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Skybound Entertainment

2023-10-04T12:26:02Z

DDog: /* Notes */

[[Image:Skybound logo.jpg|right|300px]]

'''Skybound Entertainment''' is a U.S. entertainment company headed up by [[Robert Kirkman]] and David Alpert, best known for ''The Walking Dead'' brand. As an imprint of [[Image Comics]], Skybound is set to publish the next licensed ''Transformers'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' comics beginning later in [[2023]], part of a continuity dubbed the [[Energon Universe]]. Other ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' comics not tied to the Energon Universe are also planned for publication, such as the continuation of the long-running ''[[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' comic.

==Hasbro publications==
* ''[[Void Rivals]]'' (2023 – present)
* ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' (2023 – present)
* ''[[Duke (comic)|Duke]]'' (coming in December 2023)
* ''[[Cobra Commander (comic)|Cobra Commander]]'' (coming in January 2024)

==Notes==
* Skybound was announced in late 2021 to be in negotiations for Hasbro comic licenses<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robert-kirkman-skybound-gi-joe-transformers-comics-license-1235060895/</ref> ahead of previous licensee [[IDW Publishing]] confirming in early 2022 that their license was ending.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/idw-losing-g-i-joe-transformers-license-1235078466/</ref> Their acquisition of the license was eventually confirmed on [[June 10]], 2023, thanks to a promotional artwork poster posted from a comic shop to Tumblr,<ref>https://www.tumblr.com/decepti-thots/719769095676067840/so-i-work-at-a-comic-book-store-and-look-at-the</ref> shortly before ''Void Rivals'' #1 went on sale on [[June 14]], 2023.
* At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2023, Kirkman stated that Skybound eventually plans to reprint material from previous publishers such as [[Marvel Comics]] and IDW.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.skybound.com Official website]
* [https://www.facebook.com/SkyboundEntertainment Facebook account]
* [https://twitter.com/Skybound Twitter account]
* [https://www.tiktok.com/@skyboundent TikTok account]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@Skybound YouTube account]

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2023-09-29T15:05:21Z

DDog:

Witwicky (town)

2023-09-17T02:39:10Z

DDog:

{{disambig2|the town from ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]]''|the popular surname|Witwicky (surname)}}
[[File:SecretLegacy-Part1-WelcomeToWitwicky.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Legends claim the town was named after some old oil rig workers.]]
'''Witwicky''' is a small town in [[Pennsylvania]], located in a remote area close to at least one state forest. Notable nearby locations include [[Dino-Mite Quarry]], [[Witwicky Donuts]], and [[Witwicky Raceway]]. Unbeknownst to most inhabitants, the area also features many underground attractions, such as the top secret headquarters of [[G.H.O.S.T.]] and a cave housing the [[Emberstone]]. As such, the town has more than its fair share of giant robot combat occurring at any one time.

==Fiction==
===EarthSpark cartoon===
Noted author [[D.E. O'Neil]] was a resident of Witwicky, and was buried in the town's cemetery. {{storylink|Missed Connection}}

[[Mandroid]] set up his lab in a warehouse in Witwicky, where he could be close to G.H.O.S.T. HQ. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}} Hoping to gain her help dealing with Cybertronians, G.H.O.S.T. organized a job for [[Dot Malto]] at the [[Witwicky Ranger Station]]. As a result, she and her family moved to Witwicky from [[Philadelphia]] and took residence at a farm just outside town. This led to [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto|Mo]] discovering the Emberstone and inadvertently bringing [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] into being. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} While Mo and Thrash were attempting to find the latter an alternate mode, they ended up battling [[Arachnamech]]s in the town center, attracting the attention of [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]]. Twitch and Thrash were abducted by Mandroid, leading to a battle taking place at Mandroid's warehouse lab. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

[[File:EarthSpark-Classified-DowntownWitwicky.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
[[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] overturned a G.H.O.S.T. truck in the middle of Witwicky, leading to part of the town being shut off temporarily. {{storylink|House Rules}} Robby and Mo started their first day at [[Witwicky Charter]], though it was not without incident. {{storylink|Friends and Family}} [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] and his cassettes fought Optimus, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] and [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] at the quarry. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}} A G.H.O.S.T.-Autobot Alliance ceremony took place at a military base near Witwicky, only to come under attack by [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] and [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} Another major battle happened at the nearby naval yard, after Mandroid abducted Dot Malto and Megatron to his laboratory there. The mad scientist revealed the giant mech he had concealed under the yard, though the Autobots and Malto family were eventually able to destroy it. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

Twitch and [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] believed a Witwicky supermarket parking lot was a good place to find the latter an alternate mode, leading to Hashtag scanning a G.H.O.S.T. surveillance van and being driven off by unwitting agents. {{storylink|Hashtag: Oops}} Cleanup at the naval yard was still ongoing some time later, when Hashtag was helping [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] decide on an alternate mode. {{storylink|Outtakes}} [[Tarantulas (ES)|Tarantulas]] hid out in Witwicky's cemetery while he attempted to work on a [[mobile hologram emitter]]. {{storylink|Missed Connection}} Bumblebee's attempts to train for the [[Witwicky 500]] drew the attention of G.H.O.S.T., who set a trap for him at the raceway. {{storylink|Security Protocols}} Twitch obtained a baby bear from the nearby forest as a mother's day gift for Dot. It did not go down well, but it did lead to the discovery that the local wildlife had been infected by substances dumped by G.H.O.S.T. {{storylink|Bear Necessities}}

[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]] went on a rampage in downtown Witwicky while suffering from aftereffects of his time under Mandroid's mind control. Elita-1 and Hashtag fought him until Jawbreaker successfully talked him down. {{storylink|A Stygi Situation}} Swindle's attempts to navigate the system of tunnels under Witwicky so he could rescue [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] from G.H.O.S.T. resulted in him coming out near the ranger station, where he was apprehended by Optimus. {{storylink|Disarmed}} Said system of tunnels was used as a lair by the [[Dweller (ES)|Dweller]], which menaced [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]], Nova Storm and Skywarp during their escape from G.H.O.S.T. HQ. {{storylink|What Dwells Within}}

The mind-controlled [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]] pursued Twitch, Thrash, [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] and Robby into Witwicky, resulting in the town center becoming a miniature warzone and sending the citizens running for cover. {{storylink|The Battle of Witwicky}} After returning from space, Mandroid erected a huge spire near Witwicky, topped by the [[space bridge|spacebridge]] he intended to use to wipe out all Cybertronian life. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} A series of battles ensued in the countryside around the town, eventually ending when Mandroid was defeated. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

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Bio

2023-09-15T19:26:20Z

DDog: /* Online bios */

[[Image:MegatronG2Hero_Bio&TechSpecs.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Disobey the instructions... or ruin the resale value of a boxed toy? The choice is yours.]]

The '''bio''', short for "biography", has been a staple of [[Transformer]] characterization from the very beginning. The public first saw them on the back of toy [[packaging]]: Rather than needing to watch the show or read the comic, a customer could read the write-up on the box and know who the toy was supposed to be. In fact, this practice eventually gave "life" to hundreds of characters who would never play a part in any story. It also spread beyond the packages to comics, trading cards, and magazines, continuing to this day.

Bios are often combined with [[Tech Spec]]s and a small version of the toy's [[package art]] to form a single collectible card.

==History==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Trailbreaker_Bio&TechSpec.jpg|center|550px|thumb|He never let his inner angst affect his screen performances.]]

In ''Generation 1'', the on-package bios followed the format seen in the image above: Up top are the character's allegiance and [[function]], describing their role in the military hierarchy. A characteristic quote (sometimes called a "motto"; see [[#Notes|Notes]] below) follows, then a block of text describes in sequence the character's personality, weapons & abilities, and weaknesses.

[[Image:MegsMarvTFU.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ignoring the extended bios makes [[Fusion cannon#Notes|baby Megatron cry]].]]

These were actually abbreviated versions of longer bios given to the writers of ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fiction; [[Marvel Comics]] writer and editor [[Bob Budiansky]] crafted a lion's share of these. The expanded versions were eventually published in Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' comics.

The bios formed the basis for most portrayals of the characters in ''Generation 1'' fiction, though oftentimes the bios' complexities and details [[Trypticon (G1)|were]] [[Soundwave (G1)|sadly]] [[Thundercracker (G1)|underutilized]], especially in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the cartoon]]. Occasionally, portrayals would outright contradict bios, such as the cartoon version of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s servile loyalty to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], as well as the Marvel version of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s rogue stoicism.

[[Image:Mtmte-oiler.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sure, Dreamwave can give you a personality. All it'll cost you is your center of gravity.]]

As the years went on, less ''Generation 1'' media was created but more and more new toys were produced. This made the omnipresent on-package bios increasingly valuable as sources of characterization, since many Transformers were being introduced [[:Category:Toy-only characters|with no media backup at all]]. Ironically, this came as in-depth personality was squeezed out of some bios in favor of playing up the might and power of new gimmicks like [[Pretender]] shells,<ref>[[Longtooth]]'s on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1989/ts_longtooth.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref> vehicles,<ref>The [[Battlefield Headquarters]]' on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1990/ts_battlefield_headquarters.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref> and [[Micromaster]] teams.<ref>The [[Astro Squad]]'s on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1990/ts_astro_squad.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref> The decline in characterization was by no means universal; [[Slog (G1)|interesting]] [[Jackpot (G1)|new]] [[Constructor Squad|characters]] were still appearing right up to the end. But the worst offenders had reached a low not seen in the early days.

Happily, those impoverished characters were done some justice almost 15 years later when [[Dreamwave Productions]] published [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|a massive profile-comic series]] featuring a new bio for every ''Generation 1'' Transformer who had gotten a North American toy. Written to jibe with Dreamwave's [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|concurrent ''Generation 1'' comics]], these bios were the first and only time many of their subjects were given any kind of real personality.
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===Generation 2===
Turbo-charged bios with dual cam turbine exhaust sizzle readers with searing-hot flaming prose! High buzzword volume allows entire paragraphs to be devoid of meaningful content. Prefers stockpiling ultra-tech weaponry over describing personality. Multiple-adjective blaster overwhelms consumers with redundant verbage! Attempts at faux-scientific sophistication often elicit laughter instead of respect.

===Beast Era===
[[File:Bc99windtech.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', bios became noticeably less character-driven. Rather than describing personality, history, or character quirks, they frequently amounted to a bit of purple prose describing the animal mode in the wilderness and maybe a brief weapon or power call-out. The bios for the European releases were even worse. While the American releases at least had some sense of story, the multilingual nature of the bios meant that they were confined to little more than the character's name, function, and "secret weapon location".

Also notable is the disconnect between the first wave of bios and their eventual cartoon portrayals. In both their bios and their pack-in comic, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] were implied to be their ''Generation 1'' namesakes in new bodies on modern, human-inhabited, post-''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Earth]]. When the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] began, the bios abandoned this [[micro-continuity]] in favor of the cartoon's continuity. But even aside from blatant continuity issues, there were still more subtle disparities. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was portrayed in his bio as a ninja that preyed on humans, while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] was portrayed as a security officer, yet both characters were later revealed to be scientists of incredible skill. Even so, some hints of the original bios did still make it through. For example, Rhinox was often the one updating and maintaining the Sentinel defence systems on the ''Axalon'', and Tarantulas was often seen preying upon the wild animals and proto-humans on prehistoric Earth.

By the end of ''Beast Wars'', the bios had returned to a more fleshed-out state, especially since they had a lot of raw material to work with in the form of cartoon plotlines. The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' bios continued this trend.

Like ''Generation 1'', ''Beast Wars'' was revisited in comic form some years after the franchise had ended, and this included [[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|a series of profile comics]] featuring new bios for nearly every character, even [[Japan]]ese-exclusive ones. They were [[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook#Notes|kinda not that great]], though.

===BotCon exclusives===
[[3H Productions|3H]] invested much work into its [[BotCon]]-exclusive toy bios, tying them directly into storylines in accompanying comic books. Their incentive to do this was quite high, since they were being marketed to discriminating older fans and not just kids who wanted neat robot toys.

===Robots in Disguise===
''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''{{'}}s [[multilingual packaging|trilingual]] packaging left no room at all for bios for many of the characters. Apparently [[Hasbro]] saw no drawback in doing this, because it set the trend for the first toylines that followed, none of which would have on-package bios at all.

===Unicron Trilogy / Universe===
''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' and the concurrent ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' omitted on-package bios altogether. Most of the main ''Armada'' characters did get Hasbro-written bios, but they were only available on the infrequently-updated Transformers.com. Dreamwave eventually wrote bios for all the ''Armada'' characters, which were published in [[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|a profile-comic series]]. The ''Universe'' characters, meanwhile, got no love from either Hasbro or Dreamwave; it was 3H that took up that bio-slack in the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comics]] and [[The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|Collectors' Club magazine]]. These bios were, in the 3H tradition, very much tied into the comic storylines, but unfortunately there was only time and space for a fraction of the ''Universe'' cast to get this treatment.

The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' bios were published online like ''Armada''{{'}}s, with the same problems of update-frequency and incomplete character-spread. The bios themselves were often riddled with errors and discrepancies, especially when compared to their own accompanying Tech Spec stats. For example, [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] were stated to be "primitive in thought and simple in speech" and to "lack in intelligence", yet their stats gave them a "7" in "intelligence". In contrast, [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]], a "cunning Decepticon warrior", was given a mere "4" in "intelligence". Furthermore, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] was stated to have "undergone an intense reformatting", even though he looked exactly like he did when he was still calling himself "Megatron" except for the new colors. [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] was described as a "precision marksman", even though the toy came without any sort of weapon, be they built-in or included as accessories. To make matters worse, the website bios contained a lot of name and spelling errors: [[Shockblast]] was referred to as "[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]" in Six Shot's bio, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] was spelled "Scorp'''a'''nok", [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] was spelled "Sharticon", [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] was referred to as "[[Superion Maximus]]" in his own bio... and capitalization of [[trademark]]ed names was far from being consistent.

Fortunately, Hasbro improved things with ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'', dropping the trilingualism and returning on-package bios as a standard.

===Live-action film series===
Toys in the [[live-action film series]] often feature multiple releases of the same character either in different [[redeco|color schemes]] or in multi-packs with other characters. The bios for these toys often give explanations for the new appearances that are difficult to reconcile with other fiction. This has happened often enough that toy bios in the live-action film continuity are considered by some fans to be [[micro-continuity|micro-continuities]] by default.

====Notable discrepancies====
*Anything to do with [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]! In [[Transformers (film)|the first live-action movie]], Jazz arrived on [[Earth]] with the other Autobots but wasn't seen to do any fighting until the climactic [[Mission City]] battle, wherein [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] damaged him beyond [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s ability to repair. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] mourned him at the end of the battle, and he did not appear in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the sequel]]. His on-package bios, however, embellish his history and give him a different fate: At some point he faced off against Brawl and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in an unidentified city,<ref>Movie Jazz's three-pack bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics3/13575.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> the matchup against Bonecrusher in particular being described as "a last battle - this time to the ultimate finish."<ref>Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics3/13621.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> (Since this would not be the end of Jazz's bio adventures, the wording implies he killed Bonecrusher, contradicting the Decepticon's onscreen death at Optimus Prime's hands.) Jazz also fought Megatron in "a human city" in "the final battle for the AllSpark",<ref>Battle Jazz vs. Ice Megatron on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11431.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> using both a blade<ref>Movie Jazz's original on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11375.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> and an arm-mounted energy weapon<ref>Final Battle Jazz's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11377.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> (neither of which were seen onscreen). Megatron overwhelmed him, and he knew there was only one possible outcome,<ref>Megatron vs. Autobot Jazz on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics3/13671.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> but in fact the final battle left him merely ''almost'' destroyed. He then became even more powerful than before thanks to the power of the AllSpark.<ref>Movie Jazz's ''[[AllSpark Power]]'' on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11376.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> (While this wasn't seen to happen in the movies, [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Alternate universe|a comic-based alternate timeline]] did feature [[Transformers Comic issue 16|his AllSpark resurrection]].) As Ratchet completed the repair process, Jazz had him give him a new paint job reminiscent of a race car.<ref>Movie Jazz's ''Generation 1''-inspired redeco on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11379.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref>
*Brawl, another apparent casualty of the battle of Mission City, also lived on in bios that said he had been "powered up by AllSpark energy"<ref>Movie Brawl's ''AllSpark Power'' on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11357.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> and had made a home for himself in the desert, preying upon unsuspecting [[human]]s.<ref>Deep Desert Brawl's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11417.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> Meanwhile, Bonecrusher is also said to have survived his seemingly-fatal encounter with Optimus Prime, limping off to recuperate in the jungles of [[South America]].<ref>Jungle Bonecrusher's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11355.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s inability to speak, never explained in the first movie, is described in a bio as the result of being shot by the Decepticon [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]], which made speech a physically painful act.<ref>Hardtop's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11481.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> This contradicts the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] comics, which show [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] [[Movie Prequel issue 1|crushing Bumblebee's voicebox]] at the battle of [[Tyger Pax]]. This was later contradicted again by the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, in which his voicebox is instead destroyed by [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]].
*[[Sector Seven]], disbanded at the end of the first movie, continued to exist in several bios portraying them as partnered with the Autobots after Megatron's defeat: They lent experimental weaponry to [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] after the war had seemingly ended,<ref>Movie Ironhide's ''Premium Series'' on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11500.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> and they gave Optimus Prime data about Decepticon activity on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].<ref>Fire Blast Optimus Prime's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11410.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]], a Sector Seven vehicle brought to life by the AllSpark's pulsewave during the final battle, trained with Ironhide to learn to be an Autobot while simultaneously working as a Sector Seven agent.<ref>Movie Landmine's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11382.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref>

===Online bios===
Hasbro maintains online bios for select characters in their current toy lineup on their website. In the past, these were named "Battle Bios". Currently, the bios are hosted on the [https://play.hasbro.com/en-us Hasbro Play website], with the bios included on their own tap. Expect these bios to disappear periodically into the internet ether as new toylines are launched.

==Notes==
* The quotes that accompany bios are called "mottos" by the [[Transformers AtoZ]] feature in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''Generation 1'' UK comic]]. However, the actual bios of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] describe those characters has having mottos that are different from their quotes.<ref>Cliffjumper's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1984/ts_cliffjumper.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref><ref>Ironhide's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1984/ts_ironhide.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs Botch's Transformers Tech Spec (and bio) Archive] - covers Generation 1
*[https://play.hasbro.com/?brand=transformers Hasbro Play Transformers section]

{{stub|Images; anything outside of North America; the whole Classics/Timelines/Universe-2008/Generations/TF-2010/etc. thing seems like it deserves mentioning, but I don't even know where to start...}}

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Bio

2023-09-15T19:21:44Z

DDog: /* External links */ They made a new website for things like bios.

[[Image:MegatronG2Hero_Bio&TechSpecs.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Disobey the instructions... or ruin the resale value of a boxed toy? The choice is yours.]]

The '''bio''', short for "biography", has been a staple of [[Transformer]] characterization from the very beginning. The public first saw them on the back of toy [[packaging]]: Rather than needing to watch the show or read the comic, a customer could read the write-up on the box and know who the toy was supposed to be. In fact, this practice eventually gave "life" to hundreds of characters who would never play a part in any story. It also spread beyond the packages to comics, trading cards, and magazines, continuing to this day.

Bios are often combined with [[Tech Spec]]s and a small version of the toy's [[package art]] to form a single collectible card.

==History==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Trailbreaker_Bio&TechSpec.jpg|center|550px|thumb|He never let his inner angst affect his screen performances.]]

In ''Generation 1'', the on-package bios followed the format seen in the image above: Up top are the character's allegiance and [[function]], describing their role in the military hierarchy. A characteristic quote (sometimes called a "motto"; see [[#Notes|Notes]] below) follows, then a block of text describes in sequence the character's personality, weapons & abilities, and weaknesses.

[[Image:MegsMarvTFU.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ignoring the extended bios makes [[Fusion cannon#Notes|baby Megatron cry]].]]

These were actually abbreviated versions of longer bios given to the writers of ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fiction; [[Marvel Comics]] writer and editor [[Bob Budiansky]] crafted a lion's share of these. The expanded versions were eventually published in Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' comics.

The bios formed the basis for most portrayals of the characters in ''Generation 1'' fiction, though oftentimes the bios' complexities and details [[Trypticon (G1)|were]] [[Soundwave (G1)|sadly]] [[Thundercracker (G1)|underutilized]], especially in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the cartoon]]. Occasionally, portrayals would outright contradict bios, such as the cartoon version of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s servile loyalty to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], as well as the Marvel version of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s rogue stoicism.

[[Image:Mtmte-oiler.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sure, Dreamwave can give you a personality. All it'll cost you is your center of gravity.]]

As the years went on, less ''Generation 1'' media was created but more and more new toys were produced. This made the omnipresent on-package bios increasingly valuable as sources of characterization, since many Transformers were being introduced [[:Category:Toy-only characters|with no media backup at all]]. Ironically, this came as in-depth personality was squeezed out of some bios in favor of playing up the might and power of new gimmicks like [[Pretender]] shells,<ref>[[Longtooth]]'s on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1989/ts_longtooth.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref> vehicles,<ref>The [[Battlefield Headquarters]]' on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1990/ts_battlefield_headquarters.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref> and [[Micromaster]] teams.<ref>The [[Astro Squad]]'s on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1990/ts_astro_squad.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref> The decline in characterization was by no means universal; [[Slog (G1)|interesting]] [[Jackpot (G1)|new]] [[Constructor Squad|characters]] were still appearing right up to the end. But the worst offenders had reached a low not seen in the early days.

Happily, those impoverished characters were done some justice almost 15 years later when [[Dreamwave Productions]] published [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|a massive profile-comic series]] featuring a new bio for every ''Generation 1'' Transformer who had gotten a North American toy. Written to jibe with Dreamwave's [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|concurrent ''Generation 1'' comics]], these bios were the first and only time many of their subjects were given any kind of real personality.
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===Generation 2===
Turbo-charged bios with dual cam turbine exhaust sizzle readers with searing-hot flaming prose! High buzzword volume allows entire paragraphs to be devoid of meaningful content. Prefers stockpiling ultra-tech weaponry over describing personality. Multiple-adjective blaster overwhelms consumers with redundant verbage! Attempts at faux-scientific sophistication often elicit laughter instead of respect.

===Beast Era===
[[File:Bc99windtech.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', bios became noticeably less character-driven. Rather than describing personality, history, or character quirks, they frequently amounted to a bit of purple prose describing the animal mode in the wilderness and maybe a brief weapon or power call-out. The bios for the European releases were even worse. While the American releases at least had some sense of story, the multilingual nature of the bios meant that they were confined to little more than the character's name, function, and "secret weapon location".

Also notable is the disconnect between the first wave of bios and their eventual cartoon portrayals. In both their bios and their pack-in comic, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] were implied to be their ''Generation 1'' namesakes in new bodies on modern, human-inhabited, post-''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Earth]]. When the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] began, the bios abandoned this [[micro-continuity]] in favor of the cartoon's continuity. But even aside from blatant continuity issues, there were still more subtle disparities. [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was portrayed in his bio as a ninja that preyed on humans, while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] was portrayed as a security officer, yet both characters were later revealed to be scientists of incredible skill. Even so, some hints of the original bios did still make it through. For example, Rhinox was often the one updating and maintaining the Sentinel defence systems on the ''Axalon'', and Tarantulas was often seen preying upon the wild animals and proto-humans on prehistoric Earth.

By the end of ''Beast Wars'', the bios had returned to a more fleshed-out state, especially since they had a lot of raw material to work with in the form of cartoon plotlines. The ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' bios continued this trend.

Like ''Generation 1'', ''Beast Wars'' was revisited in comic form some years after the franchise had ended, and this included [[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|a series of profile comics]] featuring new bios for nearly every character, even [[Japan]]ese-exclusive ones. They were [[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook#Notes|kinda not that great]], though.

===BotCon exclusives===
[[3H Productions|3H]] invested much work into its [[BotCon]]-exclusive toy bios, tying them directly into storylines in accompanying comic books. Their incentive to do this was quite high, since they were being marketed to discriminating older fans and not just kids who wanted neat robot toys.

===Robots in Disguise===
''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''{{'}}s [[multilingual packaging|trilingual]] packaging left no room at all for bios for many of the characters. Apparently [[Hasbro]] saw no drawback in doing this, because it set the trend for the first toylines that followed, none of which would have on-package bios at all.

===Unicron Trilogy / Universe===
''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' and the concurrent ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' omitted on-package bios altogether. Most of the main ''Armada'' characters did get Hasbro-written bios, but they were only available on the infrequently-updated Transformers.com. Dreamwave eventually wrote bios for all the ''Armada'' characters, which were published in [[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|a profile-comic series]]. The ''Universe'' characters, meanwhile, got no love from either Hasbro or Dreamwave; it was 3H that took up that bio-slack in the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comics]] and [[The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|Collectors' Club magazine]]. These bios were, in the 3H tradition, very much tied into the comic storylines, but unfortunately there was only time and space for a fraction of the ''Universe'' cast to get this treatment.

The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' bios were published online like ''Armada''{{'}}s, with the same problems of update-frequency and incomplete character-spread. The bios themselves were often riddled with errors and discrepancies, especially when compared to their own accompanying Tech Spec stats. For example, [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] were stated to be "primitive in thought and simple in speech" and to "lack in intelligence", yet their stats gave them a "7" in "intelligence". In contrast, [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]], a "cunning Decepticon warrior", was given a mere "4" in "intelligence". Furthermore, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] was stated to have "undergone an intense reformatting", even though he looked exactly like he did when he was still calling himself "Megatron" except for the new colors. [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]] was described as a "precision marksman", even though the toy came without any sort of weapon, be they built-in or included as accessories. To make matters worse, the website bios contained a lot of name and spelling errors: [[Shockblast]] was referred to as "[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]" in Six Shot's bio, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] was spelled "Scorp'''a'''nok", [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] was spelled "Sharticon", [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] was referred to as "[[Superion Maximus]]" in his own bio... and capitalization of [[trademark]]ed names was far from being consistent.

Fortunately, Hasbro improved things with ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'', dropping the trilingualism and returning on-package bios as a standard.

===Live-action film series===
Toys in the [[live-action film series]] often feature multiple releases of the same character either in different [[redeco|color schemes]] or in multi-packs with other characters. The bios for these toys often give explanations for the new appearances that are difficult to reconcile with other fiction. This has happened often enough that toy bios in the live-action film continuity are considered by some fans to be [[micro-continuity|micro-continuities]] by default.

====Notable discrepancies====
*Anything to do with [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]! In [[Transformers (film)|the first live-action movie]], Jazz arrived on [[Earth]] with the other Autobots but wasn't seen to do any fighting until the climactic [[Mission City]] battle, wherein [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] damaged him beyond [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s ability to repair. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] mourned him at the end of the battle, and he did not appear in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|the sequel]]. His on-package bios, however, embellish his history and give him a different fate: At some point he faced off against Brawl and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in an unidentified city,<ref>Movie Jazz's three-pack bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics3/13575.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> the matchup against Bonecrusher in particular being described as "a last battle - this time to the ultimate finish."<ref>Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics3/13621.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> (Since this would not be the end of Jazz's bio adventures, the wording implies he killed Bonecrusher, contradicting the Decepticon's onscreen death at Optimus Prime's hands.) Jazz also fought Megatron in "a human city" in "the final battle for the AllSpark",<ref>Battle Jazz vs. Ice Megatron on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11431.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> using both a blade<ref>Movie Jazz's original on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11375.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> and an arm-mounted energy weapon<ref>Final Battle Jazz's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11377.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> (neither of which were seen onscreen). Megatron overwhelmed him, and he knew there was only one possible outcome,<ref>Megatron vs. Autobot Jazz on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics3/13671.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> but in fact the final battle left him merely ''almost'' destroyed. He then became even more powerful than before thanks to the power of the AllSpark.<ref>Movie Jazz's ''[[AllSpark Power]]'' on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11376.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> (While this wasn't seen to happen in the movies, [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Alternate universe|a comic-based alternate timeline]] did feature [[Transformers Comic issue 16|his AllSpark resurrection]].) As Ratchet completed the repair process, Jazz had him give him a new paint job reminiscent of a race car.<ref>Movie Jazz's ''Generation 1''-inspired redeco on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11379.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref>
*Brawl, another apparent casualty of the battle of Mission City, also lived on in bios that said he had been "powered up by AllSpark energy"<ref>Movie Brawl's ''AllSpark Power'' on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11357.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> and had made a home for himself in the desert, preying upon unsuspecting [[human]]s.<ref>Deep Desert Brawl's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11417.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> Meanwhile, Bonecrusher is also said to have survived his seemingly-fatal encounter with Optimus Prime, limping off to recuperate in the jungles of [[South America]].<ref>Jungle Bonecrusher's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11355.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s inability to speak, never explained in the first movie, is described in a bio as the result of being shot by the Decepticon [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]], which made speech a physically painful act.<ref>Hardtop's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11481.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> This contradicts the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] comics, which show [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] [[Movie Prequel issue 1|crushing Bumblebee's voicebox]] at the battle of [[Tyger Pax]]. This was later contradicted again by the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, in which his voicebox is instead destroyed by [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]].
*[[Sector Seven]], disbanded at the end of the first movie, continued to exist in several bios portraying them as partnered with the Autobots after Megatron's defeat: They lent experimental weaponry to [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] after the war had seemingly ended,<ref>Movie Ironhide's ''Premium Series'' on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11500.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> and they gave Optimus Prime data about Decepticon activity on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].<ref>Fire Blast Optimus Prime's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11410.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref> [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]], a Sector Seven vehicle brought to life by the AllSpark's pulsewave during the final battle, trained with Ironhide to learn to be an Autobot while simultaneously working as a Sector Seven agent.<ref>Movie Landmine's on-package bio [http://tftechspecs.com/pics1/11382.jpg (scan at TFTechSpecs.com)]</ref>

===Online bios===
Hasbro maintains online bios for select characters in their current toy lineup on their [https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/ website]. In the past, these were named "Battle Bios". Currently the bios are hosted on their "[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands DISCOVER THE TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE!]" page, split into different sections for the current (and not-so-current) toylines. Expect these bios to disappear periodically into the internet ether as new toylines are launched.

==Notes==
* The quotes that accompany bios are called "mottos" by the [[Transformers AtoZ]] feature in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''Generation 1'' UK comic]]. However, the actual bios of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] describe those characters has having mottos that are different from their quotes.<ref>Cliffjumper's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1984/ts_cliffjumper.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref><ref>Ironhide's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1984/ts_ironhide.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs Botch's Transformers Tech Spec (and bio) Archive] - covers Generation 1
*[https://play.hasbro.com/?brand=transformers Hasbro Play Transformers section]

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Tech Spec

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[[File:MegatronG2Hero Bio&TechSpecs.jpg|275px|thumb|"Tech Specs" ≠ "[[bio]]". Clip and save ''that,'' jack.]]

'''Tech Specs''', short for "technical specifications", are the character-ratings that many [[Transformer]]s have received on their packaging or on Hasbro.com, ranking qualities like "Strength" and "Intelligence" and "Skill" on a scale of 1–10. These have also been called '''Technical Data''' or '''Vehicle Data'''.

While technically the character [[bio]]s included on most toys are separate from the Tech Specs—and are sometimes called out as such on the packaging itself—the graphic design traditionally merged them into a single box/card (which you are encouraged to "clip and save!"), along with a reduced version of the character's [[package art]]. Thus, "tech specs" has become, in casual use, a shorthand term for the entire bio/art/Tech-Specs combination.

The standard lineup of stats is:

*'''Strength'''
*'''Intelligence'''
*'''Speed'''
*'''Endurance'''
*'''Rank'''
*'''Courage'''
*'''[[Fireblast]]''' (formerly '''Firepower''', which meant something)
*'''Skill'''

The [[Micromaster]] teams replaced "Rank" and "Firepower" with:

*'''Teamwork'''
*'''Cooperation'''

The ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' ''[[Robot Powered Machines|RPMs]]'' line features a reduced list of "Vehicle Data" stats presented in much the same manner:
*'''Max Speed'''
*'''Horsepower'''
*'''Ramming Power'''
*'''Armor'''

The [[Transformers Character Card]] series of profiles boil Tech Specs down to a single number:

*'''Combat Power''' (or '''[[Scramble Power]]''' in the case of [[combiner]]s)

While these stats often correspond at least loosely to the described abilities of the characters, parity ''between'' characters is virtually nonexistent. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], for instance, has traditionally maxed out most or all of his stats, despite the existence of much [[Omega Supreme (G1)|stronger, faster, fireblastier]] characters. The only category with anything really close to a sense of scale between characters is "Rank," where faction leaders tend to be 10s, group leaders tend to be 9s and 8s, and most others are below that. There are of course many exceptions, but at least there's a solid trend.

==History==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Trailbreaker Bio&TechSpec.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The original style, with decoder overlaid.]]
[[File:Mainframespec.gif|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The last ''Generation 1'' style. Did dropping the decoder gimmick [[Ruined FOREVER|kill the franchise]]? Undoubtedly yes.]]

Tech Specs were present right from the start. With the very first Transformers also came a packaging gimmick: Kids were instructed to "use the special decoder inside to decipher your Tech Specs." A fuchsia criss-cross pattern obscured the blue line that indicated the various ratings, so overlaying a piece of clear red plastic made the blue line much easier to see. This design was used for five years, then was replaced with a bar-graph design that required no decoder to read. The description was also changed from just "Tech Specs" to "Bio and Tech Specs". [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] ended two years later, but in all the ''Transformers'' revivals and re-envisionings since then, the decoder gimmick has not yet made a comeback.

In addition to the packaging, Tech Specs were once briefly seen on the toys themselves: The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster figures]] contained abbreviated Tech Specs bar-graphs inside their chests. When the head was plugged into the body, bars would emerge on the graph.

[[File:MicroSpec.gif|upright=1.1|thumb|The Micromasters got two stats all their own. Awww... it's like they're real toys.]]

After the cartoon was canceled and the comic entered the [[Simon Furman|Furman]] years, many new toys were made whose corresponding characters never appeared in the fiction. But, with an extremely small number of exceptions, Hasbro continued writing bios and Tech Specs for every toy, and this was the only source of "life" for dozens—perhaps even hundreds—of characters. While [[Rescue Force|some European toys]] were released with virtually no character information (not even names), even this was a small hiccup in the larger trend.

The [[Micromaster]] patrols were notable for being the first variation in stat categories, replacing "Rank" and "Firepower" with "Teamwork" and "Cooperation". The difference between Teamwork and Cooperation isn't quite clear.

[[Bob Budiansky]] was responsible for working out all the tech specs (at least through the end of his tenure writing the Marvel comic book).<ref>[https://network.comixplex.com/posts/transformers-tuesday-with-bob-budiansky-watch-the-recorded-event-here Bob Budiansky interview at Comixplex on March 16th, 2021. He says he thinks he continued for a "couple of months" after leaving the comic, but not much beyond that]</ref> He did this based on the scientific method of: "I kinda looked at who they were and how big they were and what kind of vehicle they turned into and I figured, 'well, a jet is probably faster than a Volkswagen Beetle.' (laughs)"<ref>[http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Bob-Budiansky.html Bob Budiansky interview at Rusting Carcass]</ref>
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===Generation 2===
[[File:Realactionpopups3dtransformertradingcard.jpg|left|120px|thumb|What? It was the '90s. You had to be there.]]

The early ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' packages kept all the same information as the ''Generation 1'' toys before them but reorganized it, placing the portrait and bio sections above the stats so that the whole thing resembled a trading card ''(see image at top of page)''.

Some later ''Generation 2'' toys took this further: While a figure's packaging had the bio and Tech Specs printed on it like usual, it would also contain a separate pack-in card that not only featured the bio and Tech Specs again, but could also be folded into a free-standing pop-up image of the character.

In [[Europe]], ''Generation 2'' packaging was crammed with multilingual text, so the bios were shorter, and in many cases there were no Tech Spec ratings at all.
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===Beast Wars / Machine Wars===
[[File:OptimusMinor TechSpecs.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Put it in your spokes, and your bike will go EEK EEK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK.]]

The tech spec designs on ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' packaging kept the "trading card" dimensions established in ''Generation 2'', but the internal elements were rearranged. For the first time, the stats were represented numerically rather than via a chart, which allowed them to be run vertically alongside a much-enlarged space for the portrait. Earlier cards also included a space displaying the toy's hidden weapons.

The short-lived ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' line, running concurrently with ''Beast Wars'', used the same design.
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===Beast Machines===
[[File:StrikaBM ToyBio.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The dotted line is pretty much a formality at this point.]]

''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' altered the tech spec format once again, most obviously by replacing the illustrated portrait that had been included since ''Generation 1'' with a photo of the actual toy. More subtly, it took the first steps toward disintegrating the picture/bio/Tech-Specs unit: While a clip-and-save rectangle still framed the design, the elements within were more loosely structured and less consistently arranged. The lack of a standardized size, shape, or backing made them seem less like distinct collectible cards and more like... well, just bits of the box you might want to keep.

Where previously there had always been a description of the card by the "Clip and Save" note, ''Beast Machines'' omitted it. With it went the term "Tech Specs", which would never be seen on packaging again.
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===Robots in Disguise===
[[File:AxerSidewaysRID BoxBack.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|What the...?]]

It was 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' that marked the first real break in tradition, brought on by a move to [[Multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]]. Toys on the smallest packaging cards, such as the [[Spychanger]]s, literally did not have room for character information. Most Deluxe-sized and larger packaging still retained bios, Tech Specs, and "art," but the bios were graphically separated from the "clip-and-save" box that contained the rest. In at least one case, creative use of space put the Tech Specs box at a 90-degree angle to the rest of the layout, including the bios ''(see image at right)''. And in [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize.php?id=392&size=1&image=5 another], there was no bio at all.

Later on, individually-carded Kay-Bee and Target [[exclusive]] versions of the six show-character Spychangers were released with bios and Tech Specs, since the exclusive packaging was English-only. However, this didn't last; the final ''Robots in Disguise'' exclusives had ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''-style trilingual packaging with no character info except for names and allegiances. All told, a little less than half of RID releases lacked bios and Tech Specs, which meant more than a third of the characters.
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===Unicron Trilogy / Universe===
''Armada'' continued the departure from tradition, eliminating all character information from the packaging beyond names, allegiances, and a few trilingual "blurbs" noting the vehicle modes and conspicuous weapons or gimmicks. The toys came with sticker cards that had their pictures and names on them, but no further information. This was also true for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, which started halfway through ''Armada''{{'}}s run. The Japanese release, ''Legends of the Microns'', continued the use of stats on the more traditional trading card for Super-con and larger sized toys.

Some bios and Tech Specs did appear, but only on the Hasbro website, only for the main ''Armada'' characters, and only on a somewhat haphazard schedule. The fandom response ran from neutral to negative; certainly no one was ''happy'' about the dwindling output, especially since the supplementary character info had had the most impact on characters who had no other fiction.

But by the time of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', the in-package stickers had become trading cards, and in response to the fandom, each had Tech Specs on the back. However, the casual use of the term had muddied the issue: In granting the request for "tech specs," Hasbro hadn't realized that the most important part was the ''bio,'' not the actual Tech Spec ratings. So some more time passed before packs of trading cards with bios were released. And, of course, bios continued appearing on the Hasbro site for ''Energon'' and ''Universe'' characters, though not every character in those series got in before the practice was discontinued. Meanwhile, two new specifics were added: "N/A," which was used for [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s rank and courage and [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]'s Fireblast, and "?" which was Starscream's Strength rating, and the rating for every statistic for [[Unicron]] and [[Dreadwing (Energon)|Dreadwing]].

It was with ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' that bios and Tech Specs (now called "Technical Data") finally returned to the packaging, with even more information (sometimes further bio info, sometimes toy-trivia) hosted online and accessed via [[Cyber Key Codes]]. The Technical Data also introduced "unknown" in lieu of some numerical ratings, such as for [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s stats. An "Infinity" rating was introduced later in the line for some of Primus and Unicron's stats.

===Live-action film series===
The live action film series figures followed a format similar to the Transformers Cybertron Line, featuring a bio and a list of stats. The bio and tech specs could be located either together or on different parts of the packaging, depending on the line and size class that the toys belonged to. The Age of Extinction toyline eliminated tech specs from both toy packaging and Hasbro's website. The Last Knight's toyline is also devoid of tech specs.

Unlike earlier toylines, the tech specs of movieverse characters never change, even if they get a new body or get an upgrade. For example, the severely damaged and weakened Dark of the Moon Megatron possesses the same stats as 2007 Megatron, who was in his prime. Bumblebee retains his fireblast of 2, despite having toys with "upgraded weapons". Jetwing Optimus Prime has the same speed as his normal counterpart.

===Transformers Animated===
Though ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' toys had on-package bios, they were mostly free-form, with a call-out section for "Galactic Powers and Abilities" listing three vaguely technical facts or trivia items in a bullet-point style. However, [[BotCon 2011]] featured two lithographs, each with 26 bios done up as early G1 style Tech Specs.

===Generations===
The first and second portions of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toyline displayed traditional Tech Specs with even the G1-style 'zigzag' graph returning for the ''Fall of Cybertron'' portion. Toys of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline imprint displayed bar graph Tech Specs. The ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline imprint, while keeping the bar graph, featured drastically different Tech Specs featuring only the four categories of Strength, Speed, Intelligence, and Fireblast represented by pictograms instead of words (Endurance, Rank, Courage, and Skill were removed) and upsizing the maximum of each category to 20. As the main gimmick of ''Titans Return'' was larger figures interacting with Headmaster partners, rankings of the characters themselves were marked in red while the 'augmented' portions were added in blue at the end of the red bar. Tech Specs were dropped for the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'', and were instead replaced by a series of randomly-packed cards depicting [[Prime Master/Combinations|one of twelve possible combinations]] between the packaged toy and one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s.

For the first part of the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' subline imprint, ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', the instructions included specs not for the character, but for each of the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] weapons packaged with the toy, ranking their Strength, Aim and Fireblast on a scale of 1-20. Eventually, Tech Specs for the characters themselves made a subtle return in the second part of the trilogy, ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', being again included on the instructions while also being completely written in [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]]; this version brings back seven of the original stats (including Firepower instead of Fireblast!) and excludes only Rank, possibly because that stat became part of [[Cybertronian military insignia/gallery|another rating system]] introduced in the previous subline.

Some toys released under the crossover-oriented ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' line, such as [[Ectotron]] and [[Gigawatt]], feature the same four stats as ''Titans Return'' (Strength, Intelligence, Speed and Fireblast) but rank them up only to a more traditional maximum of 10. As part of the gag, each one also features two exclusive stats that correlate to their franchise of origin.

The current main ''Generations'' toyline, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'', also uses the same four stats from ''Titans Return'' and ''Collaborative'' in a scale of 1-10. These stats are available only at Hasbro's website and are accessable by scanning the QR Codes printed on the back of the toys' packagings.

===Other===
The [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]] line never got more than names, allegiances, and mottoes; but the ''[[Titanium Series|Titanium]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' continued the tradition. ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' never had the stats on the packaging, but had the rest, including three special facts about each character. [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro TFCC]] made up for this by printing ''Generation 1''-style tech specs for upcoming characters in their magazine, starting with 10 in issue 24, and 2 in each of the next 6 issues. [[King]] was issued the additional non-standard ratings of Regalness, Conversation, Creepiness, Heat, and Balance.

The [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters (2020)|Retro Headmasters]] and [[Vintage#Vintage Beast Wars|Vintage Beast Wars]] packaging have Titans Return-precedent four-stat pictograms, instead of direct reproductions of their original tech specs.

==Fiction==
===''Generation 1''===
====Toy instructions====
A Transformer's Tech Specs were determined by means of a ratings test. The [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s were not given a ratings test because they were a new type of [[Autobot]] still young in their evolution.<ref>The Omnibots' [[instructions]], specifically panel three [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1985/instr_camshaft.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>
====Japanese cartoon continuity====
[[File:HM3 Chromedome's tech specs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and [[Headmaster Junior]]s would often briefly flash their abbreviated tech specs on their chest displays when they attached their heads. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters}} {{storylink|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce}}

===''Timelines''===
====''TransTech'' text stories====
As part of the processing performed at [[Axiom Nexus]] by the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s, each [[lowtech|offworlder]] is given an [[identification bolt|identification card]] which includes, among other things, their Tech Specs. [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] did not know what to think about his "Strength=3". At one point he told a [[Cheetor (TransTech)|security official]] "check our tech specs". {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===''Transformers Animated''===
====''The AllSpark Almanac''====
After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] confronted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in an [[Elite Guard]] training simulation, his test evaluation was given in the form of a Tech Spec. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Wings Universe''===
{{wingsnote}}
[[Tornado]] knew from seeing [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s Tech Specs that the [[Star Seeker]] captain had a hand under his dagger. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

==Notes==
* When Hasbro went to trilingual packaging, [[Aaron Archer]] said it was because they believed in the near future all products, down to mundane items such as sticks of butter, would require it; they were attempting to get "ahead of the curve." Years later this obviously has not come to pass, to the relief of most Transformers fans, but not necessarily [[Jorge Figueroa|everyone]].

==See also==
* [[Bio]]
* [[Package art]]
* [[Packaging]]
* [[Power Plans]]

==External links==
*[https://botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs Botch's Transformers Tech Spec Archive] - covers Generation 1

==References==
<references/>

{{toystub|Non-US sources for all eras; imagery for later lines.}}

[[Category:Toys]]

Homage

2023-08-26T00:02:29Z

DDog: /* Homages to external properties */

[[File:Onegenerationshattered.jpg|right|upright=2.0|thumb|Everybody knows where this art [[:File:G1 1984 backofboxbattle.jpg|comes from]].]]
In fan terminology, an '''homage''' is an item featuring design elements specifically and intentionally resembling previous works. This could come in the form of a newer toy resembling a legacy character or a comic cover parodying an iconic one for example. Sometimes, toy homages are given different names from their predecessors if the rights to the name are lost via trademark murkiness, or if the name has already been applied to a non-homage toy within the same series.

Conversely, in order to protect trademarked names, Hasbro and Takara often reuse the same names repeatedly, often on very different toys or very different characters within the official fiction. Since use of the term "homage" within the fandom is almost exclusively in reference to visual similarities, these name reuses alone are not considered homages.
==Examples==
===Internal homages===
====Toys====
As toys are the most prominent part of the Transformers brand with designers constantly needing to come up with concepts for new ones, homages are most commonly found in the various Transformers toy lines. The following is a list of intentional design homages in various lines over the years.

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File:ArmadaScavenger toy.jpg|[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] homages the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]].
File:Universe KingAtlas toy.jpg|[[King Atlas]] was originally intended to homage [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]].
File:Energon downshift toy.jpg|[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]]'s design homages [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].
File:En-toy Skyblast.jpg|[[Skyblast (Energon)|Energon Skyblast]]'s design homages [[Jetfire (G1)|Generation 1 Jetfire]].
File:Energon Shockblast toy.jpg|[[Shockblast]]'s design homages [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
File:Cybertronsmokescreentoy.jpg|''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]] is actually a ''double'' homage: While his deco is (obviously) based on ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], his robot mode, especially the colors of the helmet, is based on [[Action Master]] [[Rad (G1)|Rad]].
File:Movie-toy Fracture.jpg|[[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] homages the ''[[GoBots]]'' character [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]].
File:BoosterX10stock.jpg|[[Booster X10]] homages [[Laserbeak (G1)|Generation 1 Laserbeak]].
File:ROTF-toy_Deadlift.jpg|[[Deadlift]] homages the ''[[GoBots]]'' character [[Spoons]].
File:TF2010-toy_Hailstorm.jpg|At [[Toy Fair 2010]], [[Hasbro]] declared that [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|''Transformers'' (2010) Hailstorm]] was designed as an homage to [[Mindset (G2)|''Generation 2'' Mindset]].
File:ShatteredGlasstoy-Starscream.jpg|[[Starscream (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Starscream]]'s color scheme homages [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].
File:SGtoy-Thundercracker.jpg|[[Thundercracker (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Thundercracker]]'s [[neon]] color scheme is a homage to his Generation 1 self's [[Europe]]an [[Action Master]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|toy]].
File:RBAniMagnus.jpg|[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was [[redeco]]ed as an homage to [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]].
File:TF2010-toy Breacher.jpg|[[Breacher (TF 2010)|Breacher]]'s overall design and colour scheme are based on [[ATV|the ATV]] Micromaster base. He was even listed as [[Groundshaker]], the ATV's driver, at one point.
File:DarksteelToyPromo.JPG|[[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] homages [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].
File:Primetoy-HyperspeedWheeljack.jpg|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#Hyperspeed|Hyperspeed Wheeljack]] homages the [[pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that would later inspire [[Exhaust]].
File:Takaratomy-cloud-roadbuster.jpg|[[Roadbuster (Cloud)|''Cloud'' Roadbuster]] was designed as an homage to [[Ironhide (Energon)|''Energon'' Ironhide]].
File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Daburu.jpg|[[Daburu (TR)|Daburu]] homages the [[Beastformer]] [[White Leo]], right down to the eye patch.
File:Legends LGEX MagnaConvoy.jpg|[[Magna Convoy]] homages ''[[Diaclone]]'' Powered Convoy...
File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-31-Delta-Magnus.jpg|...and so does [[Delta Magnus]].
File:War-for-Cybertron-Siege-Leader-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ultra Magnus]]'s vehicle mode homages ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].
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====Comic book and other artwork====
<center><gallery>
File:MarvelUS-01.jpg|The beginning...
File:TDOOP cvrRIA.jpg|...not ''really'' the end (despite the title)...
File:RG1 100 cvrB.jpg|...the end...
File:TAAO1 cvrREB.jpg|...another beginning...
File:InexorableMarch-title.jpg|...Oh ''come on''.
File:TFUnicron1 cvrRIC.jpg|...and (almost) the end...again.
File:UnicronHaslabBundleCover.jpg|It's at least in [[scale]] now.
File:MarvelUK-001.jpg|''Fight for the king, For the hammer and the ring, Fight for the ancient story''.
File:RG1 100 concvr.jpg|''Fight 'til we die, In a battle in the sky, Fight all the foes before thee''.
File:Introdump decepticons marvelus01.jpg|How to [[introdump]] and ''mean'' it.
File:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg|How to homage and ''mean'' it.
File:MarvelUS-03.jpg|Guest appearance...
File:Megsandspidy.jpg|...and fully-fledged crossover.
File:MarvelUS-05.jpg|Iconic...
File:1 blitzwing war within.jpg|...subtle...
File:R0S 1 b.jpg|...derivative...
File:OP1 Riptcvr.jpg|...grammatically challenged.
File:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|Classic...
File:TFTM1.jpg|
File:Botcon2000-movieposter.jpg|...celebratory...
File:TFvol1 31cvrRI.jpg|...commemorative...
File:I Dream of Wires TFTM homage.jpg|...rather random...
File:Timelines10 diamonded.jpg|...faithful...
File:LL1 Riptcvr.jpg|...par for the course...
File:Echoes and Fragments cover.jpg|...borderline parodic.
File:TFUnicron1 stadiumcvr.jpg|Just like old times.
File:ROTB-digital-poster.jpg|''Aaaand'' here we go again...
File:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|Disposing of an old toy...
File:TotaledOptimusExplodes.jpg|...working out the kinks for a new one.
File:MarvelUK-113.jpg|''A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, A-hunting we will go.''
File:LL24 cvrB.jpg|'''Objection!!!'''
File:MarvelUK-150.jpg|Open, dammit, open!
File:TDOOP cvrB.jpg|Oops, broke it.
File:MarvelUS-69.jpg|Eye of the Storm...
File:Htcc-53.jpg|...Eye of the Club?
File:MarvelUSG2-05.jpg|Alas, poor Bludgeon...
File:RG1 96 cvrB.jpg|...really?
File:G1 ongoing 13.jpg|We never knew him.
File:IDWSG 5 cvrA.jpg|It's [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]]'s turn now.
File:Target2006 enjoying the ride.jpg|An iconic battle...
File:RG1_94_cvrRI.jpg|...and a massive callback, many years later.
File:Galvatrong1.jpg|The ending of said iconic battle...
File:Ultra magnus galvatron ii destiny.jpg|...and the callback's ending.
File:MarvelUS-07.jpg|
File:IDW Generations 1 Cover B.jpg|
File:IDW Generations 1 Cover ND.jpg|
File:Digitaldoomonthehighwaytodestruction.jpg|This is a weird road...
File:DigitaldoomonthehighwaytodestructionSG.jpg|...what, no giant gun overlooking the valley from atop?
File:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg|
File:Titan-MatrixQuestHC.jpg|
File:HoistTheFlag - Shokaract holds the Matrix of Conquest.jpg|
File:MarvelUS-30.jpg|
File:IDW Generations 11 Cover A.jpg|The Scraplets got wet! They're completely useless now!
File:Primalprimetheborrower.jpg|Sometimes homages tell a lot about a character...
File:The Transgressors visual references.jpg|...while other times, they're just done for the sake of it.
File:MTMTE1vsLostLight18.jpg|Journey's end mirroring its beginning.
File:E Xeons Head.jpg|Borrowing from the same inspiration as the "Alas, poor Bludgeon" cover...
File:LegendsConvobatcomic.jpg|...while this one specifically references many elements otherwise unique to the previous image.
File:RG1 80pt5 cvr.jpg|''It's the nature of time, That the old ways must give in.''
File:RG1 96 cvrA.jpg|''It's the nature of time, That the new ways comes in sin.''
File:RG1 76-80 100pgSpectacular.jpg|''When the new meets the old, It always end the ancient ways.''
File:Infiltration 5a.jpg|Choked!
File:Infiltration_6a.jpg|Choking!
File:LL4 cvrRI.jpg|Choked again!
File:OP5 cvrRI.jpg|Choking again!
File:LSotW 1cvrA.jpg|They're the best there is at what they do...
File:TF84 4 cvrRI.jpg|... but what they do isn't very nice.
File:AHM 1cvrA.jpg|The original...
File:AHM 12cvrA.jpg|...the reaction...
File:TF49 regcvr.jpg|...and the imitation.
File:MarvelUS-18.jpg|You are indeed brave, good Sir Knight, but the fight is mine.
File:IDW Generations 6 Cover B.jpg|Oohh, had enough, eh?
File:TAAO1 cvrREA.jpg|Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!
File:RageRage-Megatronappears.jpg|PEACE THROUGH
File:Super_Megatron_Selects.jpg|BOTTOM TEXT
File:MTMTE 9 infomercial toy instructions.jpg|This is slightly obscure.
File:GiGmissiles.jpg|This is even more obscure...
File:RegenerationOne94WarworldMissiles.jpg|...but hailing from the same country probably helps.
File:Marvel-us05-neworder-autobot-ceiling.jpg|Did you know that [[fandom:stargate:Teal'c of Chulak|Teal'c]] is a Shockwave fan?
File:RID17 useful effect.jpg|He goes to ''so many'' garage sales.
File:G1toy optimus prime variants and running changes.jpg|This is also ''extremely'' obscure...
File:OP1 PXUKcvr.jpg|...and to be perfectly honest, a ''French'' flag would have made a little bit more sense.
File:MarvelUSG2-01A.jpg|Prime needs to work on his aim.
File:IDWSG 1 cvrA.jpg|I always thought Blurr was a bit of a pirate at heart.
File:MarvelUS-71.jpg|''Raindrops keep fallin' on my head.''
File:IDWSG 2 cvrA.jpg|''But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red.''
File:MarvelUS-25.jpg|
File:IDWSG 3 cvrA.jpg|
File:MarvelUS-67.jpg|Galvatron's dream of a planetary disco is achieved.
File:IDWSG 4 cvrA.jpg|ALL HAIL GOLDBUG!
File:Beast-Machines-cartoon-poster.jpg|
File:TheWreckers1 regcvr.JPG|
File:Megatrong2cobra.jpg|A classic Generation 2
File:TCC52 Megatron.jpg|A Generation 2 Classic
</gallery></center>

===Homages to external properties===
Not every reference in Transformers fiction is an homage to an older series or character; Transformers fiction references external brands as well. Such references often take the form of comic covers or interior panels that bear an intentional visual similarity to classic or well-known comics or films, though this is by no means a hard and fast rule. Below are some notable examples:

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File:MarvelUK-002.jpg|[[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] started with an homage right with its [[The Transformers (issue)|second issue]], homaging the cover of EC Comics's [http://www.comics.org/issue/10134/cover/4/ ''Weird Science'' #16].
File:TransformersGhostbusters1.jpg|When there's something strange in... southern Peru...? [[Susan Hoffman]]'s assistants look a lot like The Real [[Ghostbusters]].
File:MarvelUS-22.jpg|One of the few instances where the "external property" element (in this case Marvel's 25th Anniversary frame) actually appears on a ''Transformers'' cover itself.
Htcc-50.jpg|A direct homage to the ''Transformers'' cover...
File:OP25 cvrA.jpg|...whereas this one specifically homages the cover of Marvel's [[wikia:marvel:Thor Vol 1 373|''Thor'' #373]], which also featured the 25th Anniversary frame.
File:Universewreckers1b.jpg|The cover of [[Departure|''Transformers: The Wreckers'' No. 1]], in which the various character poses are meant to evoke the cover of [[Marvel Comics]]' [https://www.comics.org/issue/28072/cover/4 ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1].
File:DW Armada 18.jpg|The cover of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[The End (Armada)|''Armada'' #18]] homages the cover of Marvel's [http://en.marveldatabase.com/X-Men_Vol_1_135 ''Uncanny X-Men'' #135] by John Byrne, which itself homages the cover of [http://en.marveldatabase.com/X-Men_Vol_1_56 ''X-Men'' #56] by Neal Adams.
File:Infiltration 1 new dimensions exclusive cover.jpg|The New Dimension Comics exclusive cover of [[Infiltration issue 1|''Infiltration'' #1]], which homages the cover of Marvel's [https://www.comics.org/issue/16556/cover/4/ ''Fantastic Four'' #1]. Fantastic Formers?
File:MTMTE1 cvrE.jpg|The cover of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]], homaging DC's [http://www.comics.org/issue/42881/cover/4/ ''Justice League'' #1], in which everyone is grumpy because [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] pushed them out of the way and hogged the group shot.
File:MTMTE28 subcvr.jpg|You really thought they stopped there?
File:MTMTE43 subcvr.jpg|Hey, DC themselves homaged and parodied the hell out of this one too ([https://www.comics.org/issue/46076/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/290465/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/45895/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/50994/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/50458/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/203861/cover/4/]), so why not?
File:MTMTE57_subcvr.jpg|[[Furmanism|It's Over! Finished!]]
File:LL10 cvrA.jpg|[[Furmanism|It never ends.]]
File:AHM 1cvrEXCL.jpg|The Apocalypse Comics exclusive cover of IDW's [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'']] [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|#1]], in which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] royally pisses off the [[Joker]] by imitating him.
File:Htcc-29.jpg|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 29]] referencing the poster for {{w|Up (2009 film)|Up}}.
File:Intersectionality 1 of 5.jpg|Pawns of the <s>White Queen</s> Lord Imperious Delirious. Homage to Marvel's [https://www.comics.org/issue/41450/cover/4/ ''The New Mutants'' vol. 1 #39].
File:AHM 12cvrRI.jpg|The Apocalypse Comics exclusive cover of IDW's [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'']] [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|#12]], in which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] gives up being a... superhero?
File:TFvol1 12cvrNYCC.jpg|The New York Comic-Con exclusive cover of IDW's [[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'']] [[International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|#12]], in which [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] throws the most awkward punch ever, and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] pets invisible dogs.
File:AHM 16cvrLongBeach.jpg|''I wish they all could be California girls.''
File:Timelines08-Retailcover.jpg|Not actually the Prime Syndicate of Seibertron.
File:LastBotStanding 4 cvrD.jpg|
File:VoidRivals012ndB Cover.jpg|"Who were you expecting, a {{w|The_Monster_at_the_End_of_This_Book:_Starring_Lovable,_Furry_Old_Grover|blue monster}}?"
File:Focus on Decepticons.jpg|Who put this thing together? Me, that's who! Who do I trust? Me!
File:OPAnnual2018 cvrB.jpg|I don't think there's one word that can describe a man's life.
File:ToxicTransformer.jpg|
File:AHM 13cvrApocalypse.jpg|He has a point.
File:MTMTE33 cvrRE.jpg|Me Grimlock no get chaos theory.
File:TFGB02-cvrB.jpg|Clearly indication that a sequel ''will happen''.
File:TFUnicron6 cvrREA.jpg|He lives in the negative space.
File:BWU-TriggerWarningstitle.jpg|Brought to you by the GODDAMN Miller.
File:DarkCybertron cvrRE.jpg|That ''one'' time [[Rob Liefeld]] doesn't blatantly swipe someone else's art, but instead does a straightforward homage with the original artist credited...and it's himself.
File:TAAO4 regcvr.jpg|It was on this day that Cybertron received a grim reminder...
File:TFHalloween regcvr.jpg|Starscream homaging [https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/6/67663/6875783-16-variant-full.jpg issue #16 of ''The Immortal Hulk'']
File:DW MTMTE Armada 1.jpg|
File:DW MTMTE Armada 2.jpg|
File:DW MTMTE Armada 3.jpg|
File:Revolution1_subcvrB.jpg|Not ''really'' the Official Handbook of the Hasbro Universe.
File:Revolution2_subcvrB.jpg|Still, at least they actually got [[John Byrne]] himself to do it.
File:Revolution3_subcvrB.jpg|Still running...
File:Revolution4_subcvrB.jpg|...more running...
File:Revolution5_subcvrB.jpg|...and it's a wrap.
</gallery></center>

===Real life===
Sometimes it's not a fictional scene that's being homaged, but a photo or event from real life, or from real life iconography.

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File:MarvelUK-301.jpg|Homaging the iconic [[World War II]] photo "{{w|Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima}}".
File:OptimusPrime-OriginalIDWTransformersPromo.jpg|Homaging the iconic {{w|Uncle Sam}} "I want you for U.S. Army" World War II recruitment poster.
File:TFvol1 1cvrRI.jpg|Homaging a poster from [[Barack Obama]]'s 2008 presidential campaign.
File:Defiance3 coverB.jpg|Homaging the music video of "{{w|Bohemian Rhapsody}}" by the English rock band {{w|Queen (band)|Queen}} (though the ''original'' version of this pose was the cover of their second album, ''{{w|Queen II}}'', photographed by Mick Rock).
File:RID12 cvrRI.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars}}'' by {{w|David Bowie}}.
File:MTMTE12 cvrRI.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band}}'' by [[Fab Four|The Beatles]].
File:Till All Are One tour poster.jpg|Homaging the cover of the single "{{w|The Trooper}}" by [[Iron Maiden]].
File:Dark Side of the Matrix album cover.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|The Dark Side of the Moon}}'' by {{w|Pink Floyd}}.
File:Bot Out Of Chaar album cover.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|Bat Out of Hell}}'' by {{w|Meat Loaf}}.
File:Spotlight Blurr cvrA.jpg|Homaging the layout of a magazine.
File:AHM 15cvrB.jpg|Homaging {{w|Vitruvian Man}} by {{w|Leonardo da Vinci}}.
File:LastBotStanding 2 cvrD.jpg|Homaging Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci.
File:Spotlight Wheelie cvrB.jpg|Homaging the appearance of a {{w|Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age cover}}.
File:TFLegends-Trypticon-Godzilla-comparison.jpg
</gallery></center>

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Fandom]]

Homage

2023-08-26T00:00:39Z

DDog: /* Homages to external properties */

[[File:Onegenerationshattered.jpg|right|upright=2.0|thumb|Everybody knows where this art [[:File:G1 1984 backofboxbattle.jpg|comes from]].]]
In fan terminology, an '''homage''' is an item featuring design elements specifically and intentionally resembling previous works. This could come in the form of a newer toy resembling a legacy character or a comic cover parodying an iconic one for example. Sometimes, toy homages are given different names from their predecessors if the rights to the name are lost via trademark murkiness, or if the name has already been applied to a non-homage toy within the same series.

Conversely, in order to protect trademarked names, Hasbro and Takara often reuse the same names repeatedly, often on very different toys or very different characters within the official fiction. Since use of the term "homage" within the fandom is almost exclusively in reference to visual similarities, these name reuses alone are not considered homages.
==Examples==
===Internal homages===
====Toys====
As toys are the most prominent part of the Transformers brand with designers constantly needing to come up with concepts for new ones, homages are most commonly found in the various Transformers toy lines. The following is a list of intentional design homages in various lines over the years.

<center><gallery>
File:ArmadaScavenger toy.jpg|[[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] homages the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]].
File:Universe KingAtlas toy.jpg|[[King Atlas]] was originally intended to homage [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]].
File:Energon downshift toy.jpg|[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]]'s design homages [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].
File:En-toy Skyblast.jpg|[[Skyblast (Energon)|Energon Skyblast]]'s design homages [[Jetfire (G1)|Generation 1 Jetfire]].
File:Energon Shockblast toy.jpg|[[Shockblast]]'s design homages [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
File:Cybertronsmokescreentoy.jpg|''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]] is actually a ''double'' homage: While his deco is (obviously) based on ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], his robot mode, especially the colors of the helmet, is based on [[Action Master]] [[Rad (G1)|Rad]].
File:Movie-toy Fracture.jpg|[[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] homages the ''[[GoBots]]'' character [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]].
File:BoosterX10stock.jpg|[[Booster X10]] homages [[Laserbeak (G1)|Generation 1 Laserbeak]].
File:ROTF-toy_Deadlift.jpg|[[Deadlift]] homages the ''[[GoBots]]'' character [[Spoons]].
File:TF2010-toy_Hailstorm.jpg|At [[Toy Fair 2010]], [[Hasbro]] declared that [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|''Transformers'' (2010) Hailstorm]] was designed as an homage to [[Mindset (G2)|''Generation 2'' Mindset]].
File:ShatteredGlasstoy-Starscream.jpg|[[Starscream (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Starscream]]'s color scheme homages [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].
File:SGtoy-Thundercracker.jpg|[[Thundercracker (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Thundercracker]]'s [[neon]] color scheme is a homage to his Generation 1 self's [[Europe]]an [[Action Master]] [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|toy]].
File:RBAniMagnus.jpg|[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was [[redeco]]ed as an homage to [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]].
File:TF2010-toy Breacher.jpg|[[Breacher (TF 2010)|Breacher]]'s overall design and colour scheme are based on [[ATV|the ATV]] Micromaster base. He was even listed as [[Groundshaker]], the ATV's driver, at one point.
File:DarksteelToyPromo.JPG|[[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] homages [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].
File:Primetoy-HyperspeedWheeljack.jpg|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#Hyperspeed|Hyperspeed Wheeljack]] homages the [[pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy that would later inspire [[Exhaust]].
File:Takaratomy-cloud-roadbuster.jpg|[[Roadbuster (Cloud)|''Cloud'' Roadbuster]] was designed as an homage to [[Ironhide (Energon)|''Energon'' Ironhide]].
File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Daburu.jpg|[[Daburu (TR)|Daburu]] homages the [[Beastformer]] [[White Leo]], right down to the eye patch.
File:Legends LGEX MagnaConvoy.jpg|[[Magna Convoy]] homages ''[[Diaclone]]'' Powered Convoy...
File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-31-Delta-Magnus.jpg|...and so does [[Delta Magnus]].
File:War-for-Cybertron-Siege-Leader-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ultra Magnus]]'s vehicle mode homages ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].
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====Comic book and other artwork====
<center><gallery>
File:MarvelUS-01.jpg|The beginning...
File:TDOOP cvrRIA.jpg|...not ''really'' the end (despite the title)...
File:RG1 100 cvrB.jpg|...the end...
File:TAAO1 cvrREB.jpg|...another beginning...
File:InexorableMarch-title.jpg|...Oh ''come on''.
File:TFUnicron1 cvrRIC.jpg|...and (almost) the end...again.
File:UnicronHaslabBundleCover.jpg|It's at least in [[scale]] now.
File:MarvelUK-001.jpg|''Fight for the king, For the hammer and the ring, Fight for the ancient story''.
File:RG1 100 concvr.jpg|''Fight 'til we die, In a battle in the sky, Fight all the foes before thee''.
File:Introdump decepticons marvelus01.jpg|How to [[introdump]] and ''mean'' it.
File:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg|How to homage and ''mean'' it.
File:MarvelUS-03.jpg|Guest appearance...
File:Megsandspidy.jpg|...and fully-fledged crossover.
File:MarvelUS-05.jpg|Iconic...
File:1 blitzwing war within.jpg|...subtle...
File:R0S 1 b.jpg|...derivative...
File:OP1 Riptcvr.jpg|...grammatically challenged.
File:Transformersanimatedfilmposter.jpg|Classic...
File:TFTM1.jpg|
File:Botcon2000-movieposter.jpg|...celebratory...
File:TFvol1 31cvrRI.jpg|...commemorative...
File:I Dream of Wires TFTM homage.jpg|...rather random...
File:Timelines10 diamonded.jpg|...faithful...
File:LL1 Riptcvr.jpg|...par for the course...
File:Echoes and Fragments cover.jpg|...borderline parodic.
File:TFUnicron1 stadiumcvr.jpg|Just like old times.
File:ROTB-digital-poster.jpg|''Aaaand'' here we go again...
File:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|Disposing of an old toy...
File:TotaledOptimusExplodes.jpg|...working out the kinks for a new one.
File:MarvelUK-113.jpg|''A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go, Heigh-ho, the derry-o, A-hunting we will go.''
File:LL24 cvrB.jpg|'''Objection!!!'''
File:MarvelUK-150.jpg|Open, dammit, open!
File:TDOOP cvrB.jpg|Oops, broke it.
File:MarvelUS-69.jpg|Eye of the Storm...
File:Htcc-53.jpg|...Eye of the Club?
File:MarvelUSG2-05.jpg|Alas, poor Bludgeon...
File:RG1 96 cvrB.jpg|...really?
File:G1 ongoing 13.jpg|We never knew him.
File:IDWSG 5 cvrA.jpg|It's [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]]'s turn now.
File:Target2006 enjoying the ride.jpg|An iconic battle...
File:RG1_94_cvrRI.jpg|...and a massive callback, many years later.
File:Galvatrong1.jpg|The ending of said iconic battle...
File:Ultra magnus galvatron ii destiny.jpg|...and the callback's ending.
File:MarvelUS-07.jpg|
File:IDW Generations 1 Cover B.jpg|
File:IDW Generations 1 Cover ND.jpg|
File:Digitaldoomonthehighwaytodestruction.jpg|This is a weird road...
File:DigitaldoomonthehighwaytodestructionSG.jpg|...what, no giant gun overlooking the valley from atop?
File:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg|
File:Titan-MatrixQuestHC.jpg|
File:HoistTheFlag - Shokaract holds the Matrix of Conquest.jpg|
File:MarvelUS-30.jpg|
File:IDW Generations 11 Cover A.jpg|The Scraplets got wet! They're completely useless now!
File:Primalprimetheborrower.jpg|Sometimes homages tell a lot about a character...
File:The Transgressors visual references.jpg|...while other times, they're just done for the sake of it.
File:MTMTE1vsLostLight18.jpg|Journey's end mirroring its beginning.
File:E Xeons Head.jpg|Borrowing from the same inspiration as the "Alas, poor Bludgeon" cover...
File:LegendsConvobatcomic.jpg|...while this one specifically references many elements otherwise unique to the previous image.
File:RG1 80pt5 cvr.jpg|''It's the nature of time, That the old ways must give in.''
File:RG1 96 cvrA.jpg|''It's the nature of time, That the new ways comes in sin.''
File:RG1 76-80 100pgSpectacular.jpg|''When the new meets the old, It always end the ancient ways.''
File:Infiltration 5a.jpg|Choked!
File:Infiltration_6a.jpg|Choking!
File:LL4 cvrRI.jpg|Choked again!
File:OP5 cvrRI.jpg|Choking again!
File:LSotW 1cvrA.jpg|They're the best there is at what they do...
File:TF84 4 cvrRI.jpg|... but what they do isn't very nice.
File:AHM 1cvrA.jpg|The original...
File:AHM 12cvrA.jpg|...the reaction...
File:TF49 regcvr.jpg|...and the imitation.
File:MarvelUS-18.jpg|You are indeed brave, good Sir Knight, but the fight is mine.
File:IDW Generations 6 Cover B.jpg|Oohh, had enough, eh?
File:TAAO1 cvrREA.jpg|Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!
File:RageRage-Megatronappears.jpg|PEACE THROUGH
File:Super_Megatron_Selects.jpg|BOTTOM TEXT
File:MTMTE 9 infomercial toy instructions.jpg|This is slightly obscure.
File:GiGmissiles.jpg|This is even more obscure...
File:RegenerationOne94WarworldMissiles.jpg|...but hailing from the same country probably helps.
File:Marvel-us05-neworder-autobot-ceiling.jpg|Did you know that [[fandom:stargate:Teal'c of Chulak|Teal'c]] is a Shockwave fan?
File:RID17 useful effect.jpg|He goes to ''so many'' garage sales.
File:G1toy optimus prime variants and running changes.jpg|This is also ''extremely'' obscure...
File:OP1 PXUKcvr.jpg|...and to be perfectly honest, a ''French'' flag would have made a little bit more sense.
File:MarvelUSG2-01A.jpg|Prime needs to work on his aim.
File:IDWSG 1 cvrA.jpg|I always thought Blurr was a bit of a pirate at heart.
File:MarvelUS-71.jpg|''Raindrops keep fallin' on my head.''
File:IDWSG 2 cvrA.jpg|''But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red.''
File:MarvelUS-25.jpg|
File:IDWSG 3 cvrA.jpg|
File:MarvelUS-67.jpg|Galvatron's dream of a planetary disco is achieved.
File:IDWSG 4 cvrA.jpg|ALL HAIL GOLDBUG!
File:Beast-Machines-cartoon-poster.jpg|
File:TheWreckers1 regcvr.JPG|
File:Megatrong2cobra.jpg|A classic Generation 2
File:TCC52 Megatron.jpg|A Generation 2 Classic
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===Homages to external properties===
Not every reference in Transformers fiction is an homage to an older series or character; Transformers fiction references external brands as well. Such references often take the form of comic covers or interior panels that bear an intentional visual similarity to classic or well-known comics or films, though this is by no means a hard and fast rule. Below are some notable examples:

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File:MarvelUK-002.jpg|[[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] started with an homage right with its [[The Transformers (issue)|second issue]], homaging the cover of EC Comics's [http://www.comics.org/issue/10134/cover/4/ ''Weird Science'' #16].
File:TransformersGhostbusters1.jpg|When there's something strange in... southern Peru...? [[Susan Hoffman]]'s assistants look a lot like The Real [[Ghostbusters]].
File:MarvelUS-22.jpg|One of the few instances where the "external property" element (in this case Marvel's 25th Anniversary frame) actually appears on a ''Transformers'' cover itself.
Htcc-50.jpg|A direct homage to the ''Transformers'' cover...
File:OP25 cvrA.jpg|...whereas this one specifically homages the cover of Marvel's [[wikia:marvel:Thor Vol 1 373|''Thor'' #373]], which also featured the 25th Anniversary frame.
File:Universewreckers1b.jpg|The cover of [[Departure|''Transformers: The Wreckers'' No. 1]], in which the various character poses are meant to evoke the cover of [[Marvel Comics]]' [https://www.comics.org/issue/28072/cover/4 ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1].
File:DW Armada 18.jpg|The cover of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[The End (Armada)|''Armada'' #18]] homages the cover of Marvel's [http://en.marveldatabase.com/X-Men_Vol_1_135 ''Uncanny X-Men'' #135] by John Byrne, which itself homages the cover of [http://en.marveldatabase.com/X-Men_Vol_1_56 ''X-Men'' #56] by Neal Adams.
File:Infiltration 1 new dimensions exclusive cover.jpg|The New Dimension Comics exclusive cover of [[Infiltration issue 1|''Infiltration'' #1]], which homages the cover of Marvel's [https://www.comics.org/issue/16556/cover/4/ ''Fantastic Four'' #1]. Fantastic Formers?
File:MTMTE1 cvrE.jpg|The cover of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|#1]], homaging DC's [http://www.comics.org/issue/42881/cover/4/ ''Justice League'' #1], in which everyone is grumpy because [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] pushed them out of the way and hogged the group shot.
File:MTMTE28 subcvr.jpg|You really thought they stopped there?
File:MTMTE43 subcvr.jpg|Hey, DC themselves homaged and parodied the hell out of this one too ([https://www.comics.org/issue/46076/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/290465/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/45895/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/50994/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/50458/cover/4/] [https://www.comics.org/issue/203861/cover/4/]), so why not?
File:MTMTE57_subcvr.jpg|[[Furmanism|It's Over! Finished!]]
File:LL10 cvrA.jpg|[[Furmanism|It never ends.]]
File:AHM 1cvrEXCL.jpg|The Apocalypse Comics exclusive cover of IDW's [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'']] [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|#1]], in which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] royally pisses off the [[Joker]] by imitating him.
File:Htcc-29.jpg|[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 29]] referencing the poster for {{w|Up (2009 film)|Up}}.
File:Intersectionality 1 of 5.jpg|Pawns of the <s>White Queen</s> Lord Imperious Delirious. Homage to Marvel's [https://www.comics.org/issue/41450/cover/4/ ''The New Mutants'' vol. 1 #39].
File:AHM 12cvrRI.jpg|The Apocalypse Comics exclusive cover of IDW's [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'']] [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|#12]], in which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] gives up being a... superhero?
File:TFvol1 12cvrNYCC.jpg|The New York Comic-Con exclusive cover of IDW's [[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'']] [[International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|#12]], in which [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] throws the most awkward punch ever, and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] pets invisible dogs.
File:AHM 16cvrLongBeach.jpg|''I wish they all could be California girls.''
File:Timelines08-Retailcover.jpg|Not actually the Prime Syndicate of Seibertron.
File:LastBotStanding 4 cvrD.jpg|
File:VoidRivals012ndB Cover.jpg|"What were you expecting, a {{w|The_Monster_at_the_End_of_This_Book:_Starring_Lovable,_Furry_Old_Grover|blue monster}}?
File:Focus on Decepticons.jpg|Who put this thing together? Me, that's who! Who do I trust? Me!
File:OPAnnual2018 cvrB.jpg|I don't think there's one word that can describe a man's life.
File:ToxicTransformer.jpg|
File:AHM 13cvrApocalypse.jpg|He has a point.
File:MTMTE33 cvrRE.jpg|Me Grimlock no get chaos theory.
File:TFGB02-cvrB.jpg|Clearly indication that a sequel ''will happen''.
File:TFUnicron6 cvrREA.jpg|He lives in the negative space.
File:BWU-TriggerWarningstitle.jpg|Brought to you by the GODDAMN Miller.
File:DarkCybertron cvrRE.jpg|That ''one'' time [[Rob Liefeld]] doesn't blatantly swipe someone else's art, but instead does a straightforward homage with the original artist credited...and it's himself.
File:TAAO4 regcvr.jpg|It was on this day that Cybertron received a grim reminder...
File:TFHalloween regcvr.jpg|Starscream homaging [https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/6/67663/6875783-16-variant-full.jpg issue #16 of ''The Immortal Hulk'']
File:DW MTMTE Armada 1.jpg|
File:DW MTMTE Armada 2.jpg|
File:DW MTMTE Armada 3.jpg|
File:Revolution1_subcvrB.jpg|Not ''really'' the Official Handbook of the Hasbro Universe.
File:Revolution2_subcvrB.jpg|Still, at least they actually got [[John Byrne]] himself to do it.
File:Revolution3_subcvrB.jpg|Still running...
File:Revolution4_subcvrB.jpg|...more running...
File:Revolution5_subcvrB.jpg|...and it's a wrap.
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===Real life===
Sometimes it's not a fictional scene that's being homaged, but a photo or event from real life, or from real life iconography.

