]]
File:ClassicsUK6.jpg|'''''Classics UK'' Volume 6 TPB'''
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Unicron/Generation 1

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[[File:IDW Unicron Alex Milne.jpg|upright=2|thumb|I usually don't look nearly as cool as this.]]
A '''Unicron''' or lots of Unicrons did lots of stuff in the [[Primax]] universal cluster. It's not all very clear.

{{bigquote|Something evil's watching over you Comin' from the sky above And there's nothing you can do|[[The Transformers (Theme)|The Transformers theme]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Generation 1 cartoon continuity==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Orson Welles]] (English, ''The Movie''), [[Roger C. Carmel]] (English, season 3), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese), [[Mizuho Suzuki]] (Japanese, ''The Movie'')|[[Chen Chun]] (Chinese, ''The Movie''), [[Zhan Che]] (Chinese), [[Jean-Claude Michel]] (French, ''The Movie''), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German, "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Werner Abrolat]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV Dub), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'' "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Claudi García]] (Spain-Spanish, ''The Movie''), [[Guillermo Romano]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Garcia Neto]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Sílvio Navas]] (Portuguese, "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[János Bácskai]] (Hungarian, Second Movie Dub), [[Choi Heul]] (Korean, ''The Movie'', KBS dub), [[Eom Joo-hwan]] (Korean, ''The Movie'' Iljin Video dub)}}

[[File:Unicroncall.jpg|thumb|So anyway, here I'm built by a monkey. Sorry.]]

Unicron was constructed by the ancient genius known as [[Primacron]] at the dawn of the universe. Primacron had hoped that Unicron would scour the galaxy clean of life, leaving a blank slate for him to experiment upon, but naturally, Unicron had no desire to be the servant of another, and turned on Primacron, badly wounding him and his [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]], and setting out into the depths of space. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

[[File:TFTM Unicron Lithone.jpg|thumb|left|I see you down there!]]
In the year [[2005]], Unicron made his most famous attack upon Cybertron. While heading towards the planet, he consumed the small world of [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]], making it perfectly clear how great a threat he was to the entire universe. As he continued on his way, Unicron's powers allowed him to become aware of the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who handed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] just before dying, which angered him tremendously. He then came upon the bodies of several wounded and dying Decepticons, who had been dumped into space following a [[Battle of Autobot City|recent battle]] on Earth. He extended a proposition to the Decepticons' leader, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], offering to rebuild his body and those of his troops in exchange for their destruction of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Tortured into accepting, Megatron was transformed into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], and his followers became [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

While Galvatron set about reclaiming leadership of the Decepticons, Unicron arrived at Cybertron, and proceeded to consume the planet's two moons. Outraged that Unicron would do this to a planet that he viewed as his, Galvatron found himself the victim of mental torture by his creator, and ordered to Earth to complete the task given him. The ensuing chase finally climaxed in a showdown on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], where Galvatron seized the Matrix and returned to Unicron, only to reveal that he intended to use the talisman to make Unicron his slave. Amused by his pawn's arrogance, Unicron transformed into his [[Scale|gigantic]] [[robot mode]] and ate Galvatron. Unicron then tore into Cybertron, as [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] and the rest of the Decepticons on the planet fought back, to little effect. Unicron swallowed many spaceships, and one, which contained the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and his comrades, crashed through Unicron's eye. Hot Rod and Galvatron battled deep inside Unicron, and ultimately, Hot Rod was able to retake the Matrix from the Decepticon. Transformed by its power into Rodimus Prime, he defeated Galvatron and opened the Matrix inside Unicron, destroying his body from within as the Autobots drove through his other eye.

[[File:TFTM Unicron smashes cybertron.jpg|thumb|Unicron smash!]]

Unicron's head was blown clear during his death throes, and became caught in Cybertron's gravity, turning it into a new moon for the planet — a grisly testament to the satellites he had destroyed. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Unicron’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]," the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]" and the "Special Edition The Transformers: The Movie extra page" of "[[Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe]]."}}

[[File:Unicron head orbit.jpg|left|thumb|Incoming message from the [[Grand Mal|Big, Giant Head]]!]]
In the year [[2006]], Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps visited Unicron's head, seeking to locate Galvatron, who had been hurled into space at the conclusion of his battle with Rodimus Prime. As they trekked through the apparently dead Unicron, the Decepticons heard a low groan emanating from the head, which Cyclonus dismissed as the wind, despite Scourge pointing there was no wind in space. After accessing the remaining databanks and replaying footage of the final battle, Cyclonus extrapolated Galvatron's trajectory and current location. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

On the planet home to the monster known as [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] proclaimed that Galvatron would be "more famous in history than Unicron" once he destroyed Cybertron with his newly built death crystal cannon. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine Unicron starscream jumpers.jpg|thumb|Unicron's glad he got that Triple-A membership.]]
Later, the ghost of the deceased Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] reactivated Unicron's head in order to make a bargain with him; in exchange for Unicron restoring his body, Starscream would recreate Unicron's. Stealing new optic circuits and a transformation cog for Unicron from [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Starscream was then directed to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron, so that the planet could become his new body. Starscream initially attempted to do this by using Trypticon's body, but Trypticon was deactivated by the Decepticons. Unicron restored Starscream's body so that he could finish the task, but Starscream (somewhat predictably, being Starscream) double-crossed Unicron and refused to complete the necessary connections. Just then, explosives set by the Autobots were detonated, hurling Unicron's head off the planet, beyond its gravity, and out into space. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Seeking a supply of the dangerous particles known as [[anti-electron]]s, Galvatron and the Decepticons traveled to Unicron's head, only to come under attack from the defenses of the barely-aware giant. Also present was the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], who used components from Unicron's head to create the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] to fight Galvatron's forces. The Technobot [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] disconnected enough of Unicron's internal mechanisms to deactivate his systems, apparently killing the evil giant. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

While a much older Primacron mused about how his new creation, [[Tornedron]], would succeed where "the other" had failed, the giant, damaged head of Unicron was visible floating along in the depths of space, where it had apparently faded to a dull grey. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Legends''/''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (1)====
Primacron, after creating various robotic lifeforms through the lifeforce of the [[Precursor World]] contained within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] of his forced assistant, the [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Oracle]], used massive amounts of [[Angolmois Energy]] to create Unicron. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} However, Unicron knew the Matrix was the one thing that could defeat him, so upon rebelling against his creator, his first act was to destroy the Oracle in an attempt to eliminate it. {{storylink|LG-EX Grand Maximus}} This only ended up freeing the Matrix and Primus from within his Primacron-created container, and Primus fled the scene, despite Primacron's protestations that he was needed to stop Unicron. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

====Rodimus Wars====
Unicron took notice when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Dark Hot Rod]] were merged into one being. {{storylink|Rodimus Wars}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon (1)====
At some point before [[2005]], Unicron consumed the Decepticon planet of [[Dinosaur (planet)|Dinosaur]], an event that left cultural trauma in those Decepticons and their descendants. {{Storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}}

====''Story of Binaltech''====
When [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Battle Ravage]] from the future came to be in early [[2005]], he initiated a plan to shunt most of the Decepticons outside of time, leaving the Autobots to face Unicron alone. {{storylink|Changing Lanes}} The future Decepticon also warned [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]], leader of the remaining Decepticons, of Unicron. However, Unicron was aware of the Decepticons' designs and used two [[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]] bodies stolen from an [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] shuttle for two obedient warriors, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Decepticharge]]. The deity sent the duo to quell the Decepticons during an insurrection led by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and order them to assist in destroying the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{Storylink|Widow's Edge}} Unicron met with Autobot troops when he attacked Cybertron. He destroyed many Cybertronians and devoured one of Cybertron's moons before Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus left to confront the evil planet with the power of the Matrix. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (prose)|Darkest Hour}} Optimus was badly damaged during the journey to Unicron, leaving Ultra Magnus to infiltrate the titan's body alone. Though Ultra Magnus had not been chosen by the Matrix, he pleaded his case to the ancient artifact, and was allowed to unleash its power to destroy Unicron's body. Through further temporal machinations, the altered line of events instigated by Battle Ravage was preserved as an [[BT World|alternate timeline]]. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

Blackarachnia and Decepticharge, however, were still bound to Unicron's will and thus continued seeking to destroy the Matrix, but this threat was subdued. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

====''Cloud''====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Fury (Cloud)|Fury}} {{storylink|Transcendence}} {{storylink|Transformers Cloud Compilation Comic|Compilation Comic}} {{storylink|TFC-A04}}}}

====''Kiss Players''====
[[File:TGGUni1.jpg|thumb|Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha]]
Following his destruction in 2005, Unicron's [[Angolmois Energy|lifeforce]] was scattered across time and space, fragmented and parasitized into Autobot and [[Maximal]] leaders throughout history. In 2007, three of his servants, the [[Sparkbot]]s, sought to recreate their master, and tricked the human singing group, the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]—[[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Atari Hitotonari]], and [[Shaoshao Li]]—into helping them in their task by telling them that they were gathering the fragments of the so-called "Allspark".

[[File:TGGUni2.jpg|thumb|left|Oh god ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha]]
[[Primus]] was forced to take action to stop their mission, appearing as a giant golden hand to steal away the energy fragments before the Sparkbots could collect them, but eventually, the evil trio collected enough to accomplish their dire task. Fleeing back in time to [[Earth]]'s prehistoric past, they unleashed the energy and Unicron began to form around them. Following the Sparkbots back to the past, Primus unleashed the full firepower of his mobile battle platform's cannon, sealing Unicron's energy and the Sparkbots deep within the planet. He then created the mighty [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] to serve as a guardian and ensure that the evil being was never again reborn. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 51|Kiss Players #51}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}

Unfortunately for everyone except Unicron, Brave Maximus would go on to leave the Earth in 2007, leaving the chaos-bringer's life-force unguarded. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 39|Kiss Players #39}}
{{--}}

====''Masterpiece''====
Still fearing even the emptied [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Unicron's head orbiting Cybertron used space debris that originated from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s body after [[Dark Awakening (episode)|his apparent second "death"]] to create [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. Nemesis Prime was sent to Cybertron, where he planned to use the [[Dead Matrix]] to resurrect his master, but was interrupted by his original template and the Autobots. {{storylink|Story of Black Convoy}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (2)====
[[File:Return To 2011.jpg|thumb|upright=1|'''[[You|YOU.]] [[Hasbro Pulse#HasLab|DID.]] [[Unicron/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|THIS.]]''']]
In [[2011]], Unicron used the bodies of his disciples to build a new body and threaten the universe once again, forcing an Autobot-Decepticon alliance to try to seal him in the [[Triple Z Point]]. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 1}}

By the time Unicron completed reforming, Convoy had undergone a quest to the [[Precursor World]] and returned with the power of Oracle at his side. Oracle was the original form of Primus from before the [[Big Bang (event)|Big Bang]], wielding the power of righteous Angolmois Energy to counter the corrupted Angolmois of Unicron. Assuming a gun form, Oracle blasted Unicron with his antithesis. This power was great enough to banish Unicron, sealing him in the Triple Z Point to end his threat. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
[[File:UnicronsRemains-GrandGalvatronChapter.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2]]
In [[2021]], [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]'s ghost possessed [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], ordering him to take him to Unicron. The pair approached Unicron's remains, sealed away in the [[Triple Z Point]], so that they could build a new body from Unicron's carcass. However Unicron was still conscious and far from powerless. He struck a deal with the two [[Decepticon]]s; Unicron would reach out throughout the multiverse and pluck from their realities several 'bots who shared Galvatron's lust for revenge. Together, they would form a new "[[Grand Galvatron]]" body for the Decepticon leader, and leave Unicron's own body untouched. Galvatron agreed to Unicron's terms, and [[Roller (G1)|Roller]], [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], and [[Breakdown (WFC)|War Breakdown]] were brought to their universe. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s ghost also turned up, and Unicron granted him a partial corporeal body to form the last component of Galvatron's new form. Unicron then ordered those before him to go out and conquer Cybertron in his name, but Galvatron was already scheming to betray his benefactor as he took off into space. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}}

[[File:BaldigusChapter2 UnicronPlanetBody.jpg|thumb|The [[Unicron/toys#Generation 1|prophecy]] was true...]]
Through Thrust, [[Trickdiamond]] contacted Unicron to strike a deal, agreeing to help him conquer Cybertron. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Before making his move, Unicron reached through time itself and recruited the [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]] from the distant future to serve him. He reformatted his new troops into new bodies, then had his head travel back to Cybertron where Thrust and Trickdiamond provided him with the [[joint energon]] he needed to combine with the planet itself. As he began to transform Cybertron into his new body, Unicron took out Galvatron, announcing that he'd expected his betrayal and also that he would go on to destroy all Transformers, undoing the Combatrons' future. The angered Combatrons turned on him in the form of [[Ruination (RID)|Baldigus]], but Unicron pacified them by summoning his Matrix Hunter minion, [[Grand Scourge]], who tricked Baldigus with his resemblance to [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}}

As Unicron came closer to completely taking over Cybertron, cracks in space-time began to appear because of the many dimension-hoppers and time-travelers he'd brought over, forcing the Autobots and Decepticons to team up to defeat him and undo the cracks. While he was distracted by an attack from several combiners, Unicron's head was ripped out of Cybertron by Baldigus and thrown into space, where a barrage from the combiners and a mighty punch from Optimus Prime and Roller sent him flying back to the Triple Z Point. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

====''The Battlestars''====
[[File:DarkNovaCron1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Dark Nova Diet Soda.]]
Somewhere beyond the year [[2025]], the Ultimate Emperor [[Dark Nova]] seized command of the Decepticons. The spectral entity was described as appearing "very much like Unicron". {{storylink|Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)#After 2025|Japanese Generation 1 timeline}}

====''Legends'' comic (2)====
A being named "Unicron Neo" would come into the scene in [[2038]], {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}} but this was revealed to be a disguise by Dark Nova, who sought to use the image of Unicron to strike fear into the Transformers. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}} Soon after, humans discovered Angolmois Energy within the Earth and used it to bring their civilization to new heights. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (3)====
In [[2050]], Doctor [[Atari Hitotonari]] reflected upon the origins of the Angolmois Energy bringing life to Earth's race of [[Selector]]s. She believed the energy bathed the Earth after the destruction of Unicron. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''See [[#Beast Wars cartoon 2|#Beast Wars cartoon]]''

====Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base====
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[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was an agent of Unicron, and worked on his behalf to form a plot that would result in the destruction of the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[2014]]. [[Doctor Arkeville]] was also likely influenced by Unicron into producing [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]], who would serve as the vessel for the [[Dark Energon]] that would destroy the Expo. However, the plan ultimately failed thanks to Nemesis Prime's inherent sense of justice. In the end, though, Doctor Arkeville still stood as a subject of Unicron. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}

====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
At some point human beings discovered Unicron's lifeforce within the Earth, and attempted to harness it for their own means. This led to the expulsion of humanity from Earth, {{storylink|Emissary of the Fourth Planet}} but the fame of this "mysterious energy" that had been called "[[Angolmois Energy]]" was far-reaching, and eventually, tens of thousands of years after the end of the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Predacon leader [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] attempted to harvest it for himself. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}} Using his artificial planet, [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]], he sucked a large amount of the Angolmois Energy out of the planet and into the vessel. However, after the interference of [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Lio Junior]], all of the stolen Angolmois Energy was sealed into capsules and ejected from Nemesis as it self-destructed. {{storylink|Farewell! Lio Convoy}}

====''Legends'' comic (3)====
With the appearance of [[Blentron|mysterious beings]] who sought [[Angolmois Energy]], Vector Sigma, the form of [[Primus]] in this time, feared the start of a new Great War over Unicron's energy and mechanized Cybertron in preparation for war. {{Storylink|LG-EX Blue Big Convoy}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon (2)====
{{voiceactor|[[Tetsuo Komura]] (Japanese)}}
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With the Angolmois Capsules scattered across space, Unicron's servants, the [[Blentron]]s sought them out, to the point of taking them by force from the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Only [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Emperor of Destruction]] [[Magmatron]] realized their true intention: the resurrection of Unicron, eater of planet [[Dinosaur (planet)|Dinosaur]]. {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} The capsules were gathered at the Blentrons' hideout, where Unicron's spirit, free of the [[Triple Z Point]], {{Storylink|Fight! Maximals}} absorbed the Angolmois Energy to recover a physical presence. The energy "body" he took on was in form of the dead [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]], who had previously absorbed much of Earth's Angolmois Energy into himself. Magmatron confronted "Galvatron", and Unicron allowed the Predacon leader to believe he was his predecessor before defeating him and banishing him to another dimension. Unicron was soon confronted by the Maximals, who had pursued the Blentrons to their hideout, including [[Big Convoy]], who realized the true identity of "Galvatron". {{Storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} The Maximals took a tactical retreat and further ascertained Unicron's current state, while Unicron and the Blentrons set off to find more Angolmois Capsules. They found a horde at [[Advance Base 889T9]], where they again met Big Convoy and his Maximals. The Maximals attempted to detonate the entire base in an effort to destroy Unicron, but he easily survived, absorbing the energy. Desiring a "complete body", he took his leave {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} to Cybertron, while he allowed his Maximal opponents to believe he was returning to the Triple Z Point for his original body.

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Realizing the deception, the Maximals aboard the ''[[Gung Ho (BW)|Gung Ho]]'' arrived at Cybertron, where they saw Unicron laugh at the compromise offered to him by Vector Sigma that he could be reborn as a regular Transformer. In a show of sheer power, Unicron absorbed the firepower of the entire Maximal fleet defending the planet and took the form of a blazing energy dragon to destroy it. Upon completing this task, he landed upon Cybertron, where he was confronted by Big Convoy, who attempted to use the deadly Mammoth Dynamite technique at full power to whittle Unicron away to nothing using super-oscillatory waves. However, he absorbed the three Blentrons to reconstitute himself. Attaining his blazing dragon mode again, Unicron broke into Vector Sigma's chamber to merge with the supercomputer and convert Cybertron into his new body. {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}}

[[File:BWNeo Unicron.JPG|thumb|upright=1.33|left|If you wanted to be pink, Unicron, you could've just impersonated Arcee.]]
Sending his crew away, Big Convoy attempted to stand against the full might of the Unicron-possessed Vector Sigma, but he was saved by his students, who refused to abandon their teacher. Magmatron, refusing to perish till he took his revenge on Unicron and became Predacon Emperor of the universe, returned to normal space and confronted Unicron in Vector Sigma's chamber. The Predacon seemingly destroyed the building and the supercomputer, forcing Unicron to return to using his energy body. Magmatron struck a decisive hit on Unicron, but his spirit simply drained Magmatron of his energy and sent him to another dimension again. [[Lio Convoy]] soon joined the battle and dueled with Galvatron while Big Convoy converted his [[Big Cannon]] into the Matrix Buster. Using the spirit of justice within all of his pupils and his [[Energon Matrix]], Big Convoy fired the Matrix Buster at Unicron. Unicron attempted to absorb this energy, but the full essence of righteousness was too much for Unicron to handle and he exploded, finally ending his threat to the universe. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}}
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====''End of G1 Universe''====
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===Rodimus vs. Cyclonus===
Upon being created by Unicron and charged with stealing the Matrix from Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus and Scourge vowed to prove themselves to Galvatron in battle, pledging their allegiance to him rather than the Chaos Bringer. While his creations were already plotting to overthrow him, Unicron was busy devouring one of Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

===''Wings Universe''===
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[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] considered the return of Unicron to be a less daunting challenge than a mandatory meditation session and lecture for the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s by [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal log, 2015/01/07}}

Time-traveling to the future when Cybertron would theoretically be at peace and therefore unprepared for threats, the [[Star Seeker]]s tried to use Unicron's head to drain all the energon out of Cybertron. A battle ensued aboard Unicron's head when the Cybertronian Knights arrived to stop them. However, the battle was prematurely ended when Alpha Trizer revealed to Star Seeker Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]] that Cybertron in 2984 was techno-organic and thus no longer operated on energon. Most of the pirates were then arrested, but during the battle [[Shokaract|Hunter]] was lured away by Unicron's voice to a transwarp portal that led into the past. There, at Unicron's urging, Hunter touched the [[Matrix of Conquest]] and became Shokaract! {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}} Upon his transformation into Unicron's herald, Shokaract contemplated new evils and set his sights on the metal sphere still being orbited by Unicron's deactivated head. {{storylink|Legacy (issue)|Legacy}}

===Fun Publications===
[[Vector Prime]] noted the Unicron of [[Primax 984.17 Alpha]] was not part of the multiversal Unicron singularity. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/22}} However, such distinctions would later cease to exist as [[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] no longer did. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
During Unicron's approach to Cybertron, [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] began playing with universal streams, causing elements of a [[Gargent]] stream to interact with the [[Primax]] stream Unicron currently inhabited. As a result, many of the warriors Unicron reformatted for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] were [[Renegade]]s, including Deadlift (the tracker) and his Sweeps, Fracture (the warrior) and her armada.

Despite this, events unfolded much as they were meant to, culminating in the final battle between [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Galvatron inside Unicron. Once Hot Rod claimed the Matrix and became Rodimus Prime, he unleashed its power and destroyed Unicron from the inside out. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===''Deviations''===
In a timeline where Optimus managed to kill Megatron during their final battle, Unicron nonetheless made his way toward Cybertron, pausing briefly to devour the dead and dying Decepticons thrown out of Astrotrain. He proceeded to Cybertron, where he interrupted Starscream's coronation. At the behest of Soundwave, Starscream flew out to bargain with the planet-eater. They reached a bargain: Starscream was upgraded into "Megascream", and his inner retinue of warriors were granted the ability to combine with their new leader, in exchange for Starscream's servitude.

Unicron eventually grew tired of his new herald's whining, and skipped chowing down on the Moonbases in favour of going straight for Cybertron, shrugging off Megascream's pleas. Optimus Prime vowed to stop Unicron, but Megascream ultimately defeated the Autobot leader on Unicron's surface. At the last moment, Hot Rod opened the Matrix—destroying Unicron, Megascream, and himself. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

==Marvel Comics continuity==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:PrimalScream-Unicron.jpg|thumb|Unicron is furious that he's been miscolored again.]]
{{quote|It is '''Unicron''' -- the Dark God, the Chaos-Bringer. But these are just '''names''', tags created by small, frightened beings. It is '''force of nature''', tearing, destroying and eating -- '''everything in its path!'''|The narrator|[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]}}
Millions of years after Primus and Unicron entombed themselves inside planetoids and went their separate ways, circa the Earth year [[1990]] a group of Transformers discovered the sleeping form of Primus at Cybertron's core. When a battle erupted, a stray laser blast struck Primus, briefly jolting the god awake and causing him to emit a multiverse-shaking "Primal Scream" that alerted Unicron to Primus's location. Primus himself immediately slipped back into his sleep, but it was too late. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} Knowing the severity of the situation, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] approached an altar within the Ark, hoping to be granted a mystical vision which would guide him on his mission to stop Unicron. He witnessed the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] being corrupted by evil in his vision, as well as Unicron's imminent encroachment! {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}}

[[File:EyeoftheStorm-possiblefutureUnicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|For over a decade, this was considered to be yet another one of Unicron's lies. But now it isn't. Gotta love retcons!]]
While devouring the planet [[Ghennix]], Unicron took note of three criminals who were attempting to escape their fate. Unicron destroyed their vessel and recreated the three as [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]]. As the distance to Cybertron was vast and he was too large to teleport, he ordered them to retrieve a [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] from a [[Rhythms of Darkness!|possible future]] to serve as his herald. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} Though this Galvatron was angry at being plucked from his victorious timeline, Unicron tortured him until he agreed to be his herald. Still, this Galvatron secretly plotted his eventual treachery. Unicron sent all four of them to attack Cybertron and pave the way for his coming. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

The looming threat of Unicron was so great that Optimus willingly surrendered his forces to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in a bid to unite both factions, and meet against the Chaos Bringer as a single force. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

So close to Cybertron he could ''taste it'', Unicron decided to forgo consumption of the planet [[Jhi]] and hasten on his way to the ultimate confrontation. His herald Galvatron, however, captured Autobot leader [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron (G1)|Xaaron]], forcing him to fully awaken Primus. Suspecting treachery on Galvatron's part, Unicron sent Hook, Line and Sinker to retrieve him from the subterranean tunnels of Cybertron, but Galvatron destroyed them, and Primus was woken from his slumber. Unicron's arch-foe possessed Xaaron's body and summoned Transformers from all across the universe back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

Unicron shut down his higher mental functions and drifted for the remainder of the journey to hide himself from detection by Primus. At this point, a mental command that Unicron had placed in some of Primus's creations was activated, resulting in the formation of a cult of Unicron-worshipers, who gathered to destroy the leader of the united Autobots and Decepticons. These [[Acolyte of Unicron|Unicron cultists]] were drawn out when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was named commander of Primus's army. The cultists tried to assassinate the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]; they failed, but distracted the Cybertronians long enough for Unicron to sneak up on the planet. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|''He's got the whooooole world, in his feet...'']]
After Unicron dug his fist into the planet and ate the flesh of his mortal enemy, he noted that this was the finest meal he had ever tasted. However, he was somewhat disappointed to find that the gathered Transformers were simply so terrified of him that there was no resistance to his attack. As he devoured [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] from the tip of his finger, he admitted that despite their lack of showmanship, they were at least delicious.

Unicron's unchecked rampage was soon ensnared by Primus himself, speaking through Emirate Xaaron's body. For a short moment, Unicron was restrained, but when he deduced that this ruse was a big show put on by an insignificant portion of Primus's power, he broke free and destroyed the avatar of Primus, killing both Xaaron and his creator.

Galvatron, who was worried his treachery was going to waste, attacked Unicron, hoping his bravery would stir the Transformers into action. Galvatron was smacked down, but his gambit paid off as the Transformers snapped out of their collective stupor and began a counter-attack against the Chaos-Bringer. Countless Transformers died in this assault, including the Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. But Transformers weren't the only ones attacking him. Briefly fazed by the illusion-casting powers of the [[human]] [[Neo-Knights|Neo-Knight]] [[Rapture]], Unicron's systems were attacked by the electrical powers of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]].

[[File:OntheEdgeofExtinction-toomuch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|For soon you will have life. ''Sweet'' life.]]
After being clocked by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Unicron received another surprise: the thought-lost Creation Matrix had returned, along with its vessel, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. Unicron was at first confused, as he'd sensed the Matrix's destruction, but quickly realized that the Matrix had not been destroyed, but had merely been masked by its seduction by evil. And in the realm of evil, Unicron had no equal! Thunderwing was destroyed, but the Matrix fell to the planet's surface.

Fighting the evil within the Matrix, Optimus Prime grabbed the artifact and launched into Unicron's maw, where the Creation Matrix was opened. While being pummeled by the flood of life unleashed by the Matrix, Unicron's body could not maintain structural integrity and exploded. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[File:JudgmentDay-mist.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|So, seriously, what was up with this stuff?]]
In an alternate 2005, Unicron's consumption of the planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]] was heralded first by strange pink mists<ref>The original script called this an "electronic mist". It sets you on fire and melts you.</ref> that leaked from his planet mode's maw. On route to Cybertron, he encountered an injured [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the bodies of his troops. He offered them new bodies in exchange for hunting down the Matrix. Though Megatron refused the offer at first, Unicron was able to persuade him by emitting more of his corrosive mist. Megatron was remade as Galvatron, and his troops were reborn as Cyclonus, Scourge, and the Sweeps. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} As Galvatron was sent forward, Unicron devoured [[Moonbase One]] and [[Moonbase Two]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] detonated the latter satellite in an attempt to destroy Unicron, but the plan failed utterly, leaving Unicron completely unscathed. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} Galvatron returned to Unicron with the Matrix, but he intended to use it to make Unicron his slave. In retaliation, Unicron attacked Cybertron in earnest, as the planet was helpless against his assault. Ultimately, during a battle that took place inside Unicron, Rodimus Prime claimed the Matrix of Leadership from Galvatron and the Planet-Eater was destroyed from within. Only his head survived, and it remained in orbit over Cybertron. {{storylink|The Final Battle!}} {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" were a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. Also, the UK printing of the animated film adaptation altered the date from 2005 to 2006 to match "[[Target: 2006]]".}}

====Rhythms of Darkness!====
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In another alternate 2005, a dying Megatron was found by Unicron. Unicron refashioned Galvatron into his herald, {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} and through their combined efforts, Unicron succeeded in devouring Cybertron. In the aftermath, he allowed Galvatron and his Decepticons to rule Earth. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
Later in [[Primax 490.0 Gamma]], Unicron stumbled upon the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]'s [[Hub (G2)|Hub]] and savagely attacked. The Cybertronians fought back, rallying the remaining Autobots from Earth and Decepticons from [[Styx]]. Together, Autobot, Decepticon, and Cybertronian stood as one and destroyed Unicron's physical body. The Chaos-Bringer attempted to retreat to the psychic plane, but the [[Liege Maximo]], at the height of his power, confronted him and sacrificed his spark to permanently expel Unicron from their reality. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

====Earthforce====
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After [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] accused Optimus Prime of being too focused on Unicron's imminent arrival, to the detriment of [[Earth]]'s troubles, the Dinobot Commander was allowed to create an [[Earthforce]].'' {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

''However, Prime had his work cut out for him. With an attempted Decepticon alliance ruined beyond all recovery and the Matrix still lost, Optimus had to turn to the original site of the [[Underbase]]—as the Underbase was linked to the centre of Cybertron, the Autobots could tap into that centre (and thus Primus himself) as a substitute Matrix.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:FallenAngel-Unicron.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|And then Rodimus drove up through his entire body to escape through Unicron's other eye.]]
In a parallel timeline, Unicron did not arrive at Cybertron until the year [[2006]], consuming the small planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]] on his way. As he drew closer to Cybertron, Unicron came upon the damaged bodies of Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Marvel UK future timelines|Megatron]] and several of his Decepticon followers, who had been jettisoned into space following a major battle at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. Unicron extended Megatron a bargain, offering to rebuild him and his troops into new beings to serve him, and tortured the recalcitrant Decepticon leader into accepting. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} {{storylink|Altered Image!}} Now reborn as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Megatron immediately began scheming to destroy his "master", using a [[time-jump mechanism]] to travel back in time to [[1986]], where he constructed a solar cannon that was powerful enough to destroy Unicron's physical form. Fully aware of his pawn's actions, Unicron took control of the minds of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and had them follow Galvatron back in time to foil his plan. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

After Galvatron returned to 2006, Unicron devoured Cybertron's moons, much to his servant's dismay. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} Unicron then attacked Cybertron while Galvatron fought Rodimus Prime within his master's body. Galvatron was defeated and thrown out into space. {{storylink|The Final Battle!}} He still had the remote to the [[time-jump mechanism]] and used it to travel back to 1986 again, where he planned to take over the Decepticons so he'd be ready for Unicron when he arrived 20 years later. {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} {{storylink|Hunters}} Unicron himself was destroyed by Rodimus Prime and the Matrix of Leadership in a vast explosion, leaving only his head intact... and, unknown to anyone, that was all he needed to stay alive! {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:LegacyofUnicron-Unicron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Silly Junkions, you can buy loose Unicrons on eBay for just $20!]]
His head floated off through space to eventually crash-land on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. There, the still-conscious Unicron used mind control to force the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] to build him a new body out of the planet. At the beginning of [[2008]], he pulled [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] into his thrall and used them to re-ignite the stalemated Cybertronian war in order to keep the Autobots distracted from his activities. Amused by Death's Head's repeated attempts at defiance, he told him about his origin, only to find himself now under attack by Rodimus Prime and an Autobot strike-team.

This ''almost'' went wrong, as Rodimus (at Death's Head's suggestion) tried to use the power of the Matrix on the astral plane. Here, however, the Matrix ''strengthened'' Unicron and the monster intended to merge with it for greater power. Ultimately, however, he was defeated by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], who had planted explosives under the head's building site while the Chaos-Bringer was distracted. His head was destroyed, and his mind was sealed within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

[[File:WhiteFire-mine.jpg|thumb|Rodimus rejects Unicron's endorsement of the coal industry.]]
On New Year's Day [[2009]], Unicron attempted to turn the Matrix towards evil and merge with it again, the only way he could bear being trapped within it. {{storylink|White Fire}} He reached out from within it and took control of Rodimus Prime's body, using him to sabotage an Autobot shuttle as it was headed for Earth. Kup caught on that Rodimus wasn't being himself quickly however, and forced Unicron to reveal himself earlier than the dark god had planned. Nonetheless, Unicron managed to force the ship into a crash-landing on Earth. As the dust settled following the impact, Unicron advanced on the Autobots, vowing to tear them limb from limb for their interference. {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} Regalling in the destruction, Unicron boasted that it was only fitting that the Autobots' end came at the hands of their leader. He further taunted them when he realized the Autobots had their blasters set to "stun," mockingly declaring that Rodimus was lost to them forever. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} Unicron's rampage was stopped when Kup ripped the Matrix out of Prime's chest. Unfortunately, this meant the Autobots lost their chance to purify the Matrix and that Unicron would be ready for them next time. {{storylink|White Fire}} In 2010, he repeated the trick and transformed Rodimus's body into a copy of his own before being forced back. In the far future of [[2356]], Unicron's essence still resided within the Matrix, steadily withering the struggling body of Rodimus. After a [[Trachis|young student]] was influenced into seeking out Unicron, Rodimus realised Unicron was taking control again, and Unicron's voice chuckled "Soon"... {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
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===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
[[File:Tf commag 18.JPG|thumb|upright=1.0|"Urg! Brush your teeth for once, Unicron!"]]
In [[Primax 489.0 Zeta|this reality]], the Decepticons had always followed the commandments of Unicron. Luckily, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] was able to defeat him on Junkion and the Decepticons suffered a great mental defeat. Unsure if Unicron was dead or not, the Decepticons decided to carry on as if he wasn't. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 18|The Curse of the Pyramids}}

===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
Optimus remembered Unicron as one of the many threats the Autobots had overcome upon being met by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

===''Classics''===
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Upon meeting the mysterious Decepticon [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], who claimed to be from [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon|another dimension]], Megatron's Decepticons were skeptical of his claim, and Megatron ordered Soundwave and Scrapper to scrutinize Landquake. Their research backed up Landquake's story, with Scrapper citing the fact that the presence of Unicron, who Landquake claimed to have [[Revelations Part 6|been battling]], was known to cause spacetime anomalies. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}}

[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] recalled how the Matrix of Leadership was lost in the destruction of Unicron. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}}

===''Regeneration One''===
{{NoteRG1}}
Optimus Prime did not easily recover from his death inside Unicron, and even years later suffered visions of the Chaos-Bringer returning to kill him again. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

Galvatron II, too, recalled Unicron, and [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|his own future timeline]] when Unicron consumed Cybertron against his wishes, leaving him with only Earth to rule. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
The [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] that would come to threaten [[Aurex 105.08 Alpha]] was originally the body of Unicron from [[Primax 886.0 Gamma]]. After being blasted out of that reality by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Unicron ended up as the undetected Tenth Planet of Earth's solar system in [[Tyran 609.08 Kappa]], a universe previously devoid of any singularity phenomenon. The universe's binary end-state nature interfered with the comatose Unicron's attempt to recover, and his systems ended up resurrecting many of the Transformers he had consumed. Dubbing their world Planet X, they traveled to [[Primax 290.0 Zeta]] and began a campaign of conquest, only to be thwarted by the Autobots of that universe. The local Autobots used [[Zodiac]] energy to expel Unicron's essence, splitting Planet X in two. Half remained in that universe as a paradise planet while the other half ended up in Aurex 105.08 Alpha, where it finally met its end in war with [[Gigantion|Gigalonia]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/08}}

==''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Blu Mankuma]] (English), [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Possession-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|This model must have taken them, what, three minutes?]]
When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] appeared on prehistoric [[Earth]] and was questioned by the stranded [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] about how he came to be this way, Starscream "explained" that his body was destroyed by Unicron while serving his master, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. This was, of course, a misrepresentation, and it was revealed later that it was actually Galvatron himself who killed Starscream as punishment for his betrayal. {{storylink|Possession}}

When the [[Vok]] spoke with [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] in Earth's pre-history, they took the form of Unicron's head, claiming that they scanned his mind and chose Unicron as an "authority figure". {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}

[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] would later invoke the name of Unicron by referring to [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] as "Unicron's spawn" in a derogatory manner. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
During Megatron's rule of Cybertron, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] once compared the Predacon's [[Grand Mal|big floating head]] as a "sparkless, floating tribute to Unicron", implying that the Chaos Bringer's head orbited Cybertron after his defeat. By the time of Megatron's rule, however, it had apparently left the planet's orbit, as it was never seen. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}}

===3H comics===
After Unicron's entrapment in a lifeless, metal asteroid the dawn of time, {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}} the dark god recruited the [[Quintesson]]s to seek out the location of his nemesis, [[Primus]]. But when the Quintessons discovered Primus, now having taken the form of the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they decided to delay reporting their findings so they could first exploit Primus to their own ends. After finding the "[[Vector Sigma|singular threat]]" to Unicron and discovering how to subvert it, they used it to create a [[Transformer|race of robotic beings]] which they could sell to other worlds for a price. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[File:Unicrons dark essence.jpg|thumb|Even Unicron's crap is evil.]]
After his destruction in 2005, while his head was left in orbit around Cybertron, {{storylink|Betrayal}} Unicron's essence was sent spiraling through time and space, to crash on prehistoric Earth, prior to the conflict known as the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] which would occur on the planet. It is unclear if this was a deliberate attempt by Unicron to preserve his power or not, but this "[[Dark Essence]]" seemed to lack any real sentience, suggesting that it was merely Unicron's "power", while his spark remained in his intact head in the future. {{storylink|Paradox}}

[[File:Terminus-Unicron.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Unicron makes his own light saber noises.]]
The Dark Essence was discovered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] known as the Hunter, who recognized the dark god's power, and fashioned from the Essence the [[Matrix of Conquest]], a twisted version of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership which he used to conquer and rule over an apocalyptic 32nd Century future, under the name "[[Shokaract]]". Resistance against Shokaract resulted in an attempt by his opponents to travel back in time and destroy the Dark Essence on prehistoric Earth, thereby erasing Shokaract from history, but the villain travelled back in time to stop this effort. [[Point Omega|A massive battle]] between him and Transformers from throughout the multiverse ensued, but eventually, thanks to the efforts of the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], history was altered so that Unicron's essence never arrived on prehistoric Earth, erasing this timeline—and Shokaract—from existence. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

[[File:PrimevalDawn2-Unicron.jpg|thumb|Predicting that Unicron will eventually show up is a pretty safe bet, really.]]
Just after the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] ended on prehistoric Earth, the [[Vok]] assembled a team from the remains of that war to counter [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], Unicron's spawn. [[Primal Prime]], the leader of the Vok's team, had visions of a future apocalypse, involving Unicron, that encompassed every timeline in the [[multiverse]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}} After Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from Primal Prime's torso, he oversaw the construction of a [[unspace|transwarp]] portal that would allow him to bring his prize as an offering to Unicron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|Though [[3H Productions|3H]] folded before this story could be completed, Tarantulas would of course not be successful, and the Matrix would be returned to its rightful place. (Because, you know, the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' stories]] took place chronologically after it.)}}

One week after the [[Great Transformation]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] gangster [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] succeeded in acquiring the [[Divine Light]], one of the Quintessons' discarded attempts to subvert the will of Primus. As Cryotek used it steal Primus's power for himself, [[Sentinel Maximus]] warned him that flaunting Primus's power would catch the attention of Unicron and doom them all. Cryotek laughed at this, since Unicron had been dead since three centuries earlier, and the idea of his resurrection was a fairytale believed only by the naive. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:UnicronDeathstarII.jpg|thumb|left|Guys. GUYS. Get that ring in the right place, or he'll never be able to eat.]]
Cryotek was defeated, but one year later Unicron struck once more. His body ruined and trapped between universes, he sought to revitalize himself by abducting Transformers from across the multiverse and pitting them against each other within the [[Cauldron]], a dark dimension contained within his own body, absorbing their [[energon radiation]] and eventually consuming their sparks. He chose to kidnap several Autobots and Maximals from [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon|one universe]]'s technorganic Cybertron, but that was also the staging ground from which Primus chose to launch a counterattack. Primus gathered an army from many different universes and put the resurrected [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] at its head. {{storylink|Abduction}} Optimus Primal conducted his opening salvo by infiltrating the Cauldron and engineering a mass jailbreak. {{storylink|OTFCC Live-Action Drama}} {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|thumb|That time Unicron was permanently destroyed across all universes forever, except the ones where he wasn't.]]
These "[[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]" raided Unicron to free his captives from their prison cities, battling Unicron's own legion of "[[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions]]" all the while. [[Universe War|These conflicts]] escalated for months or perhaps longer, their intensity rivaling the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Great Wars]].<ref>Optimus Primal's bio in the [[Revelations Part 3|Transformers Collectors' Club comic #9]]</ref> This all came to an abrupt end during the final battle, when Unicron simply vanished due somehow to the [[Unicron Singularity]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:Ascending4-Shokaractsfuture.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|FOOLISH, DOOMED CREATURE.]]

Before the end of the Great War, the Tripredacus Council had set up a secret base of operations within Unicron's head. Though some of their members worried that they might awaken their "host" with their activities, the amount of Angolmois that had already been siphoned out of the satellite meant this was unlikely to ever happen. Unicron's head was later destroyed when the Tripredacus Council detonated their [[transmatter bomb]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

Sometime after a series of events similar to those of [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Big Convoy]]'s [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|experiences]] [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|on]] [[Gaia]] in [[Primax 498.1 Alpha|another universe]], Unicron's heralds, the [[Blentron]]s, were instructed by the Chaos Bringer's essence to gather the Angolmois Capsules scattered across the galaxy, which contained Unicron's energy. The taint of Angolmois would cause unrest and violence across Cybertron as the planet tore itself apart in renewed savage mindless conflict. At the same time, Unicron's chosen yet unwitting vessel, Shokaract, was fed Angolmois by the Blendtrons, having been convinced that it would grant him the power to be reborn as a god. In one potential timeline, this did indeed happen as Unicron was reborn from Shokaract's corrupted form, and the Chaos Bringer proceeded to consume Cybertron itself. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

However, this was averted before it came to pass—thanks to the actions of the in-temporal-limbo [[Magmatron]], who alerted [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and by extension Lio Convoy to Unicron's plan and enlightened Shokaract when the tyrant was temporarily shunted into Magmatron's personal purgatory. Realizing what his ascension actually entailed, Shokaract tore the [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]] from his chest, sacrificing himself and ending Unicron's plan at re-ascension. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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==''BomBom'' comic continuity==
After his destruction in 2005, Unicron's displaced lifeforce became trapped within the planet Earth, where it was eventually discovered and manipulated by humankind (who were unaware of its origins). This resulted in the devastation of the planet, but the fame of this "mysterious energy" that had been called "[[Angolmois Energy]]" was far-reaching, and eventually, twenty million years after Unicron's destruction, {{storylink|Double Cross}} the Predacon leader [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] travelled to the deserted Earth (now known as [[Gaia]]) and attempted to harvest it for himself.

A Maximal energon survey team was sent to the planet Unicron, but it lost contact with [[Maximal Army Central Headquarters]]. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

Galvatron eventually succeeded in sucking-up all the Angolomois energy on Gaia into his artificial planet [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|All Hands, Make a Special Attack on the Evil Planet!}} The Maximals journeyed to Nemesis to stop him, only for Lio Convoy to become corrupted by the Angolmois Energy, turning a Predacon. Lio Convoy was able to channel the true spiritual energy of Gaia through his [[Energon Matrix]] and dispel the taint, restoring himself. He then used that same power to destroy Nemesis, the Angolmois Energy, Galvatron and the Predacons. {{storylink|Win the Battle of Light and Darkness!}}

The explosion of Angolmois Energy wound up creating new problems, transforming a small group of dinosaurs into the Predacons led by [[Magmatron]]. As they left their homeworld in search of the lost Angolmois Energy, a mysterious, supernatural figure (Unicron) looked on in interest. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

[[File:bwn-blackball-manga-01-bigconvoy.jpg|thumb|"Reply hazy, try again"]]
On the planet Gaia, a group of Predacons somehow came into possession of a mysterious spheroid object known as the '''Black Ball'''. The strange artifact was of some importance to the Predacons; it may in fact have told Magmatron that he could rule the galaxy once he had the seven [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsules.

[[File:bwn-unicron-manga-07-unionfleet.jpg|thumb|left|*Head not to scale]]
When Big Convoy came to rescue five Maximal rookies who were trapped in the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' on Gaia, the Maximals found the Black Ball and retrieved it.

After the Maximal returned to the ''[[Gung Ho (BW)|Gung Ho]]'', they attempted to analyze the Black Ball. However, the Black Ball activated the ship's warp engine. {{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} During the warp, the Black Ball began to speak, telling the Maximals about the Angolmois Capsules, which originated from the final conflict between [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] on [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. It also told them that there were seven Angolmois Capsules scattered across the galaxy in total. The Maximals were warned that they must retrieve all the capsules to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, or the galaxy would be in extreme danger. The ''Gung Ho'' subsequently arrived at the planet [[Luxor]], where one of the capsules was located. {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}}

The Black Ball guided Big Convoy's team to various other places where capsules were located.

When Magmatron, who was in a healing chamber in the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'' due to wounds caused by Big Convoy, learned that he lost his troops in the battle on [[Jörmungandr]], the Black Ball suddenly appeared. The Black Ball told Magmatron that it could see he was short-handed and offered Magmatron some "helpers"—the [[Blentron]]s, who emerged from within the Black Ball. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

The Black Ball told both Big Convoy and Magmatron of the planet where the last capsule was located. Magmatron faced off with Big Convoy there, and ordered the Blentrons to attack the Maximals. One of the Blentrons, however, chose to attack Magmatron instead. The action of the Blentrons baffled both Big Convoy and Magmatron alike. The Black Ball then arrived on the planet's surface.

It was revealed that the Black Ball was actually Unicron himself, or more specifically, his essence, while the Angolmois Energy was his life force. Unicron absorbed the six capsules and reformed his head out of the Black Ball. He then revealed that the last capsule was actually both Big Convoy and Magmatron, who were evolved by the power of the Angolmois Capsule on their home planet in the [[7th Cosmos]].

[[File:bwn-bigconvoy&unicron-manga-07-1.jpg|thumb|"Hey kid, wanna buy some wow?"]]
Big Convoy teamed up with Magmatron to fight against Unicron, but both failed. Big Convoy was saved by [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], who told him about Unicron's existence and the plan of the [[Chronarchitect|Ruler of Time and Space]]—to erase the universe and create a new universe without Unicron, the "cancer". After Heinrad was forced to leave due to his interference, Magmatron was chewed up and spat out by Unicron.{{storylink|Double Cross}} Unicron then headed to the planet Cybertron. He latched onto the planet like a parasite and turned it into his new body.

Unicron desired to consume Big Convoy, the last half of the capsule, in order to make his right eye fully functional once more. His physical body was destroyed by Big Convoy after a harsh battle with Big Convoy's crew. However, Unicron's essence emerged from his physical remains and plastered itself onto Big Convoy's body, trying to possess him. Big Convoy removed the [[Energon Matrix|Matrix]] from his chest and unleashed its power, sacrificing himself and successfully destroying Unicron once and for all. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}
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==Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity==
[[File:GenerationOne0-Unicron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|"Say, do you remember that time Leonardo Leonardo tried to open that convenience store across the street?"]]
Unicron was capable of creating [[tainted world]]s. {{Storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide}}

Unicron's servant, [[The Fallen]], tried to bring about his second coming by breaking the [[Seal of Primus]], but failed. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Unicron sent a wave of drones and heralds into the universe, with the Alpha Drone, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], arriving on Cybertron 3000 years ago, amidst the [[Great Shutdown]], which he ended when he reactivated Shockwave for research purposes. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Shockwave happily shot him and experimented on him, and through these experiments became interesting in uncovering the secrets to Cybertron's history. This curiosity led him to steal the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and activate [[Vector Sigma]], which sent a beam across space that roused Unicron from his slumber. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Now awake, but not at full power or consciousness, Unicron set out on a course towards [[Earth]]. The planets he consumed along his way, including the planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]], accelerated his rejuvenation quicker than [[Quintesson]] spectators had calculated. Using the raw materials Unicron harvested from Lithone, he created a new batch of drones based on a second body template. Subsequently, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] burst free from his birthing pod. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}
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==''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''==
[[File:BlackHorizon2-Unicron.jpg|thumb|Unicron, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], what's the diff?]]
Unicron enslaved the population of the worlds he ate to maintain his inner works; one race included the [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]]. He was known about in Transformer legend, and was said to have been banished from his homeworld.

[[File:Unicron's DDP Brain.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|Who needs all those TV monitors, anyway?]]
Thousands of years ago, when humanity was at a primitive stage, Unicron turned up to devour the Earth. The ancestors of [[Cobra-La]], however, had developed a [[metal-eating spore]] that could potentially kill Unicron. They came to an agreement—they would go into exile, while Unicron would merely eat human civilisation once it had developed to a useful point. Eventually they did, and Unicron began broadcasting announcements of "I Return" as he headed towards Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}} {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

Unicron reached Earth and transformed so as to consume civilization in robot form. [[Japan]] was devastated and humanity collectively wet itself. But the world was saved by [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], who flew into the Chaos-Bringer and doused his organic looking brain with Cobra-La's metal-eating spores. Unicron was killed, the world was saved, and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] went on to explore the dead monster's innards. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac II''===
This particular Unicron came from [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha|a universe]] populated by [[GoBot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The Allspark Almanac II}}
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==''Universe'' CD-ROM==
[[File:Unicron tfu cdrom.jpg|left|thumb|I'm gonna steal every single Decepticon every single year. Nobody investigate, mmmkay?]]
In a universe where [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot]]s and [[Reptilion]] led the [[Decepticon]]s, a ship arrived once a year when the Transformers' civil war reached a fever pitch. The ship abducted every Decepticon it could find and promptly left.