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File:MarvelUK-301.jpg|Homaging the iconic [[World War II]] photo "{{w|Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima}}".
File:OptimusPrime-OriginalIDWTransformersPromo.jpg|Homaging the iconic {{w|Uncle Sam}} "I want you for U.S. Army" World War II recruitment poster.
File:TFvol1 1cvrRI.jpg|Homaging a poster from [[Barack Obama]]'s 2008 presidential campaign.
File:Defiance3 coverB.jpg|Homaging the music video of "{{w|Bohemian Rhapsody}}" by the English rock band {{w|Queen (band)|Queen}} (though the ''original'' version of this pose was the cover of their second album, ''{{w|Queen II}}'', photographed by Mick Rock).
File:RID12 cvrRI.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars}}'' by {{w|David Bowie}}.
File:MTMTE12 cvrRI.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band}}'' by [[Fab Four|The Beatles]].
File:Till All Are One tour poster.jpg|Homaging the cover of the single "{{w|The Trooper}}" by [[Iron Maiden]].
File:Dark Side of the Matrix album cover.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|The Dark Side of the Moon}}'' by {{w|Pink Floyd}}.
File:Bot Out Of Chaar album cover.jpg|Homaging the cover of the album ''{{w|Bat Out of Hell}}'' by {{w|Meat Loaf}}.
File:Spotlight Blurr cvrA.jpg|Homaging the layout of a magazine.
File:AHM 15cvrB.jpg|Homaging {{w|Vitruvian Man}} by {{w|Leonardo da Vinci}}.
File:LastBotStanding 2 cvrD.jpg|Homaging Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci.
File:Spotlight Wheelie cvrB.jpg|Homaging the appearance of a {{w|Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age cover}}.
File:TFLegends-Trypticon-Godzilla-comparison.jpg
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[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Fandom]]

Tracks (G1)/toys

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DDog: /* War for Cybertron: Kingdom */ The toy still uses the altered name on the package and online listings. https://hasbropulse.com/products/tr

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[[File:G1 boxart Tracks.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]

'''Tracks''' has many stylish blue car toys!

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1Tracks toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Some looks just don't go out of fashion, my dear.]]
*'''Tracks''' (Autobot Car, [[1985]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''44'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Black beam gun|Black Beam Gun]]", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The original Tracks toy transforms into a blue [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Chevrolet Corvette "C3" model year 1980-1982]] with a large flame decal on his hood. Tracks's vehicle mode can achieve a [[Transportation mode|flight mode]] via two flip-out wings and attachable rocket launchers. In [[robot mode]], Tracks is armed with a long rifle that covers most of his lower arm, and the two white rocket launchers are now mounted above his head. The rifle can also attach to his back for storage or for additional weaponry in flight mode.

:The European version of Tracks, released by Hasbro's newly acquired [[Milton Bradley]] subsidiary, was initially a red car with blue launchers and missiles, consistent with the original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme; the toy is also depicted in red on the [[package art|mural scene]] on the back of 1985 Transformers packaging. This red Tracks was actually a ''Diaclone'' toy originally released in Europe by [[France|French]] company [[Joustra]]; when Hasbro/MB acquired Joustra's leftover unsold ''Diaclone'' inventory, the red Tracks-es were taken out of the original packaging, given [[rubsign]]s, and put into MB Transformers boxes. The styrofoam packing tray still has an empty slot for a now-removed Diaclone driver figure. It is believed that this is also the origin for the rest of the last-minute, second wave of MB-branded Transformers toys released in Europe in 1985.<ref name="mbjoustra">[http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/mb-transformers-part-4/ "MB Transformers: Part 4"] and [http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/mb-transformers-part-6/ "MB Transformers: Part 6"] at 20th Century Toy Collector.</ref> When Hasbro's name replaced the MB branding on European Transformers packaging, many of the MB-branded toys were re-released in the new packaging. The "Hasbro"-branded version of European Tracks now sported the same blue color as his US counterpart.<ref name="maz">[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous_frame.php?art=mb "Milton Bradley and the Transformers Red Tracks" at TF-1.com]</ref>

:Tracks' [[sticker]] [[instructions]] have an odd error: the backpack is rotated 180 degrees, but stickers 9 and 10 are unmoved, making it look as though they should be applied to totally incorrect regions at the rear of the backpack—rather than at the front, in the regions they've been cut to fit, where they're visible from most angles.<ref>{{citesocial|link=http://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-mysterious-g1-tracks-stickers.html|name=Maz|site=Transformers Square One|title=The Mysterious G1 Tracks Stickers|year=2018|month=06|day=24}}</ref>

:This mold was used to make [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]], an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] redeco based on the red European version.

::*''[https://20thcenturytoycollector.com/mb-transformers-part-6/ More information on red European Tracks at 20thcenturytoycollector.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Tracks at TFU.info]''

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*'''Tracks''' (Classic Hero, 1991)
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun," 2 missile launchers, missiles, missile launcher mount

:Tracks was reissued in a gold box as part of the European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] reissues in 1991. On this [[variant|version]], Tracks' shins are painted black.

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[[File:AMTracks toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|As if ''I'' would be seen wearing ''that''.]]
*'''Tracks with Basher''' (Action Master, 1991)
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", "Basher" partner/backpack
{{toydesigner|[[Andy Couzens]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:This version of Tracks was a European exclusive, sculpted to resemble his cartoon appearances more closely. As with all [[Action Master]]s, he cannot transform, but is highly articulated by the standards of the time. He came with small tank [[Action Master partner|partner]] named [[Basher]], who forms a battle helmet/backpack for Tracks (or any other Action Master), colored in bright green and baby blue. Tracks is compatible with all Action Master vehicles and accessories.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Action Master Tracks at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Black}}
[[File:BlackTracksToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|From the people who brought you "Caddyblack", "Blackdraft", and "Black Kramer vs. Kramer"]]
*'''Black Tracks''' ([[2002]])
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

:A [[redeco]] of the original Tracks, Black Tracks was offered as part of a contest connected to the release of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]'' manga compilation. 300 Black Tracks figures were awarded through this contest.

:The figure was apparently inspired by a black redeco of the ''Diaclone'' Corvette mold that was available in limited numbers from the R-Kioski store chain in Finland. Only a few original examples have been found.

:This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Black Tracks|an evil clone]] of Tracks in the mini-manga "[[Rodimus Wars]]".

::*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/pretf/blacktracks_template.html More info on TF Black Tracks and the Finnish Diaclone Black Corvette at TF-1.com]''
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===''The Transformers Collection''===
*'''Tracks''' (2002)
**''ID number:'' '''4'''
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

:Tracks was reissued by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] on [[September 27]] of 2002 as part of their "book-box" ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]].

===''Commemorative Series''===
*'''Autobot Tracks''' ([[2003]])
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

:Tracks was reissued by [[Hasbro]] as part of the [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series V]]'', now officially named "Autobot Tracks" for trademark reasons.
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===''Alternators''===
{{anchor|Alternators/Binaltech}}
[[File:BTTracks toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You can colour me blue, you can colour me yellow, but I will still be that most excellent fellow.]]
*'''Autobot Tracks''' ([[2004]], [[2006]])
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''5'''
**''Binaltech ID number:'' '''BT-06'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] and [[Mark McCall]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist, rerelease)}}

:The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' toy of Tracks updates his [[alternate mode]] to a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] 1:24 scale [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Corvette Z06]], featuring opening doors, an opening hood with an engine block underneath, a realistic interior, a "steering" mechanism that makes the front wheels move in unison, and [[rubber tires]]. Amusingly enough, his rocket launchers are stored next to the passenger and driver seats.

:In robot mode, Tracks greatly resembles his Generation 1 self, though with one major difference: The roof of his actual car no longer forms the front of his chest. Instead, he has a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|pseudo-car-roof]] chest piece that folds down. His large shoulder pads, formed from the rear halves of the car, give the impression of the wings his original toy had. Equipped with a double-barreled gun (formed from his car engine), two pairs of double-barreled, slide-out wrist blasters, and two shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, Tracks is the most heavily armed ''Alternators'' toy.

:Tracks was first released in Japan under [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''Binaltech'' line with yellow as its primary color. The Hasbro version, named "Autobot Tracks" for [[trademark]] reasons, was initially also intended to be released in yellow first, with a [[Variant#Running changes|running change]] to blue intended to come out later. However, when problems with the yellow plastic were discovered at the [[prototype|test shot]] stage, Hasbro decided to scrap the yellow version (presumably before it ever made it to the packaging stage), and instead released the toy in blue from the get-go. (Any [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|rumors]] that the toy was shipped to stores and then recalled have never been backed up by any evidence.) A blue ''Binaltech'' variant was later also released to match the Hasbro version, which retroactively replaced the yellow version as the "main" color variant in Takara's promotional material for the line (even though the blue version's packaging and [[instructions|instruction booklet]] still depict the yellow version).

:The main difference between Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version and the Japanese ''Binaltech'' version is that both color variants of ''Binaltech'' Tracks have the majority of their car body panels constructed of [[die-cast]] metal, which are also fully painted, whereas the ''Alternators'' version is made out of unpainted plastic. In addition, the blue version of ''Binaltech'' Tracks (which is a slightly darker shade of blue than its ''Alternators'' counterpart) also came with a large reproduction of his Generation 1 predecessor's hood flame sticker. This sticker was eventually released with Hasbro's own ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)#Alternators|Swerve]], a [[retool]] of Tracks.

:[[File:Alternators Tracks Arm Cannons Springs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|The official images always lie.]]
:Initially, Chevrolet had denied Hasbro and Takara the license for the Z06 Corvette. Thus, an auxiliary plan for Tracks was devised, this time as another "well-known American sports car", a Dodge Viper. Eventually, though, Chevrolet had a change of mind and granted Hasbro and Takara the license for the Corvette design after all. As a result, the Viper sculpt was slightly redesigned, given a new head sculpt, and ultimately ended up as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Sideswipe]] instead (called "Side Swipe" for trademark reasons).<ref name="vipertracks">Control drawings for the Viper as Tracks, sporting a Tracks head sculpt and a different [[transformation]] for the doors, allowing them to more closely resemble Tracks's G1 wings, are depicted in the Japanese ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' book.</ref> The Tracks head sculpt originally designed for the Viper body ultimately ended up being used for the Corvette version of Tracks, though.

:In addition, the original prototype for Tracks (seen in the Takara [[stock photography|stock photos]] on the toy's packaging and in the Hasbro [[instructions]]) featured a spring-loaded trigger mechanism for the arm cannons, which was changed to the final toy's manually deployed cannon mechanism starting with the test shot stage.

:Due to only shipping in two [[wave]]s, Tracks initially ended up as one of the rarer ''Alternators'' toys. When Hasbro tried to relaunch the line in 2006, a re-released Tracks (with no changes other than the different packaging) was part of the first wave of the new assortment. Ironically, the re-released Tracks ended up as a [[shelfwarmer]] this time around.

:This sculpt was retooled significantly to make ''Alternators'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Battle Ravage]] (aka ''Binaltech'' Ravage), and later given a second retool that only replaced the head sculpt for the aforementioned Swerve.

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#6|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Tracks's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/AltTracks/tracks.htm More information on Alternators Tracks at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on yellow Binaltech Tracks at TFU.info]''
{{AlternatorsTracksMold}}
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010 deluxe TurboTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Gee, that handheld clip-on launcher [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|looks familiar.]]]]
*'''Turbo Tracks''' (Deluxe, [[2010]]/[[2011]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 white clip-on missile launchers, 1 black gun/clip-on launcher
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the fifth wave of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#RTS|2010 ''Reveal the Shield'']] Deluxe Class toys, Turbo Tracks transforms from a blue sports car resembling a jaguar F-type from the back into a winged robot. Tracks comes with three [[C joint|C clip]] weapons, one of which can be handheld, while the missile launchers clip behind his head, a callback to his G1 toy. He can also assume a flying car mode by folding out the wings in car mode and moving the missile launchers from under the doors to tabs on a rotatable flipout panel just behind the rear window. This configuration frees up the launchers' clips, allowing ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' accessories to be attached. His main gun can then attach to his underside. As part of the first wave of the ''Reveal the Shield'' promotion, he sports a [[rubsign]].

:Turbo Tracks was redecoed into [[BotCon 2012]] [[Tracks (SG)#Timelines|Tracks]] and retooled into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]], and ''Timelines'' [[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Turbo Tracks at TFU.info]''
{{2010TracksMold}}
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-AutobotTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Few people know that Tracks is a card-carrying member of the '70s Preservation Society.]]
*'''Autobot Tracks''' ([[January 29]], [[2011]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-13'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 white clip-on missile launchers, 1 "black beam gun"/clip-on launcher

:''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Tracks is a redeco of ''Reveal the Shield'' Deluxe Tracks. ''United'' Tracks features a more detailed paint deco, including metallic blue paint on his blue plastic panels, a Generation 1-style flame hood symbol and painted rear trunk grille and tailpipes. The yellow paint on Turbo Tracks's chest is unpainted on the ''United'' version, and the yellow paint on Turbo Tracks' waist is now silver. ''United'' Tracks has light blue painted eyes to Turbo Tracks's unpainted smoky gray. United Tracks also has a more detailed rear in car mode, featuring painted exhausts, a silver grill detail, as well as the painted taillights like on Turbo Tracks. Unlike a good portion of Turbo Tracks figures, the red paint on ''United'' Tracks's face comes all the way up to the crest of his helmet. Despite all these changes, the two figures have identical (or nearly identical) plastic colors. As with all ''United'' versions of the ''Transformers'' toys, Tracks lacks a heat-sensitive rubsign, replacing it with a [[tampograph]]ed Autobot sigil.

:The Japanese instructions show to flip down the rear tires while the car is in Flight Mode.
{{2010TracksMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
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*'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Most Worried About This Superlative Messing Up His Paint Job
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Autobot Tracks" 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, but he has a cartoon-based face design.

: 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.

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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Tracks''' ([[October 25]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-17'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Tracks is a redeco and retool of [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Q-Transformers|QT-04 Crosshairs]] with a new head, transforming into a [[super deformed]] Chevrolet Corvette C7. For reasons unknown, the release of Tracks was pushed back several times—initially slated for release as part of the fourth wave on [[March 21]], 2015, he was first moved to wave 5 on [[June 27]]th before ultimately seeing release by himself on [[October 25]]th. Some units have their arms swapped during installation leaving him with functional- but [[Misassembly|upside down arms]].
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:MP25-Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Are you implying that I wasn't a masterpiece ''before'' this??"]]
* '''Tracks''' ([[November 7]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-25'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, grille-gun, [[Raoul#Masterpiece|Raoul]] minifigure, [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Blaster]] boombox, flight stand, rear-view mirrors
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Tracks transforms into an officially-licensed Chevrolet Corvette "C3" model year 1980-1982, which can also achieve the character's traditional flight mode. As with other figures in the ''Masterpiece'' line, he is intended to be an accurate representation of his cartoon model. Roughly as tall as a [[Size class|Voyager Class]] figure, he is also in [[scale]] with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10|MP-10 Optimus Prime]], and can fit inside [[Combat Deck (G1)#MP10|Prime's trailer]] in vehicle mode. In contrast to larger entries in this line, Tracks lacks [[die-cast]] parts, and his tires are cast in hard, non-rubberized plastic. Additionally, following the trend started with [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Wheeljack]], his side mirrors come detached out of the box, and can be found separately packaged inside the instruction bag. An extra pair is included in case of loss or breakage.

:While the original Tracks toy had the flight mode rockets on top, this version has the rockets underneath and adds tail fins to the top, which the G1 toy did not have. The rockets can be moved to the top to emulate the original toy but this is more of a [[fan mode]] configuration.

:For accessories, he comes with his traditional handheld black beam gun, along with a version that can be plugged on the vehicle mode's front grill to recreate the scene from "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]", a flight stand for the vehicle, a [[Slug figure|small figure]] of Raoul (based on his "[[Make Tracks]]" color scheme), and a small non-transforming Blaster in boombox mode.

:The mold was retooled into [[Loudpedal#Masterpiece|MP-25L Loudpedal]] and further retooled into [[Road Rage (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-26 Road Rage]].
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You think this is a [[kibble|backpack]]? If that's the case, then ''I'' am the clear winner when it comes to making it look good.]]
*'''Autobot Tracks''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K26'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-15'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 27]], 2021
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the third wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Tracks is a Deluxe-sized mold that transforms from show-accurate robot to show-accurate approximation of the Chevrolet Corvette "C3" in 21 steps. From that, he can also transform into a flying car in 8 steps, with tail fins much like the ''[[#Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toy to boot. Unusual for a Tracks figure, the two missile launchers over his head are one accessory that can be hand-held or attach to any of the [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] as part of the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]/[[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology]]. He also features 3 mm posts to attach [[Fire Blast effect]]s.

:This Tracks toy is in fact ''so'' show-accurate that it depicts the [[:File:MMP1_Tracks_fires_black_beam_gun.jpg|hood flames as solid red]] like the [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] cartoon, instead of the multi-color flames of most prior toys. Also unlike prior toys, his wings are entirely a solid white, as the pieces are cast in [[unpaintable plastic]].

:A [[design flaw]] is present in numerous Tracks copies, where the legs frequently untab. Fixes for this include pushing the pin on the leg a tiny bit further in, as well as lengthening the tab via tightening it or using any of the plastic ties included in the figure.

:For Tracks, Hasbro chose a particularly inconvenient location for his obligatory [[tampograph]]ed Hasbro product code: On the ''front side'' of his right shin. Additionally, Tracks has an extremely minor misassembly in that the rear jet mode fins are swapped left-to-right, which affects nothing except the contour of the back edge of the trunk. Thankfully, they're easy to pop off and swap around, if one were to even notice in the first place.

:It’s also notable that the photograph of Tracks’ flight mode on the back of his packaging is slightly mistransformed. His arms are tilted so that the blue portions that form his car mode’s sides are facing upwards instead of the sides with the red arrows. This mistake is not present in the instructions nor most other stock photography. Speaking of his box, his robot mode is pictured with grey joints at the knees instead of the white ones seen on the toy itself.

:Tracks was redecoed (with a new head) to [[Road Rage (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Road Rage]]. In an artistic error, Track's head in his [[:File:WFC-Kingdom-Tracks-art.jpg|package art]] is based on Road Rage's art.

:Like most of this toyline, Tracks comes with one of four possible holographic [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards for his wave, which reveals a [[Source:Golden Disk destinies|possible destiny]] of a key character.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
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*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

:In Japan, a red rubber mini-figure of Tracks was available in part of a [[Decoy|massive multi-pack of similar mini-figurines]]. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]] ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of ''Transformers'' board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something.

*'''Tracks''' (Decoy, [[1987]])
**''Decoy number'': '''15'''

:The [[Hasbro]] [[Decoy]] release of the Tracks game piece is almost identical to the Japanese version, except the number on his back is 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/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Decoy Tracks at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W5Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Tracks, Autobot Warrior''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T40/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.

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===Jada Toys===
*'''Tracks''' (Scale 1/24 Die Cast Vehicle, <s>2019</s>)
**''Accessories'': Collectible coin
:Announced by [[Jada Toys]] in 2019, ''Hollywood Rides'' Tracks was planned to be a 1/24 scaled non-transforming die-cast car with rubber tires based on his original Chevy Corvette C3 alternate mode and possibly featuring opening doors, front hood and back trunk. Similar to the ''Robot Powered Machines'', the car would have featured a sculpted robot mode underneath. However, the product remains unreleased and is most likely cancelled.

:Tracks would have come with a collectible coin with his face engraved on it.
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*'''Tracks''' (Scale 1/32 Die Cast Vehicle, <s>2019</s>)
:A 1/32 scaled version of Tracks was also announced, but remains equally unreleased.
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===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Tracks''' (ULTIMATES!, 2021)
**''Accessories'': Evil Alien Robot alternate head, left & right closed fists, left & right "gripping" hands, left & right open hands, pistol, rifle, Blaster boom box, "Tank"

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' from [[Super7]], Tracks is a 7-inch-tall non-transforming action figure based heavily on his cartoon character model. Despite his retro look, he has ''way'' more articulation than the original, including multi-directional joints at the neck, shoulders, wrists, hips, and ankles; plus swivel biceps, elbows, and knees. His hands pop out at the wrists so they can be replaced with his additional spare hands in different poses.

: Tracks includes a number of accessories, a mix of items from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] and -curiously enough- his Action Master incarnation. On the cartoon side, he has his normal pistol, a "masked" alternate head from "[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]", and [[Blaster (G1)/toys#ULTIMATES!|Blaster]] in boombox mode (calling back to "[[Auto-Bop]]"). He also has his Action Master rifle and partner [[Basher#ULTIMATES!|Basher]], though Super7 promotional materials labels this simply as a "tank" and it remains unclear whether this accessory can interact with the Tracks figure.

: Preorders for Tracks (and the rest of Wave 2) opened on [[July 29]] 2021, and closed on [[August 27]], with the toys purportedly shipping in summer 2022 but actually coming out one full year later.

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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Tracks G1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Tracks''' (2021)
**''ID number:'' '''96'''
:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and exclusive to [[New York Comic Con]] 2021, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Tracks is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his original Generation 1 toy.

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*'''Tracks''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome:'' '''Common'''
***''Static:'' '''Common'''
***''Glowing:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Original:'' '''Rare'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}}s depicting Tracks in the Funko style.
<center><gallery heights=200>
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_TRACKS_MONOCHROME.gif|Neither blue ''nor'' stylish.
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_TRACKS_STATIC.gif|
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_TRACKS_GLOW.gif|Getting colder;
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_TRACKS_REDCHROME.gif|Even colder!
File:TRANSFORMERS_RARE_TRACKS_ORIGINAL.gif|At least it's blue.
</gallery></center>
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===Micro Machines===
[[File:MMMPrime&Tracks.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime Hauler Playset''' (2022)
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==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternators Autobots]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Q-Transformers characters]]
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:United Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Autobots]]

Micro Change

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{{disambig2|the pre-''Transformers'' toyline|the Kreons with alternate modes|Micro-Changer}}

[[File:MicromanMicroChange.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|<s>Micromasters</s> <s>Micro Machines</s> Micromen!]]
The '''''Micro Change Series''''' (ミクロチェンジシリーズ) sub-line of [[TakaraTomy]]'s long running ''[[Microman]]'' series was, along with ''[[Diaclone]]'', one of the two major [[Pre-Transformer|sources of molds]] for the original ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Transformers]]'' line.

==Overview==
''Micro Change'' was a subline of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s successful ''[[Microman#New Microman|New Microman]]'' line of the early '80s, which consisted of 3.75" action figures that were super-posable and vehicles and robots for use by them. The Microman figures, unlike all subsequent 3.75" action figures (except their Western counterpart the {{w|Micronauts}}, made by {{w|Mego Corporation|Mego}} using licensed Microman molds) were on a 1:1 scale rather than representing full-sized [[human]]s/[[alien]]s/robots, so the transforming robots and vehicles they created had ordinary household objects (such as, um, handguns) as disguise modes. Many of the ''Micro Change'' figures came in multiple color schemes, many of which were eventually used for the ''Transformers'' line.

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==Toys==
The following list covers all ''Micro Change'' releases that were later rereleased as ''Transformers'' toys or otherwise inspired ''Transformers'' concepts. ''Micro Change'' molds with no ''Transformers'' relation are generally not listed as they fall outside the purview of this site.
===1983===
[[File:Enemymicrochange.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Before he was our Enemy...]]
* '''MC-01 Micross'''
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The first version was the blue-body, grey-limb cassette used for [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. A black-body, red-limb version, used for [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], came with Cassette Man. Towards the end of the line, a [[Enemy (G1)|red-body, blue-limb version]] was released.

* '''MC-02 Jaguar'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (sticker illustrator)}}

:The first version was used for [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]. A blue version was released at the end of the line, and was used for the [[e-HOBBY]] figure [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]]. In [[2007]], Jaguar was redecoed into [[Glit (KP)|Glit]] (later repurposed as [[Ravage (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Ravage]]) and then [[Stripes]] in [[2012]].

* '''MC-03 Condor'''
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The first version was used for [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys|Laserbeak]]. The blue second version was used for the e-HOBBY figure [[Garboil (G1)|Garboil]]. [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'s and [[Sundor]]'s decos were created for the ''Transformers'' line.

*'''Micro Cassette Robo DX 3-Figure Set'''
:A [[giftset]] that collects the first versions of MC-01 Micross, MC-02 Jaguar and MC-03 Condor.

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*'''MC-04 Mini Car Robo'''
{{toydesigner|[[Masaki Maruyama]] (TakaraTomy)}}
[[File:MicroChangePorsche.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We'll slip you a fiver if you tell the guy in charge of pre-Transformer redecoes at Hasbro that this is [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]].]]
:This small car assortment actually had two different origins. 01-03 were designed by Takara and transform into [[super deformed]] toy cars in the style of Takara's own ''[[Choro-Q]]'' line (imported to English-speaking markets as ''Penny Racers''). They were released in red, yellow, and blue and had license plate stickers on the back of the head panel. 04-07 were initially designed as part of the little-known ''[[Mysterians]]'' toyline but left unproduced, with the tooling used by Takara for ''Micro Change''. When they came out as part of that line, they were released in only one color scheme each. Their subsequent ''Transformers'' releases were largely identical, but "Jeep" went from olive green to forest green in becoming Brawn.
:*'''01 Porsche Turbo 924''' ("red body", "blue body" or "yellow body"), Pre-[[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys|Cliffjumper]]
:*'''02 Familia 1500 XG''' ("red body", "blue body" or "yellow body"), Pre-[[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]
:*'''03 Volkswagen''' ("red body", "blue body" or "yellow body"), Pre-[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
:*'''04 4WD Offroad''', Pre-[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
:*'''05 Jeep''', Pre-[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
:*'''06 Transam''', Pre-[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
:*'''07 American Truck''', Pre-[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]

*'''MC-05 Camera Robo Microx'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] (TakaraTomy)}}
:Pre-[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]

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*'''MC-06 Watch Robo'''
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}
[[File:Mc-06 Micro Change catalog.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We don't have ''time'' to get into this figure's [[Circular reporting#Azimuth|whole deal]] right now. Eh? ''Eh?'']]
:This figure transformed from a robot to a watch. It came in chrome, black, blue, and gold versions. Before appearing in ''Transformers'', the toy was released in North America as the title character of the ''[[Kronoform]]'' toyline and in Europe as part of [[Joustra]]'s rather idiosyncratic incarnation of ''Micro Change''<nowiki>'</nowiki> sister toyline ''[[Diaclone]]''. Each colorway met a different fate in ''Transformers'':

:*'''Silver''' - Belatedly released in ''Transformers'' as [[Autobot (G2)|Autobot]] in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''. Later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Vector Prime]] in the pages of [[Ask Vector Prime]] and as the Generation 1 incarnation of [[Azimuth (G1)|Azimuth]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics.
:*'''Black''' - Not released in ''Transformers''. Inspired the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic character [[Meantime (G1)|Meantime]].
:*'''Blue''' - Not released in ''Transformers''. Inspired the [[Ask Vector Prime]] character [[Ephemeris]].
:*'''Gold''' - Not released in ''Transformers''. Used to represent the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] incarnation of [[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]] in the pages of [[Ask Vector Prime]].

* '''MC-07 Gun Robo Browning M1910'''
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Browning came either in Silver with red robot parts, or Gold with blue robot parts, in addition to a gold chromed contest piece. The version released as the Japanese exclusive [[Browning]] sported the blue parts, but with the silver body, though his animation model used in Super-God Masterforce depicted him using the gold body with the blue parts.

* '''MC-08 Cassette Machine Battlebike HG90'''

:The Battlebike transforms from a full-sized audio cassette into a motorbike vehicle for the included ''Microman'' figure. A [[redeco]] of this toy was released in the [[1999]] ''Microman'' line.

* '''MC-09 Cassette Machine Jetheli XL120'''

:The Jetheli transforms from a full-sized audio cassette into a helicopter for the included ''Microman'' figure. A redeco of this toy was re-released in the 1999 ''Microman'' line.

* '''MC-10 Cassette Man'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Pre-TF [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] with "Cassette Man" molded on the cassette door. He came with fake earphones and microphone that were also included in Soundwave's Japanese release, and Pre-[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Likewise, the Japanese Soundwave came with Rumble instead of [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]].

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[[File:MicroChangeGunRoboMagnum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Megatron and this guy go [[Kiloton|way back]].]]
* '''MC-11 Gun Robo S&W Magnum 44'''
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:This figure had a revolving chamber, and came with either a brown or gold hilt. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would establish that this figure represents the [[Cymond]] analog of [[Kiloton]].

* '''MC-12 Gun Robo Walther P-38'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Pre-Japanese [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]. This toy did not include any gun attachments (and lacked the tooling to attach them anyway), but had a gun, sword, and plastic pellets which it could fire. It came with blue inner arms and legs, and was either black with a brown grip, or grey with a black grip in gun mode. The grey version was used for all vintage Japanese Megatrons (The Goodbye Megatron set came with the U.N.C.L.E. scope and attachment bracket).

* '''MC-13 Gun Robo Walther P-38 U.N.C.L.E.'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Takashi Matsuda]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:This figure came with all of MC-12's parts, as well as several gun extensions, namely a scope, a silencer and a shoulder stock, which were inspired by a similarly modified version of the Walther P-38 as seen in the popular 1960s spy television series ''{{w|The Man from U.N.C.L.E.}}''.<ref>"U.N.C.L.E. Special" Carbine at CIA Museum, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100324191047/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html archived version]</ref> Only one color scheme, silver with black handle in gun mode with red inner arms and legs, was released. This color scheme was used for all Hasbro releases of the original [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] and the Japanese reissues. The toy was also released by e-HOBBY as [[Megaplex]], using the MC-12 grey/blue deco, as well as a new "Black Megatron" deco in dark chrome, black plastic in place of grey, brown handle, and red inner sections.
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===1984===
*'''Meteor Robo''' (MC-14 - MC-16)
{{toydesigner|[[Masaki Maruyama]] (TakaraTomy)}}
** '''MC-14 Metal Man'''

::This figure transforms from a robot into a metallic ball. It came with two guns that could either be wielded in [[robot mode]] or attached to the sides in ball mode and a circular base upon which the ball mode could sit.

::Two versions were available, the more common silver chrome with black plastic accessories and robot parts or the considerably rarer bluish-silver chrome with red plastic accessories and robot parts. This mold (minus accessories) didn't see release in ''Transformers'' until ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)#Japan|Beast Wars]]'' [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] and [[Dark Eggbot]], where it was [[retool]]ed to include a keychain. This keychain retool was later (again without accessories) used for ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Star Dust]].

:* '''MC-15 Metal Leo'''

::This figure transforms from a lion into a metallic ball. It came with two guns that could either be wielded in lion mode or attached to the sides in ball mode and a circular base upon which the ball mode could sit.

::Two versions were available, the more common gold chrome with black plastic accessories or the considerably rarer silver chrome with red plastic accessories. This mold (minus accessories) didn't see release in ''Transformers'' until ''Beast Wars'' [[Eggleo]] and [[Dark Eggleo]] where it was retooled to include a keychain. This keychain retool was later (again without accessories) used for ''Kiss Players'' [[Angela]].

:* '''MC-16 Metal Hawk'''

::This figure transforms from a hawk into a metallic ball. It came with two guns that could either be wielded in hawk mode or attached to the sides in ball mode and a circular base upon which the ball mode could sit.

::Two versions were available, the more common gold chrome with black plastic accessories or the considerably rarer silver chrome with red plastic accessories. This mold (minus accessories) didn't see release in ''Transformers'' until ''Beast Wars'' [[Eggbird]] and [[Dark Eggbird]] where it was retooled to include a keychain. This keychain retool was later (again without accessories) used for ''Kiss Players'' [[Zangetsu]].

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*'''Lock Robo''' (MC-17 - MC-18)
{{toydesigner|[[Masaki Maruyama]] (TakaraTomy)}}
** '''MC-17 Dialman'''

::This figure transforms from a working dial lock to a robot. The toy was never released in any ''Transformers'' line, but a version in a purple deco did make a [[Easter egg|cameo]] in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave G1 comics]] as a [[Dialman|background generic]].

:* '''MC-18 Magneman'''

::This figure transforms from a working key lock to a robot.

[[File:MicroChangeScopeMan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|]]
{{anchor|ScopeMan}}
* '''MC-19 Binocular Robo Scope Man'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: This figure transforms from a pair of working binoculars into a robot. The toy was never released in any ''Transformers'' line, but a version in a yellow deco did make a [[Easter egg|cameo]] in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave G1 comics]] as a [[Pulse|background generic]].

* '''MC-20 Micro Scope'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in a primarily black deco, MC-20 was recolored into [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. The third tank mode could be used as a vehicle for a ''Microman'' figure. The toy's ''Micro Change'' deco was used for the e-HOBBY exclusive [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]] (and [[Perceptor (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Perceptor]]).

* '''MC-21 Radi-Cassette Robo'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] and [[Hiroyuki Obara]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:This figure came with an AM radio in the form of a fake Micro cassette, and an earphone. One could listen to the radio through the earphone, or put the radio in the main toy's cassette deck. After moving the switch above the left (non-functional) speaker "on" and pressing "play", a pair of batteries in the toy's right leg would amplify the signal from the cassette to the functional right speaker. A knob to the right of the tape door could change the station, and a volume knob and a plug for headphones were located on the toy's left leg. Due to the speaker plug, the transforming micro cassettes could not fit in the tape door. They could, however, fit in a compartment in the toy's back. The earphone plug could also fit in the small hole on the stock of the toys gun, and the speaker could fit in the large hole at the gun's center. The toy came in either blue or red. The red deco was used for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]].
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===Unreleased===
* '''MC-22 Beam Robo'''
[[File:Hardcase Micro-Change Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
:This figure transforms from a working flashlight into a robot. It would eventually be repurposed as a full-body physical basis of the Decepticon [[Hardcase]].
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200123174642/http://www.microforever.com/1983microchange.htm Micro Change at Microman Forever.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180116163727/http://1501bc.com/pretf/microman.html Microman at The Pre-Transformer Page.]
*[https://twitter.com/_necronomitron_/status/1436110567136129037?s=20 Thread] of the ''Micro Change'' ''[[TV Magazine]]'' manga, translated by Necronomitron on Twitter

==References==
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[[Category:Japanese franchises]]
[[Category:Micro Change]]
[[Category:Microman]]
[[Category:Pre-Transformer franchises]]
[[Category:Other TakaraTomy properties]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2023-07-22T17:10:33Z

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[[File:Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|They strike like lightning...if lightning struck like a herd of plodding tanks.]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' (sometimes the '''Lightning Strike Coalition Force''') is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots led by Grimlock.

{{bigquote|That's ''terrible.''|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], upon hearing the name of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team|[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Calling all jerks!]]
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:GoodIntentions-LightningStrikeCoalition.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|We have wheels!]]
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]

====Aligned novels====
Hulking members of the Lightning Strike Coalition jostled for sightseeing space with [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in the [[High Council Tower|High Council Chamber]] during [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s hearing. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] rose to become leader during the war. After being captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

====''Fall of Cybertron'' comic====
[[File:Secrets-LSCtanks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|We have... treads? Okay, what are the wheels for, then?]]
Shortly before the [[Great Exodus]], the Lightning Strike Coalition were a brutal subgroup of Autobots under the leadership of 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, they disobeyed orders and went after him themselves. {{storylink|Good Intentions}} Grimlock, secure in his arrogance, was glad that the fate of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] rested in their hands. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} However, upon arriving at the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], they were overpowered by a swarm of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] and taken to Shockwave's labs. {{storylink|Siege Mentality}}
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==Notes==
*Most people, including members of said team, actually thought the name "Lightning Strike Coalition" was horrible. Apparently, only Grimlock liked the name.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dengekidōmei''' (電撃同盟, "Lightning Alliance")
*''Russian:'' '''Udar Molnii''' (Удар Молнии, "Thunderbolt")

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

Dinobot (FOC)

2023-07-22T17:10:03Z

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[[File:DinobotFactionInsignia.png|upright=1.67|thumb|Both bark... and bite.]]
:''The Dinobots are an [[Autobot]] subgroup from the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].

Belligerent, bullheaded, and rebellious, the '''Dinobots''' (formerly the '''[[Lightning Strike Coalition|Lightning Strike Coalition Force]]''') are a brutal commando unit of Autobots, who handle the jobs that other Autobots don't have the stomach for. Openly critical of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s conservative tactics, the unit instead defers to their leader [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], who isn't above defying his higher-ups if the need arises. One such rebellion resulted in the team becoming captives of [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who subsequently experimented on the team by giving with new [[alternate mode]]s based on [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] and other prehistoric creatures, intending to turn them into mindless berserkers. The Dinobots managed to escape Shockwave's lab, and their mutual struggle to adjust to and understand their strange new forms has resulted in the team becoming more tight-knit than ever.

The Dinobots include:
* [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
* [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] (scout)
* [[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] (tactician)
* [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] (analyst, engineer, and medic)
* [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] (logistician)

==Fiction==
===IDW Aligned comics===
[[File:GoodIntentions-LightningStrikeCoalition.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Sludge probably should have called in sick that day.]]

In the waning days of the war for Cybertron, the commando unit known as the Lightning Strike Coalition fought under Optimus Prime's command, although they openly criticized his cautious approach to warfare; Grimlock in particular. {{storylink|Good Intentions}} At some point, Grimlock sent Swoop to investigate the Decepticon's seemingly infinite supply of [[Energon]]. Swoop tracked a trail of clues all the way to the [[Rust Sea]], where he discovered a vast pool of untainted Energon... as well as Starscream, Shockwave, and a swarm of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s, all operating out of Shockwave's secret laboratory in the Rust Sea. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} While Optimus and his team tried to scavenge materials for the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' and escape from Cybertron, Grimlock and the rest of his team held the line against Decepticon forces, defying Optimus's orders to return to base. When Grimlock received Swoop's distress message, he rallied the rest of the Coalition, and together they set off in search of their missing comrade, with Grimlock arrogantly believing that the fate of Cybertron rested in his hands. {{storylink|Good Intentions}}

Before long, the team arrived at Swoop's last known location just outside of Shockwave's tower. The Coalition clobbered their way through the Insecticon swarm with their trademark brutality and soon discovered Swoop, who had been left alive and strung up to a strange machine. As it turned out, Shockwave had deliberately set up his prisoner as bait so that he could lure Swoop's teammates into his clutches. Believing that the Coalition's strength and durability would make them ideal test subjects, Shockwave and his Insecticon hordes disabled all of them, while the Decepticon scientist carted them off to begin his experiments. {{storylink|Siege Mentality}} Having observed alien lifeforms on a distant planet through his [[space bridge]], Shockwave begun surgically altering the Coalition, physically rebuilding them with new alternate modes while simultaneously splicing dinosaur DNA with their own [[CNA]], giving them the ability to transform into various prehistoric creatures. {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}}

[[File:Secrets-LSCtanks.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Everybody walk the... tank?]]

The first member of the team to go under the knife was Sludge, who had been badly wounded in the fight. Using him as a test run for his later experiments, Shockwave successfully rebuilt him so that he could transform into an ''Apatosaurus'', then ordered [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] to dump his stasis-locked body in the tunnels underneath Shockwave's tower. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}} Shockwave then turned his attention to the four remaining members of the unit, enhancing their already formidable strength with numerous saurian attributes. Shockwave was particularly interested in Grimlock, the most physically powerful of the bunch, and intended to turn him into a mindless brute completely loyal to Shockwave's cause. Unfortunately for Shockwave, Grimlock managed to withstand Shockwave's mental conditioning. Grimlock would eventually be visited by Starscream, who offered to spring the Autobot from his shackles if he swore allegiance to Shockwave. Grimlock thought otherwise, and broke free by himself. Grimlock proceeded to trash Shockwave's laboratory and meet up with the similarly altered Slug, Swoop, and Snarl as he learned to transform into and control his brand-new ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' alternate mode. Ultimately, Grimlock's new vendetta against Shockwave would take him to the top of the Decepticon's newest space bridge, where the two faced off. With the aid of his powerful new alternate mode, Grimlock managed to destroy Shockwave's replica Space Bridge {{storylink|Fall}}, but the ensuing explosion sent him tumbling to the ground, temporarily knocking him offline. Snarl, Slug, and Swoop thought that Grimlock had perished in the ensuing explosion. {{Storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}} While Optimus Prime's Autobots departed into deep space aboard the ''Ark'', the trio opted to remain on Cybertron.

Four cycles after the launch of the ''Ark'', an Autobot cleanup crew discovered Sludge's deactivated body and managed to bring him back online. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}} At some point, the rest of the Lightning Strike Coalition also discovered and resuscitated Grimlock. With all five members of his unit back together again, Grimlock re-christened them the "Dinobots" . {{Storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Transformers Prime Rage of the Dinobots.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|A few thousand years ago, a crack commando unit was captured by Shockwave for his experiments. These Autobots promptly escaped from a maximum security laboratory to the Cybertron underground. Today, still wanted by the Decepticons, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire the Dinobots.]]
When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] called for the final evacuation of Cybertron, the Dinobots were assigned to one of the spacebound convoys fleeing Decepticon forces. While the Dinobots covered the retreat of the other ships in the convoy, Magnus's fighter was shot down. The Dinobots found the wreck of his ship and were disturbed to find it guarded by the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]]. Sensing the handiwork of their nemesis [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the Dinobots attacked the beast, however once they defeated it, Grimlock went into a berserker rage and attacked Snarl as a side-effect of the strength he experienced during his time in his [[beast mode]]. In the chaos, Backbite revived and captured Swoop, taking him to the Forged, to be "re-forged" along with Ultra Magnus.{{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

When Grimlock and the remaining Dinobots stormed the prison in which Swoop and Ultra Magnus were being held, they freed all the other Autobot captives, but ran into [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]], the head of the joint. As Grimlock threatened her, he and his team were horrified to see Swoop in a "re-forged" programming, declaring an oath of loyalty to Shockwave.{{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 2|Rage of the Dinobots #2}}

[[File:RageOfTheDinobots2-UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape."]]

As the Autobots beheld this latest of atrocities, Ser-Ket revealed that she reinforced her master's original programming of Swoop. Ultra Magnus attempted to convince Grimlock that Swoop was lost, but Grimlock refused and told him to "Switch off!", claiming that this was Dinobot business. He then challenged Ser-Ket to a one-on-one brawl, the stake being that if he won, she would have to fix Swoop and let the Autobots leave. If not, they would all surrender. She in turn asked why she would agree to such a proposal, when the Autobots were so badly outnumbered. Grimlock reasoned that if there were a large battle, more Autobots and Dinobots would die, and would be of no use to her or her master. Ser-Ket agreed, and the other Dinobots formed a ring of fire as an arena. Grimlock fought hard, but was overwhelmed by his opponent's speed, ferocity and strength, the latter all the while taunting and prompting the Dinobot leader to transform into his beast form, referring to it as his 'true' form. Though Grimlock was initially reluctant, knowing that he would all too certainly lose control in that mode, he decided that it was the only way he could fell her. This proves to be a potential trump card for Grimlock, and Ser-Ket remarked that it would be an honour to fall at the hands of Shockwave's 'greatest achievement', but not this time, calling in Swoop to attack his leader. Grimlock yanked Swoop down and attacked him, jolting the brainwashed Dinobot back into reality. The other Dinobots prompt Grimlock to revert to his proto-form, and it worked, but not before he severed and smashed Ser-Ket's head. Seeing their head honcho defeated, the Forged kept their word and released the Autobots. As the valiant captives retreated, Ser-Ket revealed her true identity as a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]], in a form much too powerful for Grimlock, musing that he had beaten her in his 'true' form, and now it was her turn. As she flew away with him, Swoop caught up with her and ripped out one of the optics in her beast mode, thus settling a personal grudge, and freed Grimlock. As the damaged Ser-Ket cursed the Autobots, Grimlock emphasized their existence as Dinobots and impaled her beast head with his sword, offlining her once and for all. They were interrupted by Shockwave, who remarked that if he felt emotion, he'd say he was proud.{{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 3|Rage of the Dinobots #3}}

As the Autobots attacked Shockwave, the Decepticon scientist deployed an EMP, immobilizing them, before knocking them out. Sometime later, Grimlock came to in a familiar place; an operating table. Shockwave planned to resume his work on Grimlock, with one small change; he would completely erase Grimlock's thoughts, memories and anything that made him what he was. The other Autobots were in prison and came up with a plan to escape, involving a staged 'prison disagreement'. It worked all too well and soon they attacked Shockwave's lab, just before he was able to administer the fateful change to Grimlock. They ripped the scientist apart, and were hardly able to believe they had done so. As they revived Grimlock and bid their retreat, they were faced with a holographic representation of Shockwave, who revealed that the Decepticon they just annihilated was nothing more than one of many avatars Shockwave was employing to carry out his work in around the different prison complexes on Cybertron. Later, as Ultra Magnus and the rescued Autobots prepared to leave Cybertron, Grimlock declared that he would stay on and free the other captive Autobots on the planet, along with his team. Ultra Magnus congratulated and thanked the Dinobots before leaving. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

With Cybertron now a derelict wasteland, the Dinobots took refuge underground with other surviving Transformers. In between searching for Energon and fighting the surviving Forged and Insecticons, Grimlock, the new "king" of Cybertron, mediated disputes and arguments between individuals. The Dinobots eventually met [[Firestar (Prime)|Firestar]], an inhabitant of [[Last Spark]], who implored them to help fight a mysterious enemy preying on her city's people. Sludge and Snarl set off to investigate, against Grimlock's wishes. After some investigation, the duo encountered Kickback and his followers. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 1|Beast Hunters #1}} In the ensuing fight, Kickback denied that he had anything to do with the murders, and accused the Forged of the crime. Sludge, still furious about how Kickback abandoned him in the tunnel, deliberately snapped the Insecticon's neck. When the pair returned to Last Spark, they continued their investigation and realized that some of the bodies had been drained of Energon after their death. [[Airwave (Prime)|Airwave]], the leader of Last Spark, was the culprit responsible for the murders, and with Firestar's assistance the trio took him down. On returning to base, Grimlock apologized to Sludge for his earlier behavior, and reaffirmed that the two Dinobots had done the right thing in the end. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}}

The Dinobots eventually relocated their base of operations to Last Spark, although the locals took a long time to grow accustomed to their presence. Some time later, Swoop and Grimlock went on patrol together. The duo encountered a group of Forged guarding a fortified complex. After a brief fight, the two Dinobots broke in, and after a bit of exploration learned that the area was yet another one of Shockwave's many secret laboratories. Some more exploration revealed a trio of real dinosaurs and a pterosaur- a ''Tyrannosaurus'', a ''Triceratops'', a ''Stegosaurus'', and a ''Pteranodon''- in stasis. When they awakened, they attacked the two Dinobots. The fight eventually spilled over into Last Spark itself. The Dinobots eventually defeated their doppelgangers after exposure to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere quickly killed the organic creatures. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 4|Beast Hunters #4}}

Snarl temporarily took Grimlock's place on his throne while the Dinobot leader visited [[New Kalis]], although he proved just as ill-tempered as the Dinobot leader in the role of mediator. His negotiations with [[Scrounge (Prime)|Scrounge]] were suddenly cut short by a mysterious earthquake and an unexpected stream of fresh Energon. With only a handful of survivors of the earthquake, Snarl tried to rally them and lead them to safety. Simultaneously, New Kalis slowly began flooding with clean Energon, threatening to drown its inhabitants. While [[Chromia (Prime)|Chromia]] and Swoop unsuccessfully tried to evacuate the populace, Grimlock was forced to transform into his beast mode and frighten them away from the Energon pool, but his dinosaur instincts got the better of him and he reverted to a feral state. Slug and Sludge discovered [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]] buried in a landslide; Slug grudgingly pulled him free if only to bring the Decepticon to justice. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 5|Beast Hunters #5}} All of the Dinobots and the survivors under their care headed up to the surface by one way or another {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 6|Beast Hunters #6}}, where they discovered that Optimus Prime and his team had returned to Cybertron and successfully rejuvenated it. Their revelry was cut short by the arrival of the surviving Forged, still intent on destroying the Dinobots. Still underground, Sludge, Firestar, and [[Zoom]] encountered a massive [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]], who dealt a fatal blow to Zoom. Sludge managed to force the Predacon to retreat, although Zoom expired from his injuries. The Predacon eventually burst through the surface and attacked the other Dinobots, but Sludge, who had rendezvoused with the recently arrived [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], arrived, and together they sent the Predacon fleeing. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 7|Beast Hunters #7}}

After Optimus Prime sacrificed himself to bring the Well of All Sparks online once again, [[Team Prime]] and the Dinobots worked together to get the other Autobot survivors to safety. The team split up to deal with the rogue Predacon; when it chose to attack the group headed by Arcee and Swoop, Grimlock and Bumblebee ambushed the beast and managed to lock it up in a secure underground bunker. Although the Dinobots argued with Bulkhead about their status among "normal" Transformers because of their strange beast modes, Arcee explained that Optimus would have wanted this new world to be a fresh start for all Transformers. While Arcee decided to begin rebuilding Kaon, Grimlock and his team announced their intention to create the city of [[New Spark]], a new city for the displaced refugees of Last Spark. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 8|Beast Hunters #8}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
During a discussion about the existence of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s and their relationship to Earth's dinosaurs, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] asked Bulkhead about the Dinobots. However, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] assured her that they were entirely different from Predacons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ===
{{Note|On [[September 11]], [[2012]], the Dinobots, excluding [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]], were made available for download in the Dinobot Destructor Pack on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Steam.<ref>http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/4/3283751/transformer-fall-of-cybertron-is-bringing-the-dinobots-to-competitive</ref>}}

As Optimus Prime and the other Autobots readied the ''Ark'' to launch, Grimlock and the rest of his squadron abandoned their post for reasons unknown, stealing a dropship and heading to the Rust Sea. Although the team smashed their way through Shockwave's Decepticons, they were eventually overrun by a horde of Insecticons. Sludge's body was abandoned in the tunnel in stasis lock, while the other four were deliberately left alive so that Shockwave could experiment on them. Shockwave re-engineered their bodies so that they could transform into the alien creatures he had discovered while observing a primitive planet. Grimlock was the most drastically altered; the traumatic surgery redirected power away from his mind and left him less coherent and emotionally stable than ever before.

[[File:FOC-Grimlockspacetrex.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|And so, the four Dinobots set off for the Great Valley.]]

Slug was the first to come round and break free, melting a hole in the floor and escaping into the tunnels beneath Kaon. Grimlock was approached by a disgraced [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who had recently been ousted from his throne by a rebuilt [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and now sought an army of his own. He offered to set Grimlock free if the hulking warrior promised to become his slave.... at which point Grimlock freed himself by throwing the Decepticon against the wall, deactivating his shackles. Still adjusting to his strange new body, Grimlock fought his way through the lab and stumbled across Swoop, who was still locked up. When he eventually freed Swoop, the two of them fought and defeated [[Hardshell]], who was piloting a gigantic suit of armor. The duo eventually discovered what remained of Slug's holding cell, and split up to search for him. While underground, Grimlock finally learned how to transform into his new ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' [[alternate mode]] as he faced off against [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] and an Insecticon [[Bruiser]]. Slug arrived not long afterwards, battering down a door and crushing Kickback beneath its weight.

Now a trio, Grimlock ordered them to search for Snarl, the last known victim of Shockwave's experiments. They eventually found him trapped in his cell, being tortured by [[Sharpshot]]. Grimlock tore through the machinery powering the torture devices and executed Sharpshot, while the other two helped the badly-damaged Snarl to his feet. The quartet took shelter in one of Shockwave's personal observation towers; Grimlock and Slug helped stabilize Snarl while Swoop discovered plans for Sludge's dinosaur form, inspiring Swoop to re-brand the quartet as the "Dinobots". Slug contacted Optimus Prime, who ordered them to fall back to base. Grimlock ignored the order and set off to Shockwave's Space Bridge, intending to confront the scientist once and for all. With the help of Swoop, Grimlock made it up to the top of the tower and destroyed Shockwave's space bridge, destroying the entire complex in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Dinobots participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of them! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Notes==
[[File:QuarrysQuarry triumphant team.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sadly, this doesn't count.]]
*In the third season of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'', [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Rescue Bot]]s adopt dinosaur-based modes, in which they are referred to as "Dinobots" at several points during the series. They do so by scanning artificial dinosaurs created by combining robotics with dinosaur DNA. Unfortunately, adopting these beast modes lowers their supply of Energon, and they are left unable to control the animal instincts of their new modes unless they use an Energon patch.
**As an interesting note, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the four [[Rescue Bot]]s share their dinosaur modes with the actual Dinobots: [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] have ''Tyrannosaurus'' modes, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] each become an ''Apatosaurus'', [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] have ''Pteranodon'' forms, [[Boulder]] and [[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] both possess ''Triceratops'' modes, and [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] are each a ''Stegosaurus''.
**Even before this, the human built dinosaur robot, [[Trex]], was also referred to as a "Dino Bot". Unfortunately, he wasn't a [[Transformer]].
**When guest character [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] shows up at [[The Need for Speed|a later point]], he alludes to [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Dinobots]] [[Dinobot (RID)|of a different kind]], to which Boulder then compares the Rescue Bots as Dinobots, muddying the waters a bit as to which of these two kinds of Dinobots the Rescue Bot Dinobots are more akin to.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Aligned Dinobots| (FOC)]]
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]

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

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

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

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

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

====[[Unicron]]====
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File:Blentron red.png|'''[[Blentron]]''' This symbol is based on the face of Unicron, reflecting the Blentrons' heritage.
File:Unicron faction symbol.png|'''[[Herald of Unicron]]''' A recolor of the Blentron insignia, used by the ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' book to denote Unicron and his followers.
File:Unicron energon symbol.png|A recolor of the [[Mini-Con]] symbol; used on the Japanese packaging of ''Armada'' Unicron and on Takara's website for the [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'' toyline]], it was also seen in the background of Unicron's transformation sequence in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]].''
File:Unicronsymbol dwmtmte.png|Used in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Armada profile book]] to denote Unicron-allied Transformers.
File:Terrorcon symbol.png|"[[Movie continuity family|Movie]]" '''[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]'''
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====Combined factions====
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-77-AutobotDecepticonAlliance.png|'''Autobot/Decepticon Alliance''' {{storylink|Exodus!}}
File:Cybertron-Alliance.png|'''[[Cybertron Alliance]]''' First introduced in the [[Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 story pages]], this symbol is used for various (doomed) Autobot/Decepticon coalition governments in the world of the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon]].
File:Ancient Transformer Symbol.png|'''Ancient [[Transformer]]''' An ancient symbol discovered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who claimed that Autobots and Decepticons were once one race. {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave) |Generation One}}
Cobra Decepticon symbol.png|'''Cobra/Decepticon''' Initially used on [[:File:GI Joe vs Transformers 1rep.jpg|covers]] for [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers]], this symbol would later return on [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|various]] [[Viper (CW)|toys]].
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====Others====
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File:Optimus symbol.png|'''[[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]''' The "heroic" faction of the Brazilian [[Estrela]] G1 toyline.
File:Malignus symbol.png|'''[[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]]''' The "villainous" faction of the Brazilian [[Estrela]] G1 toyline.
File:Cybertronian.png|'''[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]]''' Used by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s Cybertronian Empire, this symbol is inexplicably identical to the Generation 2 Decepticon insignia aside from color.
File:Vehicon symbol.png|'''[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]'''
File:Minicon symbol.png|'''[[Mini-Con]]''' As the Mini-Cons in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' were created by [[Unicron]], the "M" echoes Unicron's face and the border represents his orbital ring.
File:Symbol star seeker reg.png|'''[[Star Seeker]]s'''
File:PredaconPrimeLogo.png|"[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]]" '''[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]'''
File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|This symbol was originally planned to represent the ''Prime'' Predacons before [http://sunnybutte.tumblr.com/post/131368170623/and-if-you-were-wondering-why-beast-hunters-was being replaced]; it still made it onto a number of toys and stock photos.
File:Mercenary-Symbol.png|'''[[Mercenary]]'''
File:WFCScorponokInsignia.png|'''[[Scorponok (group)|Scorponok]]''' This symbol was used for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s race in promotional materials for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''Earthrise'']] cartoon.
File:Primus Vanguard Insignia Clean.png|'''[[Primus Vanguard]]''' This Autobot symbol recolor is used to denote the followers of [[Primus]] in the [[Precursor World continuity|Precursor World]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic|CMCpc}}
File:Straxus Insignia.png|'''[[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus]]''' The villainous splinter faction of the Primus Vanguard led by, well, Straxus. {{storylink|Cybertron Convobat prequel comic|CCpc}}
File:ExarchonSymbol.png|'''[[Exarchon]]'''
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==Subgroups==
{{main|Subgroup}}
===Autobot subgroups===
<gallery>
File:Wreckers symbol.png|'''[[Wreckers]]'''
File:Wreckeridw.png|'''[[Wreckers]]''' ''[[Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits|Tread & Circuits]]'' variation
File:TeamRodimus-EnergonClean.png|'''[[Team Rodimus (Energon)|Team Rodimus]]''' (Version 1) The early version of the insignia used on flags wielded by the group led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]].
File:TeamRodimus-EnergonInsignia.png|'''[[Team Rodimus (Energon)|Team Rodimus]]''' (Version 2) The upgraded insignia used on flags wielded by the group and also used on [[Team Rodimus's ship|their ship]]'s flags.
File:Team Ironhide symbol.png|'''[[Team Ironhide]]''' An insignia worn by [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] and a group of Omnicons under his command.
File:Cybertron Defence.png|'''[[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]]''' Used by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], after their collective reconstruction.
File:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|'''[[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]]'''
File:TFA Autotrooper Badge.png|'''[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotrooper]]'''
File:RescueBots symbol.png|'''[[Rescue Bot]]s'''
File:RescueBots cartoon insignia.png|Simplified Rescue Bot insignia
File:Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|'''[[Lightning Strike Coalition|Lightning Strike Coalition Force]]'''
File:DinobotFactionInsignia.png|'''[[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]'''
File:Samswordbotsym.png|'''[[Swordbot Samurai Team]]'''
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===Decepticon subgroups===
<gallery>
File:CybertronGuard.png|'''[[Cybertron Guard]]''' This symbol represents the Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]]'s command charged with Cybertron's security. It was [[Retcon|retroactively]] named in 2007 by TakaraTomy's [[World of the Transformers]] website, but unnamed in its original context. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer}}
File:Ultracon symbol.png|'''[[Ultracon]]''' Used by a Decepticon splinter faction led by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath}}
File:Seeker-Con Airforce.png|'''Seeker/Decepticon "Air Force"''' Appears on several [[live-action film series]] toys, and is worn by ''Prime'' [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]].
File:Stunticon Symbol.jpg|'''[[Team Stunticon|Stunticon]]'''
File:Yokohama Decepticon.png|'''[[Yokohama Convoy|Yokohama Decepticon]]''' {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base|YDSB}}
File:StudioSeries Dev Sym.jpg| '''[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]''' Appears on the ''[[Studio Series]]'' boxes for the components of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].
</gallery>

===Others===
<gallery>
File:Mutants symbol.png|'''[[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]'''
File:Maximal Guard Insignia.png|'''Maximal Peacekeeper''' Worn by knight-like Maximal soldiers/peacekeepers in [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]].
File:Space pirate seacon sign.png|'''Space Pirate [[Seacon (BW)|Seacons]]'''
File:Dinobots symbol.png|''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' '''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]''' 
File:Car Robots Destron.png|'''[[Commando (RID)|Combatron]]''' An inverted ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol, derived from the symbol molded into the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]] toy and its [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] redeco. The symbol was removed from the toyline when ''Car Robots'' was released in the West as [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|''Robots in Disguise'']], though it was still occasionally seen in the cartoon.
File:Protector Insignia.png|'''[[Protector]]''' This insignia is based on the face of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], whose [[function]] given on his Generation 1 toy was "Protector".
File:Cybertron Knights.png|'''[[Cybertronian Knight]]'''
File:Raptoricon symbol.png|'''[[Raptoricon]]'''
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==Individuals==
;Generation 1 [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]
These symbols appeared on the walls of a transwarp shunt room in IDW's [[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]. They depict the [[beast mode]]s of the original Predacon combiner team.
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File:Razorclaw Symbol.png|'''[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'''
File:Tantrum Symbol.png|'''[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]'''
File:Divebomb symbol.png|'''[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]'''
File:Headstrong symbol.png|'''[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]'''
File:Rampage symbol.png|'''[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]'''
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;[[Sparkbot]]s
<gallery>
File:Sparkbot Angela symbol.gif|'''[[Angela]]'''
File:Sparkbot Stardust symbol.gif|'''[[Star Dust]]'''
File:Sparkbot Zangetsu symbol.gif|'''[[Zangetsu]]'''
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;''[[Transformers: Devastation]]''
Each playable Autobot has a Generation-1 style insignia next to their name on the character select screen, combining details of the classic Autobot symbol and the character's head (in Grimlock's case, his beast mode head). These symbols also serve as icons for certain character-related achievements. Other characters from the game also receive their own insignia as achievement icons.
<gallery>
File:Devastation Supreme Commander.jpg|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'''
File:Devastation Sting Like A Bee.jpg|'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''
File:Devastation The Wizard Of Iacon.jpg|'''[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'''
File:Devastation Raging Bull.jpg|'''[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'''
File:Devastation The King.jpg|'''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'''
File:Devastation Till All Are One.jpg|'''[[Nova Prime]]'''
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<gallery>
Devastation Halfway There.jpg|'''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'''
File:Devastation Flyswatter.jpg|'''[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'''
File:Devastation Roadblock.jpg|'''[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'''
File:Devastation Surround Sound.jpg|'''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'''
File:Devastation Wrecking Crew.jpg|'''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'''
File:Devastation Triple Changer.jpg|'''[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'''
File:Devastation Destruction Derby.jpg|'''[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'''
File:Devastation Dont Look Him In The Eye.jpg|'''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'''
File:Devastation Emperor of Destruction.jpg|'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''
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;[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|''Rise of the Beasts'']] [[Maximal]]s
These Mesoamerican-inspired symbols appeared on the packaging of the Maximals in the ''Rise of the Beasts'' toyline.
<gallery>
File:ROTB symbol Airazor.jpg|'''[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Cheetor.jpg|'''[[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Optimus Primal.jpg|'''[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]]'''
File:ROTB symbol Rhinox.jpg|'''[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]]'''
</gallery>

;Others
<gallery>
File:Tarantulas_Logo.png|'''[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]''' Painted on Tarantulas' [[Arachnoid]] drones. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}
File:Moon symbol clean.png|'''[[Moon (BW)|Moon]]'''
File:Emirate Xeon symbol.png|'''[[Xeon|Emirate Xeon]]''' This symbol appeared on the helmet of the deceased politician Emirate Xeon. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}
File:Cobybot Logo.png|'''[[Cobybot]]''' This symbol was placed on the shoulder of the reformatted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] piloted by [[Coby Hansen]]. {{storylink|City}}
File:Megatron Origin Symbol.png|'''[[Clench (G1)|Clench]]''' This symbol was worn by Clench's team, later [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s, in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]'s [[Gladiatorial combat|illegal pitfights]] prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}
File:Movie Bonecrusher Sym.jpg| '''[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]''' Appeared on the side of Bonecrusher's vehicle mode both in-film and as a sticker on his Deluxe Class toys.{{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
File:ROTF Mixmaster Decepti-dog.jpg|'''[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]''' Mixmaster possesses a {{w|Mack Trucks|Mack}} bulldog hood ornament with a Decepticon sigil for a head. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
File:PrimeSharkticonSymbol.png|'''[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Sharkticon Megatron]]
File:Prowl symbol.jpg|'''[[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]'''
File:Bumblebee_Movie_Symbol.jpg|'''[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]''' Used in promotional material and seen during the end credits of the movie. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
File:TF Nezha Symbol1.jpg|'''[[Nezha]]'''
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==Religious symbols==
;The [[Thirteen]]
<gallery>
File:PotP-Prima.png|'''[[Prima]]'''
File:PotP-VectorPrime.png|'''[[Vector Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AlphaTrion.png|'''[[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]]'''
File:PotP-SolusPrime.png|'''[[Solus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-MicronusPrime.png|'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AlchemistPrime.png|'''[[Alchemist Prime]]'''
File:PotP-NexusPrime.png|'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-OnyxPrime.png|'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''
File:PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|'''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'''
File:PotP-QuintusPrime.png|'''[[Quintus Prime]]'''
File:PotP-LiegeMaximo.png|'''[[Liege Maximo]]'''
File:PotP-Megatronus.png|'''[[The Fallen|Megatronus/The Fallen]]'''
File:Fallen faction symbol.png|'''[[The Fallen]]''' {{storylink|Titanium Series}}
File:PotP-Thirteenth.png|'''The [[Thirteenth Prime]]'''
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;[[Guiding Hand]]
<gallery>
File:Primus.png|'''[[Primus]]''' 
File:Solomus.png|'''[[Solomus]]''' 
File:Mortilus.png|'''[[Mortilus]]''' 
File:Epistemus.png|'''[[Epistemus]]''' 
File:GrandArchitectInsignia.png|'''[[Adaptus]]''' 
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==Governments==
{{main|Transformer government}}
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File:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png|'''[[Senate]]'''
File:Security symbol Megatron Origin.png|'''Security Services''' Used by the Autobot Security Services crew operating under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and at the state funeral of [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].
File:Functionist council insignia.png|'''[[Functionist Council]]'''
File:Functionary insignia.png|A variant Functionist Council insignia worn by [[Functionary]] enforcers.
File:CSF Insignia.png|'''[[Cybertronian Security Force]]''' Insignia used by the CSF under the administration of Ironhide, after whom it was designed. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}
</gallery>

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

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

;Other human organizations
<gallery>
File:RobotMasterInsignia.png|'''[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]'''
File:Z Foundation.png|'''[[Z Foundation]]'''
File:Machination logo.png|'''[[Machination]]'''
File:Stopsector7.png|'''[[Stop Sector Seven]]'''
File:Sumdac Systems.PNG|'''[[Sumdac Systems]]''' The corporate logo of [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]]'s company, as seen in the foyer of [[Sumdac Tower]].
File:Otoboto-faction symbol.png|'''[[Otoboto family]]''' Symbol for ''Animated's'' live-action shell-sequence in Japan.
File:Doctor Morocco logo.png|'''[[Doctor Morocco]]'''
File:MECHlogo.png|'''[[MECH]]'''
File:KSILogo.png|'''[[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]]'''
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;Other species
<gallery>
File:Junkion symbol.png|'''[[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]'''
File:Quintesson symbol.png|'''[[Quintesson]] [[Terrorbot]]'''
File:Earthrise Quintesson insignia.png|'''Quintesson''' {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise}}
File:Zarak Consortium Logo.png|'''[[Zarak Consortium]]'''
File:AmmoniteInsignia.png|'''[[Ammonite]]s'''
File:Destructon Symbol.png|'''[[Destructon]]'''
File:Waruder Symbol.png|'''[[Waruder]]'''
File:BF-toy FireWaterWood.jpg|'''[[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]]''' Fire / Water / Wood
</gallery>

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

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

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

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

</gallery>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Road Ranger

2023-07-15T15:36:52Z

DDog: /* War for Cybertron: Kingdom */

{{factions|guardian|autobot}}
:''Road Ranger is a [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:RoadRangerGoBots3.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Road Ranger''' is a tough but friendly [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] soldier. He's in the battle for the long haul and hopes to head the convoy that takes the [[Renegade]]s to permanent incarceration.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
[[File:G1-GoBots-card Road Ranger.jpg|left|thumb]]

Road Ranger participated on many missions alongside [[Small Foot]], to the point the pair almost considered each other siblings. {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}}

Road Ranger was one of the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s faced with the threat of the [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|Cataclysm]]. A coalition of Guardians, [[Renegade]]s, and humans who survived the destruction of the Sol system searched for a possible solution to the universal threat, and found signs that [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|another reality]] was encroaching on [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha|theirs]]. This reality contained warlike robots from Cybertron outwardly similar to the cyborg Gobotronians, and so an infiltration mission was proposed. Road Ranger was chosen for the [[G1 GoBots|Coalition Expedition Team]], Gobotronians disguised as Autobots and Decepticons, who would enter the foreign reality and make contact with the natives as they searched for the cause of the Cataclysm.