These Decepticons were brought to Unicron, who was preparing them for an eventual, ultimate battle for the universe. But unknown to even Unicron, Primus, the sentient core of Cybertron, was amassing an army of Autobots that rivalled Unicron's army of Decepticons. Could Primus meet Unicron's challenge, or was the universe doomed? {{storylink|Transformers: Universe CD-ROM|Universe CD-ROM}}
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==''United''==
During the United battle, the Decepticons revived Unicron from the astral plane. Unicron took an Autobot spaceship as his new body, which he altered into a tank. {{storylink|Unicron/toys#United|Ark Unicron bio}} [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] entered into battle against this new threat. During the fight, Primal's ship, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', mysteriously gained a [[spark]] and became a Transformer. The ''Axalon'' was then the Autobots' greatest hope of defeating "Ark Unicron". {{storylink|Axalon (BW)#United 2|Axalon bio}}

==''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R'' story pages==
[[File:Unicron GTstorypage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|Clever little bugs.]]
Reborn after a previous defeat, Unicron attacked the [[Transformers GT (race)|Transformers GT]] finals and absorbed the Goal Energon, a vast store of energon intended to be awarded to the winner of the race. He then turned his attention toward the [[GT Transformer]]s, intending to devour their energy as well, but was met with resistance from [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|GT-R Maximus]] and his [[Master Jack Sword]]. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|Bringing Down the Sword}} The assembled GT Transformers used their "Matrix In" ability to combine with their [[GT Sister]]s and regain their true strength, allowing them to defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The True TFGT}}
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==''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''==
Unicron, Primus, and other worlds were spawned from the first living planet, [[Daiakuron]]. A statue depicting their creation was located in the depths of Cybertron, where a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] found it while learning of the planet's history. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

==''Beast Wars: Uprising''==
At some point in the 21st century, Unicron remade Megatron into Galvatron. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} As in most other realities, he attacked Cybertron during the height of the war, prompting the Autobots and Decepticons to team up and try to destroy him. Thousands upon thousands of Cybertronians died, until a select few with [[Point One Percenter|strange sparks]] managed to do him in. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

By the 24th century, traces of his essence remained in the form of [[Break]]'s [[Angolmois Blaster]] {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} and the [[Dark Energon]]-based [[G-Virus]]. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} Despite such evidence to the contrary, [[information creep]] caused some Cybertronians to doubt that Unicron had been real. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}} Some maintained he was a conspiracy theory, made up to accomplish... something, or just outright denied his existence at all. These individuals were dubbed "Unicron Truthers". {{storylink|Derailment}}

==''Of Masters and Mayhem''==
After [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] had been tossed into the nothingness between universes, {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} he found himself in another universe, one where he sensed that Unicron had never existed nor would he ever exist. Unable to leave this reality without a link to Unicron's power, Ramjet made plans to destroy it as a means of reuniting with his master. {{storylink|Assembly (OMAM)|Assembly}}

Detecting the presence of a great evil, Ramjet contacted it via a Decepticon frequency. When the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] answered his call, Ramjet disappointedly noted that the [[Matrix of Malice]] they carried was not connected to Unicron. {{storylink|History}} When [[Thunder Mayhem]] was later destroyed, a panicked Ramjet flew off into the universe, searching for other means to exit this reality and return to Unicron. {{storylink|Finale (OMAM)|Finale}}

==''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity==
===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Unicron's planet mode was the possible location of one of thirteen [[Titan (group)|Titans]], alongside [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Master (planet)|Dominius]], [[Nebulos]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Antilla]], [[Paradron]], [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Earth]], [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Biosfera]], [[Aquatron]], [[Botropolis]], [[Micro]]n, and [[Gigantion]]. {{storylink|Titans Return (toyline)#Summer convention exclusives|Titan Force}}<ref>[[:File:TR_Titan_Force_map.jpg|''Titans Return'' Titan Force 3-pack map]]</ref>

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Judd Nelson]] (English)}}
[[File:Machinima-POTP-disembodied-Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I can't blink, I can't cough, I can't sneeze, but my neck is enjoying a pleasant breeze...]]
Long ago, Unicron threatened Cybertron, and [[Solus Prime]] developed powerful tools to help defend against him, such as the Matrix of Leadership, the [[Enigma of Combination]] and the [[Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} Ultimately, [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] used the Blaster to finally defeat Unicron, leaving his destroyed head helplessly floating through space. {{storylink|The Swamp}} Eons later, Unicron briefly transformed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into Galvatron, though this upgrade was later reversed. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}} Several decades after this, Megatronus ordered [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] to search through the Chaos Bringer's remains, where he found the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}} When it was placed into [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], turning him into Rodimus Cron, it created a link between Rodimus and Unicron, allowing him to both see through and possess Rodimus's body. This was demonstrated when Unicron took control to direct Overlord towards the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]] before killing [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}}

Rodimus continued to draw on Unicron's essence during his battles with Megatron's team, with Unicron's latent personality occasionally manifesting while he took Megatron and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] to task. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}} Upon learning that Megatronus planned to fuse the Matrix and the Requiem Blaster together, he forced control of Rodimus and declared the Matrix must be destroyed. Megatronus temporarily knocked him out and retreated with the Blaster, but Unicron gave chase, determined to get his revenge against the Matrix. {{storylink|Consequences}} Unicron had taken full control of Rodimus as he reached the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]], transforming him into a more powerful form. {{storylink|Collision Course}} Determined to extinguish all of Primus's influence, including the Matrix and what remained of the [[Thirteen]], Unicron tussled with Megatronus in an attempt to reach the Matrix. When [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] got his hands on it instead and transformed into Optimal Optimus, he drew Unicron's attention and the two began fighting, seemingly evenly matched. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} After a bitter struggle, Windblade and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] managed to restrain Unicron, allowing Optimal to remove the Matrix of Chaos from Rodimus's chest over Unicron's protests, turning him back to Hot Rod. Needing a new host for the Matrix, Unicron forced it into Megatron's hands and attempted to turn him back into Galvatron, but Megatron resisted and ordered Optimal to shoot them with the Requiem Blaster, much to Unicron's horror. Optimal obliged and fired, destroying the Matrix of Chaos and likely Unicron's spirit with it. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

==2005 IDW continuity==
{{first|[[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|''The Transformers'' #31]] (mentioned); [[First Strike issue 6|''First Strike'' #6]] (depicted)}}

[[File:Unicron-1-PrimusUnicronLegend.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"As you can see, our artist's rendition matches the suspect right down to the, uh, number of limbs."]]

From the earliest days of the species, Cybertronian legend spoke of Unicron—a name that translated to "uncreator"—{{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} and, according to myth, the diametric opposite of the mythological [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Some religious circles considered the two beings as natural balances to one another; the [[Clavis Aurea]] sect believed that Primus had formed as a "counterbalance" to the uncreator. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} According to these myths and legends, Primus battled against this villainous being for eons in a war that predated the universe before eventually triumphing over his foe and casting him out. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} Another account claimed that the original three Titans—[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], and [[Chela]]—had taken part in the battle. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

Despite this, the myths held that the uncreator would one day return, and only the hero known as [[Thirteenth Prime|the Arisen]] could slay the devil once and for all and bring peace to the universe. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} In Cybertronian society, the uncreator was generally referred to only as "Primus's opposite". {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:GhostStories-antilla.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|You can ''juuust'' spot the Collector base on the edge.]]

Unbeknownst to the majority of the Cybertronian species, this dreaded being would soon become more than a mere myth thanks to the machinations of a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in his quest to ensure the perpetual dominance of the Cybertronian species. Disguised as "[[Onyx Prime]]", Shockwave had encouraged his fellow members of the [[Thirteen]] to begin an age of interstellar expansion and spread the [[Pax Cybertronia]] across the galaxy, and the first planet to be targeted for colonization by Cybertronian forces was a planet that lay close to the galactic core: the organic world of [[Antilla]]. Though the [[Antillan]]s fought back, they were unable to match the power of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and his [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]], driving them to the brink of extinction. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

As the war tipped in favor of the Cybertronians, a [[Unicron's creator|desperate Antillan]], bereaved by the loss of his family, constructed [[Talisman (G1)|a doomsday weapon]] that would end ''all'' life on the planet, organic and mechanical alike. {{storylink|Ceremony}} When activated, the device's energies did just that and more, collapsing Antilla's sun into a [[Black hole (phenomenon)|black hole]], cascading across space and time to wreak havoc on far-flung worlds—and remaking Antilla itself into the ultimate weapon of retribution against the sins of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Shockwave had foreseen this result; by one day unleashing "Unicron", Shockwave reasoned that he could use the monster planet to wipe the slate clean; by destroying Cybertron itself, he could free his species from the religious wars and factional violence that plagued his homeworld, and begin the construction of a ''new'' Cybertronian empire by conquering another world elsewhere in the galaxy. As the Talisman's [[magic]]al energies were anathema to mechanical life, Shockwave reasoned that he could simply do away with his monster the moment it no longer served his needs by tricking it into swallowing the Talisman, which would kill him from the inside out. {{storylink|Road's End}}

His mind still tied to the "Talisman" that had birthed him, Unicron remained dormant for millennia; Onyx Prime would return to the wastes of Antilla shortly after the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] and excavate the Talisman, {{storylink|Our Finest}} sending it to [[Earth]] aboard the starship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' for safekeeping until the day it would be needed. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

At some point in the past, the [[Mistress of Flame|Matriarch of Incendium]] and her [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] retinue briefly visited Antilla, and an inexplicable and violent confrontation with "Onyx Prime" and his [[Maximal]]s led her to fear that the dead world had been the domain of Primus's opposite... a statement closer to the truth than she realized. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}

Following the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] wondered if Cybertron's primordial landscape was a creation of Primus or his opposite. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:FirstStrike6 Welcome Death.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Spoiler alert: [[Matt Trakker]] is gonna be the one that kills him.]]

After twelve million years of dormancy, Unicron was unexpectedly activated, not by Shockwave, but by the [[Prysmosian]] wizard [[Merklynn]], who believed that the Talisman could recreate his [[Prysmos|lost homeworld]]. When he unleashed its energies deep beneath Cybertron during his creation of [[New Prysmos]], his magic somehow prompted Cybertron itself to burn through half of its remaining [[energon]] reserves and beam a simple message into the depths of space: a communication signal that translated to "Welcome. Death." The message reached its intended target, and Unicron awoke to carry out his ancient mission, his metallic form bursting free from Antilla's rocky exterior. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} The Talisman sent a second message to Unicron during the brief conflict between the Cybertronians and Prysmosians; when [[Galadria]]'s healing spell interacted with [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]]'s anti-Talisman bomb and the Talisman itself, the artifact beamed another message into deep space, this one simply reading "Unicron", bestowing the legendary name onto the monster planet. A week later, Merklynn used his magic to foresee Unicron's imminent arrival. {{storylink|The Curtain}} {{storylink|Our Darkest}} {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} {{storylink|Transformers: Historia|Historia}}

Unicron's first act upon awakening was to devour the massive black hole that his planetary form had once orbited; by absorbing and harnessing the quantum-tunneling properties of the black hole, Unicron was able to draw energy from nearby stars to fuel his apocalyptic assaults and effectively snuff them out with each world he devoured. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}} Survivors of Unicron's later attacks would record this phenomenon as "the stars going out" each time Unicron successfully consumed a planet, unaware of the existential threat this posed to the stability of the galaxy. {{storylink|Our Darkest}}

[[File:Unicron1-unicronkillseverybody.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|He's eating them. And then he's going to eat me. Oh my goooooooooooooooooood.]]

Seemingly driven by the ancient desire to destroy every world affiliated with the Cybertronian species—the [[Cybertronian colonies|thirteen colony worlds]], each seeded with one of Shockwave's [[Regenesis]] ores—Unicron's second target was the time-tossed world of [[LV-117]], consuming it to feed on the [[Ore-1]] responsible for its unusual temporal properties. As a result of these temporal distortions, history would record the planet as having been destroyed sometime in or around the year [[2012]]. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} {{storylink|Our Darkest}} Unicron then began his assault on the galaxy in earnest, moving onto other ore-seeded colony worlds—[[Prion (planet)|Prion]], then [[Gorlam Prime]], then [[Velocitron]], absorbing their mass into his, each extinction increasing his size and power and accelerating the pace of his attacks. {{storylink|Our Darkest}} {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} His insides assimilated and recombined every planet he consumed into a single surreal landscape, all still "alive" in some form. Their inhabitants, similarly assimilated and fused together, became an "[[Unicron's antibodies|immune system]]" to fight off invaders. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

A week after consuming LV-117, the presence of [[Ore-12]] drew Unicron to [[Elonia]]. He swiftly devoured the planet, annihilating the contingent of [[Space Knight]]s that flew out to confront him with a single blast from his maw, though [[Transformer]] intervention saved two-thirds of its fauna and population. Elonia was swiftly devoured, and as the stars faded Unicron teleported himself over [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] to begin his next attack, reducing the planet to rubble, {{storylink|Our Darkest}} and absorbing its supplies of mutagenic [[Ore-11]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}} After consuming Eukaris, Unicron devoured [[Arduria]], [[Tsiehshi]], and [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], Shockwave's army of Maximals joining him at the last one to chase away the ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]''. [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] was able to use the movement of Maximals across the galaxy to predict where Unicron would strike next, however, and determined that his next target would be [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

[[File:Unicron1-Unicronsinsides.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Over there you'll find Gepetto's ship, over there you'll find Jonah, and over ''there'' you'll see Marlin and Dory...]]

Unicron arrived over Caminus shortly thereafter, with the Maximals swarming over Optimus Prime's hastily assembled armada while Unicron himself began consuming the planet. As the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] docked on his surface, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] used his starship to ram a hole through the Titan's alternate mode and into Unicron, allowing himself, Prime, and [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] to enter the Chaos Bringer in the hopes of finding a way to destroy him from within. The trio discovered the amalgamated nature of his interior and discovered a ruined [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]], a relic from the war that had precipitated his creation, before being beset by Unicron's antibodies. The three were rapidly overwhelmed and forced to teleport out, having learned nothing of use. Unicron devoured Caminus shortly afterward, swallowing up the Maximals who had terrorized the Camiens in the process, though the populace managed to evacuate in time. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

[[File:Unicron4 Unicron Kills Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|"Destiny. I... destroy... your... DESTINY!!!"]]

As he sailed past [[G Nebula 89]], Unicron was confronted by the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]], a fleet of Decepticon warships each capable of destroying planets on their own. The fleet established a [[stasis web]] around the Chaos Bringer to prevent him teleporting away before they unleashed their full might against him. Unharmed by the D.V.D's assault, Unicron regurgitated the Maximals—now mutated by exposure to Ore-11—to meet with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who sought to embrace chaos by serving Unicron and the Maximals. Unicron teleported away once more, leaving the stars to go out behind him. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

His constantly-mutating body re-energized by the infusion of a Cybertronian [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] supplied by Nemesis's corpse, Unicron developed a new power: the ability to assume a towering [[robot mode]], and it was in this form he appeared in above Cybertron, ready to complete the final stretch of his mission. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} {{storylink|Road's End}} Before the Cybertronian fleet could engage him, Unicron deployed the Decepticon Vengeance Division, now warped and mutated by Ore-11, to engage this obstacle. Shockwave believed that his plan had come to fruition: thanks to the efforts of the Visionaries, the Talisman was now on Cybertron, and when Unicron consumed Cybertron, the energies of the Talisman would destroy him along with the Transformer homeworld: "uncreating the uncreator". When the DVD finally cleared a path through the resistance, Unicron dug his talons into Cybertron, preparing to kill the planet and its occupants... all proceeding according Shockwave's plan. {{storylink|Our Finest}}

As Unicron began his latest assault, [[Council of Worlds]] representatives convinced the inhabitants of New Prysmos to use the Talisman's magic to teleport the populace of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to safety, projecting a ribbon of energy that teleported all it touched to faraway Earth. Unicron attempted to prevent the Cybertronian fleet from reaching the magical ribbon only for [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] to ram the totalled [[Vigilem|Carcer]] into his face, distracting him long enough for everyone to escape his immediate grasp. In a rage, Unicron unleashed his full might on the planet, releasing a burst of energy from his chest as he ripped Cybertron in half, effectively destroying the Transformer homeworld. Unbeknownst to Shockwave, who had already teleported himself to Earth, his grand plan had failed: Prime's evacuation efforts had brought the Talisman itself to Earth, leaving Unicron free to follow the Transformers to the planet and complete the extinction of the Cybertronian race.

[[File:Unicron4 Unicron Arrives.jpg|thumb|]]

Indeed, after his destruction of Cybertron, Unicron teleported himself into the [[Solar System]] to destroy Earth and what remained of the Transformer species; ploughing through [[Jupiter]] and obliterating [[Sanctuary Station]], Unicron and the D.V.D., now wholly loyal to Unicron's mission of extinction, began their final approach over Earth, {{storylink|Road's End}} his mere arrival causing gravitational havoc on a planet-wide scale. {{storylink|Road's End}} {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} {{storylink|Reunion}}

Shockwave was unaware that Unicron was more than a simple eating machine, however; Unicron was intelligent enough to realize that the Talisman was now on Earth, and the planet's destruction would also lead to ''his'' destruction. At the same time, Bludgeon and the Maximals revealed that they were now loyal to ''Unicron'' instead of Shockwave, leading a search for the Talisman so that Unicron could safely devour Earth. As events came to a head, the united armies of Cybertron, and her colonies led a battle against Bludgeon's forces, while Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream, engaged on a covert mission of their own: smuggling Prime, Arcee, and the Talisman towards Unicron, in the hopes that Skywarp's teleportation powers could instantly transport the device into the heart of Unicron. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}

[[File:Unicron6 Unicron Collapses.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|This is what happens when you eat sugarless gummy bears.]]

Unicron took part in the ensuing battle, blasting [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] in half with his eye laser, unaware of the drama playing out on his surface; with Skywarp wounded, Starscream sacrificed himself to activate the Talisman so that its energies would drill down to the core of Unicron. Prime and Arcee followed it down until they came upon the very heart of Unicron: the black hole that he had once orbited and swallowed up. Realizing the only way to kill Unicron, Prime hurled himself into the black hole, and wound up in [[infraspace]]; there, he encountered the specter of Unicron's creator, still desiring vengeance upon the Cybertronian race. Ultimately, however, Optimus was able to convince the ancient alien of his good intentions, and his desire to ''stop'' the cycle of violence that Shockwave had perpetuated all those millennia ago; embracing the scientist, the pair died together.

In doing so, Unicron's physical form collapsed into the black hole at his core. The black hole would remain in the [[Solar System]], visible from Earth as a monument to the battle. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

====Vision of the future====
In a vision of the future seen by Ironhide and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] during the reformatting of Cybertron, [[Wheelie (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Wheelie]] was said to be the first to see "the great destroyer". {{storylink|Pax Cybertronia (issue)|Pax Cybertronia}}
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==''Kre-O''==
UniKREON was [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s boss.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/kre-o/en_US/discover/microchangers.cfm# Kreon Micro-Changers online bios]</ref>

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] noted UniKREON to be another incarnation of the Dark Lord Unicron and part of the multiversal singularity. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/06/2015}}

==Ask Vector Prime==
Unicron attacked the Cybertron of [[Primax 504.0 Gamma]]. With the Autobots and Decepticons devastated by the rampage of the [[Beast (G1)|Beast]], Unicron managed to inflict a fatal wound to Primus before being driven off. Reality quakes tore the universe apart, and the remains of the universe were eventually consumed by the [[Hytherion]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/30}}

==''Legends'' comic==
Unicron was among the evil [[Kreon]]s summoned by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] to conquer the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Special Chapter|Special Chapter}}

==An Arcee Sort of Day==
After the Great War ended, a cult of Transformers began to fear the coming of Unicron. A trio of them advised [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to repent her sins before the end of the world. {{storylink|An Arcee Sort of Day}}
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==''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity==
===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jonathan Lipow]] (English), [[Miō Tanaka]] (Japanese)|[[Kevin Kraus]] (German), [[Pawan Kalra]] (Hindi), [[Carlo Vázquez Díaz|Carlo Vázquez]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Ricardo Rossatto]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:WFC-Earthrise-Unicron-threatens.jpg|thumb|300px|I'm advertising a toy you can't buy!]]
{{bigquote|''You cannot save yourself from me. I am as inevitable as destiny.''|Unicron, [[Kingdom episode 1]]}}

Unicron was a being older than recorded history and a devourer of worlds, and was a myth to Cybertronians, much to his content. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

After a nearly endless war that resulted in the [[AllSpark]] parting from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for good, {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] killed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], lamenting that they should have worked together. Afraid of the possibility of unity, Unicron enslaved and [[Reformatting|reformatted]] Megatron and Optimus Prime into stronger bodies but in lives of servitude as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], as recorded at the end of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]]. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} Unicron observed Galvatron's every move, swiftly torturing the ‘con if he even looked at the AllSpark. As the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s died out, Unicron and his minions were a constant threat to the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] that emerged from the uninhabitable Cybertron.

Using the [[Dead Universe]] to [[time travel]], {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}} Galvatron first attempted to stop his predicament by meeting his younger self on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. However, his attempt failed and Unicron found his wayward servant, painfully pulling him back to his proper time and promising severe punishment. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} Unicron avowed that Galvatron could not save himself from the inevitable, shortly before his minion stated otherwise, pushing himself away. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} In another desperate attempt to break free from his master, Galvatron allowed [[Megatron (BW)|Predacon Megatron]] to travel to the past and deliver the Golden Disk to the original Megatron, out of hopes he will listen to it and avoid his altercation with Unicron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}} While unconscious after the ''Nemesis'' crash, Megatron had a premonition of Galvatron's return to Unicron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep6-Unicron-wakey-wakey.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ah, so that's why [[Skelivore|SkeliVORE]] was in the spoiler pack!]]
After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] stole and listened to the Golden Disk, he bore witness to Unicron enslaving Megatron, reformatting him into Galvatron. While belittling Megatron for his unfortunate future, Unicron, within Starscream's mind, spoke directly to the Seeker, drawing the Decepticon into his maw, traumatizing him. Starscream, not confident enough to stop Unicron, fled to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to give the Autobots the Golden Disk while rambling on how Unicron staged the Cybertronians' endless conflict. A far more capable Starscream later stopped Megatron from destroying the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', believing that the Decepticon leader was fulfilling Unicron's desires. When the conflict finally seemed over, and the ''Ark'' launched to Cybertron, Starscream agonized knowing the Cybertronians' return is what Unicron wanted. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

Galvatron and Nemesis Prime attempted to destroy Unicron by coercing Megatron to use the AllSpark against him at the cost of Cybertron, though they were defeated. After the Cybertronian conflict was finally resolved, Starscream worryingly noted that Unicron was displeased, though [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] reassured him that they will be ready, should he show himself. Upon Galvatron and Nemesis Prime's return, Unicron berated their foolishness in using the Dead Universe to time travel but mused that it had given him ideas. Opting to "begin again", Unicron drew his minions into his maw, torturously reformatting them. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
Cyclonus was a [[Herald of Unicron]], reformatted from [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], both, or [[Life Spark|neither]] of them. {{storylink|Cyclonus_(G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' toy product description}}<ref>[[Hasbro Pulse]] [https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-voyager-wfc-k9-cyclonus product description] states "Cyclonus, a Herald of Unicron, first appears in the 1986 movie when Bombshell/Skywarp/both/neither was reformatted into the second-in-command of Galvatron."</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] was reformatted by Unicron into his Herald '''Dinomus'''. In another, Unicron reformats Blackarachnia into '''Darkarachnia'''. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

==''My Little Pony/Transformers''==
When [[King Sombra]] was released on Cybertron, the Autobots initially feared that Unicron had come. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

==''Age of the Primes'' marketing material==
Unicron did battle with the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]] at some point. {{storylink|Micronus Prime#Age of the Primes|''Age of the Primes'' Micronus Prime bio}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
In one of several possible futures, Unicron attacked Cybertron in the year 2005. However, as the Matrix of Leadership had been destroyed along with Optimus Prime millions of years prior due to the time-travelling machinations of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], it was uncertain whether the Decepticons would be able to actually stop him. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

===''Transformers Battle Universe''===
Unicron's severed head orbited helplessly around a [[space bridge]] installation near Cybertron, where Transformers from multiple universes engaged in combat. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Before the formation of Cybertron, Unicron and Primus battled fiercely, their blows shaking the very foundation of the cosmos. A group of Transformers then appeared, time-displaced from the distant future. Galvatron and his Decepticons joined forces with Unicron while Rodimus's troops helped Primus. Unicron was defeated despite being able to will more beings into reality. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

Unicron threatened to devour [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}} During the attack, a number of Autobots and Decepticons ended up inside him and fell foul of his internal defenses. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}} He was halted when [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] opened the [[Matrix of Leadership]] while inside him, and the energies tore apart his body, reducing him to a head. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}}

Later the incorporeal [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sought out his help and was pressed into service doing Unicron's bidding and spreading chaos. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}} Unicron enacted a plan that included sending Galvatron back in time. {{storylink|Savage Circle}} He struck a deal with Starscream in order to acquire Trypticon's body. However though Unicron supplied the incorporeal Air Commander with a new form, Starscream was ultimately foiled by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]. {{storylink|Unicron Returns}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:ABUnicronblaster.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|"You'd ''better'' follow the Facebook, ''or else!''"]]
A [[Bad Piggies|pig-like]] version of Unicron could be seen hanging out with a [[Corporal Pig|pig-like]] version of [[Corporal Pig#As Galvatron|Galvatron]] in a photo during a [[:File:Galvatron Pig Comic.jpg|cutscene]] that plays after freeing Galvatron.

A slightly different looking Unicron loomed over a [[Flock|bird-like]] [[Bubbles|version]] of [[Bubbles#As Blaster|Blaster]], on a page promoting the [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|game's]] [https://www.facebook.com/angrybirdstransformers/ Facebook], this has since been replaced by a picture of [[King Pig|Megatron]].

The same Unicron can also appear in the background in some of the levels, where he will fire flaming balls at you while also shielding himself with a force field, similar to the one granted by using the [[Energonicon]] [[Shieldor]]. Which will disappear after a while, leaving him open for attack.

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
As Unicron slept, the Mission of Cybertronian [[Expansion]] ship, the ''[[Proudstar]]'' touched down on his surface. He observed the crew members and eventually corrupted them to varying degrees, particularly their leader, [[Nova Prime]]. His influence caused them to begin [[cyberforming]] inhabited worlds as well as uninhabited ones, wiping out millions of lives. Before the ''Proudstar'' left, Nova pointed Unicron in Cybertron's (and Primus's) direction. The more distance the crew put between themselves and Primus, the more Unicron managed to corrupt them. [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] separately realized what Unicron had done to them but could not stop it. Kranix eventually caused the ship to crash into [[Earth]] before he fled to Lithone. Unicron, meanwhile, followed the trail of cyberformed worlds, destroying all he came across in the process. Millions of years later, a touch of his darkness still permeated in the ''Proudstar''. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] felt him through the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. [[Teletraan Alpha]] seemed to know that Unicron represented chaos but not ''who'' he was. The supercomputer predicted Unicron's eventual defeat to Optimus Prime and his Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation| Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
In ancient times, the Thirteen are said to have protected the [[AllSpark]] from Unicron's corruptive influence. {{storylink|Field Guide to Action and Adventure}} Although many Transformers lived in terror of the prophecies that foretold a day when Unicron returned, other Cybertronians saw the "Unicron Singularity" as a necessary catalyst for change in a random and ever-shifting universe. These "Followers of the Word of Unicron" were primarily Decepticons; however, the philosophy caught on among the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s and even some adventurous [[Autobot]]s.

When Unicron returned and attacked Cybertron, the war for Cybertron became a war between those Transformers who fought to defend their homeworld against those who allied with the planet-eater. During this crisis, Megatron was eventually reborn as the more powerful Galvatron. The epic battle killed many Transformers, and in the end Unicron was destroyed and his parts scattered to the cosmos, leaving only his head in orbit around the planet. In the aftermath, the defeated Decepticons fled to planets like [[Chaar]] and [[New Kaon]], although some followers of Unicron revered his remains, confident that he would one day rise again. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

By the era of the Maximals and Predacons, rumors swirled that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and the [[Tripredacus Council]] were descendants of Unicron, carrying out his master's will from the shadows. At some point in the far future, a team of Maximals led by [[Big Convoy]] joined forces with [[Magmatron]]'s Predacons to battle a reborn Unicron. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Notes==
{{multiple image|image1=Model-TheEntity.jpg|width1=300|image2=Model-IngestorUnicron.jpg|width2=300|footer="Ingestor" sure evinces [[Bob Budiansky]]'s lack of involvement with the film.}}
{{bigquote|Since Unicron is a villain and because I was fooling around at that time, I decided to make him look demonic with goatee, horns, bat-like wings and eagle talons for feet. I got the idea of Unicron from the planet Saturn and Satur. Actually, the original name was "Ingestor," but the writer changed it to Unicron when he saw the design, probably because of the "horns."|character designer [[Floro Dery]], [http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/floro-derys-transformers-exhibit-and.html Floro Dery's TransFormers Exhibit And Interview]}}
*Unicron was created by writer [[Ron Friedman]] as the main antagonist of The Transformers the Movie. As recounted in his autobiography, Unicron was meant to be the "personification of a selfish destructive force" and was intended as a threat that would force both the Autobots and Decepticons to unite against him in order to survive.
*In the [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|first draft]], Unicron was known as the Entity. In this draft, The Entity was a ghostly voice that served as "the absorber of Unicron", a hellish, "slab-like mechanical planet" seemingly covered by iron grass and steel trees which turned out to be the hairs of his humanoid form. The planet was also coated in metallic scales which his rebuilt servants share. The Entity appears to be the master of the planet, communicating from somewhere within. Only at the draft's climax are The Entity and Unicron revealed to be one and the same, when he gathers enough energy to transform into robot mode.
** Similar to the final film, the dying essence of Megatron was rebuilt into Galvatron (and only him at this stage). The Entity then orders Galvatron to convert all of Cybertron into his servants and destroys the planet after doing so. Absorbing the planet allowed Unicron to grow larger and more powerful. After this The Entity commands his troops to head to Earth to drain the planet. When Galvatron attempts to escape the Entity's control he threatens to destroy Unicron by sending a "Thermo Charge" all the way down to the planet's core. This inadvertently provides the final piece of energy he needs to transform. He then heads to devour Earth. Only at the end is he stopped when the Matrix is opened ..... by Daniel and he's torn apart in a "hurricane of light".
** That probably doesn't sound too far from the final film, but the major difference was his backstory. The final film doesn't give him one. In this draft we learn that The Entity was created by the ancient Junkions to serve as their Protector and "maintain loving watch over all". However he was corrupted by jealousy and power. Their planet became Unicron's moon and the current generation of Junkions now live hidden from him.
*In the [[The Transformers: The Movie (second draft)|second draft]], Unicron's backstory would be dropped. Hasbro also specifically requested that his dialogue be kept to a minimum as they found a "talking planet" to be "somewhat of a stretch". Anyway, Friedman completely ignored that.
*For the second draft The Entity was renamed Ingestor. Here he would remake the [[Life Spark]] of Megatron and other fallen Decepticons into Galvatron and his troops, and once again have them gather energon to feed the planet (consumed with straw-slurping and lip-smacking sounds). The twist of him and Unicron being the same was kept as was the planet's description. At the end of this draft, Unicron is completely destroyed by the Life Spark of Optimus Prime.
*Friedman's handwritten notes on the second draft outline reveal several other potential names: Absorber, Unitron, The Amalgamator, Amalgamon and Masticar.
*Character designer [[Floro Dery]] claims his designs for Unicron were very large and complicated. For example, there were three drawings of Unicron's internal organs that were 2'x7' each. Dery also explains that Unicron's television monitor-covered [[Unicron's core|core]] is "like security monitors in a building," and that he must watch these screens manually to know what is going on, rather than the information being diverted directly into him from the screens' source. And finally, the orbiting moon that is seen in the discarded Generation 1 prototype by Takara (see [[Unicron/toys]]) was intended to be "a kind of mini-Unicron, like Mini-Me of Dr. Evil." Floro Dery's kind of eccentric.<ref>Zobovor's [http://web.archive.org/web/20060625115408/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_dery.html Interview with Floro Dery]</ref>
[[File:FloroDeryUnicronNotes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.85|That's no moon. No seriously, ignore that moon.]]
*Floro Dery's production notes as shown on his designs for Unicron (then "The Entity") depict elements from the first draft of the original film that were dropped in the final film, or stuff he made up because he thought it would be better(he has admitted to doing this):<ref>Zobovor's [http://web.archive.org/web/20060625115408/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_dery.html Interview with Floro Dery]</ref>
**The spheres on Unicron's rings are meant to be roughly equivalent in size to ''Earth''.
**The surface of Unicron was originally a dense jungle of metal and mechanical creatures.
**Dery's roundabout reasoning for giving Unicron rings is explained: "Saturn sounds like Satur [presumably meaning ''satyr'']. Satur is synonymous with the Devil. The Entity is a Devil-like planet. This is the reason why I designed the Entity like the planet Saturn."
**A moon is included (as in Takara's Generation 1 toy prototype), but never explained aside from being flashy and conductive. Scenes involving "The Satellite Moon of Unicron" exist in very early drafts of the movie, but were moved to a planet that would become [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] in later drafts.
**All the circular portions on the planet's surface were to flash and reflect different colors to "dazzle the viewers" and eliminate the epileptics in the audience.
*The earliest known Dery sketch of Unicron gives him somewhat pronounced "nostril" slots, which is a detail that was eliminated on subsequent character model sheets... but still shows up in certain AKOM animated episodes, particularly "[[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]". Weird.
[[File:TFTM-Unicronalternatehead.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|He shaved!]]
*An earlier version of Unicron's head showed up during Unicron's transformation scene in ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Originally animated for [[The Transformers: The Movie promo]], this version has no [[facial hair]] and has extra greebles all over his face. It also colored the helmet entirely gray, save an orange mohawk. This design of Unicron was modeled by [[Satoshi Urushihara]]. In [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|IDW's comic book adaptation of the animated film]], [[Don Figueroa]] drew a hybrid between the two designs, combining the facial hair and the orange mohawk.
*''The Movie'' and the following season of the cartoon are extraordinarily consistent about Unicron never actually moving his mouth while speaking, suggesting his voice may be ''broadcast'' as opposed to physically produced.
*Unicron's profile in ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|The Transformers Universe]]'' states that Unicron eating planets (and stars) increases his size and his hunger, a detail that first appeared in fiction in [[Our Darkest|''Unicron'' #0]].
*Unicron's appearance in the ''Legends'' comic is drawn like a [[Kre-O#2015 (Robots In Disguise/Generation 1)|Battle Changer]]-type [[Kreon]] in order to make him larger than the average Kreon. His construction appears to be specifically based on [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Battle Changers Bumblebee]]'s, and he also wears Bumblebee's helmet.

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Survive

2026-02-24T03:13:08Z

Crossfire: Saying he despises BC himself is a bit much, and BC clearly respects him as an instructor.

{{factions|maximal}}
:''Survive is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Survivebwn.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|As long as I know how to love, I'll always be alive.]]
When you're a Maximal soldier under the instruction of '''Survive''' (サバイブ ''Sabaibu''), you don't just drop and give him twenty, you drop and give him twenty-''thousand''. In the rain. While he kicks you in the ribs. Then you get up, thank him and ask for another. The most notorious drill instructor in the Maximal Military Academy, the mere utterance of his name is enough to send tremors of awe and terror through any new recruit who hears it. Survive firmly believes that a military unit lives and dies by the quality of its teamwork, and the best way to bond a team of misfits is by making them trudge through Hell together. So give 'em Hell is exactly what Survive does. And he's ''very'' good at it.

Naturally, Survive despises [[Big Convoy]]'s self-proclaimed "One-Man Army" schtick, which eschews teamwork and camaraderie. As Big Convoy's former instructor, the two have butted heads many times over this, and Survive's animosity toward the solitary [[Supreme Commander]] extends to Big Convoy's recruits, whom he views as the weak result of poor leadership and discipline.

Basically, he's robot bear [[Sgt. Slaughter]].

His drone partner in combat is [[True One]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Legends'' comic====
Following the death of his [[Blue Big Convoy|father]], [[Big Convoy]] often disobeyed Survive's orders during training—something that his fellow [[Maximal]] recruit, [[Star Upper (BW)|Star Upper]], had to confront him about. {{Storylink|LG-EX Blue Big Convoy}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Yoshikazu Nagano]] (Japanese)|[[Won-jun Lee]] (Korean)}}

[[File:BWN 23 Survive Heinrad.jpg|thumb|left|Dare! Dare to believe you can be me!|250px]]

Survive was a drill sergeant and training instructor among the Maximals. Known as the "Demon Bear", he was infamous among recruits for his strict and uncompromising training methods. Survive preferred not to rely upon weapons, and encouraged his trainees to focus on hand-to-hand combat as well. One of his more troublesome students was the independent [[Big Convoy]]. Although a formidable fighter, Big Convoy insisted on fighting on his own and would not advance to the leadership position which Survive knew he had the potential to claim.

In time, Survive's now-former student Big Convoy was given command of a squad of trainees aboard the ''[[Gung Ho]]''. After some time in the field, Survive was instructed to make contact with the ''Gung Ho'' and assess how the trainees had progressed. On Planet [[Stero]], Survive set an ambush for the Maximals by using a fake transmitter to simulate an [[Angolmois capsule]] reading. He attacked the field team of [[Break]], [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]], and [[Mach Kick]], overpowering the crew. Upon announcing himself officially, Survive had Big Convoy and the rest of the crew assemble for his inspection. Survive had doubts about the crew's effectiveness after dismantling them, and threatened to send back a poor report on Big Convoy's leadership.

When a group of Predacons arrived to confront the Maximals, Survive gave the trainees another chance to prove themselves by fighting under his command. He deployed a smokescreen to retreat and regroup in a more favorable battlefield. [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] was used as a decoy to lure the Predacons into position for personal combat. Survive ordered the Maximals not to fire their weapons and reveal their position, but Break and the others disobeyed his order when they saw Heinrad taking damage. Survive ordered another retreat, but the Predacons used their teleporter to flank the Maximals. The Maximals tried to comply with Survive's head-first methods, but they weren't used to such a fighting style. Instead, they fell back on Big Convoy's more flexible teachings and won the day.

The Predacons' intelligence officer [[Killer Punch]] had initiated the attack because he believed Survive and Big Convoy were at odds with one another, and would be distracted by squabbling. Survive refused to even consider that Big Convoy would speak poorly of him when Killer Punch suggested it, though. Despite their different methods, the teacher thought highly of his student, and likewise. After Big Convoy saved Survive from the Predacon, Survive dismiss the ''Gung Ho'' crew with passing marks. He personally commended Big Convoy on adapting his flexible style to leadership, and encouraged him on with his mission. {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}}

After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Survive returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. There, he fought with [[Killer Punch]]. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}
{{--}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendSurviveCybertronMode.jpg|thumb|And you see me, somebody new.]]
Survive usually took on the rejects of the [[Maximal Military Academy]] and whipped them up to shape. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

Alongside [[Tasmania Kid]] and [[Colada|Cohrada]], Survive came with [[Big Convoy]] to investigate [[Shokaract]]'s tower after various Angolmois-related murders. When Shokaract himself soon emerged from the tower and attacked them, Survive fought back, but was quickly killed along with his teammates. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Fortunately, the [[Pack]] managed to use the magic of [[time travel]] to interrupt Shokaract before Survive and the others met their end at his hands (except Tasmania Kid, who died regardless). In this new timeline, Big Convoy's team traveled to the Pack's crashed starship and had the situation explained to them. With the Pack and several other Maximals and Predacons on their side, Survive and the others ultimately managed to foil Shokaract's plans. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:HeadGames-ResistanceScaleFortMaxFace.jpg|thumb|left|Metal Gear: Me?]]
Survive was a battle strategist associated with [[Lio Convoy]]'s [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]]. He organized the third strike on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], working on a need-to-know basis with [[Bighorn]] and [[Cybershark]] on using [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] as their stalking horse to locate Maximus's control chamber. Once Buzzclaw (the obvious choice for Maximus's telepathy to manipulate) was under the influence, a prepared neural spike killed him and sent feedback into Fortress Maximus's cyberdroids, incapacitating the Builder so the Resistance could destroy him. Survive at least consoled the shocked Ser-Ket, unlike the apathetic Cybershark and callous Bighorn, assuring the Predacon there really was nothing they could've done for Buzzclaw. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Survive remained a general in the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]], and led the strike on [[Fort Myvh]] to capture the [[Yuss Naval Batteries]] on the way to Iacon. His team, the [[Fighting Quasars]], worked with [[Lio Convoy]] to secure [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]]'s control chamber as well. At the High Pavilion of Iacon, he helped coordinate the siege on the [[Builder Assembly]]. As the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] began, Survive and [[Direwolf]] maintained troop discipline and commanding the rear guard during their arrival. {{storylink|Derailment}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy Survive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It took all the strength I had not to fall apart.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Survive''' (Mega Class, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-39'''
:*''Release date'': May ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "[[True One]]" paw/bat
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Survive is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Mega Class [[Polar Claw#Toys|Polar Claw]], transforming into a black bear. Rearing him up on his hind legs in [[beast mode]] exposes a pair of nasty-looking fangs.

: In [[robot mode]], his beast mode forelegs end up on the back of his shoulders and can be flipped forward to become shoulder-mounted weapons. Flicking a switch on his left leg activates his spring-loaded "Honey Claw" weapon, while flicking a switch on his right launches his bat-partner, [[True One#Toys|True One]], who can also be used as a hand-held blaster.

: Being a redeco of Polar Claw, Survive's robot head has a face on both sides; a normal [[robot mode]] one and a "[[Mutant head|mutant]]" face, which is now used as a battle mask for the Assault Commander.<ref>Survive's function listed in his toy [[bio]].</ref>

: In typical Japanese ''Transformers'' series fashion, the animators of the cartoon repurposed the screw holes on Survive's shoulders as missile launchers.

: This mold was also used to make [[Grizzly-1#Toys|Grizzly-1/Barbearian]] and provided inspiration for the non-toy character [[Ursa Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/Survive/survive.htm More information on Survive at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWN-toy VS39box.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|But will I crumble? Will I lay down and die? Oh no not I!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Zekkyō no Taiketsu: Survive VS Killer Punch''' (VS set, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-39'''
:*''Release date'': May ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "[[True One]]" paw/bat

: Survive was also available in the "Roaring Showdown" (絶叫の対決) two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Killer Punch#Toys|Killer Punch]], also released in the fourth wave of ''Neo'' toys.

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

==References==
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Randy (BW)

2026-02-23T18:48:33Z

Crossfire: Adding some characterization from the anime.

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{{disambig3|Randy}}
:''Randy is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers#Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:RandyBWNep18-01.jpg|thumb|upright=2|right| [[Razorbeast|You haven't been looking for him since like, October.]]]]

'''Randy''' (ランディー ''Randī'') is a powerhouse of a [[Maximal]] and a dedicated one at that. He can trample an enemy to the ground and then, just to drive the point home, he'll stamp them further into the dirt. He is abnormally patient and can wait silently for days without even slightly getting bored, but when he ''does'' get going, he aggressively barrels through the situation headlong, with all of his might. Randy tends to do things his own way, and is also honest to a fault, often blurting out truths that others might not find very flattering. This might explain why he never feels at home in a group or on a team. He prefers to work as a freelance Maximal for hire, willing to aid any [[Supreme Commander]] who may need his support.

He strongly dislikes "crooked" things, whether that be physical terrain or [[Predacon (BW)|underhanded tactics]], and will often "straighten" them out to blow off some steam.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kōhei Kowada]] (Japanese)|[[Won-jun Lee]] (Korean)}}
[[File: BWN 18 Randy Cohrada.jpg|thumb|left|COMING THROUGH!]]

Randy was an eager Maximal devoted to his mission of protecting innocent life. However, his aggressive and impulsive nature could cause problems when he acted without thinking. Despite his impressive wartime record, he was also recorded as putting his comrades in danger when he engaged the enemy without thinking of the consequences to others. He was assigned a solo mission to protect endangered life in the galaxy, and found his way to Planet [[Tube]]. Randy cared for the small critters on this world, even though he disturbed their peace occasionally with his charging and headbutting to work off steam.

When an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois Capsule]] landed on the planet, Randy dismissed it as unimportant until the Predacons [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] and [[Saberback]] came looking for it. Believing them to be poachers, Randy drove off the Predacons. He was already riled up when the Maximals [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] and [[Colada]] also came looking for the capsule, and assumed they were with the first duo. While Randy fought with the Maximals, Saberback returned and kidnapped the child of a [[Tubian digger]] couple. They alerted Randy to the abduction, and he broke off his fighting to rescue the baby. The Predacons demanded the Angolmois capsule in exchange for the baby. Randy went looking for the capsule and found the Maximals still searching for it. He demanded they leave the planet without explaining the danger to the child, and charged Stampy and Colada when they refused to abandon their mission without reason.

Randy found that the digger couple had hidden the capsule in their nest, and prepared to exchange it for their son. The Maximals and Predacons both found him and the capsule together, and Saberback tried to renegotiate for Randy to kill the Maximals for them too. [[DNAVI]] tired of the baby when it peed in her face and teleported it back from the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'' early, though, helping the Maximals realize what Randy's motivations were. Randy and Colada chased Saberback underground and safely recovered the baby. The baby digger was returned to his parents, and Randy apologized to the Maximals for not trusting them earlier. {{storylink|Attack! Randy}}

After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Randy returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. There, he literally butted heads with [[Hardhead (BW)|Hardhead]]. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===Legends World===
Randy was among the [[Legends World]] inhabitants who celebrated [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]'s defeat of [[Devil Z]], though they all mistook him for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|LG35 Super Ginrai}}

===''Timelines''===
[[Skywasp]]'s antics drew the attention of [[Ultra Mammoth]] and Randy, who intended to put an end to Skywasp's sneak attacks. {{storylink|Skywasp#Toys|Skywasp profile card}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Randy was a resident of [[Trypticon (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Dinosaur City]] on [[Metascan Omega]], where he worked as watch officer. When [[Lio Convoy]] arrived in the city, Randy attempted to inform governor [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] only for the transmission to be cut by the arrival of the [[Vok]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Randy was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When the Maximals invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and fell to his death when Arcee disrupted the [[Ore-4|gravity generator]] in the ''[[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy Randy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Upon transformation to [[beast mode]] for this picture, something went "crack" and a spring fell out, accompanied by plastic dust. This is not a joke. ''This actually happened to this exact toy.'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Randy''' (Basic, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-34'''
:*''Release date'': January ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "[[Charge Blaster]]" mane-gun
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars Neo]]'' products in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Randy is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basic [[Razorbeast#Toys|Razorbeast]], a mold that had not yet been released in Japan, despite Razorbeast being advertised in countless Japanese toy catalogs. Randy changes from an organic wild boar to [[robot mode]] with a single-step spring-loaded transformation, activated by pulling up on his tail. His mane can also detach to form a hand-held double-barreled blaster.

: This toy is one of ''the'' most notorious examples of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] in all of ''Transformers''; the entire figure is built around the spring-loaded auto-transformation gimmick, and all those thin, swirly-metallic-gold parts are under ''constant'' stress when in beast mode, which is how he's packaged, held together by only a clear rubber band in the packaging—that's ''if'' the rubber band hasn't already disintegrated. So be ''very'' careful when removing him from the packaging in case yours happens to be on a hair-trigger, as you could end up with small parts crumbling and flying off. We highly recommend that you either keep this one in the packaging or transform it into robot mode once and just leave it alone... also, keep it away from the edge of a shelf, in case it dives off... in fact, just don't even breathe near it....

: Alternatively, if you like to burn your money, then you can always do what [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjAUN5Ssj8 this guy did with his].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/Randy/randy.htm More information on Randy at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Bakusō no Taiketsu: Randy VS Crazybolt''' (VS pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-34'''
:*''Release date'': January ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Charge Blaster" mane-gun

: Randy was also available in the "Explosive Showdown" (爆走の対決) two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Crazybolt (BW)#Toys|Crazybolt]]... "Explosive" being an apt description for Randy's whole situation. This set was also part of the first wave of ''Neo'' toys.

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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Replay

2026-02-20T01:58:57Z

Crossfire: /* Continuity notes */

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'''Sunstreaker mulls over his sins.'''

==Synopsis==
''On a distant world, [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] and his squad have driven a [[Decepticon]] army off the planet. Sunstreaker tells one of his squad units to inform [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] of the victory, and as he climbs on a stack of [[energon]] crates, the rest of his squad chant his name in victory. The squad member returns and tells him of Prime's congratulations, as well as giving him co-ordinates from Prime, as he is now reassigned to another squad on another planet called [[Earth]].''

''On Earth, a scientist named [[Douglas (G1)|Douglas]] is talking to his superior. It seems he and his crew are having difficulty in shutting up the robot the [[Machination]] have captured. Douglas suggests taking it offline, but his superior will have none of it, as it would erase all the data it contains. The superior wants the readings immediately, and he reminds Douglas that it's a machine and that its "screaming" is an automated response. Douglas doesn't care, as he find the noise distracting. The superior then suggests that he get some earplugs and get the job over with.''

''At night, a scientist tries to seduce his girlfriend, but she is creeped out by the head of the robot, thinking that it's looking at them. The scientist tries to reassure her that it's not looking at anything, but she isn't convinced, as the robot is the most hideous thing she has ever seen, although the scientist retorts that ''she'' had wanted to see it. Suddenly, it speaks, calling for help. The scientist is amused, while the girlfriend is disgusted. Excited, the scientist prods the robot head to speak again.''

''[[Hunter O'Nion]], who has been turned into one of the Sunstreaker [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, confronts Sunstreaker's head. Sunstreaker begs for the human to kill him, but Hunter refuses. Sunstreaker begs once more, but Hunter refuses again and asks Sunstreaker to teach him how to be a Headmaster, while Sunstreaker begs for a third time for Hunter to kill him...''

''At an Autobot repair bay, [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] is giving Sunstreaker his diagnosis. The [[CR chamber]] has done wonders to Sunstreaker and everything looks good, but Ratchet needs to do more tests to be certain. Sunstreaker asks if he can go and Ratchet permits it, saying he will let 'Streaker know when the tests are done. Ratchet next mentions that he's about to finish restoring Hunter to normal if Sunstreaker wants to see, but Sunstreaker turns his back. In response to Ratchet's query, Sunstreaker turns and, with a false smile, says that being in the CR chamber made him unsteady and he just wants to go for a walk. Ratchet reminds him that it wasn't easy to undergo, as this had never happened to him (or anyone) before. Ratchet is concerned that Sunstreaker might have neural trauma, due to the bonding with and separation from Hunter, and he's worried about what else the Machination scientists might have done with him. Sunstreaker once again says that he's fine—couldn't be happier, in fact, thanks to having his head and body back together again. But as soon as he leaves the repair bay, Sunstreaker walks down the corridor, looks at himself, then staggers to an empty room and holds his head.''

The images repeat themselves through the eyes of Sunstreaker's disembodied head on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as it, along with pieces of the deactivated [[Insecticon swarm]], lie in ruins below, where above, [[All Hail Megatron issue 8|a bridge]] once stood...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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* [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] (1)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (5)
* [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] (7)
|c2=
* [[Insecticon swarm]] (8)
|c3=
* [[Douglas (G1)|Douglas]] (2)
* [[Hunter O'Nion]] (3)
}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Devastation 3 vs AHM 14.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Retconvinced.]]
* In Sunstreaker's first flashback, there's a [[female Transformer]] in his squad. This stood out as a continuity error at the time of publication, as ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]'' had established that female Transformers did not exist on Cybertron, but many years later, a retcon performed by [[An Axe to Break the Ice|''Lost Light'' #8]] would provide an explanation for the handful of such incongruous appearances dotted through IDW continuity by glossing them all as transgender.
* Sunstreaker's second flashback depicts him being cut up following his captured by the [[Machination]], in a scene which falls somewhere between [[Escalation issue 1|''Escalation'' #1]] and [[Escalation issue 6|#6]].
* The fourth flashback is a replay of a scene from [[Devastation issue 3|''Devastation'' #3]], in which Hunter urges Sunstreaker to teach him how to be a Headmaster. The context of the scene is a very different in this issue, however, as additional dialogue added to this version of it reveals that Sunstreaker continued to beg for death afterward. This rather suggests that Hunter somehow ''forced'' Sunstreaker into their Headmaster partnership, which really doesn't fit well with how ''Devastation'' and ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' handled it at the time, but which seems intended to retroactively justify Sunstreaker's assholishness throughout ''All Hail Megatron''.

===Transformers references===
* Sunstreaker's squad is made up of generic Transformers, but some have borrowed the color schemes of more famous characters. Mostly notable is a blue 'bot with red chest-pipes, who's been colored to look like [[Side Burn (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Side Burn]], and the aforementioned female Transformer, who seems to have the colors of [[Roulette (Universe)|''Universe'' Roulette]].