During their voyage through inter-dimensional space, however, the Coalition Expedition Team were diverted to yet another foreign reality, one overseen by allegedly more evolved Cybertronians called [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s, or TransTechs. Faced with an unexpected situation, Road Ranger's team leader [[Path Finder]] attempted to explain their plight and negotiate with the TransTechs, but it ultimately proved fruitless. The GoBots unfamiliar technology and strained circumstances made the TransTechs warry of inter-dimensional invasion, and so they sentenced the GoBots to permanent "house arrest" in [[Axiom Nexus]], the offworlder zone of that reality's Cybertron where extra-dimensional visitors had set up a permanent integrated city. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

Road Ranger and the GoBots spent several hours waiting in processing lines before they could enter the city proper. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}

Road Ranger was the least comfortable on Axiom Nexus of all the GoBots. Despite his mechanical body, he still considered himself a man on the inside, whereas the Transformers were all "just" robots. Path Finder tried to explain [[spark]]s to him, and how Cybertronians were just a uniquely different form of life, but it did little to quiet his nerves.

During processing, the GoBots lost track of their least trustworthy member, [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. While [[Treds]] and [[Bad Boy]] searched for him, Road Ranger and Path Finder tried to find a way out of Axiom Nexus, but failed. Back with [[Small Foot]] at the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]], the hostel where they were staying, Road Ranger and the others crossed paths with [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the Military Police. Demolishor was searching for a thief who took valuable transit passes from a courier, allowing unrestricted access to the Transwarp center, and therefore off-world. When he killed the thief and found no passes on him, though, Demolishor turned on the GoBots as probable accomplices. Road Ranger tried to defend Small Foot from Demolishor's police brutality, but was less than effective. Only some fast double-talk from the bartender [[Crystal Widow]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] of the [[Freelance Police Legion]] kept Demolishor from flattening him.

Despite this reprieve, Demolishor tracked down Treds and kidnapped him, forcing Road Ranger and the others to chase him to the [[Heap]], the last place in Axiom Nexus anyone would ever want to go. Losing the transit passes was Demolishor's responsibility, and his desperate efforts to cover up the failure led him to go after the GoBots by any means necessary, without even knowing for sure if they had the passes. During the fight that followed, Road Ranger damaged Demolishor by overloading the power in his hand blasters, causing them to explode. Although he lost his hands and suffered critical injuries, Road Ranger continued to fight back and tossed his entire [[power pack]] at the general, detonating inside the TransTech's tank mode grinders.

When Airazor and the Axiom Nexus Security Administration and Freelance Police Legion finally arrived, Demolishor was carted off to explain himself to the Military Police. Crystal Widow, who aided the GoBots in their fight, used her energon-based powers to cauterize Road Ranger's wounds. Thanks to more wheeling sand dealings that nearly went over their heads, Commander Cheetor "didn't" tell Inspector Airazor to turn over the passes she had "liberated" earlier from the thief's corpse to the GoBots, letting them go on their way once they got repaired.

[[Image:GoBots roll in! Sunrise.jpg|thumb|upright=1.20]]
After finally arriving in the proper Primax reality, Road Ranger and the others located Bug Bite, who had escaped earlier using one of the passes. Unfortunately, he no longer had a head. When he started talking anyway, Road Ranger freaked right the heck out, but Bug Bite soon reminded him he never kept his brain in his ''head''. Reunited, for better or for worse, the GoBots made preparations for the ''second'' Expedition Team to arrive...{{storylink|Withered Hope}} Before both teams met, Bug Bite managed to sneak off once more. Road Ranger soon detected three vehicles incoming, who in short order identified themselves as Admiral [[Man-O-War]], [[Rest-Q (GoBots)|Rest-Q]], and The [[BuggyMan]]. Road Ranger was certain that the latter was really just Bug Bite in a new body, but Bad Boy vouched for the new arrival. The group then set off to make contact with the local Autobots. {{storylink|Sunrise}}

In order to avoid drawing attention to themselves, the GoBots "borrowed" a flatbed trailer, mounted Treds atop of it, and concealed him beneath a tarp. Road Ranger was tasked with hauling the tank, to his great annoyance. When Rest-Q suggested the team pull over to recharge, Road Ranger welcomed the chance to take a break from pulling his heavy load. Rest-Q examined Road Ranger, and noted that he had sprung a leak in his fuel line. The medic fixed him up quickly, though Small Foot volunteered to continue hauling Treds for the remainder of the journey. Road Ranger assured her that he'd be up to the task after some rest.

The Gobots resumed their journey the next morning. On the road, they crossed paths with [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], though thanks to an early warning from The BuggyMan, they were able to avoid a confrontation with the negative-polarity Cybertronian. As they approached the Autobots' base, the GoBots were put ill-at-ease at the radio silence they encountered. Deciding to err on the side of caution, they approached the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] stealthily. They were nonetheless ambushed by the evil Autobot [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]] and his partner, [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]]. Road Ranger and his allies attempted to fight back with their built-in weaponry, only for Stepper to prove invulnerable to laser-fire. Treds managed to land a shot with his tank-turret, destroying both Nebulon and Stepper's hand. Road Ranger then got Stepper's spare weapon away from him, destroyed it, and gave Stepper the old boot-to-the-face. Then, a stern voice cautioned the group not to move... {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Journey's Eve}} {{storylink|Last Sunset}}}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
Using the [[Power Suit]]s, Road Ranger, [[Treds]], [[Royal-T]], and [[Dozer]] formed [[Courageous]] in order to deter [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s new combiner, [[Monsterous]]. {{storylink|One Born Every Minute}}

===''Go-Bots'' comic===
A next generation [[GoBot|Go-Bot]], Road Ranger was built and brought online after the conquered [[Earth]] had been rebuilt into [[Gobotron]]. Said to be descended from kings, Road Ranger spent most of his days patrolling the highways of Gobotron, fighting off bandits and even [[Zod]]. Words of his deeds reached the audio receptors of the [[Trade Federation]], who felt Road Ranger's heroism would net him command of the planet. Road Ranger's charisma caused many other next-gens to follow him, as well as several of the older Go-Bots such as [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] and [[Zeemon]]. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 3|Go-Bots #3}} {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

After [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] had ventured to Earth to find the [[Lazer Lance]], said to be capable of defeating Zod, [[Zebediah Braxis|Dr. Braxis]]'s [[Vamp]] army attacked the surface of Gobotron only for Road Ranger to cleave the mad man in two, introducing himself and his entourage to [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]], [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]], and [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]]. After seeing him tame the [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]], Turbo and Crasher agreed it best to let the next gens decide where society would go, riding with Road Ranger to [[Gobotropolis]].

For his first act as the planet's ruler, Road Ranger decided to leave Earth and what little remained of humanity behind, declaring it time that the Go-Bots found their true place in the universe. As Gobotron, free from its tainted past, sailed through hyperspace, Bug Bite questioned him on their future plans. Road Ranger answered that they would begin producing new Go-Bots and Gobotrons, seeded throughout the [[multiverse]]. To emphasize this, Road Ranger directed his companion's attention to his latest project, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|an "optimized" heir]] that he was building, and encouraged his friend to [[Bumblebee (G1)|do the same]]. As the Volkswagen considered it, he asked what was to be done with Leader-1 and [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s remains. After mulling it over, Road Ranger decided that both demagogues were more trouble than they were worth and instead opted to salvage their remains and use them to build [[Starscream (G1)|a new Go-Bot]], one that would, hopefully, embody the best traits of both leaders. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
After the [[quantum surge]] caused a [[time travel|time vortex]] in an alternate timeline, the [[GoBot]] Road Ranger was pulled to a prehistoric Earth alongside the [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]/[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]-fusion known as "[[Puffer]]". {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 1: THROUGH THE VORTEX|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 1}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 2: …AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 2}} {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 4: THE TERRORFYING CONCLUSION|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 4}}}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Collector's Edition''===
[[File:G1-toy RoadRanger.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Halloween-hued [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]]]
*'''G1 GoBots''' (Multi-pack, [[2004]])
**''ID number'': '''84'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (deco artist)}}

: Road Ranger is a [[redeco]] of the [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Huffer (G1)#The Transformers|Huffer]], transforming into a cabover-syle semi truck of indeterminate model. He was only available in an [[e-HOBBY]]-[[exclusive]] [[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]] six-pack with [[Bad Boy]], [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]], [[Path Finder]], [[Small Foot]], and [[Treds]].

: This mold was the basis for the 1986 [[retool]] [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/RoadRanger/roadranger.htm More info on Road Ranger at TFU.info]''
{{G1HufferMold}}
{{--}}

===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:TF-WFC-GDC-Through-the-Vortex-Road-Ranger.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Did you think that [[Bug Bite (G1)#Toys|Bug Bite]] was going to be the only [[GoBot|one]]?]]
*'''Autobot Puffer / Autobot Road Ranger''' (Golden Disk Collection 2-pack, [[2021]])
**''Chapter 1: Through the Vortex''
**''Accessories'': Truck bed/shield, 2 Energon blaster halves

:Part of the first release in the [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Exclusives|Golden Disk Collection]], ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' "Autobot Road Ranger" is a redeco and retool of ''Kingdom'' Deluxe Class [[Huffer (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Huffer]] in colors based on his "G1 GoBots" multi-pack toy. He transforms from a cab-over truck into a robot mode inspired by Huffer's Generation 1 cartoon appearance, now with a head featuring a visor and mouthplate accurate to Huffer's original G1 toy, as opposed to the animation accurate face of regular retail Huffer.

:Deliberately diminutive for a Deluxe Class figure, some of Road Ranger's plastic budget goes towards accessories, bulked up as he is with a shield and a gun that can form a truck bed in vehicle mode. Bizarrely, his blaster seems to have been directly based on [https://www.halopedia.org/File:Halo3Beta-M6SpartanLaser-crop.png concept art for the Spartan Laser] from the ''Halo'' video game series. As a carryover from Huffer, Road Ranger can tow ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Optimus Prime]]'s trailer (or any of its redecoes).

:Road Ranger was only available in a multi-pack with his mold-mate "[[Puffer#Toys|Autobot Puffer]]". This set was revealed and made available for pre-order on [[September 27]], 2021, and was the first of four daily announcements concerning the Golden Disk Collection; as with the other sets in this series, Puffer and Road Ranger's packaging is printed with a portion of a [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] graphic, and customers are encouraged to collect all four packs to unite the full image. The set is an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] exclusive in the [[United States of America|U.S.]], [[Canada]], and the [[United Kingdom]].

:Despite originally being scheduled for a [[March]] [[2022]] release, the set started shipping in [[December]] of 2021.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:RoadRanger02.jpg|right|upright=1.9|thumb|A '''lot''' of kids used me to sub for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].]]
*The "G1 GoBots" Road Ranger toy was intended to be the character from [[Tonka]]'s ''[[GoBots]]'' line, but his name does not appear in any of the final product material; it only appears in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the [[e-HOBBY]] website. The individual toys' names were dropped when [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s legal department became concerned at how [[Bandai]]—the company that made the toys that would become the GoBots—would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable [[trademark]] infringement on Takara's part.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Road Ranger''' (ロードレンジャー ''Rōdo Renjā'')

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Road Ranger}}
* [http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/RoadRanger/roadranger.htm ''GoBots'' Road Ranger on TFU.info]

[[Category:Amazon exclusives]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:E-HOBBY exclusives]]
[[Category:Guardians]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Autobots]]

World Trade Center

2023-07-11T22:06:36Z

DDog:

[[File:Zone-WTC.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]

The '''World Trade Center''' is a prominent landmark in [[New York City]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[File:Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]
In an alternate future where [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] ruled supreme, the tyrannical Decepticon had [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s corpse lashed between the ruined towers of the World Trade Center. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
As the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] rampaged across Earth, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] flew through the World Trade Center and destroyed it. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Movie continuity===
====''Rise of the Beasts'' film====
{{stub}}

==Notes==
* The World Trade Center's {{w|September 11, 2001|destruction}} on [[September 11]], [[2001]] retroactively makes many of its depictions in pre-9/11 ''Transformers'' fiction somewhat uncomfortable. This also forced the rapid re-editing, and in some cases the complete withdrawal, of several episodes of the contemporary ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)#Production|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon. Currently, the {{w|One World Trade Center}} occupies the area where the original two towers stood.

==External links==
* The {{w|World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts locations]]
[[Category:Real-world buildings]]
[[Category:United States of America]]
[[Category:Zone locations]]

Jhiaxus (G2)

2023-06-14T15:57:45Z

DDog: His Legacy toy gives him the G2 Decepticon logo.

{{factions|cybEmpireG2|decepticon|unicron|ascenticon|decepticong2}}
{{featured}}
{{disambig3|Jhiaxus}}
:''Jhiaxus is a [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]], [[Decepticon]], or an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Jhiaxusg2.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Seeker on steroids.]]
'''Jhiaxus''' is no ordinary Transformer. He possesses unusual origins compared to most of his race and has a drive to forge a united Cybertronian civilization across the known universe.

Jhiaxus is not one for improvisation. He has been denying his impulses for so long, it has weakened his ability to think on his feet in many situations. Once Jhiaxus has set a course of action, it is tough for him to diverge from his strategy.<ref name="UniProf">[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|''Universe'' Jhiaxus profile]]</ref>

{{bigquote|We had '''order'''. Structure. A perfect, faultless mechanism that was destined to re-shape the galaxy. Then ''you'' came! Old, '''flawed'''... an evolutionary stage we had risen far beyond. A reminder of every '''primal''' instinct we had '''buried'''.|Jhiaxus doesn't like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] very much|"[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Wonder where he keeps the remote.]]

Millions of years ago, some time after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] left Cybertron and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus was born through the long-forgotten "budding" means of [[reproduction]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} At first a cruel and petty tyrant ruled by his irrational desires, Jhiaxus learned slowly to bury this part of himself beneath layers of icy control. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Tired of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict, Jhiaxus left with his budded brethren into space, determined to begin a new [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] free of the war waged by those he deemed "evolutionary throwbacks". {{storylink|War Without End!}} He was anointed the rank [[Liege Centuro]] of this new Cybertronian faction by the [[Liege Maximo]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}} and Jhiaxus began to wipe out what he considered to be inferior life and terraform their conquered worlds.

[[File:Escalation-Jhiaxus.jpg|right|thumb|200px|We are a sphincter, clenched!]]

A decade after Optimus Prime and Megatron's war had restarted on Earth, Prime and his Autobots found out about this empire while pursuing the remnants of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons across the universe. Quickly thereafter, Jhiaxus's ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', abducted them. There, Jhiaxus delighted in telling Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] that for his side of the universe, the war had been over for millions of years and that Prime and his adversaries were embarrassments to him. Jhiaxus hoped that Prime would see the error of his ways, but he escaped in a stolen ship with his fellow Autobots. However, Jhiaxus had launched a ship of his own to follow them. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Jhiaxus traced the Autobots to the [[K'tord Nebula]], and his Cybertronians battled Prime's bitterly on the surface of one of its planets. [[Shadow parasite|Parasitic creatures]] on the planet began to feed on the hate and fury buried in the minds of both sides, which caused Jhiaxus to revert to the barbaric version of himself he thought he'd long buried. Despite Prime's own problems with the parasites' induced rage, he was able to convince Jhiaxus and their respective warriors to stop fighting and go their separate ways. Still, Jhiaxus refused to acknowledge that Prime had a point in saying that the Cybertronians' mission of conquest bore any similarity to Decepticon savagery, and ordered the parasites' extermination once he was out of their psychic range. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Upon retreating to his flagship, Jhiaxus thanked the [[Primus|maker]] that, as far as he knew, there were no Decepticons left of the original generation to cause him further conflict. Sadly, he was misinformed. {{storylink|Primal Fear!#"Old Evils"|Old Evils}}

When Grimlock and a bloodthirsty group of Autobots tried to sneak a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] on board the ''Twilight'', Jhiaxus easily saw through their ruse and captured the lot of them. He shipped the survivors in a prison ship to be examined by the Liege Maximo, but the ship was intercepted by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, Jhiaxus made a visit to [[Outpost D-109]], a recently conquered planet the Cybertronians were busy [[cyberforming|eco-structuring]] into a Cybertron-like world. Though the process was ahead of schedule, Jhiaxus was still disappointed. The Autobots had mysteriously halted their attacks on his troops, and their absence worried him. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

[[File:Jhiaxusaltmodetotalwar.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Basically, Jhiaxus's limbs detach and his torso flies around.]]

One of his teams crossed paths with the original-generation Decepticons, and the incident ended badly. Jhiaxus decided to make his move, and ordered a full-scale attack on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Warworld]] near [[Tykos]]. This altercation resulted in casualties in Megatron's forces while Jhiaxus battled Megatron himself in orbit. Jhiaxus relished condescending to his opponent, an act reinforced by his superior might. He shot Megatron out of orbit, leaving him for dead on the moon's surface. {{storylink|New Dawn}} However, Megatron miraculously survived, and his Decepticons and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against the Cybertronians. Increasingly frustrated, he vowed to escalate his galactic efforts, ordering that every planet be stripped of life. He hoped to force the hand of the original generation Transformers and overwhelm them, a plan that nearly worked on [[Ethos]] against the Autobots until Decepticon reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Indeed, the battle there decimated [[Ethos raiding party|the best of Jhiaxus's forces]]. But Jhiaxus soon gained an unexpected advantage—[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] sold out the location of the original generation's base of operations in exchange for a high-ranking position. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[File:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|right|What good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?]]

Jhiaxus attacked the base on Earth. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Tales of Earth Part Six}} The headquarters itself was quickly destroyed, but Optimus and Megatron's troops fought back strongly and met the challenge equally. Jhiaxus wanted to end the conflict here and then, so he called for reinforcements from every corner of his empire. {{storylink|Total War!}} Adding insult to injury, Jhiaxus was informed that his troops had lost the Warworld to the backstabbing Starscream. Jhiaxus lost his composure, and when he tossed his subordinate, [[Rook (G2)|Rook]], in anger, Rook arranged a trip to the Liege Maximo. Jhiaxus returned to the ''Twilight'', and upon receiving a transmission from Optimus Prime on board the Warworld, he acted upon his anger by targeting a [[San Francisco|random spot on the Earth]] with nuclear weapons. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} Before Jhiaxus could order another shot, the ''Twilight'' was knocked away by a blast from the Warworld and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!|Tales of Earth Part Eight}}

Despite [[Crushable Cybertronian soldier|his officers]]' pleas to withdraw, Jhiaxus's troops were ordered to stay their ground even as the Swarm ate its way through them effortlessly. Optimus Prime, ever trying to reach a solution, arrived on the ''Twilight'' to talk, but Jhiaxus would not have it. He threw Prime around, powered by his increasing rage, and blamed him for how his life, his empire, had disintegrated. Before he could strike the final blow, however, the Swarm broke through the bridge of the ''Twilight'', and Jhiaxus challenged it. Jhiaxus was consumed. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
Grimlock reported that his team had run into Jhiaxus and his splinter Decepticons, and barely escaped with their lives. He wanted to retaliate with an immediate, massive strike but Optimus deferred. {{storylink|War Zone}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In [[Primax 994.0 Gamma]], Jhiaxus would go on to lead the Cybertronian Empire in mechaforming a peaceful organic world, rechristening it [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. Ultimately, however, the Cybertronian Empire fell and the Liege Maximo's ascension to godhood was thwarted. [[Liege Centuro]] [[Firecrest]] was forced to order the remnants of the empire to retreat to Planet X, which later fled its home reality entirely to evade the never-ending search of [[Swoop (G1)|The Veteran]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05}}

====''Timelines''====
In an unspecified reality, Topspin left Cybertron to serve under Jhiaxus and follow his army to other worlds. Topspin was less interested in Jhiaxus's specific plans of conquest, however, and more simply convinced that the Liege Centuro's sense of purpose and strong personality would lead him on the path to [[Nexus Prime|the great destiny]] he sensed was out there. Eventually, during a great space battle over an alien planet, Topspin was separated from Jhiaxus's army and flung at near-light speeds into space, helpless to stop [[Axiom Nexus|his trajectory]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|Topspin's profile in Club magazine #25}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{note|''Regeneration One'' ignores the events of the ''Generation 2'' series and Jhiaxus's origin story therein, acting as an alternate continuation of the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]].}}
[[File:Jhiaxus hot rod less than zero.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|It'd probably be safer to have a flashback while you're NOT standing in the middle of the road during an F-Zero race.]]
Before the Great War, Senator Jhiaxus met with High Circuitmaster [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]], [[Tallus]], [[Decanus]], and [[Rokan]], all members of a "Brain Trust", in [[Nova Cronum]]. As the "five greatest minds" on Cybertron, they had agreed to upload their combined knowledge together into a database they called the [[Underbase]]. However, Jhiaxus was tired of the isolationist policies that dominated Cybertron in that day, and so he took control of the uploading process, "slaying" the virtual avatars of Boltax and the others, rendering them unconscious. Jhiaxus proceeded to download the knowledge he needed to create his own galactic empire, and proceeded to delete his records from the memories of the others, as well as throughout all records on Cybertron. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

[[File:Jhiaxus high chamber destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|"Thank you for your allegiance child. All creatures, no matter how small, have a place in service of Horde Prime."]]
Millennia later, Jhiaxus, situated at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], spoke with [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] after the latter personally investigated the aftermath of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s attack on [[Cresta Superior]]. Jhiaxus ruminated on his inevitable conflict with the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

After witnessing Jhiaxus's betrayal in his trip through [[Zero Space]], {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] established a team to investigate the meaning of the various incidents he witnessed in Zero Space, and this "[[Zero Unit]]", headed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], chose to focus on Jhiaxus first. As a former Senator, they reasoned that he would have had off-world contacts, and while he may have deleted memory of his existence from Cybertron's records, those other worlds still might have their records. They never received a response to their inquiries, however, as Jhiaxus chose to return to Cybertron himself, announcing to Rodimus that he had come in peace! {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

Rodimus conferred with his men at the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]]'s [[Ops-Command HQ]], and decided to proceed with Bumblebee's idea of inviting Jhiaxus to the surface to meet with the Autobot leader. Jhiaxus arrived at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] via an advanced form of [[space bridge]], along with his top warriors, his [[Primum Fugae]]. Rodimus asked Jhiaxus, who was aware enough to point out the Autobot snipers that were standing by, to take their discussion to a private location. Jhiaxus agreed, and proceeded with the new Prime to [[Nova Point]].

[[File:Jhiaxus the war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|I am many things, Rodimus. But here, I am god.]]

Upon their arrival, Rodimus asked Jhiaxus about his activities since his departure from Cybertron, and why Primus would consider him a threat to his grand plan. Jhiaxus scoffed at the mention of their progenitor and explained to Rodimus that he ceased to believe in any such "plan" long ago, and set out to remake the universe in the image of his own idea of order. Jhiaxus displayed a holographic image of the Hub Network, a cosmos-wide structure of interconnected metallic planets, and invited the Autobot leader to add Cybertron to its ever-growing web. Rodimus realized, however, that these worlds were not newly-built, but mecha-formed from existing worlds, and asked Jhiaxus how many of those worlds supported life. Jhiaxus sneered at the insinuation, retorting that it depends on how one ''classifies'' life. Rodimus violently rejected the offer, slamming Jhiaxus against a wall, only to be tossed aside. Jhiaxus chose to take his leave, interrupting the Primus Fugae's attack on the [[Demon|Primordials]] to have them return with him to the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Rodimus chose to lead a pre-emptive assault on the Hub Network by launching surgical strikes on key areas on the fringes of the network, hoping that the resulting chain reaction would bring down the entire Hub. However, the early successes of the raids led the Autobots to suspect that Jhiaxus anticipated their move; their fears were validated when their plan failed and Jhiaxus ordered his fleet to attack the invaders. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}

[[File:Rook jhiaxus rodimus war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

On the Hub's [[Throneworld]], Jhiaxus had Rodimus brought before him, and once again petitioned the young Prime to join his empire. He even offered to incorporate Autobots of Rodimus's choice—presently held in the Hub's "[[Corral]]"—into his forces, recreating them with new bodies... except for those who have been modified with "external species innovations". His negotiations were interrupted by a panicked Rook, who reported that the [[Wreckers]] were continuing their attack, severing worlds from the network and destabilizing it as they moved between worlds through the "[[slam rail]]" transit system. Jhiaxus ordered Rodimus to stop them, executing [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to demonstrate his intent, but Rodimus replied that he had no means to communicate with the Wreckers, and thus nothing short of death would stop them. Jhiaxus ordered his fleet to search for them.

In the face of greater numbers, however, the Wreckers would not yield, and continued on their campaign, taking out chunks of Jhiaxus's forces in the process. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] got in on the act as well, severing even more worlds from the Hub and using the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to defend himself. Finding the situation untenable, Jhiaxus ordered Rodimus escorted from the throneroom, and prepared to enter the fray himself. However, before he could take off, he was confronted by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], who was now fully possessed by the power of the re-emergent Underbase. Jhiaxus recognized the force controlling Starscream as the essences of Boltax and the others whom he betrayed so many eons ago, and they now sought to complete themselves by absorbing Jhiaxus back into their communal mindscape. As the Underbase consumed him, Jhiaxus screamed for help, but Rook fled in terror, leaving his leader to his fate. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma]], Unicron's destruction of Cybertron caused Primus's essence to be spread among his children, now mostly composed by the Cybertronian Empire, which experienced a moral reformation. When Unicron stumbled upon the Hub and tried to destroy it, the Cybertronians fought back. Jhiaxus was dispatched as an emissary to Earth to enlist the aid of the last three Autobots and to [[Styx]] to enlist the aid of the last Decepticons. Together, Autobot, Decepticon, and Cybertronian fought as one and vanquished Unicron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:Jhiaxustfu.jpg|upright=1|thumb|left|"Nothing to fear but me myself."]]
In [[Primax 094.0 Gamma]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}} Jhiaxus was a strategic commander in the [[Liege Maximo]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus's profile in Club magazine #1}} It was he who was most responsible for the death of the Decepticon [[Rumble (G1)#Minion of Unicron|Rumble]]'s brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] during the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] War. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}} [[Unicron]] abducted Jhiaxus's [[spark]] and stripped him of his rank and power. Though he once again wore the brand of an ordinary Decepticon, he still nursed a hatred towards Autobot and Decepticon alike. They were all, of course, unevolved, inferior throw-backs. This bias forced him to work alone. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus's profile in Club magazine #1}}

While still abducted by Unicron, Jhiaxus was kept locked inside one of the chambers within the [[Cauldron]] and periodically forced to combat other Transformers so that Unicron could feed on the loser's Spark. He was freed along with countless others (including [[Jhiaxus (RID)|another Jhiaxus]]) when [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orchestrated a prison break. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]'' (obscured); ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]'' (fully seen)}}

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|How often do you get to see a G2 guy in a G1-styled comic?]]

'''Jhiaxus of [[Tesarus Minor]]''' {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} made a name for himself in the years that followed the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], becoming [[Nova Prime]]'s chief theoretical strategist—a pioneering scientist whose experiments revolved around the development of the Cybertronian species {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and a mentor to an idealistic young [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Few knew that he was also completely without morals, and not at all averse to performing horrible experiments on his fellow Cybertronians in the name of science. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

As part of Nova's inner circle, Jhiaxus was present when the Prime located [[Crystal City]] and ushered Cybertron into an age of prosperity. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} On Nova's orders, Jhiaxus spent the [[Golden Age]] developing a viable [[combiner]], seeking to rediscover the secrets behind [[Nexus Prime]]'s [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Eventually, Jhiaxus turned his talents to recreating other "lost aspects" of Cybertronian society that had vanished with the [[Thirteen]]; seeking to reintroduce the concept of "gender" to his species, {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} he found a volunteer in [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|Sins of the Wreckers #3}} By rewriting Arcee's [[CNA]], Jhiaxus was able to rebuild his test subject to his specifications, but the procedure somehow went wrong and left her traumatized and desiring nothing more than to tear her "creator" limb from limb. Jhiaxus wrote her off as a failure and abandoned her. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} During his tenure as Nova Prime's top scientist, he also developed the [[vamparc ribbon]], a weapon that drained the lifeforce from its victims to use it as ammunition. {{storylink|Parasites}}

By the end of Cybertron's Golden Age, Jhiaxus had successfully recruited [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] and bonded them together into a single combiner: intended to be the ultimate Cybertronian in both body and mind. When he unveiled his creation, however, his combiner was revealed as a violently insane creature that dubbed itself "[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]" and necessitated the intervention of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Jhiaxus left Cybertron as part of the crew aboard the original [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]] before the failure that was Monstructor had a chance to disgrace him. His student, Shockwave, remained behind to continue his master's work and clear his name, later naming the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] after him. {{storylink|Shockwaves}}

[[File:DarkCybertron1 JhiaxusradiosShockwave.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Jhiaxus is of course referring to Homer Simpson's ten foot sandwich.]]
When the ''Ark'' encountered a spatial anomaly within the [[Benzuli Expanse]], its never-before-seen energies left even Jhiaxus at a loss. He rejected [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]'s theory that it was a portal to some mythical "[[Dead Universe]]", but Nova Prime was intrigued and had the ship enter the anomaly. Jhiaxus transmitted a final message to Shockwave, urging him to continue his work. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The crew was subsequently trapped within the Dead Universe, only able to leave for brief periods before dying. Jhiaxus became a confidant for the rechristened ''Nemesis'' Prime and plotted on a plan to merge the Dead Universe with the regular one, allowing them to go home ''and'' gain power over the combined reality. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeeesss, maaaasssster!]]
Jhiaxus began prepping [[Nega-Core]]s on three worlds, which would enable this universal "[[Expansion]]". {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} He also set up an underground base on [[Gorlam Prime]], where a large portal to/from the Dead Universe resided; he then began poking Gorlam Prime's evolution with a stick, accelerating the development to an advanced technological race with the end result of turning them into [[Micromaster|tiny Transformers]]. These were the template for what all life would be turned into to survive the Expansion, and the first few batches served as guards and general minions. (Shockingly, while murderous and with monstrous origins, they ''weren't'' insane.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

On the eve of the Expansion, Jhiaxus told Nemesis Prime that he suspected [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] of having his own agenda. The point would become moot, however, once their plans unfurled. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}} After [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] secured the Nega-Core and activated [[Thunderwing (G1)|its guardian]], Jhiaxus initiated the Expansion with Nemesis Prime and the rest of the [[Dead Universe]] crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Jhiaxus was in mental control of [[Thunderwing (G1)|the]] [[Monstructor (G1)|three]] [[Sixshot (G1)|guardians]] of the Nega-Cores, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and also took mental control over Nightbeat and sent in hordes of Micromasters when the Autobot, alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], began investigating on Gorlam Prime. Unfortunately, his intricate and long-plotted strategy was undermined by Hardhead's "shoot people in the head" plan. The Autobot then leapt into the Dead Universe portal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

He also monitored the Autobots' efforts to withstand their attacks. When he noticed [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] preparing to disrupt his mental control over the guardians, he took mental control of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to defend the project. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|upright=1.67|left|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?? ...Oh right.]]
Unfortunately, as Jetfire pointed out, the Autobots were quickly destroying all his hard work, and his attention was divided. So much so that he not only was frozen and distracted from offing Jetfire, he didn't realize someone was in his control room until they sliced off his arm. Turning round, he was faced with a gleeful Arcee.

Making a run for it, and using his Micromasters to keep Arcee busy, he made his escape through the portal... or he would have if an undead Hardhead hadn't popped up, slowing Jhiaxus down enough for Arcee to stab him and cut off his head. But, in the realm between the living and dead universes, Jhiaxus was practically immortal. Which meant Arcee could keep killing him for as long as she liked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Helpless, Jhiaxus spent several years being repeatedly killed by Arcee over and over again, until one day when the portal to the Dead Universe suddenly began to act strangely and lure people into mindlessly wandering into it. The entire population of Gorlam Prime disappeared into the Dead Universe, and though Jhiaxus was also tempted, he was seemingly too damaged to follow them. Arcee and Hardhead subsequently left him to investigate the matter. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}} Eventually, his broken body was discovered by Galvatron, who had earlier betrayed Nemesis Prime and stolen the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] from him. Jhiaxus was restored by the power of the Darkness, though he was disoriented and couldn't explain where everyone on the planet had gone to. He led Galvatron and his men to the Dead Universe portal, which had now turned from a pool into a large sphere. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

[[File:Jhiaxus Arcee HeartofDarkness2.jpg|right|upright=1.55|thumb|I'm sure I had my dignity with me when I came in here.]]
At the portal's location, Arcee and Hardhead returned and attacked them. Filled with terror upon seeing his tormentor again, Jhiaxus tried to fight back against her, with little success. Galvatron managed to chase Arcee off and read Hardhead's memories to learn what happened on Gorlam Prime, eventually learning of the "[[D-Void]]", a major threat to all Transformers. He subsequently took Jhiaxus with him to raise an army capable of opposing this entity. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}}

Jhiaxus quickly got to work rebuilding the [[space bridge]] network, based out of Gorlam Prime, allowing Galvatron to travel the galaxy and recruit soldiers for his army. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} Later, after Galvatron's ship was infested by [[zombie]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus put up a space bridge portal that allowed the crew to leave. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|The Transformers: Infestation #2}} Jhiaxus found the zombie virus very intriguing, especially its ability to infect both organic and robotic lifeforms, but Galvatron dismissed it as irrelevant and inefficient. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}

After using the [[Kimia Facility]] to blow a large hole in Cybertron's surface, Galvatron took Jhiaxus with him to the blast crater. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} Their goal was to reach and destroy the planet's core, though they were briefly hindered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} When they located [[Vector Sigma]], Galvatron inserted the Heart of Darkness into it in the hopes that this would stop D-Void. Then Optimus Prime caught up and fired on them, and Jhiaxus wasn't seen again during the events that followed. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Jhiaxus Syndromica1.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|'''''"INSANITY IS NOT A WEAKNESS!!"''''']]
Rendered catatonic by the reformatting of Cybertron, Jhiaxus was taken captive by Hardhead, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Garnak]] and imprisoned in their ship, to be kept floating in space forever to protect Cybertron from his evil. Some time into his imprisonment, Jhiaxus was reawakened by a signal from [[Arduria]], which seemed to drive him into a frenzy, screaming the words "Pax" and "Prime". Believing him to be referring to Orion Pax—the once and former Optimus Prime—Hardhead's team joined up with Orion to investigate Arduria, but they soon discovered they had walked into a Decepticon trap when they were attacked by Jhiaxus's old creation, Monstructor. While they were occupied, Bludgeon liberated Jhiaxus, and the villains set off together to track down the worlds which had been the subjects of the [[Regenesis]] program created by Jhiaxus's old student, Shockwave. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

At [[LV-117]], Jhiaxus and Bludgeon tried to take control of [[Ore-1]], a Regenesis ore capable of traveling through time. He met Orion Pax again in an era close to the planet's destruction, and explained that his screams had had nothing to do with him, but were referring to a vision he had during the reformatting: a vision of a future where [[Pax Cybertronia|''Pax'' Cybertronia]] happened on Gorlam ''Prime''. Before Orion could stop him, he took the Regenesis control device and left on a time-traveling starship sent to the planet by Shockwave, claiming to have plans to use the Ore-1 to bring back Gorlam Prime's past, prosperous self. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} In fact, Jhiaxus was merely goading Orion Pax towards Gorlam Prime so that the former Prime could awaken an [[Ore-2]]-infused [[Titan (group)|Titan]] lying dormant on the planet. Contacting [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], the only one capable of controlling the Titan, Jhiaxus brought him to Gorlam Prime to trick Pax into raising the Titan for them. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} As he awaited Pax's arrival he reported his progress to Shockwave and reflected on his return to the planet where he'd spent so many years in between life and death. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} After his plan had succeeded, Jhiaxus again contacted his student to report that the awakened Titan was on its way to Cybertron and Orion Pax had been left alive as per his orders. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

[[File:DarkCybertronFinale-StarscreamVsJhiaxus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Reactive armor was kept out of the loop on the specifics of pretooling.]]
Jhiaxus used the time-ship to return to Cybertron and provide Shockwave with the Ores he and Bludgeon had collected during his journey. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} He then reported that Nova Prime was no longer in control of the Dead Universe, paving the way for Shockwave to use the ship's chronal drive to harness the dimension's energy for himself. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} By hooking the time machine up to Shockwave and using Galvatron as a portal, the two scientists siphoned the ''potential'' life force of the Dead Universe, causing it to be dead to begin with and granting Shockwave the power to control his Ores—and with them, time and space. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

As he activated the chronal drive, Jhiaxus admitted that Shockwave's intellect had now surpassed his, then donned [[reactive armor]] in preparation for those who would try to stop their plan. Sure enough, [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] and [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] soon tried to infiltrate the time-ship, but the scientist defended it by using his armor to replicate Metalhawk's arm-blades and Starscream's new body. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Being in better control of the body than Starscream himself, Jhiaxus attacked him relentlessly, mocking him for his role in the Dark Cybertron prophecy. Unfortunately, his use of the body's energy swords tipped Starscream in on the fact that he even had swords to begin with, allowing the ex-Decepticon to strike back and impale the mad scientist, finally killing him. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

====''Timelines''====
After the seeming death of [[Viewfinder]], [[Spectro]] and [[Spyglass]] sought out Jhiaxus to stabilize them for individualized life. {{storylink|Reflector (G1)#CombinerWars|BotCon 2016 Reflector profile card}}

===Theft of the Golden Disk===
A statue of Jhiaxus was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:FlashForward1-Jhiaxus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He needs a little Earth globe to crush.]]
With the Decepticon conquest and occupation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] sought a solution of his own. Using the remains of a Decepticon deep-space shuttle, Alpha Trion built a Transformer and used [[Vector Sigma]] to grant his creation life. Not only did the supercomputer give the Decepticon life, but also a conscience and a need to bring all Cybertronians under the same banner and protect them. To this end, Jhiaxus amassed a cadre of Decepticon followers willing to seek peace with Autobots who wished to return home. The then-current caretaker of Cybertron, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], opposed the visionary and his attacks led Jhiaxus to realize that the Decepticon Empire would never be a force of reunification. So Jhiaxus attacked Shockwave and his Decepticons, only to fail and his followers killed off. Jhiaxus was thought to have died in the crossfire, but he secretly went into hiding, plotting his comeback. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|''Wings Universe'' Jhiaxus bio}}

After having been absent from Cybertron for a very long time, Jhiaxus made a secret return. He enlisted the [[Battlecharger]]s to fill him in on what he had missed, culminating in the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth]]. With [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] out of the picture, and everyone else unawares, it was the perfect time to rebuild the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], with himself in control! {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

[[File:FlashForward3-Nightracer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Jhiaxus is so evil he made us hafta split up a bunch of pages.]]
He teamed up with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], who provided him with [[forestonite]], and [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], who supplied him with the [[Firecon]]s and blueprints stolen from [[Quantum Laboratories]]. He also sent the Battlechargers to find some [[personality component]]s. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They returned with a bonus surprise—an amnesiac [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. They next headed for [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had the Battlechargers kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. With the aid of the [[Nebulan|Nebulon]] scientist, Jhiaxus was able to create a "second generation" of Cybertronians. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} These newly created Cybertronians were trained at a secret facility on the formerly barren planet [[Qre]].

Jhiaxus left a deliberate trail to lure the Autobots to his training grounds so he could capture them, incapacitate them and force them to listen as he waxed philosophical. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} He introduced [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] and the other Autobots to his clones. When the [[Sideswipe (G2)|Sideswipe clone]] apparently woke early, Jhiaxus showed him off as well, however it was actually the original [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] who then freed Pyro. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Jhiaxus squared off against Pyro, who was reluctant to attack due to the fact Jhiaxus had Hi-Q concealed in his chest cavity. Unfortunately [[Fizzle|Blaze]] was an expert marksman and shot Jhiaxus in the face, allowing the Autobots to make off with the captive and blow up the base. Jhiaxus and Sky-Byte later watched from a rocky outcrop as the Autobots prepared to leave, and Jhiaxus reflected that for his second generation to succeed, the first generation would have to be wiped out. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

[[File:MegaplexkillsJhiaxus-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1|left]]
To that end, Jhiaxus created an army consisting of clones of various Decepticons. The commander of this army was a clone of Megatron himself: [[Megaplex]]. As a trump card, he created [[Sandstorm (MW)|a clone]] of [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and sent him to impersonate his progenitor on Cybertron. The clone army first struck at [[Sigma Seven]] to take out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], leaving the Autobots without his guidance, and soon invaded Cybertron itself. At the end of a decisive battle between the natives and the clones, Jhiaxus personally arrived with more clones and informed Megaplex that he had fallen short of his expectations, becoming far too similar to Megatron. He offered him the same choices as the defeated resistance: leave Cybertron or be destroyed. {{Storylink|Termination}}

As Strika and Obsidian swore they would combat Jhiaxus's invasion of Cybertron until the bitter end, Jhiaxus commented that their bravado was meaningless, as the history records would only note that they led their soldiers to the death. The battle progressed for a time, until Jhiaxus found himself ambushed by Serpentor, who had found a way to sneak behind enemy lines. Jhiaxus easily overpowered the human-built ‘bot, commenting on how Earthlings continued to impress him, unlike the “dull” Nebulans. Before he got a chance to dismantle Serpentor to inspect the humans’ craftsmanship, Serpentor managed to impale him with his [[Serpent Scepter]]. Now too weak to fight back, he ordered his troops to stand down, commenting that he had already won; Autobots and Decepticons were now fighting side by side for a united Cybertron, as had been his goal all along. He then surrendered to Serpentor, only to be murdered by Megaplex immediately afterwards. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}
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===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-5-Jhiaxus.jpg|75px|thumb]]
Jhiaxus was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Preditron]] remembered Jhiaxus as a philosopher-king as he compiled his manifesto. {{storylink|The Predacon Manifesto}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' #11]]}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePartOne-Jhiaxus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Today the tattoo industry, tomorrow, THE WORLD!!"]]

[[Senate|Senator]] Jhiaxus was a member of the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} and appeared in one of Megatron's many political broadcasts to Cybertron in the aftermath of an attack on [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon headquarters]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} Following Megatron's rebranding of the Ascenticon faction into a more aggressive group, Jhiaxus helped to rebrand members of the organization with their new logo by stamping it on their body. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}} Not long afterwards, Jhiaxus and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] were with Megatron when the three witnessed an explosion in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} Over his better judgement, Jhiaxus then pumped an appreciable percentage of their reserve energon directly into Megatron's systems. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

After the [[Tether]] had fallen, Megatron ordered Jhiaxus to rally their followers in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and protect the [[energon storage field]]s. Though chafing under the orders, Jhiaxus agreed to follow Megatron's commands. For now. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} As Megatron staged a hostile takeover of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Jhiaxus enacted his own takeover of Tarn and claimed the city for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}}

[[File:RadicalTime-Jhiaxus.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Is that a little...pimp cane he's holding?]]

Jhiaxus allocated troops from Tarn to bolster Strika's assault on [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} After a temporary truce had been forged between the Autobots and Decepticons, Jhiaxus took command of Strika's forces and had them bombard the Autobots' path forward during their trek to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] radioed Jhiaxus for an explanation, who dismissively claimed they were suppressing [[Insecticon clone]]s. In actuality, the Decepticons were keeping the Autobots boxed in so they'd soon encounter an incoming horde of [[rust worm]]s. {{storylink|Radical Time}}

While the Autobots escaped the rust worms, they were soon confronted by Megatron's inner circle, including Jhiaxus. Holding his enemies at bay with the threat of an [[imploder]], Megatron demanded Optimus Prime's surrender and the two soon came to blows. Jhiaxus wanted to intervene, but Strika shot the notion down, knowing Megatron would only be satisfied if he settled things himself. However, after [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] arrived on the scene and the imploder was taken out of play by [[Jumpstream]], Megatron backed down and allowed the Autobots to continue onward to Darkmount. Jhiaxus stressed that they still outnumbered their foes and could defeat them right there and then, but Megatron decided to wage the final battle at Darkmount. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

===''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''===
Jhiaxus was a spectator of the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

==Games==
===Transformers Legends===
Jhiaxus was part of a group of Decepticons who teamed up with the Autobots [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to battle the Ammonites on a distant planet. Together, they were able to drive off several Ammonite attacks, but the two factions soon started fighting one another over differing opinions. Eventually, the Autobots defeated the Ammonites and sent the Decepticons packing. Though angered by this turn of events, Jhiaxus and the other Decepticons found consolation that the Ammonites also tasted defeat at the Autobots' hands, and returned to their starship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsJhiaxus.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
Jhiaxus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited after collecting 75 units of Cybermetal and 36 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Jhiaxus was part of the Mission of Cybertronian Expansion, serving as a scientist aboard the ''[[Proudstar]]'' under [[Nova Prime]]'s command. While excited for the potential scientific discoveries, Jhiaxus admired Nova Prime and his belief in the nobility of their mission, even admitting that he himself might one day choose to call himself an Autobot. However, after briefly touching down on a [[Unicron|certain planet]], the entire crew began experiencing much darker urges. Jhiaxus became paranoid and began using unwilling crewmembers in his experiments, believing an outside force to be influencing their sparks. He became determined to reverse the force's effects and save Cybertron, no matter who or what had to be sacrificed to accomplish it. Despite that he could detect nothing, he firmly believed a consciousness was watching and influencing them. He believed it had come from the mysterious mechanical planet and knew it to be phenomenally powerful. [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] believed Jhiaxus to be the only one on the ship smart enough to find his hidden sabotage commands he installed on the ''Proudstar'', hoping that he would only do so after Kranix had made his escape. Jhiaxus was presumably still aboard the ''Proudstar'' when it crashed into Earth's surface. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
*'''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, [[2003]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles
[[File:RIDtoy-Jhiaxus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Surprise, I'm me!]]
{{note|''Robots in Disguise'' [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 2 Jhiaxus in the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic]] and in ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}

:Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]] of the deluxe-sized [[Jetstorm (BM)#Beast Machines|Jetstorm]] toy in orange and gray. His jet mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and [[robot mode]]s feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters. Jhiaxus was available [[exclusive]]ly at [[KB Toys]] stores.
:Although most previous versions of the mold have the wingtips swept forward in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Jhiaxus was packaged and depicted in his instructions with the wingtips swept back. His toy art and instructions also show the robot mode wingtips swept forward, as shown here; this contrasts with the ''Universe'' art above.

:Like other later additions to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, Jhiaxus was released in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''-style packaging, complete with character art sticker.

:This mold was also used for [[Aero Drone|Sonic Attack Jet]], [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]], and the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Generation 1 Skywarp]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Jhiaxus at TFU.info.]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TFGenerations Deluxe Jhiaxus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Orange is the new Jhiax.]]
*'''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / #018'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns, 2 missiles

:Part of the tenth wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Generations|Armada Starscream]], transforming into a futuristic jet fighter. He features a new head and nosecone-canopy assembly/robot upper torso, sculpted after [[E. J. Su]]'s design for the character first seen in ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', along with remolded wings and new dual guns in place of the original's swords. His coloration, however, is based on the ''Robots in Disguise'' toy, due to it being the reference available in Hasbro's archives and a push for brighter colors at the time.<ref>{{twitter|Inspiration for Jhiaxus? Mark's idea. Worked on Thrilling 30 one - at the time, there was a push towards brighter colors, hence the orange colors similar to RID01.|https://twitter.com/TFU_INFO/status/1516871260369739777|TFU.info|2022|04|20}}, paraphrasing designer [[Mark Maher]]</ref>

:His turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back. His guns peg into his hands via [[5 mm post|5mm post]], and can also mount underneath his wings using different, smaller pegs.

: On many copies, the figure's left elbow can't bend the full 90 degrees.

:He comes packaged with a copy of "[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenJhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Generations Jhiaxus at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
{{anchor|Legacy}}
[[File:TF-Legacy-Voyager-Class-Jhiaxus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|To whoever axed him a question, it's safe to say they're not living anymore.]]
*'''G2 Universe Jhiaxus''' (Voyager Class, [[2022]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-09'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, pistol, sensor cap
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Voyager Class toys, "G2 Universe Jhiaxus" is a ''Generation 2'' comic-accurate version of the character that transforms into a Cybertronian spacecraft. His accessories include a rifle and a pistol, both of which are based on the same gun (the details on the pistol match up to the rifle). He also features a G2-accurate Cybertronian/Decepticon insignia on his chest. His hands also feature some limited articulation.
:A word of caution - How the pistol weapon storage in jet mode is portrayed in the official character renders and in the instructions is actually impossible to achieve on the actual figure, without either warping the connection port or potentially risking straining and breaking the pistol. Instead, inserting the pistol via its handle (as shown in the figure’s official product shots, or in the shots on this wiki) is the safer alternative.
:In an undocumented feature, the front half of his shoulder sensor has a hidden 5mm post and can be removed, presumably to attach to the rear of his large rifle as some kind of scope for robot mode. The rifle can then also mount backward on top of the jet mode with the "scope" facing front, vaguely resembling the rear-mounted weapon from said mode's scant original comic appearances. Removing the sensor front allows the rest to cleanly fold away into the cockpit for either jet or robot mode.
:Jhiaxus' unpaintable areas are somewhat prone to [[photodegradation]], with his white unpaintable joints slightly discoloring to a greenish tinge.

:This figure was officially revealed by Hasbro on the [[April 12]], [[2022]] Fan First Tuesday.
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==Merchandise==

===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Jhiaxus and Hero OP.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Jhiaxus & Convoy Missile Trailer Set''' ([[February 6]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''41 & 42'''

:Released as part of the sixth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Jhiaxus and ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' Optimus Prime along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#41|Translation of Jhiaxus's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
*Jhiaxus's name is a play on "gee, axe us", a phrase which expressed writer [[Simon Furman]]'s dread of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]]'s cancellation by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
*''Generation 2'' Jhiaxus's [[robot mode]] design seems to be based loosely on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet intake (including [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Starscream]]'s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
*Among the many, many toy ideas [[Glen Hallit]] suggested was a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' [[Aero-Bot]] as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at [[OTFCC 2003]], but as with most of Hallit's toy proposals, it was not produced.<ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/hce_2003/3h_tidbits.php 3H Collector's Event: Productions/BotCon Tidbits at ASM]</ref>
*Jhiaxus's name is apparently very difficult for IDW's writers to spell. Known variations to date include "[[Spotlight: Metroplex|Jiaxus]]", "[[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|Jihaxus]]", and "[[Parasites|Jihauxus]]".
*In ''Universe'' #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original ''Generation 2'' body, but he is seen in his ''Robots in Disguise'' body during a flashback in the [[Escape (Universe)|following issue]]. It's possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron, or there were two Jhiaxuses. In 2015, the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] chose the latter option, establishing that there was also a ''Robots in Disguise''/[[Viron]] Jhiaxus alongside the ''Generation 2''/[[Primax]] Jhiaxus in the Cauldron.
*''Kre-O'' Jhiaxus is a bit of a hard one to suss out in the comic. He's wedged into a corner behind [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], whose scythe obscures his chest details. But the cockpit is just visible, so mixed with the yellow chest, red [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]-style helmet, and he's in a panel that otherwise holds nothing but Decepticon leader-types... yeah.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jhiaxus''' (ジアクサス ''Jiakusasu'')

==References==
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Game Boy

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DDog: /* Notes */

[[File:Game Boy Color.jpg|thumb|150px|Thankfully, this one does not {{w|Captain N: The Game Master|talk like}} [[Frank Welker]].]]
The '''Game Boy''' and its successors, the '''Game Boy Color''' and the '''Game Boy Advance''', are hand held gaming systems developed by [[Nintendo]]. They are not known for their security systems.

The Game Boy series was succeeded by the [[Nintendo DS]].

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Seymour Simmons|Former Agent Simmons]] compared [[The Real Effing Deal]]'s level of security to a Game Boy's. Ouch. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
[[Mateo Cruz]] owned a Game Boy, and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] was seen playing with it. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}

===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
Kris was playing ''Super Mario Bros.'' on a Game Boy in 1994 and was unable to get past Bowser. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Games==
*''[[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle]]'' (GBC, 1999)

==Notes==
* Many accessories were released for the Game Boy, including the {{w|Game Link Cable}}, which could be used to connect two Game Boys for multiplayer battles, and the {{w|Game Boy Printer}}, which allowed special images from supported games to be printed onto thermal paper. ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' supported both of these accessories, notably being one of only around 50 or so games to support the latter.
* Nintendo's home consoles featured their own accessories that allowed them to use Game Boy games in different ways. The {{w|Super Game Boy}} allowed Game Boy games to be played on the TV via the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}, with some games supporting special features such as unique graphical borders and enhanced sound effects. The {{w|Transfer Pak}} allowed certain [[Nintendo 64]] games to exchange data with their Game Boy counterparts to unlock bonuses. Again, ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' was one of only a few games to have built-in support for both accessories.
*Almost the ''entire'' Game Boy and Game Boy Color library has Transfer Pak compatibility with ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64]]''. Connecting to a game will give the player a slight boost to their HP and Energon Resistance Gauge, as well as play a secret message from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' is the only unique example, granting a much larger boost, unlocking [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]], and playing a secret message from [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]].
*Super Mario Bros. wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's [https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Bros._Deluxe Super Mario Bros. Deluxe] on the Game Boy Color, with the Super Mario Land games taking its place with different antagonists than Bowser.

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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen technology]]
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Game Boy

2023-06-09T15:52:52Z

DDog: /* Notes */ Pointing out a little inaccuracy from RotB.

[[File:Game Boy Color.jpg|thumb|150px|Thankfully, this one does not {{w|Captain N: The Game Master|talk like}} [[Frank Welker]].]]
The '''Game Boy''' and its successors, the '''Game Boy Color''' and the '''Game Boy Advance''', are hand held gaming systems developed by [[Nintendo]]. They are not known for their security systems.

The Game Boy series was succeeded by the [[Nintendo DS]].

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Seymour Simmons|Former Agent Simmons]] compared [[The Real Effing Deal]]'s level of security to a Game Boy's. Ouch. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
[[Mateo Cruz]] owned a Game Boy, and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] was seen playing with it. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}

===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
Kris was playing ''Super Mario Bros.'' on a Game Boy in 1994 and was unable to get past Bowser. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Games==
*''[[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle]]'' (GBC, 1999)

==Notes==
* Many accessories were released for the Game Boy, including the {{w|Game Link Cable}}, which could be used to connect two Game Boys for multiplayer battles, and the {{w|Game Boy Printer}}, which allowed special images from supported games to be printed onto thermal paper. ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' supported both of these accessories, notably being one of only around 50 or so games to support the latter.
* Nintendo's home consoles featured their own accessories that allowed them to use Game Boy games in different ways. The {{w|Super Game Boy}} allowed Game Boy games to be played on the TV via the {{w|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}, with some games supporting special features such as unique graphical borders and enhanced sound effects. The {{w|Transfer Pak}} allowed certain [[Nintendo 64]] games to exchange data with their Game Boy counterparts to unlock bonuses. Again, ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' was one of only a few games to have built-in support for both accessories.
*Almost the ''entire'' Game Boy and Game Boy Color library has Transfer Pak compatibility with ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals 64]]''. Connecting to a game will give the player a slight boost to their HP and Energon Resistance Gauge, as well as play a secret message from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. ''Duel Fight Beast Wars'' is the only unique example, granting a much larger boost, unlocking [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]], and playing a secret message from [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]].
*Super Mario Bros. wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's [https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Bros._Deluxe|Super Mario Bros. Deluxe] on the Game Boy Color, with the Super Mario Land games taking its place with different antagonists than Bowser.

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Wrecking Havoc

2023-06-09T15:27:44Z

DDog: /* Reprints */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #172–173
|prev=Deadly Games!
|next=Totaled!
|image=MarvelUK-172.jpg
|title="Wrecking Havoc"
|caption=Cyclonus and Scourge hate Tom Cruise too!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[June 25|25th June]]– [[July 2|2nd July]], [[1988]]
|coverdate=2nd July–[[July 9|9th July]], 1988
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Bryan Hitch]]
|colour=[[Euan Peters]]
|letters=[[Steve Parkhouse]] (#172) [[Annie Halfacree]] (#173)
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline|1988]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
}}
'''The Wreckers find out that humans always get in the way.'''

==Synopsis==
Northern [[Oregon]]: A group of [[United States Air Force|USAF]] pilots on a routine exercise are attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], who are looking for some target practice. Although the two [[Decepticon]]s down most of the fighters, Cyclonus is nearly tricked into flying into a mountain and the pair are forced to flee from a counter-attack. Scourge notes it bodes ill for their forthcoming meeting with their old commander, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].

[[File:WreckingHavoc-yourfoe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
The city-state of [[Kalis]], [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]: [[Twin Twist]] is drilling the [[Wreckers]] for their forthcoming mission against Galvatron whilst [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] look on in concern as they will be undertaking the mission without [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]].

[[Earth]], the Decepticon [[Fortress Sinister|fortress base]]: [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] reflects on his recent meeting with Cyclonus and Scourge. The pair aim to defeat Galvatron and reclaim the [[Time-jump trigger device|trigger device]] which could return them to their own time but have asked Shockwave for sanctuary if they fail. In return, they will serve him.

Cyclonus and Scourge arrive in the middle of a [[human]] settlement, where they had arranged to meet Galvatron. Their former commander had intended to invite them to serve him and is amused to learn of their plans. Even though he no longer has the trigger device, he doesn't inform them of that fact but all their plans are interrupted by the arrival of the Wreckers through the [[dimensional portal]]. Springer is horrified to realize they have arrived in an area full of humans, fearing their mission is doomed.
{{-}}

===Smalltown Nightmare!===
[[File:Nightstickwreckinghavoc.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|It ain't easy being green.]]
Reluctantly, the Wreckers engage all three Decepticons, while [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] attempts to usher the humans to safety. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] engage Galvatron, who mentions the fact Cyclonus and Scourge are after a trigger device that no longer exists. Springer overhears the comment and, after overpowering Cyclonus and lifting a human straggler to safety, he knocks Galvatron to the ground and runs off, shouting that he has the time jump trigger. As he hoped, Scourge (who has been battling the [[Jumpstarter]]s) and Cyclonus both chase after him, away from the humans. Galvatron instantly realizes what Springer is doing and tells the other Wreckers they have a choice of trying to capture him or saving their leader, who won't last long on his own against Cyclonus and Scourge.

Cyclonus and Scourge quickly take down Springer and realize he doesn't have the trigger device, at which point the other Wreckers arrive and force them to flee. Broadside notes that, in the confusion, Galvatron has disappeared, presumably transformed to his minuscule pistol form. Springer is forced to concede defeat, vowing to return to Cybertron and plan anew.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (6)
*[[Twin Twist]] (7)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (8)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (9)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] (10)
*[[Xaaron]] (11)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (12)
|c2=
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (3)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (13)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (15)
|c3=
*Various Air Force pilots (1)
*Various city residents (14)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s
|c4=
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] (4)
*[[Fracas]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"...now we got Decepticons with guns that transform into little men! '''I'm gettin' too old for this!'''"
:—'''Springer''' misses the good ol' days

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*Cyclonus is drawn with his shoulder wings pointed inward when drawn from the front, and pointed outward when his back is turned.
*On page 7 of part 1, one of Xaaron's speech bubbles is attributed to Springer.

===Continuity errors===
*Neither Galvatron nor the Wreckers seem to be familiar with the concept of [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]]. This actually creates a minor continuity issue, as Rodimus Prime is shown to have been a former Targetmaster in "[[Headhunt]]", indicating that the technology existed in the Marvel UK future timeline (and that Galvatron should be familiar with it).

===Continuity notes===
*Galvatron's trigger jump device was dismantled by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] in "[[Fire on High!]]".
*The Wreckers would keep their promise to return for Galvatron in "[[Time Wars]]" (and sort of succeed, albeit with a lot of help).
*By an unspecified method of coercion, Galvatron persuades an anonymous human to carry him to his rendezvous in gun mode. This is the second of only two occasions when he is shown in this mode (the other being "[[Target: 2006]]" part 1).
*This is one of the rare stories that feature Springer using the ability his name derives from: he jumps hella high to lure Cyclonus and Scourge away from the human settlement.
*Having arrived on Earth, Cyclonus and Scourge have apparently deserted their commander, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]. They're never seen with his troops after the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series, not even in the US issues. This may be why they seek sanctuary from Shockwave, instead of their own forces... but the issue of their desertion is never directly addressed.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===Other trivia===
*This was the last issue drawn by [[Bryan Hitch]].
*The ''Transformations'' page assured readers that it wasn't [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]] being shot down on the cover.
*The ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' reprint was modified to remove a footnote explaining the absence of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. It originally linked to the previous "[[Deadly Games!]]".

===Back-up material===
'''Issue #172'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' - "Snap Decisions" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
'''Issue #173'''
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Action Force'' - "Snap Decisions" and ''Combat Colin''

===Covers (2)===
*'''UK issue #172 cover:''' Cyclonus and Scourge destroy an Earth jet, art by [[Bryan Hitch]].
*'''UK issue #173 cover:''' Galvatron busts through a wall, art by [[Jeff Anderson]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-172.jpg|'''UK issue #172''' - He blew up real good!
File:MarvelUK-173.jpg|'''UK issue #173''' - Galvatron sucks at Jenga.
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #16:''' reuse of the cover of issue [[Target: 2006|#84]].
*'''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 24|''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' #24]] cover:''' Springer, Scourge and a strange-looking Cyclonus.
*'''''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]'' TPB:''' A Quintesson (probably [[Kledji|Lord Kledji]]) oversees [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] injured, Wreck-Gar being attacked by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] awakening on Earth, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman|The Best of Simon Furman]]'':''' Cybertron, by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Space Pirates|Best of UK: Space Pirates]]'' #5 cover A:''' Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge among frightened humans — actually a redrawing of the RI cover but including Galvatron, art by [[Dan Khanna]] and colors by [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #5 cover RI:''' "Retro" Incentive cover — panel from page 9 of part 1.
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom16.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #16''' (Marvel Comics UK, 1990)
File:Condor-comic-magazin-cover-issue-24.jpg|'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' #24''' (Condor Verlag, 1992)
File:SpacePiratesTitanTPB.jpg|'''''Space Pirates'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:BestofSimon.jpg|'''''The Best of Simon Furman''''' (IDW Publishing, 2007)
File:IDWBofUKSP5A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #5 cover A''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
File:IDWBofUKSP5RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' #5 cover RI''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
</gallery>
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB:''' reuse of the cover of ''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' issue #1.
*'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB:''' reuse of the cover of ''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' issue #2.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK|Best of UK Omnibus]]'':''' 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.
*'''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5|''Classics UK'' Volume 5]]:''' the head of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] watches over [[Triton]] swapping his badge, [[Zombie]] [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] attacking Springer, a fleeing Cyclonus and Scourge and an angry [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 14: Space Pirates''''': [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and a scene of Blaster and Wheeljack strung up; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Dougie Braithwaite]] and [[Dave Harwood]].
<gallery>
File:IDWBofUKSP.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
File:IDWBofUKSPTPB.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Space Pirates'' TPB''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
File:IDWBofUKOmnibus.jpg|'''''Best of UK'' Omnibus''' (IDW Publishing, 2009)
File:Classicuk5.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 5''' (IDW Publishing, 2014)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v14.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 14:''''' (Hachette Partworks, Ltd. 2017)
</gallery>

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Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)

2023-03-14T22:19:26Z

DDog: /* Massive amounts of concept stuff */

{{nav-G2}}
Two years after the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original ''Transformers'' toy line]] petered out in the US, [[Hasbro]] revamped the series with late-1992's '''''Transformers: Generation 2''''', the first "reboot" of the franchise. With a mix of classic popular characters, vintage toys, all-new [[gimmick]]-laden molds, and bodacious 90s color schemes, Hasbro hoped to recapture some of the financial success that had been lost with age and competition.

''Generation 2'' saw more-or-less simultaneous release in the US and European markets, but Japan would not start the line (or even have any ''Transformers'' product at all on shelves, for that matter) until 1995.

Unfortunately, the revamping failed to give the franchise the jumpstart it needed, despite having created several benchmarks that ''Transformers'' lines still follow to this day. In a desperate bid to save ''Transformers'' from ending for good, Hasbro chose to end the line in its third year, and [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|go in a completely new direction]]...

{{TOCclear}}

==Overview==
[[File:G2Prime toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Optimus Prime's first G2 toy, essentially a re-release of the original toy but with a new [[soundbox]] and weapons.]]
Initially, the line heavily featured re-releases of several [[The Transformers (toyline)|"Generation 1" toys]] (as the pre-''Generation 2'' series quickly became known to the [[fandom]]), with tweaked decos and new accessories, alongside several molds that had been recently released as part of the European-market line. But after that initial year, all-new product quickly outnumbered reworked old product, and the line pushed its design and engineering to levels far beyond the original series; most notably, it was during the latter half of ''Generation 2'' that the toys began to feature the kind of advanced [[articulation]] in robot mode that made the toys much more "action figures" than ever before (and far more posable than many "regular" action figure lines!), which has been a staple of the brand ever since.

''Generation 2'' also sought to follow changing trends in the toy market in a broader sense. It put a much larger focus on keeping "main" characters (particularly [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]) readily available on shelves with a variety of toys at different price points, as most of the successful competing toy lines of the '90s were focused on a core cast of characters, rather than the massive ever-changing casts of the '80s.

Unfortunately, the series debuted to lackluster sales, despite featuring many fan-favorite toys that hadn't been available for years. Some fans blamed [[Neon|color selections]], but it seems ''far'' more likely that it was simply a case of bad timing combined with too much product "your older brother has in the attic". Even the later new molds didn't help much, nor the little changes made as the line went on, such as removing [[insignia|faction symbols]] from the toys (supposedly kids didn't quite "get" them at the time, possibly due to the mix of symbols in the early line), or packaging frippery like the "[[Real Action Pop-Ups 3-D Transformer Trading Card]]"s that came with larger later toys.

[[File:G2toy laser optimus prime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Laser Rod Optimus Prime, the last Optimus toy of the line, all-new with a literal truckload of gimmicks.]]

Kids simply weren't into robots that turned into "real" vehicles at the time, it seems, and the "older nostalgic" market (which can rarely sustain a [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|major toy brand]] at nationwide retail even today) was downright microscopic at the time. Being up against the then-new ''[[Saban Entertainment|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', the still-popular ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (whose overall garish color schemes give lie to the idea that colors are what sank ''Generation 2''), and the ever-growing popularity of home video game consoles that sucked kids away from ''all'' toys added to the line's woes. The lack of a proper, network-backed "advertainment" cartoon was also a factor, as the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|repackaged '80s-series episodes branded as "''Generation 2"]] didn't advertise the majority of the actual toyline, and was stuck in syndication hell to boot where ''Power Rangers'' and ''Ninja Turtles'' got steady network play. Ironic, given a strong advertising cartoon was a major contributor to the success of the original ''Transformers'' series over its [[GoBots|biggest competitor]].

''Generation 2'' was ended after about two and a half years, with several new products trapped in development limbo. A handful saw release in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand (namely the [[Power Master]]s), but most of those canceled toys stayed unreleased. (A few of the slated new molds got released in later lines with new decos, however.)

As Hasbro had recently acquired former competitor [[Kenner]], and the ''Transformers'' franchise was facing extinction, the decision was made to shift the boys'-toy production to Kenner and take ''Transformers'' in a wildly different direction to hopefully revitalize the seemingly-tired concept... ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.
{{--}}

==Hasbro US line==
===1992===
{{anchor|USA}}
The line started off in late 1992 fairly modest, at least by production standards, with classic products in new decos (sometimes with new accessories). An unusual promotional tie-in<ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1435291530391138304</ref> saw theatrical ads for the toyline run in front of holiday movies starting at the end of November; attendees were given a [[Sweepstakes Offer!|promotional pamphlet]] with a coupon for $2 off Optimus Prime that expired on December 31st, 1992.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Bonecrusher]] (yellow)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Hook (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Hook]] (yellow)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Long Haul (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Long Haul]] (yellow)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Mixmaster (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Mixmaster]] (yellow)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Scavenger]] (yellow)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Scrapper (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Scrapper]] (yellow)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Autobot Cars|Cars]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Sideswipe]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Grimlock]] (silver)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Slag (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Slag]] (silver)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Snarl (G1)#Generation 2|Snarl]] (silver)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Decepticon Planes|Jets]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leader'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Optimus Prime Collector's Edition]]}}
</ul>
|}

===1993===
This year saw all-new new molds that had been developed for release the same year as part of the European "Generation 1" line (which had not actually ended yet), with a large, completely new mold in the form of a huge tank Megatron. This series started using [[light-piping]] for the robot eyes, a minor gimmick that would become a standard in ''Transformers'' toys for a good two decades following.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Mini Vehicle|Mini Autobots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Beachcomber (G1)#Generation 2|Beachcomber]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Hubcap (G1)#Generation 2|Hubcap]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Seaspray (G1)#Generation 2|Seaspray]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]'''<ref group="A" name="orangecon">Once thought to be [[KB Toys]] exclusives, the orange Constructicons have been found with [https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1588195228397305857 clearance price stickers] from Walgreens and {{w|Phar-Mor|Phar-Mor}} (in addition to KB), with anecdotal evidence also having them available from [[Toys"R"Us]], CVS, and Fred Meyer stores. This suggests they were instead late-run color changes with low distribution, like the third release of the G2 Dinobots. As with those Dinobots, the orange Constructicons have no known stock photography.</ref>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Bonecrusher]] (orange)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Hook (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Hook]] (orange)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Long Haul (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Long Haul]] (orange)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Mixmaster (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Mixmaster]] (orange)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Scavenger]] (orange)}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Scrapper (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Scrapper]] (orange)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Axelerator|Small Cars]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Rapido#Toys|Rapido]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Skram (G2)#Toys|Skram]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Turbofire#Toys|Turbofire]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Windbreaker#Toys|Windbreaker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Skyscorcher|Small Jets]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Afterburner (G2)#Toys|Afterburner]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Eagle Eye (G2)#Toys|Eagle Eye]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Terradive (G2)#Toys|Terradive]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Windrazor (G2)#Toys|Windrazor]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:G2 Gobots toy.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Color Changer Gobots]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Color Changer]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Deluge (G2)#Toys|Deluge]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Drench (G2)#Toys|Drench]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Gobots#Toys|Gobots]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Jetstorm (G2)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]'''<ref group="A" name="dinocolors">The blue version of Grimlock, green version of Slag, and red version of Snarl were all depicted in Hasbro's 1993 Toy Fair catalog and are relatively easy to find on the aftermarket. In contrast, the turquoise version of Grimlock, red version of Slag, and green version of Snarl have no known stock photography and are much harder to find secondhand, suggesting they were a late-run color change with low distribution.</ref>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Grimlock]] (blue/turquoise)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Slag (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Slag]] (green/red)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Snarl (G1)#Generation 2|Snarl]] (red/green)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leader'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Watches'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Autobot (G2)#Toys|Autobot]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Merchandise|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Scorpia (G2)#Toys|Scorpia]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Superion (G1)#Merchandise|Superion]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Watch|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
<big>'''Notes'''</big>
<references group="A" />

===1994===
Come the line's second (full) year, designs were getting more ambitious. While redecoes of "Scramble City" style combiners filled out the lower price-point ranks, completely new molds were being worked on with extensive [[gimmick]]s.

Two nigh-line-wide changes to how the toys were being produced were made this year, both of which would become standards in ''Transformers'' from here on out: enhanced robot mode [[articulation]], and the move away from customer-applied [[sticker]]s in favor of factory-applied [[tampograph]]s. Even the re-used "Generation 1" molds for this year lost their customer-applied sticker sheets.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Air Raid]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Fireflight (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Fireflight]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Silverbolt (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Generation 2|Skydive]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Slingshot (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Slingshot]]}}
</ul class="iconlist">
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Blast Off]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Brawl (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Brawl]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Onslaught (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Onslaught]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Swindle (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Swindle]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Vortex (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Vortex]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Rotor Force]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Leadfoot (G2)#Toys|Leadfoot]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Manta Ray (G2)#Toys|Manta Ray]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Powerdive#Toys|Powerdive]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ransack (G2)#Toys|Ransack]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Laser Rod]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Electro#Toys|Electro]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Jolt (G2)#Toys|Jolt]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Sizzle (G2)#Toys|Sizzle]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Volt#Toys|Volt]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:G2 Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Laser Rod Jolt]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hero (G2)|Heroes]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Others'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Dreadwing (G2)#Toys|Dreadwing]] with [[Smokescreen (G2)#Toys|Smokescreen]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 1994]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Breakdown (G1)#Generation 2|Breakdown]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]''' (''canceled'')
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Dead End (G1)#Generation 2|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Drag Strip (G1)#Generation 2|Drag Strip]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Motormaster (G1)#Generation 2|Motormaster]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Wildrider (G1)#Generation 2|Wildrider]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]''' (''canceled'')
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Blades (G1)#Generation 2|Blades]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[First Aid (G1)#Generation 2|First Aid]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Groove (G1)#Generation 2|Groove]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Hot Spot (G1)#Generation 2|Hot Spot]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Streetwise (G1)#Generation 2|Streetwise]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}

===1995===
For the 1995 releases, Hasbro introduced redesigned packaging that quietly dropped the ''Generation 2'' moniker. Gone were '80s-toy redecoes, everything this year was a brand-new sculpt... or a ''redeco'' of a brand-new sculpt introduced this year. In fact, 1995 was the first year that ''Transformers'' really got into extensive same-line redecos as a budgetary procedure, as well as using "major" character names on toys of dubious resemblance to their namesakes in order to retain the [[trademark]]s on them. The enhanced articulation of the prior year's Laser Rods got refined further with the Cyberjets' extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, which would become ''the'' standard for ''Transformers'' toys up to the present day.

Unfortunately, this was also the final year of ''Generation 2'', and a great many items advertised in toy catalogs ended up unreleased. Some in-package samples have made it out. Despite most of this unreleased product being redecoes of existing molds, their scarcity means that all of them still demand big bucks on the secondary market, ''especially'' the few new molds.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]] wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Blowout#Toys|Blowout]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Double Clutch (G2)#Toys|Double Clutch]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Firecracker#Toys|Firecracker]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Gearhead#Toys|Gearhead]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[High Beam#Toys|High Beam]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Motormouth#Toys|Motormouth]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Go-Bots wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Go-Bot|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GobotOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Go-Bots wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Frenzy]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Go-Bot|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Go-Bot|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Go-Bots wave 4''' (''canceled'')
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Hound (G1)/toys#G2Gobot|Hound]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Rumble (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Rumble]]}}
*"[[4X]]"
*"[[911]]"
*"[[Black Viper Go-Bot|Black Viper]]"
*"[[Purple Mercedes Go-Bot|Purple Mercedes]]"
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=4|[[File:HooliganG2-toy.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Cyberjet Hooligan]][[File:G2toy ATB megs and screamer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|ATB Megatron and Starscream]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Cyberjet]]s wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Hooligan (G2)#Toys|Hooligan]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Skyjack (G2)#Toys|Skyjack]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Space Case (G2)#Toys|Space Case]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Cyberjets wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Cyberjet|Air Raid]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jetfire]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Strafe (G1)#Generation 2|Strafe]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Laser Cycle]]s wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Road Pig (G2)#Toys|Road Pig]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Road Rocket (G2)#Toys|Road Rocket]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Laser Cycles wave 2''' (''canceled'')
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Auto Roller (G2)|Auto Rollers]] wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Dirtbag#Toys|Dirtbag]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Roadblock (G2)#Toys|Roadblock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Auto Rollers wave 2''' (''canceled'')
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G2General|General Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Hound (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Sgt. Hound]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Auto Rollers wave 3''' (''canceled'')
*"[[APC Auto Roller]]"
*"[[Jet Auto Roller]]"
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leaders'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#ATB|Megatron]] with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#ATB|Starscream]] (limited release)<ref group="B" name="atb">ATB Megatron with Starscream '''was''' released at retail, but only to test markets in Ohio in '''very''' limited quantities. The toy was never available as a wide release, so it's effectively as rare as the unreleased stuff.</ref>}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Laser Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 1995]] exclusives'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Nightracer (G2)#Toys|Nightracer]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Watches'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Generation 2 2|Blast Off]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Generation 2|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Power Master]]s''' (''Australia and New Zealand only'')
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Bulletbike (G2)#Toys|Bulletbike]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Meanstreak#Toys|Meanstreak]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Staxx#Toys|Staxx]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hero (G2)|Heroes]]''' (''canceled'' redecos)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#CombatHero|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#CombatHeroOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Other canceled stuff'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Greasepit (G2)#Toys|Greasepit]] and the [[Go-Bots Racing Rig]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
<big>'''Notes'''</big>
<references group="B" />

==Hasbro European line==
{{anchor|Europe}}
The whole European ''Generation 2'' situation is a little weird.

[[The Transformers (European toyline)|''Transformers'']] didn't end in most European markets when the US line did, with roughly two years of product released after the franchise (temporarily) closed shop in the US. The normal, un-sublined ''Transformers'' series continued in 1993, but shared many new molds with the 1993 US ''Generation 2'' line (albeit in different colors, sometimes as different characters), as well as the new "G2" Autobot and Decepticon faction symbols. ''Technically'', these releases are still "Generation 1".

In 1994, Hasbro UK and Hasbro International followed Hasbro US's lead and changed the branding to the new ''Generation 2'' name, and re-released much of the 1993 product as well as "new" items from the US line. This, mixed with the slow spread of information online at the time, has led many fans to overall consider ''all'' of the new-sigil 1993 product to be "Generation 2".

Which is fair enough, but this list will ''only'' contain the product released under the actual ''Generation 2'' banner.

Most toys were available in two different [[multilingual packaging]] [[variant]]s: English/Spanish/Portuguese and French/Dutch/German. In addition, [[GiG]] distributed figures in Italian-only packaging.

===1994===
The overwhelming bulk of this year's product was made up of repackaged re-releases of 1993 product from both the European and American toylines, the latter being "new" to most European markets, and newly-developed toys released concurrently with the American market.

This year's releases started the trend of the European toys having extremely condensed on-package [[bio]]s, as some specs only had the figure's name, function, and motto. Many quotes were changed from their previous releases as well.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Sparkabot]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Fizzle#Generation 2|Blaze]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Flamefeather (G1)#Generation 2|Flamefeather]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sizzle (G1)#Generation 2|Sizzle]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Sparkstalker#Generation 2|Sparkstalker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Axelerator]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Turbofire#Toys|Hotrider]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Rapido#Toys|Rapido]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Skram (G2)#Toys|Skram]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Windbreaker#Toys|Zap]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Skyscorcher]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Eagle Eye (G2)#Toys|Hawk]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Afterburner (G2)#Toys|Snipe]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Terradive (G2)#Toys|Terradive]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Windrazor (G2)#Toys|Tornado]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Rotor Force|Rotorbots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Powerdive#Toys|Blade]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ransack (G2)#Toys|Blitz]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Leadfoot (G2)#Toys|Hot Foot]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Manta Ray (G2)#Toys|Piranha]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Blaze-toy.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Sparkabot Blaze]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Aquaspeeder]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Aquafend#Toys|Aquafend]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Deluge (G1)#Toys|Deluge]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Jetstorm (G1)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Speedstream#Toys|Speedstream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Aquablast#Toys|Aquablast]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Drench (G1)#Toys|Drench]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Hydradread#Toys|Hydradread]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Rage (G1)#Toys|Rage]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Lightformer]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Deftwing#Toys|Deftwing]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Ironfist (G1)#Toys|Ironfist]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Trakkon]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Calcar#Toys|Calcar]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Fearswoop (G1)#Toys|Fearswoop]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Laser Rod|Illuminators]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Electro#Toys|Electro]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Sizzle (G2)#Toys|Fireball]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Jolt (G2)#Toys|Hotrod]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Volt#Toys|Volt]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Autobot Cars|Heroics]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Sideswipe]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Decepticon Planes|Skyraiders]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Grimlock]] (blue deco only)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Slag (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Slag]] (green deco only)}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Snarl (G1)#Generation 2|Snarl]] (red deco only)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:G2-toy Hydradread.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Stormtrooper Hydradread]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hero (G2)|Heroes]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Archforce#Toys|Archforce]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sureshot (G2)#Toys|Sureshot]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Obliterator]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Clench (G1)#Toys|Colossus]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Pyro (G1)#Toys|Spark]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leaders'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Dreadwing (G2)#Toys|Stealth Assault]] with "[[Smokescreen (G2)#Toys|robot/jet fighter]]"}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{-}}

===1995===
Come the line's second year, it fell pretty much into line with the US series, with only a single "exclusive" sub-group, the Powermasters. However, they wey were not ''truly'' exclusive to Europe, as they were ''also'' available in Australia and New Zealand in the same English-only packaging that would have been used in the United States had the line not been canceled, lacking the "Generation 2" moniker and rendering "Power Masters" as two words instead of one like in Europe.

The packaging for the European 1995 releases was ''differently'' redesigned compared to the North American packaging, featuring very different color layouts, retaining the ''Generation 2'' title and, for whatever reason, now relegating all the individual character names for toys that shipped as assortments to the ''back'' of the packaging, thereby putting the emphasis of the marketing entirely on the price points.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Go-Bot (G2)|Gobots]] Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Blowout#Toys|Blowout]]<ref group="C" name="eurogbcj">Apparently, the decision to market the wave 2 Go-Bot and Cyberjet redecos as separate characters was a last-minute change of plans that was only put into use in America and Japan; in Europe, Hasbro supposedly stuck to the original idea for those assortments (here named "Gobots" and "Mini-Jets", respectively), with the redecos being sold as [[variant#Running changes|running change color variants]] of their wave 1 mold-mates instead, in unchanged packaging featuring [[package art]] in the original deco and the original character's name: Megatron and Optimus Prime, slight color variants of Blowout and Firecracker with solid instead of clear plastic parts, were still marketed as "Blowout" and "Firecracker"; "Hooligan" was also available in Jetfire's colors, "Skyjack" in Air Raid's, and "Space Case" in Strafe's. This practice is only confirmed for the versions available in [[multilingual packaging|multilingual]] French/Dutch/German packaging; thus far, no specimens in English/Spanish/Portuguese packaging or in Italian [[GiG]] packaging have surfaced. The subsequent, completely redecoed Go-Bots wave was marketed as the same characters as their United States counterparts, however.</ref>}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Double Clutch (G2)#Toys|Double Clutch]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Firecracker#Toys|Firecracker]]<ref group="C" name="eurogbcj"/>}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Gearhead#Toys|Gearhead]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[High Beam#Toys|High Beam]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Motormouth#Toys|Motormouth]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Gobots Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Frenzy]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Go-Bot|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Mirage]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Go-Bot|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Cyberjet|Mini-Jets]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Hooligan (G2)#Toys|Hooligan]]<ref group="C" name="eurogbcj"/>}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Skyjack (G2)#Toys|Skyjack]]<ref group="C" name="eurogbcj"/>}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Space Case (G2)#Toys|Space Case]]<ref group="C" name="eurogbcj"/>}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Power Master|Powermasters]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Bulletbike (G2)#Toys|Bulletbike]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Meanstreak#Toys|Meanstreak]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Staxx#Toys|Staxx]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:G2-toy Meanstreak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Powermaster Meanstreak]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Laser Cycle|Lasercycles]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Road Pig (G2)#Toys|Road Pig]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Road Rocket (G2)#Toys|Road Rocket]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Auto Roller (G2)|Autorollers]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Dirtbag#Toys|Dirtbag]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Roadblock (G2)#Toys|Roadblock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leader'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}
<big>'''Notes'''</big>
<references group="C" />

==Takara ''G-2'' line==
{{anchor|Japan}}
{{nav-JG2}}
'''''Transformers: G-2''''' was [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s first foray back into Transformers after ending the original line in [[1992]] with ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]''. Available for only the latter half of [[1995]], ''G-2'' did not include any of the Generation 1 molds (including the later European ones) which were in the American and European lines, only the more poseable toys newly created for the line. Each release came with a [[Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|pack-in comic]].

Virtually none of the toys in ''G-2'' have significant differences from the Hasbro releases outside of packaging. Only the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]]s have deco changes. The [[Cyberjet]]s each came with an extra [[sticker]] sheet to customize the toys, but are otherwise identical. While prototypes for "enhanced" Cyberjets with add-on armor have since surfaced, they never made it beyond prototype.

''G-2'' was not a major financial success for Takara. As a result, the planned spin-off ''[[Block Town]]'' was canceled, and there was another short ''Transformers'' drought in Japan until the introduction of ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers|Beast Wars]]'' in [[1997]].
{{-}}

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Go-Bot|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GobotOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Cyberjet]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|TRF-07 [[Skyjack (G2)#Toys|Skyjack]]}}
{{Bp-d2|TRF-08 [[Space Case (G2)#Toys|Space Case]]}}
{{Bp-d2|TRF-09 [[Hooligan (G2)#Toys|Hooligan]]}}
{{Bp-a2|TRF-14 [[Aero Raid#Toys|Aero Raid]]}}
{{Bp-a2|TRF-15 [[Strafe (G2)#Toys|Strafe]]}}
{{Bp-a2|TRF-16 [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jetfire]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Laser Cycle|Laser Bike]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|TRF-11 [[Road Rocket (G2)#Toys|Road Rocket]]}}
{{Bp-d2|TRF-12 [[Road Pig (G2)#Toys|Road Big]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Laser Rod|Lazer Rod]]s''' {{sic}}
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|TRF-03 [[Electro#Toys|Effectro]]}}
{{Bp-a2|TRF-04 [[Volt#Toys|Autovolt]]}}
{{Bp-d2|TRF-05 [[Jolt (G2)#Toys|Hot Row]]}}
{{Bp-d2|TRF-06 [[Sizzle (G2)#Toys|Firebot]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:AeroRaid-stickers.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Aero Raid's extra stickers]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Hero (G2)|Heroes]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|TRF-01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-d2|TRF-02 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Hero|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Aerial Bombing Officer'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|TRF-10 [[Dreadwing (G2)#Toys|Dreadwing]] (w/ [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Smokescreen]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Supreme Commander'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|TRF-13 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Battle Convoy]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}

==Massive amounts of concept stuff==
[[File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I got my spine, I got my Orange Sludge.]]
[[File:UnmadeVideoCameraMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Camcorder Megatron?]]

In the years since ''Generation 2'' ended, numerous [[Unreleased toy#Generation 2|ultimately-unused concepts]] have come to light, showing what might have been were more molds available, were budgets bigger, ''et cetera''. These range from redecoes of old toys to all-new mold prototypes, and a few real oddities.

;Redecoes
*Orange [[:File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|Sludge]], bright green [[:File:G2SwoopArtwork.jpg|Swoop]], and a delightfully tiger-striped version of [[:File:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|Grimlock]].
*"[[Sandstorm (G2)#Toys|Sandstorm]]", a desert-themed redeco of Ramjet.
*"[[Blackout (G2)#Toys|Blackout]]", a black redeco of Starscream.
*Hand-painted samples of a jungle-themed [[:File:G2SSJungleprotojet.jpg|Starscream]] and a blue sky-themed [[:File:WhizBangNavyRamjetRedeco.jpg|Ramjet]], later dubbed [[Cloudcover]] in [[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]], both of whom could be new characters for all we know.
*A green and purple [[:File:G2MirageVaultArt.jpg|Mirage]], a yellow and turquoise [[:File:UnmadeG2SideswipeMockup.jpg|Sideswipe]], and a bright orange [[:File:G2JazzLegacyArt.jpg|Jazz]].
*Recolored card art of [[Power Master]] [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#PowerMaster|Ironhide]], in yellow and blue, attached to packaging mock-ups bearing the names "Belzone", "Light Speed", and "[[Pothole]]".

;New-mold prototypes
*A resin prototype of a [[Unproduced G.I. Joe Transformer|transforming six-wheeled APC]] capable of carrying a [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] figure.
*A [[customizing|kitbashed/hand-painted]] mock-up of the large [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron tank mold]] as a video camcorder.
*Takara had prototypes of the Cyberjet molds with add-on armor pieces on display at a toy convention, but those clearly never happened.
*Two more [[Auto Roller (G2)|Auto Roller]]s: an [[APC Auto Roller|APC]] and a [[Jet Auto Roller|jet]]. Those eventually ended up being used by Takara for the Japanese version of the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' line (as [[Autolauncher#Toys|Autolauncher]] and [[Autojetter#Toys|Autojetter]], respectively).
*Six additional [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]]s: [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Rumble]], "[[Crash Test (G2)#Toys|4X]]", "[[911#Toys|911]]", a [[Black Viper Go-Bot|black Dodge Viper]], [[Hound (G1)/toys#G2Gobot|Hound]], and a [[Purple Mercedes Go-Bot|purple Mercedes-Benz SL500 sport coupé]]. Four of them were later used by Hasbro for the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' line, as the [[Spychanger]]s [[Side Swipe (RID)#Toys|Side Swipe]] (Rumble), [[Daytonus#Toys|Daytonus]] (4X), [[Prowl 2#Toys|Prowl 2]] (911) and [[Side Burn (RID)#Spychanger|Side Burn]] (Viper), while the Hound and Mercedes-benz sculpts remain unreleased.
*Two jets, a race car and a tow truck were designed for price points that never came to fruition. The two jets, which would have been released under an assortment named "Solar Jets", were later used by Hasbro for the ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' line (as [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Megatron]]/[[Megaplex#Toys|Megaplex]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thundercracker]]/[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Skywarp]]), as were the race car (as [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Prowl]]/[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Mirage]]) and the tow truck (as [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Hoist]]/[[Hubcap (MW)#Toys|Hubcap]]).
*The [[Solarbot#Toys|Solarbot]], an item mentioned on some late-series card samples but otherwise we know literally nothing about what it was supposed to be. Possibly the race car and tow truck?
{{--}}

==Post-''Generation 2'' releases==
As time has passed and fandom attitudes have changed, the once-often-poo-pooed ''Generation 2'' line has become a go-to source for a more quirky nostalgia-grab, particularly as a source for [[redeco]] color schemes for modern toys, though some do end up as new-character [[homage]]s.

;Hasbro
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Space Case (G2)#Universe (2003)|Space Case]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' (2008)]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|"Aerial Rivals" ([[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Air Raid]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Universe (2008)|Skydive]])}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Inferno (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Skyjack (G2)#Universe (2008)|Skyfall]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010)]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RTSDeluxe|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Powerdive#Generations|Powerdive]]}}
{{Bp-a2|"Ultimate Gift Set" ([[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#UltimateGiftSet|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet|Autobot Jazz]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:Generations-Combiner-Wars-Generation-2-Superion.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|''Combiner Wars'' shared-exclusive Superion.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] / [[BigBadToyStore]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Bruticus (G1)#G2FOC|Bruticus]] ([[Blast Off (G1)/toys#G2FOC|Blast Off]], [[Brawl (G1)/toys#G2FOC|Brawl]], [[Onslaught (G1)/toys#G2FOC|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)/toys#G2FOC|Swindle]], [[Vortex (G1)/toys#G2FOC|Vortex]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Kre-O]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|Autobot Assault [[Devastator (G1)/toys#YellowDevastator|Devastator]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Devastator (G1)/toys#OrangeDevastator|Constructicon Devastator]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''''' (exclusives)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Bruticus (G1)#CWG2|Bruticus]] ([[Blast Off (G1)/toys#CWG2|Blast Off]], [[Brawl (G1)/toys#CWG2|Brawl]], [[Onslaught (G1)/toys#CWG2|Onslaught]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CWG2|Shockwave]], [[Swindle (G1)/toys#CWG2|Swindle]], [[Vortex (G1)/toys#CWG2|Vortex]])}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Menasor (G1)#CWG2|Menasor]] ([[Blackjack (G1)#CWG2|Blackjack]], [[Wildrider (G1)#CWG2|Brake-Neck]], [[Breakdown (G1)#CWG2|Breakdown]], [[Dead End (G1)#CWG2|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#CWG2|Dragstrip]], [[Motormaster (G1)#CWG2|Motormaster]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Superion (G1)#CWG2|Superion]] ([[Air Raid (G1)/toys#CWG2|Air Raid]], [[Fireflight (G1)/toys#CWG2|Firefly]], [[Powerglide (G1)/toys#CWG2|Powerglide]], [[Slingshot (G1)/toys#CWG2|Quickslinger]], [[Silverbolt (G1)/toys#CWG2|Silverbolt]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#CWG2|Skydive]])}}
</ul>
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Diac#Toys|Diac]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TRVoyager|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a2|"Chaos on Velocitron" ([[Refractor#Toys|Refractor]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TRCOV|Laser Prime]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|"Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce" ([[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#S26|Covert Clone Sideswipe]])}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS01|Combat Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS14|Megatron (G2)]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Sandstorm (G2)#Generations Selects|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Legacy|Laser Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Jhiaxus (G2)#Legacy|G2 Universe Jhiaxus]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Legacy|G2 Universe Megatron (Core Class)]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Road Rocket (G2)#Legacy|G2 Universe Road Rocket]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Leadfoot (G2)#Legacy|G2 Universe Leadfoot]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Drag Strip (G1)|G2 Universe Shadowstrip]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

;Hasbro via [[Fun Publications]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2010]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2d2|"Generation 2: Redux" ([[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]], [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]], [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Autobot Spark]], [[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]])}}
{{Bp-a2d2|[[Rapido#Timelines|Rapido]] & [[Cindersaur (G1)#Timelines|Cindersaur]] 2-pack}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sideswipe]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2011]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (Animated)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|"Club Crossover Exclusive" ([[Megatron (G1)/toys#ClubCrossover|Megatron]])}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Fisitron (Timelines)#Toys|Fisitron]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Nightracer (G2)#Timelines|Nightracer]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ramjet]]}}
*[[Solarbot#Shattered Glass 2|Solarbot]]
{{Bp-d2|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Timelines|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:TL-toy Rapido.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|BotCon 2010 Rapido]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2013]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Electro#Timelines|Autobot Electrons]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2014]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Kreon]] [[Breakdown (G1)#BotCon2014|Breakdown]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2015]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sgt. Hound]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[BotCon 2016]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
</ul>
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 5.0]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

;TakaraTomy
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[e-HOBBY]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#G-2|Laser Ultra Magnus]]}}
*[[Solarbot#Shattered Glass 2|Solarbot]]
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Hybrid Style]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#THS02B|Convoy Black Version]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010)]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Dreadwing (G2)#Transformers (2010)|Dreadwing]] & [[Smokescreen (G2)#Transformers (2010)|Smokescreen]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers United]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UnitedG2|Laser Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#UnitedTank|Tank Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Masterpiece-MP12G-G2Lambor.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|''Masterpiece'' G2 Lambor]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Chronicle]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#ChronicleEZHero|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers United|United EX]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Roadblock (G2)#United EX 2|Dozermaster]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Manta Ray (G2)#United EX 2|Marinemaster]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Rapido#United EX 2|Racemaster]] Prime Mode}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a2|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#MP21G|Bumble G-2 Ver.]]}}
{{Bp-a2|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#MP12G|Lambor G-2 Ver.]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d2|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#LG63|G2 Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*A ''Generation 2'' exists within the fictional [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] universe, as a ''toyline''! According to the online [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] bio for the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] Decepticon, [[Shortround (Cybertron)|Shortround]], he is an avid toy collector whose prize pieces are [[Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor]]. However, it is not specified whether or not these items are actually ''Transformers'' toys like their real world counterparts.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation 2 (toyline)}}
[[Category:Earth culture]]
[[Category:Generation 2| Generation 2 (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Wildrider (G1)

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{{disambigm|Wildrider (disambiguation)|Brake-Neck (disambiguation)}}
:''Wildrider is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEWildrider.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|When slow people race Wildrider, THE TERRORISTS WIN.]]
What [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] does for air travel, '''Wildrider''' (aka "Wild Rider"<ref name="classic">Wildrider's name was consistently spelled "Wild Rider", in two words, on several different packaging versions of the 1990 "[[Classics (Europe)|Classic]] Stunticon" release (English, French/Dutch and Spanish), as well as on the [[cross-sell]] for the French/English Canadian packaging version for his fellow "Classic Stunticon" Breakdown. It was also later used as a [[trademark]] friendly name for his Legacy toy.</ref>) does for the roadways. The difference is that the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] honestly means no harm and this insanely wild-riding [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] most ''definitely'' does. Some of his Decepticon comrades suspect him of playing insane to enhance his street cred, but those who have come to know him the best realize that it's no act. Wildrider really is as crazy as they come and a very real danger to anything on the road with him. Even his fellow Stunticons are wary of driving anywhere near him.

Which is a problem because if things get too quiet, if all he can hear is ''himself'', Wildrider becomes afraid there's enemies closing in on him, waiting to get him...

Wildrider combines with his fellow Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

More recently, he has started to call himself '''Brake-Neck''', a change that his teammates worry is symptomatic of his worsening insanity.

{{bigquote|I'm Wildrider, and I wanna bust something up!|Wildrider, speaking his first words|"[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Terry McGovern]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "The Burden Hardest to Bear"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'' "Starscreams Brigade"), [[Niko Macoulis]] (German, ''Generation 2'' "Masquerade"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Trans-Europe Express" & "Masquerade"), [[Paulo Flores]] (Portuguese), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Portuguese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, "Starscream's Brigade")}}

[[File:KeyVectorSigma1 Wildrider fly.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
After a failed attempt to steal experimental rocket fuel from [[United States military]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] realized that while the Decepticons controlled the skies, the Autobots had supremacy on the ground, and so they needed new ground-based warriors who could out-drive and out-fight the Autobots on their terms. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sent to steal various [[human]] vehicles that would be rebuilt in the new Stunticons. The Decepticons journeyed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], beat the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] out of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s possession and ordered the [[Vector Sigma|ancient supercomputer]] to give life to the Stunticons. While the other Stunticons pledged their loyalty to Megatron, Wildrider merely stated his desire for destruction. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Whilst the Autobots were trapped on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to [[Earth]] with the newly awakened Stunticons, who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] whose combined form Superion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[File:TransEuropeExpress riding Wildrider.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Not Mr. Toad.]]
When the Autobots got involved in the fake [[Europa 2000]] charity race he had set up, Megatron needed them removed from the playing field to stop any interference with his plans to dig up the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] and steal an experimental car engine from [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]], the top US driver. He had the Stunticons intercept and eliminate the Autobots, and Wildrider helped disable [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] with his fellow Decepticons. [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] refused to just lay down, though, dodging the Stunticons' ramming attacks and jumping atop Wildrider's hood. The crazy Stunticon eventually shook Bluestreak off by just crashing hood-first into a mountain at over 150 mph. Afterwards, the Stunticons were defeated when Cahnay rammed his car into Menasor's face. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

[[File:CosmicRust Wildrider speedboat.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|The Hate Boat/Soon will be making another round...]]
When Megatron was infected with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion [[Corrostop]]. Wildrider drove a speedboat while Drag Strip water skied behind him. After Megatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the Cosmic Rust, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in [[New York City]] with the ancient [[Lightning Bug]] heat ray, trying to stop the Autobots from [[Matter duplicator|matter-duplicating]] more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. With Megatron needing a trump card, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as they were having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:Masquerade BreakdownWildriderdefeated.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|How mortifrying!!]]
In his next scheme, Megatron charged the Stunticons with bringing him the last key items for his new molecular disrupter cannon. Wildrider and his partner [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] broke into an optics laboratory and robbed a scientist of his experimental lenses for Megatron's weapon. Upon their escape, though, the Stunticons ran into [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] blocking the road. Wildrider took the challenge and managed to just miss hitting the Autobots with his crazy driving, and dodge the missiles fired at him by Inferno. He tested his luck on a second drive-by, though, and was blasted into submission by Hoist. The Stunticons were all captured and imprisoned inside the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], while several Autobots employed camouflage paint to disguise themselves as the Stunticons in a Trojan Horse ploy to find out what Megatron wanted with the components. The Autobot warrior [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] took Wildrider's place. After the Autobots took off, however, Breakdown managed to free his fellow Stunticons, and they all joined up to form Menasor, easily smashing through the remaining Autobots guarding them. As Menasor, they returned to Megatron and attempted to convince him they were the true Stunticons. Though ultimately successful, the Autobots had made alterations to the stolen components which caused Megatron's weapon to blow up in his face, and the Decepticons beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[File:BurdenHardesttoBear Stunticons Matrix.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|And now I am Wildimus Prime!!]]
After their exile to [[Chaar]] in 2006, the Stunticons had been reduced to fighting over scraps of energon with the other Decepticons. When [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] returned with the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], Wildrider expressed the threat that they had better have brought some energon with them. When questioned by Dead End what he would do if they hadn't, Wildrider was at a loss. Nevertheless, he donated his share of energon to revive [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When the Quintessons arrived offering them energon in exchange for defeating the Autobots, Wildrider was among those Decepticons who were incredulous of the terms due to their weakened state, but signed on regardless. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

Later, Wildrider and Dead End got into a street race with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] in [[Japan]], ultimately forcing him off the road. After the crash, the two Stunticons found the [[Matrix of Leadership]] had been blown clear by the impact, and Wildrider brought it back to his leader, Galvatron. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City=====
Wildrider and the Stunticons were summoned by Megatron to put an end to the [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project, and succeeded where [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] had failed. Their first strike was impressive, holding back Optimus Prime and a cadre of Autobots and shooting the Aerialbots out of the skies. When the Aerialbots formed Superion, Wildrider and his teammates followed suit and merged into Menasor. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
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Wildrider fought the Autobots on Earth under [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s command. They tried to prevent [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s troops from reaching the Space Bridge, but failed. He and the Stunticons soon arrived on Cybertron to participate in Galvatron's siege. They managed to gain the high ground against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Throttlebot]]s, and rained laser fire down on their opponents. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Wildrider and his team formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the Battleship Maximus. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s quest for the Matrix. Wildrider and the Stunticons were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

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When [[Vector Sigma]] began perfecting the new super-metal [[Cybertonuron]] on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. Wildrider and the Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on Wildrider's group by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Wildrider and the Stunticons were still in a firefight sometime later, as [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] passed by looking for [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} In [[San Francisco]], Wildrider and the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]] to distract the Autobots from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plans on [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. They fought against the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Sometime later, Wildrider and the Stunticons gathered in the desert as their Ninja Commander Sixshot began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Wildrider was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''=====
[[File:UniteWarriorsOffshot Wildrider Riding Car.jpg|thumb|180px]]
Sometime beyond the year [[2036]], Wildrider and the other Stunticons enjoyed themselves with their own personal annual event: stealing human cars and use them to race each other. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot|Today Is Us Stunticons' Annual Holiday Demolition Race!}}

Soon afterwards, the Stunticons as Menasor were involved in a fight wherein [[Grand Scourge]] dropped in through a tear in space-time and used his [[Matrix Breaker]] sword to disassemble Menasor with a single blow. After grappling Dead End, the dimensional intruder realized he could forcefully combine with the Stunticons. Though Wildrider attempted to flee, Grand Scourge managed to have him form the right leg of his gestalt mode. {{storylink|Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge}} He was freed when Grand Scourge was defeated by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and fled with the other Stunticons. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
Wildrider listened to Megatron boast about how [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would trounce [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] once its construction was complete. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

Wildrider and the Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young ally [[Kenji]] was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' legs. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs, launching him into the ocean. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

While posing as Autobots, Wildrider, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire engines [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor...only to see Wildrider and the rest of his men were already retreating into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Wildrider participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Menasor in order to battle alongside Bruticus and Devastator against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Menasor and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
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=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Wildrider and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Motormaster's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Stunticons then merged into Menasor to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

====Full Throttle Scramble Power!====
The Decepticons constructed a new weapon to pursue their energy-plundering campaign on Earth, the [[Omega Wave Cannon]]. With the device at the ready, the Stunticons headed out to retrieve some energy from a power plant. They were met with the Aerialbots, and both teams combined into the gestalt forms. Though Superion was crippled by the Omega Wave Cannon, the Autobots turned the tide of the battle by sending out massive amounts of reinforcements into the field. Superion then gained the upper hand against Menasor by dislodging Wildrider as the combiner's leg, and having Slingshot take his place. Menasor was beaten down, and the Decepticons were sent packing. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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''When [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] began having strange visions of combiner robots following [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] stashing the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] in his head, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] rigged up a device to monitor his dreams.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} ''Together, Optimus and Buster watched these new "[[Special Teams]]" fighting over the abandoned [[Pullen Power Plant]]'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} ''unaware that [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] were also listening in. Their futuristic combining technology impressed Shockwave so much that he immediately ordered his troops to begin plans for the Stunticons' construction.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[File:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Wildrider was given life by the Creation Matrix at the same time as the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Through [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]] in Optimus Prime's mind, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] was able to tap into and divert some of the Matrix energy to bring an equal number of his own troops to life. The Stunticons' first mission was to tail the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and besmirch the Autobot's good reputation by causing carnage on a freeway. They were engaged by [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] forces and Wildrider received a nasty shock from [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] before [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] managed to knock her out of the air. When the Aerialbots arrived, the Stunticons pretended to defend their "comrade" Skids, convincing Circuit Breaker and the human forces that there were no good robots. As both teams combined into their gestalt forms and did battle, Circuit Breaker used up all her power disabling [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], leaving [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] victorious. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

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''Wildrider was stationed at the Decepticons' [[Wyoming base]] when Motormaster ill-advisedly suggested that the Stunticons could take out Optimus Prime, earning Megatron's ire. Wildrider and the others looked on as Megatron nearly crushed the Stunticon leader with a boulder.'' {{storylink|Prey!}} Later, Wildrider served aboard the Decepticons' [[Club Con|island starship]] under the command of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and took part in a massed ambush of the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], where he was seen tangling with [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], then squabbling over leadership of the Autobots, managed to put aside their differences long enough in order to rally their troops into a counter-attack, sending the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Totaled!}} When the Decepticons converted their base into a human holiday resort, Wildrider was posted on the beach to warn bathers not to swim out too far. After [[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]] ignored his advice and provoked the wrath of the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]], causing a battle on the beach, Wildrider stood by as [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] apologised to the traumatised holidaymakers. {{storylink|Club Con!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In [[2003]], the Stunticons were recruited by [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] to steal some classified documents from the Autobots, about their upcoming plans for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Wildrider and his cronies ran the courier, [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], off the side of the road and beat him till he gave up the information. Then they beat up [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] when he tried to interfere because, well, it was fun. Ultimately, the plans turned out to be fakes, so the Decepticons didn't gain anything from them. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}

[[File:SpacePiratesSoundwaveLeader.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Soundwave's defensive driving classes are wasted on Wildrider.]]
By [[2008]] the Stunticons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] under the command of Shockwave. They combined into Menasor in an attempt to protect him from an assassination attempt by [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] but were unsuccessful so leadership of the Decepticons passed to [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

Later, Wildrider was among the Decepticon soldiers aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] when [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] was leading them in an assault on [[Autobase]]. They were themselves attacked by the [[Quintesson]]s en route. Previous information that Decepticon commander Soundwave had received, informing him that the Autobots were mostly off-world, turned out to be a ruse orchestrated by the aliens to ambush his troops. The Decepticons were forced to call upon the Autobots for assistance in thwarting the Quintessons' forceful colonization of their homeworld. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Secrets Wildrider at console.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Wildrider worked on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s team when he and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] were vying for control of the Decepticons. When the conflict between the two Decepticon factions reached its peak, both leaders called for an [[Enclave]], where they could negotiate an alliance. The peace-talks were sabotaged by the Autobots, and Wildrider was swept up in the fracas that broke out afterwards. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

A poisoned [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] staggered into Wildrider's quarters, and gave him a tape of battle plans to transmit to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Wildrider assumed that Soundwave had been betrayed by traitors in Megatron's faction of Decepticons, and attempted to send the plans in secret. When Megatron saw him doing so, however, he assumed that the Stunticon was trying to send them to his rival Shockwave, making him the traitor who had betrayed him to Shockwave earlier. With one blast from his [[fusion cannon]], Megatron promptly killed him. Which was exactly what Soundwave (who had not been poisoned and was, in fact, the traitor) had planned. Harsh. {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Wildrider and the Stunticons fought the Autobots while trying to steal from Earth's resources. They formed Menasor in battle with Defensor, but were soon dismantled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

===The Special Teams===
Wildrider and the rest of the Stunticons were being kept a secret from the Autobots until Megatron was ready to dispatch them on a raid on the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. Once in position, the Stunticons raced forward, ready to take whatever Autobots might be guarding the location by surprise. Encountering the Protectobots en route, Motormaster ordered Wildrider and the other Stunticons to combine into Menasor to do battle. The fight soon began to weigh in the Autobots’ favour, prompting Menasor to split up into individual robots once more, who dispersed away from the battlefield. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a [[Detention Banks|prison facility]]. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} They formed into Menasor and ran amok for a while, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Wildrider, the other Stunticons and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were sent to 1930s [[Chicago]] when [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned, and were left dormant in the forms of cars from that time. They were soon found and used by a criminal gang led by [[Tommy Fingers]], until a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members arrived from the future to retrieve the lost Transformers and prevent the apocalypse. Wildrider, Dead End and Drag Strip were awakened by Breakdown, who wasn't so dormant after all, and started chasing Optimus Prime and the humans across the city. Eventually the two groups ran into Motormaster, and everyone were promptly transported back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

When [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] started reunifying the Decepticons into his own army, Wildrider and the other Stunticons were among his earliest recruits. They helped capture a group of Autobots and Joes that followed Serpent O.R. to Cybertron, then attacked an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} The giant used his Wildrider leg to stomp at least one innocent civilian to death. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Wildrider joined with the other Stunticons to form Menasor and do battle with [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ combined form. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga===
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The five Stunticons confronted Ultra Magnus as he reached the end of the [[Floating City]], combining into Menasor and opening fire on the Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Menasor's Weak Point is His Forehead!|Menasor's Weak Point is His Forehead!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3]]; [[Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|Transformers vol. 1 #3]] (modern era)
[[File:MegatronOrigin3 DeadEnd Wildrider.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An optimistic Dead End? A mellow Wildrider?! What is this, some kind of alternate universe?!]]
Wildrider was seen with other Stunticons entering the [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] arena to join the newly formed Decepticons for some good ol' fashioned civil disobedience. He also did us all a favor and told [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to be quiet because, let's face it, a cheery and optimistic Dead End signals the coming of [[Unicron|the End of Days]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

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During the brief Decepticon reign of Cybertron, Wildrider and Breakdown set out to take out the anti-Decepticon pirate news broadcaster, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], according to [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]'s location. They attacked Blaster only to be defeated by the arriving [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Broadcast}} When [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] usurped [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] as Decepticon leader, the Stunticons protested and left both the Decepticons and Cybertron to become highwaymen on [[Magmara Nine]]. While robbing [[Strongbox]] there, they were approached by [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] who told them Megatron had taken back command. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} Returning to the fold, the Stunticons participated in Megatron's assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], during which they tried to attack Optimus Prime only to get blown away by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

Millions of years later, Wildrider was among the Decepticons captured by [[Skywatch]] after the Stunticons were abandoned on Earth. {{Storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} Luckily for him, he was soon rescued by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]]'s splinter faction of Autobots and Decepticons trying to get off the planet. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

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Wildrider and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] went on a mission to retrieve [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], the only Stunticon missing from their group. They were disgusted to find that their comrade was being driven by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|a human]], and Wildrider rammed him, telling Drag Strip that they could always fix him later. They met with some resistance from the human, but eventually recovered Breakdown and took him back to base. A few hours later, the Stunticons revealed that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] had given them the ability to combine, and attacked their former Autobot allies in the form of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}}

However, despite Menasor's power, his effectiveness as a warrior was stunted by the fact that his components kept arguing amongst themselves. The Autobots took note of this weakness and distracted the combiner by targeting the individual Stunticons, and eventually he was taken down by Optimus Prime. Like most of the Decepticons, Wildrider was taken into custody by Skywatch. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

Months later, the Stunticons were freed from their captivity when Decepticons under Megatron's command returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch facility where they were held. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} The Decepticons intended to rejoin Megatron on Cybertron, but were interrupted by [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s attempts to sabotage their [[space bridge]]. Wildrider and the other Stunticons stayed behind to take care of the Autobot, but were knocked out by an energy surge when Bumblebee interrupted the bridge's power flow. {{storylink|The Question}} The Autobots subsequently captured the Stunticons and brought them to a restored Cybertron, where they were imprisoned alongside the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Following their release, Wildrider was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}}

Wildrider was so disappointed in his team for losing to Bumblebee that he up and left the Stunticons altogether, leaving his space to be filled by [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]]. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
Wildrider was presumably present as part of Menasor during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]] in [[Primax 096.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

==Commercial appearances==
Wildrider and the rest of the Stunticons drove over a barren, rocky terrain to meet against the Aerialbots. Both teams combined, and their gestalt forms engaged in a no-holds-barred slug-fest. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Aerialbots and Stunticons|Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
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Wildrider participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Even [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had trouble controlling the Stunticons. The team went on a crime spree in the back alleys of human cities until they were tracked down and stopped by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and his team. {{storylink|The Thin Blue Line}} Wildrider and Breakdown were sent to stop a convoy of Autobots from delivering a vital component to a power station to prevent it exploding. Possibly because they were the only ones crazy enough not to realize they'd be in danger if they were near the station when it exploded. They failed anyway. {{storylink|Rushdown Road}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:BrakeNeckTransformersEarthWarsOfficial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Ahhhhh! Much better! Now for the TERRORISTS!]]
Brake-Neck doesn't care that he's nuts and reckless, and that's what makes him so dangerous. Despite this, Brake-Neck is a bag of nerves, and sudden loud noises are prone to make him take off like a bat out of hell. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Brake-Neck bio}}

When Offroad arrived on Earth, Breakdown asked what happened to Wildrider, and he replied he didn't want to know.
{{storylink|Offroad (CW)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Offroad Research}}

But forget about him, because '''Brake-Neck''' was hired by Megatron to retrieve the [[Nova Power Core|Nova Core]] after Reflector's mishap. But he wouldn't go near the structure with radiation leaking out in its current state, but he did have his sights on [[Smokescreen (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Smokescreen]], and attempted to execute him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Bit of a Longshot}}

He continued to wait out the radiation until the atmosphere levels were safe enough for him to recover the Nova Core. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Battle Hardened}}

When [[Reflector (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Reflector]] asked for Brake-Neck's cover fire, Brake-Neck really didn't want to help Reflector. He just wants to shoot humans and their emergency response vehicles. Smokescreen kept him busy while First Aid went after Reflector and the Nova Core.

After the battle was over, Brake Neck shot a Medibot ''and'' Viewfinder in the back, because he was annoyed at Reflector for being an "annoying cameraman". {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Big Bang!}}

As soon as he arrived at the Decepticon base, he dashed towards the mountains at breakneck speed, which alarmed [[Luca]]. From there he showed off his sniping skills by shooting Starscream in the foot. He then wanted to find some Autobots and aim for their heads.

*'''Class:''' Special (Sniper)
*'''Lowest Star rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Brake-neck uses a custom-built [[Quasar rifle]] with a hair trigger and thermo-optic guidance system. He snipes targets dealing great damage at a slow rate from long range, well out of the range of Laser Turrets and Shock Towers.
*'''Ability: Execute!:''' Instantly destroys a building if less than 20/25/35% health (except the HQ), or snipe an enemy bot dealing very high damage!
**'''Cost:''' 3 ability points with no point increase!

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:brake-neck Brake-Neck at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Wildrider toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|If you don't buy this toy, then the terrorists have... lost, I guess?]]
*'''Wildrider''' (Stunticon, [[1986]])
**''Team ID number'': '''S3'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-53'''
**''Accessories'': [[Scatter blaster|scattershot gun]], [[plasma-energy blaster]], connector
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Wildrider transforms into a dark grey Ferrari 308 GTB sports car. He comes with a large, black double-barreled plasma-energy blaster that attaches onto the back of his vehicle mode.

:In [[robot mode]], Wildrider is armed with a black scattershot gun. He usually forms Menasor's left leg, but as a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]-style combiner limb, he can also occupy any other limb position.

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

{{anchor|G1Menasor}}
*'''Menasor''' (Gift set, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-55'''
:Wildrider was also made available as part of a full Stunticon five-pack in the US, European, and [[Japan]]ese markets. All of the figures inside were identical to their individual releases.

{{anchor|1990Classic}}
*'''Wild Rider'''<ref name="classic"/> ([[1990]])
**''Accessories'': scattershot gun, plasma-energy blaster, connector
:"Wild Rider" and the other Stunticons were rereleased without changes in 1990 as part of the European/Australian [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] reissue line.
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===''Generation 2''===
*'''Wildrider''' (Stunticon, Unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''S5'''
[[File:G2-Wildrider.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Watch out! I'm bright!]]
:For the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' line]], Hasbro intended to release [[redeco]]es of the Stunticons in [[1994]], with Wildrider being cast primarily in yellow plastic, with blue and black accents. Ultimately, however, the toys never went into mass production and remained officially unreleased. Only the four limbs are known to have made it to the sample packaging stage, having turned up in very limited numbers over the years (with the exception of ''Generation 2'' [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], who was available at [[BotCon 1994]] in somewhat larger quantities). All the ''Generation 2'' Stunticons are known to catch high prices on the secondary market.<ref>[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Generation2/StuntsWilderiderProtoMOSC1.html Photos of Generation 2 Wildrider in sample packaging at Toyarchive.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1533/Generation+2/Wildrider.html Mirrored photos of Generation 2 Wildrider in sample packaging at Transformers @ The Moon]</ref>

{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Gentei! Gentei!''===
{{anchor|Gentei}}
[[File:Wildrider gentei.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Just give him the [[facial hair|goatee]] and be done with it...I mean, "''Lettle Lady, non!''"]]
*'''Stuntron Wildrider''' ([[August 30]], [[2008]])
**''Accessories:'' rocket engine/missile launcher, flame missile
:An [[exclusive]] item from the "Chara Hobby 2008" show in Japan on August 30th, 2008, ''Gentei! Gentei!'' (Japanese for "Exclusive! Exclusive!") Wildrider is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Deluxe Class [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Classics|Rodimus]] with a very vaguely Wildrider-inspired color scheme (but retaining all of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Rodimus' [[paint operation]]s, including the flames), transforming into a Dome Zero concept car. His rear "thruster" fires a spring-loaded missile, and the back section can be flipped up to turn it into a roof-mounted weapon. The thruster becomes a hand-held blaster in robot mode, and can also be mounted on his back as a "jetpack". His left arm hides a flip-out (non-spinning) buzzsaw.
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BSToy-Brake-Neck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Stunticons''' (Multi-pack, [[2013]])
**''Number'': '''T009'''
***''Fist strength'': '''345'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''655'''
***''Sword strength'': '''610'''
:A redeco of the [[Topspin (DOTM)#Bot Shots|Topspin]] Bot Shot in dark grey, Brake-Neck (Wildrider renamed for [[trademark]] issues) automatically transforms between car and robot mode, when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was sold in a five-pack with [[Motormaster (G1)#Bot Shots|Motorbreath]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Dragstrip]], [[Dead End (G1)#Bot Shots|Dead End]], and [[Breakdown (G1)#Bot Shots|Breakdown]].
::*[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSBrake-Neck/brake-neck.htm Brake-Neck at TFU.info]

===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy BrakeNeckKreon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Wait, ''I'm'' the one they didn't want in [[Menasor (G1)#Kre-O|Menasor]]?!]]
*'''Brake-Neck''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])
**''Bag number'': '''33501 44'''
**''Accessories'': stand brick, small pistol
:Part of the fourth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Brake-Neck can be rebuilt from a robot to a low-and-lean street racer.

: He uses the [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Sideswipe]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OBrake-Neck/brake-neck.htm More information on ''Kre-O'' Brake-Neck at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:Unite-Warriors-UW02-Wildrider.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yes, but does it come with a stolen Matrix of Leadership?]]
*'''Menasor''' ([[August 22]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-02'''
**''Accessories'': exhaust pipe/battle club, weapon/fist/foot
:Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of [[Menasor (G1)#Unite Warriors|Menasor]] features Wildrider, a retool and redeco of [[Dead End (G1)#Unite Warriors|Dead End]] from the same set, sporting a new head sculpt. However, unlike the Hasbro release (see below), Wildrider has more paint details and plastic color changes on his vehicle and robot modes to better resemble his Generation 1 design.

:This toy is also officially associated with [[Grand Scourge#Toys|Scourge Grand Prime]].

{{CWDeadEndMold}}
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:GenerationsBrake-NeckPromoPic.jpg|thumb|300px|You know you'll get me instead of the [[Offroad (CW)|guy]] with the totally new mold.]]
*'''Brake-Neck''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
**'''2 of 5: [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'''
**''Accessories'': exhaust pipe/battle club, weapon/fist/foot
:Hasbro's release of the ''Unite Warriors'' Wildrider figure, (again) renamed for [[trademark]] issues. ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Brake-Neck is a retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|Dead End]] which transforms from a supercar resembling a Ferrari 458 Italia to robot and back. As a Combiner Wars Deluxe limb, he is able to combine with any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager Class figure or form one of [[Godbomber#Legends|Godbomber]]'s legs but is, of course, intended to be combined with [[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|Motormaster]], [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Dragstrip]], and [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|Dead End]] to create [[Menasor (G1)#Generations|Menasor]] (though his cardback and instructions show him replacing Dead End rather than [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Offroad]]). His cardback bio contains a cute reference to his original name, citing how 'even the unpredictable Stunticons see him as an out-of-control ''wild rider'''.

:Like Dead End, Brake-Neck comes with a copy of "''Combiner Wars'' #8" (actually [[Heavy Is the Head|''Robots in Disguise'' #16]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWBrake-Neck/brake-neck.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Brake-Neck at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF-Combiner-Wars-G2-Brake-Neck.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Chiquita Dave's robotsona.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Collection Pack, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' sword, Stunticon weapons/extremities
:A [[redeco]] of the ''Combiner Wars'' Stunticons, this Brake-Neck is based on his cancelled ''Generation 2'' toy. Well, okay, technically, this set is based on [http://air-hammer.deviantart.com/art/G2-Stunticons-Digibash-471989649 somebody's digibash] based on [http://cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?p=76573 somebody's hand-painted recreation] of the cancelled ''Generation 2'' toys, including an [[Circular reporting|erroneous]] purple and silver [[Breakdown (G1)#CWG2|Breakdown]] and some other errors. Compared to his fellow G2 ''Combiner Wars'' Stunticons, Wildrider is the most accurate to [[#Generation 2|his G2 toy]].
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===''Legacy''===
{{anchor|Legacy}}
[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Class-Wild-Rider.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|All... my... friends... know the Wild Rider.]]
*'''Decepticon Wild Rider''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**'''2 of 5: [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]]'''
**''Accessories:'' 2x Energon blasters
:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy]]'' Deluxe Class toys, "Decepticon Wild Rider" (he got his name back!) is a mostly cartoon-accurate version of the character, except for the rather clumsy backpack. He transforms into a close approximation of his Ferrari 308 GTB sports car mode in 17 steps. His accessories include two blasters, which can mount to his race car mode.

:This figure is not related to the ''Combiner Wars''/''Power of the Primes'' system of combination.

: This figure was revealed by CBR a day prior to the [[April 12]], [[2022]] Fan First Tuesday. <ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/new-transformers-generations-legacy-figure-line-announced-by-hasbro ''EXCLUSIVE: Transformers Debuts Wild Rider, Blitzwing Legacy Figures'' - on CBR</ref>

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:Generations Scout DeadEnd.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*In 2005, the mold used for ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Decepticharge]] was presented as an upcoming release for the Japanese ''Binaltech'' line. Originally, Takara intended to name their version of the toy "Wildrider", possibly because the Hasbro version's deco resembled the unreleased ''Generation 2'' Wildrider toy's color scheme. However, Takara ultimately had to abandon that idea because they couldn't get the trademark. Instead, they decided to give the toy an entirely new deco, as the Hasbro toy's deco didn't meet their ideal of "real-life accuracy". In robot mode, the toy was given a color scheme based on the Transmetal 2 incarnation of Beast Wars [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], with the toy's name being changed to "Blackwidow", Takara's name for the character. Ultimately, however, Takara decided to cancel the toy altogether, as they were fearing that another redeco (in addition to the upcoming ''Binaltech Asterisk'' toys) would be too repetitive. Plans to release the toy as part of a different line were dropped.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/5d6d41f6d6b3f57e/ Doug Dlin relaying a response from Hirofimi Ichikawa regarding the fate of the Honda S2000 redeco at alt.toys.transformers]</ref> [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Then they apparently changed their minds again.]]
*A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]] in the Asian-exclusive ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' line (later picked up for American release by Toys"R"Us) in 2012 is named Dead End and has a bio fitting the character's name. However, his color scheme and tech specs are both clearly patterned off of Wildrider.
*Wildrider and Brake-Neck are apparently two separate Stunticons in [[Transformers: Earth Wars]]; Offroad implies that Wildrider suffered an unknown fate, and Brake-Neck appears later as an actual in-game character.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wildrider''' (ワイルドライダー ''Wairudoraidā''), '''Brake-Neck''' (ブレークネック ''Burēkunekku'')
*''French:'' '''Faroucho''' (Canada, 1986 release), '''Chauffard''' (Canada, 1990 "Classic" version)
*''Italian:'' '''Squalo''' ("Shark")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Mǎngzhuàng''' (莽撞, "Reckless")
*''Russian:'' '''Bezumec''' (Безумец, "Madman")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Wildrider/wildrider.htm Wildrider at TFU.info]

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[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
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Hauler

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot|the Go-Bot|Hauler-Bot}}
{{factions|autobot|velocitron}}
:''Hauler is an [[Autobot]] [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:LoadHauler-Card.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|ALL CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES MUST BE BRIGHT GREEN FOREVER AND EVER.]]
Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], '''Hauler''' (aka '''Road Hauler''' and '''Load Hauler''') was a [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] involved in the building of the [[Crystal City]]. When his teammates were [[Robosmasher|reprogrammed]] as [[Decepticon]]s, Hauler turned to the [[Autobot]]s, joining their ranks. This choice would eventually put him on board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] for its doomed voyage that ended on [[Earth]]. When he awoke with the rest of the crew in [[1984]], he resumed his primary function: the discovery and procurement of energy sources. This task sends him far and wide across the planet, and his tendency towards capricious self-expression often results in him coming back with different colors and parts.

His crane mode can lift 60 tons, and in robot mode, he can launch his hands from their wrist-sockets. The hands can fly through the air under his remote-control guidance, allowing him to perform tasks normally beyond his reach.<ref>RoadHauler's pack-in bio card (see TFU.info link in the toys section)</ref>

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Hauler01-sm.jpg|left|thumb|Shut up and lift the guy with the toy.]]
Soon after the Autobots awakened in 1984, Hauler and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] were brought by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to aid the fallen [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]], who had been sent tumbling into a ravine following a battle with [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]]. While Ratchet and Cliffjumper jumped down to check their buddy out, Hauler remained up top and used his winch to lift Hound to safety. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
[[File:Legends vol 13 Hauler.jpg|thumb|Why am I here?]]
Hauler was among the Constructicons who built [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. This was later recounted by the [[Legends World]]'s [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to [[Megatron (BW)|his own Megatron]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|Bonus Edition Vol. 13}}

Hauler also constructed [[Crystal City]] with the other Constructicons and joined the Autobots after the rest of his teammates were lost in an attack by Megatron. He was part of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s crew that crashed on [[Earth]] and lay dormant for four million years. He woke up with the others. After aiding in recovering Hound, Hauler then set out on his full-time mission to scour the Earth for new sources of energy, frequently changing his color scheme and optional equipment. {{storylink|#Collector's Edition|Toy bio}}

In the late 1980s, Hauler was part of a team that attempted to protect the [[Transform Super Cog]] from being stolen by the [[Decepticon]]s, but the [[Battlecharger]]s were able to rev past Hauler and a few others into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{Storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

In the 21st century, when the Constructicons tricked [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] into rebuilding the Crystal City on Earth, Hauler participated as well. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Crystal City Reconstruction Project|Crystal City Reconstruction Project}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:BattleLines5-Hauler.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm in robot mode and in my toy's colors? Oh my lord!]]
Nine million years ago, Hauler was a member of the construction team that built [[Crystal City]]. It was during this project that he introduced [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]], and [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] to [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Hauler grew suspicious of his colleagues when they returned to the construction site one day with seemingly drastic personality changes. Following the destruction of Crystal City, Hauler felt the six Constructicons were to blame, which led him to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|Hauler's profile in Club magazine #42}}

Hauler was present alongside several other Autobots within [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] when Megatron and his Decepticons smashed through the walls. The wall-smashing was made possible by his Robo-Smashed former friends, who had combined for the first time into [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} At [[Dion (G1)|Dion]]'s suggestion, Hauler joined his fellow Autobots in shooting at Devastator's knees. This successfully disassembled the combiner, facilitating the Autobots' victory. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

During the third Cybertronian wars, Hauler and [[Erector (G1)|Erector]] were among the Autobots who ambushed the Constructicons at [[Elevation Recostalus]], neutralizing the Decepticon team. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 45|Transformers I.Q. last issue review}} Five million years later, as he helped equip the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] for its voyage, Hauler convinced [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] to bring the [[Sky Spy]] on board. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Many millions of years later, Hauler was one of the sparse defenders of Cybertron available to serve during the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] had Hauler and a motley collection of Autobots and Decepticons assembled to serve as guerrilla soldiers under his command. {{storylink|Termination}}
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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Following a battle on Cybertron that left the entire area in ruins, Hauler surveyed the remaining buildings and concluded that none were salvageable. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Road Hauler was a [[Micromaster]] [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] who joined [[Buckethead]]'s Constructicons in the wake of the [[Grand Uprising]], forming the left arm of the newest incarnation of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. [[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]], a Decepticon member of the team, worried about tension between the two, but found that their old factions didn't seem to matter anymore in the post-war era. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:TreadandCircuits3-Roadhauler.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

A native of [[Velocitron]], Roadhauler participated in the [[Speedia|Speedia 500]]! {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 2}} When [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]] tried to sabotage the race, [[Thunder Clash]] temporarily used him as a stepping stone as the [[Wreckers]] leader hopped from racer to racer in his pursuit of [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] and [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]. Despite this interference, Roadhauler seemed to be one of the participants who finished the race. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 3}} Subsequently, Roadhauler was present at the inauguration of Velocitron's next First Senator, the winner of the Speedia 500, the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]]. He also raced towards the stage immediately following the attempted assassination of Knock Out and Mayhem's attack thereafter. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}
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==Origins==
[[File:G1-Hauler-character-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In [[1984]], it appears that [[Hasbro]] intended to release the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Crane" figure as part of the first year of the ''Transformers'' toyline as a character named "Hauler". Packing cases for the 1984 [[Autobot Cars]] contained twelve figures, but only eleven toys were released (with an extra [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] filling the empty slot, later replaced by [[Skids (G1)#Toys|Skids]]), suggesting that Hauler was to be the twelfth. For unknown reasons, these plans were halted, and the figure was held back and eventually released in [[1985]] as [[Grapple (G1)#Toys|Grapple]]. However, this change came too late to remove Hauler's solitary cartoon appearance, in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". Following this episode, the character (who never spoke, and never transformed) promptly disappeared from the cartoon, and was never seen or referred to again. When Grapple eventually appeared in the second season of the cartoon, he received an entirely new and more refined animation model than the one given to Hauler (see right), though both of these were clearly based on the same toy. When the episode was dubbed for release in Japan, Hauler was not even referred to by name, and most fans assumed him to be Grapple. To add a little more confusion into the mix, the 1985 [[Action Cards|Action Card]] depicting the scene also referred to Hauler as Grapple.

[[File:Megatronffod.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Hauler quit building Megatron!]]
Nearly twenty years later, when Grapple's mold-partner [[Inferno (G1)#Toys|Inferno]] was reissued as part of ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series, [[e-HOBBY]] decided to release an exclusive [[redeco]] of the Grapple figure. Someone at e-HOBBY, looking for a character that this toy could represent, found out about Hauler in [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s glossary info in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' DVD box set and decided to turn the Grapple redeco into this Hauler character, now dubbed "RoadHauler".<ref name="ichikawaasm">[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/articles/hi_dai-oh.php Interview with Hirofumi Ichikawa at Altered States Magazine]</ref> Ichikawa himself was then asked to write a [[bio]] for "RoadHauler", in which he explained the character's perpetual absence. Since Hauler as he appeared in the cartoon would not have actually been a ''redeco'' of Grapple (as they were both orange), it was decided to render RoadHauler in the classic purple-and-green of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. The character's bio then established that he was a former member of that team (which at the time was presumed to be in reference to the scene in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" that erroneously depicted the Constructicons with two extra members), and justified his different coloration in the cartoon by explaining that he often changed his color scheme. Eventually in [[2015]], [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|a chapter]] of the [[Transformers Legends (comic)|''Legends'' comic]] would confirm him to be one of the Constructicons present during the creation of Megatron, while the second "mysterious" member was established as [[Gravedigger]] in the ''[[Transformers United EX|United EX]]'' toyline [[2012|three years prior]].

Not as complicated a history as [[Prowl II|some characters]], but there you go.
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==Toys==
===''Collector's Edition''===
[[File:G1-toy RoadHauler.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's not easy being green. Especially when you're supposed to be orange.]]
*'''RoadHauler''' (July [[2003]])
**''ID number'': '''88'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 3 missiles, "Beam Gun"

:One of the first original-deco toys released as part of the [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] part of the ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'' series, RoadHauler is a [[redeco]] of the Autobot [[Grapple (G1)#Toys|Grapple]], transforming into a Mitsubishi Fuso hook-crane truck. Both of his forearms contain a spring-loaded missile launcher so he can fire his own fists, or the included silver missiles. (As a Japanese release, this feature is fully functional, as they have different [[for safety reasons|safety standards for projectiles]] in Japan.) Notably, the Autobot symbol on his cab/chest is a [[tampograph]] rather than an added sticker detail.

: He was sold only as part of a set with his fellow "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" cameo-character [[Sunstorm (G1)#Toys|Sunstorm]]. Pre-orders for the set closed on [[May 15]], 2003. The toys shipped out in July.

:A [[retool]]ing of this mold was used to make Generation 1 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Toys|Inferno]] and [[Artfire#Toys|Artfire]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/LoadHauler/loadhauler.htm More information on RoadHauler at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:ErectorHaulerVsConstructiconsPanel.jpg|thumb|This isn't what it looks like!]]
*There is some conjecture over the Romanization of his toy's name, as many fans call him "Load Hauler". However, when the e-Hobby website featured the toy, it spelled the name "RoadHauler".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050322161037/http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?&port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=ho_sun Archived version of e-Hobby page for RoadHauler]</ref> The ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' reinforces this spelling, calling him "ROADHAULER" in all caps, as it does with all names.<ref>[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/Roadhauler01b.jpg The ''Transformers Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide'' Romanization of his name.]</ref>
*Hauler's profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|Club magazine #42]] says he's called "Load Hauler" by some. It also calls his Cybertronian alternate mode a "binary load lifter", a reference to the [[wikia:starwars:Binary loadlifter/Canon|droids of the same name]] from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' franchise.
*The ''Wings Universe'' profile for Devastator, published alongside Hauler's, eschewed the Japanese "Five Faces of Darkness" retcon by establishing that Megatron was created by an entirely-distinct splinter group of a much larger Constructicon faction. So no, despite appearances, that bit of artwork from [[Transformers I.Q. issue 3|issue #45 of the magazine]] ''isn't'' implying that Hauler and Erector were amongst the creators of Megatron.
*Speaking of ''Wings'' continuity, Hauler appears in [[Termination|''Timelines'' #8]] as a "virtual redeco" of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Reveal the Shield]]'' Voyager Class [[Grapple (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Grapple]].
*The [[2008]] Italian re-dub of ''The Transformers'' retroactively "fixed" the Hauler "error" by changing his name to Grapple.
*In the [[2019]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] poll, hilariously, Hauler was included alongside the other characters from the first season of the Sunbow cartoon. But in the end, he lost to [[Skywarp (disambiguation)|Skywarp]] (you had ONE job!).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Roadhauler''' (ロードホーラー ''Rōdohōrā'')
*''Russian:'' '''Bol'shegruz''' (Большегруз, "Heavy Trucks")

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:E-Hobby]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Constructicons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Micromaster combiners]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

File:RiseOfTheDecepticonsAllFallDown SureshotSpringer.jpg

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DDog:

[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] is ready to fight! [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]... not so much.
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Freddy Funko

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DDog:

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:''Freddy Funko is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Funko Pop Freddy as Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|He's disguising himself as something actually "valuable."]]
'''Freddy Funko''' is the mascot of [[Funko Pop!|Funko]].

==Merchandise==
===''Pop!''===
[[File:TRANSFORMERS FREDDY-FUNKO-BUMBLEBEE GOLD 1-OF-1.gif|thumb|left|200px|If you see the Golden Freddy poster, do ''not'' switch back to the office.]]
*'''Freddy Funko''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:'' '''Royalty'''

:A {{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}} depicting Freddy Funko cosplaying as [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. This could be redeemed for a chance to get a physical version of the depicted figure.

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*'''Freddy Funko as Bumblebee''' (2022)
**''ID number:'' '''50'''

:Part of the ''Pop! Digital'' segment, this vinyl figure portrays Freddy Funko cosplaying as Bumblebee. The body of the figure is the same as the [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Pop!|G1-toy version]] of Bumblebee, while the head has been modified to incorporate Freddy's face and a crown on its top. It could only be acquired by redeeming the NFT above.
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[[Category:External properties]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]

Shockwave (G1)/toys

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DDog: /* Pop! */

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[[File:G1 boxart Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|All these toys are my fault...for being awesome!]]

'''Shockwave''' has many toys, so logic dictates that they should receive a page. Logic also dictates that they should be awesome.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Shockwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You can try to play Duck Hunt with him all day long, but it just doesn't work.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Decepticon, 1985)
**''Takara ID number'': '''49'''
**''Accessories'': "Magnetic impulse defuser" barrel

: Shockwave was one of the very first 1985 toys to see release, if not ''the'' first. Shockwave transforms into a large Cybertronian handgun, and features light and sound electronics powered by a 9-volt battery. Pulling his trigger activates a flashing light in his gun arm and one of two (fairly generic) blaster-sound frequencies, which are toggled between by a small switch on his backpack; in gun mode, the light winds up in his barrel. As a robot, he has a large, if not the most, amount of articulation for the era. Officially, his [[die-cast]] feet are rotated into his legs in gun mode, but if you wish to display him free-standing, leaving the feet out (as shown in the picture to the right) balances the figure and keeps him from tipping forward from the weight of his arms and barrel.

: The large Decepticon [[insignia]] on his chest has a thin purple outline tracing just beyond the margins of the symbol itself, a decorative feature unique in the entire history of the [[Transformers brand|brand]].

: Shockwave was initially sold without a rub sign; one was later added to the side of his torso.

:Shockwave is one of the most oft-broken G1 toys, owing to a mixture of weak plastics clashing against die-cast metal, overpowered springs and ratchets shearing themselves apart, and outdated electronics corroding into uselessness. The rubber hose covering the wires connecting his torso and arm's electronics is particularly prone to dry-rotting. Be careful!

:The Shockwave mold was licensed from the [[Japan]]ese toy company [[ToyCo]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ActionMaster Shockwave.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Small and deadly.]]
* '''Shockwave with Fistfight''' (Action Master, 1990)
** ''Accessories'': Double-barreled "Turbo Rifle"

: As an [[Action Master]], Shockwave is a non-transforming action figure who combines elements of his cartoon model and original toy, with a few more details. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle. Part of the third assortment of individually-carded Action Master figures, he came with his small robot [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Fistfight (G1)|Fistfight]], who combines with Shockwave's handgun to form a "Lightning Gun" cannon.

: An early [[prototype]] of the figure depicted in both the 1990 Hasbro [[catalog]] leaflet included with the figures and a more elaborate catalog that was available in Germany seems to be an entirely different sculpt with slightly different proportions and detailing, including a right hand is sculpted in an open position, and on top of that also featured different colors, with a darker, more saturated shade of purple, the arm cannon and chest colored blue instead of orange, and Fistfight with his black and purple colors swapped. Additionally, there are reports of an early "test market" release that supposedly included a rubber hose that connects from his gun-arm to his back, like the original toy. There are holes in the toy's gun-arm and backpack; the black hoses included with many old ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' toys can fit in these holes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Action Master Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators/Binaltech''===
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[[File:AlternatorsShockblast toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Guns akimbo.]]
*'''Shockblast''' (Alternator, 2004)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''12'''
**''Binaltech ID number:'' '''BT-13'''
**''Binaltech release date'': '''[[April 4]], [[2005]]'''
**''Accessories'': Muffler-blaster

: The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' version of Shockwave is [[retool]] of "[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Meister]]" from the same line. Named "Shockblast" for [[trademark]] reasons, his [[alternate mode]] is a licensed, 1:24 [[scale]] {{w|Mazda RX-8}}, changing Meister's standard street model into a Mazdaspeed-modified version with new front and rear fenders, doors, side skirts and a spoiler (the Japanese ''Binaltech'' version, Laserwave, is specifically marketed as a "Mazdaspeed Version II"). He features [[rubber tires]], opening doors, hood and trunk, a detailed interior including seats and a dashboard complete with steering wheel, and a working "steering" mechanism (which is not connected to the steering wheel, though). In robot mode, his muffler unfolds to become a hand-held blaster; it can also be arm-mounted thanks to the holes near the robot's elbow joints compatible with the muffler's vehicle-mode mounting peg. Shockblast also features a new head sculpt with a single eye that is illuminated using some very effective [[light-piping]], and an arm cannon made out of clear plastic that replaces his left hand. Undocumented in the instructions is a tab on the underside of each foot that can be positioned to make the figure more stable in certain poses.

: Takara's ''Binaltech'' Laserwave has quite a number of small but significant changes from the ''Alternators'' version. As usual with ''Binaltech'' releases, his car shell is partially constructed of [[die-cast]] metal rather than all-plastic, as well as having all the car body parts (including those made out of plastic) covered in a metal-flake paint. His passenger compartment has a hard-plastic steering wheel on the right-hand side of the car (as they are in Japan). He has [[Vacuum metallizing|vac-metal]] side-mirrors and "LWAVE" on his license plate (rather than Shockblast's "SHKWAV"). The "steering" mechanism uses a magnet assembly to connect the steering axle to the front wheels instead of the ''Alternators'' version's plastic insertion point. Plus it comes with a bonus large Decepticon [[insignia]] [[sticker]] that can be applied to a real car.

: Shockblast was later re-released as part of a Europe-only wave of ''Alternators'' toys in the same packaging style as the second North American ''Alternators'' assortment, the latter of which Shockblast was ''not'' re-released in. Despite Hasbro re-claiming the "Shockwave" name by then, this re-release still calls him "Shockblast".

: The original Meister version of the sculpt was also released in a ''Binaltech''-only red version ([[repurposing|repurposed]] into "[[Zoom-Zoom]]" by the [[Story of Binaltech|official ''Binaltech'' fiction]]) and was later retooled into ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Autorooper]]. The Mazdaspeed car parts, but with Meister's original head sculpt and left hand, were later used to make the ''Binaltech''-only [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Argent|Argent Meister]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AltShockblast/shockblast.htm More information on Shockblast at TFU.info]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Shockwavetitanium.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Cancelling me is illogical.]]
*'''Shockwave'''

: A 6" transforming Shockwave toy was designed and displayed at [[BotCon]] 2007, but [[Titanium Series]] was canceled before its tooling could be completed.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Not having my own Kre-O set is highly illogical.]]
* '''Megatron''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''30688'''
**''Pieces'': '''310'''
**''Kreons'': [[Megatron (Kre-O)#Kre-O|Megatron]], Shockwave, [[Specialist]], [[Police officer]]
**''Accessories'': Gun hand

:Available in the [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Kre-O|Megatron]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' kit, Shockwave is a one-eyed purple [[Kreon]] with a gun for a left hand. Interestingly, Kreon Shockwave's chest is orange, like [[#ActionMaster|Action Master Shockwave]], while the lines in the orange section harken to [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']] [[Shockblast]]'s chest design.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Kre-OShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy ShockwaveC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right|He's easier to blind with science, what with the singular eye.]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''B0090'''
**''Voted'': Best Optics
**''Accessories'': Flask

: This version of Shockwave has much more detailed, original-toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior version, plus his wrist-blaster is now clear-purple plastic. You can also replace the blaster with his clear-purple flask, which gives him a more "accurate" smaller blaster-hand.

: He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "[[Kreon Class of 1984]]". Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

: His inclusion in the set is somewhat more justified than other 85~86 characters who appear in it, as while the original Shockwave toy was released in 1985, the character made an early debut in 1984 in both comics and cartoon.

: (Also... voted "Best Optics"? Wow, guys, ''cruel''.)

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

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[[File:Kre-O-Battle-Changer-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Battle Changer, 2015)

:Released as part of the second wave of Battle Changers, Shockwave is a massively built-up Kreon that transforms from robot to Cybertronic tank and back without removing any parts! The robot mode is based on that of Generation 1 Shockwave while the vehicle mode is based on that of [[Shockwave (WFC)|''Prime'' Shockwave]].

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This repurposing is very logical indeed.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series/number'': '''01 / #003'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece laser cannon
{{note|The ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Shockwave (WFC)#Generations|Shockwave]] toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Shockwave.}}

: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Shockwave transforms into a "Cybertronian mobile artillery" mode. The front center fuselage of the vehicle becomes a [[5 mm post|hand-held]] "laser cannon" that's modeled after the [[Sling Shock#Generations|Sling Shock]]. It can be stored on a 5mm port on his back, and undocumented in his [[instructions]], can replace his hands by folding either one of them in, revealing a socket on his wrist that a tab underneath his cannon can mount to. As another undocumented feature, the cannon actually consists of two pieces, with a large y-shaped barrel that can be removed, revealing the sculpted ends of a triple-barreled gun. The y-shaped barrel part can also be stored on Shockwave's back, forming some sort of [[jet pack|jet-pack]] exhaust.

:Shockwave features two examples of [[Kibble#faux-parts|faux-parts]]: The undersides of his heels resemble the front end of the y-shaped barrel part, effectively serving as an extension of the barrel in vehicle mode, whereas a fake replica of the top end of his head (including his signature "ear" panels) is sculpted on the top side of his vehicle mode (which ends up on the underside of his backpack in robot mode).

:The figure has a "dramatic reveal" feature, where pressing the chest into place causes the head to pop up. The clasp used to hold the spring-loaded piece in place is fairly strong, and requires a small amount of force to latch if the head isn't pressed down before moving the chest assembly. Depending on the individual quality of the figure, this can cause the latch to wear out, and the spring is strong enough that the head will push the whole assembly out of place in vehicle mode if not properly retracted. As such, care should be taken on this step of conversion.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed/retooled into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Fireflight (FOC)#Generations|Air Raid]] and [[BotCon 2014]] [[Brimstone (G1 Star Seeker)#Timelines|Brimstone]].

:Unsurprisingly for an Aligned toy inspired by Generation 1, ''Fall of Cybertron'' Shockwave was used in multiple Generation 1-based stories, with the Hasbro deco [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|appearing]] in IDW Publishing's ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series<ref>Shockwave's new body in "season 1" of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' is actually drawn according to his Aligned counterpart's [[:File:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|appearance]] in the High Moon Studios video games as opposed to the toy, but all things considered, the toy is a good match.</ref> and the short comic "[[Starscream's New Power]]" and the TakaraTomy deco [[Brawl (G1)#Transformers: All Spark|appearing]] in the ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' manga series and the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' stories.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GenShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Generations'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:ConstructBots Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Elite Class, 2013)

: ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Shockwave transforms from a robot to a Cybertronian jet, in a design loosely based on [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|''War for Cybertron'']] [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. He includes a blaster that covers his fist and resembles his original weapon. Also included are two parts that connect over the gun to mimic the original Shockwave's barrel cover.