===Reprints===
Other than [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron#Collections|full or partial collections of ''All Hail Megatron'']].
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[[Category:All Hail Megatron issues]]

Fusion cannon

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[[File:MTMtE Part3 ExtinctiontoallTraitors.jpg|upright=2|thumb|A release of lubricant is quite common when seeing this.]]
The '''fusion cannon''' is [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]]'s signature [[weapon]]. It is attached to his right arm and is devastatingly powerful, as demonstrated by its [[Decapitation|sudden removal]] of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s head. (It's at least as powerful as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[:File:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|hands]] in comparison.) It strikes fear into the [[spark]]s of both [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, though this description and its actual destructive capacity [[To sell toys|seems strangely uneven]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
=====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=====
{{noteukonly}}
''Transporting the [[Autobot]] [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in the early days of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], and [[Nightstalker (G1)|Nightstalker]] were attacked by shock troops from the near-destroyed [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]'s military. During the ensuing battle, Megatron salvaged a fusion cannon from a fallen warrior and returned fire.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

[[File:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg|left|upright=1.0|thumb|Hey-o!]]
Upon arriving on [[Earth]], Megatron considered that the power of his fusion cannon gave him the edge against any potential treachery from [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} Indeed, when Starscream tested his patience shortly afterwards, Megatron blasted him with it, then went on to wreak his vengeance against the five remaining Autobots left standing, even blowing off Optimus Prime's arm with it. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

[[File:Shockwave megatron the worse of two evils.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
After [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] took control of the Decepticons, Megatron challenged him for leadership and blasted him with the fusion cannon across [[Oregon]] into [[Vallemont]]. It didn't help, as Shockwave soundly defeated Megatron and retained control of the faction. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} Megatron then led a large portion of the Decepticon troops to seize the apparently unguarded [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] but hadn't counted on [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], whose wing shields were made of a hyper-dense crystalline alloy that was impervious to Megatron's fusion cannon. With his troops falling around him, it was only thanks to [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] that Megatron was able to escape and regain control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''While on a hunt for Optimus Prime, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed Megatron. [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] stole Megatron's fusion cannon and the Predacons left Megatron to fight Optimus Prime with only his small backup gun. Megatron opened a [[space bridge]] which pulled both him and Prime to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Megatron got a new fusion cannon. It is unknown what Divebomb did with the original.'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}}

[[File:Megatron predacons gone but not forgotten.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Shockwave and the Predacons weren't quite done with Megatron just yet, however, as they conspired behind his back ''once more'' to wrest control of the Decepticons from him as the Decepticons moved to their [[Club Con|new base]] in the [[Florida Keys]]. Ambushed by the Predacons as he awaited his transport, Megatron lost his fusion cannon in the ensuing battle, but recovered it in time to defeat [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] in front of Shockwave and discover his treachery. Unfortunately, Megatron's increasing instability got the better of him when he summoned the space bridge to him and then shot it with his fusion cannon, leading to both his (and its) disappearance. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

[[File:Megatron galvatron cannons altered image.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
''Later, a [[Straxus (G1)|clone of Megatron]] fought against the [[time travel]]ling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and after an initial scuffle, insisted that they finish the battle by pitting fusion cannon against [[particle cannon]]. Unfortunately for the Megatron clone, Galvatron then transformed into his space cannon mode and blasted a building, collapsing it on top of his opponent, before persuading him to form a temporary alliance.'' {{storylink|Altered Image!}}
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=====Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comic=====
As part of an agreement with [[Cobra]], Megatron's body was rebuilt to resemble an [[Earth]]-design tank with his fusion cannon replaced by a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Realignments}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
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During the final duel, Optimus Prime tore off Megatron's fusion cannon. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
{{listen|Fusion Cannon Fire.ogg|Fusion cannon|Megatron's fusion cannon from the Generation 1 cartoon.|14 KB}}

When [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was first built, his fusion cannon was already affixed to his arm. Megatron used the weapon to kill the [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Autobot leader]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

As Megatron began to stockpile fuel for his early conquests, he turned his cannon on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]] when the young dock worker tried to fight back. When Orion had been rebuilt into Optimus Prime, Megatron turned his cannon on the new Autobot leader only for the new Prime's armor to withstand the blasts. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

Nine million years later, when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] spilled over to Earth, Megatron fired his cannon twice at an [[oil]] rig, trapping various Autobots and humans. It was then fired once more to ignite the oil and create an enormous conflagration. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

When the Decepticons invaded [[Sherman Dam]] the fusion cannon appeared again, and was fired into the roof. When the Autobots showed up, it was fired at the Autobots who managed to dodge the blast. A battle then ensued between Optimus Prime and Megatron on top of the dam, one where the fusion cannon was missing and Megatron used his [[energon mace]], instead. By the time that the Decepticons returned to their base, Megatron had reaffixed his cannon. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

When at a [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]], Megatron used his cannon to blast through a collapsed mineshaft, freeing the Decepticons. After the debacle at the mine, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] got a little bit rebellious and tried to shoot Megatron who deflected the blast with a [[force field]] projected from the fusion cannon. Megatron then blasted Starscream in the shoulder (causing no visible damage) to punish him.

With the Decepticons needing only rocket fuel to escape Earth, the Autobots set up a fake rocket base to trap their foes only for Megatron to see through the ruse and double-bluff them. The fusion cannon was fired once at the Autobots' fake rocket base to make the double-bluff more convincing. It reappeared at the final battle outside the Decepticon [[Victory (G1)|space ship]]. Despite trying to blast Optimus Prime the fusion cannon was shot off Megatron's arm by Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]]. Megatron retrieved it before boarding his space cruiser but opted, out of sadistic amusement, not to use it when Starscream made another power play. When this allowed [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] to sabotage the ship, Megatron reaffixed his cannon and used it to punish Starscream again before the space cruiser crashed. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

So after that defeat the Decepticons didn't show up for a few months, when they did Megatron used his fusion cannon again in a battle against Optimus Prime at a solar energy plant, firing several times before being flipped by the fusion cannon by Prime! Megatron retaliated by punching Prime in the... uhh... gut, with the cannon. The Decepticons then took the energon they stole from the plant to the [[space bridge]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] was spotted spying on them, and Megatron fired four times, missing on all four. He racked up even more misses in a later battle inside a cave where he fired no less than nine times and missed every single time. The cannon did manage to destroy a nice rock formation, though. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

When the Decepticons invaded a science lab to steal an [[antimatter]] formula the Autobots tried to stop them and Megatron fired at the Autobots (and their [[hologram]]s) about six times, managing to destroy a floor and a wall, but no Autobots. The anti-matter formula was then used to power-up Megatron's gun mode, but not his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

After Optimus Prime was injured the Decepticons pressed an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Megatron fired his cannon six times during the battle, even managing to actually hit [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], blasting him out of the air. Optimus Prime (now repaired!) then showed up and the cannon shot him, rather ineffectually. It was then knocked off Megatron's arm and was useless for the rest of the battle. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

At the [[Arctic|North Pole]] (or thereabouts), during another battle with Optimus Prime where the fusion cannon was used to shoot Optimus in the back it was once again knocked off. This time it was knocked off by a shard of crystal thrown by Prime. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

Another day, another fight at a dam. This time Megatron hooked up his fusion cannon directly to the dam as a power source. He proclaimed that the Autobots would now witness the power of his fusion cannon (actually mentioning it by name) and blasted the side of a cliff face (which was weakened by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s [[Earthquake (event)|earthquake]] powers), collapsing it and dumping the Autobots into the river. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:Brawnfusioncannon.jpg|thumb|left|Meet the Soldier.]]
The fusion cannon's next job was blasting another hole, this time to create an entrance to a Mayan pyramid. It was then used at a battle to collect some gun-building materials where it became something of a football. First Megatron shot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] in the chest, knocking the Autobot over. Then Brawn knocked the cannon off Megatron's arm and fired it himself hitting Megatron and knocking him over, but the kickback from the blast knocked Brawn over (again). Finally [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] retrieved the gun for Megatron and another shot was fired at Brawn, but no one had to fall down this time because the shot missed.

Back at the Mayan pyramid Megatron used the fusion cannon to cause a distraction for the Autobots by blasting a mountainside twice and causing an avalanche. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}

Then there was the time Megatron tried to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to Earth. Remember that? The fusion cannon was present throughout Megatron's machinations. But its most notable actions were during an Autobot invasion where a single underwater blast from the cannon enveloped Optimus Prime, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] and Bumblebee (but didn't kill any of them), repeated (about six) shots fired during a Decepticon attack on the Ark (one of which hit Prime in the back) and a single shot at the battle at Megatron's giant space bridge. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}}

[[File:TFTM Ironhide dies.jpg|thumb|''Yeah, I know this actually is a scope, but can you play dead, at least? Are you a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] or something?'']]
Megatron's environment-destroying plan saw the Decepticons getting trapped in their own base, so used the fusion cannon to blast yet another hole in a wall to escape. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The subsequent fight at Megatron's energon transport ship also saw the fusion cannon fired, this time twice (didn't hit anything, though.){{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} Despite the energon ship exploding, neither Megatron nor the fusion cannon were destroyed and Megatron employed his signature gun again in a battle outside Arkeville's lab. (This is the same battle where Megatron says, "I always hit what I aim for," which one has to assume at this stage is slight hyperbole.) {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

During an incident with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] Megatron fired twice at the Autobots, then took his fusion cannon with him to an oil refinery where the Decepticons were collecting some energon. For whatever reason, Megatron took his cannon off and propped it against a wall while he was there, but fortunately he put it back on when the Autobots showed up. Fortunately because, without it, he couldn't have fired off two (unsuccessful) shots, then covered his retreat by using the fusion cannon to set fire to an [[oil tanker]]. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

As we know, all Transformers (or at least Decepticons) get their special powers from [[power chip rectifier]]s, so when Megatron was preparing for a one-on-one duel with Optimus Prime he took the chips from all his fellow Decepticons into himself. During the duel this allowed him to fire cluster bombs from his fusion cannon; but Megatron still used what appeared to be three normal fusion cannon blasts to finish off Prime during the battle. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

An attempted coup from [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] is another matter. The shots continuously bounced off his armor and Megatron had to resort to a 5-way fistfight with Starscream, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as an alternative. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} By [[2005]], Megatron's fusion cannon was far more powerful than it was twenty years earlier in that was able to kill a ship-load of Autobots, including Ironhide. Megatron lost his fusion cannon in his final battle with Optimus Prime, and the weapon needed to be carried by Rumble as the Decepticons fled. When Megatron was reformatted by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], his fusion cannon was remade alongside its wielder, being transformed into an arguably far more effective [[particle cannon]], which he promptly used to kill Starscream. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
[[File:MegatronMilitary.jpg|upright=1.00|thumb|Can we have a Green Lantern / Transformers crossover now?]]
The '''[[Megatron Corps]]''' (メガトロン軍団 ''Megatron Gundan'') are a horde of six [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] clones created by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to overwhelm the [[Autobot]]s. Each clone is gifted with a unique Fusion Cannon and they are capable of combining their blasts into a single devastating attack, called the self-explanatory "Combined Fusion Cannon attack." No member of the Megatron Corps is gifted with sentient intelligence, however, as they are all controlled by the will of Galvatron who was, in reality, the original Megatron before his upgrade from [[Unicron]]. Galvatron would keep this hidden by also posing as a Megatron Clone... using a Particle Cannon instead of a Fusion Cannon.

As soon as Galvatron lost control over the Megatron Corps in a fight with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], the clones lost all their power and were easily disposed of. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}}
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=====''Wings Universe''=====
{{Wingsnote}}
Megatron clone [[Megaplex]] brandished a fusion cannon as a secondary weapon. {{storylink|Termination}}

[[Squadron X]] survivors [[Ferak]] and [[Tornado]] escaped [[Torax Prime]] aboard a modified escape pod, refitting it with warp thrusters, [[proton bomb]]s, and a small fusion cannon. The pod, however, was no match for the firepower of an Autobot [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|Vanguard class]] fighter. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

=====''Deviations''=====
After Megatron had been slain in the [[Battle of Autobot City]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] retrieved the fusion cannon from the corpse as proof of his passing for the other Decepticons. Claiming the weapon for himself, the fusion cannon was upgraded along with Starscream when Unicron reformatted the new Decepticon emperor into "Megascream" and was ultimately destroyed with him. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

====''Earthquake''====
Megatron's '''nuclear-charged fusion cannon''' was, as usual, the [[Decepticon leader]]'s weapon of choice. In one notable scenario, Megatron turned the weapon on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he discovered they were plotting to overthrow him. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''====
Having defeated Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ripped the fusion cannon from his arm and used it to destroy the [[SPS Satellite]]. It supposedly was the only thing the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Cobra]], [[Autobot]], and [[Decepticon]] troops gathered at [[Cobra Island]] had that could reach something in space. Thereafter, the fusion cannon was brought to [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:MegatronOrigin4 MegsFirstFusionCannon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Starscream [[:File:Infiltration6 takeyourpunishment.jpg|will totally not regret this]].]]
[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s first fusion cannon was a gift from [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Ironically, Megatron decided to pay him back a few million years later by blowing a huge hole in his torso. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Whenever they met in combat, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] would ''always'' go for Megatron's cannon arm. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} During their battle in [[Brasnya]], a well-aimed shot from Optimus destroyed the weapon. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} During a showdown in [[New York City]], Optimus Prime ripped the fusion cannon off Megatron's arm and beat him with it until it broke. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

When he returned in a new body, Megatron had replaced his trademark cannon with a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} The change didn't last long, as he went back to the trusty ol' fusion cannon for his next body. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After he surrendered and joined the Autobots, Optimus Prime had him dissolve his fusion cannon in acid as a symbol of giving up on the war. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} When [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] built him a new one in preparation for the [[Decepticon Justice Division|DJD's]] attack on [[Necroworld]], Megatron rejected it at first. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} Upon learning that [[Fool's Energon]] was nothing more than a placebo and seeing [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] getting ripped in twain by [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]], Megatron attached the weapon to his arm and waded into the battlefield, slaughtering Decepticons with renewed vigor. Megatron demanded Tarn come face him in battle, but a well-placed shot by [[Nickel]] and [[Vos (G1)|Vos]] damaged the cannon, rendering it unusable. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} Despite this, Megatron kept it attached to his arm, even after the battle was over. When Ravage succumbed to his injuries, Megatron flew into a rage, refusing to part with the weapon and even threatening the Autobots; [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]]'s arrival, however, prompted Megatron to detach the cannon without hesitation. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

The fusion cannon had been made from the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]'s teleport chamber. Following its destruction, Brainstorm turned it back into a makeshift teleport "den". {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

As leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], Tarn sported a ''double'' fusion cannon. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} In their final confrontation on [[Necroworld]], Megatron ripped the weapon off with ease, mocking Tarn for his zealotry. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

[[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] also possessed a fusion cannon while on [[Earth]]. He mockingly compared it to [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]]'s pistol when the Autobot tried to arrest him. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} During Galvatron's final stand in the atmosphere of [[Jupiter]], [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] overloaded the weapon, causing an explosion that grievously damaged his right side. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
[[File:WarsendPart3-persistenceisnotpermanence.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Whoops, nuclear discharge in your everything.]]
Fusion cannons were among [[The Rise]]'s armory. Megatron regarded one for a moment before he used it as a bludgeon against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} After the Decepticons had taken over the [[Senate]] and murdered [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Megatron affixed a fusion cannon to his arm. When [[Termagax]] came to denounce what the Ascenticons had become, she mocked Megatron's cannon who responded by opening fire on her, discovering that his mentor was but a [[spectrosynth drone]]. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

When [[Exarchon]] returned, Megatron met with the Threefold Spark in [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]]'s body. After some false pleasantries, Megatron fired a blast from his cannon at Exarchon, sending him tumbling back into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]'s lethal touch. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} Not long afterwards, Megatron removed his cannon to grapple with Optimus Prime only to reattach it after [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] intimidated the Decepticons into letting the Autobots pass. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
The fusion cannon was Megatron's primary weapon. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' webpage]</ref> An "[[Particle cannon|ultra]]" version of the fusion cannon was one of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s weapons and powers. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
After doing some maintenance on the fusion cannon, Megatron threatened to turn its power on Shockwave after his chief scientist gave him lip. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}} After [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had deceived the Decepticons, Megatron fired a point-blank round from his cannon that killed the Autobot commander. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}}

====''My Little Pony/Transformers''====
When the Decepticon/[[Changeling]] alliance marched on the [[Crystal Empire]], Megatron used his fusion cannon to blast a hole in the castle wall. During the battle that followed, he attempted to use it to exterminate [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]] and the [[Wonderbolt]]s before [[Twilight Sparkle]] used her [[magic]] to block the weapon. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

====''Transformers/Back to the Future''====
In the original timeline, the Decepticons had been all but destroyed by the Autobots. When [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] called that he had secured the [[DeLorean time machine]], a critically damaged Megatron used his cannon to blast an entrance into [[Doc Brown]]'s laboratory. When he tried to execute the human however, the overworked weapon finally gave out, falling to pieces when Megatron opened fire. Witnessing this, Rumble decided to win the Great War retroactively.

Travelling back to 1974 to build his strength and bounty of energon, Rumble reactivated the ''Ark'' passengers with Megatron turning his fusion cannon on the inert Autobots and the temporally anomalous Rumble. When the Decepticon data cruncher [[Gigawatt]] later scanned the DeLorean and tried to flee, Megatron managed to shoot him directly in the [[flux capacitor]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

====Energon Universe====
During the Decepticon assault on the ''Ark'', Megatron threatened Starscream with his cannon, {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}} before his right arm, along with the fusion cannon, was sliced off by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Energon Universe 2024 Special story}} When the ''Ark'' was reactivated and the Autobots were forced to flee, [[Ratchet (G1)#Energon Universe|Ratchet]] loaded Megatron's severed arm into Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] along with what Autobots he could. When Prime later lost his own right arm, Ratchet suggested Optimus use Megatron's arm until they acquired more energon and raw materials. Optimus was hesitant, but after a combination of urging from Ratchet and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparky Witwicky]] having a potential solution to the Autobots' energy problem, Optimus relented. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Prime obliterates Reflector.jpg|thumb|right|Such villainous nonsense.]]
Now with the arm and cannon equipped, the Autobots made use of homebuilt turbine to draw on the hydroelectric power of a dam before they were set upon by the Decepticons. Prime was set upon by [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], but Prime obliterated the camera Decepticon with one shot of the fusion cannon. Seeing the cannon in use by Optimus enraged [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]], who raged at the Prime for using such a "precious" weapon for himself. Prime responded by pointing out how much the cannon scared Starscream and how it served as a reminder of what he would never be before opening fire. Starscream managed to dodge the fusion blast, destroying the Autobots' turbine only for his boasting to leave him open to a shot in the back. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}

When the Autobots tried to take back the ''Ark'', they were met by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. After breaching the ship, Optimus opened fire on the [[combiner]] with both the fusion cannon and his [[ion blaster]], before he began leading Devastator to a cliff, the fusion cannon manifesting on his [[alternate mode]]'s roof. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

To sever the [[space bridge]] link between Earth and Cybertron, Optimus Prime - over [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s protests - turned the fusion cannon on Shockwave's pilfered energon, the resulting explosion separating the two planets. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 12|Transformers #12}}

When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and Devastator fought each other at a dam, Optimus suffered another bout of rage and fired the fusion cannon at the structure, causing it to collapse and unleashing a flood. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

Following Megatron retaking command of the Earth-based Decepticons, Optimus lost control of Megatron's arm, the fusion cannon targeting the Autobots against his will. At Optimus' request, his troops shot the arm off allowing Megatron to reclaim his limb and weapon, restoring himself to full power. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 21|Transformers #21}}

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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
When [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] broke into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', he had [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] turn the ship's fusion cannon against the [[Maximal]]s. A precise shot from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] disabled the fusion cannon, causing a power surge that jammed the door controls. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

A powerful fusion cannon was installed on the underbelly of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Though a formidable weapon, it required a full charge from the ship's fusion reactor to fire. Megatron first used the weapon to destroy the former [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]]. When the ''Nemesis'' sailed over the new [[anthropoid]] settlement, Megatron, over [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]'s advice, turned the fusion cannon on the anthropoids but only succeeded in killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. This meant the fusion cannon needed time to recharge when the ''Nemesis'' arrived above the ''Ark''. Though Megatron bought the time for the weapon to recharge, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] slammed [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta]] through the ''Nemesis''{{'}}s coning tower before the Predacon could fire. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====''Beast Machines''====
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s personal chariot [[Mechatron]] comes equipped with a fusion cannon to nullify any accursed [[Maximal]] that it comes across.

===Live-action film series continuity===
[[File:Movie Megatron fusion cannon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Back in the day when he needed both hands to hold/use it.]]
[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s fusion cannon is one of the most powerful weapons known to Transformers. Drawing energy from an unknown interdimensional source, the fusion cannon fires gamma-irradiated plasma at a target.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bios at Hasbro.com]</ref> It is also mentioned on [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s toy packaging that he also carries a fusion cannon; presumably it is the blue glowing laser weapon on his left arm, though it is obviously much smaller than Megatron's.

[[File:ROTF Megatron fusion cannon.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, I can see Starscream's house from here. *fires*]]
Megatron carried at least one handheld fusion cannon pistol capable of crippling smaller Transformers with even an indirect hit,<ref>When playing the scene where he shoots Jazz frame-by-frame Megatron's fingers can clearly be seen wrapped around some sort of grip, and the cannon included in the Masterpiece toy has a section that is clearly designed to evoke the grip of a sidearm.</ref> and he could also combine his arms to form one larger cannon powerful enough to send another Transformer roughly equal to his own size flying back at least three city blocks. Megatron used his cannons on several occasions, most notably to injure [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and to knock [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] into a building. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

After his resurrection, Megatron still possessed his fusion cannon, but in a more compact form from which he could now access with his [[Death-lock pincer]], a lobster-like blade. A point blank shot can still send another Transformer flying back several football fields. During his battle with Optimus Prime in a forest, Megatron used the fusion cannon to knock the Autobot leader backward after shattering his [[mouthplate]]. Later, after impaling Optimus with the bladed pincer, Megatron finished the job by firing the fusion cannon right through Optimus. During the final battle in [[Egypt]], Megatron used the fusion cannon to shoot down a military helicopter. Following his resurrection, Optimus turned the fusion cannon against Megatron, blowing off ''half of his face'' and then severing it and Megatron's arm off with his [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon sword]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

[[File:DOTM-MegatronLincoln.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Megatron unleashes his inner John Wilkes Booth.]]
Megatron later adopted a hand held fusion cannon that resembled a stockless shotgun. He used it to cripple [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] before he was decapitated and Optimus used the weapon to slay the ancient Prime. The deed done, Optimus threw it down in disgust. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

[[File:TLK Megatron fires.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I have my arm-mounted cannon. Y'all happy now?]]
When Galvatron resumed his identity as Megatron, his new body possessed a new fusion cannon mounted on his right forearm. In addition to powerful energy bolts, the cannon could also act as [[flamethrower]]. It was separated from Megatron when Optimus Prime severed his right arm... again. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:Mission Accomplished Starscream death 3.jpg|left|thumb|Given time, Starscream may simply develop an immunity to the cannon. Then again, maybe not.]]
[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s iconic cannon served admirably as a cutting torch when Megatron sought to gain access to the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]].<ref>Use of sound-effects from the original cartoon only served to enhance the weapon's coolness.</ref> {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} After Megatron's revival, his newly rebuilt fusion cannon proved even more effective against the Autobot ship by knocking it clean out of the sky in under a minute with some help from [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. It also has an optical targeting lens... [[Stock footage|sometimes]]. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}} It was instrumental in repeatedly killing the newly-immortal [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and was effectively used in the capture of Bulkhead. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Eventually, it and his other miscellaneous weapons were removed when he was captured by [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]'s internal defenses. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] discovered painfully that Megatron was not as weak without it as he had hoped. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

After the Decepticons had claimed control over Omega Supreme, Megatron restored his cannon to its rightful place on his arm. After Starscream cloned a new body for himself, Megatron turned the cannon on the inert [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones]]. When Starscream later outlived his usefulness, Megatron unleashed a point-blank shot from his fusion cannon on Starscream, bisecting the traitor. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

Not long afterwards on Earth, Megatron deployed his fusion cannon against Optimus Prime in an aerial battle, the Autobot deflecting the shots with the [[Magnus Hammer]]. Alongside its user, the fusion cannon survived the self-destruct of the last [[Lugnut Supreme|Starscream Supreme]] before being turned against Optimus Prime in a final barrage. Though the first shot hit true, Optimus was able to destroy the cannon with the Magnus Hammer. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

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===''TransTech''===
High Commander [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]]'s main weapon was his '''Tetra-Singularity Fusion Cannon''', a weapon that harnessed a small black hole as its power source and had no equal in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/13}} It has only been fired at full power [[Liege Maximo|once]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|''TransTech'' Megatron's profile}}

===''Shattered Glass'' continuity family===
====Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity====
'''[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]''' was [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s loyal sidearm. He was [[Roller (G1)|a semi-sentient drone]] in the shape of a fusion cannon. {{storylink|Do Over}}

[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] later gained a '''Quantum Fusion Cannon''' upon his transformation into Nova Prime. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|''Timelines'' Nova Prime profile card}}

====IDW ''Shattered Glass'' continuity====
During the final battle against the Decepticons on Earth, [[Goldbug (SG)|Bumblebee]] took a point-blank shot from Megatron's fusion cannon, surviving only because the Autobots had a spare [[protoform]] to revive him with. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 4|Shattered Glass #4}} Later in the battle, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] used his [[ion blaster]] to disable Megatron's fusion cannon. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}}

===Aligned continuity family===
The Fusion Cannon could tap into interdimensional power sources to blast through almost any armor. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had one, {{storylink|Bio|Megatron's Battle Bio}} and so did [[The Fallen]] when he was Megatronus.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121228172927/http://www.allspark.com/content/view/7430/20/ AllSpark.com description of BotCon 2010 Hasbro designers' panel (via the Internet Archive)]</ref>

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Megatron's fortress of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] was armed with several fusion cannons. When a human army military force arrived at the fortress to wage a counterattack on the Decepticons, Megatron had one of the cannons fired at them, annihilating the humans and destroying the nearby abandoned city of [[Jasper]] in the process. Megatron warned [[William Fowler|Fowler]] that further human interference would result in the fusion cannons being turned on several major cities, including Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived on Earth and reunited the majority of [[Team Prime]], {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} he and Fowler resolved to disable the fusion cannons before destroying Darkmount with the help of Earth's military. While [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] created a distraction at the base of the fortress, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempted to sneak into the fortress to disable the cannons, but when met with heavy resistance, Magnus took matters into his own hands and mounted a one-bot assault on the cannons. He was stopped by Megatron, and though the Autobots were all captured, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s arrival quickly resulted in the fusion cannons being crippled, and then destroyed by Fowler's [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}
[[File:PrimeMegatronFusioncannon.JPG|thumb|right|upright]]
Megatron himself also had a fusion cannon<ref>Though unnamed in the series, it was named as such in the toyline.</ref> on his right arm, which seemed to be a standard arm-mounted energon cannon simply enhanced by [[Dark Energon]], but he promptly abandoned it when he got [[Liege Maximo|a dead Prime]]'s arm to replace his own in order to activate the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to create the arguably more ''effective'' [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Later, however, he lost that arm {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} and got his original arm back along with his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} He was still able to use the Dark Star Saber with his fusion cannon arm in a final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} After being killed, he lost it again upon being resurrected by [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]], though he was able to access ''two'' [[Dark Energon]] cannons that were also extremely effective. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

When the Autobots prepared to face the Chaos Bringer, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took stock of the arsenal aboard the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']], which included a complement of fusion cannons. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
Attached to his right arm, [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s fusion cannon was his primary weapon, doubling as the main weapon of his tank mode. The weapon could be charged for more devastating attacks. {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}}

During Megatron's travels across the [[multiverse]], {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} he upgraded his weapon into a double-barrelled cannon. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

====Alternate universe====
In another reality, when [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] refused to stand with [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron]], the tyrant fired a point-blank fusion cannon round at the newly minted Prime, fatally wounding him. {{storylink|The Other One}}

===''One'' film===
[[File:TF-One-D16-Fusion-Cannon.jpg|thumb|upright=2|"You can not escape me!" he roared. "Lead me into a trap and I'll pile the heads of your [[Seekers|kinsmen]] at your feet. Hide from me and I'll tear apart the mountains to find you! I'll follow you to hell and beyond hell!"]]
The humble miner [[Megatron (One)|D-16]] acquired a fusion cannon integrated into his right forearm when [[Alpha Trion]] gave him the [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] of one of the dead original Primes. D-16 first discovered his cannon during a fight with [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]], the leader of the Cybertronian High Guard. D used the cannon to dominate Starscream, before firing it into the air while declaring war on [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]].

Later at Iacon, when Sentinel was beaten into submission and at D-16's mercy, the miner attempted to execute the false Prime before his friend [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]] tackled him. Shoving Pax aside, D-16 aimed again only for Pax to intercept the second shot, which blasted off his left arm and mortally wounded him. D-16 initially caught Pax, tearfully demanding why he would step in his way, before dropping him into Cybertron's core.
[[File:TF-One-Megatron-new-Fusion-Cannon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2|What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?]]
D-16 killed Sentinel before salvaging the transformation cog of [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]] from his corpse. He renamed himself Megatron after his idol and placed the cog in his chest. The new cog reformatted Megatron into an even more powerful form, upgrading his fusion cannon into a tri-barreled, rapid-fire variant. Megatron ordered the High Guard to tear down Iacon, opening fire on a large statue of Sentinel Prime.

Meanwhile, Orion Pax's sacrifice earned him the Matrix of Leadership, and Primus resurrected him as Optimus Prime. Optimus returned to Iacon and confronted Megatron. Megatron attacked the new Prime and attempted to shoot him with his fusion cannon again, but Optimus's own upgraded armor was far more durable and the blast was merely deflected off his chest. Optimus ended the fight by slicing the fusion cannon in half with his [[energon-axe]] and banished Megatron from Iacon.

Megatron later had his fusion cannon repaired, before rebranding the High Guard as his new army of Decepticons. He declared a new war on Optimus Prime as he and the Decepticons fired their weaponry into the air. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}

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==Games==
====''War for Cybertron''====
[[File:WFC_Bazooka_Fusion_Cannon.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Megatron's precious cannon fired explosive charges into the faces of his enemies. Oddly enough, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] could also use one.

'''Carried by:''' [[Leader (WFC)|Leaders]], Megatron
*Damage: 10
*Range: 9
*Accuracy: 7
*Rate of Fire: 4

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
When [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]] appeared above him, Megatron bravely fired his fusion cannon at the Titan only for it to be crushed into scrap metal by Metroplex. When [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] rebuilt Megatron, he replaced Megatron's totalled fusion cannon with a [[Riot Cannon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
The Fusion Cannon is a [[Grenade launcher|Grenade Launcher]] class weapon that can be unlocked by beating the game on any difficulty. When aiming, it will create a shield that blocks damage from the front. It can be equipped by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

Megatron, of course, uses the Fusion Cannon as his primary weapon. He's also able to use the Fusion Cannon to create forceful but harmless energy waves to fling his enemies away from him.

Another variant, "Fusion Cannon (Mod)", instead works like a shotgun; as one can guess, this variant is based on movieverse Megatron's fusion shotgun, down to its appearance. This weapon lacks the aforementioned shield function.

==Toys==
===Megatrons with Fusion Cannons===
[[File:Megatron_G1_toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So many Fusion Cannons, so few targets.]]
:As the Fusion Cannon is Megatron's signature weapon, we at the wiki quickly realized that posting ''every'' instance of a Megatron with a Fusion Cannon would be perhaps a bit much. Not to mention, it would be shorter to list those who didn't have one. For brevity, and sanity, the following Megatrons ''(Megatronii?)'' are commonly known to carry Fusion Cannons into combat on their toys and merchandise:
:
*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|The Generation 1 incarnation]], which covers the Megatron found in [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the original cartoon]], and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW's line of comics]], among others.
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|The live-action film incarnation]], featured in four out of the five major movies.
*[[Megatron (Animated)|The ''Animated'' incarnation]].
*[[Megatron (WFC)/toys|The Aligned incarnation]], featured in several video games, novels and Transformers Prime.
*[[The Fallen/toys#Robots in Disguise .282015.29|Megatronus]], while not a Megatron, always has a Fusion Cannon in the 2015 ''[[The Fallen#2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.
*[[Megatron (Cyberverse)|The ''Cyberverse'' incarnation]].
:
:Meanwhile, the following toys either feature one-shot ''(continuity wise)'' Megatrons with Fusion Cannons, or other characters with toys who have been issued Fusion Cannons:

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===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM Mechatron toy red version.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles
: Mechatron features a central fusion cannon.

*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2001)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:Later on, Mechatron was given a [[Variant|running change]] [[redeco]] into a shocking purple, yellow, and copper coloration, though the packaging was not changed in any way to reflect this.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-NovaPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I don't feel like I fit in here.]]
*'''Nova Prime''' (Deluxe, 2015)
:While he didn't have one as [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]], the redeemed former leader of the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|evil Autobots]] wound up receiving a Quantum Fusion Cannon from his benefactor [[Unicron#Shattered Glass|Unicron]]. It does look a lot like the Ion Blaster his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Deluxe|heroic counterpart]] has, though.
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-DarksideMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Darkside Optimus Prime & Darkside Megatron''' (Deluxe Class two-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Cannon/missile launcher, energy-blast missile
:Part of a [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2011]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' two-pack with [[Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|Darkside Optimus Prime]], [[Darkside Megatron]] is a [[black redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations:]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)#Toys|War for Cybertron]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Toys|Megatron]]. Megatron's spring-loaded Fusion Cannon can still attach to either arm.
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===''Dark of the Moon''===
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeVoyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't belong here eithe— [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|well, actually...]]]]
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/Fusion cannon
:Sentinel's voyager figure comes with a [[MechTech]] weapon that converts from his vehicle mode boom lift into a big ol' fusion cannon, named as such on the packaging. ''Why'' Sentinel has a fusion cannon isn't explained; maybe he ganked it from Megatron?
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===''Age of Extinction''===
[[File:Lost Age AD-02 Optimus Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't think I belong here, either.''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Evasion Mode Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
*'''Evolution 2-Pack Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Two-Pack, 2014)
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition Voyager 2-pack, 2014)
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Damage Color''' (Milk Magazine exclusive, 2014)
*'''Rusty Ver. Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
*'''Gold Classic Optimus Prime''' (Battle Command Campaign, 2014)
*'''Autobots United''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2014)
*'''Breakout Battle''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
:A weapon based on Megatron's hand held Fusion Shotgun (named Ion Cannon) is available with this Optimus Prime and his redecoes. The said weapon can also attach to ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager Class Megatron's hands.

::''See also: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 6|''Movie The Best'' Optimus Prime]]''
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===''Knights of Unicron''===
[[File:KOU-toy Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Possibly the most unlikely Megatron ever.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Knights of Unicron Reunion Tour Set, 2014)
**Accessories'': clear purple missile, Fusion Cannon
:''[[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]]'' Megatron is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class Megatron, transforming from a rocker-themed Cybertronian self-propelled gun into a rocker-themed robot. Yes, he still has the Fusion Cannon.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
*'''Fusion Cannon of Megatron'''
:As a part of the games first wave a rare upgrade was made of the fusion cannon. When equipped to Megatron it provides pierce 3. The card was also re released with different art as a part of the Energon Edition set.

==Notes==
[[File:G1 megatron weapons instructions.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*Neither Generation 1 Megatron's [[toy]] [[instructions]] nor his [[packaging]] [[bio]] make any reference to his fusion cannon. In the instructions, what we would recognise as his "fusion cannon" is labelled as a "3-piece telescopic sight" and the user is directed to "slide sight onto black mount on robot's right arm". Instead, his robot mode weapon is labelled a "high density infrared [[laser cannon]]", referring to the chromed silver gun he came with, while his sight, stock and silencer could be combined into a "[[particle beam cannon]]" and the sight and silencer could differently combine with Megatron himself to form a "telescopic laser cannon". Correspondingly, his packaging bio refers to his primary weapon as the "particle beam cannon".<ref name=G1pack>Generation 1 Megatron's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/decepticon/1984/ts_megatron.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>
[[File:MegatronAntimatterUK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|...or you could do that instead, sure.]]
*His Generation 1 on-package bio also mentioned he can "link up interdimensionally to a [[black hole]] and use [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from it for use as a weapon," without elaborating further.<ref name=G1pack/> This, however, is a truncated version of the full bio provided to ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' writers and later published in ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|The Transformers Universe]]'', which explains that his ''cannon'' draws on the antimatter as a power source.<ref>Generation 1 Megatron's extended bio [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/printerfriendly.php?char=Megatron (transcription at NTFA.net)]</ref> Apparently working from the shortened version, [[Simon Furman]] wrote [[Raiders of the Last Ark|two]] [[Resurrection!|stories]] in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]] where Megatron channeled the antimatter through his body, unleashing it through his hands the first time and through his eyes the second time. It manifested as a black, starry cloud that caused explosions. A similar situation occurred in the cartoon. Megatron was never shown to possess antimatter-channeling abilities, but he was shown to possess an anti-matter blaster in "[[Enter the Nightbird]]". Like every Decepticon weapon in the cartoon, it produced a purple laserbeam, though one that "absorbed" energy. The fusion cannon-power-source interpretation has never featured in a story.
*The deep percussive note at the beginning of the iconic fusion cannon sound effect (used throughout Generation 1 and ''Animated'') is an old "stock" sound used frequently in American animation, most notably within {{w|Hanna-Barbera}}'s ''{{w|Scooby Doo}}'' where it was used to signify cast members or objects falling on the ground, running into walls, etc.
*According to the [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide]], Megatron's fusion cannon functions as a flame thrower. No wonder he got defeated easily.
**Megatron's cannon in ''The Last Knight'' functioned as a flamethrower in one scene, possibly alluding to this... or following the "rule of cool".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Yūgō Cannon Hō''' (融合カノン砲, "Fusion Cannon Gun")

==See also==
*[[Fusion weaponry]]
*[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Animated weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Machines weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars weapons]]
[[Category:Cannons]]
[[Category:Cyberverse weapons]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon weapons]]
[[Category:EarthSpark weapons]]
[[Category:Fusion weapons|Cannon]]
[[Category:Generation 1 ranged weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 weapons]]
[[Category:Movie weapons]]
[[Category:Prime weapons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen weapons]]
[[Category:The Last Knight weapons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron weapons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe weapons]]

Troubled DNAVI

2025-11-17T18:56:57Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=17
|image=BWN 17 angry DNAVI.jpg
|caption=Y’know, considering the crap she puts the Predacons through, she kinda deserves this.
|title="Troubled DNAVI"
|japanese=困ったDNAVI
|romaji=Komatta DNAVI
|production code=BWN-17
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[May 26|26 May]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
|director=[[Yūnosuke Yanase]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Thanks to Archadis's machinations, the ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> teleporter is on the fritz, which DNAVI must handle.'''

==Synopsis==

As they approach the volcanic planet [[Pasutaru]], [[Magmatron]] is interested to see [[Archadis]]'s abilities in action, but the strategist declines, wanting instead to see how the other [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] fare. [[Guiledart]], annoyed with Archadis' bootlicking, volunteers, taking [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] with him. As they teleport down, Archadis takes note of the teleporter and makes a... ''modification''.

On Pasutaru's rocky surface, [[Break]], [[Colada]], [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], [[Mach Kick]] and [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] search for the [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois capsule]]. An argument breaks out as Mach Kick notes his teammates' lack of results. Break blames the Predacons' interference, and Mach Kick proposes that they should eliminate them altogether if that's the case. Infuriated, Break proposes a challenge to see who can defeat the most Predacons. If Break wins, Mach Kick has to shut up. Break and Stampy head off, and are beset by Guiledart and Sling. Guiledart reports to Magmatron, who orders [[Saberback]] and [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] down to the surface to join them. Unfortunately, Archadis' tampering with the teleporter results in the pair rematerializing in the vacuum of space. Flustered, [[DNAVI]] tries again, and the duo this time wind up in a scorching desert. Archadis, pleased with the opportunity to mar his fellow Predacons' standings with Magmatron, denies his involvement to DNAVI. Pissed off, Magmatron contacts DNAVI demanding she explain herself. Archadis explains that DNAVI is clearly malfunctioning and they should disassemble her to see what's wrong, to the ire of the computer. Magmatron doesn't care about that right now, and just wants everyone re-teleported. Archadis regards the teleporter once more...

On the surface, Guiledart and Sling are about to finish off Break and Stampy, but are suddenly teleported away... to the same desert where Saberback and Dead End wound up. As Break berates Stampy for trying to avoid the fight, Guiledart and Sling accidentally wind up shooting their teammates instead of the Maximals that were just in front of them a second ago. Saberback retaliates, which nearly starts a fight, until Guiledart explains the teleporter mishap. On the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', Archadis and Magmatron are both disappointed, though for different reasons; Archadis because the Predacons didn't wind up fighting each other, and Magmatron because this is happening right when they have an opportunity to destroy the [[Maximal|Maximals]] for good using the planet's magma...

Aboard the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', [[Big Convoy]] asks [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] for a status update. Longrack informs him that they're still searching, as [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] rushes over to warn them that Pasutaru's magma will soon be active. Worried, Big Convoy has Longrack contact the landing party to tell them to hurry up.

On the surface, Break informs Stampy of the communiqué, and they regard the nearby volcano. Meanwhile, DNAVI once more attempts to teleport the Predacons to the Maximal's location so they can enact Magmatron's plan, only for Saberback and Dead End to wind up in the middle of the ocean, and Guiledart and Sling to wind up ''inside the volcano''. The two are only just able to escape unscathed before the lava reaches them. Furious, Sling demands DNAVI return them to the ''Dinosaur'' so he can give her a piece of his mind, only for them to teleport ''right underneath the same lava they just escaped'', to Sling's continued ire. Aboard the ''Dinosaur'', Archadis chuckles to himself over Guiledart's misfortune, and modifies the teleporter once more. This time DNAVI catches him, and he tries to play it off to her (and to Guiledart, who calls to ask "what the hell, DNAVI?") as merely trying to fix it.

Having found the Angolmois Capsule, Break and Stampy, reconvening with Heinrad and Colada, begin digging it up. Meanwhile Sling continues to yell at DNAVI, who is sick of being blamed for the teleporter's malfunction, hitting it in frustration. She finally manages to get the Predacons to their intended location just as the Maximals unearth the capsule. A battle ensues, as DNAVI muses over the old "hit it till it works" technique. Guiledart nabs the capsule, while Saberback almost blasts Stampy, only for Mach Kick to show up and save him at the last second. Break, still frustrated with Mach Kick, charges Guiledart, who orders everyone fire on the Maximals at once. Guiledart informs the other Predacons of his plan to use the capsule to lure the Maximals to a nearby crater, where they'll be destroyed by the oncoming lava. But before they can, DNAVI teleports everyone again, leaving the capsule behind, as the teleporter only works on Transformers. They rematerialize above the lava and just manage to fly away in the nick of time.

The Maximals are confused by this development, but Break is just happy to take the win. Suddenly, magma begins erupting from the ground, forcing everyone to fly away. Break is weighed down by the capsule, and jumps out of the lava and onto a small rock that protrudes above the lava... for now. Believing he is doomed, Break prepares to toss the other Maximals the capsule and tells them to just leave him, but before he can, Big Convoy arrives in the ''[[Seagull]]'' to save him.

Big Convoy orders the Maximals back to the ''Gung Ho'', to get Break repaired and to escape the volcano's impending eruption. Unfortunately, the Predacons teleport nearby and begin attacking. Big Convoy is having none of that, and sends them all blasting off with his Big Cannon. As they careen through the sky, DNAVI teleports them once more... right above the mouth of the volcano, where they are enveloped in lava. The ''Seagull'', too, looks as though it will be caught in the eruption, but Heinrad freezes time before it does, and gets out and starts pushing the shuttle away from the cloud. Relieved, the Maximals make their way back to the ''Gung Ho''. Mach Kick compliments Break on his performance, and suggests postponing their bet until the penguin is back to 100%.

Back on the ''Dinosaur'', the somehow not-melted Predacons rematerialize within. DNAVI is happy they're all okay, but Magmatron is unhappy with their failure. Guiledart tries to explain the teleporter mishaps, but Magmatron is having none of it. Archadis steps in to defend Guiledart, explaining that DNAVI was simply in a bad mood today, to the confusion and suspicion of Guiledart.

==Quotes==
==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 12'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Break]] (6)
*[[Colada]] (9)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (8)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (9)
*[[Mach Kick]] (10)
*[[Big Convoy]] (13)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (14)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Magmatron]] (1)
*[[Archadis]] (2)
*[[DNAVI]] (3)
*[[Guiledart]] (4)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (5)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (11)
*[[Saberback]] (12)

|c4=

}}

==Notes==
===Technical or animation errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 6 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

{{epstub}}

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Planet of the Ultimate Weapon

2025-11-14T05:00:17Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=16
|image=BWN 16 Arachide center.jpg
|caption=
|title="Planet of the Ultimate Weapon"
|japanese=最強兵器の星
|romaji=Saikyō Heiki no Hoshi
|production code=BWN-16
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[May 19|19 May]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Katsuyuki Sumisawa]]
|director=[[Shigeki Hatakeyama]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Can Longrack and Mach Kick put up with each other long enough to get the Angolmois capsule on the weapons-infested planet, Arachide?'''

==Synopsis==

Aboard the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', [[Mach Kick]] is loudly snoring, to the annoyance of [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]]. He is awakened by [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] declaring an emergency and calling all personnel to the bridge.

An [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois Capsule]] has been detected on the Green Binary Planets known as [[Arachide]], a pair of beautiful but uninhabited planets. NAVI shows the Maximals images from the surface, revealing a lot of weaponry and military vehicles overgrown with vegetation, leading to the conclusion that the planets ''used'' to be inhabited, but the natives wiped each other out in a war. [[Big Convoy]] orders Longrack to organize a drop team, but before he can, Mach Kick interjects, saying he and Longrack should be more than enough, cautioning the young lieutenant against bringing too many people when they don't know exactly ''how'' the natives went extinct.

Mach Kick continues to grate on Longrack's nerves, in particular his arrogance and dismissal of Longrack's authority and skills, as well as his eagerness to die for Big Convoy. Upon arrival on one of the planets, the pair are scanned by an unknown computer. As they approach the Angolmois signal, Mach Kick attempts to contact the ''Gung Ho'', only to discover that the weaponry of this planet is still active and putting out a jamming signal. Longrack wants to hurry up and grab the capsule from the tower it resides in, but Mach Kick holds him back, saying he has a bad feeling. Mach Kick explains that the tower is in such a location between the two planets that it would have been an important, highly defended base during the native's war. Longrack is skeptical, but his partner is proven correct, as the computer within the tower dispatches a drone that begins attacking them. Longrack blows it up pretty easily, but soon another approaches. Longrack fires on this one as well, only for it to dodge his missiles, forcing Mach Kick to take it down. Mach Kick deduces that it learned Longrack's attack and adapted. Longrack laments that they should have brought more backup, to which Mach Kick agrees.

Meanwhile, the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'' is also scanning Arachide. [[DNAVI]] fills in [[Magmatron]] on the planet's adaptive weaponry, which is upgraded by the central computer whenever it gets destroyed. As DNAVI clarifies for [[Guiledart]], this means the weaponry wiped out the natives on its own. [[Saberback]] worries about the Maximals making these weapons stronger against them, and wants to hurry up and retrieve the capsule before that happens, but [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] believes they can leave the Maximals to be destroyed by them instead, at which point they could figure out a way to nab the capsule. Curious, [[Archadis]] asks DNAVI - or Dorothy, as she wants to be called today - where the main computer system is, and she reveals that it's in the same place as the capsule. Archadis explains his strategy would be to run from the weaponry without attacking it, and wait for an opportunity to destroy the computer. [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] loves the idea, while Guiledart thinks it's cowardly. In any event, Archadis worries that two of the Maximals will be able to come to the same conclusion - Big Convoy and Mach Kick.

On the surface of Arachide, Mach Kick and Longrack are running away from the drone. Longrack points out that Mach Kick earlier said he'd be willing to die for Big Convoy, but Mach Kick deflects, saying that dying to the drone right now would be pointless, and tells him "you’ll need to use your life and head a bit more wisely". Longrack stops in anger, thinking it was a jab at him, forcing Mach Kick to destroy the drone before it shoots the young Maximal. Longrack sheepishly thanks Mach Kick for saving his life, who tells him not to worry about it and suggests they head for the Angolmois Capsule before another drone shows up.

Back on the ''Gung Ho'', the other Maximals begin to worry about not being able to contact the drop team. [[Break]] fears the worst and wants to go down there, starting an argument with [[Colada]] about ''who'' would have destroyed them. Whether the Predacons or something else, Break insists they need to go help, to which Big Convoy agrees. On the surface, Longrack and Mach Kick enter the tower and begin flying towards the top, only for a group of drones to descend upon them. The first few are dispatched easily, but Longrack suddenly realizes Mach Kick is missing, before one of the drones envelops him in a blinding white light. Longrack panics and escapes, running into Mach Kick, who had ducked into a corridor. Longrack asks if, perchance, Mach Kick used him as a decoy, which Mach Kick denies. Unconvinced, Longrack storms after Mach Kick.

Entering the control room, the pair behold the main computer. Longrack spots the Angolmois capsule at the very top of the terminal and goes for it, but Mach Kick stops him. Sick of his antics, Longrack flat-out asks if the reason he's still alive is because he always runs away. "Maybe", Mach Kick says, but there's benefit in using your head. He picks up a metal beam and throws it into the electromagnetic barrier Longrack was about to step into, and it disintegrates. Mach Kick hands Longrack the [[Spy Shot & Claw Gun|only weapon they have left]], and tells him to aim for the computer's main switch. When Longrack asks what Mach Kick plans to do, he responds by extending his elastic crusher into the barrier, opening a hole large enough for Longrack to fire the Spy Shot through, seemingly deactivating the main computer. Longrack pauses to see if Mach Kick is okay before heading towards the capsule. Suddenly, Mach Kick's old superior officer, Captain [[Strada]], appears! Strada compliments his old subordinate as Mach Kick stammers in joyous confusion, explaining to Longrack that Strada was in charge of the [[Thoroughbred Corps]], but they had all been wiped out. Strada explains that he survived in addition to Mach Kick, and that he's been waiting for Mach Kick to assemble a new Thoroughbred unit. Longrack brings up Mach Kick's position with Big Convoy, to which Strada explains that he already contacted the Maximal battleship. Alarm bells ring for Longrack, as the ''Gung Ho'' is ''NOT'' a battleship, but a trainee ship! This causes Mach Kick to stop; Strada's chest opens to reveal a blaster, but Longrack launches his claw at the phony, only for it to turn out to be a hologram. Longrack berates Mach Kick for not thinking, and wonders when the Arachide computer scanned their minds. Suddenly, Archadis steps out with Sling and explains that ''he'' programmed the computer with that data! Longrack and Mach Kick swear he won't get away with this, but Archadis simply leaves the Maximals to continue fighting the computer's drones, after destroying a few himself to make the next batch even stronger. Archadis asks "Dorothy" to teleport him, while Sling retrieves the capsule. Sling refuses, and as Archadis teleports out, Sling demands DNAVI teleport him, too, which she does after he gets her name-of-the-day correct.

Mach Kick tells Longrack to go for the capsule while he distracts the drones, and tells him to leave as soon as he does. Mach Kick laments his mistakes, feeling he can't face Big Convoy. Enacting their strategem, Mack Kick fends off the drones for a bit before throwing his tail tomohawk at the computer, only to find that the computer itself also adapts to attacks! Longrack, meanwhile, is struggling to fly up to the capsule. As drones close in on him, Mach Kick hits upon the idea to pit the perfect attack against the perfect defense, and tricks the drones into firing on the computer controlling them! This causes computer and drones alike to shut down, allowing Longrack to descend with the capsule. Mach Kick tells Longrack he needs to hurry, before the computer reactivates stronger than ever. Longrack refuses to leave without Mach Kick, as it's the lieutenant's duty to ensure his men's safety. The computer begins to reactivate, but Big Convoy arrives and shuts it down for good with his Big Cannon.

Back on the ''Gung Ho'', Big Convoy praises the pair for their good work, with [[Vector Sigma]] taking over to explain that the mission was a success because of their teamwork.

Mach Kick's snoring is still irritating, though.

==Quotes==
==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 11'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Mach Kick]] (1)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (2)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (3)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (4)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (5)
*[[Big Convoy]] (6)
*[[Break]] (7)
*[[Colada]] (8)
*[[Strada]] (16)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (9)
*[[Guiledart]] (10)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (11)
*[[Saberback]] (12)
*[[Magmatron]] (13)
*[[DNAVI]] (14)
*[[Archadis]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]] (17)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 6 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

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Mach Kick

2025-11-14T04:42:52Z

Crossfire: Annnnd a bit more.

{{Factions|maximal|liegemaximo|autobot}}
:''Mach Kick is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|My Little Maximal]]
'''Mach Kick''' (マッハキック ''Mahha Kikku'') is the former sub-commander of the [[Thoroughbred Corps]]. After their destruction at the hands of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], he was left the only survivor. Once he recovered, he voluntarily joined up with [[Big Convoy]] to aid in his quest to obtain the [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsules.

Mach Kick has a very free spirit and a rowdy attitude, cavorting about and partying in his free time like he was in a college fraternity rather than a grisly war. This behavior continually causes him to get on the nerves of his comrades, and ''especially'' to butt heads with his "old buddy", [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]], who is a notorious stick-in-the-mud. That said, when the time comes, Mach Kick is still an accomplished and dependable (if somewhat irreverent) warrior, with real-world experience and insight into military tactics that the younger recruits simply don't yet possess. He hates the current conflict and the destruction it has brought, and isn't willing to lose more to it; he'll openly speak out against a plan or reasoning he believes to be faulty, and he's often justified, but Mach Kick is also mature enough to admit when ''he'' has made an error in judgement and work to correct it. However, the disparity between his battlefield experience and his rowdy personality mean his teammates sometimes have to wonder whether to take his suggestions seriously or not.

Mach Kick also has something of an "idol worshiping" complex in regard to Big Convoy, whom he respects for being so powerful and "cool" after seeing him in action. He strives to do his best to impress his commander, even at tasks as menial as KP. His attempts to "do a good job" typically result in him encroaching upon the personal space of his peers, who just ''can't stand'' it.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
[[File:MachKickEnlists01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Teruaki Ogawa]] (Japanese)|[[Jong-deok An]] (Korean)}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendMachKickCybertronMode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
[[File:BwAscendMachKickBeastMode.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Mach Kick was the remaining survivor of the [[Thoroughbred Corps]], which were otherwise wiped out in the [[Great War (BW)|Great War]]. He joined [[Big Convoy]]'s crew and helped in the defeat of [[Magmatron]]. Thanks to his service, he was selected to become part of [[Lio Convoy]]'s elite special operations unit, the [[Pack]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}}

Mach Kick traveled with the Pack to prehistoric [[Earth]] to rescue [[Razorbeast]]. He was put in charge of tracking Razorbeast's near-non-existent signal back to its source. When the group charged into battle with the Predacons there, he smashed [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] with a buck to the chest, and [[Terragator]] attempted to ride him bareback. It didn't go well for Terragator. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

After dealing with the Predacons, the Pack were surprised to find the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast going on a rampage. Mach Kick gave Apache a ride to the site where their former comrade was wrecking 'bots of both factions indiscriminately, but did not himself participate in subduing Razorbeast. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Later on, Mach Kick was one of the many Maximals that hitched a ride back to Cybertron in order to combat the greater threat that resided there: [[Shokaract]]. Near the climax of the battle, he wielded weapon-mode Break, blasting the monster. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''TransTech''===
A Mach Kick found his way to [[Axiom Nexus]], and entered the competitive world of [[Equinicon]] races. His performance in one race came under fire, as it was suspected that his [[Mini-Con]] partner, [[Fastbreak (Timelines)|Fastbreak]], had given him a speed boost via an illegal in-race [[Powerlinx]]. The pair refused to comment to reporters about the allegations. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/04}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Mach Kick was a member of the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] movement fighting against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s. He operated as part of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s cell. When Grimlock acquired the [[G-Virus]], his cell planned to release it at [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]] when the [[Games (competition)|Games]] restarted. Mach Kick acted as point-bot as the group infiltrated the arena, but he was called up short when Grimlock's battle instincts detected something amiss. Mach Kick failed to listen to his commander's warning, and continued walking forward until he set off a mine, killing him in a nanoklik. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Mach Kick was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:TheFlyinFoxTrot-Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|200px|If you stay too long in Equestria, you get a ''Generation 2'' color scheme.]]
After a [[space bridge]] accident left many Transformers stuck in the magical land of [[Equestria]], Mach Kick took part in a friendly race to find the fastest among them. Unfortunately, it was interupted by [[Decepticon]]s before Mach Kick could prove victorious, and in the end, they were beaten by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Rainbow Dash]]. {{storylink|The Flyin' Fox Trot}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My God. What have you done. Look what your careless hands have wrought. Each moment this unnatural beast lives is like a thousand years of misery. Look in its brown eyes. It longs for death. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Mach Kick''' (Deluxe, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-36'''
:*''Release date'': March ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Tail Tomahawk"

: Part of the third wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Mach Kick is a Deluxe-sized figure that transforms into a midnight-purple-blue organic horse with a rooted nylon-hair tail. Pressing back on the horse's mane causes the head to spring forward via jackspring mechanism as a part of his "Elastic Hand"/"Elastic Crusher" attack. If balanced just right, Mach Kick is able to rear up on his hind legs in a dramatic horsey pose.

: In [[robot mode]], his head also sports a rooted ponytail, and his left thigh houses his [[Maximal]] [[spark crystal]]. His tail can be removed in this mode to form his "[[Tail Tomahawk]]", or alternatively his "Tail Whip", if one chooses to whip the tail around (though the result is more like a flogger). Much like his horse mode, the horse head (now his right hand) can be also be utilized as an attack feature.

: Mach Kick also has a third "Protect Mode", a weird turret-ish mode intended for a Basic Class figure to "control" his Elastic Hand. It is positively Cronenbergian.

: This figure is widely considered one of the most infuriating ''Transformers'' toys to transform, thanks to being a [[shellformer]] with multiple [[ball joint]]s that need to be massaged into ''extremely'' precise locations to get the shell pieces to line up properly, with very little outside of the shell chunks pegging or clipping into place anywhere. His shoulder joints in particular are made up of a stem with a ball on either end that plugs into the socket in his torso and the actual shoulder respectively. On top of all of this, his robot mode ponytail requires close attention otherwise some of the hairs can find themselves poking through the shell parts in [[beast mode]].

: Horsey mode's pretty sweet, though, gotta admit.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/MachKick/machkick.htm More information on Mach Kick at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|VS36}}{{anchor|VsPack}}
{{Twoimages|File:BWN-toy VS-36-box.jpg|w1=200
|File:DX-06 Mach Kick VS Archadis Sonokong.jpg|w2=100|caption='''Left:''' ''Takara packaging'' '''Right:''' ''Sonokong packaging''|float=right}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Favorites Showdown: Mach Kick VS Archadis''' (VS pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''VS-36'''
:*''Takara release date'': March ??, 1999
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''DX-06'''
:*''Accessories'': "Tail Tomahawk/Tail Whip"

: Mach Kick was also available in the "Favorites Showdown" (本命の対決 ''honmei no taiketsu'') two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Archadis#Toys|Archadis]], also released in the third wave of ''Neo'' toys. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: [[Sonokong]] also released this vs-pack in [[South Korea|Korea]]n ''Beast-War Neo'' markets. The Sonokong "'''Match Kick'''" identical to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases, other than the packaging and [[Tech Spec]] cards.

==Notes==
*Mach Kick is one of three [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|''Beast Wars Neo'' toys]] whose designs were determined via a contest held by ''Japanese Television Magazine''. The winning designs were revealed in the April 1999 issue. The other winning designs became [[Archadis#Toys|Archadis]] and [[Bazooka (BW)#Toys|Bazooka]].

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Match Kick''' (매치킥 ''Maechi Kik'') {{sic}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Maximals]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Pack]]
[[Category:Resistance]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:TransTech Maximals]]

Mach Kick

2025-11-14T03:31:28Z

Crossfire: Fleshing out bio a bit. The anime presents him a teeny bit more nuanced than just "frat boy"

{{Factions|maximal|liegemaximo|autobot}}
:''Mach Kick is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|My Little Maximal]]
'''Mach Kick''' (マッハキック ''Mahha Kikku'') is the former sub-commander of the [[Thoroughbred Corps]]. After their destruction at the hands of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], he was left the only survivor. Once he recovered, he voluntarily joined up with [[Big Convoy]] to aid in his quest to obtain the [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsules.

Mach Kick has a very free spirit and a rowdy attitude, cavorting about and partying in his free time like he was in a college fraternity rather than a grisly war. This behavior continually causes him to get on the nerves of his comrades, and ''especially'' to butt heads with his "old buddy", [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]], who is a notorious stick-in-the-mud. That said, Mach Kick is still an accomplished (if somewhat irreverent) warrior, with real-world experience and insight into military tactics that the younger recruits simply don't yet possess. However, the disparity between this and his personality mean his teammates sometimes have a hard time taking his suggestions seriously.

Mach Kick also has something of an "idol worshiping" complex in regard to Big Convoy, whom he respects for being so powerful and "cool" after seeing him in action. He strives to do his best to impress his commander, even at tasks as menial as KP. His attempts to "do a good job" typically result in him encroaching upon the personal space of his peers, who just ''can't stand'' it.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
[[File:MachKickEnlists01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Teruaki Ogawa]] (Japanese)|[[Jong-deok An]] (Korean)}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendMachKickCybertronMode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
[[File:BwAscendMachKickBeastMode.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Mach Kick was the remaining survivor of the [[Thoroughbred Corps]], which were otherwise wiped out in the [[Great War (BW)|Great War]]. He joined [[Big Convoy]]'s crew and helped in the defeat of [[Magmatron]]. Thanks to his service, he was selected to become part of [[Lio Convoy]]'s elite special operations unit, the [[Pack]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}}

Mach Kick traveled with the Pack to prehistoric [[Earth]] to rescue [[Razorbeast]]. He was put in charge of tracking Razorbeast's near-non-existent signal back to its source. When the group charged into battle with the Predacons there, he smashed [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] with a buck to the chest, and [[Terragator]] attempted to ride him bareback. It didn't go well for Terragator. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

After dealing with the Predacons, the Pack were surprised to find the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast going on a rampage. Mach Kick gave Apache a ride to the site where their former comrade was wrecking 'bots of both factions indiscriminately, but did not himself participate in subduing Razorbeast. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Later on, Mach Kick was one of the many Maximals that hitched a ride back to Cybertron in order to combat the greater threat that resided there: [[Shokaract]]. Near the climax of the battle, he wielded weapon-mode Break, blasting the monster. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===''TransTech''===
A Mach Kick found his way to [[Axiom Nexus]], and entered the competitive world of [[Equinicon]] races. His performance in one race came under fire, as it was suspected that his [[Mini-Con]] partner, [[Fastbreak (Timelines)|Fastbreak]], had given him a speed boost via an illegal in-race [[Powerlinx]]. The pair refused to comment to reporters about the allegations. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/04}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Mach Kick was a member of the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] movement fighting against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s. He operated as part of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s cell. When Grimlock acquired the [[G-Virus]], his cell planned to release it at [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]] when the [[Games (competition)|Games]] restarted. Mach Kick acted as point-bot as the group infiltrated the arena, but he was called up short when Grimlock's battle instincts detected something amiss. Mach Kick failed to listen to his commander's warning, and continued walking forward until he set off a mine, killing him in a nanoklik. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Mach Kick was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:TheFlyinFoxTrot-Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|200px|If you stay too long in Equestria, you get a ''Generation 2'' color scheme.]]
After a [[space bridge]] accident left many Transformers stuck in the magical land of [[Equestria]], Mach Kick took part in a friendly race to find the fastest among them. Unfortunately, it was interupted by [[Decepticon]]s before Mach Kick could prove victorious, and in the end, they were beaten by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Rainbow Dash]]. {{storylink|The Flyin' Fox Trot}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My God. What have you done. Look what your careless hands have wrought. Each moment this unnatural beast lives is like a thousand years of misery. Look in its brown eyes. It longs for death. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Mach Kick''' (Deluxe, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-36'''
:*''Release date'': March ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': "Tail Tomahawk"

: Part of the third wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Mach Kick is a Deluxe-sized figure that transforms into a midnight-purple-blue organic horse with a rooted nylon-hair tail. Pressing back on the horse's mane causes the head to spring forward via jackspring mechanism as a part of his "Elastic Hand"/"Elastic Crusher" attack. If balanced just right, Mach Kick is able to rear up on his hind legs in a dramatic horsey pose.

: In [[robot mode]], his head also sports a rooted ponytail, and his left thigh houses his [[Maximal]] [[spark crystal]]. His tail can be removed in this mode to form his "[[Tail Tomahawk]]", or alternatively his "Tail Whip", if one chooses to whip the tail around (though the result is more like a flogger). Much like his horse mode, the horse head (now his right hand) can be also be utilized as an attack feature.

: Mach Kick also has a third "Protect Mode", a weird turret-ish mode intended for a Basic Class figure to "control" his Elastic Hand. It is positively Cronenbergian.

: This figure is widely considered one of the most infuriating ''Transformers'' toys to transform, thanks to being a [[shellformer]] with multiple [[ball joint]]s that need to be massaged into ''extremely'' precise locations to get the shell pieces to line up properly, with very little outside of the shell chunks pegging or clipping into place anywhere. His shoulder joints in particular are made up of a stem with a ball on either end that plugs into the socket in his torso and the actual shoulder respectively. On top of all of this, his robot mode ponytail requires close attention otherwise some of the hairs can find themselves poking through the shell parts in [[beast mode]].

: Horsey mode's pretty sweet, though, gotta admit.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/MachKick/machkick.htm More information on Mach Kick at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|VS36}}{{anchor|VsPack}}
{{Twoimages|File:BWN-toy VS-36-box.jpg|w1=200
|File:DX-06 Mach Kick VS Archadis Sonokong.jpg|w2=100|caption='''Left:''' ''Takara packaging'' '''Right:''' ''Sonokong packaging''|float=right}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Favorites Showdown: Mach Kick VS Archadis''' (VS pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''VS-36'''
:*''Takara release date'': March ??, 1999
:*''Sonokong ID number'': '''DX-06'''
:*''Accessories'': "Tail Tomahawk/Tail Whip"

: Mach Kick was also available in the "Favorites Showdown" (本命の対決 ''honmei no taiketsu'') two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Archadis#Toys|Archadis]], also released in the third wave of ''Neo'' toys. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: [[Sonokong]] also released this vs-pack in [[South Korea|Korea]]n ''Beast-War Neo'' markets. The Sonokong "'''Match Kick'''" identical to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases, other than the packaging and [[Tech Spec]] cards.

==Notes==
*Mach Kick is one of three [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|''Beast Wars Neo'' toys]] whose designs were determined via a contest held by ''Japanese Television Magazine''. The winning designs were revealed in the April 1999 issue. The other winning designs became [[Archadis#Toys|Archadis]] and [[Bazooka (BW)#Toys|Bazooka]].

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Match Kick''' (매치킥 ''Maechi Kik'') {{sic}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Maximals]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Pack]]
[[Category:Resistance]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:TransTech Maximals]]

Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?

2025-11-12T07:19:50Z

Crossfire: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=15
|image=BWN 15 Mach Kick hay.jpg
|caption=
|title="Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?"
|japanese=マッハキック入隊志願!?
|romaji=Mach Kick Nyūtai Shigan!?
|production code=BWN-15
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[May 12|12 May]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Yukio Okazaki]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]], Park Young
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Mach Kick, survivor of the Thoroughbred Corps, joins up with Big Convoy's unit. Magmatron's Predacons also receive a new member in the form of Archadis.'''

==Synopsis==

On the planet Com, [[Longrack]] heads towards [[Big Convoy]] carrying an [[Angolmois capsule]]. However, [[Guiledart]] appears and attempts to shoot him, only for another projectile to destroy his own. When Guiledart sees the other [[Maximals]] coming, he orders [[DNAVI]] to teleport him, noting the mysterious projectile didn't belong to any of them. Longrack thanks Big Convoy for saving him, but his leader stammers it wasn’t him. He outwardly shrugs it off, before telling everyone to return to the ''[[Gung-Ho]]'', but privately notes someone is watching them. Indeed, a shadowy figure is watching as they depart.

Back on the ''Gung-Ho'', [[NAVI]] informs everyone that someone has broken into the ship. When asked where the intruder is, NAVI guides the Maximals to where she saw him: Longrack’s room. The Maximals then break in, only to be met by a strange sight - a horse sleeping in Longrack’s bed in a blanket of hay! Longrack is understandably upset, and attempts to evict the intruder, only for the horse’s neck to extend out. A robot head then emerges from the hay, revealing the intruder to be a Maximal. Big Convoy then enters the room, only for the new Maximal to hug him, much to everyone’s confusion.

On the bridge, the Maximal introduces himself as [[Mach Kick]], who reveals his desire to join Big Convoy’s unit after witnessing the latter’s actions on the Fortress planet. Big Convoy states his new orders are to train new recruits and not to accept soldiers. Mach Kick refuses to give up and offers to demote himself back to a recruit. Big Convoy relents and puts him under Longrack’s watch. The lieutenant places Mach Kick in charge of cleaning, which he does enthusiastically. '''Too''' enthusiastically, as he bowls over [[Break]] and [[Colada]], chases [[Stampy]] down, and ruins [[Heinrad]]’s lunch, while Longrack is blinded by the bright sheen of the polished surfaces.

In the training room, the Maximals discuss their newest member. Colada reveals that Mach Kick was a member of the Thoroughbred Corps, a unit that was wiped out during the battle of the Fortress planet. Break suggests he might be a Predacon spy, because he was the only survivor. However, Mach Kick wins them over by dispatching holograms of Magmatron’s crew with ease, though Longrack is not so easily swayed. The Maximals then find another Angolmois capsule on the planet Galo. Longrack says if they use dummies at another location, they will be able to distract the Predacons. Mach Kick argues that the Predacons will see through the plan, with Longrack accusing him of being sympathetic to the Predacons. Big Convoy stops the argument by reminding Mach Kick that Longrack is his superior and approves his lieutenant’s plan.

On the ''Dinosaur'', the Predacons notice the dummies, believing the Maximals have found another capsule. Just then a voice accuses them of being fools, as an Archaeopteryx descends from the ceiling. The Archaeopteryx transforms revealing himself as [[Archadis]], the most cunning individual in the Predacons. [[Magmatron]] reveals he summoned him as a helper and asks Archadis what his plan is. Archadis explains the Predacons will follow the dummies, while he secures the capsule, much to the ''Dinosaur'' crew’s annoyance.

In one of Galo’s deserts, the Maximals are overjoyed that their plan seemingly worked, but Mach Kick and Longrack butt heads again, and the horse decides to hang back in case any Predacons show up. He muses to himself the Longrack has a little too much self-confidence , just like Mach Kick used to. As Longrack’s group approaches the capsule, a net is dropped on them. The Maximals think Mach Kick has betrayed them, only for it to be revealed to be the work of Archadis. Their new foe then proceeds to easily subdue them, but is thwarted from capturing them by Mach Kick. Archadis starts off the fight pretty strong, but eventually gets the stuffing beaten out of him by Mach Kick. Longrack, humbled, leads a rallying cry for Mach Kick as he fights. Defeated, Archadia orders DNAVI to teleport him.

Eventually, the Maximals recover the capsule and return to the ''Gung-Ho''. Big Convoy congratulates Longrack on recovering two Angolmois capsules in a row. Longrack then admits they were able to get home thanks to Mach Kick and berates himself for his failures. But Mach Kick tells Longrack not to be so hard on himself, and that Longrack can talk to him as he would an older brother anytime he is having trouble. [[Vector Sigma]] contacts Big Convoy, who reveals that Mach Kick has lost his unit, and that people can use their painful experiences to move on and help others. This brings some comfort to Longrack, though Mach Kick impishly says he can "help people" by serving Mach Kick some Green Tea and giving him a massage, only for Big Convoy to tell him he’s getting too carried away. The ''Gung-Ho'' than warps to a new location and adventure.

==Quotes==
==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 10'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (1)
*[[Big Convoy]] (2)
*[[Mach Kick]] (4)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (5)
*[[Break]] (6)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (7)
*[[Colada]] (8)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (9)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Guiledart]] (3)
*[[Magmatron]] (10)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (11)
*[[Saberback]] (12)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (13)
*[[DNAVI]] (14)
*[[Archadis]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]] (16)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===
*Once again, the battle that occurred at the start of "[[Big Convoy, Move Out]]" is referenced. This time it is established that [[Mach Kick]] was also present at the Fortress Planet, where his unit was wiped out.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?

2025-11-12T07:18:56Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=15
|image=BWN 15 Mach Kick hay.jpg
|caption=
|title="Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?"
|japanese=マッハキック入隊志願!?
|romaji=Mach Kick Nyūtai Shigan!?
|production code=BWN-15
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[May 12|12 May]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Yukio Okazaki]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]], Park Young
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Mach Kick, survivor of the Thoroughbred Corps, joins up with Big Convoy's unit. Magmatron's Predacons also receive a new member in the form of Archadis.'''

==Synopsis==

On the planet Com, [[Longrack]] heads towards [[Big Convoy]] carrying an [[Angolmois capsule]]. However, [[Guiledart]] appears and attempts to shoot him, only for another projectile to destroy his own. When Guiledart sees the other [[Maximals]] coming, he orders [[DNAVI]] to teleport him, noting the mysterious projectile didn't belong to any of them. Longrack thanks Big Convoy for saving him, but his leader stammers it wasn’t him. He outwardly shrugs it off, before telling everyone to return to the ''[[Gung-Ho]]'', but privately notes someone is watching them. Indeed, a shadowy figure is watching as they depart.

Back on the ''Gung-Ho'', [[NAVI]] informs everyone that someone has broken into the ship. When asked where the intruder is, NAVI guides the Maximals to where she saw him: Longrack’s room. The Maximals then break in, only to be met by a strange sight - a horse sleeping in Longrack’s bed in a blanket of hay! Longrack is understandably upset, and attempts to evict the intruder, only for the horse’s neck to extend out. A robot head then emerges from the hay, revealing the intruder to be a Maximal. Big Convoy then enters the room, only for the new Maximal to hug him, much to everyone’s confusion.

On the bridge, the Maximal introduces himself as [[Mach Kick]], who reveals his desire to join Big Convoy’s unit after witnessing the latter’s actions on the Fortress planet. Big Convoy states his new orders are to train new recruits and not to accept soldiers. Mach Kick refuses to give up and offers to demote himself back to a recruit. Big Convoy relents and puts him under Longrack’s watch. The lieutenant places Mach Kick in charge of cleaning, which he does enthusiastically. '''Too''' enthusiastically, as he bowls over [[Break]] and [[Colada]], chases [[Stampy]] down, and ruins [[Heinrad]]’s lunch, while Longrack is blinded by the bright sheen of the polished surfaces.

In the training room, the Maximals discuss their newest member. Colada reveals that Mach Kick was a member of the Thoroughbred Corps, a unit that was wiped out during the battle of the Fortress planet. Break suggests he might be a Predacon spy, because he was the only survivor. However, Mach Kick wins them over by dispatching holograms of Magmatron’s crew with ease, though Longrack is not so easily swayed. The Maximals then find another Angolmois capsule on the planet Galo. Longrack says if they use dummies at another location, they will be able to distract the Predacons. Mach Kick argues that the Predacons will see through the plan, with Longrack accusing him of being sympathetic to the Predacons. Big Convoy stops the argument by reminding Mach Kick that Longrack is his superior and approves his lieutenant’s plan.

On the ''Dinosaur'', the Predacons notice the dummies, believing the Maximals have found another capsule. Just then a voice accuses them of being fools, as an Archaeopteryx descends from the ceiling. The Archaeopteryx transforms revealing himself as [[Archadis]], the most cunning individual in the Predacons. [[Magmatron]] reveals he summoned him as a helper and asks Archadis what his plan is. Archadis explains the Predacons will follow the dummies, while he secures the capsule, much to the ''Dinosaur'' crew’s annoyance.

In one of Galo’s deserts, the Maximals are overjoyed that their plan seemingly worked, but Mach Kick and Longrack butt heads again, and the horse decides to hang back in case any Predacons show up. He muses to himself the Longrack has a little too much self-confidence , just like Mach Kick used to. As Longrack’s group approaches the capsule, a net is dropped on them. The Maximals think Mach Kick has betrayed them, only for it to be revealed to be the work of Archadis. Their new foe then proceeds to easily subdue them, but is thwarted from capturing them by Mach Kick. Archadis starts off the fight pretty strong, but eventually gets the stuffing beaten out of him by Mach Kick. Longrack, humbled, leads a rallying cry for Mach Kick as he fights. Defeated, Archadia orders DNAVI to teleport him.

Eventually, the Maximals recover the capsule and return to the ''Gung-Ho''. Big Convoy congratulates Longrack on recovering two Angolmois capsules in a row. Longrack then admits they were able to get home thanks to Mach Kick and berates himself for his failures. But Mach Kick tells Longrack not to be so hard on himself, and that Longrack can talk to him as he would an older brother anytime he is having trouble. [[Vector Sigma]] contacts Big Convoy, who reveals that Mach Kick has lost his unit, and that people can use their painful experiences to move on and help others. This brings some comfort to Longrack, though Mach Kick impishly says he can "help people" by serving Mach Kick some Green Tea and giving him a massage, only for Big Convoy to tell him he’s getting too carried away. The ''Gung-Ho'' than warps to a new location and adventure.

==Quotes==
==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 10'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (1)
*[[Big Convoy]] (2)
*[[Mach Kick]] (4)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (5)
*[[Break]] (6)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (7)
*[[Colada]] (8)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (9)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Guiledart]] (3)
*[[Magmatron]] (10)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (11)
*[[Saberback]] (12)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (13)
*[[DNAVI]] (14)
*[[Archadis]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]] (16)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===
*Once again, the battle that occurred at the start of [[Big Convoy, Move Out]] is referenced. This time it is established that [[Mach Kick]] was also present at the Fortress Planet, where his unit was wiped out.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Ship's Log

2025-11-12T03:53:38Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */ Touch-up.

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=14
|image=Heinrad's packet.jpg
|caption=
|title="Ship's Log"
|japanese=航海日誌
|romaji=Kōkai Nisshi
|production code=BWN-14
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[May 5|5 May]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Shigeki Hatakeyama]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Say hello to CLIP SHOW!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Bwneo1_maximals_assembled.jpg|thumb|left|Hey, if they can recycle episodes, we can recycle screen caps.]]Taking a break from hunting the Angolmois capsules, Heinrad prepares a report about the progress of the Maximals' mission. Also, some soup.

He recalls how the recruits first met Big Convoy, attempting to trap him on the bridge of the ''Gung-Ho'' and how Big Convoy was firm in his teaching, as one would expect of a soldier known as the One Man Army.{{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} Heinrad knows that Big Convoy would rather be doing missions by himself than training recruits. This has got him into trouble, such as the time Magmatron trapped him on a planet about to be roasted by its twin suns.{{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} Heinrad wishes that Big Convoy had trusted his team more back then.

[[File:BWN_E9_Stampy_Slice.jpg|thumb]]Caught up in his report, Heinrad fails to notice until its too late that his soup is burning. The other recruits join in with the report and point out that Big Convoy has gained more trust in them now, though Stampy isn't too sure. The group bicker about whether Break and Colada are too immature to be trustworthy.{{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} Longrack brags that Big Convoy entirely trusts him, given he's second in command, but the others argue that Longrack's been the cause of half their trouble, like the time they were trapped between the Sargasso spider and the Predacons and Big Convoy had to save them all.{{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}}

Heinrad wraps up his report by revealing that every time Big Convoy relates a moral or life lesson to the recruits, it's coming from Vector Sigma. The recruits will have to hurry up and get fully trained so Big Convoy can get back to being the One Man Army... unless Big Convoy plays at teacher so long he gets good at it, that is.

==Quotes==
==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 8'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (1)
*[[Big Convoy]] (2)
*[[Break]] (3)
*[[Colada]] (4)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (5)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (6)
*[[Rockbuster]] (7)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (8)
*[[Saberback]] (9)
*[[Magmatron]] (10)
*[[Guiledart]] (12)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Sargasso]] spider (11)
*[[Vector Sigma]] (14)

}}

==Notes==
* The only new animation in this episode is of Heinrad making his soup, the rest is recycled from earlier episodes.
* Though they join in with the report, the rest of the Maximal recruits aren't seen with Heinrad. Instead, they talk (bicker) over the clips, like an audio commentary of sorts.
* Heinrad's narration breaks the fourth wall, addressing the viewer directly, especially when imparting the secret about Vector Sigma. Certainly, as later episodes will show, this isn't being told to the other recruits.
* Despite the plethora of clips, the episode is padded out with various break bumpers from the series so far.
==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]
[[Category:Clip shows]]

Break Is a Predacon?

2025-11-12T03:42:16Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */ Touch-up.

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=13
|image=BC SB buddies.jpg
|caption=What lowbrow comedy should we reference here?
|title="Break Is a Predacon?"
|japanese=ブレイクはデストロン?
|romaji=Break wa Destron?
|production code=BWN-13
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[April 28|28 April]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Tomio Yamauchi]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]], Samtack
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''An accident switches Break and Saberback's bodies!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BWN_E13_Crystal_Standoff.jpg|left|thumb|Another world, another time, in the age of wonder.]]
The Maximals have arrived at the planet [[Crystal (planet)|Crystal]], having picked up another [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] capsule reading. [[Break]] and [[Colada]] were sent down to retrieve it, but have run into trouble with the Predacon [[Saberback]], who is now chasing them through crystal chasms. A blast of laser fire sends crystalline shards onto Break, causing him to lose hold of the capsule. As he falls, he uses his Break Anchor to snare Saberback. They fall helplessly and land near a strange dual crystal. As they recover, Saberback gloats that Break has delivered them to exactly where he wanted. A stand-off ensues either side of the strange crystal, with Saberback goading Break into shooting. Their laser fire each hits one of the parts of the double-crystal, causing light to build up in it before shining out in a blast so powerful it knocks both the Transformers offline. Saberback recovers first and trudges away from the scene.

On the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', the Predacons complain about Saberback's insistence on going off on his own for his supposed "great plan" and the subsequent radio silence. [[DNAVI]], today "Audrey", notes on the scanners that Saberback has been wandering around aimlessly on the planet for a while. [[Magmatron]] orders her to retrieve him through the teleport system. The disorientated Saberback arrives on the ''Dinosaur'' and collapses again. He wakes with a start at the sight of the other Predacons and immediately flees. Evading his comrades, Saberback wonders why they're all calling him by that name, when he's ''clearly'' Break. Looking at his reflection, realization dawns: Break has somehow been transferred into Saberback's body! [[Guiledart]] finds Break and asks him why he's acting so weird. Break decides it's probably best to play along for now, but his attempts to pass as Saberback immediately fail, so Guiledart electrocutes and subdues him. As he lies prone, Break wonders: if he's in Saberback's body, what's happening to his own?!

Back on Crystal, Colada finds Break's offline body and, more out of not wanting to get told off than comradely friendship, lugs the prone penguin-bot back to the ''[[Gung Ho]]''. Later, Saberback comes to in a regeneration tube, under the watch of Colada. Trying to get his bearings, Saberback realizes his plan has worked. He had read in a book of magic about the mysterious twin crystal called [[Phantom]] to be found on planet Crystal. It is said to have the power to transfer souls between bodies when charged up with a lot of energy, and once a capsule reading was detected on Crystal, Saberback decided to use Phantom as a means to infiltrate the Maximals. He, quite audibly, brags about his plan working and that he will now take out [[Big Convoy]], to Colada's bemusement.

[[File:BWN_E13_Stampy_House.jpg|thumb|right|A thousand years ago, this land was green and good.]]
Repaired, Saberback searches the ''Gung Ho''. The first room he finds is decorated with childlike murals. [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] sleepily opens an interior door and challenges the Predacon in front of him! Saberback worries that Stampy has found him out and flees his attacks. Next door, Colada is woken by the noise and bangs on the wall, yelling at Stampy to sleep-fight Predacons more quietly. Even though his attacker is merely sleepwalking, Saberback flees into another room of the ship, but manages only to fall face first into [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]]'s hot miso soup. Saberback runs back out of Heinrad's room, while Stampy, now awake, ambles in and wishes Heinrad a good morning. Heinrad isn't having it though, and gives chase to Saberback, demanding reimbursement for his soup. Saberback manages to find a secluded part of the ship and wonders if he's been found out. Before he can make any plans, [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] announces that the Athletic Zone is activated, and large flame pillars erupt from the ground around Saberback. Scorched again, he runs into an area of vacuum tubes where he is sucked up and ejected into the ship's pool. Heinrad, Colada and Stampy are waiting for him, and ask what's wrong.

Later, the whole crew are assembled on the ''Gung Ho''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, where Saberback claims that the Angolmois capsule on Crystal has been found, but is part of a Predacon trap. He says that a "beautiful operation" involving the full team, Big Convoy included, could retrieve the capsule. Colada rubbishes the plan, but Big Convoy is convinced and orders the group to Crystal. The team are fired from the ''Gung Ho''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s transport cannon and fly about on Crystal. Stampy asks Break if he's sure the Predacons are around, as he can't find any signal of them. Eventually, the team land in a valley and Saberback volunteers to scout ahead. The team comment on how weird Break is acting, but Big Convoy merely says that the penguin's new found eagerness for work is only a good thing. Once away from the group, Saberback scuttles off into cover and fires his Break Anchor at the rock wall above them, burying the team in rubble.

[[File:BWN_E13_Breakback.jpg|thumb|left|Then strife began, and two new races appeared.]]
Back on the ''Dinosaur'', Break is being tortured in an electric harness. The Predacons decide that they can't see anything wrong with him, other than his coarse language, so apologize and set him free. Break asks to be sent back to Crystal to retrieve the Angolmois capsule. On Crystal, Saberback admires his handiwork and muses that all he need do now is get his own body back. As if on cue, it arrives via teleport. Break threatens the imposter in his body, but Saberback simply gloats that his goals have already been achieved - Big Convoy is scrap. Break is consumed with anger and begins firing at Saberback, until the Predacon reminds him that he's shooting at his own body. Break doesn't care and laments his fallen comrades, saying that even though they were weird, they were good guys. Heinrad's voice calls out ethereally, asking if Break really thinks they're good guys. The rest of the Maximals then appear from cover, to Saberback's annoyance. Heinrad smugly pats his clock belly and thinks about how he can't tell Saberback that they escaped the rockfall through his secret Time Freeze technique. Instead, he tells Saberback that Big Convoy knew all along that Break was an imposter. Big Convoy readies the Big Cannon to shoot Saberback, to Break's alarm. The blast merely hits the ground beneath Saberback, throwing him off his feet.

Big Convoy flies Break over to the Phantom and tells him to fire his weapon at the crystal to swap his soul back with Saberback's. He does so and the crystal again blazes out light. Saberback finds himself back in his own body, just as the other Predacons teleport in. They reprimand him for his plan and for not telling them about it. Break leads an attack against the Predacons, instigating a small battle. In the course of the fight, the Phantom again gets charged up with energy. Quickly overwhelmed, the Predacons get Audrey to teleport them back to the ''Dinosaur'', as Saberback wails about his plan nearly being successful.

Break rejoices at being in his own body again. [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] explains that after noticing that he was acting strange, they had NAVI do research on Crystal and they found out about the Phantom's soul-swapping ability. [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] contacts Big Convoy again and has him say that, on the battlefield, it's important to perceive what is inside and not to judge things as they immediately appear. Trouble is though, Big Convoy says this from Stampy's body, and Stampy realizes with a fright that he's in Big Convoy's body! Once back on the ''Gung Ho'', Break goes and taps Stampy on the head, glad to find that he's returned to normal.

==Quotes==

==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 8'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Break]] (1)
*[[Colada]] (8)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (9)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (10)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (11)
*[[Big Convoy]] (12)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (13)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Saberback]] (2)
*[[Guiledart]] (3)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (4)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (5)
*[[Magmatron]] (6)
*[[DNAVI|Audrey]] (7)

|c4=
*[[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] (14)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===
*DNAVI is today named Audrey, likely after Audrey Hepburn.
*This episode gives a good look at some of the cadets' living quarters and they're highly personalized. Stampy's is essentially a child's playroom, reflecting his childlike nature. Heinrad's is decorated in a traditional Japanese style, including tatami mats and hanging cooking pot, while Colada's is dominated by a giant snake charmer's basket, in which he sleeps.
* The Predacons are quite happy to torture one of their own, just on the suspicion of them acting a bit odd.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Planet of Time

2025-11-09T04:07:38Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */ Per dictionary, a hyphen appears to be more appropriate.

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=11
|image=Chronos Break Longrack.jpg
|caption=
|title="Planet of Time"
|japanese=時の惑星
|romaji=Toki no Wakusei
|production code=BWN-11
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[April 14|14 April]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]]
|director=[[Yūnosuke Yanase]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While seeking an Angolmois capsule on Chronos, Break and Longrack are affected in... profound ways.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BWN E11 Time Device.jpg|thumb|left]]
The ''[[Gung Ho]]'' arrives at the hourglass-shaped planet [[Chronos]], following another [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] capsule signal. Having been called to assemble on the bridge, [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] looks for [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], who is in his quarters groaning with pain. He insists that he is not, as everyone assumes, trying to shirk work again. Stampy reaches the bridge and relays this to the rest of the team. They're more interested in going to Chronos to get the Angolmois capsule, but [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] warns them that the odd, cylindrical planet is listed as forbidden for approach and landing.

On the other side of Chronos, the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'' lies in wait. [[DNAVI]], today calling herself Catherine, notes that the Maximals should have arrived already, but haven't yet sent anyone to the planet. The Predacons see this simply as an opportunity to grab the capsule before the Maximals.

Back on the ''Gung Ho'', the Predacons' approach has been noticed, forcing the Maximals' hand. Disregarding NAVI's warnings, [[Big Convoy]] dispatches [[Break]] and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] to the planet. He then goes to check on Heinrad, who explains that the closer they got to Chronos, the more the clock in his stomach hurt. Big Convoy assures him that they'll leave Chronos's orbit as soon as possible.

On the planet's surface, Break and Longrack set off for the capsule's surface. NAVI tries to check in with them, but is unable to make radio contact. She resorts to thermal tracking, which shows the pair heading towards the capsule. Later, the away team reach a cave from which the capsule signal is emanating. Keen for action against the Predacons, Break stays outside on guard while Longrack investigates the cave. Walking through the ruins of an ancient civilization, he finds the capsule on a pedestal in a room with flagstones set into the floor. He steps on one of these as he approaches the capsule, causing the structure to quake and a red light to fill the chamber. From the bridge of the Gung Ho, the team watch in amazement as Chronos dramatically tilts.

Outside the cave, Break is attacked by [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] and [[Saberback]]. Longrack calls to let him know he's on his way back with the capsule, but he struggles to carry it out of the cave. When he arrives on the scene, everyone is surprised to find he's noticeably smaller. The Predacons shrug off the change and go for the capsule. Break tells Longrack to take care of the capsule while he fends off the Predacons, but the snub-giraffebot throws a tantrum, insisting that he wants to prove he can fight too. He fires his Double Missile, but they bounce harmlessly off Sling's shield. The Predacons counterattack, causing Longrack to cry in panic.

[[File:BWN E11 Baby Longrack.jpg|thumb|right]]
Big Convoy, [[Colada]], and Stampy arrive in time to ward off the Predacons. Returning to the ''Gung Ho'', they're all astounded by the childlike Longrack, who throws a crying tantrum over his situation. Realizing that Longrack has been de-aged, NAVI recalls having heard of a "Planet of Time". Heinrad arrives on the bridge and tells the rest of the crew about this so-called Planet of Rejuvenation, which allowed beings to de-age themselves without limit so they could live for eternity. This ability inevitably led to wars for control of the planet, until it was declared off-limits and the records of why erased. Heinrad isn't sure if there's any way to return Longrack to his original age — though Stampy doesn't know why he'd even want to bother — until he goes to the planet to look, but warns that Longrack could just end up being made even younger. The thought of a baby Longrack terrifies the crew and Longrack slinks off to weigh his options.

On the ''Dinosaur'', Saberback and Sling report back on the de-aging ability of Chronos. Noting that the Maximals will likely return to the planet to investigate the cave again, [[Guiledart]] and [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] are sent by [[Magmatron]] to wait in ambush. The Maximals visit Longrack in his quarters and convince him it's worth the risk to try and return him to his original age. He returns to the planet with Big Convoy, Break and Heinrad and rushes to the cave, only to find Dead End and Guiledart waiting. They demand the Angolmois capsule in return for passage to the de-aging cave. Big Convoy instead takes on the pair, sending Heinrad, Break and Longrack to the device.

Inside the chamber, Longrack explains that he stepped on one of the flagstones. Break realizes he's stepped on some now and a blue light shines down on him. The planet tilts back to its previous position. The Maximals flee from the cave, Longrack still young, but Break now accelerated into old age. He tries to attack the Predacons, but his Break Anchor feebly fails to reach its target. He complains of his aching joints and poor vision. The Predacons are bemused, but figure they still only have to deal with Big Convoy, given the others are an old man, a child and "the useless one", which Heinrad angrily realizes is him. Guiledart and Dead End attack again, but Heinrad activates his Time Freeze and rearranges the Predacons to fire on each other. Confused and frightened by the situation, the Predacons flee back to the ''Dinosaur'', once they get "Catherine"'s name right.

[[File:BWN_E11_Old_Break.jpg|thumb|left|Not shown: Break's skidplate spontaneously falling off.]]
Now safe, Longrack demands to know why Heinrad doesn't use such a powerful secret weapon more often. Heinrad simply says it takes a long time to recharge and slumps down to rest. Big Convoy admits that he's been reckless, before [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] makes him add that he shouldn't have acted until he had more intel and that his cadets have paid the price. He asks Heinrad to experiment with the time device for as long as it takes to return Break and Longrack to their correct ages.

From the ''Gung Ho'', the team watches as Chronos tilts to a level position. Break hobbles onto the bridge with the support of a cane, tufts of white hair spurting from his penguin mode body, claiming that the process didn't work. Colada, NAVI and Stampy are shocked, but Breaks reveals he's just joking and has been returned to normal. Heinrad and the restored Longrack follow him onto the bridge and confirm they've stored the Angolmois capsule. As NAVI comments on the dangerous nature of the forbidden planet, she is interrupted by another Angolmois capsule signal, which the ''Gung Ho'' sets off for.

==Quotes==
==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 7'''
:'''Predacons: 3'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (2)
*[[Break]] (6)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (1)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (7)
*[[Colada]] (3)
*[[Big Convoy]] (4)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (5)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Magmatron]] (9)
*[[Guiledart]] (10)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (11)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (8)
*[[Saberback]] (12)
*[[DNAVI|"Catherine"]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] (14)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===
* Who put the Angolmois capsule on the pedestal? They were all made and ejected from Nemesis at the end of ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'', which wasn't that long ago, whereas Chronos has been off-limits and abandoned long enough for the remnants of its civilization to fall into ruin and most memory of its abilities to have been forgotten. The time device only moves beings along their own timeline, rather than having a greater effect on time, and isn't powered by the Angolmois capsule. So what's the capsule doing there, deep in a cave system?

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 4 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Spitfire (ES)

2025-10-08T04:10:24Z

Crossfire: /* EarthSpark cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Spitfire}}
:''Spitfire is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Terran]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ESSpitfire.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Fuel the Fire!]]

'''Spitfire''' was born in the skies of [[Earth]], a Chaos Terran created from a corrupted shard of the [[Emberstone]]. Despite looking almost identical to [[Twitch]], she is the opposite of the other [[Terran]] in almost every way; deadpan, mean-spirited, gloomy, manipulative, and uncaring for almost anyone but herself. Spitfire is determined to be the best, even at the cost of others and fighting dirty. Her alternate mode is the 2.0 upgrade of [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]'s drone, giving her access to extra abilities; such as hyper-speed and stealth mode.

Spitfire isn't a formal member of any faction, but has allied herself with the [[Decepticon]]s after causing mayhem among the Autobots and the Terrans. She gets along with her fellow Chaos Terran [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]], sharing a love for destruction and havoc.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Zelda Williams]] (English), [[Kathreen Khavari]] (English, "[[Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire]]"/"[[The Imposters]]")|[[Betzabé Jara]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Marianna Alexandre]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Marjorie Frantz]] (French)}}

Spitfire was created when [[Twitch]] and [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]], while fighting over an [[Emberstone]] shard, accidentally dropped the shard into some clouds. The condensation coming in contact with the shard created Spitfire while still in the sky, causing her to immediately fall towards the ground. Twitch, along with a 2.0 drone she named Schmo, dove to her rescue, but Spitfire started fighting Twitch while in the air. Twitch then grabbed the drone with her, which Spitfire scanned, successfully landing on the ground using her new alt-mode. She then went to the Malto home with Twitch, who introduced her and convinced her parents to allow Spitfire to stay, despite being a [[Chaos Terran]]. While Twitch was introducing Spitfire to the [[Autobot]]s, Twitch was given a special Autobot mission, which Spitfire objected to, claiming she should've gone instead since she was the superior model. Spitfire then participated in the Polyhex Protocol for the right to go on the mission, antagonizing Twitch during the competition. She fell behind during the penultimate challenge, and cut [[Alex Malto]]’s zip line in order to win. She was disqualified from being able to go on the mission, this starting an argument between Spitfire and Twitch about the rules, which resulted in Spitfire attacking Twitch. The fight went into the air as another rainstorm rolled in, during which Spitfire continually antagonized Twitch and used her form's better speed and invisibility to get the upper hand. Twitch eventually ended the fight decisively and spared Spitfire, but Spitfire then used her pairing technology to control Twitch's body to steal everything she cared about. As she was doing this, a lightning bolt struck them both and sent both Terrans falling. Spitfire, now in Twitch's body, then said that the Chaos Terran must be kept away from the family. {{storylink|Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire}}

[[File:TheImpostersThumbnail.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
Sensing an opportunity, Spitfire did her best to act naturally and not raise suspicions, though apparently not successfully enough as [[Dot Malto|Dot]] insisted Robby accompany her on the Autobot mission. When the real Twitch showed up at the Malto farm, Spitfire managed to maintain her ruse and turn Robby against his sibling. She and Robby went to Autobot base for the mission, which turned out to be guarding the [[Cyber Slayer]] as it was readied for transport. Though she managed to trick Robby into leaving his post, [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]] had become suspicious of her and confirmed it when she failed to call him "Dad2", so Spitfire used the Cyber Slayer to take him out before attempting to make an escape with the weapon. On the way out she ran into Robby and Twitch, but this time the ruse was swiftly discovered and the pair gave chase to Spitfire. After another struggle, Twitch successfully switched the pair back to the right bodies, but with [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]]'s help, Spitfire got away with the Cyber Slayer and the two Chaos Terrans returned to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|The Imposters}} Starscream assigned Aftermath and Spitfire the task of using the Cyber Slayer to break into [[Terratronus]], which they set about with gusto and eventually succeeded. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 1}} As the Maltos and Autobots mounted a full-scale assault on Decepticon HQ to claim their shards, Starscream called Spitfire for her "unique talent": using her near-identical physiology to Twitch, she bypassed the [[Dugout]]'s security system, knocked out [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] with a grenade, stole the Malto's Emberstone shards, and delivered Alex as a hostage to Starscream. With Robby forced to trade Alex for the shards they'd just taken, Starscream gave Spitfire the honor of reassembling the Emberstone. She and Aftermath later joined Starscream as he entered Terratronus's spark chamber, only for him to turn the Cyber Slayer on them, taking them offline so he could use the shards that brought them to life to complete the Emberstone. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

Their lifeless bodies remained in the spark chamber where Starscream was trapped. As time wore on, he started having mock tea parties with them. As part of a plan to deal with a storm of chaos energy unleashed by the Quintessons, a team led by Optimus retrieved the Cyber Slayer and the Chaos Terrans' bodies. {{storylink|Judgment Day, Part 1}} The Chaos Terrans were placed in Optimus's trailer with the Cyber Slayer rigged to it, and dropped into the storm where the chaos energy was absorbed and channeled into the pair, bringing them back to life. Though they were tempted to just leave, the others talked them into stay and joining the battle against the Quintessons. As part of a diversionary plan, Spitfire reluctantly cyber-synced with Robby and Thrash and attacked the Quintesson ship until it was destroyed by Terratronus. Following the victory, Aftermath grabbed Spitfire and split. {{storylink|Judgment Day, Part 2}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:ES-toy Spitfire 1Step.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I was ''born'' for Strike Squad Special Force Delta! ''I shall cleave our foes in twain!!!'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Chaos Terran Spitfire''' (1-Step Flip Changer, [[2024]])}}</ul>

: Part of the sixth wave of Hasbro ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' "1-Step Flip Changers", this version of Spitfire is a [[redeco]] of [[Twitch#Warrior|1-Step Twitch]], a simple toy that converts from robot to drone and vice-versa in, well, one step.

: While the drone-to-robot conversion must be done manually, robot-to-drone can be triggered by pressing the button in her midsection, unlocking the spring-loaded autotransformation. This can be more amusingly triggered by tipping Spitfire face-forward, as the button is designed to be the first part of the upper body to hit the ground, thus popping her into drone mode in proper orientation. So less a "Flip Changer" than a "Trip Changer".

{{-}}{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:TF-EarthSpark-Warrior-Class-Spitfire.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Released too late to be [[Ripclaw]]'s ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' vehicular design.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Chaos Terran Spitfire''' (Warrior Class, 2025)}}</ul>

: Released in the sixth wave of ''EarthSpark'' Warrior Class toys, "Chaos Terran Spitfire" is (naturally) a redeco of [[Twitch#Warrior|Warrior Class Twitch]], transforming into a hover drone.

: Spitfire features a "Combine and Ride" gimmick similar to the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Autobots' "[[Powerlinx]]" gimmick, that allows the figure to form an upper body to attach to a compatible vehicle mode, or to allow another "Combine and Ride" Warrior Class figure to attach to the top of their vehicle mode. Spitfire's combination connectors are also compatible with ''EarthSpark'' Cyber Combiner figures.
{{comingsoontoy}}

{{-}}{{anchor|Deluxe}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Chaos Terran Spitfire''' (Deluxe Class, 2025)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth wave of ''EarthSpark'' Deluxe Class toys, "Chaos Terran Spitfire" is a redeco of [[Twitch#Deluxe|Deluxe Class Twitch]], transforming from a highly articulated robot into a hover drone.

: She comes with a blaster that fits over either of her forearms to replicate the "arm turns into blaster" of her show model. This gun can be stored on the underside of her drone mode, plus there is undocumented storage for the piece on her robot-mode back, though it interferes with her hip articulation. The clear-plastic wings are safely removable from the socket joints, and while probably unintended, can fit in her hands as blade weapons like in the show, if one fits them in right above the ball joint.
{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Terrans]]

Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron

2025-10-03T05:02:07Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=6
|image=Bwneo6 magmatron trisaur.jpg
|caption="I have combined the DNA of the world's most evil animals to make the most evil creature of them all!"
|title="Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron"
|japanese=恐竜合体マグマトロン
|romaji=Kyōryū Gattai Magmatron
|production code=BWN-06
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[March 10|10 March]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Yūnosuke Yanase]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''On the planet Flame, Magmatron challenges Big Convoy to a one-on-one battle. But is it a trap? And who is Rockbuster?'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Bwneo6 rockbuster emerges.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] and [[Break]] are running at top speed with an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule in tow. [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] is hot on their heels and chases them into a trench, where he opens fire and takes the capsule. Elsewhere, [[Colada]] and [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] are having similar luck retrieving a capsule while [[Guiledart]] and [[Saberback]] fire upon them. Eventually, they drop the capsule and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] take yet another victory.