:Most of his parts were used to make [[Silverbolt (G1)#Construct-Bots|Silverbolt]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|All are dead cute.]]
*'''Shockwave''' ([[August 29]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-26'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Shockwave transforms from a [[super deformed]] Toyota Crown Athlete S21 to a cute little robot.

:Shockwave was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Arcee]].

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*'''Decepticons 3-Figure Set''' (2016)
**''ID number:'' '''QTFS-02'''

:During the second ''Q-Transformers'' series, the Shockwave toy was available in a three-pack alongside [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Soundwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Megatron]]. He is identical to the original ''Q-Transformers'' toy.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:MP29-Laserwave.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Fans are literally quaking in their boots at this figure.]]
* '''Destron Laserwave''' ([[March 26]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-29'''
**''Accessories:'' Left and right fists, translucent right fist, gun barrel (opaque and translucent), saluting right hand (opaque and translucent), "Laser Vulcan", stand, die-cast Megatron Gun accessory (Asia reissue)

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' "Destron Laserwave" is a painstakingly cartoon-accurate and toy-accurate figure, transforming into a large Cybertronian handgun and scaling with the rest of the Masterpiece line (since [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-9]]), standing slightly taller than the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP11|MP-11 seeker mold]] and slightly shorter than [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Masterpiece 2|MP-13 Soundwave]]. Though this figure's light purple coloration was controversial in some parts of the [[fandom]], it is based directly off Shockwave's original [[character model|animation model]].

:Similarly to [[#Generation 1|his original toy]], Laserwave has two separate electronic light gimmicks (but no sounds!). Two LR44 batteries power the light in his left arm, which is activated by clicking a button on his forearm and causes his arm cannon to glow with purple light, pulsing in and out eight times after a single push. 2 AAA batteries power the light in the gun barrel, activated by—what else?—pulling his trigger; toggling a small switch on his abdomen determines if the gun barrel LED remains illuminated for as long as the trigger is held, or if it will automatically pulse in and out ten times. His eye lights up using [[light-piping]] from a large panel in the back of his head.

:He includes a left fist that can be swapped out for his arm cannon, to replicate his two-handed appearance from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", and an open "saluting" hand that can be swapped for his right fist based on the same scene from the same episode. Additionally, he includes translucent versions of his arm cannon and both right hands to match his original toy's appearance. The barrel of his gun mode ends up on his back in robot mode, in contrast to his original toy, for which it was attached as a separate piece (something that was also true for the cartoon, in which it usually flew in from off-screen when he transformed). To cover this change, he comes with a stand for his gun mode that folds up into a show-accurate backpack and clips over the barrel. To avoid the potential dry-rot and pliability issues of a rubber tube, the connector tube for Shockwave's gun arm is made of a thin spring-like metal.

:He comes with a mini version of himself in gun mode which he can wield (called a "Laser Vulcan" in the instructions), as seen in the episode "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]", and a sticker sheet allowing him to have either classic Decepticon logos or cartoon-styled ones (with smaller eyes and a three-pointed central crest).

:In Asian countries outside of Japan, he comes with a [[collector coin]]. The coin package is shaped after Shockwave's chest on the outside with the inside part being decorated after his target scope, and refers to the character as Destron Laserwave (a deviation from the other collector coins, which always used the western names even for characters who have different names in Japan). In Asia, the figure was later reissued and came with a die-cast Megatron Gun accessory.

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[[File:MP-29+Defense-Officer-Laserwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Dark purple is the new lavender. Deal with it.]]
*'''Destron Laserwave''' ([[November 24]], [[2018]])
**''ID number'': '''MP-29+'''
**''Accessories:'' Translucent left and right fists, opaque right fist, gun barrel (opaque and translucent), opaque saluting right hand, "Laser Vulcan", stand

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-29+ "Destron Laserwave" is a [[redeco]] of MP-29 sporting a much darker shade of purple that's more in line with both the [[#Generation 1|Generation 1 toy]] and most of his animated appearances. It was [[exclusive]] to [[TakaraTomy Mall]].

:He features a new head sculpt with slightly different details and proportions from the earlier Masterpiece, most obvious in his eye now being smaller and a less greenish shade. The hose on his small gun accessory is now made of plastic instead of fabric.

:His forearms now feature tampographed G1-cartoon styled Decepticon symbols, rather than the [[Sticker|decal]] options of the original ''Masterpiece'' figure. In addition, some of his dark purple is actually painted, as is the silver on the barrel of his gun mode. This means special care must be taken to avoid scratching the paint when clipping the backpack around the gun barrel in robot mode.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:CWLegendsShockwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Shockwave regains his firearms license.]]
*'''Decepticon Shockwave''' (Legends Class, 2016)

:Part of the fifth wave of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends Class figures, "Decepticon Shockwave" is an all new mold that transforms into a "cannon" that resembles his original laser gun mode! Homaging a scene from "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]", a 5 mm peg folds down from the bottom of the cannon to form a gun mode which ''Combiner Wars'' [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]] (or any other ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiner mode fist, or even his [[#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' figure]]) can wield, though a molded gun handle a few millimeters ahead of the 5 mm peg makes the connection incompatible with many figures. Shockwave's weight unfortunately prevents most figures from being able to actually hold up without bringing said figure's arm or entire body down, even the combiners made specifically to hold him. The 5 mm peg/gun handle combo also plugs into either the back of Bruticus or on top of [[Onslaught (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Onslaught]]'s vehicle mode, though the open space for Bruticus's head makes the latter attachment somewhat unstable. Shockwave only features a 5 mm-compatible right hand.

:Shockwave also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

:Though Shockwave's wave was scheduled for a first quarter 2015 release, it arrived on U.S. store shelves in late 2015.

:This mold was later redecoed/retooled as [[BotCon 2016]] [[Reflector (G1)#Combiner Wars|Reflector]] and [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]] and served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Movor#Beast Wars: Uprising|Movor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Combiner-Wars-G2-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, it's the ''barrel'' [[For safety reasons|you have to paint orange]], not the whole- oh, forget it.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)

:Available only with ''Combiner Wars'' G2 [[Bruticus (G1)#CWG2|Bruticus]] set, this Shockwave is a redeco of the Legends Class figure above, which is inspired by both [[#ActionMaster|his Action Master toy]] and ''Generation 2'' [[Onslaught (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Onslaught]]'s missile launcher. Despite appearing in a G2-themed set with G1 logos, this Shockwave comes with the movie version of the Decepticon faction symbol.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars G2'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG24-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Legend-ary logic.]]
*'''Shockwave & Cancer''' ([[August 27]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG24'''
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Shockwave is a another redeco of his [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Legends Class figure]], transforming from robot to 5 mm-compatible cannon and now featuring a deco closely based on the Generation 1 cartoon (although his show-accurate purple is a slightly brighter hue). He is packaged with [[Cancer (G1)#Legends|Cancer]], a redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]]. As a ''Combiner Wars'' mold, Shockwave is not actually designed to interact with [[Titan Master]] figures, though Takara stock photographs and the instructions suggest rearranging his arms in cannon mode to form an awkward seat for Cancer. If you wish, you could pair him with ''[[Unite Warriors]]'' Bruticus.

:Unusually for a ''Legends'' release, he's referred to by his English market name rather than "Laserwave", presumably for trademark and/or marketing reasons. [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|A later ''Legends'' story]] would note that in-universe, Laserwave had changed his name to "Shockwave". According to [[Shogo Hasui]], Shockwave was not originally intended to be released as part of the ''Legends'' lineup.<ref>https://twitter.com/Hasui_TF/status/769560271580979200</ref>

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2670.html Legends Shockwave & Cancer at Alfes's Blog]''
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===''Cyber Series''===
[[File:Cyber-Battalion-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Remember when I was the closest thing you had to a [[CHUG]] Shockwave?]]
*'''Decepticon Shockwave''' (Cyber Battalion, 2018)
:Released in the third wave of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Generations: Cyber Series]]'' Cyber Battalion figures, Shockwave transforms into a spaceship in a few easy steps. Unlike most figures in the Cyber Series, Shockwave is not based on any existing ''Transformers'' mold and has unique engineering. Additionally, he features a 5 mm-compatible fist and a well-articulated upper body, but lacks bicep swivels and knee articulation. His vehicle mode is loosely based on his original blaster mode but also takes some design cues from the [[#Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'']] and [[#Construct-Bots|''Construct-Bots'']] Shockwaves.

:In vehicle mode, the upper body does not connect solidly anywhere resulting in parts moving out of place in copies with loose hinge joints. This is somewhat harder to correct than many figures due to how small the joint is and how it is recessed into the chest. His plastic is also cast in two different shades of purple, which contrast strongly against one another.

:Amusingly, considering how easily he transforms between modes, his alt-mode is mistransformed in the stock photo. The robot mode Shockwave head rotates to an altered head in a different shade of purple for the vehicle mode.

:Debuting in Asian markets, this figure was later sold in the United States at Walgreens stores.
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:WFCS-Leader-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A forewarned Shockwave is four-armed Shockwave.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S14'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-14'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 30]], [[2019]]
**''Hidden message code'': '''TARN'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "LV Duo-Pulse Radiographs", 2 "LV Gamma-Disruptor Launchers", backpack

:Part of the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Leader Class figures, Shockwave is a heavily G1-inspired Voyager-sized robot that can assume a small Leader-sized super robot mode with ''four arms'' by combining with armor consisting of two shoulder pads, two platform boot pieces, and a backpack. These pieces are compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], and can be placed in many configurations on his body, but there are only two official ones. Shockwave features multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons (such as his cannon arm now called the "LV-1 Thermal Range Neuron Beam") to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. Although promotional images of the figure depict the waist, upper arms, shoulder joints, and the backs of Shockwave's calves as a more vibrant violet, the retail version has these molded in the deep indigo as the rest of the figure. Like other figures in the same line, Shockwave features "battle damage" paint. Unlike the others however, the only paint applied to the primary figure is found on his feet, while a great deal has been applied to the armor pieces instead. The figure also features two [[light-piping]] effects, one for the eye in robot mode and another for the bridge in spaceship mode.

:Shockwave himself transforms into a spaceship resembling [[Sixshot (G1)#Generations|an upside-down laser gun]]. His armor pieces can also combine with this mode, augmenting it into a Cybertronian spacecraft not entirely dissimilar to the shape and details of [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|another Shockwave]]'s [[:File:ArmadaTidalShockwave.jpg|pre-Earth mode]], itself a callback to the 1985 ray-gun.

:The armor pieces can combine to form a hovercraft the figure can stand on as well. The platform boot pieces are nominally attached under Shockwave's feet to give him a height boost, but they can also attach to the sides of his legs to give him [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|leg-mounted guns]], as seen in the picture at right, which also has a different positioning for the shoulder cannons. This configuration is only in a few TakaraTomy stock photos, and along with the hovercraft, isn't featured in the instructions.

:Caution should be taken with the rubber hose on the figure, as it's very prone to stress and breaking, especially at the plug connection point. This seems to be due to it being slightly too short, causing a great deal of tension on the point where it attaches to Shockwave's body when he's in spaceship mode or has his arm extended. The plug itself and the corresponding "correct" ports on his forearm and bridge tower seem to be slightly larger than standard 5mm posts, suggesting the size difference may be intentional to deter connecting the hose in a way that would lead to damage. However, the difference isn't enough to fully prevent the peg being pushed in with a small amount of force. This has the added effect of making some of his ports too loose to hold accessories properly while others may be slightly too tight.

:Though designated for release in the first quarter of 2019, Shockwave's wave reached U.S. store shelves in late 2018.

:Shockwave was released in both the first and last waves of the ''Siege'' toyline. The latter release unfortunately turned him into a massive shelfwarmer, particularly at Target stores, where he could still be found throughout the entirety of 2020 alongside the ''Earthrise'' toyline.
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===''Generations Selects''===
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[[File:Selects-WFC-Siege-Leader-Galactic-Man-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Definitely NOT just a monochrome 'shop of his regular stock photos, honest!]]
*'''Galactic Man Shockwave''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])
**''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Siege'''''
**''ID number'': '''WFC-GS03'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "RS Duo-Pulse Radiographs," 2 "RS Gamma-Disruptor Launchers," backpack

:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''Siege'', "Galactic Man Shockwave" is a redeco of the Leader Class figure above, homaging the colors of [[:File:ToyCoAstroMagnum.jpg|RadioShack's "Galactic Man" toy]], down to the "Galactic Man" name across the upper chest. The accessories use black as opposed to the dark grey of the main figure. Unlike the retail figure, Galactic Man Shockwave lacks battle-damage paint.

:It is ''incredibly'' likely that the "RS" in his weapons' names is a reference to Radio Shack. Like, how could it not be?
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:WarForCybertronCenturionDroneWeaponizerPack.jpeg|250px|thumb|Ironically, [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] got a [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Shockwave Blaster]] before Shockwave did.]]
*'''Deluxe Centurion Drone''' (Deluxe Class with accessories pack, [[2020]])

:The ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack]] includes a small non transforming accessory of Shockwave in his ray gun mode. The ray gun is molded in a solid gray plastic and is completely unpainted. Like all ''Siege'' weapons, the gun is compatible with all figures who have 5 mm ports.
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===''Authentics''===
*'''Shockwave''' (7 inch, [[2021]])
**''Accessories'': Wing pack

:Released in the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers Authentics|Authentics]]'' Alpha figures, Shockwave is a Voyager-sized toy based on his heavily stylized [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'']] incarnation, which is in turn influenced by his [[Evergreen]] design. He transforms into a Cybertronian starfighter which greatly resembles and shares engineering with the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Cyber Series Battalion]] figure from [[2018]]. He features a rubber hose connecting his gun arm to his abdomen. His wing pack is removable, though it doesn't need to be for his transformation.

:It seems plausible that the stock renders and instructions erroneously depict the toy upside down in vehicle mode, as the "bottom" of the jet mode appears to be a more coherent vehicle mode and features more paint applications.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Milk Caramel''===
[[File:Caramel shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
*'''Laserwave''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Shockwave was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue, and yellow.
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===Decoy===
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[[File:Decoy shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Shockwave was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Shockwave was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Shockwave was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

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*'''Shockwave''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''51'''

: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 (51, in Shockwave's case). Like all Decepticon Decoys, Shockwave was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Decoy Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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===Bust===
[[File:Shockwave bust.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Shockwave reminisces back to when he had two hands.]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Bust, 2003)

: In 2003, [[Hard Hero]] released a six-inch tall polystone bust of Shockwave, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearance. It was limited to 2500 pieces worldwide, with an additional 100 specially signed by the sculptor.

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[[File:HardHero MetallicShockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
* '''Shockwave Metallic Exclusive''' (Bust, 2003)

: Hard Hero's Shockwave was also released in shiny "metallic" coloration. This version was in even shorter supply, limited to only 500 copies.
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===Mini Bust===
[[File:Shockwave statue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|"Yeah, I had to sell the trigger and most of the handle to feed my family."]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Shockwave was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. Both his fist and "gun hand" are translucent to better match his toy incarnation.
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===Mini Statue===
[[File:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Meet me in the bank... it's going down...]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Mini statue, 2005)

: Diamond Comics Distributors also released a small, six-inch polystone statue of Shockwave made by [[Palisades Toys]], based upon [[Pat Lee]]'s rendition of the character in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s Transformers comic books. An image of this statue made a cameo in the 2009 film ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', featuring in a newspaper that was sucked up by [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].
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===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Shockwave-atx.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Booster, <s>2007</s>)

: Shockwave was likely to have been one of several ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' Booster pieces, using a wide, powerful, spring-loaded "blaster" missile launcher attack. He was to be a 40-point Leader-class piece. Though displayed as part of the ''Attacktix'' display at the [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] "Celebration IV" convention, Shockwave was ultimately never released as the ''Attacktix'' toyline was put on ice.

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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:G1 RobotHeroes ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's logical ''and'' cute.]]
* '''Grimlock & Shockwave''' (Two-pack, 2007)

: The most adorablest Shockwave ever, ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Shockwave is a stumpy PVC figurine that combines toy and animation model details into a single package. He has limited articulation (neck and shoulder swivels only), but he's so cute it doesn't matter. He was available in a two-pack with a similarly lovable version of [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Grimlock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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*'''Shockwave''' (Single-pack, 2008)

: In some countries outside of North America, Shockwave was released individually in a blindpack with no notable changes.
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===Boss Coffee===
*'''Laserwave''' (2008)

:A non-transforming PVC figure of Shockwave was released as part of a promotion by [[Boss Coffee]]. The small figure was randomly included with single cans of the company's "Rainbow Mountain Blend" coffee, contained in a plastic capsule affixed to the top of can which then became a display base for the figurine once removed. Shockwave features articulation at the shoulders and waist, and came with a small catalog leaflet that could be folded up and attached to the lid/base to form a diorama background for added display value.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Destron/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Boss Coffee Laserwave at TFU.info]''
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===''Mighty Muggs''===
[[File:MightyMuggs Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Cute ''and'' frightening plus angry about my big head]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Mighty Mugg, 2009)

: Part of the third wave of [[Mighty Muggs]], Shockwave is a [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure with articulated arms and head. As all Mighty Muggs are made from the same mold, he has a really weird-looking round head. His left arm, however, is [[retool]]ed to include his trademark gun hand.

: Shockwave was briefly believed to be canceled, but Hasbro revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2009 that his wave would be released. Along with the rest of his wave, Shockwave was eventually released as an exclusive at Diamond Distributors and [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.
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===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
[[File:ShockwaveHISS.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The [[Terrordrome]] will remain exactly as you leave it!"]]
*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' ([[July 12]], 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Soundwave cassette deck, three "MiniCon Deployers", and energon cubes

: An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012, this is a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]] meant to represent Shockwave, with an additional cannon piece meant to emulate ''Generation 1'' Shockwave's gun barrel. It includes the [[Cobra]]s [[Destro#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Destro]] and a "[[Battle Android Trooper#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Constructicon B.A.T.]]"<ref>[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/12/shockwavehiss/ Shockwave H.I.S.S. page at yojoe.com]</ref> with a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s. Destro's accessories include [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Soundwave]] in the form of a non-transforming tape deck, various guns, a suitcase of money, and three micro-casettes capable of being placed within the Soundwave toy. The toy's press release identifies the tapes as [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Laserbeak]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ravage]], and [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2|Ratbat]], but since all three sport the sculpted details of the original Laserbeak toy and are colored red, gold, and orange they visually appear to be Laserbeak and his redecos [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys|Buzzsaw]] and [[Sundor]], respectively.
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===''Thrilling 30''===
*'''Shockwave''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / #17'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base

:A super-deformed Shockwave was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Shockwave figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Bumblebee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Ultra Magnus]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Grimlock]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Rodimus]].
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
*'''Shockwave''' (2014)
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*'''8" Shockwave''' (2014)
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===''Tiny Titans''===
*'''Shockwave''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Number'': '''7/12'''

: Part of the third assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Shockwave is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode, firing his blaster-arm.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===McDonald's===
*'''Decepticon Shockwave''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
:Released as part of the [[McDonald's]] June 2018 Happy Meal Toys along with [[My Little Pony]], this Shockwave is a [[super deformed]] toy. His [[gimmick]] consists of his little pop-out rocket boots. They are activated when you pull his arms forward.

:This toy was rereleased in the US as [[Shockwave (Movie)#McDonald's|Shockwave]] for the ''[[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]]'' promotion.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1DecepticonShockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Decepticon Shockwave, Cybertron Commander''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T14/T40'''
**''Stars: ''11
:'''Decepticon Shockwave, Cybertron Commander''' 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, and is visually based on the version of the character seen in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'' video games. This design was also used for [[Shockwave (G1)|G1 Shockwave]] in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' comic books.

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[[File:W3MajorShockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Major Shockwave, Applied Sciences-Sciences''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T09/T48'''
**''Stars: ''14

:Major Shockwave, Applied Sciences-Sciences is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Shockwave toy, with the Bot Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art, and original artwork for Alt Mode, with line-art by [[Dan Khanna]] and colors by [[Harvey Bunda]].
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===''Metal Earth''===
[[File:Metal Earth Legends Shockwave.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Legends, 2019)
**''ID number:'' '''MEM057'''
:''Metal Earth Legends'' Shockwave is a DIY 3D steel model kit in the shape of a super deformed version of the [[evergreen]] Shockwave design. The kit's difficulty rating is given as "moderate".
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===ReAction Figures===
[[File:TF-Super-7-ReAction-Figures-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (2020)

:Released as part of [[Super7]]'s ReAction Figure line, this Shockwave is a non-transforming 3 3/4 inch toy that features a rather limited articulation akin to the vintage action figures from Kenner.

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===Prime 1 Studio===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2022)
**''ID Number'': '''??'''

:A statue by [[Prime 1 Studio]] based on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#P1SWFC|Optimus Prime]]'s appearance in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon.

:The exclusive version includes a defeated Shockwave as part of the statue's base.

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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Shockwave G1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (2021)
**''ID number:'' '''83'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and exclusive to both Funkon 2021 and Target, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Shockwave is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his original Generation 1 toy.

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[[File:TRANSFORMERS_RARE_SHOCKWAVE_PURPLE_CHROME.gif|thumb|right|200px|Yeah, that's not how his "eye" works...]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Rare Rarity) ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)

:A {{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}} depicting Shockwave in the Funko style.

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==Notes==
[[File:Starbrigade.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|Product and colors (and franchise) may vary.]]
* A silhouette of Action Master Shockwave's card art appears on the back of the [[1993]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] [[Star Brigade]]'' action figure cardbacks... as [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]!

===Generation 1 toy history===
[[File:ToyCoAstroMagnum.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|"Shackwave"? '''"Shackwave"?!''' RADIOWAVE, [[fandom|you]] idiots!]]

* Although Shockwave was depicted in the very first episode of the original cartoon series, he did not receive a toy release until early in [[1985]]. Unlike the bulk of early Transformers that drew their molds from [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'' toys, Shockwave's original form was first produced by [[Japan]]ese toy company [[ToyCo]] as the "4 Changeable Astro Magnum".<ref name="SWO">[http://soundwavesoblivion.blogspot.com/2015/05/shockwave-toyco-variants-part-1.html Astro Magnum mold uses on Soundwave's Oblivion]</ref> As such, similar non-''Transformer'' toys using the same mold were released in 1985, including a [[RadioShack]]-exclusive called "Galactic Man". A minor but amusing difference between the RadioShack version, humorously called "Shackwave" by fans, and the [[Hasbro]] version, is that Shockwave's inconveniently placed trigger was remolded and appears less... inconvenient.
** The name "4 Changeable" refers to the fact that the toy was advertised as having four modes. Before you get excited, though, those other two modes are "Vulcan Base" (the gun mode with the legs separated and feet folded out) and "Gunborg" (gun mode, arms separated and splayed a bit, feet folded out). There's a reason you never noticed them before.
* Originally, the Astro Magnum mold was produced in Japan around [[1983]], before ToyCo decided to shift production to [[South Korea]] around 1985 (presumably due to it being cheaper). Around this time, ToyCo started to license out the mold to other companies. All of the known 1985 versions of the mold changed the "Made in Japan" stamps found on the original Astro Magnum toy to "Made in Korea" stamps, while the ToyCo trademark stamp was altered to feature the mold's original year date "1983", which was something the Astro Magnum lacked.<ref name="SWO"/> At some undisclosed point afterwards, ToyCo shifted production again, this time to [[China]] where it was cheaper to make products, before they eventually lost the metal mold. The rights were later sold on to another company whose identity is unknown, meaning that any chances of an official Shockwave reissue by Hasbro or Takara are ''very'' slim.<ref>[https://tformers.com/transformers-astro-magnum-tracking-down-the-shockwave-mold/9709/news.html "Presently, the rights were transfered to the other companies and we do not think that there is a thing that can be resold by our own discretion as of now."] - Interview with ToyCo at Tokyo Toy Show in [[2008]].</ref>
* Shockwave was also released by ToyCo in Korea at the same time Hasbro released him elsewhere. The only difference between the Korean version and the Hasbro release is a large "ToyCo" sticker on the front of the box.
*On top of that, ToyCo ''also'' licensed the figure to a Korean company named Intecs, who released it under the name "4-Changeable Spark Man". For a long time, this figure was incorrecty believed to be a [[knockoff]].<ref name="sparkman">[http://tfscraps.blogspot.com/2019/05/spark-man-forgotten-pre-transformer.html "Spark Man: the forgotten pre-Transformer"] at TF Scraps.</ref> Spark Man is also the earliest known use of the mold to be produced in Korea before Shockwave and Galactic Man.<ref name="SWO"/> The name "Spark Man" was also used in a 1985 Hasbro briefing binder when referring to Shockwave's toy.<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-friedman-auction-hasbro-briefing_15.html 1985 Hasbro briefing binder] - [[Jim Sorenson|Disciples of Boltax]] on Blogspot (Megaupload link in the blog is now defunct)</ref>
* The Astro Magnum mold also appears to have been licensed to a small company called Village Toys in the 1980s, where it showed up in their ''[http://counter-x.net/footnotes/convert-a-bots/index.html Convert-A-Bots]'' line under the name "N-4-SR" (..."Enforcer", get it?). There are at least two variants; one was dark grey, with purple highlights,<ref name="n4sr1">[http://plasticcrack.net/archives/2009/04/convert-a-bot_shockwave_that_is_not_shockwave ''Convert-A-Bots'' N-4-SR, variant 1]</ref> the other pale green, also with purple highlights.<ref name="n4sr2">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1NVirID3fc ''Convert-A-Bots'' N-4-SR, variant 2]</ref>
* Shockwave bears the distinction of receiving a number of high quality knockoffs, all of which known retain the electronics and some even having odd ''{{w|Flash Gordon}}''-esque [[retool]]s. Knowing that the rights to the mold were sold on to a company (presumably) in China, it would partially explain the frequent use the mold still gets today.
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations Selects toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Q-Transformers characters]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us exclusives]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Decepticons]]

Evergreen

2022-03-04T17:12:11Z

DDog: /* Gallery */

[[File:MyBusyBook-figurines.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|''I'm gonna take this moment And make it last forever'']]
In a commercial context, '''evergreen''' product is merchandise that is not "seasonal" – it can be sent to shelves for an extended period without needing to be refreshed or updated. For ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'', this means product that is "franchiseless", not tied to any flavor-of-the-year brand like a cartoon or movie.

After the [[live-action film series]] catapulted ''Transformers'' back into the public consciousness, deliberately evergreen products became increasingly common throughout the early 2010s, typically for licensed merchandise or for ancillary, [[market six|value-oriented]] [[Hasbro]] toys. These products would typically borrow key art from a scattershot assortment of sources, such as various ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toylines and the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Legends]]'' mobile card game.

Eventually, Hasbro moved to align these sorts of products under a unified evergreen aesthetic, and began implementing a purpose-made set of [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation-1-inspired]] character designs, created by [[Emiliano Santalucia]], for use on all-and-sundry licensed and in-house products. They debuted in late [[2016]], without fanfare, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[2005 IDW continuity|contemporary comic line]], before showing up on a wider variety of merchandise during [[2017]].

{{TOCclear}}

==Products incorporating evergreen character designs==
===Fiction===
[[File:FutureGloriesLost-KnightTemplarPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.33|''I'm gonna give my heart away And pray we'll stay together'']]
[[IDW Publishing]]'s original Generation 1 comic line began introducing evergreen character designs in the aftermath of the 2016 ''[[Revolution]]'' crossover event. The implementation was last-minute enough that [[:File:OP1 subcvrA.jpg|at least one cover]] had to be redrawn by the artist to incorporate Optimus's evergreen design. Designs have been introduced as follows:
*[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], beginning with [[Ping|''The Transformers: Till All Are One'' #5]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], beginning with [[New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|''Optimus Prime'' #1]]
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], beginning with [[First Strike issue 1|''First Strike'' #1]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], beginning with [[First Strike issue 2|''First Strike'' #2]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], beginning with [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|''Optimus Prime'' #19]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], beginning with [[Our Darkest|''Transformers: Unicron'' #0]]

[[Space Ape]]'s ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' mobile game introduced a design of their own that would be used in 2017:
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], beginning with "[[Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Event Horizon]]".

Most main characters in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' use interpretations of evergreen designs.

The [[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon]] redesigned previous [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]] characters, including [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Grimlock]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] to use their evergreen designs. [[:File:Bumblebee-RBA-design progression.jpg|Early concept art]] suggests this mandate was not in place at the beginning of the show's development.

Grimlock and Optimus Prime in ''[[Transformers: King Grimlock|King Grimlock]]'' both use direct translations of the evergreen designs.
{{--}}

===Toys===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Cause you're the one good reason You're the only girl that I need'']]
;''Power of the Primes''
*Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]]
;''Authentics''
{{main|Transformers Authentics}}
;''Cyberverse''
{{main|Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)}}

===Merchandise===
;Hasbro
*''[[Fidget Its]]'' fidget spinners
*''[[Mighty Muggs]]

;Licensed
*[[Hauck]] go karts
*''[[Transformers: My Busy Book]]''
*[[Radz]] 4-in-1 Candy & Surprise bags
*[[Carnival Cruise Line Entertainment|Carnival Playtime]] mascot costumes
*[[Metal Earth]] Legends

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:Barricade evergreen.jpg|[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]
File:Bumblebee evergreen.jpg|[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
File:Grimlock evergreen.jpg|[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Hound-robot-mode.jpg|[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Megatron-robot-mode.jpg|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Ratchet-robot-mode.jpg|[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Shockwave-robot-mode.jpg|[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
File:Soundwave evergreen.jpg|[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
File:Starscream evergreen.jpg|[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
File:Wheeljack evergreen.jpg|[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Windblade-robot-mode.jpg|[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Franchises]]

File:SixshotBoxArt.jpg

2022-03-03T06:19:03Z

DDog: DDog uploaded a new version of "File:SixshotBoxArt.jpg": Reverted to version as of 06:00, 20 March 2009 You missed yours when you decided to do this.

[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s [[packaging art]], by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]].

{{G1packagingart}}

{{C}} Hasbro/Takara, 1987.

Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)

2022-03-02T19:28:06Z

DDog: /* Timelines */

{{split|Lift-Ticket (G1)|Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)}}
{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the ''Diaclone'' mech|the ''G.I. Joe'' human|Lift-Ticket (G.I. Joe)}}
:''Lift-Ticket is a [[Diaclone (faction)|Diaclone]] mech from the [[Diaclone]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BotCon2015 Lift-Ticket CardArt.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|No parking means No parking!]]
'''Lift-Ticket''' is [[Cline]]'s mech, part of the [[Diaclone project]] begun to combat the [[Waruder]] invaders. It is primarily equipped for rescue and repair. Its tow-truck mode serves it well for this purpose. In humanoid mode, the mechanisms in its arms enable the mech to lift twice as much as it can tow.

Unlike [[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burn Out]], Lift-Ticket's AI is not based on Cline, being cautious and alert as opposed to Cline's methodical approach. Still, the AI's wariness has saved Cline many times from the Waruders' clutches.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
[[File:Lift-Ticket Diaclone.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|left]]

Crossing dimensions in pursuit of the [[Waruder]]s, Lift-Ticket/Cline and Burn Out/[[Dia]] found themselves stranded on [[Axiom Nexus]]. Following a Waruder signal underground, the team bumped into a group of Cybertron's most wanted criminals. Startled, they fled the scene. The groups reconvened as they both wound up within the Waruder hive. Joining forces with [[Megatron (Movie)#TransTech|C-81]]'s group, as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]], they did their best to hold the insectoid invaders at bay. During the battle, the Lift-Ticket mech took a severe blow, disabling it. Thankfully, Cline escaped unharmed, and the Waruders were led off-planet thanks to the collaborative efforts of everyone involved. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:BotCon2015toy-Lift-Ticket.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The text on his doors doesn't signify that he's a [[Wrecker]], only that he is a "Wrecker Type."]]
*'''Lift-Ticket''' (Souvenir set, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Towing hook/blaster

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Lift-Ticket is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Hoist]], itself a retool of ''Generations'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Trailcutter]]. Lift-Ticket transforms into an off-road truck, and comes with a towing hook that can transform into a blaster and peg via [[5 mm post]] onto any of his numerous ports. This figure was available only in an at-show "Diaclone 2-pack" souvenir set with [[Burn Out (Diaclone)#Timelines|Burn Out]] at [[BotCon 2015]].

:In terms of assembly error, at least a small number of units have his towing hook assembled backwards. This seems most common in ones bought from the Transformers Collector's Club's web shop sales.

:The original tooling of this toy also served as the basis of the non-toy characters [[Flatline (G1)|Generation 1 Flatline]], [[Turbofire#Wings Universe|''Wings Universe'' Turbofire]], and [[Trailbreaker (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Trailbreaker]] and [[Lockdown (SG)|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Diaclone/Lift-Ticket/lift-ticket.htm More information on Lift-Ticket at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Generations-Selects-Deluxe-Class-Lift-Ticket.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh no! They [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|chugged]] [[Iron Man]]!]]
*'''Lift-Ticket''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**''Series'': '''''Legacy'''''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 25]], 2022
**''Accessories'': Arm cannon

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Lift-Ticket is a [[redeco]] of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Hoist (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Hoist]], and an add-on to the ''[[Transformers: Legacy (toyline)|Legacy]]'' toyline. Much like the [[BotCon]] ''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' toy above, ''Selects'' Lift-Ticket is based on the red version of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "No. 8 4WD Wrecker Type" toy that was imported by [[Hasbro]] and redecoed for Hoist's original Generation 1 toy. As a nod to the ''Diaclone'' toy, Lift-Ticket features the word "WRECKER" [[tampograph]]ed in bold on either side of his vehicle mode.

:Being a redeco of Hoist, Lift-Ticket's tow truck apparatus is compatible with the [[A.I.R. Lock System]] and can be connected to any of the figures from the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' lines that also feature this system.

:Though scheduled for [[2022]] release, the first copies reached fans in [[2021]] just before New Year's Day. In Japan, Lift-Ticket was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive. Lift-Ticket was also the first toy to be released with the ''Legacy'' logo on the packaging.

:This mold was also [[retool]]ed to make ''Earthrise'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Trailbreaker]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneHoist.jpg|thumb|]]
* Lift-Ticket is based on 4WD Hi-Lux Wrecker Type, the ''[[Diaclone]]'' mecha whose toy mold was used to create [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Hoist (G1)/toys|Hoist]]. It goes unstated whether Lift-Ticket's home reality has multiple or only one Wrecker Type mecha.
* Lift-Ticket's name is taken from a [[Lift-Ticket (G.I. Joe)|''G.I. Joe'' character]], as [[Fun Publications]] also held the ''G.I. Joe'' Club license at the time.
* '''Salvage''' was a preliminary name for the character in homage to the [[Salvage (Movie)|the similarly colored Autobot]] from the 2007 movie toyline, and that name could still be found on BotCon Lift-Ticket's individual polybag.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lift-Ticket''' (リフトチケット ''Rifuto Chiketto'')

[[Category:Diaclone]]
[[Category:Generations Selects toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Mechanical suits]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]

Groundshaker (Legends)

2022-02-18T16:24:45Z

DDog:

{{factions|autobot|minicon}}
{{disambig3|Groundshaker}}
:''Groundshaker is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:LegendsVol19-Groundshaker.jpg|thumb|right|350px]]

'''Groundshaker''' (グランドシェイカー ''Gurandosheikā'') is [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s small partner, able to transform into a claw weapon.

==Fiction==
===''Legends'' comic===
Groundshaker was one of a few Micromasters who were caught in a [[plasma energy]] accident when the Autobots experimented with [[Energon Z]]. This changed them into [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}} and they partnered with larger Autobots, adopting the moniker "[[Mini-Con]]s" in the process. Partnered with [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], Groundshaker would use his claw mode to help his partner defuse bombs. {{storylink|Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter}} During Tailgate and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s battle with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] in 2015, Tailgate used Groundshaker to pluck Swerve out of a hole in the ground, then revealed his weapon's true identity as a tiny robot to [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] in order to make the rat feel better about his own small size. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}} Groundshaker, Tailgate and their allies eventually defeated Trypticon. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

When [[Dark Nova|Unicron Neo]] attacked the [[Micro|Z Planet]] with [[Violengiguar]], Groundshaker leapt to the planet's defense and gave [[Roadfire]] access to his weapon mode. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic===
In [[2050]], Tailgate and Groundshaker joined the Earth-made robots called [[Selector]]s in their rebellion against human control. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

==Toys==
===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG-08-Groundshaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Swerve & Tailgate''' (Multi-pack, [[2015]]-[[January 24|01-24]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LG08'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Groundshaker" is a redeco of the ''Generations'' [[Neutro|Groundbuster]] toy in a much darker teal, a result of being [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with Tailgate. Tailgate and Groundshaker were sold exclusively in a two-pack with [[Swerve (G1)#Legends|Swerve]] and [[Phaser (G1)#Legends|Phaser]].
{{-}}

==Notes==
*In Japanese continuity, [[Neutro]] and Groundshaker are separate characters.

[[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]

Art Storm

2022-02-18T16:20:42Z

DDog:

'''Art Storm Co., Ltd.''' (アート・ストーム) is a Japanese manufacturer of licensed hobby products, focusing on action figures and statues of robots and vehicles from 70's-80's super robot and hero anime. Their products are released under the banner '''Fewture Models''' (フューチャーモデルズ) and includes characters from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''{{w|Getter Robo}}'', ''{{w|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Gatchaman}}'', ''{{w|Saint Seiya}}'', ''{{w|Bio Booster Armor Guyver|Guyver}}'', and ''[[Deluxe Vehicle|Special Armored Battalion Dorvack]]'', among others.

Having acquired the license to ''Transformers'' from [[TakaraTomy]], Art Storm began releasing a number of ''Transformers'' products in 2014 to coincide with the franchise's 30th anniversary.

==Product lines==
===EX Gōkin Transformers Series===
A Transformers-centric spinoff of Art Storm's main line, ''EX Gōkin'', this line is made up of non-transforming action figures standing at 15-18 cm/6-7 inches in height.

*EX-TF01 [[Alpha Trion (G1)#EX Gōkin|Alpha Trin]] (August 2014)
*EX-TF02 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#EX Gōkin|Grimlock]] (December 2014)
*EX-TF03 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#EX Gōkin|Convoy]] (December 2014)
*[[Arcee (G1)#EX Gōkin|Arcee]] (TBA)
*[[Elita One (G1)#EX Gōkin|Elita One]] (TBA)
*[[Ginrai (human)#EX Gōkin|God Ginrai]] (TBA)

===EX Gōkin+===
*[[Unicron/toys#Art Storm|Unicron Head]] (February 2015)

===ES Gōkin===
A line of [[super deformed]] figures from various franchises, including ''Mazinger'', ''Saint Seiya'' and ''Dorvack'', produced in cooperation with Hong Kong-based company Action Toys. Some even transform!

*ES-14 [[Roadbuster (G1)#ES Gōkin|Roadbuster]] (April 2014)
*TF-01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#ES Gōkin|Convoy]] (July 2015)
*TF-02 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#ES Gōkin|Rodimus Convoy]] (September 2015)

===EM Gōkin===
Another line produced in cooperation with Action Toys, ''EM Gōkin'' is made up of full-size articulated figures from ''Dorvack'' and ''{{w|Machine Robo|Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos}}''.

*EM-04 [[Roadbuster (G1)#EM Gōkin|Roadbuster]] (February 2014)

===Ultimetal===
''Ultimetal'' is a line of huge, extremely well-detailed and expensive figures with lots of removable panels and electronic features.

*UM-01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Ultimetal|Optimus Prime]] (September 2014)
*UM-02 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Ultimetal|Ultra Magnus]] (April 2017)
*UM-03 [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Ultimetal|Megatron]] (TBA)
*UM-?? [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Ultimetal|Optimus Prime -Damaged Version-]] (TBA)

===Other products===
*Magnetic [[Autobot]] emblem (July 2014)
*Magnetic [[Decepticon]] emblem (July 2014)

==External links==
*[http://artstorm.co.jp/index.html Official website]

[[Category:Companies]]

Windcharger (SG)

2022-02-16T22:25:59Z

DDog: /* Notes */

{{faction|sgAutobot}}
{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot|his heroic counterpart|Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger}}
:''Windcharger is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SG-2021-2-Windcharger.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb]]
'''Windcharger''' is a member of [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]'s forces.

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
Windcharger was one of [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]]'s victims. He was kidnapped and dissected to produce parts for Side Burn's experiments with bio-mechanical Transhumans. His body was eventually found by Rodimus and the Autobots when Side Burn's true purpose was uncovered. {{storylink|Coalescence}}

===IDW ''Shattered Glass'' comic===

{{stub}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers''===
[[File:Camaro-Purple.jpg|upright=2.3|thumb]]
*'''Camaro''' (Malignus, 1987)
{{note|The purple/lavender version of [[Camaro#Toys|Camaro]] was repurposed as ''Shattered Glass'' Windcharger.}}

: A [[redeco]] and slight [[retool]]ing of the [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Windcharger (G1)#Toys|Windcharger]], Camaro transforms into a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (which begs the question of what's up with his name). He was released only in Brazil by [[Estrela]] in two different color schemes: metal-flake blue with pale yellow, and dark purple with lavender robot parts. The mold was also slightly altered to accommodate the new "Malignus" sigil decal in [[robot mode]].

: All of the "Optimus/Malignus" Mini Vehicle releases are considered fairly rare, and go for a fairly high price on the secondary market, particularly the secondary color schemes; in this instance, the purple/lavender Camaro goes for more.

: This mold was also [[retool]]ed to make [[Tailgate (G1)#Toys|Tailgate]] and later [[Rook (Universe)#Toys|Rook]].

==Notes==
*Windcharger was not physically described in Coalescence, but [[Jesse Wittenrich]] later clarified his design intent on Twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/934216467394023425 Tweet by @NightViper (Jesse Wittenrich), 2017/11/24]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Autobots]]

Windcharger (SG)

2022-02-16T21:01:50Z

DDog: /* Transformers */ He also shows up in these colors in the IDW comics.

{{faction|sgAutobot}}
{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot|his heroic counterpart|Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger}}
:''Windcharger is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SG-2021-2-Windcharger.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb]]
'''Windcharger''' is a member of [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]'s forces.

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
Windcharger was one of [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]]'s victims. He was kidnapped and dissected to produce parts for Side Burn's experiments with bio-mechanical Transhumans. His body was eventually found by Rodimus and the Autobots when Side Burn's true purpose was uncovered. {{storylink|Coalescence}}

===IDW ''Shattered Glass'' comic===

{{stub}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers''===
[[File:Camaro-Purple.jpg|upright=2.3|thumb]]
*'''Camaro''' (Malignus, 1987)
{{note|The purple/lavender version of [[Camaro#Toys|Camaro]] was repurposed as ''Shattered Glass'' Windcharger.}}

: A [[redeco]] and slight [[retool]]ing of the [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Windcharger (G1)#Toys|Windcharger]], Camaro transforms into a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (which begs the question of what's up with his name). He was released only in Brazil by [[Estrela]] in two different color schemes: metal-flake blue with pale yellow, and dark purple with lavender robot parts. The mold was also slightly altered to accommodate the new "Malignus" sigil decal in [[robot mode]].

: All of the "Optimus/Malignus" Mini Vehicle releases are considered fairly rare, and go for a fairly high price on the secondary market, particularly the secondary color schemes; in this instance, the purple/lavender Camaro goes for more.

: This mold was also [[retool]]ed to make [[Tailgate (G1)#Toys|Tailgate]] and later [[Rook (Universe)#Toys|Rook]].

==Notes==
*Windcharger was not physically described in the story, but [[Jesse Wittenrich]] later clarified his design intent on Twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/934216467394023425 Tweet by @NightViper (Jesse Wittenrich), 2017/11/24]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Autobots]]

Action Master

2022-02-12T17:46:43Z

DDog: /* Notes */

[[File:Logo-ActionMastersAlt.png||350px|center]]
:''Action Masters are a [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Neutro-fusiontank.jpg|upright=2.6|thumb|Alive! Alive! Alive!]]
Transformers who use [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] as a fuel source lose their [[transformation]] ability due to the fact that their figure alteration [[system]]s get converted into energy storage reactors. However, through this process, '''Action Masters''' become harder, better, faster, stronger and more alive. They have equipped themselves with transformable [[Action Master partner|partners]] and [[:Category:Action Master vehicles|vehicles]] to aid them in battle.

A few Action Masters managed to retain (or possibly regain) the ability to transform; they are known as [[Action Master Elite]]s.

Action Masters are among the few Transformers to feature [[Power Plans]] on the [[packaging]], in addition to the more traditional [[Tech Spec]] and [[bio]].

{{quote|Alt-modes are for '''wimps'''!|[[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]]'s in denial|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===Toy packaging blurb===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] went searching for new energy sources and, within the heart of a [[black hole]] discovered Nucleon: a miracle fuel that made Transformers stronger, faster, and more alive, but cost them the ability to transform. Soon the Decepticons stole the technology and created Action Masters of their own, with [[Magmatrynon]] alloy being used for the construction of [[Action Master Exo-suit|exo-suits]].

{{note|This story was later referenced with the Japanese release of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy]], a black repaint of Powermaster Optimus Prime who was given the backstory of being Prime specially outfitted for this trip into the black hole.}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] heard about a risky new miracle fuel on the planet [[Hydrus Four]]. Against orders he stole the non-functioning bodies of his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and headed there to find out. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} What he discovered was a ruined world filled with [[Nucleon guardian|creepy, obsessive, rotting zombie-like beings]] warning him that it was all because of Nucleon. Being Grimlock, he then went ahead and used the fuel anyway, first on himself and then to revive his fallen teammates. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

Grimlock soon found parts of his body inexplicably seizing up, and began to fear that he should have listened to the creepy dying robots after all. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} After returning to the Ark Grimlock used the Nucleon to repair all the damaged Autobots in the ship's medical bay (as well as [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], whom he didn't know was there). {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Following the Transformers' battle with [[Unicron]], Grimlock froze up entirely. It was then that [[Hi-Q]] (in the process of merging with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]) saw with "[[Powermaster]] eyes" that Grimlock wasn't malfunctioning, but changing. He used his Powermaster abilities to speed up the process and Grimlock burst forth in his new, more-powerful Action Master form. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

Meanwhile, Hi-Q's own mental merger with Prime was also accelerated by his contact with Nucleon. Soon afterward, the [[Last Autobot]] re-created Hi-Q as Optimus Prime in a new body. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

=====Another Time & Place=====
As time progressed more and more Autobots, including Prime, [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], also succumbed to mode-lock. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and Slag were among the few that could still transform, but they had doubts that this would remain much longer. Hearing rumours of further developments on Hydrus Four, Grimlock led the Dinobots there to see if a cure could be found. Amidst a Decepticon ambush, he discovered a new version of Nucleon that lacked the side effects of the original and restored the ability to transform. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
The Decepticons on Earth had a team of Action Masters. These sinister types had the power to combine into ground stations, super-heavy vehicles and air units! {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 16|Transforming Robots in Action: The Case of Optimus Prime}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] was an Action Master.{{fact}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
Optimus and Megatron's pre-G2 bodies share a striking similarity to their Action Master toys. Likewise Optimus Prime has been documented as searching out a New Energy source called Nucleon that's located within a black hole. Finally, Optimus Prime's Action Master was sold with New Years Convoy, and described as the intermediate form between Prime's various G2 Bodies. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Monoformer}}
In the [[2005 IDW continuity]], nucleon does not appear to affect ability to transform. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution|The Permanent Revolution}} However, some Cybertronians had their [[transformation cog]]s removed for medical, political or religious reasons, and were known as [[monoformer]]s. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
After the starship ''[[Iron Hope (G1)|Iron Hope]]'' crash-landed far from Cybertron, the surviving crew—who would come to be known as the "''Iron Hope'' Hundred"—were forced to subsist on nucleon, rendering them permanently [[mode lock]]ed. Survivors of the disaster included [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]], who was locked in robot mode, and [[Catgut]], who was locked in a quadrupedal form. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}}

Upon learning that her teleport rig used nucleon as a fuel source, Jumpstream noted that the substance was notorious for causing mode-locking. Perceptor pointed out to her that it took sustained amounts of nucleon abuse over a long period of time to affect one's physiology. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I}}

==Reception and legacy==
{{quote|I DEFINITELY like my transformers to transform. Down with the action masters.|Josh Freeman Frankel, 25 February 1994|[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/4ed4b0a1a761bcd7 alt.toys.transformers]}}

The Action Master toyline, depicting the obvious oxymoron of "Transformers who don't transform," generated initial ire ("BLASPHEMY!") from some fans. This was magnified as Action Masters were released in the final year of the original Transformers toy line in the US. When Transformers was summarily canceled in North America, some fans blamed the gimmick for the [[Ruined FOREVER|death of the franchise]] (despite the wide variety of other factors that doubtlessly were involved).

One aspect Action Masters is notable for, however, is the mass reintroduction of "classic" characters. New toys for old characters was not a theme the original toy line visited very often–in fact, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee's]] re-imaged [[Throttlebot]] form [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldbug]] released in 1987, 1988's [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Classic Pretender]]s from 1989 were the only notable exceptions. In other words, to have a single sub-line with so many recurring favorites was, at the time, a novelty. In addition, the classic characters were designed to [[show-accuracy|resemble their cartoon counterparts more closely]]. For much of the Season 1 and 2 cast, the original figures having been designed years before they were stylized and simplified for the cartoon, these Action Masters were the closest likenesses of their fiction representations ever. Notably the first television commercial for the Action Masters featured a segment where the animated character models dissolved into film of the actual toys, suggesting that "show accuracy" was Hasbro's intended marketing strategy for the line.

As with many other changes to the Transformers brand, initial hostility towards Action Masters from the fandom eventually became less intense and diversified into a broad range of opinion. Some of the most in-demand vintage (and therefore expensive) ''Transformers'' toys are Action Masters, and new characters from this subgroup continue to appear in newer toy lines. For example:
[[File:Timelinestoy-BC2010DoublePunch.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0]]
* [[Double Punch]] started the trend with a new [[exclusive]] toy at [[BotCon Japan 1998]]. Another toy of Double Punch was produced for [[BotCon 2010]].
* [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] showed up in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline]]. Another toy of Axer (as [[Axor]]) would be released in the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' 2010]] toyline. This toy would, in turn, be redecoed to homage [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] as [[Circuit (Movie)|a movie-universe character]] in the first [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] in 2013.
* Action Master Optimus Prime was [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]]d in [[Japan]] in [[2002]] as part of the "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|New Years Convoy]]" [[giftset]].
* ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] has design elements based on [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (with his [[Mini-Con]] companion actually ''named'' [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]]).
* ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]]'s colors are a partial homage to [[Rad (G1)|Rad]].
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2009]]. Another Banzai-Tron (as [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)|Banzaitron]]) would be released in the ''Transformers'' 2010 toyline. Yet another would be part of the ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' line in 2012.
* [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] was homaged with [[Sparkcrusher]] in 2009.
* [[Slicer (G1)|Slicer]] (partially renamed into "Decepticon Slice") was an exclusive at BotCon 2010. Slicer was also homaged in the shared exclusive [[Dark Energon]] version of [[Wheeljack (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Wheeljack]] in ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]''.
* [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2012]].
* Soundwave's partner, [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]], received new toys in the Japanese ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' line in 2012, and again as a ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' figure in 2017, and then in ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' in 2020.
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] was ported to ''[[Jackpot (Animated)|Animated]]'' as part of the first [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]], and was later given a new [[Jackpot (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|G1-styled figure]] as part of the Amazon-exclusive "Golden Disk Collection" of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]''.
* [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] received a new figure as part of the Figure Subscription Service series 2.0 in 2014.
* [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] was featured in the Transformers Figure Subscription Service series 3.0 in 2015, and then received an additional new toy in ''[[Titans Return (franchise)|Titans Return]]'' in 2017.
* The Collection Pack version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#G2BruticusSet|Shockwave]] in ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' bore the same color scheme as the Action Master.
* Rad's partner, [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]], received a new [[Battle Master]] mold in ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' and was redecoed in more accurate colors in a ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Battle 3-Pack as "Captive Lionizer".

In 2013, [[James Roberts]] could even say he'd have liked to see ''more'' Action Masters and they were "cool".<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/t14540/ Moonbase2's second interview with James Roberts - 58:20]</ref>

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{Note|In addition to the original line-up of Action Master product released worldwide in 1990, several additional assortments were introduced in European markets for 1991.}}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Figures Asst. 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Grimlock]] with [[Anti-tank cannon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Jazz]] with [[Turbo Board]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rad (G1)#Toys|Rad]] with [[Lionizer (G1)#Toys|Lionizer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rollout (G1)#Toys|Rollout]] with [[Glitch (G1)#Toys|Glitch]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Soundwave]] with [[Wingthing (G1)#Toys|Wingthing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Treadshot (G1)#Toys|Treadshot]] with [[Catgut#Toys|Catgut]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Figures Asst. 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Bumblebee]] with [[Heli-pack]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blaster (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Blaster]] with [[Flight-Pack]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Devastator (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Devastator]] with [[Scorpulator#Toys|Scorpulator]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jackpot (G1)#Toys|Jackpot]] with [[Sights (G1)#Toys|Sights]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Krok (G1)#Toys|Krok]] with [[Gatoraider#Toys|Gatoraider]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Mainframe (G1)#Toys|Mainframe]] with [[Push-Button#Toys|Push-Button]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Figures Asst. 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Banzai-Tron (G1)#Toys|Banzai-Tron]] with [[Razor-Sharp#Toys|Razor-Sharp]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Inferno (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Inferno]] with [[Hydro-Pack]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kick-Off (G1)#Toys|Kick-Off]] with [[Turbo-Pack]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Shockwave]] with [[Fistfight (G1)#Toys|Fistfight]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skyfall (G1)#Toys|Skyfall]] with [[Top-Heavy#Toys|Top-Heavy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (G1)#AM|Snarl]] with [[Tyrannitron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Figures Asst. 4 (Europe)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-d1|[[Bombshell (G1)#ActionMaster|Bombshell]] with [[Needler (G1)#Toys|Needler]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Charger#Toys|Charger]] with [[Fire Beast]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Powerflash#Toys|Powerflash]] with [[Road Rocket (G1)#Toys|Road Rocket]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Sideswipe]] with [[Vanguard]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Take-Off#Toys|Take-Off]] with [[Screech (Action Master)#Toys|Screech]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Tracks (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Tracks]] with [[Basher]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:G1-toy Blaster AM.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Blaster with Flight-Pack]][[File:G1Axer toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Axer with Off-Road Cycle]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Action Blasters'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Attack Copter]] with [[Over-Run (G1)#Toys|Over-Run]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Off-Road Cycle]] with [[Axer (G1)#Toys|Axer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Turbo Cycle (G1)|Turbo Cycle]] with [[Prowl (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Turbo Jet]] with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Autobot Action Vehicles'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Attack Cruiser]] with [[Sprocket (G1)#Toys|Sprocket]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Turbo Racer]] with [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Decepticon Attack Vehicles'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Stratotronic Jet]] with [[Gutcruncher (G1)#Toys|Gutcruncher]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Neutro-Fusion Tank]] with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Autobot Armored Convoy'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Armored Convoy]] with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#AM|Optimus Prime]]}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Action Master Exo-suit|Exo-Suit]] Action Masters (Europe)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Circuit (G1)#Toys|Circuit]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Thundercracker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Motorized Exo-Suit Action Masters (Europe)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Rumbler (G1)#Toys|Rumbler]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Slicer (G1)#Toys|Slicer]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Action Master Elites (Europe)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-d1|[[Double Punch#Toys|Double Punch]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Omega Supreme (G1)#omegaspreem|Omega Spreem]]{{sic}}}}
{{bp-d1|[[Turbo Master#Toys|Turbo Master]]}}
{{bp-a1|[[Windmill (G1)#Toys|Windmill]]}}
|}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*It appears that the name "Action Masters" for this segment of the toy line was a very late decision: The 1990 Hasbro vendor catalog<ref name="vendor">[http://botriot.jemmagic.com/transformershasbro1990s.html 1990 Hasbro vendor catalog at Botriot.]</ref> consistently refers to the toys simply as "Action Figures", with no mention of the term "Action Master". It also makes mention of a different back story wherein the Transformers give up the ability to transform to transfer these powers to their weapons and vehicles.
*In an interview with [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Simon Furman said that had the comic not ended at issue #80, Optimus Prime's return would not have come when it did.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 2|Club magazine #2]]</ref> Additionally, Furman said that he hated the idea of using Action Master Prime at the time, and hoped that by the time Prime came back, this Action Master plot would be [[Furmanism|over—finished]]!<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Club magazine #1]]</ref> Conclusion—the use of Optimus Prime in his Action Master version may very well have not occurred had the comic not ended when it did.
*Bob Budiansky's treatment for the Action Masters was printed in the [[Titan Books]] trade ''[[Transformers: Last Stand]]''. Bob can't remember writing it.<ref>[http://www.metalmachine.net/blog/2009/11/21/todds-take-with-bob-budiansky-the-architect-of-the-transformers/ Bob Budiansky interview]</ref>
*In a case of "too little, too late", the fourth (and final, only being released in Europe) assortment of Action Master figures made some minor course corrections in terms of figure design and accessories. The fourth assortment figures no longer have blocks sculpted into the hips that forced the legs to move in 90° increments or awkward side angles. Additionally, in keeping with other late Action Masters such as the Elites, there are minor uses of the then-new technique of textured plastic, as well as having sculpts that were mildly bulkier than previous waves. Lastly, in lieu of animal weapon partners or action feature backpacks, fourth assortment figures all had partner machines that unfolded into helmets and backpacks, strictly split between beasts for Decepticons and artillery units for Autobots.
*The Action Masters' weapon-handle pegs, being 3mm wide, are compatible with the "[[c joint]]" weapon mounting system used on many modern toys, such as the 2011 version of ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]''.
*Excluding the Action Master Elite, regular Action Masters utilized elastic-and-hook joints (similar to many ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' toys and the [[Laser Rod]]s) in their hips. This gave them their relatively wide range of motion, but it also made them somewhat floppy, and the elastic could harden and become brittle with age. Legless Action Masters are sadly common on the aftermarket.
[[File:Unproduced_AM_Animatron.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|[[Serpentor|Totally new character]].
[https://www.yojoe.com/action/86/serpentor.shtml Yup]. (We were robbed!)]]
*Over the decades, an inordinate amount of Action Master concept art <ref>[https://www.allspark.com/2015/02/the-spacebridge-shares-unproduced-action-master-artwork/ A small partial spread of unproduced Action Masters, originally from the Generations Deluxe book.]</ref> along with resin models of both figures ''and'' vehicles of multiple <ref>[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/AMExoTankSuitProtoUnprod.html A resin model of an unproduced Action Master tank Exo Suit.]</ref> sizes <ref>[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/AMHalfTrackTankHardcopy.html A resin model of an unproduced motorized Action Master half-track vehicle.]</ref> have come to light, suggesting very strongly that Hasbro was betting big on the line. While the idea was probably fueled by [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] being in one of its stronger sales periods <ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-05-07-8904100699-story.html "G.I. Joe: 25 and $2 Billion In The Till", Chicago Tribune, May 7 1989.]</ref> despite leaning slightly more into sci-fi at the time, the Action Master line ultimately fizzled in the United States.
*Early plans for [[BotCon]] [[BotCon#BotCon 2017|2017]] would have seen Action Masters as the focus of the convention, with a box set "Action on Hydrus Four" featuring [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]], [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in Action-Master inspired decos using [[Titans Return (toyline)|''Titans Return'']] figures.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-images-of-concepts-and-customized-figures-from-fun-pub-at-petes-robot-convention-2017/39073/]</ref>
*The Action Master name was brought back in 2020 by Takara Tomy for their release of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)#Cyberverse (TakaraTomy)|Deluxe Class figures]]. Ironically, one of the big selling points for these figures is featuring far more involved transformations than the rest of the ''Cyberverse'' line!

===Foreign names===
*''Italy'': '''Super Azione''' ("Super Action")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Action Masters| ]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]

Virtually Reality

2022-02-08T23:49:25Z

DDog: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers Stop Motion Netflix Anime]]''
|image=Netflix stop motion ep 2 - Shockwave interview.jpg
|caption=
|prev=Crashing the K-Wave
|next=Haunting of Bot House
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|animation studio=[[Counter656]]
|director=[[Mickey Lee]] [[Willy Shih]]
|airdate=[[August 25]], [[2020]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGkZ8wXHcNw&t
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''To show up the Autobots, the Decepticons film a reality TV show.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] grows angry upon seeing how well-liked the K-drama the [[Autobot]]s made is and storms off. [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] wants to do something to strike back, but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] thinks he's just kissing up. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] comes up with an idea, turning on ''[[Love Is Blind]]''. As all the [[Decepticon]]s sit and watch, an angry Megatron notices the screen and comes up with a plan: make a reality TV show!

''Shockwave enters a bedroom, wondering where [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]] is. The scene cuts to an interview with Shockwave. Labeling him as Mad Scientist / Animal Lover, he declares his affection for his pet Lionizer. Cutting back to the bedroom, Shockwave searches everywhere with no success. In the interview, he wonders where he could have gone.''

''Shockwave goes to see Megatron and is shocked to see him forcing Lionizer to drink [[Synthetic Energon]]. In an interview, Megatron makes it clear he thinks the substance is totally safe for pets to drink. Shockwave is infuriated and storms out, donning his combat armor before returning to confront Megatron. The two face off, ready to attack one, but are interrupted when the smart speaker announces that fighting is prohibited in the house. Megatron gloats while Shockwave leave in dejection. In subsequent interviews, Shockwave is absolutely enraged while Megatron is all too smug at his "victory".''

As the Autobots watch the video, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is unimpressed at first, but this changes when he sees how many views it has. He gets an idea, calling all the Autobots around to listen.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (13)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (14)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (15)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (2)
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (3)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (6)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (7)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]] (10)
* [[Smart speaker]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'm sorry, you cannot fight in this house."
:—The '''smart speaker''' puts and end to Megatron and Shockwave's fight.

"😄😆🤣😩"
:—'''Megatron''' showing how much he loves being a jerk to Shockwave.

==Notes==
* The short was initially released via the Netflix Japan Anime account on Twitter in August 2020, though this has since been deleted, followed by releases on Counter656's YouTube channel in September and the English Netflix Anime YouTube channel in December.
* Various [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]] appear throughout the video as props. At the Decepticon headquarters, [[Angry Cheese]], [[Burrito Favorito]], [[Carb O'Nate]], [[Duderoni]], [[Fizzkick]], two [[Hawt Diggity]]s, [[S'up Dawg]], [[Sippy Slurps]], [[Spud Muffin]], [[The Vengeful Terror-Yaki]], and [[Twerple Burple]] can all be seen on the table as snacks. [[Arctic Guzzlerush]], [[Batsby]], [[Dinger]], [[Kidd Klobber]], [[Kikmee]], [[Laceface]], and [[Poo-Shoo]] are on shelves on the side wall. [[Greeny Rex]] and [[Rootwing]] can be seen on top of the piano near Megatron's throne. In the video, [[Cuddle Wuddle]] pops up on the bed and [[Ranger Lampton]] is on a shelf in the living room. At the Autobot headquarters, [[Brotato]], Duderoni, Hawt Diggity, [[Shredder Jack]], [[Sippyberry]], [[The Fizz]], and Twerple Burple are on the snack table. Finally, [[Bogus Pocus]] and [[Professor Wellread]] are on the bookshelf next to Optimus, while Greeny Rex and [[Smerg the Sad]] decorate the side wall.
* The Netflix version of the video replaces all allusions to Synthetic Energon with [[water]], presumably to downplay the implied comparisons to alcohol in the context of the short.

===Animation and technical errors===
* When Soundwave comes up with his idea, Laceface is sitting next to Kidd Klobber on the shelf behind him. In the shots following, Kikmee replaces Laceface.

===Transformers references===
* Shockwave's bedroom has multiple posters for other Transformers properties on the wall. Many of them are for the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' animated series, including a large poster of Ultra Magnus. Several are based on various comic covers, such as [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel]] [[The New Order|issue 5]] ([[:File:MarvelUS-05.jpg|obviously]]), ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]]'' [[Enemy of My Enemy Part One|issue 1]] [[:File:TFTerminator 1 cvrA.jpg|cover A]], ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|issue 5]] [[:File:OP5 subcvrA.jpg|Subscription cover A]], ''Optimus Prime'' [[Unstopped and Unstoppable|issue 22]] [[:File:OP22 cvrB.jpg|cover B]], ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath]]'' [[The Age of Wrath|issue 1]] [[:File:WW v3-1 incentive.jpg|incentive cover]], ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel|Bumblebee Movie Prequel]]'' [[Energon Is Forever|issue 3]] [[:File:BBPrequel3 cvrA.jpg|cover A]], ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' [[Megatron Origin issue 1|issue 1]] [[:File:MO 1 a.jpg|cover A]], ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade]]'' [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|vol. 2 issue 4]] [[:File:Windbladev2-4-concvr.jpg|convention cover]], and ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'' [[Our Finest|issue 3]] [[:File:TFUnicron3 cvrB.jpg|cover B]]. Other posters seen on the wall spotlight the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'', ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Combiner Wars (cartoon)|Combiner Wars]]'' cartoons, the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video games, and the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' live-action films.
* A large picture of [[Cybertron (planet)#Aligned continuity family|Cybertron]], as seen in the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|first episode]] of ''Transformers: Prime'', can be seen on the wall in Autobot headquarters.

===Real-world references===
* ''{{w|Love Is Blind (TV series)|Love is Blind}}'' is a dating reality series that premiered on [[February 13]], 2020. Like all other shows featured in the shorts, it is a [[Netflix]] exclusive series.
* Two mini prop bottles of [[Coca-Cola]] appear below the television in the Decepticon headquarters.

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pte36hKMxw "Virtually Reality" on Counter656's YouTube]

[[Category:Stop motion videos]]

Smart speaker

2022-02-08T22:36:03Z

DDog:

{{noname-nickname}}

[[File:TF WFC Virtually Reality smart speaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

The '''smart speaker''' is the ultimate personal home assistant, able to play music and defuse high-stress situations.

{{quote|I'm sorry, you can not fight in this house.|Smart speaker}}

{{--}}

==Fiction==
===War for Cybertron Trilogy===
====Transformers Stop Motion Netflix Anime====
During a reality show program being filmed by the [[Decepticon]]s, an angry [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] confronted [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. As the two were about to come to blows, the smart speaker told them fighting was not allowed in the house, putting an end to the conflict. {{storylink|Virtually Reality}}

==Notes==
* The smart speaker recieved the only spoken line in any episode of the ''[[Transformers Stop Motion Netflix Anime]]'' series.
* [[Songwave]] has a smart speaker [[alternate mode|alt mode]], though the design is very different.
* Interestingly, while many other [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]] were used as props throughout the series, Songwave never made an appearance. Guess the smart speaker had a better casting agent.

Talk:Transformers: Classic Heroes Team

2022-02-07T22:45:17Z

DDog:

I am dubious about reclassing these as G1 rather than Rescue Bots. Yes, I know the Rescue Bots name doesn't appear on the package, but "Classic Heroes Team" has in fact been used by Hasbro for RB characters see this Heatwave:

[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/product/transformers-rescue-bots-academy-classic-heroes-team-heatwave-the-fire-bot-converting-toy-4-5-inch-figure-kids-ages-3-and-up:CC54FF1C-EFFE-4E4C-92B3-A53DC88D4A7F]

for example. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 17:19, 7 February 2022 (EST)
:It's due to the fact that it uses the [[Evergreen]] art primarily used for G1 media.—[[User:DDog|DDog]] ([[User talk:DDog|talk]]) 17:45, 7 February 2022 (EST)

Beastformers (franchise)

2022-02-06T03:40:59Z

DDog:

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'''''Transformers: Beastformers''''' (トランスフォーマービーストフォーマー ''Toransufōmā Bīsutofōmā'')—later just '''''Beastformers''''', dropping the ''Transformers'' branding in its second year—is a sub-line/spin-off of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline released in 1987, concurrent with the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|The Headmasters]]'' series. The series focuses on the titular [[Beastformer]]s, a race of alien anthropomorphic animals from the [[Beast (planet)|planet Beast]], whose struggles intersect (briefly) with those of the Transformers.

The toyline at the center of this series had been released in [[Hasbro]]'s markets the previous year, as 1986's '''''Battle Beasts'''''; the toys were developed jointly by the two companies, as most of the ''Transformers'' line was at this point. ''Battle Beasts'' had no fictional ties to ''Transformers'' whatsoever (it barely had fiction ''at all''), but as the toys are overwhelmingly identical between the two markets, most western fans consider them to be functionally the same thing as ''Beastformers'', and don't care if their "[[White Leo]]" is technically a "Pirate Lion". But since ''Beastformers'' is the one genuinely tied to ''Transformers'', this wiki defaults to using the Takara names, and only covers the Hasbro iteration of the line in brief for comparison.

==Fiction==
===''Beastformers''===
[[File:RebellionBeast Wheelie Daniel captured.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|"I demand to speak to my lawyer."]]
''Transformers: Beastformers'' got its big fictional push with a {{w|backdoor pilot}} episode early in the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''Headmasters'' cartoon]], "[[Rebellion on Planet Beast]]". In it, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] helps the evil [[Alligatron]] in his attempted takeover of Beast in exchange for prisoners of war, and the heroic Beasts put out a call for help from the Autobots, with of course the good guys winning in the end. After this episode, the series never returned to planet Beast again. A few toy-based Beastformers appeared as prisoners in a later episode, and a cartoon-original Beastformer played a small but vital role in yet another, but otherwise, that one episode makes up the bulk of original ''Transformers''-era ''Beastformers'' fiction. The Autobots and Decepticons return to Beast in a special installment of the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (manga)|''Headmasters'' comic]], "[[The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!]]", although this would later be seemingly ignored/forgotten.

Outside of these handful of ''Transformers'' appearances, the main story of ''Beastformers'' was told through text stories included in numerous [[Beastformers catalog|pack-in pamphlets and catalogs]], which fleshed out the world of Beast a bit more. While at first tying in to the ''Headmasters'' episode (such as including the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]), those stories would eventually drop connections to ''Transformers'' as the ''Beastformers'' brand tried to establish its own identity.

[[File:Legends White Lune.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|[[White Lune]], a new character from the Beastformers' 2017 ''Legends'' storyline.]]
When the series was given a soft-reboot sequel and rebranding as just ''Beastformers'' in 1988, the lore of planet Beast got even deeper, finally properly tying in the toys' Fire/Wood/Water theme that the previous fiction had all but ignored. The series introduced the [[Three Wise Ones]], ancient entities who founded planet Beast and were the progenitors of the [[Laser Beast]] race that later spawned the Beastformers. The [[Gems of Motion and Stillness|six gems balancing the powers of Fire, Wood and Water]] they left behind had become unbalanced due to the prior war (now ended) and were causing natural disasters. Worse still, said disasters flooded the subterranean home of the still-extant Laser Beasts, who moved to the surface and started a war of conquest. Once again, this story was mostly told through packaging blurbs and pack-in materials, with the characters' included bio cards expanding on the various societies of planet Beast. There were two "big" pieces of new fiction, in the form of two issues of the ''[[Hero Special]]'' mook (magazine/book) series: ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' and ''[[Hero Special 12: Laser Beasts]]''. Aside from character bios and setting text, these also featured fumetti "photonovel" comics assembled from photographs of the actual toys set up in diorama environments, telling the tales of major moments in the Beastformers' past and present (minus those pesky Transformers).

And after that, a whole lot of nothing as the ''Beastformers'' line ended. While there would be a few unnamed cameos in ''Transformers'' media here and there (mostly in Hasbro-backed media, amusingly enough), these rarely amounted to more than a single panel or obtuse reference in text. However, in 2017, the ''Beastformers'' story was picked up again in the [[Transformers Legends (comic)|''Transformers Legends'' comic]], beginning in "[[LG51 Doublecross Prologue|Vol. 47: LG51 Doublecross Prologue]]", continuing from the unconcluded Beastformer/Laser Beast war that had been untouched for the better part of three decades... notably tying it back to ''Transformers'' pretty extensively.
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===''Battle Beasts''===
[[File:BattleBeasts comic 1.GIF|upright=1|thumb|Blackthorne's ''Battle Beasts'' #1. Nobody you know ever owned this.]]
By contrast (and really only here for comparison/completion's sake), Hasbro's ''Battle Beasts'' was uncharacteristically light on any form of fiction for toylines of the time, especially Hasbro's. The cardbacks largely just advertised the Fire/Wood/Water play gimmick with a slight in-universe flavor. The characters' names were not even readily available to kids, with the only source to name them all being a mail-away poster... in fact, the cardbacks even said that each beast had two identical doppelgangers with different elements, so were all three [[Killer Fish|carp beasts]] named "Killer Carp", or...?

Comics publisher [[Blackthorne Publishing|Blackthorne]], the people responsible for the very short-lived ''[[Transformers in 3-D]]'' comics, put out a black-and-white [[Beastformer##Other media|''Battle Beasts'' comic]] which was more successful than their ''Transformers'' one, in that it made it to ''four'' issues before being canceled. Good luck finding copies.

The comic is set on an unnamed planet inhabited by sentient, armored animals, each imbued with the power of one of the three elements: Water, Fire and Wood. Their powers and the health of their world are maintained by the Soulspirit, a ghostly figure that—strangely for a planet of talking animals—appears to be [[human]]. By keeping her animal charges and their nature totems in harmony, the Soulspirit helps maintain a balance that prevents the return of her ancient enemy Ruhin, the sludgy lord of chaos. An evil plot by the totem-switching, mind-controlling crime lord [[Green Chameles|Chameleon]], and his minions [[Devilbat|Blitzkrieg Bat]], [[Graysharp|Rocky Rhino]], and [[Cuttledeep|Cutthroat Cuttlefish]], disrupts the Soulspirit's planetary totem renewal ritual: the subsequent psychic totem disruption drives every creature on the planet insane and makes them start viciously attacking each other. The only beasts spared from this madness are Chameleon's forces and a small group of heroes ([[Drillfrog|Horny Toad]], [[Night Owl|Knight Owl]], and [[Bonga|Gargantuan Gorilla]]) who had already tried and failed to stop him. With their world now plunged into madness and nonstop war, the heroic faction must journey to find the one being on the planet—the near-mythical [[White Leo|Sunburst Warrior]]—who can restore the harmony and sanity of the Battle Beasts. But they must hurry, because the disruption of the balance of nature has also revived the evil Ruhin!

Not ''too'' unlike the 1988 ''Beastformers'' setup, by pure coincidence.
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==Toys==
[[Image:BEASTFORMERS BACKcomp.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Collect every one of these incredible creatures who battle for fun! (''Subject to availability and Takara's whims'')]]
Battle Beasts/Beastformers are soft plastic figures of anthropomorphic animals in high-tech armor, each about 1.5 inches tall, with swivel-jointed shoulders and a unique "[[MVP Weapon]]" accessory. Both beast and weapon have an ID number molded into them, making matching easy; this would turn out to be incredibly helpful, as ''Beastformers'' is somewhat notorious for mismatching weapons and beasts. The fist-holes and weapon handles are 3mm wide, making them compatible with numerous later ''Transformers'' toys, particularly the [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse/Legion-class]] toys.

Each figure features a "Battle Emblem" [[rubsign]] that shows one of three "elemental powers": Fire, Water or Wood. (A fourth power, Sunburst/Burstsun, was a rare special power introduced later in the line.) Since the symbols were heat-activated, it was (mostly) impossible to determine what each toys' symbol was until they were freed from their packaging. These rubsigns were key to a simple rock-paper-scissors-style battle game: Fire burned Wood, Wood floated on Water, Water put out Fire. (This game would later get a lot more complicated in Takara's post-Transformers ''Beastformers'' releases, see below.)

As ''Beastformers'', they were packaged in individual boxes with bio cards; the design of both would change multiple times over the course of the year (detailed below). These were typically set out in large display boxes holding 36 individual figures. ''Battle Beasts'' packaged them as two-packs with semi-randomized pairings (we're not about to try and suss out all the patterns) and no personal information whatsoever, with only a mail-away poster providing names for the beasts once the first three series were released. Both companies also put out multi-packs and larger vehicles; ''Beastformers'' vehicles came with specific pack-in characters, while ''Battle Beasts'' simply tossed in a random figure.

''Battle Beasts'' released three assortments of figures, but ''Beastformers'' made it to four, with a fairly large showing in the final "Laser Beast" series, though that final assortment would ''not'' be under the ''Transformers'' banner... but we're including it because it ''is'' a direct sequel series.
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===''Transformers: Beastformers'' (1987)===
====Series 1====
[[Image:SnakeBomb-MIB.jpg|right|upright=.67|thumb|You can't keep me in here! I have to fight He-Man!]]
The initial assortment of Beastformers were packaged in ''Transformers''-style boxes, with Autobot-allied beasts in red boxes and Decepticon-allied in purple, with the familiar grid pattern below. These boxes are otherwise generic, with no individual names or marking on the packaging whatsoever, with a plastic window to show the beast inside. These were shipped in display cases of thirty-six individual boxes, with "Pack A" and "Pack B" styles: each case had twelve different beasts packed at three each, with six beasts unique to each case.

Like the other ''Headmasters'' toys of the time, each one also came with an individual bio card, with a painted character image on a red or purple grid on the front, and character data and line-art of the toy on the back. The cards were held in black sleeves to keep them hidden while in-package, as there was a chance the card would instead be the rare "[[Holography Mirror]]" card instead, with a hologram image [[Platinum Tiger]]'s toy on the front. It appears that this card was randomly packed in one box per case, but this has not been confirmed.

Oddly, despite the toys themselves having ID numbers molded into them (and their weapons), the bio cards do not have any form of ID number for the characters whatsoever, despite the other toys in the ''Transformers'' line having them.

The sleeves also contained a questionnaire pamphlet, and by sending five of these (filled out of course) to the address provided, the sendee would be entered into a drawing to win a [[Gnaw (G1)#Toys|Sharktron]] toy, which was not available in the normal-retail Takara ''Transformers'' line.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack A figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Alligatron#Toys|Alligatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Battle Bear#Toys|Battle Bear]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Big Serow#Toys|Big Serow]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drillfrog#Toys|Drillfrog]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elephan#Toys|Elephan]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Golder#Toys|Golder]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Killer Fish#Toys|Killer Fish]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Snakebomb (Beastformers)#Toys|Snakebomb]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wildthunder#Toys|Wildthunder]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Yellow Giraffe#Toys|Yellow Giraffe]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack B figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beafox#Toys|Beafox]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Black Turtle#Toys|Black Turtle]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bonga#Toys|Bonga]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Devilbat#Toys|Devilbat]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grayox#Toys|Grayox]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Graysharp#Toys|Graysharp]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
?? 
?? 
?? 
?? 
?? 
?? 
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BF-toy White Leo.jpg|upright=1|thumb|White Leo, face of the franchise.]]
|}

====Series 2====
At this point, ''Beastformers'' boxes changed to using green behind the grids for both sides, but kept the Autobot/Decepticon markings. The upper-right "flap" of the box also added the "Pack" letter of the shipping case, each one indicating a different randomly-packed prize card:

:'''C''' — The "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring White Leo
:'''D''' — The "[[Bewitching Serpent Seal]]" card featuring Cobrander

Just as before, each case had six unique beasts, with twelve re-released Series 1 toys filling out the other halves. Once again kids could send away five filled-out pack-in questionnaires to enter a prize draw for a Transformer not available at retail, this time the "Firebot" [[Repugnus (G1)#Toys|Repug (aka Monsterbot Repugnus)]].

The pack-in bio cards also got a redesign at this point, with the returning characters' cards getting the change as well. The front of the card replaced the grid background with a forest backdrop framing a yellow sky, with the painted portrait in the middle. The nametags and cardbacks were otherwise the same style as before.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack C figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bullorn#Toys|Bullorn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Brown Gyro#Toys|Brown Gyro]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Dark Raccoon#Toys|Dark Raccoon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smileduck#Toys|Smileduck]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strong Hippo#Toys|Strong Hippo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wavemoose#Toys|Wavemoose]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Beafox (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Black Turtle (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Bonga (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Devilbat (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Flykick (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|White Leo (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack D figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beavop#Toys|Beavop]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jungaroo#Toys|Jungaroo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Power Jaguar#Toys|Power Jaguar]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Power Nozzle#Toys|Power Nozzle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Red Octo#Toys|Red Octo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sea Iron#Toys|Sea Iron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Alligatron (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Battle Bear (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Big Serow (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Golder (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Killer Fish (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Yellow Giraffe (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BF-toy RedOcto.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Red Octo]]
|}

====Series 3====
With the third wave release, the line expanded slightly, with a new multi-pack (including [[exclusive]] variations of the two leader figures), as well as a transforming "[[Fortress (Beastformers)|Fortress]]" that unfolds into a large playset.

The packaging for this series did not change at all outside of the "Pack" letters, and again, each case had six all-new beasts and six re-releases. The rare prize card was the same for each Pack type: the "VS [[Holography Mirror]]", a ''double'' hologram card showing Platinum Tiger or Green Chameles depending on which way your turned it. Repug even stuck around as the mail-in-drawing prize.

While the packaging didn't change much, the bio cards for the new characters did change in one very significant way: they no longer used the fully-painted character images, instead using the comic-style line-art used for the Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' checklist-poster. The re-released characters, however, kept the "series 2" style cards.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack E figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Green Chameles#Toys|Green Chameles]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Iguanamonss#Toys|Iguanamonss]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Razorkukku#Toys|Razorkukku]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strong Panda#Toys|Strong Panda]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ultragas#Toys|Ultragas]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Undergroun#Toys|Undergroun]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Alligatron (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Beafox (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Devilbat (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|Flykick (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|Killer Fish (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|White Leo (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Pack F figures'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Cuttledeep#Toys|Cuttledeep]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Junior Dragon#Toys|Junior Dragon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Night Owl#Toys|Night Owl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Polar Battle Bear (Beastformers)#Toys|Polar Battle Bear]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release) 
?? (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top", rowspan=2|[[File:BF-toy Iguanamonss.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Iguanamonss]][[File:BF-toy StrongPanda.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Strong Panda]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Burstsun Special Set (type 1) ([[White Leo#Toys|Burstsun White Leo]], [[Black Jaguar#Toys|Black Jaguar]], [[Būpink#Toys|Būpink]], [[Dog Hunter#Toys|Dog Hunter]], [[Dream Eater#Toys|Dream Eater]], [[Muskhorn#Toys|Muskhorn]], [[Pangol#Toys|Pangol]], [[Slo#Toys|Slo]], [[White Cow#Toys|White Cow]], [[Udan#Toys|Udan]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Burstsun Special Set (type 2) ([[Alligatron#burstsun|Ghost Alligatron]], Black Jaguar, Būpink, [[Crowmax#Toys|Crowmax]], [[Earthhog#Toys|Earthhog]], [[Mingo Kid#Toys|Mingo Kid]], Pangol, Slo, White Cow, Udan)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortress'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Red Phoenix#Toys|Red Phoenix]] (w/ [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mail-away prizes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cobrander#ceramic|Ceramic Special Cobrander]]}}
|}

{{note|The Burstsun Special set comes with two different sets of figures, but you don't know which set you get until you open it up. Yes, you had to get both sets for a complete collection. The non-White-Leo/Alligatron figures would be made available again later, with different bio cards.}}

Those familiar with ''Battle Beasts'' have probably noticed quite a few omissions in the above lists. Despite multiple checklists and promotional materials showing the full range of 76 figures found in ''Battle Beasts'', only 54 of them appear to have actually been released in ''Transformers: Beastformers''. Yes, even characters who ''appeared in the Beastformers episode of the Transformers anime'' were skipped in the ''Transformers'' line. Most of those missing toys ''would'' see release in the next version of the ''Beastformers'' toyline....
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===''Beastformers'' and ''Beastformers: Laser Beasts'' (1988)===
[[File:BF-toy Series4Boxes.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]][[File:BF-toy Unarchy-Symbol.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Laser Beast [[Unarchy]], with symbol [[gimmick]] on display.]]
In 1988, ''Beastformers'' became its own line, all ''Transformers'' branding excised from the packaging, now branded with the tagline "Role-Playing! Animal Army!!" (ロールプレーイング!アニマル軍団!! ''Rōru Purēingu! Animaru Gundan!!'', rendered as "Role Playing Animal Team" in English on the packaging). Importantly, this series saw the release of almost all the ''Battle Beasts'' figures that the ''Transformers: Beastformers'' line skipped, though in exchange many ''Transformers''-era figures didn't make the jump to the "RPG" line.

While the figures were still (mostly) released in individual boxes, the packaging got a near-total redesign, though the forest backdrop from the previous series' cards remained. These boxes showed maps of planet Beast on the back, made up of thirty-eight kingdoms, each ruled by two Beastformer warriors in a post-Transformers-war setting. These boxes are again generic, now across the entire line. Early versions of the boxes advertised the possibility that the included bio card inside could instead be a rare holofoil card with a "Burstsun" Battle Emblem packed into a small baggie on its back for you to affix to the Beastformer of your choice, but later (and seemingly more common) releases dropped this promo and added a sticker on the bottom-front with the toy's name on it. This assortment, however, dropped the rare card promotion from the prior cases.

The pack-in cards were similarly reworked. While they still used the line art from the ''Transformers'' era cast poster, the art was completely recolored to be more accurate to the actual toys, plus some characters who were drawn with incorrect weapons got edited art with the correct ones. The back of these cards have a ''lot'' more character information, and details on the powers of their "MVP Weapon" including rules and point values for the new "role playing game" for the line. Pack-in catalogs contained rules for the dice-based battle game... which we have not translated yet, sorry. And the ID numbers on the toys were finally added to the cards and name-stickers.

At some point in this series, the Beastformers' rubsigns underwent a change. Later samples of the toys (as well as late-run Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' releases) could have Battle Emblems that revealed ''full color'' Fire/Water/Wood illustrations rather than the mood-ring-style black outlines against a multi-hued backdrop. (It does not appear that there was ever a full-color Burstsun symbol.)

The standalone ''Beastformers'' line saw a major expansion of available product. The ''Battle Beasts'' motorized "Battle Chariots" and remaining two transforming "Transport Stations" were released in Japan as the "[[Head Hunter]]s" and "[[Fortress (Beastformers)|Fortress]]s" respectively, plus a re-release of the prior Red Phoenix Fortress in this new packaging style.

But most importantly, this series also introduced the '''Laser Beasts''' (レーザービースト, ''Rēzā Bīsuto'') subline, tagged "Role-Playing! Neo Animal Army!!" (ロールプレーイング!ネオアニマル軍団!! ''Rōru Purēingu! Neo Animaru Gundan!!'', rendered as "Role Playing Neo Animal Team" in English). This new faction of evil warriors emerged from an underground kingdom when the planet's three elements were out of balance and destroyed their home. Rather than having rubsigns, these beast warriors have [[light-piping|clear marbles that would reveal their randomly-installed Fire/Wood/Water element when looked through into a light source]]. And instead of melee weapons, they came with large rifles. A number of new mini-vehicles and multi-packs were also released for this series. Laser Beast packaging was different, with a shadowy-blue theme and strange alternate versions of the planet's continents shown on the hidden inner box-flaps. Oh, also they cost 50 yen more than the 200-yen Beastformers, sold in cases of 24 (12 beasts packed 2 each, a completely different lineup in each case).

The Laser Beasts were intended to be released in Hasbro's markets as the '''Shadow Warriors''', but they never made it to a wide release: packaged samples of the twelve "series 1" toys have been found, plus some even rarer samples of "Battle Chargers", individually-sold Shield Battlers that included characters who weren't sold as Shield Battlers in Japan. Because of this, as well as the somewhat short lifespan of the line at this point, Laser Beasts routinely go for hefty amounts on the secondary market even in Japan, easily demanding hundred-plus price tags apiece... ''especially'' the second series of individually-boxed figures and box sets.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="99.3%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Beastformers''' (Pack G)
*1 [[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]] (re-release)
*4 [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]] (re-release)
*19 [[Hedgehog#Toys|Hedgehog]]
*20 [[Badshark#Toys|Badshark]]
*21 [[Bowdog#Toys|Bowdog]]
*22 [[Rabbit Kid#Toys|Rabbit Kid]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*23 [[Bluehorse#Toys|Bluehorse]]
*24 [[Giader#Toys|Giader]]
*25 [[Violethorn#Toys|Violethorn]]
*26 [[Bombsheep#Toys|Bombsheep]]
*27 [[Deaspider#Toys|Deaspider]]
*28 [[Crabhit#Toys|Crabhit]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Beastformers''' (Pack H)
*49 [[Flying Attacker#Toys|Flying Attacker]]
*50 [[Platinum Tiger#Toys|Platinum Tiger]]
*55 [[Koala Gray#Toys|Koala Gray]]
*69 [[Zebra Ball#Toys|Zebra Ball]]
*71 [[Duck Diver#Toys|Duck Diver]]
*75 [[Peguinis#Toys|Peguinis]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*??
*??
*??
*??
*??
*??
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=4|[[File:BF-toy RabbitKid.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Rabbit Kid]][[File:BF-toy Peguinis.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Peguinis]][[File:BF-toy Tigerburn.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Laser Beast Tigerburn]][[File:BF-toy WoodBeetle.jpg|uprhgt=1|thumb|Wood Beetle Fortress]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Beastformers''' (''Name-sticker box'')
*1 White Leo (re-release)
*2 [[Big Serow#Toys|Big Serow]] (re-release)
*4 Flykick (re-release)
*5 [[Killer Fish#Toys|Killer Fish]] (re-release)
*11 [[Battle Bear#Toys|Battle Bear]] (re-release)
*12 [[Devilbat#Toys|Devilbat]] (re-release)
*13 [[Bonga#Toys|Bonga]] (re-release)
*15 [[Alligatron#Toys|Alligatron]] (re-release)
*16 [[Beafox#Toys|Beafox]] (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*17 [[Black Turtle#Toys|Black Turtle]] (re-release)
*35 [[Jungaroo#Toys|Jungaroo]] (re-release)
*43 [[Cuttledeep#Toys|Cuttledeep]] (re-release)
*45 [[Junior Dragon#Toys|Junior Dragon]] (re-release)
*46 [[Night Owl#Toys|Night Owl]] (re-release)
*53 [[Strong Panda#Toys|Strong Panda]] (re-release)
*54 [[Shield Dragon#Toys|Shield Dragon]]
*55 [[Koala Gray#Toys|Koala Gray]] (re-release)
*57 [[Black Jaguar#Toys|Black Jaguar]] (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*66 [[Slo#Toys|Slo]] (re-release)
*67 [[Earthhog#Toys|Earthhog]] (re-release)
*58 [[Dream Eater#Toys|Dream Eater]] (re-release)
*59 [[Cobrander#Toys|Cobrander]]
*60 [[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]] (re-release)
*61 [[Dog Hunter#Toys|Dog Hunter]] (re-release)
*62 [[Būpink#Toys|Būpink]] (re-release)
*63 [[Razorkukku#Toys|Razorkukku]] (re-release)
*64 [[Muskhorn#Toys|Muskhorn]] (re-release)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*65 [[Pangol#Toys|Pangol]] (re-release)
*68 [[White Cow#Toys|White Cow]] (re-release)
*69 [[Zebra Ball#Toys|Zebra Ball]] (re-release)
*70 [[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]] (re-release)
*71 [[Duck Diver#Toys|Duck Diver]] (re-release)
*72 [[Crowmax#Toys|Crowmax]] (re-release)
*73 [[Mingo Kid#Toys|Mingo Kid]] (re-release)
*75 [[Peguinis#Toys|Peguinis]] (re-release)
*76 [[Udan#Toys|Udan]] (re-release)
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Laser Beasts''' (series 1)
*77 [[Blue Eagle]]
*78 [[Sparkshark]]
*79 [[Sairon]]
*80 [[Unarchy]]
*81 [[Tigerburn]]
*82 [[Condorassin]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*83 [[Groundwolf]]
*84 [[Flysailor]]
*85 [[Zariganian]]
*86 [[Rainbow Sam]]
*87 [[Sur]]
*88 [[Brainmouse]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Laser Beasts''' (series 2)
*89 [[Brown Lion]]
*92 [[Hustlebear]]
*95 [[Dragon Seahorn]]
*97 [[Sea Panic]]
*98 [[Puzzlecolor]]
*100 [[Scopecougar]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*104 [[Jeerermonkey]]
*105 [[Hornhead]]
*106 [[Monkeyfighter]]
*107 [[Flying Dragon]]
*108 [[Kickback (LB)|Kickback]]
*110 [[Green Rayfer]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Battlecruisers'''
*[[Battle Buzzsaw]] (w/ [[Dinogator]])
*[[Battle Eagle]] (w/ [[Skybat]])
*[[Battle Savanna]] (w/ [[Slag King]])
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Head Hunters'''
*[[Sheep Hunter]] (w/ [[Rabbit Kid#Toys|Rabbit Kid]])
*[[Stag Hunter]] (w/ [[Bombsheep#Toys|Bombsheep]])
*[[Tiger Hunter]] (w/ [[Platinum Tiger#Toys|Platinum Tiger]])
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortresses'''
*[[Red Phoenix]] (w/ [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]])
*[[Shocking Shark]] (w/ [[Strong Hippo#Toys|Strong Hippo]])
*[[Wood Beetle]] (w/ [[Wavemoose#Toys|Wavemoose]])
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
*Perfect 6 Set ([[Crystal Killer Fish#Toys|Crystal Killer Fish]] and five of the following: [[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]], [[Cobrander#Toys|Cobrander]], [[Demonkey#Toys|Demonkey]], [[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]], [[Little Serow#Toys|Little Serow]], [[Shield Dragon#Toys|Shield Dragon]])
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*[[Shield Battler-6]] ([[Grencats#Toys|Grencats]], [[Fighthorn#Toys|Fighthorn]], [[Battlefennec#Toys|Battlefennec]], [[Killerhound#Toys|Killerhound]], [[Stronghurricane#Toys|Stronghurricane]], [[Manteaufrenzy#Toys|Manteaufrenzy]], Red & Gray [[W Battler]]s)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
*Beast Planet's Greatest Confrontation Set ([[Platinum Tiger#Toys|Platinum Tiger]] w/ [[Tiger Hunter#Toys|Tiger Hunter]], [[Yellow Giraffe#Toys|Yellow Giraffe]], [[Golder#Toys|Golder]], vs [[Skullgrotes#Toys|Skullgrotes]] w/ gold [[Battle Drill#Toys|Battle Drill]], [[Kingbuster#Toys|Kingbuster]], [[Salmomancer#Toys|Salmomancer]])
|}

At this point, many Beastformers (but no Laser Beasts!) were also made available in [[gacha|gashapon capsule machines]] for the same price as the normal boxed toys (200 yen). These toys lacked bio cards, and could come with seemingly-random weapons, though it's up in the air as to whether this was intentional or just poor quality control. More importantly, there were rare all-white/cream "Rare Type" versions of fifteen of the gashapon Beastformers, which nowadays go for a couple hundred dollars a pop. However, only twelve white/cream versions have been confirmed so far, and all of them from the original ''Transformers'' "series 1" lineup. (It is also up for debate as to how many of the normal toys were available in gacha machines: the included paperwork does not say how many were available, and also shows Brown Gyro, a Beastformer not available in the RPG line... but we've already established that Takara's ''Beastformers'' paperwork is pretty unreliable so maybe even that "15 white Beasts" thing is incorrect and there were only ever 12.)

And finally... if you've been keeping track, you may have noticed that there are ''still'' two Beastformers missing from these lists. It does appear that, despite being in numerous checklists and whatnot across two different iterations of the line, even getting full "RPG" style bios, [[Scout Mouse]] and [[Yellow Camelus]] were ultimately never released in Japan.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Due to the manufacturing processes of the time, there are a ''lot'' of ''very'' minor variations for many toys in the Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' line, particularly in the first Series; most of these boil down to "slightly lighter/darker plastic tone" and "slightly glossier/matte paint". This is on top of the more immediately-obvious larger variants (largely found in Series 2), like changed armor colors. It's uncertain how many of these variants were also present in the ''Beastformers'' run, not helped by many of them appearing in ''Beastformer'' catalogs and other materials.
* At the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]], it was announced that Diamond Select, the producer of Minimates, bought the Battle Beasts [[trademark]]. [http://battlebeasts.blogspot.com/2010/02/battle-beasts-return-look-at-comic-con.html] In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] [http://battlebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/04/press-release-dump-diamond-select-toys.html released a ''Battle Beasts'' miniseries] based on the Minimates, completely unrelated to ''Transformers''... or the original ''Battle Beasts'', for that matter.
* TakaraTomy's ''[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/beastsaga/ Beast Saga]'' toyline shares many similarities to ''Beastformers'', including being set on Beast and featuring several returning characters, but is not considered a direct continuation of the latter. [http://www.saikyojump.com/topics-beast/index.html A manga] began serialization in ''Saikyo Jump'' in early 2012, and was adapted into [http://www.beastsaga.tv/ an anime] in January 2013, though the story is again unrelated to ''Transformers''.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Les Dragonautes''', '''Comba Nimaux''' (Canada)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Bestias Combate'''

==External links==
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1Lt0Tgm47d8GTpBwvGx32y6JqzKHVY408TwetdlHVg/edit?usp=sharing Google Doc of transcripts & translations of Beastformers bios & pack-in/packaging materials]
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/BattleBeasts/BattleBeasts1.html Battle Beasts info at Super Toy Archive]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5O26Dtubh0 Toy commercial on YouTube]

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Talk:Elite Guard

2022-02-06T00:42:52Z

DDog: /* Longarm */

==Untitled==
It's an offical term, comes form the episdoe guide. And in the card pics, you can clearly see Ultra Magnus and Ironhide bearing unique faction symbols.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=160160
:Yes, but you've put next to nothing in for us to ''base an article around''.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::Apart form the first known members, and their outranking Prime, there isn't any other info I kind find.
:::Then ''don't make an article about it''. If we jump the gun too much, it just looks bad.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
::::Delete it. If there's no information at the moment, there is no reason to make an article about it. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 00:39, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

== Pic caption ==

Okay, Big Hammer Bot (UM) is obviously "Thor", if I squint I can see Sentinel = "Cap", but I don't get "Flash"... - [[User:82.10.138.152|82.10.138.152]] 19:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

:It might be a personality thing. IDK. [[User:Kapu37|Kapu37]] 19:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
:: It goes like this:
::-Ultra Magnus = Strong and level headed leader tipe, with thunder hammer = Thor 
::-Sentinel Prime = Being blue, hot headed, having a shield = Captain America 
::-Jazz = Being the cool guy, being fast = Flash
::--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 22:22, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

==Main pic==

Should we change it to a screenshot of the Elite Guard Emblem? [[User:GWolfv2]]
:Yes, and move down the group photo.
:Also, The Flash is a DC character, not Marvel. --[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 22:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
::Glad you guys liked it. I tooled that up because that's the format we use them in on the [[insignia]] page (rather than grabbing straight from screenshots).--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:09, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

==Jazz is Iron Man, you clods.==
TONY STARK MAKES YOU FEEL
HE'S A COOL EXEC WITH A HEART OF STEEL
etc. (and yes, I know that if you want to be all wikipedia about it, ironhide is probably iron man, but whatever.) [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 20:51, 13 April 2008 (EDT)
:Hell naw man, Jazz is a sweet playa, like dat bad mutha, Luke Cage, foo'! --[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 19:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

==Elite Guard Membership==
Just my opinion, but until it is actually mentioned in the show that a character is a member of the Elite Guard, or there's another official source saying so, like a Hasbro Bio, the membership list shouldn't be messed with. Let's leave it at Thor, Captain America and The Black Panther for now. (besides, we'll need time to think up more superhero references).--[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 20:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
:Dunno, why not put on the newest info scrubs we could ever find? I mean, the TF Wiki is essetially supposed be the biggest TF info source. Also, Blurr could be Quicksilver.--[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 03:55, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

== Re-instatted ==

Doesn't Sentinel specifically talk about getting Optimus ''re-instated'' in the Guard? We should probably have him down as a former member. [[User:JW|JW]] 14:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

== "Prime" as indicator of Elite Guard inclusion ==

Is the claim that "The term "Prime" designated an officer's rank within the Elite Guard," really substantiated beyond circumstantial evidence? Longarm Prime, for example, is only called such in the cartoon (not on the toy), yet Derrick Wyatt tells us the Longarm is not a part of the Elite Guard. (On the other hand, Longarm ''is'' known to have attended boot camp with Bumblebee.) Anyway, with so few "Prime's" to chose from, it seems just as likely to me that "Prime" is what they call ''any'' group leader....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:28, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:It's a rank within the Cybertron military, and ''by extension'' that makes it a rank within the Elite Guard - but saying it's ''exclusively'' a rank within the EG is certainly '''not''' substantiated. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 19:04, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::I don't follow. In the real world, we have military, and there are elite forces within the military. But not all military are "elite."--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 12:14, 17 May 2009 (EDT)
::By the way, why was Ultra Magnus removed?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 23:01, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Because Sentinel Prime says in [[Decepticon Air]] that he'll have to '''step down''' from the EG to become acting Magnus. Ergo, the Magnus is not a member of the Elite Guard, but '''above''' it. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 07:23, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
:::But wasn't Ultra Magnus clearly stated to be a member of the Elite Guard? Is it possible that it's just a special circumstance for Sentinel?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 13:54, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
::::I see no cause for confusion. Whenever someone is uplifted to a new position--in this case, "leader"--their old position ("second-in-command") is vacated, and everybody moves up a step. It's as true for the Elite Guard as for any other organization. You can't be your own underling. I also question the removal of Ultra Magnus from this category. He's wearing the symbol, for goodness' sake. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 14:23, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::But if to serve in the Elite Guard is to serve directly underneath the Magnus, the Magnus *can't* be a member, since the Magnus can't serve under themselves!
:::::As for the symbol... it might be the Magnus' symbol, which the EG wear to signify they're under the Magnus' direct command. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 15:39, 17 May 2009 (EDT)

:Does the flashback in Endgame Part 1, whereby we learn that Optimus became Prime after his explusion from the Elite Guard, have any bearing on this?--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 12:13, 17 May 2009 (EDT)
::Optimus was made Prime after getting his own ship, making Prime sound like "Captain." - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:51, 17 May 2009 (EDT)

== Optimus is a former member? ==
Why is Optimus listed as a former member? I don't recall anything saying he was ever Elite Guard in the first place, or that he was "demoted" to the space bridge crew rather than simply assigned there. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 23:15, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:I can't be sure of the episode (I think [[Mission Accomplished]]) Sentinel says he can get Optimus ''reinstated'' in the Elite Guard. Just look around in the first part of Season Two where the EG appeared and you'll probably find it in the trivia.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 23:32, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Yet "The Arrival" issue 1 said Prime did not graduate from the Academy, meaning he couldn't have been EG.--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 14:32, 14 May 2009 (EDT)

=="Alleged"?==
"Arrival" also depicts Longarm wearing the EG symbol, and in Autoboot Camp he says he wants to be an EG intelligence officer... which is exactly where he ends up. I'm seeing an awful lot of "[[authorial intent|But Derrick said!]]" popping up in these discussions, and I really don't think that should be the be-all end-all when there are other actual published facts in dispute. I sure as heck think a packaging blurb outranks Twitter.--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 14:32, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
:You are right. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:51, 17 May 2009 (EDT)

==Blurr==
Blurr is clearly a former member. If it is revealed in a future episode that what we saw is not what we saw (Blurr getting incinerated), then he will probably have some recovery time before he is reinstated into active service. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:51, 17 May 2009 (EDT)

== Introduction ==
You know... considering this sucker has about four different versions going on now, at least one of which is going to keep getting new fiction for the foreseeable future, I'm wondering if the intro could use a bit of an overhaul, with some sub-intro action going on in the various sections. I'm just admittedly not sure how to tackle it. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 18:18, 13 April 2010 (EDT)
:After giving it some thought, I think what I'd probably be inclined to do is give a very simple, generic intro at top saying how it's an elite force that's usually made up of Autobots and blah blah, then split the page into a section for each continuity, with each section having its own more specific intro/history, Members, and Fiction subsections. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:35, 14 April 2010 (EDT)

== Members ==

Where did all the new membership information come from? I thought I saw a litho on deviantart or somewhere with all those guys, but I thought that was a fan-piece. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 12:54, 30 June 2010 (EDT)
: It was an official BotCon 2010 print. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:59, 30 June 2010 (EDT)
:: Interesting. I'll have to look at that spread again. Thanks! --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 14:27, 30 June 2010 (EDT)
::: That, and there was [http://www.allspark.com/index.php?set_albumName=BotCon_2010_Friday&id=DSC04542&option=com_gallery&Itemid=4&include=view_photo.php an official slide that named all of the members plus the names of the teams] (with "Halo" being deduced as referring to the Giant Autobot through process of elimination between the two sources). --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 16:11, 30 June 2010 (EDT)

==HFTD==
The HFTD online game at the Transformers site has two levels of training for each stat (speed, strength, skill and fireblast), with the second level qualifying you as "Elite". Finishing all four skills at Elite status adds the Elite Guard "wings" to your insignia-shaped rank symbol. All this being said, the term "Elite Guard" doesn't seem to be used anywhere. I feel like this should be incorporated, but before I do it, does anyone have any opinions on how? -[[User:LV|LV]] 13:14, 1 April 2011 (EDT)

== Remaining WOH Elite Guard guys ==

On [http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/botcon-2010-litho-168894761 the litho], which ones are Padlock, Clear Out, and Windsail? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:00, 28 January 2012 (EST)
:I see three guys that look like no one else in prior fiction, guys that look like Milne's typical spikey work. The top left, the blue bot, and the red, green, and yellow bot. Top right, blue, white, and yellow flier. Combined with the quote below the drawing. "these are all characters that are part of the elite guard in transformers. there are 3 that i had the chance to make up, only i have no idea what the guys at botcon will name them." [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 15:42, 28 January 2012 (EST)
::Yes, I'm aware that three in the litho are originals. (You are incorrect in identifying one: top left is [[Big Bang (G1)|Big Bang]]. The white Hubcap is the one you missed.) They were assigned the three names I gave. I just don't know which names correspond to which. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:48, 28 January 2012 (EST)
:::Clear Out is the red one, Windsail the blue one, Padlock the orange one. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 15:58, 28 January 2012 (EST)
::::D'oh. Forgot Orangy. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:28, 28 January 2012 (EST)

== Redirect Removal from Icon ==
I would like to inform anyone from Administration that the pages with the Elite Guard logo still have the redirection to when the page was called "Cybertron Elite Guard". Can anyone fix those please? That would be a real help.--[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 22:18, 29 September 2018 (EDT)

== Longarm ==

So was he a member or not? The "List" says he was but that "note" says he was not ([[User:AutoTrooper2801|AutoTrooper2801]] ([[User talk:AutoTrooper2801|talk]]) 18:39, 5 February 2022 (EST))
:Well... it's complicated, even though he isn't in the show, his bio says he is, making the bio a [[micro-continuity]] in which his is a part of the group.–[[User:DDog|DDog]] ([[User talk:DDog|talk]]) 19:42, 5 February 2022 (EST)

Junkyard (G1)

2022-02-05T18:28:46Z

DDog: /* Notes */

{{faction|junkion|unicron|autobot}}
{{disambigm|Junkyard (disambiguation)|Junkheap (disambiguation)}}
:''Junkyard is a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TFU-Junkyard-Junkion1-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|For a guy who doesn't like to fight, he sure is spiky.]]
'''Junkyard''' (aka '''Junkheap''') is the public face of [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] commerce. When other civilizations come to buy used and refurbished components, more likely than not they find themselves opposite his cheerful patter and easy smile.

Unlike most Junkions, whose ''non sequitur''-laced speech pattern is virtually unintelligible to outsiders, Junkyard limits himself to references whose meaning remains clear even to the uninitiated, and has sometimes (when stressed) even been known to speak in plain English.

Junkyard is notably good at identifying the needs of his customers in order to forge lifelong business relationships, as well as being a skilled technician. Direct combat is ''not'' his forte.

{{quote|A day without scrap metal is like a ''breakfast'' without ''sunshine!''|Junkyard loves his job|"[[Starscream's Ghost]]"}}

{{Note|Junkyard is one of the Junkions whose models are seen multiple times at once in various stories. It is therefore impossible to tell which model appearances represent Junkyard and which represent "[[Generic|Junkyard doubles]]", so for ease, they are all listed on this page.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English, movie) [[Jerry Houser]] (English, "Starscream's Ghost")|[[Francis Lax]] (European French)}}
[[File:TFTM-Junkyardmotorcycle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|[[Wasteoid Gamma|Some guy]]'s riding me in motorcycle mode! And if you look closely, you'll also see another me riding another me.]]
As Wreck-Gar and the Junkions made ready to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s crew of Autobots, Junkyard observed the intruders through binoculars, and directed the other Junkions aiming the [[Junk Gun]] at them. Before they could fire, the [[Decepticon]]s arrived to attack the Autobots instead, and in the wake of that battle, Junkyard joined Wreck-Gar's war party in striking at the Autobots directly, initially in motorcycle mode. [[Trashbin|His rider]] attacked [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] with an axe, which she retaliated by boring a rotating scythe into him. This sent them tumbling head-over-heels, but they restored from the damage just as quickly and
returned to the chase.

[[File:TFTM-JunkyardScrapheap.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey can I have one frame of me in robot mode where I'm not obscured by Wreck-Gar's gesturing, please? Is this it?]]

Junkyard was standing behind Wreck-Gar when the [[Autobot]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] made parley with the Junkions via the [[Universal greeting]], and took part in a spontaneous song-and-dance sequence to celebrate the alliance. After, he led a small group which gathered the remains of the fallen [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and restored him to life.

Wreck-Gar was speaking to Junkyard when Hot Rod's question about Galvatron's location resulted in the wildly popular decision to "destroy Unicron". He was also with Wreck-Gar on the bridge of the ''[[Minnow]]'' when Unicron crushed it. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Some time later, the exiled [[Decepticon]] [[Octane]] traveled the [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to pick up a load of used components, intending to transport them to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Junkyard's cheerful, garrulous demeanor irritated Octane, who believed (based on past experience) that the trader was trying to sell him more merchandise than he could actually transport. After being bid a friendly goodbye, Octane declared Junkyard a "jerk" under his breath and made a racial slur against all Junkions. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

Junkyard was among the Junkions hypnotized by the [[Quintesson]]s' subliminal messages and helped fight off various groups of (perceived) intruders until the Quintessons' practices were put to an end. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
Junkyard was in [[Iron Town]] when it was attacked by the [[Decepticon desperadoes]]. Luckily, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] was there to save the day. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
====Marvel UK future timelines====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
''When a group of Autobots first crash-landed on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], Junkyard, Scrapheap, and Wreck-Gar assumed the intruders had come about to steal their garbage. They rolled out some Junk Guns to deal with the trespassers, but never got a chance to use them; more Transformers showed up in short order and attacked the previous arrivals. These Decepticons took off after snatching away some [[Matrix of Leadership|bauble]] from the Autobots, and the Junkions once more readied themselves to attack. Then, a third group of Transformers landed, these ones carrying "[[Energon|tasty sticks]]" and speaking the [[universal greeting]]. The Junkions accepted the Autobots' peace-offerings, fixed up [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|one of their members]] who had gotten himself scrapped, and joined them in an attack on the planet-devouring [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Unicron was defeated and the Junkions were thereafter allies to the Autobots.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

Junkyard approached the <s>bounty hunter</s> ''freelance peace-keeper'' [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] during a pursuit on the Planet of Junk, attempting to hire him to liberate his people, who had fallen under the thrall of [[Unicron]]. Junkyard told Death's Head he shouldn't terminate his prey (renegade Decepticons [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]) if they could be used against Unicron, citing the old Junkion saying "Never waste '''raw materials'''."

Under Death's Head's direction Junkyard pretended to be one of the enthralled workforce and lay high explosives around Unicron's <s>foothold</s> headhold on the planet. However, as the trader approached Unicron, his mind was snared by Unicron's control and he was unable to lay the explosives. When Cyclonus and Scourge launched a diversionary attack, he broke free and attempted to warn off Death's Head. Unicron destroyed him for his trouble. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[File:Muk184 trader-snrk.jpg|thumb|Lying to Americans is so much ''fun''... hard to keep a straight face!]]
A few months later, Junkyard was present when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] tried to contact [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] for information about the missing [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], who had been abducted by the Quintessons. Junkyard had a hard time keeping a straight face as they blew smoke up Rodimus's demands for information, smirking smugly at [[Second-in-command Junkion|his overacting comrade]].

Shortly thereafter, Junkyard and his friend were waiting for Wreck-Gar on a small asteroid in the [[Delta Six Quadrant]]. The Junkions had intercepted the [[Quintesson Journal]] (lobbed in their direction by the missing Wreck-Gar some time ago) and had completed a jury-rigged setup to relay its contents via the [[Junkion World Service]].

The journal, documenting the Quintessons far-reaching plans of conquest for ''hundreds'' of inhabited worlds, utterly ruined the Quintessons reputation in the galaxy. Makes you wanna grin, doesn't it? {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====The Big Broadcast of 2006====
{{noteMarvelBB2006}}
When a school of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] descended on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and started mucking up the place, Wreck-Gar led his soldiers to drive them off, Junkyard among them. The next morning, the Junkions found a present left for them: a new television set! Unbeknownst to them, this set had been left behind by the Sharkticons' masters, the [[Quintesson]]s. Within its broadcasts was a subliminal message, pushing the Junkions into being overtly aggressive against outsiders and making them organize all of the garbage on their world.

Later, Junkyard looked on as Wreck-Gar redirected the subliminal broadcast back into outer space, resulting in several other warriors amassing in Junkion's orbit to duke it out between themselves. He joined in with his brethren in trying to shoot these invaders down until the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] began playing soothing music, which negated the broadcast's effects. Themselves once more, the Junkions ganged up against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to drive him and his Decepticons off their homeworld. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

===''Sticker Adventures'' books===
Junkyard, [[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]], and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] spotted [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] when he was scouting the area after he and a few of his colleagues had to make an emergency landing on the [[Junkion (planet)|Junk Planet]]. Impressed with his speed, the Junkions decided to rob him of his engine, which brought about a fight between the Junkions and [[Autobot]]s. Fortunately, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] located their missing allies, and rather than joined the battle, tested the friendly approach by offering the Junkions the [[Universal greeting|Universal Autobot greeting]] and an [[Energon Stick]]. The Junkions responded positive to this, befriending the Autobots, helping them fix their ship and eventually waving them good-bye. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsJunkheap.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
Junkheap participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character that could be recruited for 10 units of Cybermetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:Gen-toy Junkheap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Unlike [[Han Solo|Indiana]], ''not'' named after [[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|the dog.]]]]
*'''Junkheap''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
:*''Accessories'': Tailpipe/axe

: Part of the final ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' wave in 2011 (alongside [[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|Sky Shadow]]), "Junkheap" is a [[retool]] of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Wreck-Gar]] with a new head, transforming into a "junker" dirt bike. His tailpipe assembly transforms into a four-bladed battle-axe, which also has a [[C joint|3mm clip]]. Clips on his… well, groin are designed to tab into slots on the bike-mode's seat, meaning he can ride another one of this mold, mimicking the action of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Furthermore, the figure has tabs and sockets on his robot mode ankles that are ''supposed'' to connect to corresponding sockets and tabs of his bike mode to secure his feet, but this is done with very limited success as a result of some part interference. Additionally, the left side of his chest/shoulder assembly refuses to peg in properly in robot mode, a problem that persists with every redeco and retool of the figure.

: Junkheap appears to address several [[design flaw]]s customers encountered with Wreck-Gar that resulted in frequent breakage: The nubs on his rubber handlebars have been cut off at the factory level, allowing for the handles to be easily unhinged and moved to the sides of the gas tank manually during transformation. This is actually recommended in this instance, rather than relying on the automorph gimmick activated by pulling up the gas tank, as this (in combination with the uncut nubs) had resulted in the hinges connecting the handles to the gas tank breaking after just a few transformations.

: Additionally, Junkheap's head was originally supposed to feature a different eye/faux window/horn piece (depicted in the [[instructions|instruction]] art and used by the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Junkheap (SG)#Timelines|Junkheap]] redeco of the figure), with the faux-handlebar horns resembling cow-horn-shaped corkscrews, whereas the final toy uses [[Scrapheap (G1)#United|Scrapheap]]'s eye/faux window/horn piece, thus leaving him with unremarkable nubs for horns and an eye piece that does not appear to fit his face as intended. This ''might'' be a reaction to Wreck-Gar's horns ''also'' being prone to breaking.

:This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Junkheap/junkheap.htm More information on Junkheap at TFU.info]''
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-14-Deluxe-Junkyard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|With arm pieces acquired directly from his namesake!]]
*'''Junkheap''' (Voyager Class, [[2022]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-14'''
**''Accessories'': Front wheel shield (wide), back wheel shield (thin), four-bladed axe, "[[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] Dance Party" backdrop

: Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' "Junkheap" is a heavy retool of Voyager Class [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Studio Series|Wreck-Gar]], replacing the head, upper chest, and lower arms from the original release. Sadly, no nipples. It's worth mentioning that the retooled arm piece (included to compromise between animation models) adds a rotatable wheel guard piece, thus giving Junkheap's bike mode a more complete-looking footrest than Wreck-Gar's.

: Junkheap comes with the same two spiky shields as Wreck-Gar, which can attach to ports on his forearms or the sides of his knees in robot mode or form his wheels when in motorcycle mode. Junkheap also comes with Wreck-Gar's four-bladed axe, which can either be stored on his back or held in his hand. Much like the above ''Generations'' release, one Junkheap can ride another Junkheap/Wreck-Gar's alternate mode, although the riding figure is somewhat out of scale compared to the motorcycle-mode figure, which is more [[:File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Hot-Rod-riding-Wreck-Gar.jpg|suited towards Deluxe-scale figures]] such as [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' Hot Rod]]. While his wheels are capable of spinning, the studs on them mean that they are more likely to scrape if pushed along a hard surface so care should be taken to avoid scratching the figure.

: Junkheap's arm shields are based on the unfinalized model drawn by [[Floro Dery]], which appeared in season 3 of the Generation 1 cartoon. The rest of him appears to be a mix between the finalized [[Toei Animation|Toei]] model and the unfinalized Dery model.

: Unfortunately, due to trademark reasons, Junkyard has once again been given the name "Junkheap", much like the [[#Generations|''Generations'' figure above]].

: Like all other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a display backdrop.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:JunkyardG1-altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|'''Left:''' Junkyard's pre-final model by Floro Dery. '''Right:''' Junkyard's finalized model by Toei.]]
*Junkyard, along with [[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]], is one of two non-[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] Junkions to have a full [[character model]], including an [[alternate mode]], developed for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and are present in almost every Junkion crowd scene. This is because the pair were the only two Junkions with dedicated speaking lines in the film's script: after the Junkions first appear, and make ready the [[Junk Gun]], Junkyard, voiced by [[Michael Bell]] says "Yeah!", while Scrapheap, voiced by [[Frank Welker]], says "Yeah, or your money back!" (though the animation doesn't actually show their mouths moving). Internally, the pair were referred to only as "Junkion 1" and "Junkion 2" respectively, identified as such in both the movie's dialogue script and in the 1986 ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' profile book, though within the film's credits, the two actors are credited only as playing an un-numbered "Junkion."
*Like all new characters designed for the film, Junkyard has two character models: the original, as designed by [[Floro Dery]], seen at the top of this article, and a refined, finalized model created by [[Toei Animation]] based on Dery's design (portions of which were recycled for the generic Junkion characters [[HAZMAT]], [[Greasestain]], [[Wasteoid Gamma]], and [[Ashtray]]). Rightly, Junkyard only appears with the finalized model in the film itself, but both the Marvel comic and subsequent episodes of the cartoon would use the early Dery model.
*There are at least three Junkyards! He's easy to spot in crowd scenes when in robot mode-- just look for the yellow forearms! They change to a rusty salmon color in motorcycle mode, however.
*Junkyard's appearance in "[[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber]]" uses his finalized Toei model, but with a color more reminiscent of his Dery model.
*Over time, "Junkion 1" has consistently been shown conducting or discussing trade with non-Junkions, probably because his design is the 'friendlier' of the two.
*The name "Junkyard" comes from the ''[[Transformers: The Complete Ark]]'' book, and was suggested in part by one of the original model artists. Only the original Dery model was included in the book.
*Junkyard's finalized character model was recolored as at least one [[generic]] who is [[:File:TFTM-Junkion-color-variant.jpg|seen welding]] the interior of the ''[[Minnow]]'', while the original Dery design was used as several generics in the "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" and two generics in the [[Marvel Comics|UK Marvel]] comic, "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]".

*Presumably, the reason his toys are called "Junk''heap''," are due to [[Hasbro]]'s desire to not have characters from ''Transformers'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' share names, and there is already a long-established "[[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|Junkyard]]" in ''Joe''. It's happened [http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/shockblast.shtml before].

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Wreck_Gar "Junkion 1" as part of Wreck-Gar's Universe profile]

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Home video

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{{factions|vhs|betamax|laserdisc|dvd|hddvd|blu-ray|worldwide}}
{{disambigr|DVD|the Decepticon battle fleet|Decepticon Vengeance Division}}
Since the beginning of the franchise, Transformers fans have had to deal with the problem of what to do between episodes of their favorite program. For almost as long a period of time, home video distributors have attempted to fill that void with compilations of older episodes.

*[[The Transformers (cartoon)/home video|''The Transformers'']] (Generation 1)
**[[The Transformers: The Movie#Commercial releases|''The Transformers: The Movie'']]
**[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)#Home video releases|''The Headmasters'']]
**[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Super-God Masterforce'']]
**[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Victory'']]
***[[Omni Productions#Home video releases|Omni Productions dubs]]
**[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!#Home video releases|''Zone'']]
**[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Generation 2'']]
*[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Beast Wars'']]
**[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Beast Wars II'']]
**[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Beast Wars Neo'']]
**[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers#Home video releases|''Beast Wars Special'']]
*[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Beast Machines'']]
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)#Home video releases|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)]]
*[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Armada'']]
*[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Energon'']]
*[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)#Home video releases|''Cybertron'']]
*[[Transformers (film)/home video|''Transformers'' (film)]]
*[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|''Transformers Animated'']]
*[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)/home video|''Revenge of the Fallen'']]
*[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)/home video|''Transformers: Prime'']]
*[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)/home video|''Dark of the Moon'']]
*[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)/home video|''Rescue Bots'']]
*[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)/home video|''Age of Extinction'']]
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)/home video|''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)]]
*[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)#Home video release|''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns'']]
*[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)/home video|''The Last Knight'']]
*[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)/home video|''Cyberverse'']]
*[[Bumblebee (film)/home video|''Bumblebee'']]

{{see|Pack-in material#CD-ROMs and DVDs}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
[[File:Starscream Vardia red.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He only did this because [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] went with Blu-Ray.]]
*'''Starscream Vardia Red Model''' (Toshiba exclusive Voyager Class, [[2007]])
**''Accessories:'' Six missiles

: In a joint venture by [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] Home Entertainment Japan and electronics giant {{w|Toshiba}}, [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Vardia|Starscream Vardia Red Model]] is an exclusive redeco of the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 movie]] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Starscream]] only available with Toshiba's new ''Vardia'' RD-A301 HD DVD recorder. The package also comes with an HD-DVD copy of ''Transformers'', five HD DVD-R and five DVD-R discs.

:Starscream Vardia Red Model is '''extremely''' red, with some gold, a little black and Toshiba ''Vardia'' markings on his hull. With the player costing 100,000 yen (over $900 USD) at the time, this may be the most expensive ''Transformers'' exclusive to be released in relatively large quantities.

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Starscream (G1)

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DDog: /* References */ In the N64 Transmetals game, he gains a Transmetal body based on Waspinator.

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Starscreamg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle.]]
'''Starscream''' is the treacherous Decepticon [[Air Commander]] and the deadliest of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. The self-proclaimed pride of the [[Cybertron War Academy]], he's famous not only for his incredible skill, but also for his limitless (and troublesome) ambition. Starscream believes that he is more suited for command than [[Decepticon leader]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Thankfully for Megatron, Starscream's mutinous, power-grabbing plots are almost always transparent, and he can never muster up enough patience to complete a grandiose power play. Even on the few times he has taken command of the Decepticons, he quickly loses control of a situation, but is too arrogant to realize when he's in over his head. He never learns from his mistakes, but then again, Megatron doesn't either, seeing as how he's never turned Starscream into [[Slag (slang)|slag]]. Despite his constant failures, Starscream believes it is only a matter of time before he prevails—his destiny is inevitable.

Starscream's never-give-up attitude extends even to the afterlife: unlike most Transformers, he has a mutant, indestructible [[spark]]. His life-force cannot be destroyed and can persist even without a body to contain it. However, there is no indication that Starscream (or anybody else) was aware of this fact prior to his destruction.

{{bigquote|''Why?'' That's what they ''all'' asked me. Why him... why ''Starscream''? Why, of all the Decepticons, did I decide to revitalize the one whose record of deceit and betrayal is ''legend''? Because I'm an ''idiot'', that's why!|Megatron on Starscream|"[[Total War!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:ClubCon flyme.jpg|left|thumb|Quickly! To the traitor-mobile!]]
{{Main|Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
Formally the political figurehead of the city-state of [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], Starscream sat ill in his position in the Decepticon ranks, but never posed a real threat to [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in their early days, delivering only the occasional snipe or criticism that the Decepticon leader would be quick to put down with a show of force. Deactivated following a battle with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Starscream spent several years in stasis, but once reactivated, he quickly ingratiated himself with the new Decepticon leader [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and through information gained from him was able to obtain the cosmic power of the [[Underbase]]. After going on a legendary rampage across Earth and slaying dozens of Transformers, Starscream himself was destroyed by the Underbase's unstoppable energies, but his corpse was recovered and brought back to life by Megatron as a mindless [[Pretender]]. Regaining his faculties thanks to [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]]'s sabotage, Starscream joined [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s Decepticon cell on Earth, but his new powers led him to be feared and hated by his fellow Decepticons, even more than usual, and he proceeded to break away and help [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] start a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Teleported to Cybertron to face the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], Starscream fled the planet aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and was knocked offline again when it crashed to [[Earth]] for a second time. Years later, Megatron defied common sense by once more reactivating him to join in his attempt to retake command of the Decepticons, and unsurprisingly, Starscream betrayed Megatron to [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in order to briefly gain control of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. The scamp!
{{--}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Tud3 starscream smirkiest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"So if I beat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|you]], will I become the chief Decepticon?"
"More people have said that and were sent offline than there are Energon decay products."]]
{{main|Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
{{quote|He never knows when to quit.|Dead End|"[[Starscream's Brigade]]"}}

A former scientist who joined the Decepticons with gusto after the loss of his friend [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], Starscream quickly decided that [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s leadership was old and outdated, and that he was the one who should be in charge. Cue nine million years of backstabbing, treachery, cowardice, coups and general disobedience, which continued when the war moved from Cybertron to Earth. In fact, it was Starscream's refusal to listen to Megatron that kept the war going, when a petty parting blast that he delivered to the Autobot's crashed starship jostled the body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] into the path of [[Teletraan I]]'s restoration beam. Starscream's scheming was a constant throughout the Earth conflict, and it culminated in his expulsion from the Decepticon ranks, following which he created the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to serve as his personal army, only to have them turn on him, forcing him to rejoin Megatron's ranks.

Even in death, Starscream was unstoppable. Following Megatron's climactic battle with Optimus Prime in [[2005]], Starscream set his commander's battered body adrift in space and promptly appointed himself the new Decepticon leader. In the midst of a grandiose coronation ceremony, however, Megatron returned, recreated as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] by the power of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], and promptly blasted Starscream to ashes. Surprisingly, Starscream's lifeforce persisted as a [[ghost]], which continued to bedevil the Transformers, even across the gulf of time.
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Catching the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] flying on route from the Antarctic towards the Autobots’ headquarters, Starscream and the rest of the Decepticon superjets attacked them in mid-air. After damaging [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], Starscream and the rest of the Decepticons broke off their attack. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Starscream and the other Decepticon jets took part in a series of hit-and-run attacks on Autobot superjet forces around the Pacific Rim to draw attention away from their operations on the island of [[Buru]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}

===Deadly Paradise===
[[File:DeadlyParadise Windcharger kills Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sy-Yjk-jtg YOU. SHOULD HAVE LET ME SLEEP!!]"]]
Starscream was stationed on [[Carob Island]], where the Decepticons had set up a mining and construction operation. Using a rare ore from the island, the Decepticons were building duplicate Autobots loyal only to Megatron. When a squad of captured Autobots escaped from their force cages, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and Starscream attempted to subdue them. Starscream was killed when [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] used his magnetic powers to pulverize Starscream's head into scrap. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Starscream participated in a Decepticon assault on the Autobots, only to be once more beaten back. Under Megatron's orders, the Decepticons then lay low for several days, lulling the Autobots into a false sense of security. The Decepticons then stole the entirety of the Autobots’ fuel supply and attacked them once more. But Optimus, having anticipated a trick on the Decepticons’ part, arrived at the battlefield with a new supply of fuel for his troops. After sustaining too much damage, the Decepticons were forced to retreat once again. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

Starscream attacked an Autobot construction site that Optimus and his troops were using to fix up a spaceship. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Starscream was one of Megatron's most vicious fighters. He was involved in Megatron's scheme to take over the Earth by holding millions of humans hostage. When Megatron feigned a friendly demeanor after the Autobots had invaded the Decepticon base, Starscream stood by his leader's side. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Starscream loved to follow Megatron's orders. (!) {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}} Megatron considered Starscream to be one of his "secret weapons" alongside Thundercracker. Starscream was in attendance at the Decepticons' latest meeting in their war room. There, Megatron explained his latest scheme; by salvaging sunken treasure in the waters near Alaska, the Decepticons would finance factories that would build a Decepticon army. Starscream and Thundercracker maintained a high altitude above the other Decepticons as they retrieved the treasure. Megatron called upon them when a squad of Autobots attempted to ambush the Decepticons. The Decepticons were ultimately defeated when one of Rumble's earthquakes backfired, and swallowed up all of the Decepticons (yes, even the flying ones...) {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

After Megatron has constructed his own prison for the Autobots, Starscream and the other Decepticons were tasked with rounding their enemies up. He and Thundercracker employed [[Sleep Net]]s to capture Bluestreak and Sideswipe. As the Decepticons incarcerated the Autobots, Starscream expressed concerned that they had missed one; Bumblebee was nowhere to be found. Megatron dismissed Starscream's concerns, stating that Bumblebee was too small to cause any trouble. Then Bumblebee tricked all of the Decepticons in leaving the prison unattended, and freed his comrades. Starscream and Thundercracker were shot out of the sky by Sideswipe and Bluestreak upon the Autobots' escape. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Megatron ordered Starscream to patrol "every inch of the Earth" in order to find a factory suitable for constructing a Decepticon army. Starscream wound up in orbit, and found no factories, only a few communication satellites. Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp then happened upon an "Autobot Factory," and began attacking it. After repeatedly bombing the factory yielded no results, an enraged Megatron led his troops to tare the factory down with their bare hands. As it turns out, the factory had been a hologram all along, and the Decepticons barely avoided tumbling down the hole it concealed when Ravage attacked Mirage, who was projecting the illusion. The Decepticons then battled the Autobots, and Starscream was caught in Huffer's crushing grip. He surrendered to the Autobot immediately. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}}

Decepticons was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to harm Buster and Sparkplug Witwicky, only to be repelled by the Autobots when the Decepticons began running low on fuel. He later joined his fellow Decepticons on their attack on the Hoover Dam. They were repelled once more by the heroic robots. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Upon spotting a convoy of Autobots moving towards the Decepticons stronghold, Starscream and two other seekers mobilized themselves and attacked them. Huffer attempted to attack Starscream, but the Decepticon air commander was too fast for the land-bound Autobot... That is, until Windcharger stepped in and used his magnetic powers to pull Starscream within easy reach. Starscream and the rest of the Decepticons were forced to abandon their stronghold when the Autobots used their own [[Molecular transfer device]] against them, draining the Decepticons of their fuel in the process. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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The urge to build a Decepticon factory came upon Megatron once more, and he ordered Starscream to clear a forest of its "stupid trees" to make room for one. Coincidently, the Autobots were vacationing in that very same forest, and confronted the Decepticons on their deforestation. Starscream took to the air to better fight against the Autobots, but was driven away by Optimus's Combat Deck. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

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Starscream joined Galvatron in a mission to steal oil from [[Oil Valley]]. Once they were in the oil drilling area however, Soundwave informed them that he had detected Autobot activity nearby. Hoping to take their enemies by surprise, Starscream and Dirge took to the air. Starscream and Dirge then encountered the Dinobots and fought against them. Starscream was taken out of the fight when Grimlock grabbed him out of the sky. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Starscream fought the Autobots over possession of it. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Starscream was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. When the Decepticons reawakened, they attempted to destroy the Ark, only for its automatic defences to deflect their firepower. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. When the Decepticons returned only to find the Ark deserted, Megatron became suspicious and split his troops into two attack squads. Starscream was part of the second squad, which attacked the Autobots after the first. Starscream delivered the most damage on the Decepticons’ side, short-circuiting Optimus with his null-rays. With the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, they were forced to retreat, vowing that the battle had just begun {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

[[File:DecepticonsCarShow.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I have no idea what colors I am!]]
Starscream and his fellow Seekers performed a threatening flyby over the Autobots' headquarters in order to distract the heroic robots while the other Decepticons stole a tanker of [[oil]] that would give them the power to rule the world. Thanks to [[Shooting Star]], the Autobots got wise to the Decepticons' tactics and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] blew up the villains by dropping missiles on them. Starscream arrived on the scene to spitefully blow up the [[oil tanker]] so that no one could have it, then he and his fellow airborne Decepticons carried off the remains of their fallen comrades. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

Starscream was part of the battle that resulted when the Autobots came to rescue the mind-controlled [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] from the Decepticons' clutches. When Grapple was freed from the effects of the [[cerebro-shell]] controlling him, he kicked Megatron over on top of Starscream and Skywarp, winning the day. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

At some point in the future, when Galvatron had taken leadership of the Decepticons, Starscream suggested to his leader that he create a city of his own to gather energy, as the Autobots did with their Autobot City. Galvatron decided to go about it in the most circular way possible, by stealing a robot car on display at a car show that night and duplicating its circuitry to create an army of drones to build said city. While investigating the Decepticons' presence at the show, Kup was captured by Starscream. When the Autobots arrived in response, Starscream threatened Kup's life to stay their hands, but luckily, Hot Rod soon saved Kup, and the Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Starscream ladybird books.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Toy-accurate art makes Starscream ANGRY!]]
A brash and aggressive character, Starscream was constantly running up against the older, smarter Megatron. He once convinced Rumble to help him attack and destroy an Autobot tower (believed to be for communications) against Megatron's orders. In the process, he caused Megatron and the other Decepticons to come get him back. (They arrived ''just'' as he was slagging off Megatron.) Since that tower was actually used for channeling lightning storms into power, the entire Decepticon team was viciously injured by an electric surge due to his disobedience. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Starscream later tried to overthrow Megatron when the commander was off on a mission and requested the other Decepticons rendezvous with him. Starscream's act of rebellion was to blow up the building he thought Megatron was in and declare himself leader. Megatron turned out to be standing behind him, and he gave Starscream a valuable lesson on leadership (i.e., told him how dumb that was whilst punching him). {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Starscream grew frustrated with Megatron constantly testing out new technology instead of implementing it. He complained that if the Decepticons were under his command, they would have already completed the construction of their ship and be on their way back to Cybertron. His argument with Megatron was interrupted when it was discovered that Bumblebee was spying on them. Some time later, Starscream was one of the Decepticons assembling their ion drive when their assembly lab was discovered by the Autobots once more. Starscream was knocked away when Jazz pushed a train cart through the construction site. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

When Megatron was bemoaning the fact that time and again the Autobots had foiled his plans, Starscream pointed out to him that every enemy had a weak spot that could be exploited. Megatron agreed, and posited that the Autobots' human friend was their weakness. Starscream volunteered to exterminate the fleshling, but Megatron tasked Laserbeak with studying mankind instead. Starscream laughed at his leader's decision, declaring that Megatron had grown soft in his old age. Megatron assured his subordinate that he was old because he was ''hard''. During his investigation, Laserbeak was disabled by flying headlong into electrical cables, baffling Starscream over how the humans could have built such a devastating "zero magnetism energy mechanism." He, Soundwave and Megatron headed out to rescue Laserbeak, now "captive" in his cassette form to a human child. Laserbeak escaped on his own and rejoined his teammates, with an angry mob on his trail. Starscream was gung-ho to slaughter the humans en masse, but Megatron had him stay his hand once again. The Decepticons were soon distracted by the Autobots, and due to a series of misunderstandings, came to believe that a windmill was some sort of advanced weapon. They destroyed the windmill, but were buried in its rubble as it collapsed. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] time-travelled to the 20th Century and took command, Starscream served under him. He'd learnt his lesson since the early days, not trying to overthrow his commander ''once''. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}
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===The Special Teams===
Starscream was equipped with an [[Electronic Pulse Gun]]. Starscream participated in a battle against the Autobots in the [[Burma ruby mines]], where he was able to squirrel away a stash of Energon cubes during the confusion.

The Decepticons' war efforts on Earth suffered greatly due to Starscream's self-interest and childish behaviour, despite Megatron's frequent reprimands. He once attempted to assassinate Megatron, but was met with failure. Starscream was sent by Megatron to fetch the Stunticons from Cybertron in order to counter the Aerialbots, but failed to report back after accomplishing his task. While the Stunticons had rejoined the main Decepticon forces, Starscream had taken off towards the Pacific. There, he mulled over his failure to take over the Decepticons. Starscream landed on a remote Pacific island, only to discover several military vehicles in the island's forest. Using his stash of Energon cubes, he transformed these military vehicles into the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. Now ready to implement his latest coup, Starscream came into communication with Megatron, who ordered him to rendez-vous near a human power plant, as the Decepticons were preparing to raid it. Starscream did not meet with Megatron, but instead sent in the Combaticons ahead of himself. As they merged into Bruticus to take on the Autobots gestalts guarding the place, Starscream watched from afar. He ordered Bruticus to concentrate on Defensor, only for the Decepticon gestalt to be subsequently defeated by his opponent. Starscream then began bombarding Defensor with his artillery. The Aerialbots then separated to give chase after Starscream while Defensor took over the fight against Menasor. Outnumbered, Starscream took off. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
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Starscream was annoyed when Megatron called off the attack on the Autobots which he was leading, and instead instructed him to scout out Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]]'s solar plant. So annoyed was Starscream, that when he got to the plant and saw the Autobots there, he attacked them anyway. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wounded him before an enraged Megatron ordered him to call off the attack, and Starscream and his fellow seekers retired to a location a mile away. Megatron told him off for endangering the solar plant and ordered him to stay there while the other Decepticons went to secure the plant. Partway through the battle, Starscream pointed out to Megatron that the reactor had become too damaged to use, and he should probably retreat. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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Megatron worked out a plan to abduct human air travelers by disguising the jets as commercial airliners. Starscream requested he lead the mission to [[Phoenix International]], and was duly welded into a fake airliner body. When he, Skywarp and Bombshell reached the airport, they found it completely empty, so they headed for the warehouse where the previously-obtained hostages were being held, only to find that there was an Autobot welcoming committee waiting for them. Starscream soon discovered that he was welded too securely into the fake airliner body and was unable to transform or use his weapons. The Decepticon squad was forced to retreat. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
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{{quote|You are a born leader, Starscream; Not only handsome, but clever.|Starscream|[[Espionage!!!!!]]}}
Starscream was one of the group of Decepticons who followed the Autobots to [[South America]], and undermined Megatron's leadership whenever possible. The Decepticons attempted to attack the Autobots as the latter were examining [[Mount Sheelah]], only for the volcano to erupt, trapping them with lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} Starscream took part in the kidnapping on [[human]]s for use as slave labor. When [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] stole the Decepticons' [[global crystal]], Starscream pursued him, but failed to locate the Autobot, and the Decepticons were forced to release their slaves. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Flying over the [[Scranner Mountain Range]], Starscream's patrol spotted [[Stanley Lake]] dam, prompting the Decepticons to take it over. Their invasion was again foiled by the Autobots who used the power of the dam against them. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}}

During a meeting of the high-ranked Decepticons, Starscream volunteered to infiltrate the Autobots as a spy. His story about Megatron having a list of Decepticons to bump off after victory was achieved appeared to work, and Starscream was accepted into the Autobot ranks. They even showed him the [[Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System]] they'd developed, which would be hidden on [[Mount Levram]]. After Starscream reported back to the Decepticons by radio, he found himself being placed under the guard—the Autobots hadn't been taken in at all, and when the Decepticons all went to level Mount Levram, the Autobots destroyed their base. Starscream was let go afterwards, but faced a difficult time explaining how he'd been duped. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Peril from the Stars===
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Behind the backs of the other Decepticons, Starscream recruited [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to help him capture the [[Los Palmos observatory]] and its staff [[Jack Richards|Jack]] and [[Sue Richards]] in order to track a weapons pod that had been launched from Cybertron. These weapons woud allow Starscream to defeat the other Transformers and conquer the Earth. It was only thanks to the intervention of the Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (with [[you]]r help) that his plans for global domination were thwarted. {{storylink|Peril from the Stars}}

{{note|As "Peril from the Stars" is a [[multipath adventure]], Starscream's plans are not necessarily thwarted. If you choose the wrong path through the book you and Jazz could end up being killed by Bombshell, and Starscream presumably then goes on to conquer the world.}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
Starscream was one of many Decepticons at a somewhat premature victory bonfire celebration atop [[Mount Lomas]] after four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s had joined their forces, courtesy of Bombshells [[cerebro-shell]]s, and ''reportedly'' crippled the Autobot ranks, assuring the success of Operation Black Coral. Suddenly, their new recruits turned against them, prompting Starscream to fire his laser at [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], which merely bounced the beam straight back and melted his gun. The Autobots emerged victorious that evening, though Starscream's fate is unclear.

Apparently he should have used his cluster-bombs instead, since an alternate path in that same micro-continuity nexus led him to blow [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] to smithereens with just one of them, ensuring Operation Black Coral's success. That's more impressive than it sounds, since Seaspray was a huge destroyer with at least two passengers at the time. Seriously, he was! {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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Starscream and Blitzwing had been instructed by Megatron to wreak havoc and destroy the humans' wheat and corn farmland. They were meant to let the Autobots overhear that the Decepticons were planning to force the humans into starvation if they did not become Decepticon slaves, their true plan was a much more practical one. The two jets were to lure the Autobots into the open country, where they would have no cover against the flying Decepticons, and thus would be easy pickings.

In one possible sequence of events, Bumblebee happened upon the duo, and was able to take out Blitzwing with a sucker punch. Not having seen Blitzwing being taken out when it happened, Starscream panicked and pleaded for reinforcements over the radio, only to have his bravado returned to him when spotting the lone little Autobot. Laughing at his foe, Starscream dropped a barrage of [[cluster bomb]]s onto Bumblebee before nearly downed himself when the Autobot flung a bail of hay into one of Starscream's engines. At that moment, Starscream's reinforcements arrived in the form of Bombshell, and Bumblebee was forced to retreat.

If Bumblebee attempted to escape through the burning cornfield nearby, Starscream manages to stun him with his null rays, leaving the little Autobot to his mercies.

If Bumblebee fled back to a nearby town, the Autobot would manage to evade Starscream and Bombshell by ducking into a smokescreen emanating from a nearby burning field. Starscream wasn't able to spot Bumblebee hiding in the used-car parking lot nearby, but nonetheless transformed to [[robot mode]] and loudly had a conversation over his radio with Megatron, discussing their "plan" to force the humans into slavery or starvation. His ruse worked, as Bumblebee was within earshot.

In the event that the Autobots never showed up to stop the Decepticons, Starscream continued to burn acres of farmland.

If events unfolded a certain way, the Decepticons would learn that Sparkplug had discovered a fatal flaw in Decepticon circuitry, and Starscream would join the bulk of the Decepticon forces in hunting down the human to a cave in the mountains. At this point, Swoop was able to sneak up on the Decepticons while they were focused on the cave's entrance, and the Dinobot blasted Starscream out of the sky, and sent him crashing into the side of a mountain. Starscream survived the impact and remained with the Decepticon squadron. In one possible turn of events, Optimus and the Autobot cavalry arrived on-scene and forced the Decepticons to flee.

In a completely different possible series of events, Starscream was amongst a vast army of Decepticons that attacked Optimus's small squadron of Autobots, who had been lured into open farmland by Megatron's ploy.

In the event that Optimus separated from his squadron to provide cover fire, Starscream was one of the ten Decepticons who ganged up on the Autobot leader. If Jazz returned to rescue his commanding officer, Starscream was blasted away by a shot of Optimus's [[laser rifle]]. The Autobots managed to get away in the end however.

In many other versions of these events, Starscream was presumably amongst the immense Decepticon forces who managed to destroy the Autobots without much fanfare. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
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When Kickback spied Autobot activities in an underground cave and came to know of the Sun-Pak, an energy device created by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug, he opened communications with Decepticon headquarters to inform Megatron of his findings, only to be answered by Starscream. Convincing the Insecticon to relay his findings to him, Starscream saw the Sun-Pak as an opportunity to take control of the Decepticons from Megatron. Leading a squadron of Decepticons to Kickback's location, Starscream began attacking the Autobots, demanding their surrender lest he and his Decepticons bury the Autobots underneath the crumbling cave's rubble. He was met with different fates depending on how Optimus Prime responded to his threats.

In the event that the Autobots decided to stand their ground and fight, Optimus noted Starscream's difficulty in flying in the small underground cave. This in turn would open two possibilities for the Autobot leader; order his Autobots to concentrate their firepower on Starscream or continue fighting all of the Decepticons Starscream brought into the fray equally.

If Starscream suddenly found himself the sole target of the Autobots' weapons, the Decepticon began to panic, and became unable to relay orders to the troops under his command. Under constant fire, Starscreams began to beg for mercy from his opponents.

If Optimus accepted Starscream's surrender, this only led to Starscream dying at Thundercracker's hand, as Thundercracker derided Starscream for his cowardice, and blasted him to death. If, however, Optimus continued to attack Starscream despite his pleas, Starscream owed his survival to Thundercracker's action, as a sonic boom from his subordinate allowed Starscream the opening to kidnap Sparkplug, and order a retreat from his Decepticons, all the while gloating that he would take control of the Decepticons for himself. Hiding out in a plane museum while in his [[alternate mode]], Starscream awaited the cover of night to attempt coercing Sparkplug into building a Sun-Pak for the Decepticons. Calling on Bombshell, Starscream informed the human that he would build the energy device either of his own volition, or thanks to the mind-controlling abilities of Bombshell's Cerebro-Shells.

In the event that Blaster and Buster, who had tracked down Starscream unbeknownst to him, had traded to Megatron an audio-clip of Starscream's gloats, revealing Starscream's plan to overthrow his leader, Megatron arrived on scene and berated the seeker for his clandestine activities. Starscream attempts to lie his way out of the situation, explaining that he only ever planned to use the Sun-Pak to benefit Megatron himself. Bombshell does not corroborate Starscream's story, leaving Megatron to give Starscream an ultimatum; either face the full force of the Decepticon army by himself, or return to Decepticon headquarters for reprogramming. Starscream chooses the later.