Back on the ''[[Gung Ho]]'', all the [[Maximal]]s save for [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] and [[Big Convoy]] are recovering in [[CR chamber]]s. [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] hovers in with a report that a capsule has been located on the planet [[Flame (planet)|Flame]]. Big Convoy decides to investigate alone and heads off in search of the capsule. Upon arrival, he senses a presence. Sure enough, his old comrade [[Rockbuster]] bursts out of the ground and challenges him to a friendly duel. Big Convoy wins without effort, and the two recall old times, when Big Convoy was the lone wolf "One Man Army" of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Rockbuster offers a partnership, but Big Convoy declines, as his commitment to the new recruits takes priority. Rockbuster agrees and says goodbye.

[[Image:Bwneo6 big convoy vs magmatron.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

Back on the ''Gung Ho'', the Maximals emerge from the CR Chambers in full health. Longrack is melancholy that Big Convoy chose to go alone, as if he and the rest of the team were completely obsolete compared to him. On planet Flame, Big Convoy walks into a meadow of flowers and a Predacon ambush. [[Magmatron]] orders the Predacons to return to the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', as he wishes to fight Big Convoy one-on-one. Magmatron then offers Big Convoy the two Angolmois Capsules they collected as a prize should he win. However, if he doesn't, Magmatron will kill all of the new recruits. Rockbuster watches the events unfold from beneath the flowers.

[[Image:Bwneo6 big blasts magma.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

On the ''Gung Ho'', NAVI informs the Maximals that planet Flame is gravitating too close to the dual suns, and that soon it will get too hot for Big Convoy to survive. The Maximals prepare to rescue him, not positive if they can make it in time. On the planet's surface, Big Convoy and Magmatron begin their duel. Magmatron breaks apart into his three dinosaur components and subdues Big Convoy, planning to hold him until the last minute and then teleport to safety before the planet burns. Rockbuster intervenes and distracts Magmatron, opening him up to a blast from Big Convoy's Big Cannon, ending the battle. Rockbuster then carries Big Convoy to his ship, but Big Convoy refuses to escape with him. He says that if his recruits come to search for him and can't find him, they'll die. Rockbuster doubts the courage of Big Convoy's recruits, but does as he's told and leaves Big Convoy behind.

Big Convoy passes out and awakes in a repair tank on board the ''Gung Ho''. The Maximals had indeed come to rescue him at the last minute but were unable to secure the Angolmois Capsules from the Predacons. Big Convoy tells them all that they are brave soldiers, this time without the prompting of [[Vector Sigma]]. Break offers that Big Convoy will be laid up for a while recovering, but he retorts that there is no time to rest and tells them to head to the next capsule, much to the cadet's chagrin.
{{-}}

==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals: 4'''
:'''Predacons: 2'''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Break]] (1)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (2)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (4)
*[[Colada]] (5)
*[[Big Convoy]] (8)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (9)
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (10)
*[[Rockbuster]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (3)
*[[Saberback]] (6)
*[[Guiledart]] (7)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (10)
*[[Magmatron]] (11)
*[[DNAVI]] (12)
|c4=
}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*Magmatron refers to his first battle with Big Convoy, depicted in the opening scenes of "[[Big Convoy, Move Out]]".
*Break watches a video of [[Star Upper (BW)|Star Upper]] boxing with a gorilla.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 2 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Popular beast alternate modes

2025-10-01T00:16:50Z

Crossfire: /* Tyrannosaurus */

[[File:Class06-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2|There's more of these than you'd think.]]
Earth is a planet literally teeming with organic life forms. Millions of genera, of all shapes and sizes, inhabit the planet, and a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan any of them for a potential [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

{{SITENAME}} has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the [[beast mode]]. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[retool]]s on the same line. The list is (more or less) organized in chronological order of toy release or fictional appearance.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==

===Arachnids===
====Spiders====
[[File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Not an [[Avengers]] member.]]
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
*[[Arcee (G1)]]
*[[Crystal Widow]]
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]
*[[Airachnid (Prime)]] <ref name="motif">This character qualifies because of their robot mode motif.</ref>
*[[Airachnid (G1)]]

====Scorpions====
[[File:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
*[[Pincher (G1)]]
*[[Scorpulator]]
*[[Double Punch]]
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]] / [[Scorponok (BWSG)]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor">This character partially qualities because of their nature as a Fuzor.</ref>
*[[Ax]]
*[[Poison Bite]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)]]
*[[Zori]] / [[Sting (RID)]]
*[[Scorponok (WFC)]] / [[Paralon (RID)]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Scorponok (ROTB)]]
*[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)]]

===Crustaceans===
====Crabs====
[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|When all the world is metrosexual, the Crab People will finally reign supreme!]]
*[[Cancix]]
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]
*[[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
*[[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
*[[Razor-Sharp]]
*[[Crab spy]]
*[[Gura]]
*[[Clampdown (RID)]] / [[Clawtrap]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Crabby Grabby]]

===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[File:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
*[[Chop Shop (G1)]]
*[[Insecticon (BW)]]
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Sharpshot]]
*[[Shrapnel (RID)]]
*[[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)]] / [[Kickback (Cyberverse)]] / [[Bombshell (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Chop Shop (Cyberworld)]]

====Scarabs and male rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
[[File:G1-toy Bombshell.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not Heracross.]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo (G1)|Salvo]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
*[[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BW)]]
*[[Needler (G1)|Needler]]
*[[Insecticon (Energon)]]
*[[Hardshell]] / [[Bombshock (Prime)]] / [[Razorhorn]]
*[[Bido]]
*[[Barrage (Prime)]]
*[[Bombshell (RID)]]
*[[Saberhorn]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Orthoptera)====
*[[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
*[[Ransack (G1)]] / [[Ransack (SG)|Ransack (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Scourge (BW)]]
*[[Kickback (FOC)]]
*[[Kickback (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Spinhead]] <ref name="motif" />

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[File:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
*[[Buzz Saw (BW)]] / [[Waspinator (BW)]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
*[[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]]
*[[Injector (BW)|Injector]] / [[Latolata]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony (BW)]]
*[[Scavenger (BW)]]
*[[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
*[[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]] / [[Inferno (Animated)]] / [[Antagony (Animated)]]
*[[Storm Rider]] / [[King Waruder]] / [[Paralyzer]] / [[Bug Bite II]] / [[Parasite]] / [[Skywasp]] / [[Mudfighter]] / [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]] / [[Crusher (Diaclone)]] / [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] / [[B-Navi]] / [[Ripper (Diaclone)]] / [[NAVI-Q]] / [[Thrasher (Diaclone)]] / [[King Waruder|Daros]] / [[Buggy]]

====Mantises (order Mantodea)====
*[[Manterror]] / [[Mantis]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Magi]] / [[Shou]] / [[Scalpel (ROTF)]]

====Dragonflies (order Odonata)====
*[[Jetstorm (BW)]] / [[Tonbot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dobo]]

==Fishes==

===Chondrichthyes===
====Rays====
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[File:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

====Sharks====
'''Hammerhead shark''' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (G1)]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)]] / [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s {{storylink|Betrayal}}
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)]] / [[Ragebyte]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Hammerbyte]]

'''Great White shark''' (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
*[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark (Transmetal 2)]]
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)]] / [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Cloud|Hellwarp]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[File:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)]] / [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Albitron]] / [[Megalligator]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Gatoraider]]
*[[Dai]]
*[[Razorgrille (RID)]] / [[Skullcruncher (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ROTB)]]

===Lizards===
[[File:Prime-toy Zad.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Geckobot]]
*[[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (G1)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (G1)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]] / [[Wreckloose (TF 2010)]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]]
*[[Reptilion]]
*[[Zado]] / [[Zad]]
*[[Crazybolt (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slicedice]] <ref name="motif" />

===Snakes===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Fangtron.jpg|thumb]]
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

*[[Colada]]
*[[Quickstrike (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Night Viper]] <ref>This character qualifies even though vipers are not cobras.</ref>
*[[Cobrabreast]]
*[[Gobu]] / [[Gob]]
*[[Vertebreak (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Slitherfang]] / [[Fangtron]]
*[[Overcoiled]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
*[[Snapper]]
*[[Terragator]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Dado (Prime)]]
*[[Skold]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Ankylosaurus''====
*[[Gairyu]] <ref name="pretender">This character qualifies due to their pretender shell only.</ref>
*[[Bazooka (BW)|Bazooka]] / [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Ankylosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Cross-Ryu drone]]
*[[Roughneck]]
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]
*[[Scale (RB)|Scale the Shield-Bot]]
*[[Scarr]]

====''Brontosaurus''<ref>Due to the changing classification status of various fossils, these molds may have been described as either ''Brontosaurus'' or ''Apatosaurus'' at the time of release.</ref>====
[[File:SS-toy Zauru.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Sludge (G1)]]
*[[Zaur (G1)]] / [[Uruaz]] / [[Zauru]]
*[[Rairyu]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Sludge (SG)]]
*[[Zaur (Animated)]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)]]
*[[Slog (AOE)]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]

====''Pachycephalosaurus''====
*[[Hardhead (BW)]] / [[Dinotron (BM)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|Pachycephalosaurus drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Caesar-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)]]<ref>Vertebreak's beast mode is based on the dinosaur previously known as ''Dracorex''. However, as of 2020, ''Dracorex'' is recognized as being the juvenile form of ''Pachycephalosaurus''.</ref> / [[Dracodon]]
* [[Jawbreaker (ES)]]

====''Spinosaurus''====
[[File:AOEGenerationsDeluxeScorn.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)]] / [[Repugnus (Cybertron)]] / [[Undermine (TF 2010)]]
*[[Scorn]]
*[[Spindle]]
*[[Spirituan]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
*[[Snarl (G1)]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Doryu (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
*[[Hacksaw]]
*[[Doryu (SG)]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)]]
*[[Snarl (AOE)]]
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase the Rescue Dinobot (RB)]]
*[[Abyssrain]]
*[[Snarl (Cyberworld)]]

====''Styracosaurus''====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Ractonite.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*[[Killer Punch]]
*[[Kakuryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimstone (PCC)]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)]]
*[[Ractonite]]

====''Triceratops''====
[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Slug.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Slag (G1)]]
*[[Kakuryu (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
*[[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]] / [[Thunderlips]]
*[[Snarl (Animated)]]
*[[Slug (FOC)]]
*[[Slug (AOE)]]
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder the Rescue Dinobot]]
*[[Tricerashot]] <ref name="motif" />
*[['Tops]]
*[[Trisourtops]] / [[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tricranius]]
*[[Slug (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Leafback]]

====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[File:Beast Machines T-Wrecks.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
*[[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
*[[Tyrannitron]]
*[[Tri-Rex]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]] / [[Ivan]]
*[[Predacon (Armada)]] / [[Preditron]]
*[[Grimlock (Energon)]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]] / [[Megatron (BWSG)]]
*[[Grimlock (Animated)]]
*[[Grimlock (SG)]]
*[[Goryu (SG)]]
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock (FOC)]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)]]
*[[Grimlock (AOE)]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Primal (Rescue Bots)]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner" />
*[[Sharp-T]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Bogusaurus Rex]] / [[Stinkosaurus Rex]] / [[Greeny Rex]] / [[Bum Sprout]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]] / [[Roarista]] / [[Goldasaurus Blend]]
*[[Hoist (RB)]] {{storylink|Big Wheels}}
*[[Paleotrex]] / [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations|Transmutate]] / [[Skelivore]]
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
*[[Captain Volca]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)]]

====''Velociraptor''====
[[File:DB-toy Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] / [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon (BM)|Rapticon]]
*[[Razor Claw]]
*[[Reptron (Go-Bots)]] / [[Dino-Bot]] / [[Greg (Go-Bots)]] / [[Reptron (Universe)]]
*[[Slash (AOE)]]
*[[Dinobot (BWSG)]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RaptorRescan|Bumblebee (WFC)]]
*[[Slash (POTP)]] / [[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]
*The [[Raptoricon]]s
**[[Thrashclaw]]
**[[Slice (G1)]]
**[[Gnash]]
**[[Shred]]
*[[Lance (RB)|Lance the Raptor-Bot]]
*[[Slash (RBA)]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[File:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|thumb|Won't you, take me, on your mighty wings...]]
*[[Swoop (G1)]]
*[[Graphy]]
*[[Yokuryu]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]] / [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)]]
*[[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
*[[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]] / [[Paulie]]
*[[Swoop (Energon)]]
*[[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Swoop (Animated)]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)]]
*[[Nosedive]]
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades The Rescue Dino-Bot (RB)]]
*[[Pterry]]
*[[Ptero]]
*[[Pteraxadon]] / [[Terror-Daxtyl]] / [[Enerax]] / [[Sights]] / [[Fireglide]]
*[[Wingfinger]]
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Thunderbeak]]

==Birds==
===Condors (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')===
[[File:Mov-toy RGR NightBeat7.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt (Beast Machines)]]
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
*[[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder (Animated)]] / [[Laserbeak (KOU)]]
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)]] <ref name="motif" />

===Eagles (order Accipitriformes)===
[[File:G1Divebomb toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)]] / [[Squawktalk (SG)]]
*[[Eaglebreast]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BW)]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]] / [[Divebomb (SG)]]
*[[Talon (RB)]]

===Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)===
[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
*[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
*[[Airazor (BW)]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Tobias]]
*[[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Sights (G1)|Sights]]
*[[Airazor (Armada)]]
*[[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]] / [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]]
*[[Baru]]
*[[Airazor (ROTB)]]

===Owls (order Strigiformes)===
[[File:Prowl tm2 fktoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Beast Wars Prowl.]]
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl II]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Blurray Murray]] / [[Gol-D]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]
{{-}}

==Synapsids==
====''Dimetrodon''====
[[File:DB-toy Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dinobots Sludge]]
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] / [[Sludge (Dinobots)]]
*[[Dinobot (PCC)|"Spinosaurus" drone]] / [[Kakuryu (G1)#United EX 2|Saber-Ryu Drone]]
*[[Gnaw (AOE)|Gnaw (Construct-Bot)]]
{{-}}

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[File:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
*[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)]]
*[[Batscout]] / [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Wingthing (G1)]]
*[[Skar (G1)|Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
*[[Sonar (BW)]]
*[[Soundwave (BW)]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Ratbat (Animated)]] / [[Wingthing (Animated)]] / [[Ratbat (KOU)]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Ratbat (ROTF)]]
*[[Convobat]]
*[[Nightstrike]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)]] / [[Psychobat]]
*[[Nyx]]
*[[Dracula|Draculus]]

===Bovids===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not a Terror dog, we swear.]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Noctorro]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Horri-Bull]]
*[[Longhorn]]
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
*[[Bisonbreast]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Baro]]
*[[Bolt (G1)|Bolt]]
*[[Terrashock]] / [[Overhead]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Smashdown]] / [[Malleus Minotaurus]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Lavamuleta]]
*[[Megatron (Cyberworld)]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[File:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*the [[Cub]]
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Quickstrike (BM)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Noble]]
*[[Cassie]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
*[[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]
*[[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]
*[[Servo (RB)]]
*[[Growl (RB)]]
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)]]
*[[Wolfang (Prime)]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Fireplug]]
*[[Sergeant Slobber]]
*[[Steeljaw (RID)]] / [[Phantomjaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Silverhound]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Clipshade]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Mutt-Chievous]]
*[[Coach Husky]]
*[[Silverfang]]
*[[Chainclaw (ROTB)]]
*[[Bullseye (Target)|Bullseye]]

===Proboscideans===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-Ozu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*[[Shuffler]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
*[[Torca (BW)]] / [[Elphaorpha]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Mammoth]]
*[[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (G1)]]
*[[Ozu (Prime)]] / [[Geki]]
*[[Masterdominus]]
*[[Hydrophant]]

===Equines===
[[File:BWN-toy MachKick.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
*[[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
*[[Mach Kick]]
*[[Strada]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]] / [[King Candyhooves]] / [[Sugar Saddle]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

*[[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Howlback (BB)]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Ax]]
*[[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)]]
*[[Scratch]] / [[Razorpaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Snarlsaber]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[File:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
*[[CatSCAN]]
*[[Rampage (G1)]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]
*[[Tigerbreast]]
*[[Toraizer]]
*[[Tigatron]]
*[[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Bantor (BW)]] <ref name="fuzor" />
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Tigertron]] / [[George (Go-Bots)|George]]
*[[Stripes]]
*[[Arrowstripe]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')
[[File:Prime voyager Thundertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Angela]] / [[Eggleo]] / [[Dark Eggleo]]
*[[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]] / [[Dark Amber Leo Prime]]
*[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Leonicus]]
*[[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)]]
*[[Lionizer (G1)]] / [[Dazzlestrike]]
*[[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion]]
*[[Rachel]]
*[[Lione]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]] / [[Nightstalker (G1)]]
*[[Under-3]]
*[[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] / [[Victory Leo]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)]] / [[Lionizer (Animated)]]
*[[Thundertron]] / [[Go Prime]] / [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]
*[[Valor|Valor the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]]
*[[Lionblade]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

*[[Cheetor (BW)]] / [[Shadow Panther]] / [[Nightprowler]] / [[Cheetor (BWSG)]]
*[[Che]]
*[[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
*[[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]
*[[Swift (RB)]]
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)]]
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')
[[File:G1toy-Beastbox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Could 100 humans take ''him'' on?]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)]] / [[Beastbox (SG)]]
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)]] / [[Optimus Primal (BWSG)]]
*[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]
*[[Primal Prime]] / [[Rodimus Primal]]
*[[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max (Go-Bots)]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|Optimus Prime (Cybertron)]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Beastbox (ROTF)]]
*[[Oilmaster]] / [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#TFSS|Optimus Prime]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Silverback|Silverback the Gorilla-Bot]]
*[[Rarigo]] / [[Ape X Arms]]
*[[Chilla Gorilla]] / [[Abominable Soundman]] / [[Tranquillabeast]] / [[Grinded G. Ears]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]] / [[Flood Jug]]
*[[Snorg the Conquerer]]
*[[Nemesis Primal]]
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)]] / [[Apelinq (ROTB)]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[File:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <s>human being</s> Pretender shell!"]]

*[[Cloudburst]] / [[Phoenix (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Landmine (G1)]] / [[Lander]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Waverider]] / [[Diver (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Groundbreaker]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Sky High (Pretender)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Splashdown]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Metalhawk (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Doubleheader]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Pincher (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Stranglehold]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Crossblades (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Skyhammer (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Vroom (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*[[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
*[[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)]]
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]]
*[[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] <ref name="pretender" />
*The [[new lab assistant]]
*[[Sovereign]] / [[G.B. Blackrock]] <ref name="IDW">This character qualifies due to their portrayal in the 2005 IDW continuity only.</ref>
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]]
*[[Overlord (G1)]] <ref name="IDW" />

===Rhinos===
[[File:Beast Wars-Transmetal Rhinox-toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher...]]

*[[Headstrong (G1)]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)]] / [[Ramhorn (SG)]]
*[[Stranglehold]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Hornbreast]]
*[[Top-Heavy]]
*[[Fire Beast]]
*[[Rhino (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (BW)]]
*[[Rhinox (Armada)]]
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)]] / [[Backstop (TF 2010)]]
*[[Ramhorn (Animated)]]
*[[Rumble (ROTF)]]
*[[Zamu]]
*[[Transit (RID)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Transit (G1)]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)]]
*[[Drillnohorn]]

===Rabbits===
[[File:BWN-toy Stampy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Beast Wars Neo Stampy]]
*[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]]
*[[Kitte Shūshū]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Drizzlefluff Tinkletail]]
{{-}}

===Rodents===
'''Rats'''
*[[Rattrap (BW)]] / [[Packrat]]
*[[Rattrap (BWSG)]] / [[Labrat]]
*[[Rattle Tail]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')
[[File:BW Barbearian toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Rise and Shine, Ursine!]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)]]
*[[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Jake]]
*[[Kuma Kinkin]]
*[[Bear Transformer]]
*[[Sequoia]]
*[[Polarclaw]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Cuddle Wuddle]] / [[Goldie Snuggleshine]] <ref>Characters using this mold technically turn into ''teddy'' bears.</ref>
{{-}}

==Mythical creatures==
===[[Dragon]]s===
[[File:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]

*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)]] / [[Sinnertwin (SG)]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)]]
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)]]
*''Likely'' [[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)]]
*[[Mechatron]]
*[[Megatron (BW)]] / [[Cryotek (RID)]]
*[[Galvatron (BW)]] / [[Unicron]]
*[[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]] / [[Sling (AOE)]]
*[[Noble (BM)|Savage]]
*[[Megatron (RID)]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon (Classics)]] / [[Bruticus (RID)]]
*[[Predaking (Prime)]] / [[Dragotron]]
*[[Ripclaw]] / [[Ser-Ket (Prime)]] / [[Bakudora]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)]] / [[Backbite (Prime)]] / [[Skylynx (Prime)]] / [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*[[Lazerback (Prime)]] / [[Vertebreak (Prime)]] / [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)]] / [[Dorara]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)]] / [[Garara (Go!)|Garara]] / [[Thrash (TLK)]]
*[[Blight (Prime)]] / [[Burara]] / [[Gorge]]
*[[Windrazor (Prime)]] / [[Divebomb (Prime)]] / [[Barara]] / [[Rupture]]
*[[Hydrax]]
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]]
*[[Dragonus]] / [[Windra]] / [[Dragonblaster]]
*[[Flamesnort]] <ref name="motif" />
*[[Drake (RB)]]
*[[Wingblaze]] / [[Freezer Burn]]
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Knight Watch|Knight Watch Bumblebee]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] / [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] / [[Overkill (G1)#Generations|Overboard]] / [[Butla#Legends|Butla]] <ref name="partner">This character qualities even if they are a partner drone.</ref>
*[[Steelbane]] / [[Skullitron]] / [[Crimsonflame]]
*[[Dragonstorm]]
*[[Rootwing]] / [[Smerg the Sad]]
*[[Sugar Breath]] / [[Milton]]
*[[Sour Wing]] / [[Aday]] / [[Sweet Fang]]
*[[Heatwave (RB)]]
*[[World Dragnus]]
*[[Dragknight Soldier]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Burning Heart Below Freezing

2025-10-01T00:06:42Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */ Touch-up.

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=3
|image=Bwneo3 break and gomya.jpg
|caption=Cute? Yes. Fluffy? Yes? Little? ...not quite.
|title="Burning Heart Below Freezing"
|japanese=氷点下の燃える心
|romaji=Hyōtenka no Moeru Kokoro
|production code=BWN-03
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[February 17|17 February]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Katsuyuki Sumisawa]]
|director=[[Shintaro Itoga]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]], [[Trans Arts Co.]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Maximals locate the next Angolmois Capsule on a frozen planet. Break goes on a solo mission to search for the capsule and meets up with a friendly creature who might have more to do with the planet's freezing than he thinks.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Bwneo3 break iceskating.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Maximal Dancing on Ice champion from Cybertron wins the planet Solid championship!]]

The [[Maximal]]s locate the next [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]] Capsule on the planet [[Solid]]; a warm, tropical planet, as [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] describes it. They warp to their destination with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] secretly trailing behind them. Upon arrival, however, they discover that the presence of the Angolmois Capsule has turned the planet to ice! The only one who seems to be thrilled about this is [[Break]], as he relishes freezing temperatures. [[Big Convoy]] tells the team to head down to the planet's surface to investigate, much to the dismay of the other [[Maximal]]s.

Once down, Big Convoy informs the team to split-up into two parties. Unfortunately, all the other Maximals have frozen solid in the cold, so he sends Break out alone. The Predacons also arrive on the planet and begin the search for the capsule. Elsewhere, a strange creature laments over his brother, frozen in the ice, not knowing that the thing stuck to his tail happens to be the Angolmois Capsule. Ice-skating without a care in the world, Break accidentally crashes into the creature and knocks himself out.

[[File:Bwneo3 gomya and domya.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

The Maximals, now defrosted, continue their search for the capsule when they are ambushed by the team of Predacons, who bury them in an avalanche. The Maximals dig themselves out and attempt to contact Break. Break does not respond, as his radio was broken when he crashed into the creature. The Maximals fear the worst and search for Break as well. Meanwhile, Break introduces himself to the alien creature named [[Gōmya]]. Apparently, Gōmya was arguing with his older brother, [[Dōmya]], during a swimming lesson when the capsule landed and froze the planet; his brother with it. While Gōmya is talking, Break realizes that the capsule is stuck to his tail.

[[File:Bwneo3 deadend capsule.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Out of nowhere, [[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] arrives and attacks the pair. Break shields Gōmya from Dead End's blasts, but Dead End's "Spiral Bomb" breaks the ice beneath them and the two plummet into the water. Just then, Dead End notices the Angolmois Capsule dislodge from Gōmya's tail and dives in after them. Gōmya sinks like a rock, being too timid to have learned how to swim, and Break must decide which is more important: the capsule or Gōmya? Break chooses Gōmya while Dead End nabs the capsule. Inspired by Break's encouragement and the image of his brother frozen in ice, Gōmya finally learns to swim.

Apparently, the capsule had been reacting to Gōmya's heart the whole time: when Gōmya had argued with his (somewhat abusive) brother, his heart turned cold and froze the planet. But now that he's swimming for the sake of his brother and friends, his heart turns to fire and the planet defrosts. The prospect of being caught in a tidal wave of melting ice doesn't appeal to Saberback and Sling, who teleport out. Gōmya makes amends with his now-unfrozen brother, but Dead End is too far away for Break to catch him. Luckily, Big Convoy and the rest of the team show up in the nick of time and shoot the capsule from Dead End's tentacles. With it secured, Break bids the brothers farewell and tells Gōmya to keep his burning heart ablaze.

Back on the ''Gung Ho'', [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] berates Break for nearly letting the capsule go in favor of Gōmya. Before Break can apologize, [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] speaks through Big Convoy and tells him he did the right thing.

{{--}}

==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals:''' 2
:'''Predacons:''' 0

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (1)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (2)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (3)
*[[Break]] (4)
*[[Big Convoy]] (5)
*[[Colada]] (6)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[DNAVI]] (8)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (9)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (10)
*[[Magmatron]] (11)
*[[Guiledart]] (12)
*[[Saberback]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Gōmya]] (14)
*[[Dōmya]] (15)
*[[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Vector Sigma]] (16)
}}

==Notes==

===Trivia===
*In this episode, [[Colada]] displays for the first time the ability to breathe fire while in [[beast mode]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 1 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Chase the Mysterious Capsule

2025-09-30T04:03:13Z

Crossfire: /* Synopsis */ Touch-up.

{{episode
|series=beast wars neo
|ep=2
|image=Bwneo2 god of cybertron.jpg
|caption=
|title="Chase the Mysterious Capsule"
|japanese=謎のカプセルを追え
|romaji=Nazo no Capsule o Oe
|production code=BWN-02
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[February 10|10 February]] [[1999]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Yukio Okazaki]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]], Park Young
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Maximals head to the planet Godbless where they meet up with the Predacons and a strange floating mountain that holds the secret to the first Angolmois Capsule.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Bwneo2 flying mountain.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

On the planet [[Godbless]], the local cat-people watch in horror as a nearby mountain rises off the planet's surface and straight up into the stratosphere...

Some time later, the ''[[Gung Ho]]'' comes out of warp-space and approaches Godbless. [[NAVI]] informs the [[Maximal]]s that the planet has no moon, yet there is a large mountain orbiting the planet. [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] advocates investigating this, citing their duty as Maximals, and he and [[Colada]] begin arguing when the snake makes a crack about him always "sticking his neck out". Big Convoy approves checking it out, and the ''Gung Ho'' heads in for a closer look when suddenly the enormous, ghost-like image of a robed Transformer appears in front of the ship. The specter claims to be the "[[god of the Maximals]]" and warns them that they are not welcome on the planet, as it is a holy place. [[Big Convoy]] and his recruits suddenly suffer a mild case of electric shock and fall to the floor immobilized as the entity vanishes. Recovered, they choose to press on.

[[File:Bwneo2 cohrada longrack catkid.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Close by, the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'' monitors all the action. [[Saberback]] radios [[Magmatron]] and informs him that "his" "[[magic]]" illusion of the god of the Maximals successfully spooked their enemies, confusing his fellow Predacons who have never heard of him having magical powers. Magmatron dismisses this claim by revealing that before his disappearance, [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] informed him that the [[Angolmois Energy]] had mysterious capabilities, forcing Saberback to give up the ruse and explain that it was the Angolmois that created the illusion. He continues by explaining that the Angolmois caused the mountain to float into the sky, as well as create illusions of whatever god people believed in. While the Maximals saw a Maximal Elder, the inhabitants of Godbless saw their ''own'' god. The inhabitants were apparently spurred to bring a special [[oil]] they made from oranges to the base of the floating mountain as an offering. Saberback suggests they steal ''that'', too.

On the planet's surface, Colada and Longrack scope things out, not able to get close enough to the floating mountain. There they find the stack of oil sitting out in the open. Colada attempts to help himself but instead gets a bite on the tail from one of the locals. The cat-kid explains that their race is called the [[Mikesu]] and their cat god suddenly appeared the other day demanding oil. Longrack and Colada realize it's a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] trick and report back to Big Convoy, who's busy repairing the ''Gung Ho'' with the rest of the Maximals. Suddenly, a [[tractor beam]] shines down from the mountain and begins to pull up all the cases of oil. Seeing an opening, Longrack rushes into the tractor beam and heads toward the mountain. Colada reluctantly follows.

[[File:Bwneo2 battle for capsule.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Saberback watches them ride the beam from a monitor and decides to scare them a second time. Upon reaching the mountain, Colada notes nothing out of the ordinary. Then, suddenly, the giant god of the Maximals returns and begins marching in their direction, crushing everything beneath him. Colada doesn't understand how the hallucination can be real enough to crush boulders. Longrack deduces that it's their belief in the god which grants it physical force. Longrack orders Colada to clear his head and not think of anything. Easier said than done; the god continues to advance. Eventually they stop fearing it and the spirit vanishes. Immediately, Saberback makes haste back to the ''Dinosaur'' with the Angolmois Capsule in hand, but with Colada and Longrack in pursuit. [[DNAVI]] teleports the rest of the Predacons as back-up just as Big Convoy and the Maximals arrive to give their teammates a hand. After a quick game of football with the capsule, the Maximals leave with the prize and the Predacons are left in a smoking crater. Without the Angolmois Energy, the mountain's orbit destabilizes and it safely touches back down on the planet. The Maximals return the oil to the Mikesu, and Vector Sigma again speaks through Big Convoy and gives a speech about doing all that you can under the power of your own strength before relying on fate and the gods. As Colada and Longrack continue to argue, the Maximals return to their ship and head off on the trail on the next capsule.
{{--}}

==Capsule score==
:'''Maximals:''' 1
:'''Predacons:''' 0

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Big Convoy]] (8)
*[[Break]] (2)
*[[Colada]] (5)
*"[[God of the Maximals]]" (illusion) (9)
*[[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] (3)
*[[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] (6)
*[[NAVI]] (7)
*[[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] (4)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead End]] (12)
*[[DNAVI]] (14)
*[[Guiledart]] (11)
*[[Magmatron]] (13)
*[[Saberback]] (15)
*[[Sling (BW)|Sling]] (10)

|c4=
*[[Mikesu]] (1)

}}

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
* At the climax of ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'', the "capsules" in which the Angolmois Energy was sealed were small energy fields created by the combined power of [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Lio Junior]]'s [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]], resembling tiny pinpricks of light. In this series, however, they are depicted completely differently, appearing as large mechanical pods as big as an individual Transformer.

===Trivia===
* The "[[God of the Maximals]]" is a reuse of the main [[Great Convoy]]'s character model.
* Due to there being no official translation of the episode and no decent fan-translation of the series until [[2019]], a false misconception made by the few Western fans who had been able to see the episode and understand spoken Japanese, took Saberback's claims of being able to use magic literally and believed he was an ''actual'' sorcerer who can create illusions. After decent quality fan-translations came out, it was revealed that it was a lie, which Magmatron could see through, forcing Saberback to reveal that it was actually the [[Angolmois Energy]] behind the illusions the entire time. Because of this misconception being the only real known characteristic of Saberback for the longest time, the intro paragraph of his character article on this very wiki was heavily influenced by it for many years, leading many (including many of us here at TFWiki.net) to also believe this was true. Whoops.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo'' — ACT. 1 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars Neo episodes]]

Skullitron

2025-09-30T00:56:39Z

Crossfire:

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the Guardian Knight from ''The Last Knight''|Wheeljack's "see-through" power-up|Skeletron}}
:''Skullitron is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Guardian Knight|Knight]] from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''
[[File:TLK Skullitron attacks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|He chose... poorly.]]

'''Skullitron''' is one of the legendary [[Guardian Knight]]s and a sworn protector of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. The past millennium or so hasn't been kind to him.

His face came off, for example.

Skullitron forms part of [[Dragonstorm]], the Knights' powerful combined form.

==Fiction==
====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|uncredited (English)}}
Skullitron laid rusting and inactive aboard the [[Guardian Knights' ship|Knights' ship]] deep beneath the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Awakened from his repose by the arrival of [[Viviane Wembly]] and [[Cade Yeager]], the disoriented and decomposing Knight violently attempted to defend the Staff of Merlin from the human interlopers, but the arrival of the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] and ensuing battle led to the severely damaged Skullitron plunging down a chasm into the ship's bowels. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

{{note|Subsequent scenes show 12 Knights on the deck of their ship. It is unclear if Skullitron recovered or if this should be taken as an [[animation error]].}}

==Toys==
===''The Last Knight''===
[[File:Deluxe-Skullitron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Spooky scary Skullitrons send shivers down your spine.'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skullitron''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Sword

:Released as part of the Toys"R"Us exclusive portion of the ''Mission to Cybertron'' promotion in the ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' line, Skullitron is a redeco/new head retool of [[Steelbane#Premier Edition|Steelbane]], giving the mold a new, decomposing skull face and a deco designed to evoke oxidised copper. The sword can store on his dragon mode's backside.

:Skullitron was revealed as a part of a [https://web.archive.org/web/20180213093707/http://ew.com/movies/transformers-the-last-knight-hasbro-toys/new-transformers-toys sponsored ''Entertainment Weekly'' article] on [[June 1]], ahead of the [[Transformers: The Last Knight Google Hangout with the Transformers Team|Transformers team's Google Hangout]] later that day.

:Earlier runs of the figure suffered from the same loose ball joints as his base figure, though subsequent reruns have tighter joints.

:This mold was more extensively retooled to make [[Crimsonflame]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:TLK Skullitron full body concept Furio Tedeschi.jpg|thumb]]
*None of the Knights in the film are named; this wiki assumes based on the facial similarity to the toy that the first Knight to awaken is Skullitron.
*Skullitron's own box is strangely lacking any information on his allegiance, but the cross-sell on his wavemate [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Premier Edition|Megatron]]'s box advertises Skullitron as an Autobot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skullitron''' (スカリトロン ''Sukaritoron'')

==External links==
*[https://www.instagram.com/p/BacRsNVlmkc/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/BacRwl3lFOU/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/BacSC2CF8Zd/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bal3eYel0Z-/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bamjxp5FgPj/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bamj488lHhK/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/BatqcM1FL6J/] Concept art for Skullitron by Furio Tedeschi on Instagram

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us exclusives]]

Skeletron

2025-09-30T00:53:12Z

Crossfire: Adding a disambig bc I ALWAYS get these two confused

{{disambig2|Wheeljack's wacky invention|the decaying knight from ''The Last Knight''|Skullitron}}
:''Skeletron is a substance from the [[Kre-O]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:KreO-webcomic-4-Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Skeletron_Prime The air is getting colder around you...]]]
'''Skeletron''' (スケルトロン ''Sukerutoron'') is an invention of [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s that powers [[Kreon]]s up with incredible "See-Through Power"! It's called that because Skeletron also makes your torso see-through. Wheeljack makes some weird stuff.

==Fiction==
===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Wheeljack gave the Skeletron to [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], who despite being embarrassed by his new translucent chest, was made powerful enough to defeat [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] with a single punch. Megatron then ordered [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to replicate See-Through Power, though the best he could manage was dressing Megatron up in a see-through negligee. {{storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}}

==Notes==
* "Skeletron" is a bit of a pun on ''sukesuke'' (透け透け), the Japanese word for "see-through".
* "Skeletron" is also the name of one of the monster mini-figures in the ''Kre-O Cityville Invasion'' toyline. Coincidence? With [[Hayato Sakamoto]]'s sense of humor, hard to tell.

[[Category:Kre-O]]
[[Category:Substances]]

Tasmania Kid (BW)

2025-09-24T00:31:54Z

Crossfire: /* Beast Wars II cartoon */ ?

{{picsneeded|toys}}
{{factions|maximal|predacon|jungleplanet}}
:''Tasmania Kid is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWIITasmaniaKidColorModel.jpg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Where's Digeri Dingo and Wendell T. Wolf?]]

There's the young, there's the restless, and then there's '''Tasmania Kid''' (タスマニアキッド ''Tasumania Kiddo'', aka '''Tasmanian Kid'''), who has both of those qualities to spare. A fairly green recruit, Kid's enthusiasm to prove himself and bask in the spotlight is as unbridled as it is ''dangerously stupid''. Kid is desperate to see himself recognized and honored as one of the greatest Maximal warriors of all time, but he wants that recognition ''now'' and preferably without all that training, strategy and diplomacy stuff.

Mischievous, reckless, insubordinate and disrespectful, his fool-hardy search for a "big break" on the battlefield often lands him in hot water... both with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s ''and'' the Maximals. Despite his shortcomings, Kid's ambition and enthusiasm are seen by his superiors as qualities to be molded and directed rather than fully discouraged. And with each catastrophic mistake, he learns another valuable lesson about what it means to be a soldier.

Tasmania Kid's closest friend is the unmotivated slacker [[Diver (BW)|Diver]], whom he often leads astray into his hare-brained schemes. Kid also has a kindred spirit in [[Scissor Boy]], who shares in many of his youthful interests.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Katashi Ishizuka]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:NewForces CybertronDiverKid.JPG|left|upright=1.3|thumb|"Once again, Apache's [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#Drunk Apache|crippling alcoholism]] amuses us all."]]

Tasmania Kid, simply known as '''Kid''' at the time, was under the command of [[Lio Convoy]] (who similarly was just named "Convoy") on a Maximal Space Station. When Convoy went missing, Kid was unwilling to go on missions without him, instead spending his time losing at [[chess]] against [[Diver (BW)|Diver]]. Eventually [[Bighorn]] took charge of the team and they went to investigate a suspicious energy flare on the planet [[Gaia]]. Upon arrival, [[Yukikaze (BW)|their ship]] was shot down by [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], so Kid took an escape pod down to the planet's surface.

Gaia's atmosphere proved hazardous to [[Transformer]]s, so Kid was forced to scan himself an [[beast mode]] in order to survive. He considered either a leopard or a bird, and soon settled on a nearby eagle. However, a Tasmanian devil jumped in his face as he activated his scanners, and Kid accidentally scanned its DNA and became Tasmania Kid. He wasn't very happy with this turn of events, since, well, Tasmanian devils just aren't ''cool''. Tasmania Kid soon met up with Diver, [[Scuba]], [[Apache]] and Bighorn, and together they investigated a mysterious black fog that had enshrouded the area.

The fog turned out to be emanating from the Predacons' spaceship, the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'', but before they could do anything about it, Tasmania Kid and the others were attacked and pinned down by the Predacons. They were rescued by the emergence of a large white lion, and heavily damaged the ''Galvaburg II'' before following the lion into the wilderness. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}}

[[File:Tasmaniakid pee.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Cybertronians pee from their hands.]]

The Maximals were led back to their crashed spaceship, where they took up headquarters. The lion then revealed itself to be Lio Convoy, whose earlier disappearance was due to crashing on Gaia. Reunited with their leader, the Maximals prepared to stop the Predacons' plot to drain the planet of energy. They were quickly sent out to stop the [[Autoroller (BW)|Autoroller]]s from destroying a jungle, and Tasmania Kid contributed by extinguishing a fire by peeing on it. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!}}

While picking flowers in a meadow, Tasmania Kid was surprised to learn Bighorn was deeply enraged by the very sight of a red flower. Kid found it funny following Bighorn around the rest of the day as he tried to pick fight with various Predacons, only to be turned down each time because they weren't interested in fighting him. As funny as the day was, when the unsuspecting Diver thought to give Bighorn a nice red flower as a gift after he had calmed down, Tasmania Kid quickly tried to wave the flower away before it started another mess. {{storylink|Bighorn's Rage}}

On a routine patrol, Tasmania Kid located the Autorollers building a fortress base near a lake. Eager to take the glory for himself, Kid radioed the base and told the Maximals to expect great things from him in the future, but wouldn't elaborate. Getting an idea from his Tasmanian namesake, Kid dug a series of tunnels around the base and rigged them with explosive booby traps. When he was set, Tasmania Kid set off his traps, devastating the Autorollers' work.

His victory was short-lived, though, as an electrified cage sprung up around him. The lake base had been a trap set by Starscream to lure in unsuspecting Maximals. Tasmania Kid was held hostage to bring the other Maximals running to the real, underwater base. Kid "escaped" into the ventilation shafts, only to discover those were rigged with death traps as well, keeping him off-balance. Eventually, Diver, Scuba, and his Tasmanian devil friend entered the base and helped free Kid from the Predacons' traps. Tasmania Kid apologized for the trouble he had caused his fellow Maximals, and thanked the furry friend who helped lead the Maximals to his rescue. {{storylink|The Lake Trap}}

The Maximals were hard pressed to stop Megastorm's latest ploy to capture the planet's energy, dispatching an overwhelming quantity of autonomous robot drones to build fortresses for the Predacons. This became the least of their problems, however, when [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] emerged for the first time on Gaia. His dragon and drill tank modes proved virtually unstoppable, and Tasmania Kid and the Maximals were barely able to slow him down. In the end, it was a sneak attack by Megastorm that upset his brother's footing and sent him tumbling into an open volcano, leaving the Maximals confused over who their secret ally was.{{storylink|Galvatron Revived}}

Next, Tasmania Kid and the Maximals moved on to the Southern Continent to investigate a new string of energy readings. A mysterious signal from the ancient ruins prompted an investigation by Lio Convoy, and all the Maximals volunteered to go. Apache arranged for the team to draw straws but, after he won and left with Lio Convoy, Kid examined the straws and found Apache had cheated. Still, he cried real tears when the Maximals thought Apache had died in an explosion at the ruins, and cried even harder when he learned the old nag was still alive after all. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}}

[[File:ApacheAnime1.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|My attempt to flatten your head works too well.]]

With the [[Insectron]]s as a new potential threat, Lio Convoy cautioned the Maximals not to make enemies of the Insectrons unnecessarily. As a result, he sent out teams of two to locate the Insectrons, and ordered his men not to fire on them, but engage in dialogue. Kid and Lio Convoy were nearby when Bighorn and Apache were attacked by the Insectrons [[Bigmos]] and [[Tonbot]], who had been fed false information on the Maximals by Starscream. They tried to stop the fighting when they arrived, but Starscream and BB opened fire on both parties to avoid any peaceful dialogue. The Maximals warned the Insectrons of the incoming missiles, and threw their own bodies on top of their opponents' delicate insect modes for protection. Confused by the act of self-sacrifice, Bigmos and Tonbot departed without further conflict. {{storylink|The Insect Corps Arrive}}

Lio Convoy maintained that the Insectrons were potential allies, not enemies, and ordered the Maximals to try and make peaceful contact with them again. Tasmania Kid joined Bighorn and Diver on patrol, when Starscream and BB used missiles to lure them into a conflict with another nest of Insectrons. Once Bighorn heedlessly launched into the fray, Kid and Diver had no choice but to follow. Tasmania Kid fought against [[Scissor Boy]], the youngest of the Insectrons. Despite the supposedly serious combat, Boy and Kid remained good-natured during the back-and-forth, and Tasmania Kid jokingly tried to beat Scissor Boy with a rock because "Rock beats Scissors!" Once the matches between Bighorn and [[Powerhug (BW)|Powerhug]] and Diver and [[Drill Nuts]] stopped on their own, Tasmania Kid and Scissor Boy shrugged and stopped fighting as well. The Predacons interrupted the downtime, driving the Insectrons away, but the encounter only reinforced Lio Convoy's position that the Insectrons weren't all that bad after all. {{storylink|Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos}}

Hoping to mend fences, build bridges, and a third metaphor, Tasmania Kid brought a sack of oil into Insectron territory for a peaceful get-together. The ever-territorial [[Mantis]] had no interest in oil, but Scissor Boy stopped Mantis from flaying Kid alive by saying he was the weakest and least-threatening of the Predacons. Once he got over his indignation, Tasmania Kid realized the Insectrons called him a Predacon, too, and reviewed the false data Starscream gave the Insectrons. After explaining that HIS team were the Heroic Maximals and Starscream was an Evil Predacon, Scissor Boy and Mantis mentioned maybe the other Insectrons shouldn't have gone to a party Starscream was throwing them. Kid, Boy, and Mantis met up with the other Maximals and eventually managed to not only sober up the Insectrons drunk on Starscream's "special" oil, but also joined forces against the return of Galvatron. With that, the Maximals and Insectrons finally made peace. {{storylink|The Strongest Tag Team?}} Kid was surprised when the Insectrons refused to aid the Maximals in combat against the Autorollers. After Bigmos cleared up the debt to [[Autostinger]] that was tying his hands, Tasmania Kid witnessed the duel between the two. {{storylink|Autorollers Roll Out!}}

[[File:NewForces TasmaniaKid.JPG|upright=1.3|thumb|He puts the Taz in Taz-Mania.]]

One day, Tasmania Kid was hopping merrily through the forest, ready to bring a pretty bouquet of flowers to his good friends, the Insectrons. But his day was no longer a happy one when Scissor Boy charged him and knocked Kid down a cliff. It seemed poor Scissor Boy had gotten himself captured by the Autorollers, and needed Tasmania Kid to pretend to lose in combat to him, or else the Autorollers would blow them both up with missiles! Tasmania Kid reluctantly surrendered, although he balked when he heard Scissor Boy called him the weakest of the Maximals. Kid and Boy tried to lure the Autorollers into a trap in Maximal territory, but Scissor Boy's fellow Insectrons tried to rescue them before the trap was sprung, leaving all combatants at the feet of Megastorm and the ''Galvaburg II''. Fortunately, the Maximals and Insectrons rallied their forces and drove off Megastorm and the Autorollers. {{storylink|Danger! Scissor Boy}}

Tasmania Kid and the Maximals later joined forces with the Autorollers when Galvatron went on a rampage while engorged on [[Angolmois Energy]]. The two groups overfed Galvatron with Angolmois Energy until his bloated form nearly exploded from within, rendering him harmless. {{storylink|Galvatron Rampages}}

When the Predacons launched a massive offensive on the Southern Continent, Tasmania Kid and the Maximals teamed up with the Insectrons to foil their plans once again. {{storylink|Predacon General Offensive!}}

Bighorn, Diver, and Tasmania Kid located a crashed spaceship on Gaia's Eastern continent, and soon encountered the [[Jointron]] brothers and their combination form, [[Tripledacus]]. Maximals by name, the Jointrons nevertheless proved to be irresponsible and short-sighted, acting outside Lio Convoy's authority and without regard for their fellow Maximals. Tasmania Kid and the others were concerned the Jointrons would make favorable reports to Maximal HQ that highlighted their "accomplishments" to the detriment of the crew of the ''Yukikaze''. {{storylink|The Combined Giant, Tripledacus}} Bighorn and Kid snubbed the Jointrons on patrol to avoid getting caught up in their antics, only to return later and find the Jointrons had overtaken the Maximal base and then ''lost'' it to Predacon raiders, leaving Diver and Apache trapped inside. They helped Lio Convoy retake the base, but the Jointrons were unfazed by their actions, celebrating the minor victory of temporarily capturing Dirge and Thrust (only to lose them again). {{storylink|The Festive Jointrons}}

While the Maximals were searching for the latest Predacon fortress, Diver and Tasmania Kid were exploring with the Jointrons. When they spotted a black smoke cloud like those typically unleashed by the Predacons' dealings with Angolmois Energy, the flying Jointrons decided to send in a reconnaissance patrol...by dropping Kid and Diver into the cloud. The Maximals only found a smoke machine on the ground, signifying a Predacon trap. Indeed, Starscream and BB arrived and exposed them all to a bacteria bomb that robbed them of their power. The Jointrons' teamwork fell apart, as [[Gimlet]] was free of the bacteria and refused to combine with the others and risk exposure to the bacteria. Lio Convoy and the other Maximals saved the Jointrons by posing as the massive Jointron II. They compensated for Kid and Diver's exposure to the bacteria by sharing energy between one another, in a proud display of teamwork. {{storylink|A Fearsome Combination Plan?}}

The Jointrons caused more chaos when they stole one of the base ships to approach a Predacon fortress from the air. Tasmania Kid and the Maximals followed them in the second ship, and Kid leapt aboard the Jointrons' ship only to find them fighting over the controls because they couldn't decide who was their leader. The Predacons were engaged in an operation to kidnap the Jointrons and study their combination transformation. While the other Maximals held back the Autorollers, Kid raced after [[BB]] to try and free the captive Jointrons. Fortunately, Scuba appeared to save the day, the Jointrons were rescued, and the installation was soon destroyed. {{storylink|Who Is the Leader!?}}

One day, Tasmania Kid found a [[Copy Machine]] that scanned objects to create three-dimensional duplicates of the subject. Believing the Machine could be used to bolster the Maximals' ranks, Kid shined the Machine's ray on Lio Convoy, creating "[[Black Lio Convoy|Copy Convoy]]". Unfortunately, the machine only created ''evil'' copies, and so Kid and the Maximals were forced to deal with a malevolent usurper that had all of Lio Convoy's knowledge and skills. He even captured the Copy Machine and used it to create "[[Copy Tasmania Kid]]" and other copy Maximals. Fortunately, Diver's [[Niagara Base]] enhancements turned the tide in favor of the original Maximals. {{storylink|The Black Lio Convoy}}

Alerted to a new arrival on Gaia, Tasmania Kid and the Maximals traveled to the Sea Continent and discovered a [[Photon sailer|pirate ship from space]]. The Maximals were soon confronted by [[Halfshell]], captain of the [[Seacon (BW)|Space Pirate Seacons]] who intended to plunder the world of Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy had the idea of flipping the snapping turtle on his back, rendering him helpless, but Halfshell's beast mode was designed to counter that strategy, turning him into the Big Wheel Cutter that rampaged over the hills. Matters only deteriorated further when Halfshell called his crew and formed the colossal [[God Neptune]]. Outmatched by the combiner's sheer power, Lio Convoy directed Diver and Scuba to seize control of the deserted pirate ship while the land-based Maximals kept God Neptune busy. The distraction worked, as God Neptune chased after his stolen ship, only to get caught in a detonation of Angolmois Energy that the Maximals had rigged before abandoning ship. {{storylink|The Space Pirate Seacons!}}

When [[Artemis]] and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] got into a discussion over who was the strongest of the Cybertronians, they contacted the Maximals and Predacons for input. As the weakest of the Maximals, Diver and Tasmania Kid were compared to the Combatron officers Dirge and Thrust. Diver's...unorthodox soap bubble power and extendo-neck led Galvatron to declare victory for the Predacons in this particular match-up. It doesn't seem he was very impressed with Kid, either. {{storylink|Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?}}

One day, Tasmania Kid and Diver were bemused to discover Bighorn searching for a four-leafed clover to bring himself luck. Their amusement turned to exasperation when Bighorn fell wildly in love with the Space Pirate named [[Scylla]], concocting an elaborate fantasy where she was a space princess being held hostage by the other Pirates. Kid and Diver had to follow along behind to make sure Bighorn didn't inadvertently start a war with the Seacons while Convoy was still sorting out their allegiance (and remind the love-sick Bighorn that he couldn't swim when he repeatedly tried following Scylla into the water). {{storylink|The Tentacular Scuba}}

When Megastorm and the Seacons teamed up, each of the Maximals was lured to a separate location by an Angolmois Energy signal transmitter. Tasmania Kid was surprised to find a squid hanging upside-down from a tree at the site of his transmitter, but his amusement quickly fell away under the barrage of Scylla and her Scylasers. Scylla chased Kid back and forth like a [[Warner Bros.]] cartoon until they were interrupted by Megastorm's ineptitude. {{storylink|Megastorm's Reckoning}}

Kid was once again caught up in Bighorn's lovelorn folly when the buffalo received a love letter from Scylla, seemingly drawing him to a romantic interlude by the beach. In fact, Bighorn fell into a trap set by the Seacons, and Kid fell with him. They were set adrift on a stone raft when [[Sea Phantom]] cut them loose from shore, and had to be rescued by Scuba and Diver. Tasmania Kid tried to ride Diver's back to safety, but they were pursued by [[Terrormander]]. The amphibious Seacon could electrify Kid on Diver's back from the air, or fire aquatic missiles at them if they dove underwater, leaving kid hapless and helpless to defend himself. Eventually, Scuba pulled the entire team to shore on a small rocky island, but that only left them isolated for God Neptune to deliver the final strike. As luck would have it, the Insectrons soon arrived as reinforcements, and helped the Maximals drive off the Seacons. {{storylink|Showdown in the Sea}}

As Diver and Kid were on patrol with Bighorn, he suddenly got a call and suspiciously raced off with a bouquet of roses. Fearing something stupid and/or violent was about to happen, Diver and Kid tracked him down and found Bighorn intended to engage in some playacting with the Jointrons in order to win Scylla's affections, but the Predacons and other Seacons had gotten involved in the mess too. As the fiasco degenerated into a battle between Tripledacus and God Neptune, the Maximals provided cover for their combiner comrade. {{storylink|Face the Setting Sun}} When the Seacons prepared to leave Gaia, Halfshell arranged to fight Lio Convoy one-on-one for the energy they needed to depart. Well, God Neptune is ''technically'' a "one". When Tasmania Kid and the other Maximals heard about this technicality, they tried to race to the battleground, but were diverted by Dirge and Thrust. In the end, Lio Convoy survived and the Seacons departed the planet. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWII)|The Final Battle}}

While surveying the unstable changes in Gaia's Angolmois Energy, Diver and Kid ran across a lion cub that they initially mistook for Lio Convoy himself. After a short encounter, they realized the youngster was actually a new Maximal who only bore a startlingly resemblance to Lio Convoy. Tasmania Kid started joking that the cub was a real "[[Lio Junior]]", but Diver cautioned him to be serious in case the cub took what he said to heart. Sure enough, when Lio Convoy caught up to them, Lio Junior ran right up to their Commander and called him "mama". Kid tried to walk back what he had said, but the damage was done—he had embarrassed his commander and caused the first meeting between Lio Convoy and Lio Junior to start off incredibly awkward. {{storylink|Enter Lio Junior}} Kid also joined the Maximals in their first confrontation with the powered-up Megastorm, now the Angolmois-Energy-infused [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]. {{storylink|Megastorm Reborn}}

Tasmania Kid was part of a Maximal plan to destroy Gigastorm. The Archduke of Destruction was lured into a mountain pass where the Maximals destroyed the ground under his feet, then set off a natural gas explosion. Unfortunately, even this amount of devastation wasn't enough to deal with Gigastorm. The conflict was interrupted by the arrival of Scuba's new vehicle, the [[Tako Tank]], which helped turn the tide against Gigastorm when the initial plan fell apart. {{storylink|The New Weapon, Tako Tank}}

After detecting a faint distress signal from space, Kid and the Maximals recalled their encounters with the Seacons. {{storylink|The Artificial Planet Nemesis}}

Scuba was in the process of demonstrating the Tako Tank's capabilities to Tasmania Kid and the others when Lio Junior detected evil Angolmois Energyemissions. Kid followed Lio Junior as he tracked the Angolmois Energy to a mining facility being run by the Autorollers. Kid played the sensible one for once, trying to get the impulsive Lio Junior and Bighorn to wait for back-up before attacking, but had no luck. The Maximals charged into battle, only to learn a lesson about planning and overconfidence when the Predacons locked them inside the base and then blew it up. Miraculous, Tasmania Kid and the others survived. {{storylink|Gigastorm's Treachery}}

While snooping around Scuba's Tako Tank, Tasmania Kid found the biggest, brightest, flashiest button on the whole console. Unfortunately, pushing the button didn't activate the cassette player, or even the ejector seat...it locked Kid in the cockpit, sent the Tank on a runaway trajectory, and revved up the self-destruct sequence. Stupid button. Fortunately, Scuba managed to grapple aboard the Tako Tank and get inside to deactivate the self-destruct before Kid was a goner. Fighting upgraded versions of the Combatrons, [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] and [[BB|Max-B]], was almost a relief for Tasmania Kid after that. {{storylink|The End of Starscream}} Dirge and Thrust soon underwent their own upgrades, becoming [[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]] and [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]]. They confronted Bighorn and Tasmania Kid to test their new abilities, and Kid was nearly undone by Dirgegun's ultrasonic wave attack. {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot}}

When a mysterious ship landed on Gaia, the Maximals prepared to investigate. The ever-eager Lio Junior tried to volunteer for the mission, but the other Maximals laughed off his inexperience. Knowing how it felt to be the youngest and least-proven of the team, Tasmania Kid volunteered to look out for Lio Junior on the scouting mission, encouraging Lio Convoy to send them to investigate. Kid, Lio Junior and his mentors, Santon and Skywarp, located the ship and discovered a powerful teleport gate inside, controlled by a command key. The [[Combatron (BW)|Cyborg Beast]]s arrived to steal the key, and Lio Junior started a fight with them. During the fight, Hellscream was about to finish Lio Junior off with a missile, but Tasmania Kid jumped in the way, suffering a serious blow to his chest.