If Blaster and Buster did not complete an agreement with Megatron, the Decepticon leader arrives on-scene nonetheless, but allows Starscream to go through with his plan of mind-controlling Sparkplug. All of his machinations are for nought, however, as the Cerebro-Shell inadvertently damages Sparkplug's memory, making it impossible for him to produce the device for the Decepticons.

If Buster, Blaster and Bumblebee formulate a plan together to snatch Sparkplug from the Decepticons' clutches, it is Starscream himself who falls prey to the Cerebro-Shell. Hit by Blaster's Electro-Scrambler, Bombshell misses his mark, and Starscream becomes a mentally malleable moron. Convinced by Blaster that the Autobots are his masters, Starscream releases his captive, and allows the humans and Autobots to escape while an infuriated Bombshell attempts to convince Starscream of his true allegiance. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
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True to form, Starscream schemed to overthrow Megatron in the middle of the Decepticon leader's latest attempt at destroying the human race. This time around, he had convinced Soundwave to join in his insurrection, promising that the two of them would lead the Decepticons jointly. Unbeknownst to Starscream, the Autobot Cosmos was spying upon them, and learned all about Starscream's plot.

In the event that Cosmos relayed this information to Megatron, the Decepticon leader became enraged and confronted the pair. The Decepticons subsequently began fighting amongst themselves, leaving the Autobots to their own devices.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, Megatron, Starscream, Thrust and Dirge captured Beachcomber and Buster as the pair were frantically searching the Decepticons’ base for the captured human Jessie. The prisoners were then taken to Megatron's lab so that the Decepticon leader could torture the pair by showing them the destruction of Center City via a view screen.

In another possible turn of events, where the human Jessie was brainwashed into being loyal to the Decepticons, Starscream had the honour of playing jailor to the heroic robots, after the girl had lured them into a trap. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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In one possible sequence of events, Starscream accompanied Megatron in order to take out the recently poisoned Autobots. They found themselves fighting against the now-cured Autobots, but gained the upper hand early in the fight nonetheless. They were nonetheless force into a retreat when Optimus led a second squad of Autobots into battle.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Starscream and the others were then quickly defeated.

In another possible scenario, Starscream was led by Ramjet in a full-scale Decepticon assault. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots managed to weaponize the tainted fuel, and ignited it before their base, catching Starscream in the toxic smoke that billowed out. Starscream then crashed close to the raging inferno bellow, and begun to melt into a putrid puddle of metal.

In completely different possible series of events, Ramjet and Starscream had the bad habit of loudly gloating about the Decepticons’ plan to enslave the human race, unawares that there might be Autobot spies lurking in the shadows nearby. He also took amusement in kicking around the mutated rats that scuttled about the Decepticons’ poison lab.

If the Autobots snuck up on the two Decepticons, Starscream and Ramjet were quickly overpowered and forced to watch as the Autobots destroyed the lab. Optimus then gloated to the pair, telling them that the Autobots would soon be back in full fighting force, before driving off.

In a possible later scenario, Starscream was one of the many Decepticons present at the water supply facility, about to poison it when the Autobots arrived on-scene. In one possible scenario that followed, he was shot down by the Autobots, creating his own grave in the charred earth bellow. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Starscream took part in a Decepticon mission to take over Earth's communication satellites. He was aboard Astrotrain when the Decepticon shuttle was performing an ammunitions delivery to the Decepticons’ ship out in Earth orbit.

If Bumblebee and Hot Rod had infiltrated Astrotrain, Starscream happened upon the pair, but was fooled by their disguises, as the two Autobots were garbed in Decepticon space gear. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

====The Invisibility Factor====
In one possible scenario, Starscream accompanied Galvatron on a patrol in a desert at night. Upon spotting a spaceship that flickered in-and-out of sight, the patrol investigated. Finding the Autobots Kup and Hot Rod conversing with a woman at the ship's landing site, Starscream and the others fired upon them, causing them to scramble away. Galvatron then ordered his troops to stay and scrutinize the spaceship instead of pursuing the Autobots.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, the Autobots were easily defeated and destroyed by the Starscream and the other Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup silently followed the Decepticons back to their hide-out in a nearby canyon, they managed to tricked Starscream and the others into thinking that they were being ambushed by a whole squadron of Autobots. Panicking, the Decepticons attempted to retaliate by firing in all directions. Amidst the confusion, Starscream took to the air to better assess the situation.

If Hot Rod attempted to attack Galvatron as this was happening, Starscream spotted the young Autobot, and dispatched him before he could reach his target.

If Hot Rod snuck down and successfully snatched the Invisibility Device from Shockwave, the Decepticons gave chase to the young Autobot. They were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon's walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks.

In an alternate scenario, Starscream and the other Decepticons decided to take off into space in [[Sarah Sanders]]'s ship after acquiring the Invisibility Device. Whether the Decepticons succeeded in mastering the Invisibility Device and subsequently destroyed the Autobots, or were destroyed or defeated themselves depended on what choices the Autobots made from this point on.

In another possible scenario, Starscream was part of a Decepticon assault on Metroplex. The Decepticons, having pilfered the secrets of Sarah Sanders's Invisibility Device though themselves guaranteed a victory. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots had in their possession an [[Invisibility Scrambler]], which they used to defeat the Decepticons. Starscream was taken prisoner in the aftermath of the battle.

In another possible scenario, Shockwave and the other Decepticons happened upon Sarah Sanders's ship before any Autobots had come in contact with her. While Scavenger held the woman captive, Starscream and the other Decepticons dragged the ship itself to a hidden location. In whichever scenario that followed, the Autobots managed to steal the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons, either dazzling Starscream and the others with their headlights while Hot Rod took the device right out of their hands, or tricking him into leaving the spaceship behind while he pursued the young Autobot on a wild goose chase.

In one possible version of the events that followed, Hot Rod managed to shoot Starscream out of the sky. The injured Starscream was retrieved by a Decepticon hidden in a nearby secret base, who unwittingly revealed the location of the Decepticons’ stronghold, and caused it to fall to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

===Beehive Books continuity===
Starscream, one of Megatron's most loyal Decepticons, was one of many to participate in the battle at [[Castle Decepticon]]. When Ultra Magnus was able to find his shuttle, which had been previously shot down by the Decepticons' defenses, Starscream squared off against the Autobot. Ultra Magnus's shuttle had been repaired by the Decepticons'automated robots, who had mistook it for one of their own. The advantage lay with either Starscream or Ultra Magnus depending on what changes the drones had implemented in the shuttle.
{{note|At this point in the book, the narrative is overtaken by a game of chance. The game determines which of the following outcomes plays out.}}
*Ultra Magnus managed to escape Starscream in his shuttle, ''or''
*Starscream managed to vaporize Magnus before the Autobot could escape in his shuttle, ''or
*Starscream managed to wing Ultra Magnus, forcing the Autobot to stop and blow Starscream out of the sky before proceeding in his shuttle, ''or''
*Unable to take off in the reprogrammed shuttle, Ultra Magnus was forced to stay and fight Starscream, who vaporized the Autobot, ''or''
*Unable to take off in the reprogrammed shuttle, Ultra Magnus was forced to fight his way out and blew Starscream away.
{{Storylink|Transformers Pop-Up Book}}

===Frito-Lay posters===
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Starscream was amongst a squad of Decepticons who attempted to get to the power source within [[Sherman Dam|Boulder Dam]]. While Megatron dueled Optimus, Starscream joined Ravage, Buzzsaw and Soundwave in an attack formation. There might have been two of him... But no number of Starscreams was enough, and the Decepticons were ultimately unsuccessful in gathering the data they were after. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Starscream and Devastator attacked some power-lines, only to be thwarted by Optimus Prime. Even after the Autobot leader had toppled Devastator by himself, Starscream tried to gun him down. He received a laser-blast to his nosecone for his efforts. Later, Starscream came across Grimlock, Slag, and Snarl while flying over a desert. He assumed his robot form to face Grimlock in one-on-one combat. {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}

===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:Starscream pd type.jpg|left|upright=1.05|thumb|HaHA! I have caught the Golden Snitch!]]
As various [[Decepticon]]s from across the timestream joined forces to track down the all-powerful [[Blackball]]s, Starscream proved most effective at the hunt. Discovering a Blackball, he immediately carried it over to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for some praise. Unfortunately, the "Blackball" turned out to be a cartoon bomb, which promptly exploded in their faces. From a distance, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were astounded that their plan actually worked. Inside the smoking crater, a badly singed Megatron strangled Starscream, frustrated at his consistent failures. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##3 "Don't Cry! Megatron!!"|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}

Later, Starscream uncovered another Blackball. For a moment he considered giving it to Megatron, but then decided that if he kept it for himself, he could use the power to seize command of the Decepticons. He then immediately became suspicious that the Blackball might be another bomb, but dismissed the suspicion just as quickly. Then it exploded. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##10 "Good Luck! Starscream!!"|Good Luck! Starscream!!}}

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===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
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Back on Cybertron, Starscream was the leader of the Decepticons' air forces. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Starscreams's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} After the Transformers arrived on Earth, the Decepticons and Autobots became locked in a stalemate that lasted many years.

While on patrol, Starscream crossed some Autobots in the [[Nevada]] desert. Eavesdropping, he learned that they had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship in [[Africa]], with a starmap within that pointed the way back to Cybertron. He then sped back to Decepticon headquarters to report his findings. Though he tried to embelish his tale, pausing dramatically at several points, Megatron and the others soon lost patience with Starscream, and forced him to blurt out what he had uncovered all at once. The Decepticons headed out immediately afterwards to seize the ship for themselves. Sending the Autobots into a retreat and capturing the ship proved surprisingly easy. Once inside the vessel, the Decepticons learned why; it was a trap! They were locked within with no control over the ship as it shot up blindly into space. Though the Autobots knew this wouldn't get rid of the Decepticons permanently, they were happy enough to have them out of their hair for a while. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

Megatron brought Starscream along to ambush Optimus and a couple of his soldiers while they were investigating Transformer power emissions in [[Brazil]]. Starscream had the honor of firing the first shot in the attack. After he had thrown Optimus off-balance, Megatron was able to knock out most of the Autobots with a single blast. But the two unidentified Transformers turned out to be the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and once they were shocked out of their primitive animal instincts, they turned their weapons on the Decepticons. Starscream chose to flee along with the rest of his team rather than face the Dinobots' awesome power. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Kazuki Yao]] (Japanese)|[[Michel Vigné]] (French), [[Alfonso Obregon]] (Latin American Spanish), [[José Padilla]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

A gray model of Starscream's head was a part of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s personal belongings. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:Starscream ghost BW.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|EBENEZER SCROOGE...!]]

After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crashed on [[Earth]], Starscream's body lay in [[stasis lock]] next to his [[Megatron (G1)|leader]], along with [[Soundwave (G1)|the other]] [[Skywarp (G1)|Decepticons]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Into the Great War, Starscream was killed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] for being a traitor. {{storylink|Possession}}

Little was known about Starscream among the [[Maximal]]s, as the [[Maximal Elder]]s had classified most of his information. At some point in time the Elders had attempted to duplicate Starscream's mutant indestructible spark effect, which led to the origin of the monstrous [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]]. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], a student of military history, was familiar with Starscream's record of deceit and betrayal. It is possible that Megatron was also aware of his history, as he ordered [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] to keep an eye on Starscream when he arrived on Earth.

Starscream's ghost traveled through time and space to the prehistoric Earth of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], where he possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s body during an electrical storm. He ingratiated himself with Megatron, claiming that he had been destroyed by [[Unicron]] while protecting [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. After leading a successful raid on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', he was left in command of the captured Maximal ship, along with Scorponok and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]—the latter having sufficiently impressed Starscream by seeing through his historical deception that he took her on as a "protégé". When the defeated Maximals surrendered to him, he took Dinobot and [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] hostage and ordered the remaining Maximals to attack the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Scorponok objected, but he was very forcefully overruled. Shortly after the attack began, the two captive Maximals broke out and drove the Predacons out of the ''Axalon''. Starscream fled, pursued by Primal, and abandoned Blackarachnia to her fate. After a spirited chase, Primal cornered Starscream at an [[energon]] deposit, paralyzing him. As he tried to bargain his way out of his predicament, his vengeful ex-partner Blackarachnia detonated the energon, blowing Waspinator to scrap and forcing Starscream's spark out of his body. Waspinator was restored back to normal by Megatron, and Blackarachnia explained her betrayal as an attempt to find Starscream's true motives, and at that point, Megatron pardoned her.

Adrift in space once more, Starscream's ghost screamed vengeance into the void. {{storylink|Possession}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
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As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Starscream possessing the body of Waspinator. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After his defeat at the hands of the Maximals, Starscream's immortal spark wandered through space and time, until it found [[Primax 208.06 Zeta|an alternate timeline]] with another Waspinator to possess. Starscream was somehow able to influence Waspinator's metamorphosis, giving him a third fighter jet mode resembling Starscream's own old alternate form.

Although the two of them bickered over control of the body constantly, their two separate voices audible to whoever hears them argue, Waspinator secretly enjoyed the enhanced skills Starscream granted him. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}} Afterward, Starscream's whereabouts were reportedly unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Glossary}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In actuality, having been armed with the knowledge of Optimus Primal's gambit, Starscream permanently fused himself into Waspinator's body and killed all the Maximals before staging a coup against Megatron. The [[Vok]] intervened by activating their [[Planet Buster]]; Blackarachnia managed to disarm it but the quantum surge [[Transmetal]]lized some of the combatants, and Waspinator's body gained a jet mode.

Now calling himself "Waspscream", his new crew recruited [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] and commandeered a shuttle from the Ark. Waspscream headed home to Cybertron, intending to take over the [[Tripredacus Council]]. Along for the ride were their prisoners: Megatron, his loyalists Inferno and Scorponok, and the independent agent [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]].

However, as in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], Megatron escaped in transit and arrived ahead of Waspscream's crew on Cybertron. He created a [[transformation virus]] to capture the sparks of Cybertron's populace and converted their sparkless bodies into [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s. When Waspscream's crew arrived, those with Transmetal forms managed to escape the virus and stay mobile. Waspscream and his surviving Predacons were drawn to the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], who [[Reformatting|reformat]]ted them into [[technorganic]] bodies that were immune from the virus. Waspscream proceeded to wage a valiant [[Spark War]] against Megatron, liberating Silverbolt and prompting Megatron to unleash a new general: the former Autobot military genius [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. Obsidian, however, conspired with Tankor to assassinate Megatron. Inferno thus defected to Waspscream's Predacons, desiring revenge against the usurper of his queen. Waspscream continued to fight against Obsidian and Tankor, who were waging an increasingly brutal campaign against the Predacons and other resistance groups on the planet. [[Unicron]] eventually intervened by scooping up all three Vehicon generals to serve him in the [[Cauldron]].

With their leaders gone, the remaining Vehicons proved easy to dispatch. In the relative peace that followed, Waspscream joined forces with fellow resistance leaders [[Rodimus Primal]], [[Magmatron]], and [[Icebird]] to create a new High Council, in the hopes of bringing peace to Cybertron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{main|Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Wings Universe}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
While Starscream lay [[stasis lock]]ed in the Ark, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] broke in and implanted a fraction of the original Megatron's spark into the Air Commander, allowing the two Megatron's to control him. The Decepticon leader, whose spark had been implanted into Megatron, attempted to use Starscream to return to his own body, but was subdued in a battle of wills with beast Megatron. Starscream's services ultimately went unused until the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] ended, at which point the [[Maximal]]s were able to extract the spark fragment. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

When the Autobots deployed the [[Sky Spy]] to counteract a weather machine Megatron was using to unleash a hurricane on the Gulf Coast, Starscream blasted the Autobot device, rendering it inoperative. {{storylink|Healers, Fighters, and Transformers}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|Smirkier-than-thou.]]
''Hailing from the city of [[Centurion (polity)|Centurion]]'', {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} Starscream was a competitor in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s underground gladiatorial matches, the breeding ground for what would eventually become the Decepticons. He enjoyed baiting his fellow combatant, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]; in fact, he was a master at it, once goading the big brute into using excessive force to pummel fellow combatant [[Maul]] in the arena, simply for a lark. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

When Optimus Prime was first inaugurated as leader of the Autobots and bestowed the Matrix of Leadership, he was bestowed visions of the many enemies he would one day face. Among the images he saw was Starscream's smirking faceplate. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} As Megatron planed out a major offensive against the newly appointed Prime, Starscream urged his leader to strike at the Autobots as they were readying to evacuate Cybertron, pointing out that they could eliminate all of their enemies in one fell swoop. Telling his subordinate to leave the thinking to him, Megatron assured Starscream that the Autobots wouldn't be going anywhere. Megatron then sent Starscream out, alongside Thundercracker and Skywarp, to take out several Autobot outposts in sector zero-six, a tactically significant area. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During this mission, Starscream came across Grimlock, and decided to once more taunt his old friend, hoping to turn him to the Decepticons. He told Grimlock of his target, and gave him a choice: Grimlock could either forewarn the Autobots that they were coming, or join him and help pick off whatever stragglers would be left after the attack. Starscream's plan backfired as Grimlock remained with the Autobots, alerted the outposts about the Decepticons' attack, and left a massive bomb behind to blow up upon Starscream's arrival. Starscream's life was saved only by the fast action of Skywarp. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

With his mission failed, Starscream was quick to blame Megatron, and waxed on how his leader only sought to control him through exercises in pain. Skywarp rightly pointed out that Starscream was solely to blame for his own failure, and then left with Thundercracker, disgusted with Starscream's ineptitude. Returning to [[Kolkular]], Starscream learned that Megatron had dispatched an full-scale assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in his absence, a "tactical no-no" in his opinion. Megatron revealed to Starscream that the attack was merely part of a diversion tactic, and that his true goal was to power up Cybertron's planetary engine, using the Matrix of Leadership as a battery. Starscream ridiculed Megatron over this, calling the Matrix a "ceremonial bauble," earning him a swift back-hand blow to the face. Megatron warned Starscream never to question him again, and then left to meet Optimus in Cybertron's underground. The two faction leaders met atop of a bridge, and Starscream took this opportunity to strike, destroying the bridge and sending both Optimus and Megatron plummeting down into the pit bellow the overpass. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}}

With Megatron lost deep within the bowels of Cybertron, Starscream assumed command of the attack on the Autobot stronghold from the control room in the [[Kolkular|Cradle]]. Shockwave was less than thrilled to be taking command from him however, and claimed he would... "review the situation" once he had completed the taking of Iacon. Dismissing Shockwave's threat, Starscream had [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] forcefully extract data from within [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to uncover the true extent of Megatron's plans. Uncovering information that would allow him to initiate the planet's mechaforming sub-structure, Starscream decided to activate it immediately to better allow him to "start fresh" with Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} He instructed [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] to carry this procedure out, hoping Megatron would be crushed in the planet's transformation sequence. Scrapper warned him against rushing the process, but Starscream simply didn't care about the Constructicon's misgivings. He gave Scrapper an ultimatum: he had a choice between beginning the mechaforming process immediately, or be himself be "mechaformed" by Starscream's enforcer, Motormaster. A group of Autobots were then discovered spying on the scene, and a firefight began between them and the Decepticons present. At this time, deep inside Cybertron, Optimus and Megatron were being fed visions of the future by the Matrix. In one of these visions, they saw Starscream participating in an attack on a hydro-electric dam on Earth. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Meanwhile, in reality, Starscream continued to pressure Scrapper into activating Cybertron's engine, even as they came under heavy fire. Optimus, fresh from his victory against Megatron, soon joined the fight, and proceeded to beat down the bulk of the Decepticons stationed to guard the engines. With the odds turned against him, Starscream chose to flee, and the engines were destroyed after his departure. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My... people.]]
A few millennia later, after the apparent death of Megatron, Starscream created a splinter group of Decepticons called [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to recruit many intellectuals to his faction, leaving him with the likes of [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Octane]] to command. One of the group's attempt to secure a plenty of energon was foiled by the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], led by Grimlock, who managed to distract Starscream and his troops long enough to swipe their goods and make a quick getaway with them in hand. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

Over time, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobot forces once more, allowing them to take control of a significant portion of Cybertron's territories and resources. The Autobots gained enough power that both the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons felt it necessary to sign a peace treaty, ceding the Autobots victory in the war and putting an end to hostilities between factions. But Starscream refused to do so, and led his Predacons on an attack on the treaty. While he personally assassinated the newly reassembled High Council, Starscream had Motormaster and the bulk of his forces attack the faction leaders themselves at the signing. But Starscream's coup was interrupted by the return of Megatron, now heading an army of [[Air Warrior]]s. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} Starscream thought his massacre of the High Council would make him the stuff of legend, and so allowed [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] to walk away from the scene to tell the tale of how it transpired. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}} But Megatron was none too pleased that Starscream had robbed him of his vengeance against the council in his absence. While the Decepticon leader used his new troops to take over the planet, he angrily confronted Starscream for highjacking his plans. Though Starscream claimed he was merely following orders in spirit, Megatron grappled his underling by the throat, and made it clear through threats that Starscream shouldn't presume his own autonomy; he was to follow his orders to the ''letter'', and nothing else. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} To punish his treacherous subordinate, and to entertain himself, Megatron locked Starscream up inside a tank with a swarm of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]], allowing the critters to slowly gnaw at the captive Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Starscream escaped from his confinement thanks to a rampaging Grimlock. He then unwittingly foiled the Quintessons' attempt to extract Cybertron's core, thinking the whole thing was Megatron's doing and wanting payback against the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

Starscream was among the Decepticon boarding party that attacked the Autobot flagship Ark, causing its crash-landing on Earth and putting all Autobots and Decepticons alike in emergency stasis. In 1984 a volcanic eruption awakened the Ark's computer, Teletraan-I, and it repaired all on board. Starscream's actions over the next fifteen years are largely unrecorded, but he probably did what he did best: strafe the Autobots and fleshlings and attempt to betray Megatron, smirking all the while. In 1998, the combined forces of the Autobots and Earth defeated and captured the Decepticons. Starscream was secured on board the ''[[Ark II]]'' along with the other Decepticons when the ship exploded, killing the human crew and scattering the Transformers across the ocean. Arms dealer Adam Rook (a.k.a. [[Lazarus]]) recovered several of the Autobots and Decepticons and used them as a reprogrammed weapons for hire for terrorists and despots. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had Starscream join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a dozen Transformers. When Megatron eventually broke free of Rook's control, he freed the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

The reactivated Starscream, along with his Seeker brothers Thundercracker and Skywarp, took a particular pleasure in dismantling the Autobot Minicars. When Megatron complained that he didn't rewire them so they could sit around and do nothing, Starscream playfully said they were only having some fun with their new "toys". Megatron ordered the three Decepticons to follow him, and when Skywarp asked Starscream what their leader's plan was this time, the air commander casually tossed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s head over his shoulder and said that he didn't care, as it was going to be evil, and evil is ''always'' fun. Soon afterwards, the Autobots arrived and attacked. As Starscream attempted to choke [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] paid him back with a nice throat punch. All the combatants were then bombed by rogue members of the U.S. military. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

But the bomb's blast was absorbed by a cyber-forming virus previously unleashed by the Decepticons. Instead of being destroyed, all of the Transformer combatants were encased in a metallic dome. After extracating themselves from it, the Decepticons attacked [[San Francisco]]. When [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] appeared to stop [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Starscream led the other Seekers in bombing the Autobot giant, forcing the Aerialbots into their component team member forms and putting them at the mercy of Devastator. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} Starscream and the other Decepticons secured the Autobots after Optimus Prime defeated Devastator. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} The Autobot leader managed to free his comrades after humans distracted the Decepticons, and the battle started anew. Fellow F-15 [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] punched Starscream in the face, repaying him for the earlier defeat. After the Aerialbots, as Superion, sacrificed their lives to save San Francisco from [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]]'s unauthorized nuclear strike, Starscream and the other Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

''After the destruction of Devastator in [[California]], Starscream covertly recovered his pieces to rebuild the Combiner, ensuring the loyalty of the Constructicons and making him a secret weapon to help him overthrow Megatron when the time came. ''

''That time was when Megatron, Optimus Prime and some Autobot cannon fodder were kidnapped into space by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]. Seizing the opportunity, Starscream brought the Constructicons out of hiding and declared himself ruler of the Decepticons. He acquired the services of Soundwave and most of the remaining Decepticons on Earth for a scheme to take over the human city of [[Las Vegas]]. Redubbing it New Centurion, Starscream's insidious plan was to coerce the locals into accepting Decepticon rule by appealing to their vanity and greed, playing it off like a reality TV show where the humans could sell their stories and profit from the occupation. To maintain control, he had [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the Constructicons drive back the few humans who accepted the chance to leave of their own free will, tricking the humans into believing they were in danger and the Decepticons were protecting them.''

''Starscream's rule obviously came to the attention of the American government, who arranged for an unmarked and official denied strike force from the Armed Forces to join up with the rogue Cybertronian, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Grimlock in turn recruited [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to assault "New Centurion" in an effort to reclaim the city.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

''During the battle for Las Vegas, Megatron and the Autobots returned, but brought their captors, the Keepers, with them. Megatron was weakened by his ordeal, and Starscream took the opportunity to consolidate his power by defeating Megatron in combat. Megatron lost, and was forced to officially cede leadership of the Decepticons to Starscream. The victory turned sour, however, when Soundwave and several Megatron loyalists renounced their ties to the Decepticon army and left with Megatron, costing Starscream roughly half his forces. He retained the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], Devastator, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] and about half the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Recordicons]].''

''Starscream's reign continued to crumble when he was confronted by the Keepers, all-but-unknowable cosmic level creatures who had already killed and possessed the Autobot [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]. Starscream also fell before their power, and was seemingly killed to become the second Cybertronian host body for their might. His Decepticons were defeated and detained behind a powerful force field. Unknown to all, Starscream's mind still existed, hidden deep down inside his stolen body.''

''The Autobots and Megatron's ex-Decepticons joined forces to stop the Keepers, leading the formless entities to merge their two Cybertronian hosts, mixing Bluestreak and Starscream together into a nightmarish super mode. This proved to be their undoing. Alone, Starscream and Bluestreak were not strong enough to overcome the Keepers' control, but by merging bodies the Keepers also connected the two Cybertronians' minds. Together, the Autobot and the Decepticon fought back against the Keepers, forcing them out and restoring their independence. Optimus Prime ultimately ended the threat of the Keepers with the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}

''The chaos caused by the Keepers cost Starscream his city and his reign. Megatron reclaimed leadership of the Decepticons and, to add insult to injury, named Skywarp his aerospace commander and second-in-command, forcing Starscream to answer to him.''

''Unfortunately, the Keepers survived in an extra-dimensional realm. Their human agent, [[Franklin Townsend]], managed to retake control of Starscream (and Bluestreak) forcing them to work towards the Keepers' release. This continued until Franklin unleashed his plan to open a hole into the Void and allow the Keepers back to Earth. Starscream regained control of his senses while Franklin and the Keepers were focused elsewhere, although this didn't stop him from making another attempt on Megatron's life before being beaten down again. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}

[[File:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Holy crap! Expressions!]]
In the middle of a battle against Optimus's forces, Starscream and the rest of the Decepticons were approached by Shockwave and his followers, newly arrived from Cybertron. Shockwave claimed that Cybertron was now at peace under his unified ruled, and demanded the Earthbound Transformers surrender to him. Though they tried to fight back, Shockwave had altered his troops, making them much more powerful than both Megatron and Optimus's followers. With Megatron crushed beneath Shockwave's heal, Starscream led the Decepticons in joining Shockwave's Cybertronians. As they boarded his ship, Shockwave instructed the Decepticons to enter [[CR chamber|CR Chambers]] to have themselves repaired, but Starscream guessed that the chambers had mind-altering devices incorporated within them. Starscream escaped his CR chambers long enough to jettison Megatron out of the ship, and into the void of space. {{storylink|New World Order}} Shockwave soon found about Starscream's clandestine actions, and set about disciplining him. But punishment didn't deter him, and Starscream continued plotting against Shockwave. Once on Cybertron, he set about disabling Soundwave, who had since worked himself in Shockwave's good graces. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} He continued creating a small sect of separatist Decepticons on Cybertron, next approaching Rumble and Frenzy after they had been ordered to release the psychotic Stunticons from incarceration, in order to distract Ultra Magnus from Shockwave's true motives. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He used the cover of Menasor's release to steal the incapacitated Combaticons from the same prison wing. As the Autobots began openly rebelling against Shockwave's regime, Starscream crippled Shockwave's surveillance systems by assassinating the Reflector trio posted in his base's monitor womb. In thanks for his aid in delaying video footage throughout Shockwave's network, allowing Starscream to go about scheming freely, Starscream gave Soundwave a present: [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. He then invited the two of them to "enjoy the show" with him, and sat back to watch the Autobots tear down Shockwave's government. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} As the insurgence was nearing its end, Starscream opted to abscond from Cybertron with his small cadre of followers, and the inactive Combaticons. Unfortunately for him, the shuttle he attempted to hijack to this end turned out to be [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who took off on his own volition, with the Decepticons trapped within him. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:Starscreamdaydream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I.]]
Despite this setback, Starscream and his soldiers managed to get back to Earth, and implement their plans there. Starscream first made his way to the ''Nemesis'', but found the ship in worst condition than anticipated. After bestowing the Combaticons with military alternate modes, scanned from an abandoned military testing ground, he set out to repair the Decepticon vessel. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} To this end, he set his sights on the ''Ark'', and unleashed the Decepticons on the Autobots under the leadership of [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. His first wave of soldiers were captured, though Starscream had only sent them forth as a distraction; his real attack came in the form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], the combined form of the Combaticons. With this mighty soldier at his side, Starscream managed to beat down all of the Autobots, save two: [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Pursuing them back to the ''Ark'', Starscream instructed Bruticus to retrieve the two runaways, but to keep the ship intact. But as Bruticus encroached on his prey, the Autobots engaged the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s self-destruct mechanism. Though all of his troops were freed, Starscream was robbed of his means to get to the ''Nemesis'' back in working order. To complicate matters further, Starscream's clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], then arrived on Earth, babbling about some bizarre mission. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The Decepticons turned their weapons on the new arrival, only for their shots to prove ineffective against him. Using his "divine light," Sunstorm deactivated all of the other Decepticons, forcing Starscream to flee the scene. Sunstorm pursued, eventually confronting his template within the Decepticon's base. Starscream demanded to know what Sunstorm wanted out of him, only for his clone to spew out more religious babble. Sunstorm then demanded that Starscream join him in his crusade, but Starscream declined, and instead distracted Sunstorm long enough for Jetfire to sneak up on him. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Jetfire was able to disable Sunstorm, only to discover that the clone had rapid regenerative abilities. Out of options, both he and Starscream absconded from the ''Nemesis'', and went to find the Autobots once more. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Starscream was forced to ally himself with his hated enemies in exchange for getting his forces freed. The Autobots then pooled their knowledge with Jetfire's in order to formulate a battle plan against Sunstorm. While they implemented it, Starscream was left under Jetfire's watchful eye. But the attempt against Sunstorm quickly turned sour for the Autobots, forcing Jetfire to abandon his post. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} This allowed Starscream to disable to rest of the ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew wit his null-rays, and fly off on his own to a hideout in Alaska. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

By the time Sunstorm tracked Starscream down once more, the Autobots had attached an energy siphon to the clone, severely weakening him. Sunstorm begged Starscream for his help, but Starscream refused by back-handing his "brother." {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} Then, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] came bearing down on the both of them. Finding himself incapable of defeating this much bigger opponent alone, Starscream destroyed the energy-siphon attached to Sunstorm. The clone reawakened, and though Omega Supreme put up a good fight, Sunstorm defeated him using both his radiation powers and his guile. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} Starscream was then taken to a concealed mechanical door, which Sunstorm uncovered using his radiant powers. Claiming he was the "chosen one," Sunstorm ordered Starscream to open the seal. Starscream complied just as Jetfire and Bumblebee came bearing down upon them. Despite the Autobots' best efforts, they were unable to stop the Decepticons from entering the underground chamber, but soon caught up to them. Jetfire was able to quickly subdue Starscream, only to be left in a stand-off against Sunstorm, who held Bumblebee in his irradiated grip. Unexpectedly, Starscream turned on Sunstorm and used his recently modified null-rays to blast his clone. After disabling Jetfire as well, Starscream kicked Sunstorm away, sending him tumbling down a nearby chasm. {{storylink|Original Sin}}

Starscream then took to mocking Bumblebee at gunpoint, proclaiming that the young Autobot was completely clueless to the events unfolding around him... until Sunstorm returned, the energies within him now erupting more violently than ever. Having grown tired of his "brother's" constant betrayals, Sunstorm denounced Starscream, claiming that he had corrupted his divine mission through his perverse desires. But as Sunstorm turned to Bumblebee, claiming that ''he'' was now the recipient of divine favor, an eruption tore through his arm... from within! With a meltdown of his frame inevitably forthcoming, Sunstorm lashed out violently to everything surrounding him. Jetfire tackled Starscream out of the way of one of Sunstorm's energy arcs, and after telling the Decepticon he owed him one, flew the clone up into Earth's orbit. Starscream begrudgingly returned the favor by carrying Bumblebee to the surface. Bumblebee then pleaded Starscream to help Jetfire, only for Starscream to counter that he wasn't looking to help anyone beyond himself. Starscream flew away, leaving Jetfire to be destroyed. {{storylink|Atonement}}

Despite his words, Starscream had been thoroughly shaken by his ordeal. He was still trying to straighten out his thoughts when he arrived at the Decepticons' headquarters, where he was greeted by Frenzy. Brushing the little Decepticon away, Starscream made his way to Soundwave, who he found suspiciously shutting off a monitor as soon as he entered the room. Annoyed that his compatriots didn't seem all-too-pleased by his return, he demanded to know what they were all up to. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}

Dissatisfied with their previous lackluster performances in combat, Starscream took the Combaticons for some practice against the captive Sky Lynx.[[File:DWMTMEPretenderStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]] This also ended in disaster, for [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] soon arrived, and Starscream discovered that Soundwave, his cassettes, and the other Seekers had allied with Predaking's master... Megatron! Starscream was again forced into a subservient position, with Megatron preparing to lead the Decepticons in the conquest of Earth... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

As Starscream became more competent all around as time went on, the Decepticons that once laughed at him started taking his aspirations of leadership more seriously, and with the upgrade accompanying his [[Pretender]] shell, he became more powerful than ever. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #7|Pretender Starscream's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:JoeVsTF1 Starscream transforms.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk.]]
When the nascent terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] uncovered the buried hulk of the Ark, they removed the bodies of numerous Transformers with the intention of using them as weapons of war to threaten America. Cobra scientist [[Doctor Mindbender]] hacked the brain functions of the captive Transformers, reducing them to the level of remote-controlled drones, and dubbed them "[[Battle Android Trooper]]s". Starscream was reconfigured to transform into a jet plane known as a "Night Raven", and was selected for use by the [[Cobra Commander]] as his personal aircraft.

Starscream was among the Transformers deployed during Cobra's opening attack on world freedom, when they targeted the [[United Nations]] Headquarters. Starscream transformed to [[robot mode]] and was punching his way through the building when a U.S. Military soldier code-named [[Snake-Eyes]] opened fire on him with a machine gun. Although unharmed by the attack, Starscream returned fire with his lasers, blowing up the missile tank upon which the soldier was perched and horribly scarring his face. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Returning to Cobra's island base, Cobra Commander began his meeting with [[Destro]] by having Starscream dramatically fly by overhead and transform, for no reason other than to impress the arms dealer. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

Meanwhile, Autobot scientist Wheeljack had been able to avoid capture by Cobra, and had allied himself with America's newly formed special mission force [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Hacking into Cobra's system, he was able to shut off the terrorists' control of the Transformers, liberating their minds and bodies. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} Naturally, the first thing Starscream did once he was free was to interrupt a battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron by shooting Megatron in the chest in a bid for leadership. Megatron returned the sentiment, blasting him with his fusion cannon, and Starscream slunk away as Megatron returned to more important matters. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

[[File:Starscream snakeeyes eye gouge.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|left|"You've got something in your eye. Let me get it out."]]
Lurking in the island's jungle, Starscream crossed paths with Snake-Eyes, who took revenge for his disfigurement by shattering the unsuspecting Starscream's eye with his [[sword]] and shoving a grenade into the socket. Clawing at his face, Starscream tumbled over a cliff and was badly damaged in the fall. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} His still-operational body was soon happened across by Cobra Commander, who was attempting to flee the escalating battle between the Autobots, Decepticons, Joes and Cobras that was engulfing the island, and Starscream made the human proposition: help him remove the grenade, and he would get him off the island. Naturally, the commander agreed. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:Starscream gijoe energyropes.jpg|thumb|Starscream is allergic to glow stick ropes.]]
Starscream and Cobra Commander resurfaced two years later, when Cobra Commander learned that human scientists had created an interstellar wormhole to Cybertron. With Starscream forced to do his bidding (via unspecified means), he used the portal to travel to Cybertron with the intention of gaining control of the wormhole technology by stealing the super-computer [[Teletran 3]]. However, a G.I. Joe ambush that struck just as they were carrying out their plan caused a catastrophic malfunction in Teletran 3, scattering numerous Transformers through the wormhole network across space and time. Starscream was not among those scattered, but he was promptly bound with [[energon chains]] by Perceptor and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] while they assessed the severity of the situation. It transpired that the chronal disruption caused by the time-lost Transformers would destroy the Earth, and teams of Joes and Cobras were soon dispatched through the timestream to retrieve the robots and save the planet. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

While the Joes and Cobras were off on their time-tossed mission, the forcefield protecting Magnus, Perceptor and Teletran 3 collapsed, at which point Decepticon commander Shockwave struck. Shockwave freed Starscream and reprogrammed Teletran 3 to prevent Transformers from being able to return to their proper times, so that Earth would be destroyed and he could invade it, as he had always planned to—it was Shockwave who had leaked the wormhole technology to humans in the first place. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} When a small team of Joes and Cobras that remained on Cybertron tried to undo his programming, Starscream spotted [[Lady Jaye]] modifying Teletran 3 and shouted a warning, but it came too late. The Transformers were returned, and Starscream escaped in the midst of the chaotic battle that resulted.

In the aftermath of the battle, Shockwave accused Starscream of deliberately trying to foil his scheme by trying to steal Teletran 3. Starscream denied any treacherousness on his part, and Shockwave was just starting to come around when a recording Cobra Commander had programmed into Starscream began to play, informing the Decepticon leader of Starscream's general uselessness. At that point, Starscream promptly exploded, taking out the Decepticon headquarters in the process, courtesy of forty-five pounds of plastic explosives that Cobra Commander had lined his housing with, in case the Decepticon had ever escaped his clutches. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Starscream gijoe ww2.jpg|thumb|left|"Pathetic fools! There's no escape!"]]
When the foundling terrorist organization known as Cobra discovered the Ark buried in the [[Fera Islands]] in [[1938]], they inadvertently awoke the Decepticons from their stasis. The evil robots entered into an alliance with the organization's leader, Cobra Commander, to conquer the world and strip it of its energy, but Megatron's true goal was to take the Matrix of Leadership—stolen from the body of Optimus Prime—from around Cobra Commander's neck. Starscream adopted the [[alternate mode|alternate form]] of a P-51 Mustang aeroplane.

One year later, in [[1939]], the American military formed a special mission force to counter the Cobra-Decepticon alliance named "G.I. Joe". Laserbeak spied upon the first meeting of this team and reported the information to Cobra; Starscream stood nearby as Cobra Commander vowed to kill the Joes, and opined that heroes were ''born'' to die. G.I. Joe's first attack came soon after, and Starscream distracted their aircraft in his jet mode while Megatron attacked them from above and downed them. {{storylink|The Line}} As it happened, the Joes bailed out and landed near to the buried Ark, where they wound up awakening the Autobots within the craft. Starscream watched as the ship sent out a repair drone to scan for alternate modes, aware of what it meant and seeing it as a threat to Megatron's leadership that he could exploit. Megatron happened upon Starscream as he was monologuing about taking the power of the Matrix for himself, and witnessed the drone going about its business. Knowing he would need the scheming Starscream for the coming battle, he ordered the Air Commander to help him move their stockpiled energon cubes to safer location. {{storylink|Transformed}}

Megatron proceeded to mass the Decepticons for a major battle with the Autobots, save for Starscream, who was left to languish within their base. Unfortunately for Megatron, this merely left Starscream with an opportunity to conspire with Cobra Commander's own traitorous second, [[Destro]], and together the pair prepared to unleash the newly constructed giant robot, Bruticus, upon everyone. {{storylink|Wolves}}

[[File:Starscream gijoe ww2 weakspot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I...will...keep reaching...uuuhh."]]
Even this conspiracy proved to be a deception on Destro's part, however, when he had his lover, the [[Baroness]], shoot Starscream in his weak spot: an inch below his right ear, just behind his jaw hinge. Starscream's head flared with electricity and he collapsed, while Destro loosed Bruticus upon all his assembled enemies. G.I. Joe member Snake-Eyes ended the threat when he plucked the Matrix from Cobra Commander's clutches, and at Optimus Prime's direction, hurled it at Bruticus. The resultant explosion of creation energy destroyed Bruticus, but apparently killed all the Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Forty-six years later, in [[1985]], Starscream was revealed to have survived his injuries and the destruction of the Matrix through unexplained means. Discarding his archaic alternate mode for the form of an F-15, Starscream was performing a flyby over Cobra Island, seeking a means to return to Cybertron, when he intercepted a communication about an alien starship (actually a Cybertronian craft containing Blaster and Perceptor) crashing in [[Oregon]]. Starscream saw the craft as his ticket home, and while he was too low on energon to claim the ship for himself, he was content to let Cobra take it and then steal it from them later. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

{{Unreleased TFGJ comic}}
When the Joes attacked Cobra's secret base in the Arctic, only to be met by Destro's COBRA/Decepticon hybrid warriors, Starscream waited on the sidelines to pick up the pieces in the battle's aftermath. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #3}} At some point, Starscream and Soundwave uncovered information about a "terrible secret" buried beneath Cobra Island, and set out to destroy Cobra Commander should the terrorist refuse to allow them access to it. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Starscream participated in an all-out Decepticon offensive, beating down Autobots at Soundwave's side. He cheered on when Predaking clashed with [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ merged form, but it did little good in helping the Decepticon gestalt. Starscream then joined several other flying Decepticons in a direct assault against The Beast, to little avail. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Another Con''===
After Megatron had been transformed into a {{w|Pikachu|small electrical rodent}}, Starscream sarcastically assured him that the Autobots would find him much more intimidating in his new form. {{storylink|Another Con}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Starscream proclaimed his greatness, warning those who opposed him to tremble before his might... only for the cashier of the burger place he was in to insist that the price of his meal still added up to $1.36. A cent short, Starscream cursed the inventor of the penny for his misfortune.

Later, Starscream participated in an infiltration of [[BotCon]] to track down next year's toy designs, and use them to conquer the Autobots once and for all!

On Megatron's birthday, Starscream concealed a bomb in Megatron's cake... though he did a poor job of it, leading Megatron to wonder whether Starscream was putting any efforts in his schemes anymore. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Starscream got his mitts on a treasure map, and became convinced that by using it is, he could usurp Megatron... somehow. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Starscream was one of the many Cybertronians caught up in a civil war that emerged due to greed, corruption and malice emerging in their planet's halls of power. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
[[File:StarscreamIDWF22-Infiltration4cvrA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|left|"A man may fight for many things: his country, his principles, his friends, the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock, and a sack of French porn!"]]
Starscream and his comrades, [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], were recruited by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] when [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] requested fliers. After recruiting [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] and murdering the [[Senate]], he led the Seekers as air support in the overthrow of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] before, after a spell as recruitment agent, becoming Megatron's personal bodyguard, warning him about the power of the [[Phase Sixer]] [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], to which Megatron dismissed his concerns. During this time, he appeared to let his ambition rest, mostly out of fear of his leader.

Many years later, as leader of an [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration unit]] on [[Earth]], he discovered an [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] seam and saw in it his chance to finally overpower and defeat Megatron. His breach of protocol in pursuit of this drew Megatron to Earth personally, and despite Starscream's enhanced power, he easily defeated the treacherous Seeker and blew a hole in his chest. After a spell in a CR chamber, however, he was revived by his unit, worried about Megatron's seeming instability, and ultimately accepted back into the Decepticon army by Megatron after helping to defeat a rebellious Sixshot and the [[Reaper]]s.

He then did a deal with the mentally-damaged [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] ostensibly to help overthrow Megatron, before double-crossing him, leaving the Autobots at the point of total defeat. Ultimately, this period ended with Megatron comatose and Starscream in charge of the Decepticons... an opportunity he completely squandered, "leading" the Decepticons to rack and ruin on a remote asteroid. On revival, Megatron was not happy at the complete destruction of the Decepticon infrastructure, but let him live due to the lack of able-bodied soldiers.

After the Chaos War, he placed himself as a repentant soul, trying to do his best to help the vastly-expanded [[NAIL|neutral population]] on a reborn Cybertron. This, combined with the apparent blessing of [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], left him placed after a Decepticon uprising to kill his "friend", neutral leader [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], and use his death as a tool to evict both factions from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and seize the leadership of the city.
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:Starscream HOS.jpg|thumb|Ye olde Tyme treacherie.]]
Starscream was one of the many Decepticons who fought the Autobots on prehistoric Earth, taking on the [[beast mode]] of a reptilian flying creature before the ice age forced both factions into prolonged hibernation. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}

[[File:Decepticonhuddle-HOS2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75]]
Starscream was later the nominal leader of the Decepticons on 19th-century Earth, while Megatron slept in [[stasis lock]]. He decided to conquer the Earth in this time, and to use that power to overthrow Megatron when he should wake. Posing as a benefactor to humanity, he enlisted the help of inventor [[Tobias Muldoon]] to design new [[Alternate mode|altmodes]] for the Decepticons. Starscream also commissioned Tobias to build the Decepticons a new base of operations, though he insisted that its location to be some place remote, away from prying eyes. All the while, he sent the Decepticons under his command to "appropriate" funds to finance the operation as a whole. Thanks to the Decepticons' tireless efforts, Starscream's machinations advanced at full speed. Tobias Muldoon eventually learned of Starscream's evil intentions for the Earth when he overheard Starscream gloating that he would soon subjugate the human race. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Starscream built (or reformatted) [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] for an assault on [[New York City]], and the new electrical generators there. As the preparations for Astrotrain were being finalized, another human by the name of [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] came to meet with Starscream. Starscream accepted Bonaventure's proposal for a partnership, stating that he still had use for an intermediary. While Bonaventure and his accomplice [[Vanflint]] were marveling at the Decepticons' efficiency, the two of them mentioned a "little yellow locomotive," piquing Starscream's interest. Starscream quickly deduced that the locomotive was indeed [[Bumblebee (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Bumblebee]], concluding that the Autobots had also reactivated themselves. Starscream then ordered [[Squawkbox]] to spread the word among the Decepticons, so as to prepare them for combat. Without further delay, the attack on New York City was put underway. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} When the Autobots moved to intercept Astrotrain, Starscream oversaw the blasting of a tunnel, cutting off the Autobots in turn. Confident that the Autobots could no longer interfere with his plans after a few more artillery volleys in their direction, Starscream boarded Astrotrain, and resumed travel towards New York. It all ended badly for him, as Bumblebee managed to make his way in front of the Decepticons, and literally derailed them off of a cliff. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

{{IDW HOS}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
[[File:Henkei starscream pack in comic.jpg|thumb]]
Starscream was among the Decepticons who joined [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Megatron]] in attacking the Earth in the 21st century. During an attack on Tokyo, Starscream got the drop on some human military operatives who were observing a fight between Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Optimus Prime]], but before he could take them out, [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Bumblebee]] got the drop on ''him'', spraying him with a fire engine's hose. This gave [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Grimlock]] the opening he needed to lash Starscream with his tail and send him crashing into Megatron, prompting the villains to retreat. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1|Henkei! Henkei! #1}}

Starscream later concocted a plan to have [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Astrotrain]] keep the Autobots busy while the Decepticons raided a power plant, but he had not factored in the Autobots' newest warrior, [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Hot Rod]], who took them by surprise and blasted Starscream in the back. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2|Henkei! Henkei! #2}} Seeking revenge, Starscream tried to return the favor, only for Hot Rod to dodge the blast, and cause Starscream to shoot Megatron instead! {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3|Henkei! Henkei! #3}}

Knowing that his friend [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Skyfire]] had been stranded on Earth tens of thousands of years ago, Starscream had [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Ramjet]] search for his body, which was eventually located frozen in a glacier. Starscream thawed out Skyfire and placed a mind-controlling helmet on him, to ensure that his kind-hearted old friend would serve the destructive Decepticon cause. Together, they attacked a power plant, but while they fought off the plant's Autobot defenders, Skyfire began to struggle against the helmet's influence, eventually overpowering it and turning on Starscream. Realizing he was outnumbered, Starscream fled, as Skyfire called after him to remind him that even thousands of years ago, they'd never gotten along that well anyway... {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4|Henkei! Henkei! #4}}

Following Megatron's use of energon cubes to power himself up into [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Galvatron]], Starscream attempted to repeat the process on himself, and had [[Ravage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Ravage]] steal a sack of cubes for him. Before he could put them to use, however, he was ambushed by [[Cheetor (BW)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cheetor]], who defeated him and reclaimed the cubes. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 8|Henkei! Henkei! #8}} Later, Starscream was led by [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cyclonus]] to a volcanic field, where Megatron was in the process of using the magma to again power up into Galvatron. Seething over his own inability to obtain the power Galvatron wielded, Starscream thought his chance to lead had finally come when a team of Autobots arrive and collapsed the volcano on top of Galvatron. His gloating was short lived, however, as Galvatron burst out from under the rubble, and, entirely unaware that a fight had even gone on, began berating Starscream and Cyclonus for being lazy idiots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

When [[Ratchet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Ratchet]] was trying to take a human girl to the hospital, Starscream arrived to take potshots at him. Ratchet's comrade [[Inferno (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Inferno]] blocked Starscream's shots, and the enabled Ratchet to escape by blinding Starscream with a blast from his water cannon. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 10|Henkei! Henkei! #10}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comic===
Starscream was part of the Decepticons. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the ghost of Starscream]] from [[G1 World|another universe]] met the native [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], he clarified that he was not the Starscream that Megatron was familiar with. {{Storylink|Starscream's New Body}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun comic===
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Years ago on Cybertron, Starscream was a scientist and explorer. Together with his friend [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Skyfire]], he embarked on a search for energy on other planets, but when the duo visited Earth, Skyfire was caught in a blizzard and frozen in ice. Starscream subsequently returned to Cybertron and became a warrior, joining up with [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Megatron]]'s Decepticons. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} Untold years later, when the legendary power source known as the [[Energon Cube]] was lost to the reaches of space, Starscream was among a small team of Decepticons who departed Cybertron in pursuit of it. The Cube crash-landed on Earth in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]] and shattered into fragments, so Starscream and the other Decepticons took on the forms of local vehicles and machinery to remain hidden while searching for the shards. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots had also followed the Cube to Earth, and so the Transformers' war continued in secret on this new world. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

Eleven years after arriving on Earth, Starscream and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] tracked Prime's Autobots to the human building known built over the Cube's impact crater called the [[Star Dome]], and launched an attack. Starscream was surprised to find a human boy, [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]], caught in the middle of the conflict, but gave the fleshling little thought and aimed his gun to destroy it. The human, however, had a protector: the littlest Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Bumblebee]] came bursting out of nowhere to nail Starscream with a flying kick and save the boy. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} Starscream didn't take kindly to this insult upon his person, and pinned Bumblebee beneath his foot, but before he could finish him off, Wataru blinded the Air Commander with a fire extinguisher! Unfortunately for Starscream, it was at that point that Megatron himself chose to arrive, and he violently berated Starscream for going behind his back, throttling him and using him as a shield to block Optimus Prime's fire. After some further shots were exchanged, Megatron's attention was piqued by Wataru, and he decided to call retreat. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}} Back at the Decepticons' underwater base, Starscream opined that Megatron was growing old, but Megatron simply replied with equal sarcasm that the weakest dog barks the loudest. Starscream stalked off, vowing to himself that he would be leader of the Decepticons, then summoned Ramjet to join him on a personal mission to the Arctic. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

[[File:Henkei4 starscream and skyfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|*cue "ScreamerxSkyfire OTP" squeals*]]
Starscream and Ramjet located the glacier that Skyfire's body was trapped in, and released him from his frozen sleep. Skyfire was happy to see Starscream again, but Starscream soon proved how much he had changed when he sent a watching group of humans to their deaths by shooting the ice out from under them. Just as Skyfire demanded an explanation for his actions, Starscream slapped a helmet onto his head that took over his mind and co-opted him into the Decepticon ranks. Starscream proceeded to lead the brainwashed Skyfire in an attack on a power plant back in Hoshinochō, but through it all, Skyfire refrained from outright killing any human workers. Displeased with Skyfire's resistance to the helmet's control, Starscream set an example by opening fire indiscriminately. Just before he shot Wataru, who happened to be visiting the plant, Skyfire seized his arm at the last second, insisting they were researchers, not murderers. Luckily, this was enough of a delay to save Wataru's life, as Optimus Prime's Autobots then came blasting into the plant. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} In the battle that followed, Skyfire continued to struggle against the helmet, shielding Wataru and Bumblebee from Starscream's attacks. Starscream was shocked to learn that Wataru was a "[[Booster]]", a being born with the ability to control energon, when Wataru used his powers to liberate Skyfire from the control helmet. Skyfire turned his guns on Starscream, blowing off his left null ray cannon, then informed him of one important fact he had remembered: they never actually got along that well in the first place. With no options left, Starscream was forced to retreat. {{storylink|Wataru's Power}}

When both Optimus Prime and Megatron were left badly damaged after a fierce battle, Starscream, Ramjet and [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Astrotrain]] exploited the Autobots' reduced manpower by raiding a hydroelectric power plant. Together, they made short work of the Autobots who did turn up to fight them, but just as they were preparing to leave with a haul of [[energon cube]]s, the revitalized Optimus Prime came speeding onto the scene. The three Decepticons beat a hasty retreat, but only Starscream got away, the other two taken down by a powered-up blast from Prime's [[ion blaster]]. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} With nothing to show for his efforts, Starscream returned to the volcanic caves were Megatron was recuperating from his injuries, bathing in a "bath" of molten energon cubes. Deeming it a waste of their energon resources, Starscream saw his chance when Optimus Prime and Bumblebee arrived in the caves, the Autobots having received a message that gave Megatron's location. Starscream greeted the two Autobots and gleefully led them to the chamber Megatron was in, serving them up the Decepticon leader in the hopes that they would destroy him and leave his throne free to be usurped. Starscream kept Megatron's newest soldier, [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Cyclonus]], busy so Prime could deliver the killing strike, but against everyone's expectations, Megatron did not die from Prime's sword slash, and was instead transformed by the power of energon into the deranged [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}}

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Galvatron immediately attacked Optimus Prime, and Starscream exploited the opened, attacking his former leader from above. Galvatron proved able to shrug his shots off, and destroyed the rocky outcrop on which Starscream was standing, bringing him tumbling into Galvatron's clutches. After being slammed around a bit, Starscream fired his jets and blasted from Galvatron's grip, looping back around to deliver a jet-powered kick, but the attack accomplished little other than to thoroughly tax Galvatron's patience. Powering up his cannon, Galvatron unleashed a single earth-shattering blast that appeared to reduce Starscream to atoms. {{storylink|The Threat of Galvatron}}

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Starscream proved hardier than Galvatron expected, though: after Galvatron had torn his way through the assembled Autobots, Starscream re-appeared, broken and crippled, but nonetheless determined to bring Galvatron down. His weapons still proved ineffective, however, and so Starscream demanded that Wataru use his powers to give him a boost. Naturally, Wataru was hesitant, but saw the logic in Starscream's plan and acquiesced, providing the Decepticon with a forcefield and a powered-up gun. Starscream was only able to get off one shot before Galvatron destroyed the field and his cannon, but the blast successfully reopened the original wound Optimus Prime had torn in Galvatron's armor. Taking the opening, Prime repeated the tactic and plunged his energon sword into the gash, ripping Galvatron open. A catastrophic release of energy from Galvatron's body ensued, which began to the collapse the cavern. The Autobots raced for the exit, but Starscream did not move, and Wataru could only look back to see a smile form upon the Air Commander's lips as he watched Galvatron's defeat, seconds before he too disappeared beneath the tumbling rocks. {{storylink|Revenge (Henkei)|Revenge}}

Later, as Prime's Autobots prepared to return to Cybertron, Skyfire announced that he would be staying on Earth in order to search for Starscream, indicating that he believed his old friend was still alive. {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===Alternity===
[[File:Alternity starscream boxart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Carscream"? Really, that's the best [[Fandom|you]] could come up with?]]
A Starscream from an unidentified [[universal stream]] was selected by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] to become the leader of his team of cross-dimensional [[Questor]]s. Imbued with a small portion of the incredible powers over space and time that his leader had acquired from the god-beast [[Hytherion]], Starscream became incredibly powerful, equipped with an uncharacteristic sports car alternate mode, a [[Timaeus drive]] that allowed him to travel through dimensions, a "Retroactive Nullifer" capable of erasing victims from history, and four "Evil Optics" that can send an enemy into [[stasis lock]] with only a look. Despite all the new powers that this infusion of Hytherion power conveyed about him, Starscream was wary, wondering why Megatron would so empower him given his record of deceit. Despite fears that he might be the subject of some strange cosmic experiment that Megatron was conducting, Starscream still took to his new role with glee, seeking ways to put his new power to use overthrowing Megatron.

On a mission to Earth, Starscream confronted one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[auto-avatar]]s. Surprising Prime with his sports car form, Starscream scored a hit with his Nullifer, which slowly began killing the Autobot. Starscream had heard other species call the [[Alternity]] "gods", but taunted Prime by telling him that any story of gods must end with a Ragnarök. However, Starscream did not expect Prime to tell him that the Alternity were already well aware of the time and circumstances of their prophesied end, and were already prepared. {{storylink|Foreshadows}}

Learning that Megatron intended to use a magic tablet to seize control of the all-powerful [[Planicron]]s of [[Flatworld]], Starscream made his inevitable power play, hunting out a tablet of his own and mastering its abilities. Just as Megatron was in the process of taking control of the Planicrons, Starscream stepped in, paralysing his fellow Questors with his Evil Optics and using his tablet in an attempt to collapse Flatworld in on itself. It came as a rude shock, then, to find that Megatron had anticipated his treachery and was able to override his tablet's control of the Planicrons. Megatron explained that the only reason Starscream had been chosen to be a Questor at all was so that he would have a test subject to see if it was possible to kill a being infused with Alternium—and as it turned out, it was, as Megatron had the Planicrons enter Starscream's body and cause the Alternium within him to multiply rapidly, exploding his body from the inside out.

Of course, that was not quite the end for Starscream, who naturally survived as a ghost, like so many other versions of himself throughout the multiverse. Megatron was subsequently defeated by the Alternity when Thundercracker freed the Planicrons from his control, and Starscream's ghost appeared before his fellow Questor after the battle was done to taunt him with the fact he would never be forgiven for his betrayal. Though unclear, it seems possible Starscream may have actually possessed Thundercracker and caused him to free the Planicrons in the first place. {{storylink|Alternation}}

At some point, [[Cloud World]]'s [[Wrecker]]s battled Starscream. {{storylink|TFC-A04}}
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===Robot Heroes===
Starscream was one of the "pretty tough" soldiers in Megatron's army. He and the other 'bots serving Megatron traveled to Earth to gather energon, only to run afoul of the Autobots. Starscream was tackled out of the air by Arcee, and then shoved into a river by Drift! He then sulked over it. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''United''===
After Megatron believed Optimus to have been forever vanquished, he proclaimed himself Cybertron's "Emperor of Destruction", and turned to Starscream for an update on a mysterious "item". Starscream only bitterly responded that the object in question would serve them better if he were to wield it. The conversation was cut short by the timely arrival of the still-living Optimus Prime and his troops! Upon their entry on the scene, Starscream goaded Megatron into battling the Autobot commander, and Megatron readily gave in to his urge to do so. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:starscreamkreo-wallpaper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Renegade for life.]]
After [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] managed to best [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the Decepticon leader tagged in Starscream. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} Starscream entered a dance competition, where his quiet, peaceful interpretive performance was roundly booed by the audience. He finished his piece by falling over and disintegrating. The judges ([[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]) nonetheless gave him ludicrously high marks. Score one for nepotism. (Decepotism?) {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Starscream and his pilot pulled up beside Bumblebee, just after the Autobot had finished impressing another driver with his moves. {{storylink|My Ride Is Better than Your Ride}} When Megatron took part in a race, Starscream attempted to aid his leader by dropping a boulder onto Bumblebee. Unfortunately, the boulder hit Megatron instead. {{storylink|The Big Race}} During the holiday season, Starscream was unwrapping his presents when Optimus Prime and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] looked ominously in through the window. {{storylink|A Gift For Megatron}}

Starscream helped Megatron train to defeat the Autobots after his leader became annoyed at their constant losses. {{storylink|Megatron's Revenge}}

Starscream participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots... until Optimus Prime began talking about the plot of the [[live-action film series]] to the audience. Starscream directed the "recap" segments from a director's chair until [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]]'s attempt to order a pizza on the phone started bleeping out Optimus's lines. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}}

===Titan ''Kre-O'' comic===
Starscream was with Megatron when the Decepticon leader proclaimed that the alien world they were on was his. His attempt to amend Megatron's statements to "theirs" were ignored, as were his warnings about the approaching Optimus Prime. He transformed and left while Megatron was trampled on. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Kre-O Transformers}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===Starscream's New Power===
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Using a cloaking device to infiltrate [[Shockwave's Tower|Shockwave's lab]], Starscream managed to swipe a couple of weapons, and fended off the Decepticons that attempted to apprehend him. He boasted that soon the Decepticons would kneel before him as their true leader, unaware of Megatron sneaking up behind him... {{storylink|Starscream's New Power}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
Starscream was one of the [[Decepticon]]s who joined [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] in the ''[[Nemesis (Kre-O)|Nemesis]]'' to chase the [[Autobot]]s in the ''[[Ark (Kre-O)|Ark]]''. After they boarded the ''Ark'', it crashed to [[Earth]] and the [[Transformer]]s fell to a four million year-long sleep. After waking up, Starscream was strangled by Megatron for not setting the alarm. {{storylink|Kreon Story}}

Starscream was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

Starscream formed the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to help him overthrow Megatron, only for the team to become base guards and leave him at Megatron's mercy. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} He was among the Decepticons present during Megatron's brief takeover of [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}} When Megatron wanted to place a giant golden replica of his head on top of his new [[Solar Tower]], Starscream refused to help fly it up there as it was just too heavy. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} Starscream stayed up all night building a big statue of himself only to have [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] show up and wreck it during the unveiling. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

Starscream was charmed by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] into cleaning the Decepticon base for her, {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}} and later attended Megatron's hanami party together with the spider. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}} He was among the Decepticons accidentally sent to a world of giants, where they battled the Autobot until Megatron realized his underlings back home would forget about him unless they went back quickly. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise! The Transformers Are by Your Side!?}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
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Starscream was playing cards with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] when [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] attacked their base. Megatron used a nearby Construct-Bots computer terminal and upgraded him using [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s blasters and wings, much to the spying Autobot's ire. He cringed when Megatron fell after slipping on some gumballs. {{storylink|Intro!}} He was later seen preening in front of a mirror (to the amusement of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and Bumblebee, who were spying on him) when Predaking flew by in dragon mode and smashed into him, scattering his pieces. As he reattached his pieces, Bumblebee switched his wings with wheels, and when he attempted to transform and fly away, he fell quite a nasty drop. {{storylink|Take Flight!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Seeking to ascend towards the Decepticon Elite in Megatron's army, Starscream devised a means to lure the legendary Optimus Prime out of hiding. To do so, he attempted to capture Bumblebee as the Autobot fled into outer space. The chase led Starscream to [[Cobra Commander]]'s private storage room on planet Earth, where he lost his quarry among the multitude of vehicles in the terrorist's collection. As Starscream rummaged about, he encountered [[Snake-Eyes]], who mistook him for a [[Cobra]] drone unit. Though Snake-Eyes's attempt to harm Starscream proved pitiful, the human escaped in the newly disguised Bumblebee, and Starscream resumed his chase.

Despite getting embroiled in a battle between [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and Cobra, and getting one of his wings torn off by [[G.I.Rocket|Creeper vines]] along the way, Starscream managed to rip off Bumblebee's head and return to Cybertron with his prize in-hand. Starscream prostrated himself before his king as Megatron promised him a place in the highest echelon of his new order. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

Starscream later returned to Earth, this time accompanied by Soundwave and Shockwave, to demand the humans surrender to Megatron. While Ravage discussed their terms with their G.I. Joe welcomers, Starscream adopted an Earth alternate mode, based on [[Ace]]'s [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]. The meeting soon escalated into a skirmish between the two teams, with Starscream getting half of his face melted off by [[Snake-Eyes]] by the end of it. The Decepticons were defeated and forced to retreat. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

The Decepticons allied themselves with Cobra, forming the "Decepticobra" alliance. Starscream was fitted with a partial face-plate to cover his wounded face, and participated on an attack on the [[USS Flagg|USS ''Flagg'']] in order to retrieve the body of Soundwave, killed in their previous encounter with the Joes. Discovering that the Decepticon's body was not being held there, and facing considerable resistance from the Joes, Starscream and the others retreated. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Some time afterwards, Starscream served as the [[Baroness|Serpentress]]<nowiki>'</nowiki>s transport to the United Nations when she tried to strong-arm the Earth's leaders into submitting to Megatron's rule. Her speech was interrupted by the arrival of Optimus Prime, grappling with G.I. Joe forces outside. With the "ultimate prize" seemingly within his grasp, Starscream joined the fight and tried to slay Optimus. Unfortunately, Shockwave was too distracted by the sight of his brother's body being used as a robotic suit by [[Doctor Venom]] to assist him much. The battle became even more chaotic when [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)|Koh-Buru-Lah]], among others, joined the fray, allowing Optimus to escape Starscream. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Later, Starscream and [[Viper]] attacked a Joe convoy, only to be ensnared in the road-coils of the disguised [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

During the final battle over the Sun, Starscream found himself briefly saddled by [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], who hitched a ride up to the top of Megatron's head. After Megatron fell into the Sun, Starscream managed to snatch the Matrix from his fallen leader... only for it, in turn, to be grabbed out of his hand by Laserbeak. When the Matrix was returned to Optimus, Starscream petulantly mumbled that he intended to return the talisman to the Prime. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Transformers × Evangelion''===
[[File:Transformers Mode Eva ch 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Get in the robot, Optimus, or [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] will have to pilot it again.]]
His body destroyed during the war with [[Unicron]], Starscream wandered the universe as a ghost until arriving on an [[Earth]] under attack from [[Angel]]s. He proceeded to possess one of the creatures, becoming the monstrous "Angel"-scream, and attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 2}} By scanning the human weapon [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]], Prime was able to grow greatly in size and battle "Angel"-scream, {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 3}} who repelled him using an impenetrable [[Absolute Terror Field|A.T. Field]] granted to him by the Angel's body. Tempted to use this newfound power against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], he first decided to get rid of Prime once and for all, but was distracted by trying to catch the tiny [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] while [[Tokyo-3]] was simultaneously shifting around him. This gave Optimus Prime the opportunity to slice through the A.T. Field and into the Angel's core with his [[energon-axe]], destroying the Angel and exorcising Starscream's ghost back into space. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 4}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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Starscream participated in the attack on the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]], but broke ranks to get his own mitts on the relic, intending to conquer the universe for himself. He chased down and cornered [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the carrier of the AllSpark, but accidentally blasted open a window while firing on the Autobot, causing the AllSpark to be sucked out into space and down a [[unspace|quantum tunnel]]. Crestfallen, Starscream bemoaned his lost opportunity as Bumblebee took him into captivity. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the Great War, Starscream posed a challenge to Megatron's leadership position. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} Once the war was restarted in 1984, Starscream lead an attack on the [[British Museum]] to claim a statue of [[Amenhotep III]] to try and gain the supposed [[magic]]al powers within to crush the Autobots. Even though the Autobot Minibots showed up, the Decepticons got away with the statue and [[Rosetta Stone|some useless stone]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] was the result of experiments aimed at achieving immortality by mimicking Starscream's immortal spark. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 55|Rampage's profile in Club magazine #55}}

[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, be they good or evil, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the [[Builder Assembly]], naming Starscream as an example of the evil ones. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Timelines''===
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In [[Primax 096.0 Beta|one universe]], [[Megatron (G1)#Timelines|Megatron]] upgraded himself with flight capability and the ability to combine with Starscream during the latter days of the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]]. In response, [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] upgraded himself with heavier armor and weaponry. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} During the obligatory Battle for [[Sherman Dam]], [[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]] kept Lieutenant Starscream from interfering in the fight between Megatron and General Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 6, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 06/09/2015}} At the war's final battle on [[Mirtonia]], the Autobots emerged victorious in routing the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] when Decepticons accidentally blew up an experimental energon refinery and themselves along with it. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}}

===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Tomokazu Sugita]] (Japanese)}}
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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
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Decepticon Aerospace Commander Starscream left Cybertron during the Great War to seek out the power of the [[Underbase]]. Allying with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'s squadron, Starscream found the cosmic power he sought and turned it on the Autobots only for its power to ultimately overwhelm him, melting him from the inside out. Impactor later revealed that this mission had been part of a plan to upgrade [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Starscream having been but an unwitting pawn. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

When Megatron met the Autobot [[Pretender]]s on Earth, he informed them of how the Great War had transpired in this reality, remembering Starscream as one of the key Decepticons. {{storylink|History}}

===When Worlds Collide===
When Megatron and Cobra Commander stole the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Starscream flew by in jet mode. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}
[[File:PreludeToCombinerWarsStarscream.jpg|thumb|Look Mom, I'm in 3D!|upright=1.4]]

Starscream was among the Decepticon troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}} Following the end of the war, Starscream found a role on Cybertron's new ruling council alongside Rodimus Prime and [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]'s [[Mistress of Flame]]. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}} Although he claimed that his old backstabbing had given way to a newfound sense of responsibility, in reality he was just playing a long game to get his hands on the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}}

[[File:AWarOfGiants Starscream plus combiners.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

To contain Menasor, Starscream ordered the Council agent [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] to stop the Decepticon combiner, sparking a fight that spilled over to Caminus. Following the destruction, Starscream met with the Council to discuss the growing combiner threat, but no-one could come to a meaningful agreement. {{storylink|The Council}}

The Council examined the two dead combiners, Starscream regretting sending Computron on his suicide mission. When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Megatron, and Optimus Prime attacked the Council building, the trio opted to face the intruders without the aid of the Enigma. Starscream failed to convince Megatron of his good intentions, and the former Decepticon leader fired on his old second-in-command, triggering the turrets. Then Devastator showed up out of nowhere, ripping off one of Rodimus's arms and turning the tide in favor of the combiners. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}} When [[Victorion]] also showed up out of nowhere, the Mistress of Flame argued in favor of using the Enigma to control the combiners, a plan of action Starscream agreed with - as he touched the Enigma, Megatron realized that this was all Starscream's long con, and he had gotten all the players in his scheme right where he wanted them. Starscream, energized by the Enigma, absorbed the four combiners to become Ultimate Starscream... {{storylink|A War of Giants}}

[[File:DarkestHour-starcloud.jpg|thumb|Incoming barrage from the Big Giant Head!|upright=1.4]]

...and, after monologuing about his evil scheme for a while, the energies of the Enigma imploded on him, turning him into a giant, screaming head. Starscream threw around the interlopers for a while before knocking Windblade unconscious. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Windblade gained a second wind, however, and on regaining consciousness she had Metroplex reach out and crush whatever Starscream had become, killing him. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

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Studying his body afterwards, Perceptor discovered that its consistency had changed as a result of his attempt at combination, taking on properties similar to the Enigma and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} Despite his death, Starscream's spark endured and was left to drift through space as he cursed at whatever higher power had left him in this predicament. His fortune shifted, however, when his spark was unexpectedly pulled into the body of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], resurrecting the [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} As the Autobots battled Trypticon, Starscream's latent personality would occasionally emerge, projected via dark smoke emerging from Trypticon's mouth, though his mind seemed to be addled as a result of his possession. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}} {{storylink|At the Last Second}} {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}} Ultimately, Trypticon was defeated by the power of the Matrix, freeing Starscream's spirit from within. The deceased Decepticon laughed, feeling reborn, as his spirit vanished into the air. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

In the aftermath of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimal Optimus]]'s rise to power, neither he nor Optimus Prime noticed Starscream's ghost watching them, cackling that he wouldn't be leaving any time soon. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
The scheming Decepticon air commander Starscream could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Starscream packaging bio}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Starscream, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===Transformers social media content===
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Starscream, aka LOOKING4LOVE84, had an online Dating Profile.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/videos/1625292087540979/ Dating Profiles]</ref>

Starscream demands [[you]] to watch seasons 2 & 3 of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel.<ref>[https://twitter.com/HasbroPulse/status/1437870078591131652 Hasbro Pulse Twitter Post]</ref>
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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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When [[World War III]] consumed [[Earth]], the [[Decepticon]]s fled the blighted planet aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], trailing the Autobots aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. When the two [[Titan (group)|Titans]] reached [[Cygnus Seven]], the Decepticons attacked, the battle sending Maximus hurtling into the moon and causing everyone to fall into [[stasis lock]]. Eventually, the [[Federation]] moved onto Cygnus Seven with a survey team accidentally rousing Maximus's autonomic systems. By random chance, the repair beam first struck [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who proceeded to revive the other Decepticons and lead an attack on the surface. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} The attack brought the attention of the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']], with the Decepticons managing to corner the away team sent by the human ship only for [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] to scare the Decepticons away with a [[photon torpedo]] barrage. Retreating to a nearby moon, the Decepticons found Trypticon with [[Klingon]]s occupying his city mode. When [[Kuri]] demanded the Decepticons identify themselves, Airachnid grumbled about all the organics pointing weapons at them. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

Though Megatron was initially intrigued by the human hating aliens, Starscream's pessimism about their usefulness soon spread to his leader before Kuri revealed the existence of the Klingon cloaking device. Taking advantage of the Klingon dedication to victory at any cost, Starscream smooth talked the commander into having one such device installed within his own chassis. After Trypticon had disabled the ''Enterprise'', Starscream led the attack on the surface of Cygnus Seven, pinning down Optimus Prime outside the mine shaft that led to Maximus. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

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As Starscream laughed at the humans' screams, Optimus Prime and Commander [[Spock]] of the ''Enterprise'' offered themselves as prisoners in exchange for the miners' safety. Contemptuous of the humans ever since the 20th century, Starscream instead prepared to slay Optimus before Fortress Maximus burst free from the moon's crust, now reformatted into a copy of the ''Enterprise''. As Starscream and Kuri pointed fingers, Maximus, or "Fortress Tiberius" as he now called himself, began to duel Trypticon. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}} Opting for the better part of valour, Starscream cloaked himself and absconded to the [[dilithium]] processing centre, noting that the fuel, while not [[energon]], would serve his needs nicely. Starscream then set off to conquer the Klingon homeworld, [[Kronos]], unaware that Megatron had already taken note of Starscream's desertion. Starscream blatantly violated the [[Neutral Zone]] and landed beyond the First City. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Taking a second to learn Klingonese (which he loved), Starscream burst into the chambers of the [[Klingon High Council]] and fashioned a makeshift throne out of rubble, declaring himself the new emperor. When the Chancellor [[Gorkon]] scoffed at this, Starscream responded with his [[null-ray]]. No sooner had the councillors whipped out their disruptors did an orbital bombardment commence. Much to Starscream's horror, Megatron descended and promptly downed him. In stasis, Starscream played no role in the subsequent battle for Kronos and was taken into custody by the Klingons once the Decepticons had been defeated. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

===''Bumblebee'' graphic novels===
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Eager to seize a volatile [[Cybertonium]] meteorite, Starscream press-ganged [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s into helping him retrieve the mineral, but the mission soon became a skirmish against Optimus Prime and the Autobots. In between barking orders at his fellow Decepticons, Starscream traded fire with Prime before the meteor threatened to explode; when the impending detonation sent the Autobots scattering, Starscream grabbed a fragment of the meteor and prepared to retreat... but reckoned without Bumblebee, whose midair tackle threatened to overload his meteor fragment. Starscream's self-preservation instincts promptly led him to drop the meteorite and escape aboard Astrotrain with the defeated Constructicons. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold|Go for the Gold}}

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===''Go-Bots'' comic===
[[File:IDW go-bots starscream.jpeg|thumb|right|250px]]
After much consideration, [[Road Ranger]] decided to use the remains of the deceased [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] to create a new [[GoBot|Go-Bot]], one that looks eerily familiar.... {{Storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
[[File:MazingerVsTransformers-Mazinscream.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A final boss form for Starscream that's ''not'' a giant screaming head? Blasphemy!]]
During a battle between the Decepticons and Autobots on Earth, Starscream wound up clipping his own wing when his shots reflected off [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and sent him hurtling into a nearby [[space bridge]]. The subsequent surge of energy had the unexpected side-effect of briefly opening up a portal to another dimension, and both Autobots and Decepticons wound up in the Japan of an alternate universe. A still-wounded Starscream and the other members of Megatron's team wound up outside the [[Photonic Power Laboratory]] and planned to attack this facility in the hopes of harnessing its miraculous energy source—but the Autobots, who had been mislead by the villainous [[Doctor Hell]] and [[Baron Ashura]] into joining their evil [[Mechanical Beast]]s attacked first, and tangled with [[Kōji Kabuto]] and his powerful [[Mazinger Z]] super robot.