As Kid recovered, Lio Junior was harangued by his fellow Maximals and dressed down by Lio Convoy, leading him to run off on his own. Lio Junior was found by Galvatron, who tempted him into coming back to the teleport gate with the Predacons to use the command key, claiming the planet was in danger. Tasmania Kid had crawled off his sickbed to check on Lio Junior, and warned him not to trust Galvatron's honeyed words, but remember what he was fighting for. Lio Junior was too caught up in proving himself, however, and left with Galvatron to either save the planet or stop Galvatron's machinations himself. Kid was shot down again, this time by Galvatron's Galvatling Lasers.

When they found Kid injured once more, the other Maximals were furious at the traitor Lio Junior. Tasmania Kid stopped his friends from blaming Junior, however, and laid out for them how difficult it was when a young soldier felt he hadn't earned his comrades' respect yet. The Predacons summoned the monster [[Majin Zarak]] from the gate, but Lio Junior freed himself from their dungeon and used his own energies to recharge the gate and bring forth [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] to aid the Maximals. Even as Magnaboss, Lio Junior was injured in efforts, as so the fully healed Tasmania Kid once again offered to team up with Lio Junior. Kid lent his own energy to Magnaboss, allowing the combiner to draw upon their joint strength to upend Majin Zarak and remove Galvatron from the great beast. Majin Zarak was finished and the legendary warriors were sent home before the Maximals destroyed the temptation of the teleport gate. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}

With the artificial planet Nemesis creeping ever closer to Gaia, its influence on the Angolmois Energy was ever more keenly felt. Tasmania Kid and the Maximals tried using freeze devices to cool the unstable Angolmois Energy before it upset the planet's core. {{storylink|The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic}} They also constructed an artillery cannon to feed off of the Angolmois Energy as a weapon to destroy Nemesis before it reached the planet. Although the Maximals enacted a complicated plan with several decoys to prevent the Predacons from interfering, the cannon ultimately failed to sustain power and Nemesis continued unabated. {{storylink|Knock Out Nemesis}} Tasmania Kid was also present when Lio Junior temporarily turned against the Maximals, poisoned by corrupted Angolmois Energy forced into his system by Galvatron. Fortunately, the effects weren't permanent and no serious harm was done. {{storylink|Lio Junior's Revolt!?}}

Tasmania Kid and the Maximals were working on breaking down the ''Yukikaze'' for Lio Convoy's latest plan against Nemesis when a UFO robot crashed nearby. NAVI determined the robot was sent by automatic signal from a Gaian colony temple on Mars in response to Nemesis's arrival. The emissary robot claimed it could stop the corrupted Angolmois Energy, and so Lio Convoy told Kid and the others to keep working while he investigated. {{storylink|Emissary of the Fourth Planet}} Unfortunately, it turned out the robot planned to stop the corrupted Angolmois Energy by crashing the moon into Gaia and destroying everyone on it. Tasmania Kid and the Maximals joined Lio Convoy at the mother computer to break through its defenses so that NAVI could reprogram it, saving the moon, Gaia, and everyone on both. {{storylink|The Crisis of Planet Gaia}}

NAVI and Drill Nuts assisted the Maximals in retrofitting Skywarp and Santon's spaceship so that it could be used to reach the artificial planet Nemesis. An underground launch tunnel was built in secret under the [[Rocky Mountains|Rock Mountains]] to launch the ship into space. Secrecy was paramount, and so when Hellscream and Max-B began snooping around the mountains, Lio Convoy had Tasmania Kid and the team "reveal" the location of their Niagara Base to Dirgegun and Thrustor, drawing the Predacons' attention away. The Rock Mountains launch tube was uncovered soon anyway, leading Kid and the others to race from Niagara to the mountains in order to make the launch window. They were opposed by Galvatron, but their friends Magnaboss and Tripledacus helped clear the path. Tasmania Kid and the ''Yukikaze'' crew made it on board the ship with Lio Convoy and Apache at the last moment, clearing the atmosphere and flying out into space. {{storylink|Fly Out! Planet Gaia}}

Tasmania Kid and the crew were cut down in their flight to Nemesis by the Seacons, who had been mesmerized into Galvatron's service. They crashed on an asteroid and battled God Neptune and his component parts. After God Neptune was defeated and the Seacons restored to normal, they offered the Maximals their energon to recharge their ship, and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] and [[Artemis]] led the Maximals through a slingshot maneuver around the moon that got them back on track to Nemesis. {{storylink|Revenge of the Space Pirates}}

As the Maximals arrived on Nemesis, they abandoned ship so the Predacons shot down an empty vessel. Tasmania Kid and the others gathered by an exhaust port, which NAVI calculated could lead to Nemesis's core. While Lio Convoy and Scuba went spelunking to shut down Nemesis at the core, Kid and his fellow Maximals remained behind to defend their rear flank. {{storylink|Breaking into Nemesis}} After Galvatron pulled the full force of Gaia's Angolmois Energy into Nemesis, he emerged from the core claiming Lio Convoy was dead. Despite this disheartening news, Tasmania Kid and the Maximals continued to fight on in the name of their commander. {{storylink|Legend! The Green Warrior}}

In the end, Lio Convoy was not dead, but had combined with Lio Junior into a powerful Green Warrior. Moreover, Scuba and the Tako Tank had reached the core and arranged for Nemesis's destruction. As Galvatron and the Green Warrior battled, the Cyborg Beasts continued to hassle the Maximals. When Nemesis finally erupted, Lio Convoy used all the strength of his Energon Matrix to preserve the lives of Tasmania Kid and his Maximal brethren. Although Gaia was saved, the Maximals were left floating in the void, caught in a wormhole created by Nemesis's destruction. They took heart, however, in the appearance of a great light Lio Convoy said would lead them to their next adventure. {{storylink|Farewell! Lio Convoy}}

====The Maximal Brainwashing Operation====
Tasmania Kid and [[Diver (BW)|Diver]] were out on a scouting mission (much to Diver's chagrin, as he wanted to relax) when [[Apache]], popping out of the bushes, quietly called them over. The confused pair followed, only to find Apache to be an illusion, baiting them into a net laid out by [[BB]]. BB then took the two Maximals back to [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]], who told them he would release them after they ran an "errand" for him.

When the duo didn't report back, the Maximals left in search of the missing Diver and Tasmania Kid, eventually finding them collapsed at the edge of a valley. However, it was all part of Starscream's trap. Diver and Tasmania Kid, now brainwashed into thinking they were Predacons, sprang into action and attacked the Maximals. [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] soon entered the scene and stacked the odds tremendously against the Maximals.

As the fight raged on, [[Megastorm]] got to a vantage point and prepared to fire his cannon at both Lio Convoy and Galvatron, killing two birds with one stone. [[Scuba]] intervened by creating a geyser beneath him from an underground river, throwing Megastorm's aim off. The blast knocked Tasmania Kid and Diver back to their senses, though they were angry at the (rightfully) confused Apache, whom they blamed for ambushing them. {{storylink|The Maximal Brainwashing Operation}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Tasmania Kid returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. There, he got caught up in a tussle between [[Big Convoy]] and [[Magmatron]]. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===''BomBom'' comic continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' comic====
[[File:Cyborgkid.GIF|right|upright=0.95|thumb|Tasmania Kid is the Road Warrior.]]
When the rainy season came about, Tasmania Kid used the foul weather as an excuse not to go out on his regular patrols, infuriating Apache. Though the troops showed little respect to their sub-commander, they all snapped to attention when Lio Convoy came about. When Apache demanded to know why this was, Tasmania Kid informed him bluntly that Apache simply had no class. The troops had to shape up though, as they then received a report from Diver that the Predacons were heading their way aboard a giant tank! Lio Convoy led Tasmania Kid into an infiltration of the vehicle, in which they were helped by Tonbot and Bigmos, who flew them up and allowed them to bypass the tank's defenses. Once inside, Tasmania Kid uncovered the tank's power source: it was running off the Angolmois Energy stored within an unconscious Galvatron! The rest of the Maximals succeeded in flooding the tank, and Tasmania Kid scampered away rather than going down with the ship. Lio Convoy then took over the battle, and defeated Megastorm, making him accidentally trigger the tank's self-destruct mechanism in the process. Afterwards, the clouds in the overcast sky began parting, signaling the end of the rainy season. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

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At another time, When Lio Convoy wrecked [[Apache]]'s room in a drunken rampage, Apache scolded Kid, who decided to run away. Kid was attacked and captured by the [[Combatron (BW)|Cyborg Beast]]s, who planned to make him one of them. This plan failed when Apache singlehandedly annihilated the Predacon forces Rambo-style.{{fact}}

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====''Beast Wars Neo'' comic====
Tasmania Kid was worshiped as a god on the planet of rabbit-formers from which [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] hailed. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

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===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendTasmaniaKidCybertronMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left]]
Tasmanian Kid {{sic}} was the class clown at [[Maximal Military Academy]], often performing pranks on classmates and instructors. Despite this, [[Lio Convoy]] saw potential in Tasmania Kid and took him into his unit to [[Gaia|Gaea]], where they battled [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

Later, Tasmania Kid was one of [[Big Convoy]]'s subordinates on Cybertron. He helped investigate the strange rash of [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]]-related murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

Along with [[Survive]] and [[Colada|Cohrada]], he joined Big Convoy in investigating [[Shokaract]]'s tower. Unfortunately, Shokaract emerged from within and grabbed Tasmania Kid in his claws. Kid was torn in two pieces and killed. Big Convoy and the others were summarily defeated as well.

Fortunately, the Earthbound Maximal and Predacon teams took the [[Pack]]'s transwarp cruiser and returned to the point in the time stream that Shokaract emerged from his tower. Unfortunately, it was still too late to save Tasmania Kid, who was torn in two pieces ''again'' just before Big Convoy and Shokaract noticed the newly arrived transwarp cruiser.

Sheesh. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Tasmania Kid was on the Maximal team in a fateful match of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], which was interrupted by [[Lio Convoy]]'s assassination of [[Supersonic]] and call for an uprising against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} As with the rest of his team, Tasmania Kid subsequently ran off. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===Legends World===
Tasmania Kid was present at the announcement of [[Tera-Kura Co.]]'s new product, the ninja maid robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]], and like everyone else he was taken by how cute and clumsy she was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}} He was later part of a crowd trying to claim [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]]'s discarded [[Unicron of Light]] toy for themselves, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} and witnessed [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]'s visit to an internet cafe. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Tasmania Kid was watching fireworks when [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] exploded in the sky, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} and cheered on "[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]" after his victory over [[Devil Z]] (unaware that it was actually [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]). {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:TimeWillRust-Eukaris.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7]]
Tasmania Kid was a fellow [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] friend of [[Gimlet]], [[Bump]], and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]]. {{Storylink|Time Will Rust}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:EW-Tasmania Kid.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
Tasmania Kid was the first of a reformed [[Pack]], which soon acquired other members. After being introduced by [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] to [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Tasmania Kid quickly ran off to fight [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]. The Decepticon was lured into a puddle of oil, where Kid unleashed his sonic scream on him. {{Storylink|The Last Stand (Earth Wars)|The Last Stand}}

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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Tasmania Kid''' (タスマニアキッド, [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-14'''
:*''Release date'': [[1998]] March
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (Takara), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars II'' products in the [[Japan]]ese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWII|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Tasmania Kid is virtually identical to the [[Hasbro]] [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'']] Basic Class [[Snarl (BW)#Toys|Snarl]] toy, transforming into a {{w|Tasmanian devil}}. Holding the toy by its tail in [[beast mode]] and pulling the trigger makes his body leap forward in a spring-loaded lunging attack of dubious strength. In [[robot mode]], his tail becomes his arm-mounted non-firing "Tasmanian Gun".

: Oddly, an extra hole molded in a similar shape to that of the spring-loaded one is located underneath the robot mode crotch and can also have the tail inserted into it.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Bound Rogue#Toys|Bound Rogue]], whose coloration bears a striking resemblance to the contest-prize version of Tasmania Kid (below).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/TasmaniaKid/tasmaniakid.htm More information on Tasmania Kid at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Chiheisen no Taiketsu: Tasmania Kid VS Dirge''' (地平線の対決タスマニアキッドVSダージ, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-14'''
:*''Release date'': 1998 March
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon

: Tasmania Kid was also available in the "Land Horizon Showdown" multi-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Dirge (BW)#VS14|Dirge]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Telemaga Special Cybertron 6-piece Set''' ([[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon

: A blue and yellow version of Tasmania Kid was part of a six-piece set of unique redecoes of the main Cybertron cast of ''Beast Wars II'', the grand prize in the "New Beast Warriors Contest" in the February 1999 issue of ''[[TV Magazine]]''. The details of this contest are currently unknown.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Core-Tasmania-Kid.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Somebody's about to lose some fingers.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Beast Wars II Universe Tasmania Kid''' (Core Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Tasmania Kid''' (タスマニアキッド)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-61'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2024]] [[April 27]]
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" Tail/Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>

: Released in the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' cores, ''Legacy: United'' "Beast Wars II Universe Tasmania Kid" is an updated version of his original ''Beast Wars II'' design (or an updated version of the original ''Beast Wars'' Snarl if you wanna get into semantics), transforming into a more-accurate depiction of a Tasmanian devil. He retains the "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon, which aside from being compatible with [[Fire Blast effect]]s, can be used as a weapon for other, larger figures with the [[5 mm post|5 mm port]] at its base. Additionally, he has 3mm ports on his palms, either for use with a flight stand (for pouncing poses) or for compatible weapons, though most look odd mounted this way since they're molded vertically onto his flat open palms.

: Tasmania Kid's robot mode chest features a faux lower beast-mode jaw, with the beast mode's actual jaw transforming into heel spurs instead, somewhat matching the original toy's fang-like heels. Additionally, his beast mode's hind legs secure into the back by way of molded tabs, which can be damaged if transformed from beast to robot mode improperly, so always detach the back legs first. The toy's [[instructions]] also erroneously give him the name "Beast Wars Universe II Tasmania Kid".

: Whether by design or pure coincidence, Tasmania Kid shares all of the same ball-jointed articulation points as his original toy in robot mode! (Neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, and knees). All of these joints also have the same range of movement as the original toy too, with the exception of the head, which gains the ability to tilt back more. This figure does, however, gain two more ball joints in his ankles, instead of the hinges of the original toy, which allows for more movement. Even the leg [[kibble]] on his back is mounted on rivets like the original toy!

: Tasmania Kid was revealed at PulseCon 2023 with the rest of ''United''{{'}}s first wave, and went up for preorder shortly afterwards for a first quarter of 2024 release. Despite this lead time, he and his assortment arrived at Walmart in Canada in late November 2023.

: ''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C6XDNytOTvw/ Designer commentary from Evan Brooks on'' Legacy ''Beast Wars II Universe Tasmania Kid]''.
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==Merchandise==
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*'''Beast Collection Special 10''' (PVC set, 1998)

: A clear-blue super-deformed PVC of robot-mode Tasmania Kid, based on his animation model, was included as part of a ten-piece set of PVCs.

: This set was also marked as a "Clear Version Special Set", but it's unknown if an opaque set was ever released.

: This set also includes PVCs of [[Lio Convoy#bluePVC|Lio Convoy]] in both robot and beast modes, [[Galvatron (BW)#bluePVC|Galvatron]] in both robot and dragon modes, [[Apache#bluePVC|Apache]], [[Bighorn#bluePVC|Bighorn]], [[Scuba#bluePVC|Scuba]], [[Megastorm#bluePVC|Megastorm]], and [[Starscream (BW)#bluePVC|Starscream]].

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===Beast Fighters===
*'''Tasmania Kid''' (candy toy, 1997)

:[[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Beast Fighters]]'' Tasmania Kid was a small, [[super deformed]] PVC model which was hollow inside, designed to be used as a finger-puppet. It was available in a [[Blindpacking|blindpack]] with fizzy "Ramune" candy.

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==Notes==
[[File:NewForces LeopardKid.JPG|thumb|upright=.8|Tasmania Kid showing off his [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] cosplay.]]
*In the first episode of ''Beast Wars II'', Tasmania Kid imagines how cool he'd look scanning the forms of a cheetah and a falcon, fantasizing himself as looking like ''Beast Wars'' season 1 Cheetor and Airazor in the process.

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars II Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Jungle Planet]]
[[Category:Legacy Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]

Sludge (FOC)

2025-09-23T19:49:06Z

Crossfire: Eh?

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{{disambigm|Sludge (disambiguation)|Slog (disambiguation)}}
:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:FallOfCybertron Sludge robot mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[:Category:Things that don't exist|Category: Things that don't exist]]]]

Originally a member of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], '''Sludge''' (aka '''Slog''') was left for dead during the experiments that turned the team into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]]. Though he was able to recover and rejoin the team as their logistics expert, he still harbors much rage over the fact that his own friends never came looking for him.

==Fiction==
===IDW Aligned comics===
[[File:GoodIntentions-LightningStrikeCoalition.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|It's totally obvious we're gonna win.]]
Shortly before the [[Great Exodus]], Sludge was a member of the Lightning Strike Coalition, a brutal subgroup of Autobots under the leadership of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], who reluctantly followed [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s more cautious brand of warfare... when ordered. Swoop was sent to investigate [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s [[energon]] sources but he worryingly disappeared. When the other four coalition members learned that Swoop had been captured by Shockwave at a Decepticon facility in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], they disobeyed orders and went after him themselves. {{storylink|Good Intentions}} Sludge and the others followed Grimlock, secure in his arrogance, who was glad that the fate of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] rested in their hands. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} The Lightning Strike Coalition stormed the base head-on, encountering minimal resistance... until they ran afoul of the multitude of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s swarming Shockwave's installation. Despite this new obstacle, Sludge urged his teammates to press on, as he registered a lock on Swoop's signature. He and Grimlock took point while Snarl and Slag kept the Insecticons at bay. Eventually muscling their way to Swoop, Sludge pulled his teammate free from a harness he was being held in. As soon as this was done however, Shockwave appeared in person, backed up by innumerable more Insecticons. These enemy reinforcements overwhelmed the Lightning Strike Coalition. {{storylink|Siege Mentality}} Though Grimlock managed to struggle free and engage Shockwave as his teammates were carted away by the Insecticons, the Coalition's leader proved no match for the Decepticon scientist. Once the whole team had been defeated, Shockwave began in earnest his experiments on Sludge and the others. {{storylink|Last Stand (FOC)|Last Stand}}

Sludge was then strung up and painfully vivisected. {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}} Of all the Coalition, Sludge was left weakest from the battle, and Shockwave decided that he would experiment on him merely for practice. After altering the Autobot to have an [[Earth|alien]] [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|reptile]] [[alternate mode]], the Decepticon scientist had the Insecticon [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] dispose of Sludge in the tunnels beneath the facility without even reactivating him. When his teammates, similarly modified, escaped, and dubbed themselves "Dinobots", they did not search for Sludge, believing him deceased, and it was four cycles before he was recovered by an Autobot clean-up crew searching the tunnels for [[energon]]. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}}

After Optimus and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] left Cybertron with the majority of their forces, the Dinobots remained behind with remnant forces led by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. Eventually, when the time for the final evacuation came, Sludge and his comrades helped the last convoy of ships, led by [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]], escape Cybertron. As the mission drew to a close, Ultra Magnus told the Dinobots to get to their own craft, but another squadron of Decepticons drew Swoop into taking them out himself. This resulted in Magnus being shot down when he tried to fend them off. Grimlock convinced the other Dinobots to attempt a rescue for Magnus. A [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]], however, managed to get there first and capture him. Swoop was downed and captured in the process, but the rest of the Dinobots were unable to pursue the Predacon immediately; they first had to contend with Grimlock, who had slipped into a berserker rage upon transforming into his beast mode. Grimlock mauled Sludge's arm, but returned to his senses in short order. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

While [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] got Ultra Magnus's ship up and running, Sludge examined the bodies of the Decepticons that had fallen while trying to capture Ultra Magnus. He informed Grimlock that the bodies had welding lines, indicating the warriors had been cut up and sewn back together again, just as Shockwave had done with the Dinobots. Though disconcerted by the news, Grimlock led the team out to the Sea of Rust as soon as Snarl managed to get a tracking signal out of the ship's computer.

The Dinobots found the prison in which their comrades were being held atop a mountain. Once they clambered to the mountaintop, the Dinobots took out the guards and engineered a mass jailbreak by stealing one of the guard's key modules. Once reunited with Magnus, they fought their way to the prison's roof, where they met eyes with [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]], Shockwave's lieutenant. The Dinobots demanded that she hand over Swoop, but she revealed that Swoop had been re-forged into a Predacon. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 2|Rage of the Dinobots #2}}

Desperate to win back Swoop's freedom, Grimlock challenged Ser-Ket to a one-on-one fight, waging himself and the rest of the Dinobots against the freedom of their wayward teammate. Ser-Ket agreed to his challenge, and Sludge created a fire-ring for them to duel in with the help of the other remaining Dinobots. Grimlock ultimately arose victorious by using his Tyrannosaurus mode's primal rage, and even managed to restore Swoop to his senses with some percussive maintenance. The Dinobots then readied themselves to take their leave, only for Ser-Ket to ambush Grimlock while his back was turned, and carry him up into the skies. Though Sludge, Snarl, and Slug tried to shoot her down, it was Swoop who rescued the Dinobot Commander by taking to the air himself. Ser-Ket was brought down, and Sludge watched on as Grimlock skewered her head, deactivating her permanently. Though the ordeal seemed at an end, the Dinobots were then approached by Shockwave. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 3|Rage of the Dinobots #3}}

Though the Dinobots and Ultra Magnus unleashed all of the firepower at their disposal against the new arrival, Shockwave managed to take them all out by strategic use of a force-field and an EMP. While Sludge and the others were put under guard in a force-field-enclosed cell, Grimlock was brought to Shockwave's operating theater to be stripped of his sentience once and for all. Sludge and the others managed to trick their guards into lowering the force-field holding them captive by pretending to fight between themselves, threatening the continued existence of Shockwave's future test-subjects. They then trounced the guards, bashed their way into Shockwave's lab, and tore Shockwave to shreds. Sludge was especially taken aback over the fact that they had finally managed to dispose of their long-time foe. Unfortunately, he was mistaken; as Grimlock was released from his restraints, a hologram of Shockwave materialized, informing the Autobots that what they had destroyed was merely one of his many avatars which carried out his work around Cybertron. The Dinobots then saw Ultra Magnus off-planet, telling him they planned to stay behind so as to continue helping whatever Cybertronians still lingered on the dying planet, as well as continue their hunt for Shockwave. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

After returning from hunting Forged, Sludge joined Grimlock in his throne room to listen to the grievances and petitions of the many 'bots found on their dying world, and taken in under their care. As the session drew to a close, Sludge took Snarl aside and informed him that Grimlock wouldn't be seeing anyone for a while, lest he snap and go mad from the burden of leadership. Heading out to hunt again in order to vent some of his own frustration, Sludge came across [[Firestar (Prime)|Firestar]] being chased down by a swarm of Insecticons. After teaming up with her to destroy the bugs, Sludge brought Firestar to Grimlock, despite his earlier discussion with Snarl. Firestar revealed that she was from [[Last Spark]], a settlement that had previously refused to associate with the Dinobots. Upon hearing this, Grimlock flew into a rage and threw Firestar out of his throne room, despite her insistence that her people were in a dire need of his help. Sludge asked Grimlock to reconsider aiding the settlement, seeing as their race faced extinction, and needed to look beyond old grudges. Telling Grimlock that he knew that coming to Last Spark's aid was the right thing to do, Sludge walked away with Firestar. Snarl joined the pair, insisting that he needed to ensure Sludge returned intact from Last Spark, for Grimlock’s sake if nothing else.

En-route, Firestar revealed to the two Dinobots that she hadn't received permission to ask for their help, but had instead acted of her own accord in the hopes of putting an end to the slaughter of her people, being dealt out by a mysterious entity. Sure enough, Last Spark's leader, [[Airwave (Prime)|Airwave]], was none-too-pleased about the Dinobots' arrival. Though he saw them as little more than monsters, Airwave was talked into allowing the Dinobots to stay and help. Firestar showed Sludge and Snarl the remains of those murdered by the mystery killer. Looking over the bodies' injuries, the Dinobots speculated that Kickback might be involved. They headed out to scope out the Insecticon's lair, and had their suspicions confirmed as Kickback and his followers suddenly descended upon them. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 1|Beast Hunters #1}} A brutal confrontation followed. Kickback taunted Sludge during the fight, reminding him that his fellow Dinobots hadn't initially bothered looking for him after Shockwave's experiments. Sludge had trouble keeping up with Kickback's incredible speed, but eventually manages to land a decisive blow by allowing himself to be stabbed. Before finishing him off, Sludge questioned Kickback, asking why he attacked Last Spark... only to find that the Insecticons had never breached the settlement. Sludge decided to kill Kickback nonetheless before heading back to Last Spark. Once there, Snarl claimed he had solved the case, and went to inspect the settlement's crypt. He confirmed his suspicions that many dead had been drained of their energon before the murders had allegedly started. Airwave soon revealed himself to be guilty of the crimes, and attacked Firestar and the Dinobots before fleeing and turning the rest of the town onto Snarl and Sludge. Firestar wound up slaying Air Wave herself, and cleared the Dinobots' name in the process. Sludge and Snarl then returned home, where Grimlock, in his own way, apologized for his earlier behavior. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}}

The Dinobots later settled in Last Spark to further help the settlement recover from its ordeal. While he was talking with Firestar, Sludge was approached by [[Zoom]], who enthusiastically suggested he go on patrol with the Dinobots. Sludge retorted that the young 'bot simply wasn't ready for the kind of action the Dinobots got themselves into regularly, and walked away. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 3|Beast Hunters #3}} When Grimlock and Swoop left to go on patrol, only to not return on schedule, Slug and Sludge began to worry their leader had gotten himself into some trouble. As they discussed with Snarl over whether or not they should look for their away-team, they were again approached by Zoom, who again volunteered to join up with the Dinobots. Sludge once more turned him down. Last Spark then came under attack from a group of organic dinosaurs. Sludge battled with a ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', deducing all the while that it wasn't a coincidence that the creatures had shown up while Grimlock and Swoop were missing. Though the beasts were powerful, they were unable to sustain themselves for long in Cybertron's atmosphere, and self-destructed mid-battle. Grimlock later explained that he and Swoop had accidentally released the dinosaurs while exploring one of Shockwave's abandoned labs, and that the creatures had been created from the same templates that Shockwave had used for their beast modes. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 4|Beast Hunters #4}}

While on an Energon gathering mission, Slug and Snarl felt a planet-wide quake rock Cybertron. Barely avoiding getting crushed by the tremor, the Dinobots soon found themselves in a completely restructured cavern after the mysterious event. Sludge managed to convince Slag that heading back to Last Spark and asking for help there would be the best course of action. While they made their way through Cybertron's subterranean maze, Sludge heard someone calling for help. Telling his teammate to stay put, lest they get lost, Slag went to investigate. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 5|Beast Hunters #5}} Slug returned dragging along the Decepticon [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. He instructed Sludge to patch up their "prisoner" so he wouldn't die before he had a chance to face trial. After a crudely cauterizing Blackout's leaking leg, the group resumed their trek. While traversing a slick and narrow bridge, Slug slipped and nearly dropped Blackout in the chasm bellow. He injured his leg retrieving the Decepticon, and instructed Sludge to go ahead and fetch help without them, as they both would only slow him down. Sludge complied, and quickly ran into Zoom and Firestar. Unfortunately, these two came bearing bad news: Last Spark was gone, and they were its only survivors. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 6|Beast Hunters #6}} Just as they decided that they should head for the surface, the three of them were attacked by a Predacon. Sludge instructed Zoom and Firestar to continue onwards while he battled the creature. But despite his best efforts, Sludge was unable to prevent the Predacon from getting away from him. Following it, he came across a torn-up Zoom, who told Sludge he fought the Predacon best he could. Before the young 'bot expired, Sludge told him that, in his eyes, Zoom was a true Dinobot. Then more 'bots crossed Sludge’s path... this time additional allies: [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]! The four of them rejoined the remaining Dinobots on the surface (including Snarl, who had healed in Sludge's absence) and sent the Predacon fleeing. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 7|Beast Hunters #7}}

The Autobots headed for Kaon together, battling their way through the Forged army. But once the Decepticons had been dealt with, the Predacon resurfaced. The Autobots split into groups to head to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], with Sludge, Snarl, and Bumblebee leading one group of survivors. Swoop drew off the Predacon when it attacked, allowing Sludge and the other to reach Kaon. There, Grimlock announced that Dinobots wouldn't be able to help with Kaon, as they would be building a new city for the survivors: [[New Spark]]. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 8|Beast Hunters #8}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Sludge serves under Grimlock as part of the Dinobots. He has yet to understand the strength of his human allies. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Following the restoration of Cybertron from the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Sludge was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. {{Storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Billy Bob Thompson]] (English)}}
[[File:RBA Sludge.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
Sludge was once trapped in hardened lava for two years. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}} Sludge and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] were old friends of [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. They joined him on [[Earth]] for a mission that involved retrieving a crashed spaceship, and were unimpressed when Grimlock brought along [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] as part of the mission. They set about trying to pull the ship free with a vine, only for Hoist to stop them as the movement was endangering a [[human]] village on the other side of the cliff. The Dinobots were skeptical, but followed Hoist's instructions to build a makeshift crane, and were able to safely take the ship to the [[Rescue Bot Training Center|Rescue Bot Academy]] where they were inclined to name Hoist an honorary Dinobot. {{storylink|Mission Dinobot}}

Grimlock called the two Dinobots in to help him and Hoist investigate a possible energon cache in an old Earth mine. They were keen to impress Hoist after last time, and charged straight in, however, their blundering caused the mine to become even more unstable. Though they succeeded in finding the energon, the mine collapsed, and they were forced to follow Hoist's plan to get them all out. {{storylink|The Great Energon Rush}}

When an energon reactor on Cybertron was in danger of going critical, Sludge and Snarl called in the recruits to help. The two Dinobots became trapped in the control room when Snarl accidentally put the power plant in lockdown, until [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] had some [[Scraplet]]s he'd trained prevent the reactor from exploding. {{storylink|How To Train Your Scraplet}} Sludge and Snarl helped Grimlock and the recruits save a tree on [[Wayward Island|Dino Island]] by being dropped onto an unstable butte so that it fell away from the tree. {{storylink|Bot Blog}}

The pair's clumsy nature led them to be accused by Hoist of trashing the Academy and Grimlock sentenced them to man a remote outpost on a gas planet despite their denials. When Hoist later realized he himself was the culprit, they accepted his apology. {{storylink|Things That Go Bot in the Night}} An emergency meant Sludge and Snarl were left in charge of the academy. Though they started off having fun, an emergency call had them respond to a construction incident on [[Mount Griffin]]. Despite being seriously out of their depth, they managed to muddle through stabilizing the construction platform and save the day. The others returned to the academy to find Sludge and Snarl cleaning the place. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}}

With [[Citadel Secundus]] on a collision course with Earth, Sludge and Snarl were among those enlisted by Whirl to help save the world. The two Dinobots were tasked with using their brute strength to re-align [[Griffin Rock]]'s satellite dishes so that the Titan could be remote controlled to a safe landing next to the Academy. Once the crisis was over, the year two graduation ceremony was held, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] invited the Dinobots to join the Academy as students, along with the others who had helped. {{storylink|Crash of the Titan}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:FOC-Sludgefound.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Well, that can't be good.]]

Sludge and the rest of the Lightning Strike Coalition deserted their posts defending the Ark to look into some mysterious energy readings. He helped steal an Autobot drop ship and together the team traveled to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. Unfortunately the energy readings related to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave's]] recent activities near the [[energon lake]], particularly his efforts on the space bridge and the creation of the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. The Lightning Strike Coalition battled the Insecticons, but while the others were captured for Shockwave's continued experiments, Sludge was left behind. His body was found by [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], partially dismembered and grafted to the wall of an Insecticon hive. Jazz stated that he was in [[stasis lock]]. Jazz removed Sludge's [[memory core]] while attempting to find out what had happened in the tunnels. Jazz later flooded the tunnels with a highly toxic fluid, quite possibly destroying Sludge's body in the process.

After escaping from captivity, the newly christened [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]] found a hologramatic datacore which projected the body Shockwave had originally planned to give Sludge. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slog-(FOC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|"Me Slog am playable now!"]]
Slog (FOC) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who first appeared in the "Grimlock's Escape" stronghold event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Dinobot Adventures''===
[[File:Dinobot Adventures Striker Sludge toy.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Does this makes Sludge the leader of the Dinobots now?]]
*'''Dinobot Sludge''' (Dinobot Striker, [[2021]])
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (Packaging artist)}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I have worked on all those packages ;).|link=https://twitter.com/marcelomatere/status/1671915603337306112|site=Twitter|name=Marcelo Matere|year=2023|month=6|day=22}}</ref>

:''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Sludge is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|Rescue Bots]]'' Mini Dino [[Heatwave (RB)#Mini Dinos|Heatwave the Rescue Dinobot]] figure in traditional Dinobot colors and features a single-step autotransformation from ''Brontosaurus'' to robot mode. Pressing the button near the base of his tail in beast mode activates a mild headbutt gimmick.

:It is currently unknown if this figure is prone to the same breakage issue as the original release.
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==Notes==
[[File:FallOfCybertron Sludge dinomode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* Sludge is the only Dinobot that isn't playable in ''Fall of Cybertron''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s multiplayer. He is also the only one with no voice actor, due to the script being written around his exclusion.
* There's some indication that Sludge was initially planned to appear in the game as either a full NPC or character, including the fact that his models are set up to accept skeletal deformation, which would have only been necessary if the models had to transform (which Sludge never does in the final product). The robot mode model also sports beast-mode kibble, which is tactfully hidden within level geometry when his inert form is discovered in the game.
*When writing for the ''[[Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters (comic)|Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' comic series [[Mairghread Scott]] envisioned Sludge sounding like [[David Sobolov]].<ref>https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/q-and-a-with-mairghread-scott-writer-of-transformers-prime-beast-hunters.917845/page-8#post-9578165 "If I had to pick Sludge's voice, I'd have to say David Sobolov. He's so good at layering in subtle emotion into Shockwave. I know he'd do great with Sludge."</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Russian:'' '''Slyakot''' (Слякоть, "Slush")

==References==
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[[Category:Aligned Dinobots]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Sludge (G1)

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:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Sludgeg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Me now transform into scientifically-accurate dino!"]]

"'''Sludge''' dumb" is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot (also known as '''Slog'''). The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.

As Sludge can't make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He'll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he's there.
None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Sludge believes that the strongest should lead, and in his mind, Grimlock is the strongest Autobot. But Sludge genuinely believes in the Autobot cause, so he tolerates Prime. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice... Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].

{{bigquote|Sludge no like [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Let's stomp!|Sludge's solution to every problem|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, "Dark Awakening"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "Webworld"), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese, "Call of the Primitives"), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese, ''The Movie'')|[[Liu Qin]] (Chinese), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Dinobot Island" episodes), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "Desertion of the Dinobots" episodes), [[Edgar Givry]] (European French, "Atlantis, Arise!"), [[Serge Lhorca]] (European French, "Dark Awakening"), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "Webworld"), [[Edgar Wald]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German, "Webworld"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Grimlocks New Brain" & "Call of the Primitives"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV Dub), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'' Dub), [[Ionei Silva]] (Portuguese), [[Garcia Neto]] (Portuguese, "Dinobot Island, Part 1 & 2"), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Portuguese, "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese, "Dark Awakening")}}

[[File:SOSDinobots-Sludge Insignia.jpg|thumb|left|Those with face like this good. Except when they aren't.]]
Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Sludge's greatest weakness was his sheer stupidity. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] exploited the Dinobots' weaknesses to turn them against Optimus Prime, Sludge merely choosing to follow whichever leader was "strongest". When Optimus Prime risked his life to boldly save Grimlock, the Dinobots rejoined him. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|thumb|"Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now."]]
Sludge and his fellow Dinobots were called upon to stop a colossal tidal wave, {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} and afterwards, he and Grimlock helped repair a city that was destroyed during the terror. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

The Dinobots were in the Ark to fight off the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] who came for [[Teletraan I]]. Sludge didn't recognize the new Decepticons, but was still willing to pummel them. When the Constructicons merged into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] created a [[Halonix Maximus|giant hologram]] that distracted the beast and gave the Dinobots an advantage, forcing Devastator into a crevice of lava. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

During a game of football, Sludge was tackled by Hound. The other Autobots later went on a mission to stop [[Nergill]] and the Decepticons at [[Washington, D.C.]], and when in dire need of assistance, Wheeljack called in the Dinobots as reinforcements. When they arrived, Sludge was pleased to hear Grimlock's order to "transform and destroy", and his powerful feet created earthquakes. Later, Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots were deposited on Negill's home base of [[Sub-Atlantica]], with instructions to act prehistoric. The Dinobots subsequent destruction made Nergill decide to detonate the entire base rather than let the Autobots have it, and everyone was forced to flee the vanquished Sub-Atlantica. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

[[File:DayOfMachines SludgeStomp.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|"Oops. Pardon me. Coming this way. Excuse me!"]]
Once again, when the Autobots were overwhelmed and needed good brute force, the Dinobots were called in. This time at [[Quantum Laboratories]] where the super computer, [[TORQ III]], began remote controlling machines to go on the offensive. Sludge helped out with the destruction of trucks, stomping them like ants. Sludge's long neck gave Optimus Prime a boost so that he could rescue [[Paul Gates]] who was held captive in his office. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}}

After Wheeljack's attempt to show off the Dinobots' finesse was a failure, (Sludge stepped on Slag's tail, unleashing his [[Fire-breath|flame-breath]], and it only got worse from there) they were sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], a place where the Dinobots would be at home. Sludge didn't mind, because he thought that more room was a good thing for a big guy like him. On the island, he rescued Spike from a lake and had a rock fly in his face (courtesy of Snarl), but with the other four Dinobots, he was cornered by Megatron and fell over a cliff, plunging into a tar pit. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Luckily, Sludge survived, and the Dinobots got out of the pit and outnumbered the Decepticons who had arrived, forcing them to retreat. Sludge then helped release the island's energy return the flow of time to normal. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:DesertionOfDinobots2-DinoLabour.jpg|thumb|Me Sludge celebrate Labour Day.]]
When [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] saw Decepticons at a public airport and Optimus Prime's squad was unavailable, Wheeljack sent in the Dinobots. At the airport, Sludge rescued Bumblebee from the incoming [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and helped overpower Megatron's forces, but when he recklessly changed into [[robot mode]]s with his comrades, Sludge was vanquished by the Decepticons' assault. Though the Autobot doctors did their best, Sludge was no longer interested in doing labour for Optimus Prime and quit with his fellow Dinobots. When the Autobots were incapacitated by the deterioration of [[cybertonium]] in their bodies, Spike and Carly pleaded with the Dinobots to help steal some of the critical component from the Decepticons.

Instead, the Dinobots used the Decepticon [[space bridge]] to go to Cybertron, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} where Sludge and the others were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] and reprogrammed into thinking that they obeyed the Decepticons. Shockwave stuck them down in the Cybertonium pits to mine more of the element. Luckily, they was rescued by Spike and Carly, and sent back to Earth with a healthy supply of [[cybertonium]] for the weakened Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

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By the year [[2005]], the Autobots had been driven off Cybertron completely, but were formulating an assault from two of the planet's moons. The Dinobots worked in the armament factories, until the [[Battle of Autobot City]] had them accompany Optimus Prime to Earth. Sludge and the Dinobots were charged with destroying [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but were overmatched. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensor|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Fortunately, none of the Dinobots suffered any fatal damage as they were all present when Spike and Bumblebee contacted them from [[Moonbase Two]] about [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s attack.

When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and his troops attacked the city, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], only to have their spaceship shot down over [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. The Dinobots managed to save the two Autobots from an army of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] with the help of [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by standing on top of a door under which he'd been caught. They all escaped Quintessa and flew to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], reuniting with their fellow Autobots. Later, Sludge was part of the Dinobot attack on Unicron and was able to tail-whip the butt of a god. Unicron wasn't quite a sport about this and the Dinobots just barely escaped being grabbed by the planet eater. Sludge was later seen listening to the speech of the Autobots' new leader, Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}
{{note|Sludge’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] had been killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

When Grimlock detected [[dinosaur transform static]] at the crime scene where [[Fort Knox]] once stood, all the Dinobots (and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]) were interrogated about the theft of the building. They were quickly cleared by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], though. Sludge and the other Dinobots later accompanied the Autobots in the liberation of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Sludge helped the Autobots mine [[isidrite]] on an asteroid. When the Decepticons arrived, Sludge kicked aside a "Dumb Sweep" that Sky Lynx tossed his way, and later knocked Galvatron over before he could blast Ultra Magnus. Sludge escaped with the other Autobots aboard Sky Lynx. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[File:Grimlock's New Brain Dinobots fishing.JPG|thumb|We'll assume they built those palm trees just for the Dinobots.]]
Sludge was on hand to watch the activation of the Autobots’ new power generator. After Grimlock had suffered an accident which dramatically increased his intelligence, Sludge, along with Slag and Snarl, found their offer to fish with them rebuked. Grimlock explained the more important things he had to do, but Sludge really didn't understand what he was talking about. Later, the Dinobots came looking for Grimlock who was working on a new spaceship. Grimlock remarked that they were just in time to assist him, but Sludge complained about the Dinobot leader's new demeanor and the disapproving Dinobots left to go hunting without Grimlock. The Dinobots were much happier when Grimlock was returned to his normal self and they all went back to fishing together. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Sludge was present during a battle with the Decepticons on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], and was among the [[Primitive]]s who were summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]]. Travelling on board [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], when [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn't like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. Soon a scuffle broke out, until Trypticon shook everyone back into place. The Primitives kept their tempers in check for the rest of their journey, locating the assistant and learning their mission to fight [[Tornedron]]. When Tornedron arrived on the Oracle's planet, Sludge and the Dinobots were defeated during an attempted ambush on the creature, as were most of the other Primitives. However, everyone was restored to normal thanks to the actions of Grimlock. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
When the Decepticons invaded Cybertron to conquer [[Vector Sigma]], Sludge defended the planet alongside his fellow Dinobots. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
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In the year 2050, Sludge and the Dinobots resided on Dinobot Island with their new members [[Slash (POTP)|Slash]] and [[Kakuryu (G1)|Grimmaster]]. [[Carly]] called and warned the Dinobots another time portal was opening on the island, and the Dinobots found [[Quintesson]]s on their land. The Dinobots ripped apart the Quintessons, but the evil merchants used the [[Recreator]] to bring back the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, who attacked as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. Grimmaster was injured opposing Predaking, but he passed on his [[Energon Matrix]] so the Dinobots could create their own combiner, forming [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]]. Predaking was defeated, but the Dinobots learned that the human-forged robots called [[Selector]]s were rebelling at [[Neo Scramble City]], and Carly had been hurt in the riots. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

The Dinobots found the Autobots and Decepticons of the [[Cybertron Alliance]] now supported the Selectors' bid for freedom. Sludge agreed with Grimlock that the Dinobots would continue to fight for Carly and humanity. During the war that broke out, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] tried to defend himself against Sludge's charge, but Sludge just opened a fissure beneath the Autobot, dropping the ground out from under him. However, Sludge and the other Dinobots were all taken out by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] while Grimlock was busy with Optimus Prime. They recovered and reformed Volcanicus as the Quintessons got involved, dropping gas bombs on the battlefield.
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The madness of the Quintessons united everyone against them and their creations, as the planet's [[Angolmois Energy]] began to go mad. The Dinobots were summoned back in time by the [[Primus|Oracle]], arriving on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] of the [[Precursor World]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}} There were many parties in play on the Precursor World, and it was all really complicated, so Grimlock focused the Dinobots on what he understood. Their old enemy [[Primacron]] was there, so Dinobots smash Primacron! {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}}

=====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''=====
Sludge was a spectator for the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Sludge and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel's control panel. He stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and Sludge later disembarked to meet up with Arcee and Wreck-Gar on the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
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Together with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup's war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Sludge and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
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====Ask Vector Prime====
In one particularly strange iteration of the [[Unicron War]], Sludge was among the Dinoobots when they evacuated [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade-Decepticon alliance attacked. Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron, but Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]].

The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Instead, they encountered the RoGuns. After a misunderstanding, they formed an alliance and barged into the court of the [[Master Renegade]] just in time to save Kup and Hot Rod from execution. After stealing the Master Renegade's ship and dubbing it "''Grungy''", the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[Boulder (GoBots)|Boulder]], and together they alliance rescued [[Major Mo]]'s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[Magmar]]'s evil [[Rock Lord]]s. Sludge took part in the party that commemorated their alliance.

The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Sludge was on Optimus Prime's shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by "Megascream": a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.

On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup's universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the group rescued Hot Rod, who was marooned on Junkion, and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on.

When Hot Rod saved the day by opening the Matrix, Sludge was present to witness Optimus's declaration that the Cybertronian Wars had indeed ended. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Sludge was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Sludge and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)|The Transformers}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Sludge and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. Sludge was travelling to the Autobots’ headquarter when he and the Dinobots were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets. The Dinobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and continued to Autobot headquarters.
Back at the Dinobots’ base, another Sludge, immersed in his tar cocoon, awaited activation to join the Autobot ranks. When the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]], a Decepticon juggernaut, forced its way into the Dinobots’ headquarters, the vibrations it produced inadvertently freed the cocooned Dinobots, who charged at Megatron and Soundwave to fend them off. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Optimus had requested Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
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Sludge and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons' carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

When [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] learned that his "twin Autobot" had been captured by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he swore to rescue [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] himself. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] advised him to take Sludge and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] with him, as their muscle would come in handy against Devastator. The three Autobots made their way to Decepticon headquarters, avoiding best they could the many traps that lay before it. The trio then encountered a couple of Decepticon guards, but made short work of them. Once within Decepticon headquarters, they encountered Devastator. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat the Decepticon gestalt, and were themselves taken prisoner. Some time later, Megatron took Sludge and the others out of their cell to show them that the Autobots had agreed to surrender; on the Decepticons' doorstep was left a statue of Devastator, with a note attached explaining that it was a peace offering. The statue turned out to be a ruse however, and Autobot reinforcements burst forth from within it. Sludge participated in the battle that ensued, which eventually ended in a victory for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots' vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Sludge struck the first blow in combat, tackling [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] into a pit to "make him go crunch!" Kickback and Ravage then nearly managed to sneak up on Sludge and Slag, but [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] intercepted the two Decepticons before they could harm the Dinobots. The Decepticons were beaten up, shoved into a pit, and covered with quick-drying cement to trap them. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Sludge was taken by surprise by Starscream, who managed to land a hit on Swoop. The Autobots were eventually able to beat the Decepticons back, and were cheered on by the nearby humans as they headed back for Autobot city. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

Sludge took part in a battle over energon cubes at [[Mount St. Hilary]] which ended when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] scarfed all the energon. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Sludge helped load the ship's cargo. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet's evil inhabitants. They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Sludge used his armoured tail to swat away three Sharkticons at once. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie's parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===Dinobot War===
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Sludge, along with the rest of the Dinobots, was present during Earth's distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons' plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
Sludge, along with the rest of Dinobots, was feeling disagreeable and bored while on lookout duty in [[Hidden Valley]]. Sludge absent-mindedly splashed Slag, causing the later to pick a fight with Sludge, which in turn caused the Dinobots to be distracted from the vigil long enough for the Decepticon Bombshell to sneak nearby and fire a mortar at the group. Sludge and most of the Dinobots were knocked down by the blast, and injected with mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]]s. Now Bombshell's mind-slave, Sludge was ordered to go about and wreak havoc.

If the only Dinobot to have escaped the cerebro-shells, Swoop decided to go warn Optimus of what has transgressed, Sludge went freely about the country side, destroying farmlands and endangering human lives. In order to stop the Dinobots, Optimus was presented with two options. The first was to use Windcharger's magnetic abilities to try and dislodge the cerebro-shells. This was a risky plan, and with the Dinobots approaching [[Bandit's Bluff]], Mirage suggested they could alternatively use his own holographic powers to subdue the Dinobots. Going with the original plan involving Windcharger has an equal chance of either removing the cerebro-shells harmlessly, or pulling the Dinobots apart and destroying them. In the event that Windcharger manages to successfully extract the cerebro-shells without killing the Dinobots, the Autobots discover that what has transpired is only the beginning of a Decepticon plot. Optimus sends a squad of Autobots to [[Dolphin's Bay]], prompting Sludge to volunteer himself for the underwater mission that is to come. If Optimus decides to send Sludge along, he arrives first on-location by accidently taking a shortcut. Finding himself waiting for Bumblebee and Skids, he decides to take a nap, and becomes indistinguishable from a rock, half-submerged in the water. Events can unfold so that the Autobots decide to trick the Decepticons into thinking the Dinobots are still under their control in order to rescue Bumblebee, who has been captured while Sludge slumbered. In this case, Swoop flies to Dolphin's Bay and quickly finds his fellow Dinobot. The plan is a success, and during the course of the battle that ensues, Starscream's gun is melted after Thrust's laser bounces off Sludge's tough hide and hits it. The Decepticons defeated, the Autobots party in celebration. If events unfold differently, Sludge rescues Skids after the mini-sub the later is piloting goes haywire. Thanks to Sludge's help, the Autobots successfully mount a direct attack against the Decepticons operating out of Dolphin's Bay, and win the day. If events play out differently still, Sludge rescues Bumblebee and defeats the Decepticons by himself by creating massive waves in the Bay, using the great size of his dinosaur mode.

If Optimus decided to use Mirage's abilities to subdue the Dinobots, Sludge is the first to see Optimus's false-image made to fool the Dinobots into tumbling into the ocean. The Dinobots fall for the Autobots' ruse, and the cerebro-shells are then removed safely at the Autobots' base.

Optimus may also opt to go for a full-frontal assault to stop the Dinobots' rampage. If he does so, Sludge's cerebro-shell is the second to be dislodged in the midst of the ensuing battle. Though disgruntled, the Dinobots return to their usual selves once the mind-control devices are destroyed.

In the event that Swoop manages to overpower Bombshell early on and prevent the Dinobots from going on a rampage at all, Sludge may resumes his fight with Slag, leading Swoop to get bumped on the head and forget all of the events that had just transpired. Even if Swoop retains his memory, Sludge remains oblivious to being mind-controlled at all. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
Sludge was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.

He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus's eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Sludge was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Sludge took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Sludge was part of the main group of Autobot forces led by Ultra Magnus towards the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus's troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

Ultra Magnus came up with three separate possible plans, one of which required Sludge to use his powerful dinosaur mode to retrieve the sunken ship, and haul it out of the water. Hot Rod would then retrieve the sphere within. Though Sludge had difficulty following the orders barked to him by Ultra Magnus, he and Hot Rod eventually managed to retrieve the sphere. The Autobots’ celebration was cut short by the arrival of the Decepticons. Quickly hiding themselves, the Autobots ambushed their enemies, and successfully shot them all out of the sky. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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After Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared into a prototype space-bridge and were presumed dead, Sludge became part of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], a sub-faction that arose as the Autobots splintered into smaller groups. Together, they would run amok disrupting the Decepticons' activities. On one of their missions, they managed to swipe a plenty of energon from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Later he and his fellow Dynobots (minus Grimlock who was busy tracking down Jetfire for treason) aided [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s group deal with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], though the fight went unfinished when Trypticon simply left to respond to other orders. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} When Sludge's group went to meet up with Grimlock they found him missing. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} On finding that their leader had been captured by [[The Fallen]], the Dynobots joined forces with [[Shockwave (G1)|good ol' one eye]] to rescue him. The Fallen was ultimately done in by the power of [[Primus]] himself, and the Dynobots were reunited with their leader. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Sludge and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Sludge and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

Later, Sludge went to Earth along with the other Dynobots to go crush some [[Insecticon (G1)|bugs]] and eventually wound up under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s control. {{storylink|Extermination}} They were used to blackmail Grimlock to serve the Decepticons once again; however, Megatron's defeat allowed them to be freed by their mighty leader {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (in a stolen Decepticon vessel no less) where they did what they did best, causing massive destruction against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s totalitarian regime by rampaging about. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Though the Dinobots made much headway towards [[Shockwave's Tower]], their progress was halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]]s. One of these titans blasted the Dinobots, leading to some 'rest time' for Sludge and the others. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Later, once Shockwave's government had been overthrown, Sludge was among the Autobots assembled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to help fortify Cybertron's planetary defenses. The Dinobots were to help Kup bolster the new Autobot bases on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
En route to Cybertron's moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with Sludge while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Slag, and Snarl looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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When [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned and sent a random number of Transformers into different points in Earth's timeline, Sludge and his comrades ended up in the planet's distant past, where they were reformatted into dinosaurs and took on the "Dinobot" moniker. They were eventually brought back to present day Cybertron by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]], where their powerful dinosaur modes easily overwhelmed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Sludge agreed with Grimlock's plan to deal with a helpless Starscream by slagging the Decepticon and scattering the pieces. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Four million years ago, Sludge combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

In the present day, Slag participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He did not fare too well in the early stages of the battle, being on the receiving end of a volley of Decepticon laser blasts. Then, Grimlock called upon him and the other Dinobots to combine once more into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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Before the war, Sludge and the other Dynobots were a [[Primal Vanguard]] counter-terrorism unit. During a mission to the caverns of the [[Toraxxis Plains]], they discovered [[cyber-morphic predator]]s, subterranean creatures that attacked and nearly killed them, forcing them to hastily take on [[alternate mode|alt-modes]] based on the monsters themselves to escape alive. Already grieving over the death of their comrade [[Skar (IDW)|Skar]], the Dynobots snapped and deserted from the Vanguard when their superiors cold-heartedly locked them up to study their alt-modes. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} On the run from the law, Sludge and his pals began fighting in underground [[gladiatorial combat|gladiator battles]], and was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Sludge and the Dynobots were in the [[Ring of Trials]] in [[Ironfall]] when they witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} They responded to the call and joined the Autobots in the following battle for control of Cybertron, during which they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}}

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The Dynobots' time as part of the Autobots was short, as they were now losing control of their unnatural alt-modes and becoming increasingly violent as a result. Fearing they might turn into monsters for good and endanger people around them, they stopped transforming and turned to a life of crime looking to earn the money needed to leave Cybertron. {{storylink|Derelicts}} During a heist on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], Swoop air-dropped Sludge onto the facility, using him as a wrecking ball to break through its [[permacrete]] walls. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} The Dynobots' energon theft was interrupted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces, having come to conquer the facility for the Decepticons, forcing them to trigger the alarm and escape. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} After the refinery was destroyed in the chaos, Sludge and the others agreed to turn themselves over to the Autobots in hopes that they could help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}

Sludge's trip to Autobot HQ was sidetracked when a riot broke out at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], and the Dynobots arrived there just in time to be caught in Decepticon attack that caused [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] to lose control and transform into his berserking monster form. {{storylink|Massacre}} While Grimlock's display repelled the Decepticons, it only made Sludge and the other Dynobots lose any hope they had for redemption, and they left Cybertron on one of the spaceport's shuttles. {{storylink|Unleashed}} They had a change of heart upon learning that the ancient beast [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] had awakened, and returned home to help fight its minions, the very same cyber-morphic predators from earlier. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After Grimlock was able to take down Trypticon from the inside, the Dynobots rejoined Optimus Prime in hopes that Autobot scientists could cure them. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} Through cleansing of their energon and restoration of their original altmodes, the Dynobots were indeed cured of their rage in time to participate in the defense of Iacon against a major Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

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The Dinobots continued to serve under Optimus Prime over the next few million years, becoming widely-known and feared boogeymen for the Decepticons and conducting regular raids on outposts and [[energon]] stores. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} They took part in the battle of [[Varas Centralus]], one of the bloodiest battles of the war {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} as well as another alien planet where the native population was rendered extinct by the conflict. {{storylink|Post}} Over ten thousand years ago, the Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who had blown up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[energon radiation]]. Due to a deadman's switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots' ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

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Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from Scorponok). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Sludge and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, planned to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Skywatch activated Sludge, and in a test run, had him attack a bi-plane. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He smashed through buildings, rammed Grimlock and got chucked around by his neck before his reprogramming was toned down, allowing him to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man's switch without telling the team and then hear Grimlock's defense. Sludge's face went ":(" during this. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

[[File:Sludge MaximumDinos4.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|''Saltasaurus'' was not aerodynamic. We have proved this with extensive testing.]]
Along with the other Dinobots, Sludge walked away after Swoop read Grimlock the riot act. When Grimlock was attacked and almost destroyed by the [[Sunstreaker clone]]s, however, the team reunited once again for battle. Although fighting valiantly, they might have been destroyed, if not for the intervention of the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s, who were earlier contacted by Grimlock. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

Aboard the Monsterbots' ship, Sludge and the others wonder why Grimlock would side with the outcasts. They gave Grimlock a stern look when he exited the cockpit. The Dynobots didn't see the point of fighting Scorponok, but Grimlock said that Scorponok made it their fight when he turned the Dynobots against him. Snarl disagreed, saying that it has always been Grimlock's fight, that he and the other Dynobots went along with him, and that it was now Grimlock's wounded pride at stake. After the Monsterbots blasted away the defenses, Grimlock exited the ship, saying that there was no way he could let this go, and that with or without the Dynobots, there would be a reckoning for Scorponok. The Dynobots decided that arguing is pointless and followed Grimlock. When [[Hunter O'Nion]] pulled the cords from [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]]'s head, shutting him down, the clones ceased to function. Sludge cried out in victory, but the moment was short-lived as Scorponok blasted Sludge into stasis. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Sludge gets blasted MD4.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|"And I have the power too!"]]
Grimlock stared down at Sludge's dead body, brooding about how it was his fault Sludge was dead... while a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave (for rights of revenge upon Grimlock) raged on around him. Eventually Snarl, Slag, and Swoop decide to get to the Monsterbots' ship while the getting was good, but Grimlock stayed behind with Sludge. Grimlock tried infusing some of his spark energy into Sludge to revive him, but it seemed to have no effect. Shockwave got the upper hand and let Scorponok escape, and in frustration, Grimlock attacked Shockwave. Grimlock and Shockwave were too busy fighting to notice the return of Slag, Snarl, and Swoop, who reasoned that, while helping Grimlock might not be much of a cause, it still beat being no better than the Monsterbots. They were noticed by Sludge, however, who seemed to have recovered due to Grimlock's treatment after all. The four of them dove into the fray proper, but Grimlock ordered them to go after Scorponok instead. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] was about to get squished by Scorponok, the remaining Dynobots showed up in just the nick of time. At Hot Rod's urgings, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok's head conscious. But before the Dynobots could kill the rest of Scorponok, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] showed up and told them that Scorponok would be revived and made to answer to a tribunal instead. He then said they should purge the entire Machination facility, gather up all related Machination technology, and get as far away from Earth as possible as soon as possible—a plan that the Dynobots, Hot Rod, and Hunter were all perfectly OK with. Ultra Magnus later told Grimlock that having Scorponok and Shockwave in custody could help offset Grimlock's own sentence, and that the other Dynobots' warrants had been canceled, and Grimlock was content with that and the fact that Sludge was alive again thanks to him. Sludge and the others meanwhile happily repaired the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]''. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

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After traveling space for a few years, Sludge and the other "Dinobots" returned to a reborn Cybertron where they joined [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the missing [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Traveling into the untamed wilderness on [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], they made short work of a ferocious [[turbofox]] before discovering signs of Transformer weaponry and deciding to set up camp for the night. That night, Sludge was attacked and decapitated by an unknown foe as he rested in dinosaur mode on the roof of their hastily constructed hut. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} Since the dinosaur mode head wasn't his true head, he was fine, which he had to correct not only Ironhide but Swoop about. The attacker turned out to be one of the other Dinobots under the same mysterious influence that had claimed the Aerialbots. Sludge fell under the effect and became violent as well, first turning on his fellow Dinobots, then joining with them to chase down Ironhide until they were finally stopped by "[[Superion (G1)|The Superion]]". {{storylink|Night and the City}} With Dinobots, Aerialbots and Ironhide all gathered in one place, the influence that had made the Dinobots aggressive and created Superion ceased to affect them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

The Dinobots returned to Iacon with Superion, only to find it under attack by Megatron. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Sludge joined the battle against the Decepticons, getting swung around as a club by [[Turmoil]] {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} and using his tail to give Ironhide the boost he needed to punch [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in the face. The Autobots were victorious, but [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] turned the neutral population against them and had both factions banished from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Traveling back into the wilderness, the Dinobots briefly scuffled with the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] before the Decepticon group clarified that they were there in peace. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

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Eager to find something to punch, the Dinobots were among the Autobots who went to investigate a mysterious light on the horizon, only to bear witness to the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] bursting out of the ground. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Since the giant showed no signs of aggression, the Autobots surrounded it and stayed on their guard until the exiled Decepticons showed up and attacked them. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} The two groups battled until the Necrotitan suddenly unleashed an energy wave that caused extensive damage on both sides, gravely wounding several, including the Dinobots. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} In the wake of this blast, the Autobots and Decepticons decided to cease hostilities and join forces against Shockwave. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} After the Necrotitan started marching towards Iacon, all the Dinobots could do was uselessly fire on it as it ignored them. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}}

As the Necrotitan stomped through Iacon, the Dinobots and others continued to try and halt its rampage until [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to confront the undead Titan. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} After the Necrotitan was defeated, the Dinobots stood around in the aftermath as the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' was welcomed back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The reprieve didn't last long, as Shockwave's army of [[Ammonite]]s soon appeared in the sky, and the Dinobots got back to fighting. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Sludge and the others smashed Ammonites until their foes all began self-destructing. Sludge bore witness to Optimus Prime and Megatron returning after they had ended Shockwave's threat. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Sludge attended the trial of Megatron in [[Raskol Arena]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Sludge accompanied Slug, Starscream, and [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to the murder scene of three Decepticons. He then went to greet Optimus Prime upon his return from Earth to Cybertron, receiving a friendly pat on the head from the Autobot leader. {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} The Decepticon ghetto was scene to three more murders and Sludge and the other Dinobots arrived on the scene to provide security for the investigation. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} When the [[Firecon]]s were suspected as the killers, Sludge and the others aided in their apprehension, brutalizing the three Decepticons. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} The Dinobots left to let off some steam after the fight, and Optimus tracked them down to accuse Slug of being the real murderer. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} Sludge was game for helping Slug take Prime down a few pegs for his accusations, but before the Dinobots could do anything, their stomping ground was bombed. Prime had only accused Slug to root out the real killer; [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], who chose the Dinobots as his next targets. The Dinobots were rescued by Starscream and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] while Optimus managed to stop and apprehend Sandstorm. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

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Sludge and Swoop had to restrain a drunken Slug from attacking [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] proselytizers after he heard them singing the praises of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} They dragged him to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] to get even drunker and start a brawl THERE, ending in Slug's arrest by Barricade. Barricade soon hired the Dinobots for a under-the-table job requested by Camiens [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] and [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] transporting secret cargo into the wilderness and past the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. While initially planning to double-cross Barricade and take his money, Slug changed his mind once he found out the cargo consisted of Camien [[spark]]s that were to be planted in a new [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] in [[Alyon]]. Sludge and the other Dinobots quickly followed Slug's lead and provided defense against the [[Badgeless]], reanimated [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], and mutated turbofoxes during the long journey. The group soon encountered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], the source of their troubles, and a battle ensued that resulted in the death of Barricade, the loss of the Camien sparks, and Strafe being mutated by corrupted [[energon]]. In the aftermath, the Dinobots, now joined by the newly-bestial Strafe, decided to continue deeper into the wilderness to track down the missing Bludgeon. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

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Months later, the Dinobots were still following Bludgeon's trail through the wastes of [[Tyger Pax]]. They discovered one of his abandoned labs, where they were ambushed by Sandstorm, who had been released from prison by Starscream to kill the Dinobots. He managed to kill Slug with a sniper shot, forcing the other Dinobots to flee. After stealing the new sparks from the Alyon hot spot, Bludgeon reawakened and enslaved [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] with the [[Void Scepter]], unleashing him on Iacon. Sludge, Snarl, and Strafe managed to catch up and infiltrate Trypticon after fighting off a newly-spawned horde of cyber-morphic predators. Sludge and Snarl were separated from Strafe, but continued blowing holes in Trypticon's interior until they were joined by Swoop and Sandstorm, who had reluctantly teamed-up. Snarl and Sludge attacked Sandstorm after learning he was the one who shot Slug, and the fight spilled into Trypticon's brain-center, where Strafe was confronting Bludgeon. The fight turned out to be a distraction so they could separate Bludgeon from the Void Scepter, and with his mind freed, Trypticon forcibly [[space bridge]]d Bludgeon outside and immolated him. Trypticon then departed Iacon and returned to the wilderness, determined to nurture the stolen sparks nested within him. The Dinobots and Sandstorm made an uneasy peace and agreed to defend the sparks until they matured into [[protoform]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

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They were soon joined by [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] in their vigil and drawn into conflict with Optimus Prime, [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], and the resurrected Slug, who was enraged to see his fellow Dinobots consorting with Sandstorm. Another fight broke out, with everyone's aggression amplified by Bludgeon and his reacquired Void Scepter. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} Sludge broke away to safeguard Trypticon's newborns, intentionally leading Arcee to them so she could see what all the excitement was about. Trypticon put a stop to the fighting and Slug reconciled with the rest of the Dinobots. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

After [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] appeared in the skies above Earth, Sludge and the Dinobots stood around wondering what to do. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} They attended a war council inside Trypticon and joined an attack force in Earth's orbit to oppose Unicron's [[Maximal]] army. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}} After Bludgeon's [[Worldsweeper]] breached the planet's atmosphere, the Dinobots boarded [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] and followed it. With [[Victorion]] serving as a distraction, the Dinobots infiltrated the Worldsweeper and fought their way to the bridge to confront Bludgeon. Sludge met his end at the hands of numerous Maximals, but the Dinobots finally succeeded in killing Bludgeon after the Worldsweeper crash-landed into the [[White House]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Grimlock, Sludge, and Swoop appeared at the last minute to save the day for the Autobots at the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

{{note|Sludge's coloration in this universe is based on his unreleased ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toy. See [[#Notes]] for further details.}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}
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When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his team arrived in the [[Primal Swamp]], Sludge and the other Dinobots attacked the trespassers. Sludge managed to pin down Victorion, attacking her with Snarl, but she eventually managed to free herself. Undeterred, Sludge merged with his fellow Dinobots to become [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]]. {{storylink|The Swamp}} The Dinobots later separated, but were taken aback when Grimlock agreed to join Megatron's group. {{storylink|Primal (POTP)|Primal}} Unable to agree with the decision, Sludge and the other Dinobots departed, with Sludge taking on a leadership role. Unfortunately, they were found by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]], who attacked and soundly defeated them. Rodimus grabbed Sludge and started torturing him until Snarl confessed Megatron was headed for the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]]. Momentarily possessed by [[Unicron]], Rodimus killed Sludge and departed with Overlord, with the others mourning the loss of their own. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} Grimlock joined them in their mourning after Megatronus's defeat. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
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The Dinobot Sludge could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Dinobot Sludge packaging bio}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Sludge, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Sludge, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] battled against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in the middle of a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}
*Sludge and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals barreled over Sludge before combining into Predaking and attack the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Sludge is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
When Grimlock went missing, Swoop and Sludge paid a visit to the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], but were unable to find him there. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}} They and the rest of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] tracked down Grimlock to the Sea of Rust, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] who experimented on them and gave them dinosaur alternate modes. They repaid him by trashing his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}

Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Sludge and the other remaining Dinobots refused to obey Autobot orders and set out for the Decepticon base, attacking Optimus when he tried to stop them. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}

The Dinobots supported Grimlock when their leader decided to take control of the Autobot army, and took part in an attack on the Decepticons, capturing Megatron and Shockwave. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}}

When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Sludge and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Sludge was caught up somehow in a [[Quintesson]] plot to kidnap several Autobots during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}

===''Transformers Rising''===
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{{Note|In this game, Sludge is referred to as Slog}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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Slog participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, 95 units of Transmetal, and 20 event cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{Charstubgames}}{{Storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:EarthWars-Slog.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Me don't wanna fight, but me have to. Grimlock said.]]
Despite his plodding, lumbering gait and bulldozer-like approach to anything in his way, Sludge is a gentle and even shy 'bot at heart. But conscious of his bellicose fellow Dinobots, and wary of their scorn, he keeps his sensitive side hidden. Sludge's seismic footfalls have been known to cause inadvertent landslides, which sometimes bury Sludge and anyone nearby, making others dismiss him as clumsy and accident prone.

Sludge was practicing his walking when he stumbled into [[Polyhex]]. [[Straxus (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Straxus]] had his eyes on him, and sent the Insecticons to ambush him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Dark Deeds}} He shrugged off the stings of the Insecticons and swatted away a cerebro-shell, but another one drilled into his head. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Mind Games}} With Sludge under Bombshell's control, he was transported to Earth. Starscream then presented him as a gift to Megatron, which actually impressed him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Out of Control}} The Decepticons then headed to an abandoned spaceport where they had set up for a Moonbase operation, and lured the Dinobots there. Under the command "Crush Dinobots", Sludge battled his fellow Dinobots and overpowered them. As Megatron was preparing for the finishing kill, Sludge, according to Starscream's command, pushed him down an empty rocket silo. He then fell unconscious, and Drift, who was observing the course of events, called for an emergency shuttle extraction. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Double-Crossed}}

Back the base, Bumblebee was going to fetch Ratchet, but Grimlock insisted that they would take care of him. It didn't help when Sludge heard that Slug was going to fetch a drill to fix his head.

{{note|Due to rights issues, Sludge was initially given the name "Slog," but has since reacquired his more traditional name.}}

*'''Class''' - Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 stars
*'''Weapons''': Sludge mainly sticks to his beast mode, and smashes things with his feet and head. When in bot mode, he uses a triple barreled "seismic gun" of the same model as [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] to create seismic quakes that damage walls immensely.
*'''Ability: Seismic Charge''' - Target an enemy wall with a resonating seismic charge. The explosion deals damage for each wall within the radius, and quadruple damage to walls.
**'''Cost:''' 8 ability points +3 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:slog Slog at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Sludge was a dimwitted but generally friendly Dinobot. In his ''Brontosaurus'' alternate mode, he could even stomp the ground hard enough to open fissures. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Sludge toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Sludge crush Littlefoot's mama.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, [[1985]]/[[1986]]/[[1992]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''27'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Energo weapon|Energo sword]]", "[[electron cannon]]", rocket pod launcher, 3 [[Missile|rockets]]
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}

: Released as part of the second series of Hasbro's ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' in 1985, Sludge is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Dinosaur Robo Brontosaurus" toy, transforming into a robotic ''{{w|Brontosaurus}}''. In dino mode, he has an opening jaw. His missile-launching cannon has had its springs severely weakened [[for safety reasons]]. Like most ''Diaclone''-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest. Due to his transformation scheme, he ends up reasonably well-articulated in robot mode.

: In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered in the initial year of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline, though his missile launcher's springs have been restored to full-force functionality. He and the other Dinobots were also available years later as mail-away items during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1992 (Operation Combination)|Operation Combination]]''; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinbots-sludge/630/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Sludge at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm More information on Sludge at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, [[1991]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Energo sword", "electron cannon", rocket pod launcher, 3 rockets

: Sludge was re-released in the European "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line in 1991, with no notable changes.

: In Greece, these releases were added to re-releases of the [[Defensor (G1)#Toys|Defensor]] and [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Toys|Devastator]] giftsets.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Slog.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Sludge work for [[Tommy Oliver]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dinobots''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, [[2015]])}}</ul>

: Part of the ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Dinobots 5-pack, Slog is a slight Generation-1-inspired redeco/new-head retool of [[Slog (AOE)#Toys|''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class Slog]]. While the deco is pretty much the same as the ''Thrilling 30'' figure, this Slog doesn't feature chromed side thighs.

: Slog was bundled with Grimlock, Slug, Snarl, and Strafe.

: This set was initially released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys"R"Us website (but never found in stores). In the United States, it was initially only available online via [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]] before being found at discount chain Ross a year after its intial release in Canada.
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===''Kre-O''===
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B5152'''
:*''Voted'': Most Likely to Lose a Spelling Bee By Misspelling "Bee"
:*''Accessories'': Scoped pistol, sword

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Slog" (renamed thanks to [[trademark]]) is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based.

: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSlog/slog.htm More information on Slog at TFU.info]''
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:PotP Sludge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dinobot Sludge''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-14'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 30]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Robby Musso]] (concept artist), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Dinobot Sludge" (he got his name back!) is a heavy retool of [[Slag (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Slug]] (unlike Slug, Sludge gets to keep the robot mode wings from his original design) and transforms into a robotic ''Brontosaurus'', as well as a limb for [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Toys|Volcanicus]] or any ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style combiner (or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs). Like the other Dinobots in this subline, Sludge is partially composed of translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside, to give him a 'layered' look reminiscent of his original toy. This includes the hind legs of his Dino Mode, which unlike Slug's are single-cast translucent pieces. As with all ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]] that can transform into a hand for a combiner. The filler piece in the Armor's "Master socket" can be removed and wielded as a weapon accessory. He also comes packaged with the same blaster weapon packaged with Slug.

: For whatever reason, Sludge is absolutely ''riddled'' with [[5 mm post|5 mm hole]]s; between his robot and dino modes, he has a whopping total of '''13''' ports ('''''15''''' if you want to count the two used for his arm and leg modes), meaning he has the most ports of any of the POTP Deluxes and Voyagers ''by far''.

: Sludge unfortunately suffers from the same combiner peghole issue as Slug, being ''very'' thinly molded and easily broken. ''Extreme'' caution should be taken when plugging anything into it or manipulating what may have already been inserted. Should the plastic snap, its tension will be severely reduced and may lead to the combiner hands or feet falling out. In some cases, it may simply not be possible to avoid breaking the peghole aside from not using it. Also like Slug however, the peghole on the bottom of his foot used for combiner hands is considerably thicker and less prone to breakage.

: In China, he was also released along with the other 4 Dinobots as a gift-set, exclusive to Hasbro China's TianMao site.<ref>https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=559183834163&skuId=3853426938808</ref>
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-JP-Volcanicus-Sludge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sadly, a cartoon-accurate color scheme does not equal an improved IQ.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Volcanicus''' (Gift set, [[February 27]], [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS11'''
:* ''Accessories'': 2 guns, 2 swords, 2 Magma Swords, 2 arm-mounted cannons, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, 2 foot-plates, left & right fists

: ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Sludge is a redeco of his ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' figure, but now with a more cartoon-inspired deco.

: He was only available in an online-order box set with his fellow Dinobots [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Slug]], [[Snarl (G1)#Generations Selects|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Swoop]].

: [[TakaraTomy Mall]] gives this figure the [[Function|title]] "Dinobot Dense Forest Warrior Slage". {{sic}}<ref>[https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810172079/ <nowiki>[Domestic: Limited to TAKARATOMY MALL]</nowiki> Transformer GENERATION SELECTS Volcanicas]</ref>
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-86-Leader-Class-Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sludge forgot to bring a [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|fri]][[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Studio Series|end]] along for the ride.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dinobot Sludge''' (Leader Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-15'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-89'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 27]], [[2022]]
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, "Mockery of Justice" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro),<ref>[[June 24]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaPi02SMMSo Transformers Studio Series Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref> [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mario Carreiro]], [[Christina Murphy]] and [[Amy Bence]] (packaging),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/live/52ddGYMyvpE?si=7l7OP6YeEB9W82xR&t=9841 Transformers Panel] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2024]] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Marcelo Matere]], and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref> [[Felipe Hamame]] (instruction designer), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' "Dinobot Sludge" is a Leader Class-sized figure approximating his [[:File:Sludgeg1.jpg|character art]] from ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'', transforming into a mechanical ''{{w|Brontosaurus}}'' that hybridizes his cartoon and G1 toy appearances. The third of the original Dinobots to receive the ''Studio Series'' treatment, Sludge comes with his traditional cannon accessory (which, like in the cartoon, is actually based more on his original rocket launcher than his "electron cannon"), which can either be wielded in robot mode or stored under his dinosaur mode's belly. Sludge's toy packaging uses the "window-less" style first seen with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Coronation Starscream]], with the box art depicting Sludge blasting away hordes of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]].

: Unlike the other Generation 1-styled ''Studio Series'' Dinobots so far, Sludge does not come with an additional mini-figure. To make up for this, Sludge has significantly more complex engineering that results in him having a dinosaur mode that's decidedly larger than Grimlock's or Slug's.

: In an undocumented feature, Sludge's blaster accessory can store on his back by plugging its 5mm post handle into either of the two screw holes along the length of the dino neck.

: Also not mentioned in the instructions - in robot mode, if the front dino legs hanging off the back are angled to sit flush against the dino neck with the dino feet sandwiched tightly between the dino chin and neck with the dino head folded up, it will create a much more secure backpack with enough clearance for a complete 180-degree waist swivel without the backpack getting undone. Whether this was an intentional part of the design that was erroneously omitted from the instructions or just a happy accident is unknown.

: Sludge unfortunately suffers from severe floppiness issues. Despite both his hips and knees having ratcheted joints, they're too weak to actually support most poses that require them to support his weight, even when simply standing upright. His robot-mode wings are also highly prone to popping off their hinges, and have no means of securing in their proper position, meaning they'll end up usually collapsing against the back of his shoulders.

: Though Sludge had difficulty making it onto retail shelves at first, droves of the figure popped up months after his supposed release date. Due to coinciding with his then-repack in the wave containing [[The Fallen/toys#Studio Series|The Fallen]], and figures starting to finally get into collector's hands, Sludge became a hefty [[shelfwarmer]].

:Although Sludge does not include a sword, the 2024 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition (2024–)|Comic Edition]]'' redeco of [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition|Grimlock]] would include three swords, one of which was styled after ''Generation 1'' Sludge's sword, and is intended to be given to the ''Studio Series'' figure.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Core-Class-Sludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Sludge get mad if you use dino-head for not intended purpose in big-bot mode!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dinobot Sludge''' (Core Class, [[2023]]) }}</ul>
:*'''1 of 6: [[Volcanicus#Legacy|Volcanicus]]'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-28'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 27]], 2023
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] and [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CjNwidkuAN4/ Design notes on the ''Legacy Evolution'' Dinobots] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on Instagram.</ref>

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Core Class toys, "Dinobot Sludge" is a smaller version of the ''Brontosaurus'' Dinobot. Sludge is also notable in being part of the first Core Class combiner: forming the lower half of the torso for Volcanicus, akin to [[Dinoking]]'s [[Rairyu]]. As a result of forming a combiner part on such a small scale, he comes with noticeable kibble; his rear dino mode legs hang off his robot mode legs, with the molded robot thighs and the lower legs' articulation being compromised by them. In a rarity for a modern figure, he doesn't come with any accessories. Instead, his dino mode head comes as a separate piece in the packaging and must be clipped on manually.

: In an apparent [[design flaw]], the two sides of Sludge's dinosaur snout do not match each other, with very different half-sets of sculpted detailing separated by a prominent seam. While Sludge's combiner mode thighs are meant to be secured by tabbing, they still can be unlocked and rotated.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 9''' (multi-pack, [[1986]])
*'''Sludge''' ([[1987]])
**''Decoy number:'' '''14'''

: The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Sludge/sludge.htm More information on Decoy Sludge at TFU.info]''

===The Loyal Subjects===
[[File:Tlssludge.jpg|thumb|Me Sludge deformed, but scientifically accurate!]]
*'''Sludge''' ([[2014]])

: [[The Loyal Subjects]] Sludge is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He has a cute widdle dino head on his back. For every 16 figures, there is one Sludge.

: Like most of his wave, Sludge's bio card plagiarizes this wiki article's opening paragraphs.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1DinobotSludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Dinobot Sludge, Mighty Stomper''' ([[2018]])
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T16/T40'''
**''Stars: ''8

: '''Dinobot Sludge, Mighty Stomper''' 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 card game, with Bot-mode line-art by [[Dan Khanna]].

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[[File:W2DinobotSludge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Dinobot Sludge, Dino Demolitions''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T18/T46'''
**''Stars: ''8

: Dinobot Sludge, Dino Demolitions was released as part of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners. Like all other members of [[combiner]] teams released in the set, Dinobot Sludge, Dino Demolitions is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Dinobot Sludge, Dino Demolitions depicts [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]]'s right leg, which is formed by Sludge in the artwork.

: The artwork for Bot and Alt Mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.

: Dinobot Sludge, Dino Demolitions can be used to form Volcanicus, Fiery Champion with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Dinobot Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Dinobots are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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===''Blokees''===
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV08-Sludge.jpg|thumb|250px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sludge''' (Galaxy Version, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 08 - One Shall Fall'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 pairs of hands (Item-holding, splayed open-palm), Laser Rifle

:Part of the eighth wave of Blokees' Galaxy Version blindbox kits, this Sludge is a roughly 4-inch-tall version of the Dinobot ''Brontosaurus''. He is built on a "Standard Body" skeleton shared with other Blokees figures in the line, but with different body pieces to make them distinct. As advertised in the box, this Sludge has a pull rate of 1 in every 9 boxes, or three times across four cases. Aside from the 2 pairs of hands, Sludge comes with his Laser Rifle. In addition to the ball-jointed waist from the previous entry, Sludge also features updated articulation, including a slide-down hip joint axis, rotating upper thigh joints, and improved double-jointed knee articulation, similar to his wave mates.

:Because the newly designed knee joints are made to fit the narrow gaps in the thighs and lower legs, they are incompatible with joints from previous releases, including those used for the elbows.

:Along with the rest of the wavemates, Sludge is first revealed at Blokees' booth at the IBTE 2025 (Indonesia International Baby Products & Toys Expo) event.

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[[File:Blokees-TF-GV08-Sludge-Dino.jpg|thumb|250px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Blokees-TF-GV08-Sludge-Dino.jpg''' (Galaxy Version, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 08 - One Shall Fall'''
:*''Accessories'': Clip-on eyes

:This Galaxy Version kit of Sludge is modeled after his Brontosaurus form. In a humorous twist, this Sludge comes with a clip-on piece that represents his comical eye-popping reaction when he was knocked down by Devastator in ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
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==Notes==
[[File:SLUDGEev.jpg|thumb|Evolution of Sludge's character model.]]
[[File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|thumb|WANT.]]
* Sludge was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Dinosaur Robo Brontosaurus". The only differences between this incarnation and the ''Transformers'' release is that the ''Diaclone'' version has a gold-chromed sword, as well as coming with a red-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.
* Sludge went through several preliminary names, including '''Brontobot''', '''Piledrive''',<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Jim Sorenson revealed] that the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] features a descriptions of him typed with the name "Piledrive", then crossed out by hand and relabeled "Sludge". He was also listed parenthetically as "Brontobot".</ref> and '''Bronton'''.<ref>"Bronton" is from the [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list page for "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]", and was evidently coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]].[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html]</ref>
* Sludge's alt mode was originally identified as a ''Brontosaurus''<ref>But not that often, really. Dinobot toy packaging and instructions identified them only as "dinosaurs." It didn't seem to come up in the comics or his bios either. Specific mentions of him being a ''Brontosaurus'' include the cartoon [[production bible]] and the episode [[S.O.S. Dinobots]].</ref> (a sauropod dinosaur), more recent depictions (such as the 2005 IDW continuity) have updated this to a different species of sauropod like ''{{w|Apatosaurus}}'' or ''{{w|Saltasaurus}}''. Recently, ''Brontosaurus'' has been rehabilitated as a proper genus of animal. Hooray, Sludge!
* The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Sludge toy served as the basis for '''[[:File:ThunderGeist.jpg|Thunder Geist]]''', one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]''. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four "Geisters" were once briefly fused into a single robot called "[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]" (マッドガイスター ''Maddogaisutā''). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Thunder Geist forming the lower body of "[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Pteder]]" (プテダー ''Putedā'').
* Sludge's "electron cannon" in the cartoon is actually based on the missile launcher that comes with the Generation 1 toy. This is likely down to the toy reference photos given to the show's art team only having the missile launcher in his hand. This is also presumably the reason why Sludge and several of the other Dinobots never use a sword in the cartoon either.
* Swoop and Sludge's absence from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]] has never been fully explained, though rumors of what might have been persist. In the late 2000s, packaging art of both in new colors was put up for auction on [[eBay]]—seemingly from the collection of a former Hasbro employee—indicating what he ''might'' have looked like in the line. This art surfaced alongside a [[:File:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|screaming yellow-orange and turquoise Grimlock]] and a lime-green Swoop, so it is possible that the three were at one time planned for a second wave of Dinobots.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sludge''' (スラージ ''Surāji'', スラッジ ''Surajji'')
*''Czech:'' '''Bochánek'''
*''French:'' '''Slug''', '''Terro''' (Canada and ''Angry Birds Transformers'' game)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Iszap'''
*''Italian:'' '''Bronto'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Níbā''' (Taiwan, 泥巴, "Mud"), '''Yūní''' (China, 淤泥, "Sludge")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Chafurda''' (Brazil comic) '''Lama''' (Portugal)
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Machinima-POTP-Sludge-beast-mode.jpg|''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]'' beast mode model.
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>

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Slog (AOE)

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Crossfire:

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{{disambig3|Slog}}
:''Slog is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''
[[File:movie slog card.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not coming to a theater near you.]]

'''Slog''' is dumb. Really dumb. Even [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] can out-smart him. But it actually proves strategic, as all his brain cells have been traded to pure robot muscle. As a warrior from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s ancient past who transforms into a robotic ''Apatosaurus'', he can take out any opponent (provided that any of the other [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] can point him in the right direction).
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==Toys==
===''Age of Extinction''===
[[File:AoE voyager Slog.jpg|thumb|300px|Digivolves from Skullgreymon.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Slog''' (Voyager Class, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Japanese Release Date'': '''[[2014]]-[[August 20|09-20]]'''
:*''Japanese ID Number'': '''AD29'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (deco, TakaraTomy), [[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]] Generations'' Voyager Class figures, Slog transforms from a barbarian themed robot into an amalgam of an ''Apatosaurus'' and a ''Brachiosaurus'' with spikes adorning its backside. He includes two large lance-like weapons and two smaller dual-headed clubs of some sort.

:Slog's factory applied silver paint app on his robot mode mouth is very similarly colored to his head's grey plastic, making it hard to notice unless viewed under a bright light. In some instances this silver paint app is missing from the figure because the factory didn't notice it was missing during manufacturing.

:This mold was also redecoed (and later slightly retooled) into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Sludge (G1)#Platinum Edition|Slog]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Slog/slog.htm More information on Slog at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Thrilling 30 Amazon Slog.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Pairs well with [[Grimlock (AOE)#G1ColorVer|Grimlock G1 Color Ver.]] and [[Slug (AOE)#TFExpoG1|Dinobot Slug G1 Color Ver.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Slog''' (Voyager Class, 2014)}}</ul>
:*'''18 OF 30'''
:18 of 30 in the ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' collection, this version of Slog comes in Generation 1 colors, and was exclusive to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]. It seemingly complements the four-pack of similarly-themed Dinobot redecos released at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2014|San Diego Comic-Con 2014]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AmazonSlog/slog.htm More information on ''Generations'' Slog at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul
:Redecoed from the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class figure, Slog sports a ''vaguely'' [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] gray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes of [[Scorn#Platinum5Pack|Scorn]], [[Slug (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slug]], [[Strafe (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Strafe]], and [[Grimlock (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Grimlock]].
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==Merchandise==
===Topps cards===
* '''Slog''' (2014)
** Number: 18
** Power: 82
** Tech: 70
** Combat: 80
** Speed: 71

===Cheetos stickers===
{{Charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
* At some point in his development, Slog had the name "[[Clobber (disambiguation)|Clobber]]".<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/214146041944051/photos/a.992256554132992.1073741832.214146041944051/2262504693774832/?type=1&theater/ Facebook post by Ken Christiansen]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Slog''' (スロッグ ''Suroggu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yūní''' (淤泥, "Silt")
==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Amazon exclusives]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Road Pig (G2)

2025-09-10T23:33:26Z

Crossfire: /* Legacy */

{{factions|decepticong2|decepticon|velocitron|starseeker}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon Laser Cycle|the Dreadnok|Road Pig (G.I. Joe)}}
:''Road Pig is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Road Pig boxart.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Oink oink!]]

The electricity doesn't quite complete the circuit with this one, if you get the meaning. '''Road Pig''' is brutish and moronic—he wasn't assigned the duty of "Autobot Harassment" because the role needed to be filled, but because it was probably the only function he was capable of completing. This thug is even unpopular among his fellow Decepticons. His fellow soldiers tolerate him because they can count on Road Pig to annoy their enemies in combat, and maybe take some fire instead of them, but they know he's not helping them intentionally: Road Pig just can't stop being a pain-in-the-manifold. With no known friends and a function that just invites the Autobots to shoot at him, it's a wonder he's lasted this long. As [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] might say, "Processing circuitry: slow; Intelligence: minimal."

{{bigquote|Light my fuse, and I'll race like a rocket!|Road Pig's bio quote}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Masterpiece''====
Road Pig became the disciple of [[Six Clan]] member [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] along with [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]]. The two students were brought to [[Chaar]] by their teacher once she learned that [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] had been resurrected as [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]] in the 2030s. {{Storylink|Nightbird (G1)#Masterpiece|Nightbird Shadow bio}}

====''Legends'' comic (1)====
Road Pig and Road Rocket butted heads over their master, developing a rivalry. {{Storylink|LG-15 Nightbird Shadow Sequel}}

When the [[Cybertron Alliance]] fell apart due to the [[human]]s murdering [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Kiloton|friend]], Road Pig answered Megatron's call for war. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Metroplex}}

====''G-2'' pack-in comic and story pages====
[[File:G2HooliganAndRoadPig.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That's a ''huge'' motorcycle.]]

Road Pig appeared in the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons shortly after the [[Cyberjet]]s made their debut. His fellow Decepticon, [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]], had damaged his wing in combat and was forced to run away from the enemy instead of flying. After sneering at his comrade and laughing at his crippled wing, Road Pig pulled a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] and turned into cycle mode, letting Hooligan turn around and ride back straight into his Autobot pursuers. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #12}}

Later, he joined the Decepticon [[Laser Rod]]s in hunting down and trapping [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]], another Laser Cycle who had attempted to infiltrate their base. They cornered the Autobot, but were caught off-guard by the arrival of [[Aero Raid]]. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #14}}

Road Pig joined in on Megatron's final assault on the Autobot base. However, when Megatron was defeated, all the Decepticons were banished to deep space. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 6}}

====''Legends'' comic (2)====
[[File:CybertronAllianceReborn.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
Later, after Megatron was humiliated, Galvatron II assumed command of Road Pig and the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}} They attacked the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] to steal its energy. Road Pig and the G-2 Decepticons unleashed a barrage of laser fire at the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s and [[Beastformer]]s at Galvatron's command. [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] used Road Pig as a personal bike, riding him into battle. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}} After the Decepticons were driven off Beast, [[Dark Nova|Unicron Neo]] arrived on [[Chaar]] and confronted the Decepticons. Road Pig was present when Galvatron II fled into the past to avoid being destroyed by Unicron Neo. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

When the [[Cybertron Alliance]] was restored, Road Rocket and Road Pig were reunited with Nightbird, who tried to impose peace between her two former students. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

====''Velocitron Speedia 500 Special Comic''====
Road Pig was one of many spectators for the [[Speedia 500]] race on [[Velocitron]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}}
{{--}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:G2Redux-StreetwisekaratechopsRoadPig.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.5]]
In [[2010]], Road Pig was part of [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s forces when they invaded the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]]. He guarded one of the facility's back doors, but was knocked out by a karate-chop courtesy of [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Skyjack and Road Pig Drift 1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]

Before the Great War, Road Pig worked in an illegal gunshop run by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. The operation was shut down by a police raid led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

Road Pig served under the command of [[Turmoil]] when their second-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] violated orders. Deadlock attacked the Autobots when Turmoil ordered him not to, and then executed a fellow Decepticon who planned on reporting his insubordination. Deadlock tried to rally Road Pig and several other soldiers from Turmoil's forces under his new leadership. Road Pig and his comrades refused, and turned Deadlock over to Turmoil to answer for his attempted mutiny. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}
{{--}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Tread&Circuits1 RoadPigCircuit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Smell ya later!]]
Road Pig was a troublemaker on [[Velocitron]], assaulting [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] on the road just for getting in his way. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}} He participated in the [[Speedia 500]] when the race was attacked by [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]]. The [[Security Operations]] officer turned terrorist named [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] was eager to target Road Pig. He snared the biker in an energy net before launching him towards [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. Road Pig was sliced in two, making him the first casualty of the day. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 3}}
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==Toys==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy RoadPig.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Road Pig''' (Laser Cycle, [[1995]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Road Big'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TRF-12'''
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the first (and ultimately only) assortment of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)| Generation 2]]'' [[Laser Cycle]]s, Road Pig transforms from a black Harley-Davidson Electra Glide touring motorcycle into a robot with [[:Category:Ninjas|ninja]] motifs. His clear-plastic tailpipe is attached to an [[Light-emitting diode|LED]], making it glow red when a button on his central fuel tank is pressed. The tailpipe/[[light saber]] is attached to his robot-mode arm, where it can be activated by pushing down on the front wheel assembly on his back, which presses a tiny activation button embedded in his back.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make the ''[[Microman]]: [[Microman#Micro Millennium (1998-2000)|LED Powers]]'' toys [[Microman#RoadBison|Road Bison]] and [[Microman#HyperSpeeder|Tornado Bison]]; the retooled mold was then used to make [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Axer (G1)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Axer]] and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Sideways (RM)#Robotmasters|Double Face]]. There were also plans to use it for a ''Generation 2'' Laser Cycle incarnation of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|Soundwave]], but it was never released.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Decepticon/RoadPig/roadpig.htm More information on Road Pig at TFU.info.]''
{{G2RoadPigMold}}
{{--}}

===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-toy RoadPig.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|It's like a biker dude with a "HUMANS" tattoo.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-ss|'''Star Raider Road Pig''' (Deluxe Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right saddlebags/gravity cannons, left & right exhaust pipes/clubs, back tire/sawblade
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] and [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C93ncx1sx0X/ Design notes] on ''Legacy: United'' Road Pig from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>

:''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' "Star Raider Road Pig" is a black and red redeco of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' [[Crashbar#Toys|Crashbar]], with a new head accurate to the original toy. His exhaust pipes are cast in a translucent, pinkish-red plastic to mimic the LED exhausts of the original ''Generation 2'' toy. As a redeco of a Junkion, he can be separated into armor and weapon enhancements compatible with 5 mm ports, as well as swap limbs with other Junkions and adjacent gimmick figures. For some inexplicable reason the instructions include removing his head as part of his gimmick. The head which is made from translucent plastic. Just don’t.

:Said translucent head is also designed to give Road Pig wicked red light-piping, but the eyes have instead been painted over... in the same shade of red.

:Amusingly, there's a ''Transformers'' logo tampographed on his left leg, to match the wonderfully tacky '90s-era deco on the original Road Pig figure. Sadly, it's the boring modern logo.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C93ncx1sx0X/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Road Pig from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Lasercycles-crosssell.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Can you spot the Road Pig in this picture?]]
*While Road Pig's card art and cross-sell toy photo depicts him with a black head, red upper arms and black forearms, the final toy features a red head and swaps the arm colors around.
*Confusingly, Road Pig's French name as featured on his [[multilingual packaging|bilingual Canadian packaging]], "Motard", is also his fellow Laser Cycle Road Rocket's French name as featured on his trilingual French/Dutch/German European packaging.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Road Big''' (ロードビッグ ''Rōdo Biggu''), '''Road Pig''' (ロードピッグ ''Rōdo Piggu'')
*''French:'' '''Graisseux''' ("Greasy", France), '''Motard''' ("Biker", Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Molock'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legacy Star Raiders]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

The Transformers (CBS pitch)

2025-09-02T23:48:34Z

Crossfire: /* Autobots */

[[File:CarandCable1.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.5]]

Everyone knows ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', it was one of the most popular cartoons of the '80s! You don't need us to explain the adventures of the [[Autobot]] spy Muffler and his human friends getting into wacky antics trying to survive and wage guerrilla war on a [[Decepticon]] controlled [[Earth]].

Just kidding, that's obviously not the cartoon we got.

In early [[1984]], though, it was possible that wouldn't be the case. A radically different version of the show was pitched by [[Marvel Productions]], its series bible written before "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More Than Meets The Eye]]" even had a final script. For decades, there was no information about this pitch, barring mentions in writer [[Jeffrey Scott]]'s resume <ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 203)</ref> and a brief discussion in a production memo.

Forty years later, that all changed.

==Background==
In [[1981]], animation studio DePatie-Freleng Enterprises was sold to [[Marvel Comics]], becoming Marvel Productions. Both were located on different sides of the country, with Productions in [[California]] and Comics in [[New York]]. Despite this new merger, the two companies didn't get on well at all. In [[1983]], Marvel Productions ignored the work that Comics had created for the unproduced series [[Mysterians]], rejecting the serious action premise for a goofy, Hanna-Barbera-esque one largely centered on kid supporting characters and a wacky dog.<ref>[http://jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-1.html/ "The Secret Origin of the Transformers - Part 1"]</ref>

By 1984, the same thing happened with ''Transformers''. Fueled by the massive success the ''Transformers'' toyline was projected to be (and ultimately was), Hasbro rushed to expand the still in-production miniseries into a full show, naturally turning to Marvel Productions to do so. However, rather than sell it to syndication as with the miniseries, Marvel Production attempted to sell the show to the network [[CBS]]. One of the network requirements were female characters, but we're not sure if they had others or if the writers just decided to reuse other stock tropes they knew networks liked.

Enter Jeffrey Scott. A former Hanna-Barbera employee most known for his work on ''Super Friends'' at the time, Scott was hired by DePatie-Freleng in 1979 for ''Spider-Woman'' and ''Spider-Man'', by Stan Lee and Lee Gunther<ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 9)</ref>, the latter which would be delayed to 1981 due to the merger. While at Marvel, Scott worked on ''Dungeons and Dragons'', and story edited the fever dream that was ''Pandamonium''. Besides writing scripts, Scott also developed series bibles for animated series: in 1984 alone, he wrote the unproduced ''The Right Stuff'', ''The Secret Wars'', ''Menudo'' and would later devise the smash hit ''Muppet Babies''. Thus, Scott was tasked with creating a development bible for this new ''Transformers'' series.

==First Bible==

[[Image:CarAndCable5.jpg|thumb|150px|No, that's not Bumblebee. He's Toad.]]

On [[February 22]], Scott began work on the series bible, including the basic premise, style of the show, and the characters' personalities. Difficulties arose due to a lack of reference material, seemingly giving him little more than a list of names and altmodes, with Scott specifically requesting 'bio cards'. In fact, he was given so little to work with, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] isn't even referred to by name. Impressively, he finished the first bible just three days later on [[February 25]]. In this version, the Autobots had finally destroyed the last of the Decepticon rebels after eons of war, bringing peace to their planet. However, they had only destroyed their robot forms, while the Decepticons' "electronic life-entities" had fled into space to try and acquire new bodies. They eventually found their way to Earth and built a base in the [[Bermuda Triangle]], spending the next 50 years hijacking various military crafts to rebuild their forces. The Autobots spent years searching the universe for their enemy, eventually tracking them down to Earth and reigniting their war once again.

The Autobots assume control of various Earth vehicles to blend into the new world, with their leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] taking control of a truck owned by the human William 'Duke' Convoy. Unwilling to steal Duke's truck from him, the human is 'drafted' into the war, using his knowledge to help the Autobots. However, Optimus is not the only Autobot to have a human driver: the Autobot Toad (originally meant to be [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] until they decided "NO MINI-CARS") assumed the form of a green VW belonging to a teenage girl named Wendy Fairchild, and now he's stuck with her. The other main Autobots include [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (the only female Autobot), [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] as secondary characters rounding out the rest of the cast.

From their underwater headquarters, the Decepticons plot to conquer Earth. The Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] carries a canister with him which holds the energy forms of an army's worth of Decepticon soldiers. All he needs to do is place one of these energy orbs into his cannon and shoot it at a mechanical object, and it will be transformed into a Decepticon warrior. The other Decepticons are [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (the disloyal second in-command), [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (used by Soundwave to spy on the Autobots as well as the other Decepticons), [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (a female Decepticon who hates Jazz for destroying her body back on Cybertron), [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercraker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. They have also joined forces with Arthur Kroll, a human who aids the invaders so that he may rule over the rest of humanity after the Decepticons have conquered Earth.

The bible includes a list of "story springboards":

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
{{Episode list
|Title=Rotten To The Core
|ShortSummary=Megatron takes control of the New York subway system and implants "glowing energy orbs" into the trains, turning them into an army of Deception warriors! Optimus Prime and Duke join forces with a group of teens to help save the day.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Titanium Germ
|ShortSummary=When the Autobots try to stop Megatron from converting Alaskan oil rigs into new robot soldiers, Jazz is exposed to a deadly substance that infects and slowly kills him. Now the Autobots have to save their friend and stop Megatron!
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Anything For A Friend
|ShortSummary= Converting a nuclear submarine into a new warrior, the Decepticons take control of the seas. Optimus is forced to leave his truck body and poses as an old battleship to try and stop the threat. He's nearly destroyed in the ensuing battle, and Duke must form a 'mind-link' with him to try and restore the Autobot leader to life.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Not On The First Date
|ShortSummary=Wendy is forced to abandon her first date when Megatron plots to bring an army of Japanese electronic devices to life. It's up to her and Toad to stop him!
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Time For Trouble
|ShortSummary=Kroll reveals the existence of a government time machine to Megatron. With the device transformed into one of their soldiers, the Decepticons can escape into another time—unless the Autobots stop them!
}}
|}

Hasbro and Sunbow would provide feedback on this bible, clarifying that [[Transformer]]s were mechanical beings, not electrical. They also didn't want any pre-existing characters to be female, and suggested that Optimus meet the human hero after being repaired when severely damaged in the desert. As a result, the bible was brought more in line with the preexisting premise. CBS also had input, wanting to tie the pitch into the miniseries as well as give Duke a dog that could sniff out Decepticons. Remember that for later.

==Revised Series Bible==
[[Image:CarandCable2.jpg|thumb|150px|No, that's not Bug Bite. He's Muffler.]]

Scott completed a revised draft of the bible, now 41 pages long, on [[March 3]]. By this point, he had been provided with [[Bob Budiansky]]'s character profiles and a copy of the first act of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". As a result, the pre-existing characters were brought more in line with their bios, and the plot was given the same backstory of the Transformers crashing on Earth and being awoken millions of years later by a volcanic eruption. However, by the year 1988, the Decepticons' superior numbers have allowed them to conquer much of the Earth, taking control of its manufacturing facilities and leaving humanity as little more than slaves, with <s>Megatron</s> Negator giving them only a sliver of control over the remains of the economy to keep society running. Dissent is impossible due a secret police of disguised Decepticons, who keep the human population under constant surveillance. However, the Autobots continue to operate from the shadows, attempting to free humanity and stop the Decepticons for good.

Most of the roster of characters would be carried over from the previous draft, with some minor alterations. The main Autobot lineup now included Optimus Prime, Jazz, Firecycle, Mirage, Muffler (a renamed Toad) and Trailbreaker. The Decepticon roster now featured Negator, Soundwave, Buzzsaw, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp and Whirlpool.

==Cast==

===Autobots===

*'''Optimus Prime''': Leader of the only six remaining Autobots. His bio is a rework of Budianaky's write-up but with a few new twists. Described as "IMENSELY KIND, AND HIS COMPASSION EXTENDS TO ALL LIVING THINGS, INCLUDING THE "TWO-LEGGED FLESH FORMS" OF EARTH." Views humans "AS NO DIFFERENT THAN AUTOBOTS, EXCEPT THAT THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE CLOTHED IN FLESH INSTEAD OF METAL." Still has that weird three modules aspect of the bio with Roller being present, though he doesn't appear in the script. However, here the Combat Deck trailer is "AUTOBOT HQ" which besides transporting Autobots is "A REPAIR CENTER FOR DAMAGED AUTOBOTS" which can perform "ELECTRO-SURGERY."

*'''Jazzz''': Optimus' cool, happening right hand man. His bio is a very slight reworking of his profile. Uses the early three z's spelling.

*'''Firecycle''': The only female Autobot, she transforms into a red motorcycle and is a skilled mechanic tasked with repairing her fellow Autobots. She's also a robot expert able to create many things, such as turning a toaster into a fighting robot. She has a 'Laser Heat-Ray' and a 'Zero-K Blaster' that can freeze anything. Firecycle loves Optimus Prime, but the Autobot leader fears returning her feelings after all the Autobots he's lost in centuries of war. The medic's main failing is her reluctance to hurt any living thing. She even tries to avoid driving on grass for fear of hurting the plant life. The Decepticons take advantage of this by often pretending to be injured to lure her into traps. While her role as the 'girl Autobot' and crush on Optimus originates with the previous bible's version of Sideswipe, she is otherwise a very different character. Had the proposed name of "Firewheels".

*'''Mirage''': An aristocrat turned reluctant freedom fighter. Like in the final cartoon, he can turn himself invisible. Also has a Twin Tractor Beam. Distrusted by some of the other Autobots who think he could be a spy.

*'''Muffler''': An Autobot spy and messenger, named after his noisy exhaust system. He turns into a VW Beetle (described as yellow and pink at different points in his profile). He adopted this form while trying to escape a Decepticon ambush by hiding in a used car-lot. It worked so well he was bought by Wendy Fairchild. The tenderhearted Autobot, not wanting her to have wasted her money, now serves as her car when he's not on missions. Wendy calls him "Muffy" a nickname he dislikes. Muffler has refused to use a weapon since he shot himself in the foot with a laser cannon. He has issues with his 'elctro-mechanical control functions' which prevent him from transforming properly. For instance, when transforming into robot mode, one of his legs might get stuck as a fender forcing him to comically hop around on one leg. His main strength is his klutziness. He might lose a wheel while fleeing a Decepticon, only for his pursuer to trip over it.

*'''Trailbreaker''': An incredibly fuel-ineffective Autobot, which leads him to view himself as a liability. To counter this he acts as a prankster. Once fused a game cartridge into Muffler's mind. Jerk. Has a "A LASER-GATTLING GUN" which "FIRE 32 PENCIL-THICK BEAMS AT ONCE."

===Decepticons===
*'''Negator''': The Decepticon leader. Yes, he's a renamed Megatron. His name emphasises how he's completely negative with no positive traits (The behind-the-scenes explanation seems to be that CBS weren't okay with Megatron being a handgun, with their "limitations" stating he become a "laser tank," then a "satellite particle beam cannon" in the script. Presumably Hasbro requested a name change when the character no longer resembled the toy). He has dedicated the Decepticons to subjugating all inferior lifeforms, and he views all other life as inferior to him. He's so evil that the Autobots question if he's really sentient, or some sort of empty husk animated by an ancient computer program.

*'''Soundwave''': Negator's scheming Comm-Officer. He's described as red in the script. The only cassette he has is Buzzsaw, a "STAUNCH ALLY AND CONFIDANT."

*'''Starscream''': The most notable change to his profile is the line "NEGATOR OVERLOOKS THE POTENTIAL PERSONAL THREAT STARSCREAM REPRESENTS FOR TWO REASONS: 1. STARSCREAM IS VERY GOOD AT HIS JOB, 2. NEGATOR IS BETTER." (Also, move over [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], here the Decepticon jets are known as "Strato-Warriors").

*'''Thundercracker''': Just a straight copy of his character profile with no changes.

*'''Skywarp''': "THE LEAST INTELLIGENT OF ALL DECEPTICONS", a prankster that no-one else likes. Teleports by way of a "A SPACE-WARP LOCATION TRANSFER." Carries "HEAT-SEEKING "ACID-WARHEADS" that melt into an Autobots Armour. Still features his early "Olive Drab" colour scheme.

*'''Whirlpool''': The only female Decepticon, she turns into an "AMPHIBIOUS FLYING CRAFT", that is able to fly, jet across ground and water, along with being able to travel underwater, allowing her to reach any depth beneath the waves. She possesses a twin torpedo launcher that fires a special imploding torpedo which sucks anything in range. Her rotors can also create a powerful whirlpool when underwater. Her seductive charms allow her to trick an Autobot into thinking they're on the same side, before she betrays them. Whirlpool is a former Autobot. Optimus Prime seeks to reform her, while she wants to destroy him to prove that the Decepticons are superior.

[[Image:CarandCable4.jpg|thumb|right|Muffler, the human cast and the network mandated dog sidekick.]]

===Others===
*'''Matt Conroy''': (Sunbow didn't think Duke was a good name. Imagine a cartoon where that was the [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|main character's]] name...) A twenty-nine year old truck driver who found a damaged truck by the side of the road. He repaired it planning to replace his old truck that had been repossessed by the bank. But once the repairs were done it transformed into Optimus Prime. Since then Matt has been swept up in the Transformers war 'bitching and moaning' about the Mechanical Men from Mars who've taken over his life, but like Han Solo he'll always come through for his Autobot friends in the end. When driving Optimus the Autobot talks to him over the truck's CB radio. When Optimus transforms Matt's cab becomes part of Optimus chest and all the human can do during fights is yell "I'LL CREAM YA IF YA DENT MY TRUCK, YOU TIN PIRATE". Optimus overlooks Matt's behavior because his knowledge of Earth is useful to the Autobots. That and he likes him. Matt's mechanical skills also mean that he can jury-rig repairs to help patch the Autobots up.

*'''Burt''': Matt's pet German Shepard with the unique ability to detect Decepticons via their smell. An otherwise friendly creature he goes wild when he senses a Decepticon. This is useful for revealing Decepticons in disguise (he's fine with Autobots, which has led Matt to wonder if the differences between Autobots and Decepticons go beyond political persuasions).

*'''Wendy Fairchild''': Once she was a normal teenager, like Dominique Dunnne in "Poltergeist" who lived in the suburbs like in "Poltergeist" with her parents and had a little brother like in "Poltergeist" (Seriously, that is the comparison CBS used. They also suggested changing Wendy to be Russian like Nadia Comeniech who, umm, wasn't Russian. This didn't happen.) Now she helps the Autobots with their fight against the Decepticons, while trying to balance her teenage life, having to come up with excuses as to why she has to suddenly ditch her date at the drive-in theater, or explain to her father why her car has laser-shots in the windscreen. As her parents work in one of the Decepticons fabrication plants she worries what would happen to them if her connection to the Autobots was revealed.

*'''Eddie Fairchild''': Wendy's younger brother, his youthful curiosity led him to uncover the secret of his sister's car. Since then lack of fear has resulted in him getting involved in the Autobots fight with the Decepticons, such as the time he hid in Muffler's backseat. He looks up to the small Autobot, pestering him with questions like what happens if you fall into a black hole or if aliens built the pyramids. He wasn't in the first bible, but appeared in Scott's notes.

*'''Arthur Kroll''': An amoral human who allied himself with the Decepticons as a way of obtaining power and wealth. While he provides them with information about the human resistance there is little trust between Kroll and the Decepticons, as ultimately the human only cares about himself. His greed and thoughtlessness often result in him becoming a hindrance to both the Autobots and Decepticons. He does not appear in the pilot script.
[[Image:CarandCable3.jpg|thumb|right|Muffler and Wendy]]

==Episodes==
The series bible reuses the episodes from the previous bible, alongside 9 new ones.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
{{Episode list
|Title=The Erasing of Optimus Prime
|ShortSummary=Negator captures Optimus and takes his memory tapes, giving him the information he needs to destroy the Autobots. Matt must risk his life to steal back the tapes and rescue his friend.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Plutonium Plot
|ShortSummary=Negator plans to cut the Autobots off from their fuel supply knowing that it will only be a matter of time until they run out of energy. The Autobots must sneak into a nuclear power reactor to recharge themselves before it's too late!
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Coal Day In December
|ShortSummary=Developing a 'Diamond-steeling alloy' Negator takes control of the Pennsylvanian coal fields for a new source of diamonds. The Autobots must take back control of the mines before the coldest winter in years spells the end for the people of the Eastern US.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Nobody Home
|ShortSummary=Wendy's parents are taken by the Decepticons to work in a factory forced to help create a new, deadlier kind of 'mind controlling' robot. Wendy and Eddie embark on a dangerous mission to save their parents with the Autobots help.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Operation Alpha Centuri
|ShortSummary=Negator war fleet is complete and he is ready to begin his conquest of the universe! With the help of the human resistance the Autobots build their own ship. In a 'Star Warsian' battle the Autobots manage to destroy the Decepticons fleet.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Robot With A Thousand Eyes
|ShortSummary=A Decepticon spy learns of the Autobots plan to hijack a shipment of Decepticon parts. Now they need to stop the spy from reaching Negator.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Robots Best Friend Is His Dog
|ShortSummary=Annoyed that Burt the German Shepherd has foiled another scheme, Negator sends a squad of Decepticons to capture the robot detecting dog. The Autobots and Matt plan a raid on Decepticon headquarters to rescue their four legged friend. This episode was chosen as the pilot script to represent the series.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A New Muffler
|ShortSummary=During battle Muffler is captured and rescued by his friends. But after Autobot plans begin to fail it seems that they have a spy in their midst. And suddenly Muffler isn't such a klutz....What's going on?
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Deadly Decision
|ShortSummary=A battle leaves several Autobots wounded. Firecycle tries to repair them, but a lack of supplies means that she can't save everyone. One of the Autobots will die unless she can get the supplies to save them.
}}
|}

===A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog===
Wendy and Eddie Fairchild are getting ready for school, when a "DECEPTICON ROBOT GUARD" passes by their house reminding them of the alien occupation of Earth.
Meanwhile, at a Decepticon run steel mill that's producing new troops, Jazzz and Trailbreaker arrive in vehicle mode sneaking in with inflatable dummies posed as their drivers. They're caught by the guards and have to transform into robot mode, forced to fight their way through the mill. Ultimately they take control of the plant, free the imprisoned workers and set up defences against further Decepticon attacks. A silent Buzzsaw watches this before heading back to Decepticon headquarters. In the Colorado Rockies, Negator plots, when he's interrupted by the spy's arrival. Despite Starscream mockery, Negator announces his plan to destroy all the Autobots.

Elsewhere, the Fairchild's parents are forced to leave for work in a Decepticon factory, as the children leave for school in their friend, the undercover Autobot Muffler. Stopped at a Decepticon roadblock, the Autobot is found out by the guards and the trio are forced to flee as they give chase.
At a roadside diner, trucker Matt's vehicle begins to drive away on its own to everyone else's confusion as he hurries to catch it. On the highway, Matt and the truck, Optimus Prime, follow Muffler's distress signal. Catching up with their friends, Optimus transforms into robot mode and destroys the pursuers. Mirage and Firecycle exit from Prime's trailer, then the Autobots receive a message from Jazzz at the mill. Arriving, they are silently stalked by hidden Decepticons. Entering the building Matt's dog, Burt suddenly starts barking at a forklift, revealing that it's a hidden Decepticon. With the ambush ruined, the Decepticon start their attack. Outnumbered by the enemy forces, Optimus gives them enough time to retreat by blasting open a water tower, the wave washing the Decepticons away. The Autobots manage to escape, but the workers are left behind to be re-enslaved.

Elsewhere, Negator realises that Burt was responsible for ruining his plan and orders the dog to be eliminated. In the woods, the Autobots repair themselves as Wendy and Eddie head to school with Burt, unaware that Soundwave is tracking them. Arriving at the school they make it to class, where a Decepticon sentry watches over them. Upset by the robot Burt starts barking. Hearing the dog from across the city, Soundwave lands at the school, reaches through a window, grabbing Burt and flies off. Back at the base, Firecycle is able to save a critically wounded Jazzz. The children arrive and tell them what happened. Things seem hopeless until Trailbreaker comes up with a plan...

The Autobots rush into the mill, taking care of the guards and freeing the workers. To their confusion Optimus orders them to continue making Decepticon parts. In the Decepticon headquarters, Negator prepares for surgery to find out how Burt is able to detect Decepticons. Suddenly, scanners announce a new shipment of parts from the mill. As the Decepticons start unloading the cargo jet, Matt jumps out of a crate, blasting laser fire. The Autobots are revealed to have used the new parts to disguise themselves as newly constructed Decepticons. Optimus provides covering fire so Matt can make it deeper inside the base as the battle continues.

Matt finds the "electro-surgery room", blowing up the surgeon and rescuing his dog. They return to the hanger, but Starscream keeps them pinned down with his lasers, preventing them from reuniting with their friends. However, Eddie rushes in, grabs a gun from a dead Deception and uses it to down the plane. Hearing Burt's barks, the Autobots prepare to leave by the jet. As it takes off, Negator transforms into "satellite particle beam cannon mode" preparing to shoot them down. However, Optimus, still outside in truck form, fires his laser rifle at him knocking him off target so he instead blows a hole in the hanger ceiling, trapping the Decepticons in rubble, giving them time to escape.
Back at the mill, the workers begin the production of new Autobots, while a grateful Burt licks Optimus as everyone laughs.

==Notes==
This script has various details that wouldn't fit in the summary.
*Scott suggests that when we see a POV from a Transformer it would show a "Hi-tech binocular matte" which features "grid lines and changing LED numbers."
*The Decepticons have regular news broadcasts glorifying their conquest of the planet. Turning them off is illegal.
*All the non-named Decepticons are generics that aren't really described in any way. Just being large.
*During the opening fight at the mill:
**When the guard searches Jazzz's fake driver, he catches it's hand by rolling up his window and then changing into robot mode.
**Trailbreaker knocks a guard into a vat of molten steel.
**Jazzz runs through two guards, smashing them into pieces.
*The Decepticons headquarters is a massive cave carved into the Colorado mountains with a large hangar.
*The Fairchild's parents are transported to work by "a large truck" with a Decepticon standing guard in the back.
*Muffler is able to control his seatbelts and uses it to gag Eddie's mouth at the checkpoint.
*Some details from the chase sequence:
**The roadblock guards chase after them after transforming into "side hacker motor cycles."
**During the chase Muffler nearly runs down another Decepticon, which then chases after them as an army truck.
**Optimus is able to blast one of the pursuers of the road, then burst another's tire which swerves into the army truck, smashing it into pieces before it falls into a ravine.
*At the mill the Decepticons disguise themselves by camouflage rope netting.
*The Decepticons hide at the ambush site in cranes, trucks and forklifts altmodes.
*At the school we met Mr Davenport, the class teacher. He asks his student Johnny for his report of the American independence, only for the classroom's Decepticon guard to stop him as "the subject of freedom is forbidden."
*Soundwave is described as red by Eddie. This isn't an early colour scheme. Soundwave's profile didn't mention his colour scheme and all the reference material Scott had was in black and white. When he had someone describe his appearance he just had to guess.

==Development==
Even with the script, bibles and notes there's a limit to what we can infer about the development of this pitch. A lot of what we could say would just be guesswork.... But, it just so happens that Scott wrote a book about "How To Write For Animation" which includes his advice for successfully pitching a show explaining some of his creative choices.
*As Scott says in his book "your initial audience is not the viewer of the cartoon but the story editor or producer who is going to buy it." He suggests "find out what the buyer wants".<ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 37)</ref> Likely, this story was inspired by the network's request for a robot detecting dog.
*The pilot's odd backstory is another example of meeting the network's requirements, what with the whole conquest of Earth happening offscreen. In the section "HOW TO WRITE A PILOT", Scott brings up the crucial detail that "99 OUT OF A 100 TIMES THE NETWORK DOESN'T WANT AN "ORIGIN " PILOT." <ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott (p.172)</ref> The reasoning being that an origin story is usually unrepresentative of the show as a whole, while a random adventure can better demonstrate what the show is going to be like on a week to week basis.
*Another piece of advice is that if "you're trying to sell a show to a network exec, you want to reveal as much of the show as you can in the pilot."<ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott (p.172)</ref>
*If this pitch had been approved its ideas would have almost certainly been reworked further. In many shows Scott would continue expanding and changing details after production commenced, finding out what worked and what didn't. <ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 173)</ref> The last page of the script shows this happening here, with him suggesting a rework to the story so that the Fairchild's parents aren't featured and instead the children's quest to find them is a potential series plot point.

==Legacy==

Ultimately, CBS did not produce a Transformers cartoon in 1984. We can only guess why. While the pitch was passed over it wasn't quite the end. On the 30th of April, Sunbow staff briefly considered including some aspects into the final show, such as a big brother figure (they didn't) and maybe reusing some the episode premises (they didn't) .<ref>[https://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible The Transformers production bible, including internal correspondence from Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins, that refers to Eddie and Matt by name]</ref> Later, the January 1985 issue of Comic Features would showcased various unproduced cartoons including artwork created for this pitch under the new title of Car and Cable.<ref>[http://starlogged.blogspot.com/2012/01/marvel-productions-in-198485.html Scans of ''Comics Feature'' at the "Starlogged" blog]</ref> For years this was assumed to be Marvel creating a knockoff of their own success with Transformers. We still don't know why this happened. Were Marvel seriously considering reworking this show without the Transformers elements? Did they publish concept art under a fake name to make it look like they had more shows in development? It's unclear.

And that was the end of this pitch.

Until [[2020]], when Instagram user consumercollectiables uncovered additional concept art which featured a silhouetted Prowl menacing Muffy and his friend in a "garage scene", with the handwritten note "Trans 3 V" and cast list using the names mentioned in the memo, explicitly tying it to Transformers.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/consumercollectibles/ consumercollectables on Instagram]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200803141945/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/167466-remember-that-concept-art-for-muffy-the-unmade-marvel-cartoon/ AllSpark.com forum post collecting ''Car and Cable'' art (archived)]</ref> This just raised more questions.....

Which were answered in [[2024]], when Jeffery Scott sold off all of the development material for this pitch.

At TFNation 2025, [[Jim Sorenson]] (who purchased Scott's material) and [[Chris McFeely]] hosted a reading of the pilot script which featured actors from various Transformers shows including [[Gregg Berger]] and [[Paul Eiding]] from the original cartoon.<ref> [https://www.patreon.com/posts/tfnation-2025-is-137075459 TFNation 2025 Audio Recording of 'A Robot's Best Friend is his Dog' Script Reading]</ref> The same day the production material was released online.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYFePnAgHL9vlhAEF5IY3db59P0WaLwx/view?usp=drive_link First Series Bible]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r0M_CIdlaEZs5SWmMQhSuO_M2ogZgQxH/view?usp=drive_link Revised Series Bible]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j-XyM7R3RXwlqScR1l_gstsu7xCI7Ayj/view A collection of Jeffery Scott's network notes]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FkSIH3jScZJvThuUPxCm167I1ur0hp1M/view Story outline for A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BGi0WlVKs2I617mvIYr41wITfQIF37K6/view Script for A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog]

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The Transformers (CBS pitch)

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Everyone knows ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', it was one of the most popular cartoons of the '80s! You don't need us to explain the adventures of the [[Autobot]] spy Muffler and his human friends getting into wacky antics trying to survive and wage guerrilla war on a [[Decepticon]] controlled [[Earth]].

Just kidding, that's obviously not the cartoon we got.

In early [[1984]], though, it was possible that wouldn't be the case. A radically different version of the show was pitched by [[Marvel Productions]], its series bible written before "[[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More Than Meets The Eye]]" even had a final script. For decades, there was no information about this pitch, barring mentions in writer [[Jeffrey Scott]]'s resume <ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 203)</ref> and a brief discussion in a production memo.

Forty years later, that all changed.

==Background==
In [[1981]], animation studio DePatie-Freleng Enterprises was sold to [[Marvel Comics]], becoming Marvel Productions. Both were located on different sides of the country, with Productions in [[California]] and Comics in [[New York]]. Despite this new merger, the two companies didn't get on well at all. In [[1983]], Marvel Productions ignored the work that Comics had created for the unproduced series [[Mysterians]], rejecting the serious action premise for a goofy, Hanna-Barbera-esque one largely centered on kid supporting characters and a wacky dog.<ref>[http://jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-1.html/ "The Secret Origin of the Transformers - Part 1"]</ref>

By 1984, the same thing happened with ''Transformers''. Fueled by the massive success the ''Transformers'' toyline was projected to be (and ultimately was), Hasbro rushed to expand the still in-production miniseries into a full show, naturally turning to Marvel Productions to do so. However, rather than sell it to syndication as with the miniseries, Marvel Production attempted to sell the show to the network [[CBS]]. One of the network requirements were female characters, but we're not sure if they had others or if the writers just decided to reuse other stock tropes they knew networks liked.

Enter Jeffrey Scott. A former Hanna-Barbera employee most known for his work on ''Super Friends'' at the time, Scott was hired by DePatie-Freleng in 1979 for ''Spider-Woman'' and ''Spider-Man'', by Stan Lee and Lee Gunther<ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 9)</ref>, the latter which would be delayed to 1981 due to the merger. While at Marvel, Scott worked on ''Dungeons and Dragons'', and story edited the fever dream that was ''Pandamonium''. Besides writing scripts, Scott also developed series bibles for animated series: in 1984 alone, he wrote the unproduced ''The Right Stuff'', ''The Secret Wars'', ''Menudo'' and would later devise the smash hit ''Muppet Babies''. Thus, Scott was tasked with creating a development bible for this new ''Transformers'' series.

==First Bible==

[[Image:CarAndCable5.jpg|thumb|150px|No, that's not Bumblebee. He's Toad.]]

On [[February 22]], Scott began work on the series bible, including the basic premise, style of the show, and the characters' personalities. Difficulties arose due to a lack of reference material, seemingly giving him little more than a list of names and altmodes, with Scott specifically requesting 'bio cards'. In fact, he was given so little to work with, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] isn't even referred to by name. Impressively, he finished the first bible just three days later on [[February 25]]. In this version, the Autobots had finally destroyed the last of the Decepticon rebels after eons of war, bringing peace to their planet. However, they had only destroyed their robot forms, while the Decepticons' "electronic life-entities" had fled into space to try and acquire new bodies. They eventually found their way to Earth and built a base in the [[Bermuda Triangle]], spending the next 50 years hijacking various military crafts to rebuild their forces. The Autobots spent years searching the universe for their enemy, eventually tracking them down to Earth and reigniting their war once again.

The Autobots assume control of various Earth vehicles to blend into the new world, with their leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] taking control of a truck owned by the human William 'Duke' Convoy. Unwilling to steal Duke's truck from him, the human is 'drafted' into the war, using his knowledge to help the Autobots. However, Optimus is not the only Autobot to have a human driver: the Autobot Toad (originally meant to be [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] until they decided "NO MINI-CARS") assumed the form of a green VW belonging to a teenage girl named Wendy Fairchild, and now he's stuck with her. The other main Autobots include [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (the only female Autobot), [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] as secondary characters rounding out the rest of the cast.

From their underwater headquarters, the Decepticons plot to conquer Earth. The Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] carries a canister with him which holds the energy forms of an army's worth of Decepticon soldiers. All he needs to do is place one of these energy orbs into his cannon and shoot it at a mechanical object, and it will be transformed into a Decepticon warrior. The other Decepticons are [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (the disloyal second in-command), [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (used by Soundwave to spy on the Autobots as well as the other Decepticons), [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (a female Decepticon who hates Jazz for destroying her body back on Cybertron), [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercraker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. They have also joined forces with Arthur Kroll, a human who aids the invaders so that he may rule over the rest of humanity after the Decepticons have conquered Earth.

The bible includes a list of "story springboards":

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
{{Episode list
|Title=Rotten To The Core
|ShortSummary=Megatron takes control of the New York subway system and implants "glowing energy orbs" into the trains, turning them into an army of Deception warriors! Optimus Prime and Duke join forces with a group of teens to help save the day.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Titanium Germ
|ShortSummary=When the Autobots try to stop Megatron from converting Alaskan oil rigs into new robot soldiers, Jazz is exposed to a deadly substance that infects and slowly kills him. Now the Autobots have to save their friend and stop Megatron!
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Anything For A Friend
|ShortSummary= Converting a nuclear submarine into a new warrior, the Decepticons take control of the seas. Optimus is forced to leave his truck body and poses as an old battleship to try and stop the threat. He's nearly destroyed in the ensuing battle, and Duke must form a 'mind-link' with him to try and restore the Autobot leader to life.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Not On The First Date
|ShortSummary=Wendy is forced to abandon her first date when Megatron plots to bring an army of Japanese electronic devices to life. It's up to her and Toad to stop him!
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Time For Trouble
|ShortSummary=Kroll reveals the existence of a government time machine to Megatron. With the device transformed into one of their soldiers, the Decepticons can escape into another time—unless the Autobots stop them!
}}
|}

Hasbro and Sunbow would provide feedback on this bible, clarifying that [[Transformer]]s were mechanical beings, not electrical. They also didn't want any pre-existing characters to be female, and suggested that Optimus meet the human hero after being repaired when severely damaged in the desert. As a result, the bible was brought more in line with the preexisting premise. CBS also had input, wanting to tie the pitch into the miniseries as well as give Duke a dog that could sniff out Decepticons. Remember that for later.

==Revised Series Bible==
[[Image:CarandCable2.jpg|thumb|150px|No, that's not Bug Bite. He's Muffler.]]

Scott completed a revised draft of the bible, now 41 pages long, on [[March 3]]. By this point, he had been provided with [[Bob Budiansky]]'s character profiles and a copy of the first act of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". As a result, the pre-existing characters were brought more in line with their bios, and the plot was given the same backstory of the Transformers crashing on Earth and being awoken millions of years later by a volcanic eruption. However, by the year 1988, the Decepticons' superior numbers have allowed them to conquer much of the Earth, taking control of its manufacturing facilities and leaving humanity as little more than slaves, with <s>Megatron</s> Negator giving them only a sliver of control over the remains of the economy to keep society running. Dissent is impossible due a secret police of disguised Decepticons, who keep the human population under constant surveillance. However, the Autobots continue to operate from the shadows, attempting to free humanity and stop the Decepticons for good.

Most of the roster of characters would be carried over from the previous draft, with some minor alterations. The main Autobot lineup now included Optimus Prime, Jazz, Firecycle, Mirage, Muffler (a renamed Toad) and Trailbreaker. The Decepticon roster now featured Negator, Soundwave, Buzzsaw, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp and Whirlpool.

==Cast==

===Autobots===

*'''Optimus Prime''': Leader of the only six remaining Autobots. His bio is a rework of Bob's write-up but with a few new twists. Described as "IMENSELY KIND, AND HIS COMPASSION EXTENDS TO ALL LIVING THINGS, INCLUDING THE "TWO-LEGGED FLESH FORMS" OF EARTH." Views humans "AS NO DIFFERENT THAN AUTOBOTS, EXCEPT THAT THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE CLOTHED IN FLESH INSTEAD OF METAL." Still has that weird three modules aspect of the bio with Roller being present, though he doesn't appear in the script. However, here the Combat Deck trailer is "AUTOBOT HQ" which besides transporting Autobots is "A REPAIR CENTER FOR DAMAGED AUTOBOTS" which can perform "ELECTRO-SURGERY."

*'''Jazzz''': Optimus' cool, happening right hand man. His bio is a very slight reworking of his profile. Uses the early three z's spelling.

*'''Firecycle''': The only female Autobot, she transforms into a red motorcycle and is a skilled mechanic tasked with repairing her fellow Autobots. She's also a robot expert able to create many things, such as turning a toaster into a fighting robot. She has a 'Laser Heat-Ray' and a 'Zero-K Blaster' that can freeze anything. Firecycle loves Optimus Prime, but the Autobot leader fears returning her feelings after all the Autobots he's lost in centuries of war. The medic's main failing is her reluctance to hurt any living thing. She even tries to avoid driving on grass for fear of hurting the plant life. The Decepticons take advantage of this by often pretending to be injured to lure her into traps. While her role as the 'girl Autobot' and crush on Optimus originates with the previous bible's version of Sideswipe, she is otherwise a very different character. Had the proposed name of "Firewheels".

*'''Mirage''': An aristocrat turned reluctant freedom fighter. Like in the final cartoon, he can turn himself invisible. Also has a Twin Tractor Beam. Distrusted by some of the other Autobots who think he could be a spy.

*'''Muffler''': An Autobot spy and messenger, named after his noisy exhaust system. He turns into a VW Beetle (described as yellow and pink at different points in his profile). He adopted this form while trying to escape a Decepticon ambush by hiding in a used car-lot. It worked so well he was bought by Wendy Fairchild. The tenderhearted Autobot, not wanting her to have wasted her money, now serves as her car when he's not on missions. Wendy calls him "Muffy" a nickname he dislikes. Muffler has refused to use a weapon since he shot himself in the foot with a laser cannon. He has issues with his 'elctro-mechanical control functions' which prevent him from transforming properly. For instance, when transforming into robot mode, one of his legs might get stuck as a fender forcing him to comically hop around on one leg. His main strength is his klutziness. He might lose a wheel while fleeing a Decepticon, only for his pursuer to trip over it.

*'''Trailbreaker''': An incredibly fuel-ineffective Autobot, which leads him to view himself as a liability. To counter this he acts as a prankster. Once fused a game cartridge into Muffler's mind. Jerk. Has a "A LASER-GATTLING GUN" which "FIRE 32 PENCIL-THICK BEAMS AT ONCE."

===Decepticons===
*'''Negator''': The Decepticon leader. Yes, he's a renamed Megatron. His name emphasises how he's completely negative with no positive traits (The behind-the-scenes explanation seems to be that CBS weren't okay with Megatron being a handgun, with their "limitations" stating he become a "laser tank," then a "satellite particle beam cannon" in the script. Presumably Hasbro requested a name change when the character no longer resembled the toy). He has dedicated the Decepticons to subjugating all inferior lifeforms, and he views all other life as inferior to him. He's so evil that the Autobots question if he's really sentient, or some sort of empty husk animated by an ancient computer program.

*'''Soundwave''': Negator's scheming Comm-Officer. He's described as red in the script. The only cassette he has is Buzzsaw, a "STAUNCH ALLY AND CONFIDANT."

*'''Starscream''': The most notable change to his profile is the line "NEGATOR OVERLOOKS THE POTENTIAL PERSONAL THREAT STARSCREAM REPRESENTS FOR TWO REASONS: 1. STARSCREAM IS VERY GOOD AT HIS JOB, 2. NEGATOR IS BETTER." (Also, move over [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], here the Decepticon jets are known as "Strato-Warriors").

*'''Thundercracker''': Just a straight copy of his character profile with no changes.

*'''Skywarp''': "THE LEAST INTELLIGENT OF ALL DECEPTICONS", a prankster that no-one else likes. Teleports by way of a "A SPACE-WARP LOCATION TRANSFER." Carries "HEAT-SEEKING "ACID-WARHEADS" that melt into an Autobots Armour. Still features his early "Olive Drab" colour scheme.

*'''Whirlpool''': The only female Decepticon, she turns into an "AMPHIBIOUS FLYING CRAFT", that is able to fly, jet across ground and water, along with being able to travel underwater, allowing her to reach any depth beneath the waves. She possesses a twin torpedo launcher that fires a special imploding torpedo which sucks anything in range. Her rotors can also create a powerful whirlpool when underwater. Her seductive charms allow her to trick an Autobot into thinking they're on the same side, before she betrays them. Whirlpool is a former Autobot. Optimus Prime seeks to reform her, while she wants to destroy him to prove that the Decepticons are superior.

[[Image:CarandCable4.jpg|thumb|right|Muffler, the human cast and the network mandated dog sidekick.]]

===Others===
*'''Matt Conroy''': (Sunbow didn't think Duke was a good name. Imagine a cartoon where that was the [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|main character's]] name...) A twenty-nine year old truck driver who found a damaged truck by the side of the road. He repaired it planning to replace his old truck that had been repossessed by the bank. But once the repairs were done it transformed into Optimus Prime. Since then Matt has been swept up in the Transformers war 'bitching and moaning' about the Mechanical Men from Mars who've taken over his life, but like Han Solo he'll always come through for his Autobot friends in the end. When driving Optimus the Autobot talks to him over the truck's CB radio. When Optimus transforms Matt's cab becomes part of Optimus chest and all the human can do during fights is yell "I'LL CREAM YA IF YA DENT MY TRUCK, YOU TIN PIRATE". Optimus overlooks Matt's behavior because his knowledge of Earth is useful to the Autobots. That and he likes him. Matt's mechanical skills also mean that he can jury-rig repairs to help patch the Autobots up.

*'''Burt''': Matt's pet German Shepard with the unique ability to detect Decepticons via their smell. An otherwise friendly creature he goes wild when he senses a Decepticon. This is useful for revealing Decepticons in disguise (he's fine with Autobots, which has led Matt to wonder if the differences between Autobots and Decepticons go beyond political persuasions).

*'''Wendy Fairchild''': Once she was a normal teenager, like Dominique Dunnne in "Poltergeist" who lived in the suburbs like in "Poltergeist" with her parents and had a little brother like in "Poltergeist" (Seriously, that is the comparison CBS used. They also suggested changing Wendy to be Russian like Nadia Comeniech who, umm, wasn't Russian. This didn't happen.) Now she helps the Autobots with their fight against the Decepticons, while trying to balance her teenage life, having to come up with excuses as to why she has to suddenly ditch her date at the drive-in theater, or explain to her father why her car has laser-shots in the windscreen. As her parents work in one of the Decepticons fabrication plants she worries what would happen to them if her connection to the Autobots was revealed.

*'''Eddie Fairchild''': Wendy's younger brother, his youthful curiosity led him to uncover the secret of his sister's car. Since then lack of fear has resulted in him getting involved in the Autobots fight with the Decepticons, such as the time he hid in Muffler's backseat. He looks up to the small Autobot, pestering him with questions like what happens if you fall into a black hole or if aliens built the pyramids. He wasn't in the first bible, but appeared in Scott's notes.

*'''Arthur Kroll''': An amoral human who allied himself with the Decepticons as a way of obtaining power and wealth. While he provides them with information about the human resistance there is little trust between Kroll and the Decepticons, as ultimately the human only cares about himself. His greed and thoughtlessness often result in him becoming a hindrance to both the Autobots and Decepticons. He does not appear in the pilot script.
[[Image:CarandCable3.jpg|thumb|right|Muffler and Wendy]]

==Episodes==
The series bible reuses the episodes from the previous bible, alongside 9 new ones.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"
|-
{{Episode list
|Title=The Erasing of Optimus Prime
|ShortSummary=Negator captures Optimus and takes his memory tapes, giving him the information he needs to destroy the Autobots. Matt must risk his life to steal back the tapes and rescue his friend.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Plutonium Plot
|ShortSummary=Negator plans to cut the Autobots off from their fuel supply knowing that it will only be a matter of time until they run out of energy. The Autobots must sneak into a nuclear power reactor to recharge themselves before it's too late!
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Coal Day In December
|ShortSummary=Developing a 'Diamond-steeling alloy' Negator takes control of the Pennsylvanian coal fields for a new source of diamonds. The Autobots must take back control of the mines before the coldest winter in years spells the end for the people of the Eastern US.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Nobody Home
|ShortSummary=Wendy's parents are taken by the Decepticons to work in a factory forced to help create a new, deadlier kind of 'mind controlling' robot. Wendy and Eddie embark on a dangerous mission to save their parents with the Autobots help.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=Operation Alpha Centuri
|ShortSummary=Negator war fleet is complete and he is ready to begin his conquest of the universe! With the help of the human resistance the Autobots build their own ship. In a 'Star Warsian' battle the Autobots manage to destroy the Decepticons fleet.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=The Robot With A Thousand Eyes
|ShortSummary=A Decepticon spy learns of the Autobots plan to hijack a shipment of Decepticon parts. Now they need to stop the spy from reaching Negator.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Robots Best Friend Is His Dog
|ShortSummary=Annoyed that Burt the German Shepherd has foiled another scheme, Negator sends a squad of Decepticons to capture the robot detecting dog. The Autobots and Matt plan a raid on Decepticon headquarters to rescue their four legged friend. This episode was chosen as the pilot script to represent the series.
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A New Muffler
|ShortSummary=During battle Muffler is captured and rescued by his friends. But after Autobot plans begin to fail it seems that they have a spy in their midst. And suddenly Muffler isn't such a klutz....What's going on?
}}
{{Episode list
|Title=A Deadly Decision
|ShortSummary=A battle leaves several Autobots wounded. Firecycle tries to repair them, but a lack of supplies means that she can't save everyone. One of the Autobots will die unless she can get the supplies to save them.
}}
|}

===A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog===
Wendy and Eddie Fairchild are getting ready for school, when a "DECEPTICON ROBOT GUARD" passes by their house reminding them of the alien occupation of Earth.
Meanwhile, at a Decepticon run steel mill that's producing new troops, Jazzz and Trailbreaker arrive in vehicle mode sneaking in with inflatable dummies posed as their drivers. They're caught by the guards and have to transform into robot mode, forced to fight their way through the mill. Ultimately they take control of the plant, free the imprisoned workers and set up defences against further Decepticon attacks. A silent Buzzsaw watches this before heading back to Decepticon headquarters. In the Colorado Rockies, Negator plots, when he's interrupted by the spy's arrival. Despite Starscream mockery, Negator announces his plan to destroy all the Autobots.

Elsewhere, the Fairchild's parents are forced to leave for work in a Decepticon factory, as the children leave for school in their friend, the undercover Autobot Muffler. Stopped at a Decepticon roadblock, the Autobot is found out by the guards and the trio are forced to flee as they give chase.
At a roadside diner, trucker Matt's vehicle begins to drive away on its own to everyone else's confusion as he hurries to catch it. On the highway, Matt and the truck, Optimus Prime, follow Muffler's distress signal. Catching up with their friends, Optimus transforms into robot mode and destroys the pursuers. Mirage and Firecycle exit from Prime's trailer, then the Autobots receive a message from Jazzz at the mill. Arriving, they are silently stalked by hidden Decepticons. Entering the building Matt's dog, Burt suddenly starts barking at a forklift, revealing that it's a hidden Decepticon. With the ambush ruined, the Decepticon start their attack. Outnumbered by the enemy forces, Optimus gives them enough time to retreat by blasting open a water tower, the wave washing the Decepticons away. The Autobots manage to escape, but the workers are left behind to be re-enslaved.

Elsewhere, Negator realises that Burt was responsible for ruining his plan and orders the dog to be eliminated. In the woods, the Autobots repair themselves as Wendy and Eddie head to school with Burt, unaware that Soundwave is tracking them. Arriving at the school they make it to class, where a Decepticon sentry watches over them. Upset by the robot Burt starts barking. Hearing the dog from across the city, Soundwave lands at the school, reaches through a window, grabbing Burt and flies off. Back at the base, Firecycle is able to save a critically wounded Jazzz. The children arrive and tell them what happened. Things seem hopeless until Trailbreaker comes up with a plan...

The Autobots rush into the mill, taking care of the guards and freeing the workers. To their confusion Optimus orders them to continue making Decepticon parts. In the Decepticon headquarters, Negator prepares for surgery to find out how Burt is able to detect Decepticons. Suddenly, scanners announce a new shipment of parts from the mill. As the Decepticons start unloading the cargo jet, Matt jumps out of a crate, blasting laser fire. The Autobots are revealed to have used the new parts to disguise themselves as newly constructed Decepticons. Optimus provides covering fire so Matt can make it deeper inside the base as the battle continues.

Matt finds the "electro-surgery room", blowing up the surgeon and rescuing his dog. They return to the hanger, but Starscream keeps them pinned down with his lasers, preventing them from reuniting with their friends. However, Eddie rushes in, grabs a gun from a dead Deception and uses it to down the plane. Hearing Burt's barks, the Autobots prepare to leave by the jet. As it takes off, Negator transforms into "satellite particle beam cannon mode" preparing to shoot them down. However, Optimus, still outside in truck form, fires his laser rifle at him knocking him off target so he instead blows a hole in the hanger ceiling, trapping the Decepticons in rubble, giving them time to escape.
Back at the mill, the workers begin the production of new Autobots, while a grateful Burt licks Optimus as everyone laughs.

==Notes==
This script has various details that wouldn't fit in the summary.
*Scott suggests that when we see a POV from a Transformer it would show a "Hi-tech binocular matte" which features "grid lines and changing LED numbers."
*The Decepticons have regular news broadcasts glorifying their conquest of the planet. Turning them off is illegal.
*All the non-named Decepticons are generics that aren't really described in any way. Just being large.
*During the opening fight at the mill:
**When the guard searches Jazzz's fake driver, he catches it's hand by rolling up his window and then changing into robot mode.
**Trailbreaker knocks a guard into a vat of molten steel.
**Jazzz runs through two guards, smashing them into pieces.
*The Decepticons headquarters is a massive cave carved into the Colorado mountains with a large hangar.
*The Fairchild's parents are transported to work by "a large truck" with a Decepticon standing guard in the back.
*Muffler is able to control his seatbelts and uses it to gag Eddie's mouth at the checkpoint.
*Some details from the chase sequence:
**The roadblock guards chase after them after transforming into "side hacker motor cycles."
**During the chase Muffler nearly runs down another Decepticon, which then chases after them as an army truck.
**Optimus is able to blast one of the pursuers of the road, then burst another's tire which swerves into the army truck, smashing it into pieces before it falls into a ravine.
*At the mill the Decepticons disguise themselves by camouflage rope netting.
*The Decepticons hide at the ambush site in cranes, trucks and forklifts altmodes.
*At the school we met Mr Davenport, the class teacher. He asks his student Johnny for his report of the American independence, only for the classroom's Decepticon guard to stop him as "the subject of freedom is forbidden."
*Soundwave is described as red by Eddie. This isn't an early colour scheme. Soundwave's profile didn't mention his colour scheme and all the reference material Scott had was in black and white. When he had someone describe his appearance he just had to guess.

==Development==
Even with the script, bibles and notes there's a limit to what we can infer about the development of this pitch. A lot of what we could say would just be guesswork.... But, it just so happens that Scott wrote a book about "How To Write For Animation" which includes his advice for successfully pitching a show explaining some of his creative choices.
*As Scott says in his book "your initial audience is not the viewer of the cartoon but the story editor or producer who is going to buy it." He suggests "find out what the buyer wants".<ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 37)</ref> Likely, this story was inspired by the network's request for a robot detecting dog.
*The pilot's odd backstory is another example of meeting the network's requirements, what with the whole conquest of Earth happening offscreen. In the section "HOW TO WRITE A PILOT", Scott brings up the crucial detail that "99 OUT OF A 100 TIMES THE NETWORK DOESN'T WANT AN "ORIGIN " PILOT." <ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott (p.172)</ref> The reasoning being that an origin story is usually unrepresentative of the show as a whole, while a random adventure can better demonstrate what the show is going to be like on a week to week basis.
*Another piece of advice is that if "you're trying to sell a show to a network exec, you want to reveal as much of the show as you can in the pilot."<ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott (p.172)</ref>
*If this pitch had been approved its ideas would have almost certainly been reworked further. In many shows Scott would continue expanding and changing details after production commenced, finding out what worked and what didn't. <ref>''How To Write For Animation'', Jeffery Scott(p. 173)</ref> The last page of the script shows this happening here, with him suggesting a rework to the story so that the Fairchild's parents aren't featured and instead the children's quest to find them is a potential series plot point.

==Legacy==

Ultimately, CBS did not produce a Transformers cartoon in 1984. We can only guess why. While the pitch was passed over it wasn't quite the end. On the 30th of April, Sunbow staff briefly considered including some aspects into the final show, such as a big brother figure (they didn't) and maybe reusing some the episode premises (they didn't) .<ref>[https://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible The Transformers production bible, including internal correspondence from Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins, that refers to Eddie and Matt by name]</ref> Later, the January 1985 issue of Comic Features would showcased various unproduced cartoons including artwork created for this pitch under the new title of Car and Cable.<ref>[http://starlogged.blogspot.com/2012/01/marvel-productions-in-198485.html Scans of ''Comics Feature'' at the "Starlogged" blog]</ref> For years this was assumed to be Marvel creating a knockoff of their own success with Transformers. We still don't know why this happened. Were Marvel seriously considering reworking this show without the Transformers elements? Did they publish concept art under a fake name to make it look like they had more shows in development? It's unclear.

And that was the end of this pitch.

Until [[2020]], when Instagram user consumercollectiables uncovered additional concept art which featured a silhouetted Prowl menacing Muffy and his friend in a "garage scene", with the handwritten note "Trans 3 V" and cast list using the names mentioned in the memo, explicitly tying it to Transformers.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/consumercollectibles/ consumercollectables on Instagram]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200803141945/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/167466-remember-that-concept-art-for-muffy-the-unmade-marvel-cartoon/ AllSpark.com forum post collecting ''Car and Cable'' art (archived)]</ref> This just raised more questions.....

Which were answered in [[2024]], when Jeffery Scott sold off all of the development material for this pitch.

At TFNation 2025, [[Jim Sorenson]] (who purchased Scott's material) and [[Chris McFeely]] hosted a reading of the pilot script which featured actors from various Transformers shows including [[Gregg Berger]] and [[Paul Eiding]] from the original cartoon.<ref> [https://www.patreon.com/posts/tfnation-2025-is-137075459 TFNation 2025 Audio Recording of 'A Robot's Best Friend is his Dog' Script Reading]</ref> The same day the production material was released online.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYFePnAgHL9vlhAEF5IY3db59P0WaLwx/view?usp=drive_link First Series Bible]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r0M_CIdlaEZs5SWmMQhSuO_M2ogZgQxH/view?usp=drive_link Revised Series Bible]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j-XyM7R3RXwlqScR1l_gstsu7xCI7Ayj/view A collection of Jeffery Scott's network notes]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FkSIH3jScZJvThuUPxCm167I1ur0hp1M/view Story outline for A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BGi0WlVKs2I617mvIYr41wITfQIF37K6/view Script for A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog]

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