Realizing that they had a potential ally, Megatron's forces teamed up with Doctor Hell, and launched a second attack on the Photonic Power Laboratory; Starscream attacked from the air, and initially held the upper hand against the Mazinger until Optimus Prime, riding atop the [[Jet Scrander]], provided some air support for his new friends and shot the Seeker out of the sky. As the evil alliance lost ground, Starscream displayed the ability to absorb both Photon Power and Mazinger Z's spare parts, transforming him into the gigantic, out-of-control "'''Mazinscream'''". Mimicking some of Mazinger's own powers, such as the ability to fire powerful rocket punches, Mazinscream cut a swathe through friends and foes alike, melting legions of Mechanical Beasts with his superheated "Null Fire" blasts and even blasting Megatron himself in a demented bid for leadership. Only a three-way alliance susccessfully put Mazinscream down for good: Kōji deployed the Mazinger's rocket punch attack, which hurtled Optimus Prime and Megatron towards their mutual foe, and a blast of photonic power from Megatron's gun mode blew the Air Commander apart. The resulting explosion teleported the remaining Autobots and Decepticons back to their world, unaware that a council of [[Go Nagai|mysterious figures]] had masterminded the entire dimensional overlap, and witnessed Starscream's demise, for their own purposes. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
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{{bigquote|Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies.}}

Starscream rose to prominence in [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], the home of the Decepticon Air Command, becoming the Air Commander of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}} During the war for Cybertron, Starscream was the [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Infantry Captain]], whose function served as the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' webpage]</ref>

With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. During this period, Starscream's primary objective was to gain power, and his primary weapons were his Null Rays. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' webpage]</ref>

Closer than ever to reaching the Allspark, the Decepticons awakened after crash-landing on pre-[[Ice Age]] [[Earth]]. While battling the Autobots, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies.

During this period, Starscream's function was second-in-command, and he [[trans-scan]]ned into a jet. His Null Rays and speed were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his scheming, ambition, and relentlessness. Starscream's message from the future was that as [[Megatron (G1)|old]] alliances are tested, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|new]] alliances will be forged. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

During the collective battle, Starscream teamed up with Predacons [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] in pursuit of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and the Maximal [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Battle Across Time Collection marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TM6TDF7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Battle Across Time Collection on Amazon]</ref>
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Boris Rehlinger]] (French), [[Santiago Ziesmer]] (German), [[Simone Crisari]] (Italian), [[Rodrigo Oliveira]] (Portuguese), [[Jesús Maniega]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Irwin Daayán]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Samay Thakkar]] (Hindi)}}

{{bigquote|You like the sound of your own voice... ''don't you?''|[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] first meeting Starscream, [[Kingdom episode 1]]}}

[[File:WFC-Siege-Ep1-Starscream-threatens-Bee-n-Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Second-in-command of the Seekers, Starscream was part of the unit that cornered Bumblebee and Wheeljack at a Space Bridge only for Jetfire to cut his hand off for insubordination. After the Autobots had escaped, Starscream got a new hand and stood behind Megatron at a rally. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} As he and Jetfire had their ideas shot down by Megatron, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] surrendered himself to the Decepticons for good faith negotiations. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}

When Megatron announced his plan to use the Allspark to reformat the Autobots into Decepticons, Starscream aired his grievances about this to his fellow Seekers in a courtyard before Jetfire arrived and sent him on patrol. He was later approached by the fatally damaged Skywarp who managed to pass on the news of Jetfire's betrayal before he perished. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}

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Armed with this information, Starscream confronted Jetfire at [[Tarn-Hauser Gate]], exposing him as a traitor to Megatron, the tyrant ordering Starscream to kill the traitor. Despite losses to the Seekers, Starscream managed to shoot Jetfire down, proudly reporting this to Megatron who promoted him to commander of the Seekers. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}} Soon afterwards, he was reporting to Megatron on the Seekers' observations of Autobot activity near the disused Space Bridge when Shockwave and Soundwave announced that Autobot Command had been located. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

When Jetfire was found to be alive and had defected, Starscream duelled the traitor before he received priority orders to withdraw and destroy the Space Bridge. Reluctantly following, Starscream led his troops to Sector Seven and began an aerial attack where he claimed [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s life before [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] arrived to attack the Decepticons. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

After Optimus and his Autobots fled Cybertron, Starscream and the other Decepticons stayed behind, struggling to keep their civilization running while also dealing with the remaining Autobots who hadn't left the planet with their leader. Using [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]'s corpse, Starscream baited [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] and her team of rebels into a trap, {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}} and brought them before [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who'd launched "Project Nemesis" as a way to harvest the lifeblood of both Autobots and Deceptions. However, when the low-ranking Decepticon [[Scrapface]] helped the Autobots escape, Megatron blamed Starscream for the loss—but when the Decepticons picked up a signal from the ''Ark'', all other concerns were swept aside when Megatron ordered the activation of "Project Nemesis", the construction of a [[Nemesis (G1)|massive warship]] that would take them off-planet in pursuit of their old foes. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

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Some time later, Starscream sent an air patrol to flush out Elita's unit, but eventually left with the other high-ranking Decepticons in the newly-constructed ''Nemesis''. When the Decepticons caught up with their old foes at [[Nebulon Station]] thanks to a tipoff from the the crew of the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'', Starscream joined the boarding party. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}} However, the Decepticons encountered the gigantic [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]; when an explosion separated the feuding warriors from their respective leaders, Starscream announced that Megatron had died and he now led the Decepticons. His reign proved short-lived—when Megatron and Optimus limped back to the main antechamber, Starscream accused him of collaborating with the Autobots before Megatron blasted him in the chest. Amidst the chaos of battle, the Autobots took the opportunity to escape by disabling the station's gravity, and by the time that Starscream returned to the ''Nemesis'' ahead of Megatron the Autobots had already warmed up their ship's warp drive. Starscream lied that Megatron was dead and ordered [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to fire on the station; when Barricade refused to follow his orders, however, Starscream did it himself and annihilated the space station. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

The explosion blew open a rift to the extradimensional [[Dead Universe]], but Megatron had survived his assassination attempt, and after a brief beating, banished Starscream from the bridge. The Decepticons followed the ''Ark'' through the Dead Universe, gaining a mysterious [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|golden disk]] with the power to change history in the process, and caught up with the Autobots over prehistoric [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} The Decepticons boarded their ship, but had to contend with both an ambush and [[Deseeus]]'s remaining Mercenaries, intent on destroying both factions. The battle destroyed the ''Fool's Fortune'' but left the remaining ships drifting into Earth's gravity well, and ended with both sides hurtling toward the primordial jungle. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

[[File:KingdomEp3-StarscreamVsDinobot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"You! Your beast mode should have feathers!"]]

After crash-landing, Starscream and Megatron discovered that they were not the only Cybertronians on this planet: a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, time-travelling Cybertronians from the future led by [[Megatron (BW)|their own Megatron]], had witnessed their descent. Annoyed by this new "Megatron" and his sycophantic appreciation toward his Decepticon namesake, the treacherous Predacon [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] proposed a secret alliance with the Seeker leader. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Fellow Predacon [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] soon caught wind of their treachery, but before he could intervene, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] informed them that they'd captured [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], a Maximal spy. Later, Starscream spied on the two Megatrons as they enthused over over the Golden Disk and reported his findings to Blackarachnia. Again, Dinobot ambushed the pair—not to attack them, however, but to join forces: together, they could seize the Allspark and use its power to end the war. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

The three stole a shuttle to search for the Allspark, but interference caused their shuttle to crash in the Allspark's mystical "cyber-forest". When the artifact trapped both Starscream and Blackarachnia in illusory scenarios, Dinobot snapped them both back to reality. Disgusted by his selfishness and cowardice, Dinobot accused Starscream of using his past traumas as justification to hurt others—the remark caused Starscream to snap and throw the Predacon warrior off a nearby cliff. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}} With nowhere else to go, Starscream considered returning to Megatron's side until Blackarachnia convinced him to sieze command through force. Using a cloaking chip, Starscream attempted to stealthily offline the Decepticon leader... but thanks to the Golden Disk's infallible knowledge of future events, he was able to take out the invisible Decepticon and steal his cloaking chip. With [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] trapped outside the temple the Allspark created for itself, Starscream and Blackarachnia arrived, trailed by "Beast" Megatron; furious at the idea of his subordinates for conspiring with a Maximal, the Predacon leader swatted the pair aside. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 4}}

[[File:KingdomEp5-Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Starscream plays the Golden Disk backwards and discovers that John Lennon actually did bury Paul.]]

Using a sample of Megatron's [[energon]], Blackarachnia and Starscream jury-rigged a device capable of reading the Golden Disk, which they'd siezed amidst the battle—in doing so, however, Starscream realized that Blackarachnia had manipulated him into picking an unwinnable fight with Megatron to get her hands on that energon. Starscream attacked Blackarachnia, then absconded with both the disk and its reader. The artifact chronicled a dark timeline, one where [[Unicron]] had corrupted Megatron into becoming [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]... and, somehow, Unicron's dark influence was able to reach backwards in time to show Starscsream a vision of a Unicron-dominated future. When Blackarachnia finally caught up with him, Starscream tersely informed her that they needed to warn Optimus and Megatron immediately.

The pair made it to the repaired ''Ark'' just as the Autobots prepared for takeoff; when Optimus gave the two a chance to explain themselves, a terrified Starscream babbled that Unicron had deliberately manipulated the history of the Cybertronian race and, unable to bear its burden, entrusted the disk to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]—who promptly shattered the artifact. When he rejoined the ''Nemesis'' during its final attack on the ''Ark'', Starscream tried to warn his Megatron that his current path would lead them all to ruin; to ensure that this future would not come to pass, Starscream tried and failed to kill Megatron by knocking him off the ship's ramp. Although the battle ended with all of the Decepticons captured and imprisoned, Starscream was unconcerned by this: he was more worried about the fact that the ''Ark'' would take them back to Cybertron—exactly what Unicron wanted. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

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As the ''Ark'' flew through space, Starscream tried to convince the Autobots of what he'd seen and heard before the ship's [[stasis field]] temporarily incapacitated him. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream's worst fears were seemingly confirmed when Galvatron and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]—the two corrupted alter egos of the Autobot and Decepticon leaders—reached backwards in time to attack the Cybertronians. However, Starscream and Optimus Prime's impassioned encouragement to fight for the future of Cybertron inspired Megatron to turn on his future self, and and the united factions bought just enough time for Bumblebee to implant the Allspark, reactivate Cybertron, and banish the two malevolent time-travellers. With the crisis having forced both sides together, Megatron agreed to a ceasefire, and Starscream was one of the many Decepticons who attended the peace ceremony. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|''Transformers'' issue #4]] (mentioned), [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|''Transformers'' issue #10]] (full depiction)}}

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Starscream was forged at some point before the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. His [[mentor]] [[Cryak]] brought the young Starscream along on her expeditions, and their adventures in the Cybertronian wilderness opened Starscream's eyes to the beauty of his homeworld. Eventually, however, Cryak suffered a debilitating accident on one of her expeditions and chose to go [[immersant]]. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}}

After the eccentric genius [[Termagax]] abandoned her political ambitions to her mentee [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and retired to a life of seclusion, Starscream occasionally showed up to bother her. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}}

During the reign of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Starscream caught wind of a conspiracy in the uppermost echelons of the Cybertronian government: to uphold the terms of the [[Nominus Edict]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] had diverted multiple [[Spark|Titansparks]] and stored them underneath the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]] instead of bringing them to term. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} In exchange for his silence, Sentinel Prime promoted him to Head of Cybertronian Intelligence and removed [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] from the position. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} As Head of Intelligence, Starscream delivered reports on potential threats like rogue [[Mini-Cassette|infiltration trooper]]s {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} and kept abreast of interspecies politics, including spying on the secretive and hostile [[Thraal]] empire that bordered Cybertronian space. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}}

[[File:G1StarscreamMocksOrionIDW2019.jpg|thumb|250px|Gottem.]]

Off the books, Starscream began building a private spy network for his own benefit: handpicked moles like the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s right-hand 'bot [[Trickdiamond]] {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} fed him a constant stream of intel; by only telling Sentinel Prime what ''he'' wanted the Autobot leader to know, his opportunism afforded the ambitious [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] a near-total monopoly on information. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} Whether through his repeated encounters with Termagax or through his myriad contacts, Starscream eventually deduced that she'd been entrusted with the mythical [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}

As a member of Sentinel Prime's inner retinue, Starscream joined his leader and other high-ranking government operatives for a tour of the [[Cybertronian colonies]] aboard the Titan [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], secure that his various moles on Cybertron would fill him in when he returned. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} While in orbit around [[Hexagon]], Sentinel received word that both [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Rubble]] had been murdered, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} and informed his staff that they would be returning to Cybertron ahead of schedule. Starscream, after making some mildly racist remarks about a recently murdered [[Voin]], showed [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] that his team had finally cracked the Thraal's anti-security measures and gained security footage of the organics. When he showed footage of the visiting delegation leaving, the Head of Xeno-Relations, realising that the Thraal were plotting something, hurried away. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}}

When the group returned home, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} they made their way to the [[Senate]], where Sentinel found little concrete progress had been made and barked a few orders before stomping off. Following the Prime, Starscream sarcastically praised [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] for keeping the peace so effectively. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

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When [[Security Operations]] besieged four members of [[The Rise]] in an [[immersant]] Titan, Starscream arrived, claiming that he'd simply come to observe the standoff. In reality, however, he had come to receive a report from his mole in the Ascenticon Guard, [[Reflector (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Refraktor]]. Chromia was simply glad that Soundwave was out of sight due to their history. As Refraktor finished his report, Starscream spotted Soundwave and his guards, and chastised his agent for not telling him the most significant news—that [[Bumblebee (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] had joined the Ascenticon Guard. Before Refraktor could respond, however, the Titan suddenly exploded, forcing Starscream to cover his audio sensors. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}}

Starscream learned from his contacts that Sentinel Prime intended to arrest Soundwave for suspected collaboration with the Rise, and after the Reversionist senator [[Heretech]] warned Megatron of the plot, Starscream made contact with the leader of the Ascenticon movement too. Although he freely admitted he was still hedging his bets between the Autobots and Ascenticons, Starscream did give Megatron one tip for free—Bumblebee was deeply loyal to Orion Pax and likely the mole in the Ascenticon Guard who had alerted the Autobots to Soundwave's activities. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

After Bumblebee had been arrested for murdering [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], Starscream paid him a visit. Confident that his various connections would allow him to safely ride out Megatron's impending uprising, Starscream offered to ally with Bumblebee but left when the yellow bot offered him no answer. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} Indeed, when Megatron dropped all pretenses of civility and overthrew the Senate, Starscream had already fled the Senate and abandoned Sentinel to his fate. When the [[Rainmaker]]s slew Sentinel Prime not long afterwards, Sentinel, aware that Starscream intended to stand with Megatron, ordered his successor Orion to find and kill Starscream before he could reveal the secret of the Pyramid to the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

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A few days later, as Megatron consolidated his power over Iacon, Starscream came out of hiding to meet with the new leaders of the city, confident that his connections and secret knowledge would give him an edge in the new hierarchy to come. However, his smug attitude quickly eroded any goodwill; Soundwave, still nursing a grudge against his old rival, blasted him with his sonic cannon. When Megatron threatened to turn his [[fusion cannon]] on Starscream, the Seeker quickly revealed that he had information on both Titansparks and the Enigma of Combination. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} While recuperating from his injuries, Starscream ordered Refraktor to pass along information about the Titansparks to the Autobots—Megatron had gotten this far by holding all the cards, but now it was time for the Decepticon leader to face his first real test. As he was to be transferred to [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]]'s care, Starscream, aware that Megatron would have him watched, ordered Refraktor to volunteer for that role. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Acting on Starscream's intelligence, both sides converged on the Pyramid for the Titan sparks at the same time, sparking a brawl that ended in the destruction of the facility and almost all of the sparks. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

[[File:IHaveNoMouthAndIMustStarscream-excuseme.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Osmosis Scream?]]

After the Autobots withdrew from Iacon, Starscream eavesdropped on Megatron as the Decepticon leader considered putting Starscream in charge of a new public relations unit that would hunt down and flush out any Autobot stragglers. However, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], citing Starscream's selfishness, pressured Megatron into appointing Soundwave instead. A frustrated Starscream stormed out of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]] and ran into [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], who told him that they'd heard a ghost from Cybertronian mythology screaming somewhere out in the wilderness. Aware that Autobots could be using the ghost story as a cover to regroup, Starscream decided to investigate hismelf. When he tracked the noise to its source, however, he discovered that the "ghost" was a lost and confused Voin ape, tangled up in a glade of metallic flora. Starscream considered putting the creature out of its misery... but when his blade touched the metallic cable leeching [[energon]] directly from the planetary surface, a strange electrical reaction sucked out his [[spark]] and transplanted it into the body of the helpless Voin ape.

Upon reawakening in this fleshy form, Starscream briefly panicked... but soon realized that he was not the ''only'' Cybertronian inhabiting this body: this was the final resting place of his old mentor Cryak, who'd become trapped in this realm between life and death when the alien creature interrupted her return to the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]]. Although Cryak, now viciously insane after spending kilocycles in purgatory, intended to steal Starscream's body and use it to "free" dozens of Cybertronians from their physical forms, Starscream was able to stop her, and although he briefly contemplated trying to help his old mentor, eventually decided to simply keep her trapped in her predicament forever as punishment. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}}

Some time later, Starscream was in Decepticon Headquarters when [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] brought [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] before the Decepticon leader for an interrogation. Although Magnus warned the Decepticons that [[Exarchon]], who'd kicked off the first war on Cybertron, had returned, Megatron put no stock in these rumors and dismissed them. Starscream was curious by the specificity of his warnings, however, and Megatron grudgingly permitted him to investigate. Shortly afterwards, Starscream recieved a call from Trickdiamond, whom he'd once promised her everything if Swindle ever fell. When she informed him that her boss was voluntarily aiding the Autobots, Starscream passed the word along to Megatron and Sixshot. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
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After the Decepticons won the Great War, the malevolent entity known as [[Gozer]] appeared on Cybertron. Though Starscream was quick to attack, Gozer simply reflected his weapon's power back at him before it was approached by the [[Decepticon leader]], offering Megatron the choice of which form it would assume to destroy Cybertron. In his arrogance, Starscream momentarily thought that only ''he'' was powerful enough to destroy Cybertron, and when Gozer picked up on this thought it reshaped itself into a monstrous parody of the Air Commander and began its attack. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

Though the Decepticons fought valiantly against the extradimensional menace, the invader proved too powerful, and the destruction of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and Megatron's pride meant that evacuation was not an option. As Megatron prepared to execute Starscream for giving Gozer a form, the energy being known as [[Kremzeek]] approached the members of [[Decepticon High Command]] and offered them a proposition: he would spare their lives by transforming them into [[ghost]]s... but once Megatron accepted the deal, he discovered that Kremzeek intended to use them to find the [[AllSpark]], which the Autobots had taken with them when they fled Cybertron, and seize it for his own ends. Megatron, Soundwave, and Shockwave refused, resulting in the Scavenger absorbing them into his being. Only Starscream chose to serve Kremzeek, and the energy creature sent him out into the galaxy to find the ''Ark'', and with it, the AllSpark. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

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One thousand years later, Starscream's ghost manifested on [[Earth]] and drew the attention of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew, who sent [[Ectotron|Ectronymous Diamatron]] to investigate. When he arrived at the Autobot's coordinates, Starscream asked the nearby [[Ghostbusters]] to leave, but the humans responded by trapping him in one of their [[ghost trap]]s. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} Ectronymous accidentally set Starscream free, who nearly turned his wrath on the organics before they restrained him with their [[proton pack]]s. Noticing Ectronymous' Autobot insignia, Starscream called a truce and told an edited version of his story, claiming that he needed the AllSpark in order to rebuild his physical body. When one of Kremzeek's children arrived, Starscream, ostensibly to win the humans' trust, instructed them on how to destroy it before the group returned to the [[Ghostbusters firehouse]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

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Loitering through the building, Starscream failed to kill a [[Slimer|a gluttonous ghost]], much to [[Peter Venkman]]'s amusement. While the human sympathized with the attempted murder, he wasn't fooled for a second by Starscream's act and activated a hidden ghost trap that kept the Seeker contained while Ectotron and the Ghostbusters went out on a call. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 3}} While the Ghostbusters took care of a local ghost, Kremzeek created a power surge that disabled the trap and set his servant free. Starscream fled to the [[Grosbeak Generating Station]] and set a trap for the Ghostbusters—once they'd captured him, he shrieked for his master to save him, prompting the arrival of Kremzeek. Though Starscream intended to use the Prime as a hostage for the AllSpark, Kremzeek had reached his limit with the Seeker's lack of results and absorbed him into his being. Starscream's imprisonment was a short-lived one, however, for [[Killerwatt|an electricity consuming ghost]] made physical contact with Kremzeek, dissipated the both of them and freed the Decepticon ghosts. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

As Megatron attacked Optimus Prime, Starscream tried to kill the distracted Peter Venkman only to be restrained once again by a proton stream. Salvation came when Shockwave, also restrained by such a stream, fired a round near Venkman and shattered his hold on the Seeker. Opting for the better part of valour, Starscream fled the planet and swore revenge on the Ghostbusters. When Ectotron left Earth in an [[Autobot shuttle]], intending to search for other Cybertronian ghosts across the galaxy, Starscream watched him leave with an opportunistic smirk. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}
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===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
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In the year [[1984]], Starscream and the other Decepticons awoke aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and killed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before the Autobot leader could awaken. Without their adversary to slow them down, the Decepticons promptly began a destructive campaign against humanity, and in spite of the Earthlings forming [[Skywatch]] to fight back, this genocidal war ended with humanity's complete extinction. Only Skywatch's [[Skynet]] supercomputer network survived, and, under the pretenses of surrender, marshaled its resources to construct a time machine in the hopes of changing history. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

In the year [[2029]], Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and the Insecticons led the final attack on Skynet's [[Omega Base]], destroying scores of [[T-800]] robots, but were too late to prevent Skynet from activating its [[time displacement device]] and sending one T-800 back to the year 1984. Unaware of this gambit, Starscream destroyed the machine that the android had used and ordered the artificial intelligence's execution. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part One}}

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The Terminator travelled back to 1984 and, after recruiting [[Sarah Connor]] into its mission of complete Cybertronian destruction, hightailed it to [[Mount St. Hilary]] and attacked the Decepticons before they could kill Optimus Prime. Smaller and more agile than its Decepticon foes, the Terminator withstood both Soundwave and Starscream's attacks long enough for Sarah to accidentally reactivate Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Starscream panicked, assumed that ''all'' the Autobots were coming back online, and suggested a retreat. The Decepticons regrouped on an Oregon beach, where Starscream explained that the cyborg that had attacked them was ''not'' one of the native [[human]]s, but a cleverly disguised machine. Seeking power to fuel their invasion, the Decepticons then attacked the headquarters of [[Cyberdyne Systems]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

After the facility had been conquered, Starscream interrogated its scientists for information about the Terminator unit, even making attempts to bargain with the humans. By the time the Autobots arrived, the interrogation had allowed Starscream to work out the truth behind the Terminator's existence. After Refraktor had been killed, Starscream confronted the T-800 and offered to cut the android a deal, lest he exterminate his hostages and erase the android's timeline. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

Seeking to turn the android's anti-Cybertronian mission against Megatron before he destroyed it, unaware that it had already deemed his hostages as expendable, Starscream downed Soundwave with a missile barrage before he launched the T-800 at Megatron. Even at point blank range however, the android failed to breach the warlord's armor who promptly hurled it back at Starscream, sending the Seeker down into a crash landing. As the T-800 told [[Sarah Connor]] that it would complete its mission of Cybertronian destruction, Starscream reverted to robot mode, his transformation bisecting the time traveller, before he prepared to execute the Terminator. As he gloated about his plan to make a legion of slaves in the T-800's image, Starscream was shot in the side by Soundwave. Cursing his foes, Starscream flew off, content to let them kill each other. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:ShineLikeADiamond-Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"You're just jealous of my ''swish''."]]
Starscream was among the Decepticons battling for control over a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] (earning a hit to the face from a transformed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in the process) when it suddenly activated, transporting Autobots and Decepticons alike to the world of [[Equestria]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} Upon his arrival, Starscream attacked the city of [[Manehattan]], forcing [[Rarity]] and her boutique staff to make him look presentable for his eventual conquest of this new world. Though Rarity tried to appease him, Starscream remained unconvinced of her sincerity, asserting that the ponies would serve him. His tirade was interrupted, however, by the arrival of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] who engaged him in battle. Enraged at the humiliation, Starscream fled vowing revenge. He returned with Skywarp and Thundercracker, though their attacks were hindered by Rarity conjuring a magical shield to defend Arcee. After Thundercracker was shot down, Rarity had Arcee force the remaining Seekers to fly closer together, allowing Rarity to use Starscream's own discarded cape to tangle him and Skywarp together. After a brief struggle, Skywarp teleported away, leaving Starscream to lose control and crash outside the city. {{storylink|Shine Like a Diamond}}

Starscream would later join the rest of the Decepticons and their new Changeling allies in an attack on the [[Crystal Empire]]. Eventually, Optimus Prime and [[Twilight Sparkle]] managed to combine the powers of friendship and the Matrix of Leadership to defeat the Decepticons and force them back through the reactivated spacebridge to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

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Following the Decepticons' construction of a new spacebridge, Starscream led the Seekers to the Equestrian city of [[Las Pegasus]] to claim magical artifacts only to run afoul of [[Twilight Sparkle]] and her friends once again. The Seekers fell back to Cybertron where a magical beam from Twilight struck one of the pilfered artifacts and unleashed [[King Sombra]] who proceeded to enthrall several Decepticons. When the Autobots arrived to investigate the commotion, the ponies claimed, much to Starscream's chagrin, that the Cybertronian race would have to unify to combat the [[unicorn]] tyrant. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

Starscream's mood only worsened when he found his Seekers allied with the [[Wonderbolt]]s. As he endured [[Rainbow Dash]]'s attitude, the fliers came under attack from the brainwashed Cybertronians. Though Starscream ordered an indiscriminate carpet bombing, the Wonderbolts instead created an atmospheric disturbance that instead allowed the Seekers to fire immobilizing nets at their kin. Landing, Starscream groused about the poor quality of opposition before launching into a speech that once he freed the rubes, they would pledge undying loyalty to him, a speech that no one heard as they were all too busy praising Rainbow Dash's plan. {{storylink|Stunt Flying}}

After [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Rarity had discovered how to free Sombra's thralls, Rainbow Dash was given a transformable [[exosuit]], turning into a handheld weapon for Starscream. When Optimus Prime confronted Megatron, Starscream eagerly jumped in to bludgeon his leader with his transformed ally, hoping that the surge of magical energy would kill his master but it simply freed the warlord instead. When Optimus Prime and Megatron stopped Sombra from getting control over [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Megatron revealed that the empathetic magic had made him aware of his second's treachery. As he dodged fire from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]], Starscream flew off, swearing revenge on Megatron and the ponies. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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Starscream was one of the many dormant Decepticons who had been entombed aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crash-landed on [[Earth]] millions of years in the past. In the year [[1984]], [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] reactivated the Decepticons ahead of schedule thanks to a time-travelling [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who had used [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine|DeLorean]] to travel back in time from [[2015]] and bring his comrades online. After executing the slumbering Autobots, the Decepticons quickly conquered Earth and enslaved the human race. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

When [[Hill Valley]] fell behind on its quota of [[energon cube]]s, Starscream was sent to investigate. As he humiliated Coordinator [[Biff Tannen]], [[Marty McFly]] lobbed a trash can lid at the Seeker's head, redirecting the SIC's anger. Starscream quickly cornered the youth but was prevented from executing him when the time travelling Autobot [[Gigawatt]] materialized and sent the Seeker tumbling into Jones Fertilizer. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}}

Hauling himself out of the excrement, Starscream attacked Gigawatt, briefly recognizing the turncoat, but was denied victory when the Autobot [[Skilz]] revealed himself, landing a kick to the Seeker's face that downed him long enough for Gigawatt to escape through time with Marty and Skilz. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

In 2015, Starscream made another visit to Hill Valley where he oversaw an execution of human rebels with four of the Constructicons. Before Biff Tannen could execute the humans, the Autobots and Marty McFly arrived. When McFly managed to use Brown's [[alpha-wave ionic nullifier]], Starscream shot him down only for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] to confront the Seeker and down him with a mighty left hook. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}

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===''Transformers Fan Book''===
[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] tells the other Autobots that they need to work together to get some [[energon]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Pirme]] informs her that he has an idea about where they can get it. However, they are interrupted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and Starscream shortly afterwards, who want to steal the energon for themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Fan Book 2021}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Starscreamg1early.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm the black one! ...wait.]]
[[File:Commercial-PretenderStarscream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Way to leave your shell stranded on the top of a skyscraper.]]
[[File:Commercial-AMStarscreamsits.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Where's our [[BotCon]] exclusive of ''this'' deco?]]
Starscream's [[commercial]] appearances with original footage include:
*An appearance in the first ''Transformers'' animation, a commercial for [[The Transformers (issue)|Issue #1]] of Marvel's ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' comic book. Alongside Thundercracker and Skywarp, Starscream attacked an Earth power plant, then defended himself against an Autobot counterattack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#The Transformers #1|''The Transformers'' #1 commercial}}
*Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp encountered the Autobots Jazz, Sideswipe and Prowl in the middle of the desert. They briefly scuffled. This was a toy commercial for all six featured characters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon jets & Autobot cars|Decepticon jets & Autobot cars commercial}}
*Starscream and Thundercracker were strafing three Autobots, when their enemies unveiled their newest warrior, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]! No longer possessing the advantage of flight, the Decepticons retreated so that their own newest recruit, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] could deal with the flying Autobot. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Jetfire and Shockwave|Jetfire and Shockwave commercial}}
*Starscream led Thrust over the desert to attack the Autobots' new defense base, brushing off Thrust's concerns about the whereabouts of the Autobots themselves. He was caught off-guard when the base transformed into [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Good goin' there, Starscream. This was the only ad in which Starscream had a speaking part; he was given his usual cartoon voice. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Omega Supreme|Omega Supreme commercial}}
*Starscream, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] faced off against [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] until Autobot reinforcements showed up in the form of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
*He led an attack on the Autobots' launch site while Optimus was away on Cybertron. Ultra Magnus led the Autobots in a counter-attack against Starscream's team. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*Starscream and Skywarp battled alongside Galvatron - yes, Galvatron! - when the three Decepticons encountered [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] driving down a highway. The two Decepticon jets strafed about as Galvatron bellowed that his first encounter with the Autobot city commander would be Ultra Magnus' doom. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus and Galvatron|Ultra Magnus and Galvatron commercial}}
*Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker found themselves on the wrong end of a beating when they came to blows with the Dinobots. Starscream was batted away by a swing of [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]'s tail. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}
*Starscream was lurking in the dark of an Earth city as Optimus Prime was reunited with Jazz and Bumblebee. (Narration from [[Victor Caroli]] led the viewer to believe that his lurking was quite evil.) Starscream emerged from his Pretender shell, and swooped down to attack the Autobots. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Classic Pretenders|Classic Pretenders commercial}}
*Still in his Pretender Classics body, Starscream was seen dunking [[Wildfly]], [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]], and [[Scowl (G1)|Scowl]] into colorful vats to create the [[Pretender Monster]]s. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretender Monsters|Pretender Monsters commercial}}
*Starscream was seen battling Prowl aboard his [[Turbo Jet]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Master vehicles|Action Master vehicles commercial}}
*His jet form was seen flying over a rocky landscape alongside Ramjet. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Jets and cars|Generation 2 jets and cars commercial}}

He also appeared in some online promotional videos:
*Starscream learned from eavesdropping on a conversation between Optimus and Megatron that [[BotCon 2009]] would have some sweet exclusive toys. He demanded that the Decepticons attend the convention, and was eager to be the first to get the "Wings of Honor" box set! {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*Starscream gushed about his Botcon exclusive Kup toy when Megatron interrupted him, demanding to know if Starscream had completed the work on the Decepticons' anti-matter gun. When Starscream fumbled his words, Megatron caught on that Starscream hadn't done any work on the weapon whatsoever. Megatron was convinced to attend BotCon in the hopes of finding some new weapons there, and Starscream readied himself for the convention by putting on a kitty hat. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
*Megatron rode atop of Starscream's jet mode in outer space. {{storylink|Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like}}
*Starscream and Megatron visited Shockwave's lab on Cybertron. Despite being told off from touching Shockwave's newest creation, the "continuum transmorpher," Starscream did so anyways as soon as Megatron and Shockwave stepped out of the room. He then attempted to upload his toy review using Shockwave's computer, fumbling the transmorpher in the process. The device summoned Starscream's [[Starscream (Animated)|"Animated" counterpart]] to his reality. The two Starscreams then discussed how awesome BotCon was. They also teamed up to blast Megatron, but then argued over which one of them was now the new Decepticon leader. Not that it mattered, since Megatron was far from being defeated... {{storylink|Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?}}
*Starscream nominated himself as the official reviewer for BotCon exclusive toys. He was about to reveal the first of the [[BotCon 2012]] exclusives when Megatron interrupted his video. While Starscream was distracted, Grimlock stepped in and revealed the [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] toy, spoiling the review. {{storylink|BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!}}
*After a dance-off between Soundwave and Blaster, Starscream prepared to take the stage by first putting on a pair of sunglasses... {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}
Starscream was part of an epic battle in a desert against the Autobots. He provided Megatron air support against Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee and Ratchet. Optimus managed to snag him out of the air by riding atop of Bumblebee. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O TRANSFORMERS Online Exclusive commercial}} When the narrator pointed out that the Transformers' battles had never been bigger, Bumblebee's Kreon pointed out that they never had been small either, and kicked Starscream's Kreon over, reducing him to pieces. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O TRANSFORMERS teaser trailer}}
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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Starscream could hinder Optimus Prime's progress, pushing him back towards Optimus's point of origin in the Decepticon's maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Jetron MoCsprites.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Starscream was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey, confronting him in the [[Temple Ruins]]... in theory. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Starscream's supposed appearance in this game is from a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], calling him one of the "[[Seeker (body-type)|Jetron]]" foes. These enemies being copies of Starscream is... less dubious than all the other jets the video claims use the same sprite, since the sprite ''is'' in the right colors... but still.}}
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===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Merluzzi]]}}

While the Autobots were on their way to ELTA, Starscream appeared and told them to stop right where they were. Transforming to robot form, he announced that he would be their opponent. Optimus Prime asked him where he had been during the whole adventure, but Starscream just told him to shut up and warned him that his null ray was not like the others. Despite saying that he was going to shut Optimus' mouth forever, Starscream was defeated by the Autobots. Deciding to make a strategic withdraw and that discretion was the better part of valor, despite knowing that Megatron was going to chew him out, Starscream transformed to jet form and flew off. In the post credits Starscream was drained off all of energy and was helpless and drifted off into deep space. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64Starscream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Martin Roach]]}}

Starscream returned to the Beast Wars following the [[quantum surge]], with a strange but powerful new [[Transmetal]] body. Fearing that the Beast Wars would alter history against his liking, Starscream set out to destroy any Maximal or Predacon that opposed him. After vanquishing his foes, Starscream entered the Ark and infused himself with the power of his old body, just as Megatron and Optimus Primal had increased their power. This fusion of old and new allowed Starscream to finally achieve his eons long goal of restoring his original body. Finally whole, Starscream undertook the long journey through transwarp back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if Arcade Mode was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages; see the other characters' pages for Starscream’s fate in those outcomes.}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Starscream, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire and Optimus Prime, Starscream was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Starscream serves under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}
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===Sector Seven Alternate Reality Game===
[[File:Starscream 1982.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Masterpiece attack!]]
Disguised as an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, Starscream was active on Earth in [[1982]], with documented sightings of jets sporting his unique colors on several continents before he was caught on camera transforming to [[robot mode]] in California. This sighting (and its subsequent leak) was the direct impetus for [[Hungry Dragon|Hungry Dragon 1]].

Later, during late April/early May of [[2007]], [[Sector Seven]] intercepted two sound clips through Agent Cod3x and another source (currently unknown). Apparently, Starscream wanted to make his presence known and left a message announcing that he would have the All Spark, and that Agent Powers would be the one to hand it over. These messages were somewhat garbled, as they were apparently received over a SETI@home system. So far, only these two "blips" have been analyzed (the second still needing work), but more may come in the near future. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC)===
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC DLC G1Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Why do I feel like [[Pat Lee]] designed me?"]]
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Adler]] (English)}}

{{Note|Starting on [[August 27]], [[2009]], Starscream was made available as one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3. }}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Starscream was among several warriors summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Starscream g1awakening stats.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb]]
Starscream was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Picking up [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], whom they tricked into becoming a Decepticon, Starscream took part in an attack on [[Dyson Dam]]. He was later present when the Decepticons trapped Optimus Prime's team on Cybertron, though he was unable to prevent the Autobots from subsequently escaping imprisonment. He returned to Earth where he picked a fight with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and was soundly defeated by the Dinobot. He also took part in Megatron's ill-fated assault on the Ark, and completely failed to stop the Autobots when they attacked the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-starscream.jpg|thumb|]]
Starscream participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Starscream were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Bumblebee Boulder Dash''===
Bumblebee was driving peacefully down a road when Starscream started making boulders roll along the road at him. {{storylink|Bumblebee Boulder Dash}}

===''Kreon Chaos''===
There were lots of Starscreams! They bedeviled the Autobots on their quest to retrieve the Optimus Prime Kre-O kit parts held within the Decepticons' base on Cybertron. {{storylink|Kreon Chaos}}
{{charstubgame|"Earth" and "Moon" stages}}

===''Starscream Stand Off''===
Starscream engaged in aerial combat against the many units of the Autobot/Human Alliance Air Defence. {{storylink|Starscream Stand Off}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Once one of Cybertron's defenders, Starscream was stationed aboard an orbital station. The long isolation resulted in him becoming greedy and ambitious, and he eagerly took up Megatron's offer to lead troops in battle. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Starscream's card bio}}

Following the disappearance of Megatron, Starscream stole the [[Exponential Generator]] from [[Doctor Arkeville]] with the intention of using it to destroy [[Earth]] and harness the energy from the planet's destruction. Luckily the Autobots stopped him, firing the generator into orbit after a battle. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction}} Starscream was among the Decepticons who coated themselves in [[Electrum]] from a Golden Lagoon, though their campaign against the Autobots was halted when the Autobots found the lagoon, and the Electrum was destroyed in the ensuing battle. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}} After the Decepticons discovered a [[Crystal of Power]] in [[South America]], Starscream and Reflector were sent to steal materials for a cannon. They succeeded, despite Autobot interference, though the Autobots later managed to destroy the cannon anyway. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain}}

Starscream was among a group of Decepticons who accidentally time travelled back to the sixth century and ended up having to battle some similarly displaced Autobots using medieval technology. They lost, and returned to the present as prisoners of the Autobots. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} The Decepticons manage to drive the Autobots off Earth, and proceeded to set about conquering the planet. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots soon returned and succeeded in badly damaging Megatron, resulting in Starscream and the other Decepticons retreating with their wounded leader. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

Starscream took part in an all-out assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Following Megatron's death, Starscream wrested control of the Decepticons. Despite resistance by Megatron loyalists, Starscream organized a coronation, however the event was gatecrashed by Galvatron, who blasted Starscream into dust. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

Reduced to an insubstantial ghost, Starscream sought the help of [[Unicron]] and was pressed into service as an instrument of Unicron's will, becoming an agent of chaos. During a period when the barrier between the physical and ethereal plane was weakened, Starscream enlisted [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to help him pass through the [[spirit portal]]. Thanks to the interference of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], he was unable to take physical form before the portal collapsed and was again left stuck on the ethereal plane. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}} Unicron again struck a deal with Starscream, who took control of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] to enact a plan to provide Unicron with a new body in the form of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Though the trio managed to steal one of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s eyes, they were intercepted by Autobots en route to Trypticon, and defeated. Though Starscream was forced to flee, he had regained corporeal form thanks to a new body supplied by Unicron. {{storylink|Unicron Returns}}

An ancient prophecy discovered by [[Scoop (G1)|Scoops]] appeared to name Starscream as the chosen one who would bring Cybertron to a new Golden Age, though Starscream himself was skeptical. He and the other Transformers attempted to make contact with the newly arrived [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], only to find it had some connection with the [[Dead Universe]] and an annoying immunity to being attacked. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Minion Pig#As Starscream}}
Starscream appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by a Minion Pig. He also comes in an [[Minion Pig#As Energon Starscream|Energon version]], which one of the first unlockable characters in the game, and a [[Minion Pig#As Captain Starscream|Captain version]], which is part of War season 3. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
*''Starscream'' - This Common character could be recruited by collecting 12 units of cybermetal.
*''Starscream'' - This Rare character could be recruited by collecting 160 units of cybermetal, 95 units of transmetal, and 90 exclusive cores.
*''Starscream (Gen)'' - This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the "Lord Starscream" event.
*''Starscream (G2)'' - This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Lord Starscream" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of cybermetal, 75 units of transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character.
*''Lord Starscream'' - This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Lord Starscream" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream-(Gen).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|He's [[Starscream (SG)|Shattered Glass Starscream]] turned evil!]]
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[[File:Battle-Tactics-Lord-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Who disrupts my coronation?]]
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott Whyte]] (English)}}

After the ''[[Proudstar]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Plasma Core]] had been ejected from the ship, Starscream fought the Autobots at [[Liberty Bridge]] in an attempt to stop them from reaching the core only to be defeated. He recovered in time to steal the Core from under the Autobots' olfactory sensors and prevent them from launching off-planet. In his haste however, the Core had yet to be repaired, Megatron ordering that Starscream bring it to the space bridge so it could be repaired on Cybertron. Though Starscream made it back to [[New York City]], the weather, combined with the increasingly unstable Core, caused him to lose control of his flight and crash. He eventually made it back to the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s command tower as everyone was going through the space bridge, being ordered to guard the rear. Duelling the Autobots in [[unspace|transwarp]], Starscream was defeated once again and sent hurtling across the floor, asking Megatron to help him up. The Decepticon leader declined to do so.

When the Core was repaired and reinstalled, Starscream led his Seekers in defending the [[Ferrotaxis]] from the Autobots only for he and his troops to defeated. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:StarscreamEarthWars.jpg|upright=1.75|thumb|My Null Ray cannons will blast you into... wait what?]]

Starscream was the first Decepticon to arrive on Earth. After Starscream established a base and took out [[Jetfire (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Jetfire]] by building an Auto Cannon, Luca advised Starscream bring [[Bludgeon (G1)|"the disturbing sword guy"]] through. Starscream is then contacted by Megatron, who commanded him to bring him to Earth, or be stuck on the dreary mudball forever. Seeing as Starscream did not want to be abandoned on a planet full of Autobots, he reluctantly brought Megatron though the Space Bridge after finding a [[quantum crystal]] powerful enough to bring their leader through. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Get Megatron! Campaign}}

Starscream and Bludgeon attended a battle with Megatron where there were a few mortars around. Starscream, being the coward he was, tried to hide from the mortar fire. Megatron got irritated with the Decepticons cowardice and led a ''Rallying Charge'' and destroyed the mortars. He then lorded the victory over the rest of the decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|The Lost Map Campaign}}

After that whole endeavour, Starscream contacted his agent on Cybertron to get some inside information on the shards of the [[Fractal Map]], who just so happened to be [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. Swindle then got Starscream out of a sticky situation by dealing with some Mortars and Laser Turrets, but now he owed the swindler big time. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Power Play Campaign}}

Starscream then brought in [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] and another Decepticon recruit. With their help, Starscream tried to snag another piece of the Fractal Map, but was stopped by Bludgeon. Megatron then took control of the operation much to Starscreams chagrin. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|The Codex Showdown Campaign}}

Finally, Starscream witnessed along with Bludgeon, Megatron, Razorclaw, Kickback, and Shockwave the creation of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]! He watched in awe as Devastator destroyed many Autobot outposts. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Combiner Wars Campaign}}

Upon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s arrival to Earth, Starscream rudely questioned why another air bot was getting in his way. In response, Scourge warned Starscream to watch his mouth or else Hook would spend the weekend "assembling a 100 piece puzzle" with Starscream's name on it.

Starscream was present in almost all of the Decepticons' future exploits, hoping to use whatever was discovered to overthrow Megatron.

*'''Class:''' Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 star
*'''Weapons:''' Starscream shoots buildings with his null rays dealing a good amount of damage at a steady rate.
*'''Ability: Air Strike:''' Fires 4 powerful rockets at a target building dealing moderate damage.
**'''Cost:''' 4 ability points + 2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:staracream Starscream at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

Starscream's unique quotes when walking around the base:
* "Ha! Megatron will never see that coming..."
* "What's in it for me?"
* "Never let it be said... I don't look out for Number One."

;'''Cybertron Starscream'''
[[File:Cybertron_Starscream_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: ''' Cybertronian Laser - Fire laser dealing damage to regular buildings or double damage to Cybertron raid event buildings (except HQ).
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:cybertron-starscream Cybertron Starscream at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Starscream-Forged to Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now, fear the power of my nullifying Null Ray!]]
Starscream was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
Starscream was flying around the area in a search pattern for Shockwave and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. After Shockwave was defeated, he stole his Aim Enhancer and Unstable Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|Shocking Revelation}}

Starscream with the Aim Enhancer repaired met up with Ramjet, but he considered him too treacherous to lead him, and had Bludgeon relieve him of the Aim Enhancer. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|Power Seeker - Brothers No More}}

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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
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==Toys==
{{main|Starscream (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:Ulchtar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Phew.]]
*In [[Jim Shooter]] and [[Denny O'Neil]]'s original ''Transformers'' treatment, Starscream was named "'''Ulchtar'''". Yes. When [[Bob Budiansky]] took over ''Transformers'' preproduction from them, he changed it to "Starscream".<ref>[http://transformers-advent.blogspot.com/2009/07/exclusive-interview-with-bob-budiansky.html Exclusive Interview with Bob Budiansky!]</ref> And "Starscream" was the name given to [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s bio, so who knows what else was going on. This may be related to a mix-up that involved all three jets' [[Tech Spec]] numbers being switched around (Starscream was given Skywarp's stats by mistake).
**Years later, it was established that some versions of [[Starscream (Armada)|Unicron Trilogy Starscream]] were named Ulchtar.
*An early ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]''-style character profile published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'' gave Starscream the smirk-worthy nickname of '''The Silver Snake'''. A second "alternate name" for Starscream shows up in Bob Budiansky's hand-written write-up of his bio, which is briefly visible in one of [[Shout! Factory]]'s DVD featurettes. In addition to "The Silver Snake", the hand-written bio gives Starscream the alternate name of '''Pretty Poison'''. Oookay then...
*An actor in a Starscream costume was among the "live" Transformers one could meet at the 1985 [[The Transformers Universal Studios Tour|Universal Studios Tour]].
*According to the line art of Starscream by Studio OX, each side of his chest has a turbine mounted on it. This concept has influenced his [[Action Master]], [[The Transformers: Masterpiece]], and [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] toys and the [http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm art of the Robot Master version].<ref>[[Transformers Visualworks]]</ref>
[[File:StarscreamMW Genesis.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Bringing a [[Particle cannon|cannon]] to a [[canon]]-fight.]]
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Starscream the alternate French language name "Starscrim". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*In ''[[Genesis: The Art of Transformers]]'' is a picture by [[Matt Kuphaldt]] of ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Starscream wearing a purple cape and brandishing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s torn-off arm cannon. To date, this remains the only canonical appearance of Starscream in this body—so far as the canonicity of art books can be placed. The Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]] would later [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Ask Vector Prime 2|elaborate]]<ref>[[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 27, 2015|Ask Vector Prime 27/08/2015]]</ref> on the nature of the scene being pictured in Matt Kuphaldt's illustration.
*Starscream appears in the DLC for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in his G1 appearance with quite a few new features, not the least of which is the fact that he can summon and fire [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s gun mode (despite the fact that Megatron is already playable as a separate downloadable character).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Astghagoch''' (Աստղագոչ, "Starscream")
*''Basque:'' '''Izaroihu'''
*''Cantonese:'' '''Seng Seng Giu''' (星星叫, "Star Shouting")
*''Czech:'' '''Hvězdolam''' ("Starbreak"), '''Křikloun''' ("Screamer")
*''French:'' '''Égo''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Koháv Tsoék''' (כוכב צועק, "Shouting Star")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Üstökös''' ("Comet")
*''Italian:'' '''Astrum''', '''Tornado''' ("Set Commandos" four-pack), '''Arcan''' (Action Master), '''Scintillor''' (''Beast Wars'')
*''Korean:'' '''Starscream''' (스타스크림 ''Seutaseukeurim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hǒu Hsīng''' (Taiwan, 吼星, "Roaring Star"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 红蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Polish:'' '''Gwiazdowrzask''' ("Starscream"), '''Gwiezdny Krzyk''' (''Beast Wars'', "Star Cry")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Estrela-Estridente''' (Portugal comics, "Shrill Star"), '''Cometa''' (Brazil comics, "Comet")
*''Russian:'' '''Skandalist''' (cartoon, Скандалист, "Brawler")
*''Spanish:'' '''Grito de Estrella''' ("Star Cry"), '''Destello''' (Latin America ''Beast Wars'', "Sparkle")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zorekryk''' (Зорекрик, "Starscream")

==References==
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Venom (G1)

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:''Venom is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Venom boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It may seem like he's just shaking his fist, but in reality his forehead is giving you the finger.]]
'''Venom''' (aka '''Venin'''<ref>Used for the ''Generations'' toy and the trading card, probably due to the existence of [[Venom (Marvel)|another character]].</ref>) is the official leader of the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], but he's so paranoid about one of the others trying to usurp his position that he does more damage to his own standing among them than most of the plots they might hatch against him. He trusts none of them and suspects everyone of being after his place. He won't hesitate to utilize his manipulative and destructive psychological warfare techniques on those under him to stay in power: his self-esteem is based solely around his job!

The stinger on his head is loaded with all sorts of chemicals that can mess up organic and mechanical life... as long as it doesn't get stuck in an enemy and break off.<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/extended-bios.html Extended bio at ''Disciplies of Boltax'']</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukexclusive|Venom}}
[[File:TimeWars VenomDies.jpg|right|upright=2.1|thumb|Ow. OW.]]
Venom and his teammates in the elite [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] were sent to aid the [[Wreckers]] against the team-up of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (or at least his [[Straxus (G1)|clone]]) and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Despite the Mayhems' reputation, however, they were no match for their opponents, and Venom was slain by Galvatron shortly after the battle began. Twice. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:LooseEnds1 Soundwave Insecticons.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]
Venom, Chop Shop and Ransack were ordered by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to ensure the [[Skyscorcher]]s, under siege in the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] in [[Kalis]], would be "martyrs." The three Insecticons sneaked in and killed their targets, with Venom taking out [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] and [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]] with a sinister ''WRUP'', and arming a [[Warbird (weapon)|Warbird]] missile to detonate. However, the [[Wreckers]] blew in and captured them inside a [[detention-sphere]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Decepticons purge secrets and lies 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
Early in the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on Cybertron, Venom was part of a Decepticon assault alongside [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]], [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Octane]], [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and the Autobot double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}
{{-}}

===Kid Stuff storybooks===
[[File:SlavesoftheInsecticons Venom.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]]! See you.]]
Venom and his Insecticon forces were in charge of an oil-mining operation on the Pacific Rim island of [[Buru]]. Having enslaved the natives with their special venom, they patrolled the island to make sure that no Autobots interfered with the operation. Venom refused Megatron's orders to pump faster, saying it was impossible. When Megatron arrived on his [[oil driller and transporter]] to speed up the drilling operations, Venom boarded the vessel to meet with the Decepticon leader. He freaked out Megatron by just staring at him in total silence, leaving Megatron and Soundwave to whisper and speculate what he might be thinking.

{{note|Venom's lack of dialogue results from Kid Stuff's apparent desire to not have any speaking parts in their audiobooks besides the core cast of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave and Prowl.}}

Venom's forces were subsequently crushed underfoot by a horde of [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Ratbatwarwithin.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"The Frightful Four?? I wanted to be in the Sinister Six!"]]
8.2 million years ago, Venom participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He presumably retreated with the rest of the Decepticons when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] activated the planetary engines, devastating the city.

After the fragmentation of the Decepticon forces following Megatron's seeming destruction in a [[space bridge]] accident, Venom joined [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s. He accompanied Ratbat and fellow Ultracons [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] and [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] on a mission to the [[Tagan Heights]], where they unleashed the deadly [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the [[Wrecker]]s. Capturing the Wreckers' leader, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], the Ultracons were prevented from executing him when Devastator's battle with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] raged out of control. {{storylink|Escalation}} In the chaos that ensued, Venom and his allies escaped, leaving Devastator behind. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Later, Venom, Chop Shop, and [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] were involved in an altercation with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Venom also accompanied his leader to the [[Autobot]]/Decepticon peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

[[File:VictimsoftheRevolution Venom impaled.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|[[Blaze Master|Lethal Defector.]]]]
Venom, along with Barrage, Chop Shop, and Ransack, remained on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]. The planet's chronic [[energon]] shortage reduced them to a vampiric existence, forcing them to capture [[Micromaster]]s and drain them of their fuel. While pursuing [[Falcon (OC)|Falcon]] and [[Flanker]] in the [[Wastelands]], they ran into the middle of a conflict between the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] and [[Race Track Patrol]]. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}

After devouring Falcon, they soon set upon the other Micromasters, but were driven back by the timely arrival of [[Groundshaker (G1)|Groundshaker]], who left with the Hot Rod Patrol. The subsequent arrival of Shockwave prevented them from devouring the Race Track Patrol, but Shockwave did surreptitiously toss them Flanker as a snack once the others had left. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} The Insecticons subsequently abducted the Race Track Patrol and several other Micromasters from [[Little Iacon]] in an attempt to ferret out the Hot Rod Patrol and gain some new recruits in the process. Venom berated Chop Shop after the latter accidentally snatched [[Road Hugger (G1)|Road Hugger]], accusing him of trying to undermine the mission. As Venom attempted to persuade his captives to join the Decepticons, he ordered Barrage to blast [[Blaze Master]] as a show of force. Taking his captives and recruits back to Decepticon HQ, Venom passed along a communique from Shockwave (actually a disguised [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]]) to [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] and his teammates, summoning them to his quarters. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} While attempting to stop an invasion force of Micromasters from freeing their comrades, Venom was skewered by a revived Blaze Master. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}
{{-}}

===''The Battle of the Star Gate''===
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] confronted the two [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]s on the ''[[Trigger]]'', Venom was part of his forces. When the [[Autobot]]s arrived, the [[Decepticon]]s battled them, till the Starscream of the future interrupted the battle by merging with the ''Trigger''. In the ensuing conflict, the ''Trigger'' was destroyed and the Transformers were sent falling to the [[Earth]], becoming lost. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Venom was caught up in the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' attack on [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces and got knocked around by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Venom defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. During the battle, he and Barrage were pounded on by Snarl (again!) and [[Storm Shadow]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]}}
During the early days of the war, Venom served under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] as part of a team sent to find the lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. On the two-hundred-and-thirty-eighth day of this grueling campaign, Venom and his colleagues destroyed a [[Nibarian]] outpost because they believed it was between them and their quarry. A hunch from [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] led them further to a planet inhabited by [[Urtuskian]]s. As Venom and the other Decepticons started obliterating the primitive outpost, believing Metroplex was underneath (and also because it was fun), their team was caught up to by a team of [[Autobot]]s who had been trailing them. Venom and the other the Decepticons retreated without accomplishing their goal. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

[[File:Relunctant Specialist Venom and Chop Shop.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|"Optics, cooling units, cosmitron. So many snacks, so little time..."]]
His experience pursuing Metroplex eventually brought him and his crewmates to the attention of [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]], who recruited them to his [[Titan Hunter|Titan hunting crew]]. This found him boarding the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in search of the sloughed-off portion of Metroplex that its crew had salvaged. Finding the only operational crewman to be the newly christened [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]], he opened fire on the hapless Autobot and pursued him through the corridors until a cruel trick resulted in his head having an unpleasant interaction with a closing bulkhead door. Incapacitated for the time being, he was dragged by Trailcutter back to Lockdown. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

Venom was still working as part of Lockdown's crew on the "lost" [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where they found [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and a small landing party from the ''Lost Light'' investigating a [[Point One Percenter]] [[spark]] in a giant hot spot. They immediately attacked the Autobots (and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]) for "trespassing". {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Chasing the "trespassers" into a huge graveyard of deactivated Titans, Venom and the rest of the Decepticons were easily able to round them all up, whereupon they were delivered into the custody of Chief Justice [[Solomus|Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}
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===Legends World===
[[File:Legends webcomic xmas Waspinator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5|Little guy on the right.]]

Venin and [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] were the sons of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with whom they celebrated [[Christmas]]. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] tried to convert him into a [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] fan, Waspinator-turned-[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] refused on behalf of his kids, telling Tankor they had no idea who the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] was. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Insecticon leader Venom discovered that [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had formed the [[Bee Team (G1)|Bee Team]] to strike at Decepticon bases worldwide. Luckily for the Decepticons, Venom and his colleagues managed to keep the Autobots at bay. {{storylink|The Bee Team}}

Venom was one of the Decepticons under the command of Galvatron when the latter attempted to steal an experimental space bridge from the Autobots. All combatants were sent hurtling back in time when a stray shot hit the device, and found themselves witnessing the epic battle between Primus and Unicron before Cybertron's creation. In a fit of madness, Galvatron ordered his troops to aid Unicron, despite the chaos bringer's victory meaning they would all be wiped from existence. The Autobots and Primus eventually sent Unicron into a retreat, and all time-displaced warriors were sent back to their proper place in the timestream by Primus. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1VenomToy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fear my docile, stingerless beast form!]]
*'''Venom''' (Deluxe Insecticon, [[1985]])
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Venom transforms into a robotic {{w|cicada}}. He uses the mold of the [[#Notes|Beet-Zaguna]] toy previously released in the Japanese ''Armored Insect Battalion Beetras'' toyline, with a new green and orange deco. He comes with a small blaster and an axe.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-deluxe-insecticons-venom/925/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Venom at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Venom/venom.htm More information on Venom at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Gen-toy Venin.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Unfortunately, he can only fire his gun mode off once before dying.]]
*'''Acid Storm & Venin''' (Legends Class, 2014)

:Part of the seventh wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' '''Venin''' (renamed due to trademark reasons) is a [[redeco]] of [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|Waspinator]], in sorta-[[Insecticon (G1)|Generation 1 Insecticon]] colors. Venin can transform into a purple insect, a robot with [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] hands, and a gun with a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]]. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the Legends Class [[Acid Storm (G1)#Generations|Acid Storm]]. Compared to Waspinator, many of Venin's parts are considerably softer, giving him a much less solid feel.

:Venin was originally designed with Venom's usual colors, back when Acid Storm was going to be [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Thundercracker]],<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96686-generations-legends-targetmaster-moulds/?p=2517377 Joe Kyde's comment on allspark.com]</ref> but the colors were changed sometime between then and production, presumably to match his new partner.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenVenin/venin.htm More information on Venin at TFU.info]''
{{GenerationsLegendsWaspinatorMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W2DecepticonVenin.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Decepticon Venin, Insecticon Tyrant''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T17/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9
:Decepticon Venin, Insecticon Tyrant is one of forty-six character cards released in Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners.

:The artwork for the card is reused from the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]] mobile game.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:1985MuralDXInsecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Venom, like all of the Deluxe Insecticons, was designed and originally produced by [[Takatoku Toys]] for inclusion in their ''Armored Insect Battalion Beetras'' toyline (甲虫隊ビートラス). Decoed in black and brown, the mold first saw release under the name '''Beet-Zeguna''' (ビート・ゼグナ ''Bīto Zeguna''). Takatoku Toys went out of business a short while later in 1984, and their assets were purchased by fellow Japanese toymaker [[Bandai]]. At that time, Bandai was not very active in the U.S. market, which made the company a competitor of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], but not of [[Hasbro]]. Due to this, Bandai had no objection to licensing various Takatoku molds to Hasbro in 1985 for sale primarily in the United States as part of their version of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|''The Transformers'' toyline]]. Nowadays, Bandai has a worthwhile interest in every market and since it only once licensed the molds, there is little likelihood that Venom and company will ever be reissued.
*Since Hasbro and Takara shared the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] as promotional material for their respective versions of the toyline, Venom and the other Deluxe Insecticons were not included in its cast to avoid giving Japanese market-competitor Bandai free publicity. The group was also omitted from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US Marvel comics]] and barely appeared in the UK Marvel comics, making them the least "successful" of the Takatoku molds. This trend has continued in fiction since, the team's current highlight being their role in the [[2004]] Dreamwave ''[[Transformers: Micromasters|Micromasters]]'' miniseries.
*Barrage, Chop Shop, and Venom all appeared in their ''Beetras'' color schemes on Hasbro's 1985 packaging mural, along with several other toys in early or unused color schemes.
*Because of the Deluxe Insecticons' regular absence from fiction, Venom has rarely acted as leader of the whole Insecticon group. Instead, the more prominently appearing Insecticon trio usually seems to be rather communal in leadership, though [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] often gets to be in a leadership position of sorts. Venom is presumably keeping an eye on him.
*Real {{w|cicada}}s have no venom. They don't even bite or sting. They're just noisy.
*Venom has shown no evidence in any fiction of [[Venom (Marvel)|a desire to eat your brains]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Venom''' (ヴェノム ''Venomu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/gattaioh/beet/zeg/index.html Beet-Zeguna at Diaclone.net]

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Horrorcon (Universe)

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{{disambig2|the cross-factional subgroup from ''Universe''|the Decepticon duo from Generation 1|Horrorcon (G1)}}
:''The Horrorcons are subgroup from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe series]]).''

The '''Horrorcons''' are among the many Transformers caught up in the [[Universe War|interdimensional war]] between the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and the [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]].

No, we don't know ''what'' makes a Horrorcon a Horrorcon.

They are:
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]]
* [[Nightprowler]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] and [[Labrat]], working for the [[Darksyder]]s, produced the Horrorcons and [[Fuzor]]s, at least in part by reverse engineering a [[Klaws|captured cyborg]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===''Universe'' (2003)===
:In 2004, a group of [[prototype|test shots]] made their way onto [[eBay]] of four [[redeco]]s of [[toy]]s from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]]. Later, Hasbro's official website checklist shortly featured listings for two ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "[[Halloween]] Horrorcon [[Giftset|Value Packs]]" that were to be [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s. This seems to explain why they were canceled: Walmart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other ''Transformers'' exclusives were canceled during the ''Universe'' era as well.

*'''Leatherhide vs. Blackarachnia''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Tarantulas]]/[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Blackarachnia]] toy as Blackarachnia and a redeco of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]] [[Soundwave (BW)#Mutant Beast Wars|Soundwave]] [[mold]] as Leatherhide. Blackarachnia would have been black with silver spider-legs and salmon-colored robot parts, while Leatherhide was to be blue with a yellow head and parts on his back.

<center><gallery>
File:Leatherhide.jpg|[[Leatherhide (Universe)#Universe (2003)|Leatherhide]]
File:Blackarachnia unreleased.jpg|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#UnUni|Blackarachnia]]
</gallery></center>

{{canceledtoy}}
{{-}}

*'''Nightprowler vs. Waspinator''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, [[Water-squirting gimmick|water-shooting]] gun, stinger-rifle

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] toy as Nightprowler and a redeco of the [[Transmetal]] [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TM1|Waspinator]] mold as the same character. Nightprowler's deco would have been mostly grey to represent a snow leopard in [[beast mode]]. Waspinator's was to come in black with opaque-salmon wings and lavender insect legs.

<center><gallery>
File:Nightprowler.jpg|[[Nightprowler#Universe (2003)|Nightprowler]]
File:Waspinator_unreleased.jpg|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Waspinator]]
</gallery></center>

{{canceledtoy}}
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/user/binalternator/library/unreleased/halloween_horrorcons?sort=4&page=1 Gallery of all four test-shots]

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[[Category:Things that don't exist]]
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Horrorcon (Universe)

2022-02-02T13:16:33Z

DDog: /* Universe (2003) */

{{disambig2|the cross-factional subgroup from ''Universe''|the Decepticon duo from Generation 1|Horrorcon (G1)}}
:''The Horrorcons are subgroup from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe series]]).''

The '''Horrorcons''' are among the many Transformers caught up in the [[Universe War|interdimensional war]] between the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and the [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]].

No, we don't know ''what'' makes a Horrorcon a Horrorcon.

They are:
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]]
* [[Nightprowler]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] and [[Labrat]], working for the [[Darksyder]]s, produced the Horrorcons and [[Fuzor]]s, at least in part by reverse engineering a [[Klaws|captured cyborg]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===''Universe'' (2003)===
:In 2004, a group of [[prototype|test shots]] made their way onto [[eBay]] of four [[redeco]]s of [[toy]]s from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]]. Later, Hasbro's official website checklist shortly featured listings for two ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "[[Halloween]] Horrorcon [[Giftset|Value Packs]]" that were to be [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s. This seems to explain why they were canceled: Walmart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other ''Transformers'' exclusives were canceled during the ''Universe'' era as well.

*'''Leatherhide vs. Blackarachnia''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Tarantulas]]/[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Blackarachnia]] toy as Blackarachnia and a redeco of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]] [[Soundwave (BW)#Mutant Beast Wars|Soundwave]] [[mold]] as Leatherhide. Blackarachnia would have been black with silver spider-legs and salmon-colored robot parts, while Leatherhide was to be blue with a yellow head and parts on his back.

<center><gallery>
File:Leatherhide.jpg|[[Leatherhide (Universe)#Universe (2003)|Leatherhide]]
File:Blackarachnia unreleased.jpg|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#UnUni|Blackarachnia]]
</gallery></center>

*'''Nightprowler vs. Waspinator''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, [[Water-squirting gimmick|water-shooting]] gun, stinger-rifle

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] toy as Nightprowler and a redeco of the [[Transmetal]] [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TM1|Waspinator]] mold as the same character. Nightprowler's deco would have been mostly grey to represent a snow leopard in [[beast mode]]. Waspinator's was to come in black with opaque-salmon wings and lavender insect legs.

<center><gallery>
File:Nightprowler.jpg|[[Nightprowler#Universe (2003)|Nightprowler]]
File:Waspinator_unreleased.jpg|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Waspinator]]
</gallery></center>

{{canceledtoy}}

==External links==
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/user/binalternator/library/unreleased/halloween_horrorcons?sort=4&page=1 Gallery of all four test-shots]

[[Category:Subgroups]]
[[Category:Things that don't exist]]
[[Category:Universe (2003)]]

Horrorcon (Universe)

2022-02-02T12:59:11Z

DDog: /* Universe (2003) */

{{disambig2|the cross-factional subgroup from ''Universe''|the Decepticon duo from Generation 1|Horrorcon (G1)}}
:''The Horrorcons are subgroup from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe series]]).''

The '''Horrorcons''' are among the many Transformers caught up in the [[Universe War|interdimensional war]] between the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and the [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]].

No, we don't know ''what'' makes a Horrorcon a Horrorcon.

They are:
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]]
* [[Nightprowler]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] and [[Labrat]], working for the [[Darksyder]]s, produced the Horrorcons and [[Fuzor]]s, at least in part by reverse engineering a [[Klaws|captured cyborg]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===''Universe'' (2003)===
:In 2004, a group of [[prototype|test shots]] made their way onto [[eBay]] of four [[redeco]]s of toys from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]]. Later, Hasbro's official website checklist shortly featured listings for two ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "[[Halloween]] Horrorcon Value Packs" that were to be [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s. This seems to explain why they were canceled: Walmart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other ''Transformers'' exclusives were canceled during the ''Universe'' era as well.

*'''Leatherhide vs. Blackarachnia''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Tarantulas]]/[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Blackarachnia]] toy as Blackarachnia and a redeco of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]] [[Soundwave (BW)#Mutant Beast Wars|Soundwave]] mold as Leatherhide. Blackarachnia would have been black with silver spider-legs and salmon-colored robot parts, while Leatherhide was to be blue with a yellow head and parts on his back.

<center><gallery>
File:Leatherhide.jpg|[[Leatherhide (Universe)#Universe (2003)|Leatherhide]]
File:Blackarachnia unreleased.jpg|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#UnUni|Blackarachnia]]
</gallery></center>

*'''Nightprowler vs. Waspinator''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun, stinger-rifle

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] toy as Nightprowler and a redeco of the [[Transmetal]] [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TM1|Waspinator]] mold as the same character. Nightprowler's deco would have been mostly grey to represent a snow leopard in [[beast mode]]. Waspinator's was to come in black with opaque-salmon wings and lavender insect legs.

<center><gallery>
File:Nightprowler.jpg|[[Nightprowler#Universe (2003)|Nightprowler]]
File:Waspinator_unreleased.jpg|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Waspinator]]
</gallery></center>

{{canceledtoy}}

==External links==
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/user/binalternator/library/unreleased/halloween_horrorcons?sort=4&page=1 Gallery of all four test-shots]

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[[Category:Things that don't exist]]
[[Category:Universe (2003)]]

Horrorcon (Universe)

2022-02-02T12:52:20Z

DDog: /* Toys */

{{disambig2|the cross-factional subgroup from ''Universe''|the Decepticon duo from Generation 1|Horrorcon (G1)}}
:''The Horrorcons are subgroup from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe series]]).''

The '''Horrorcons''' are among the many Transformers caught up in the [[Universe War|interdimensional war]] between the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] and the [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]].

No, we don't know ''what'' makes a Horrorcon a Horrorcon.

They are:
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]]
* [[Nightprowler]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] and [[Labrat]], working for the [[Darksyder]]s, produced the Horrorcons and [[Fuzor]]s, at least in part by reverse engineering a [[Klaws|captured cyborg]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===''Universe'' (2003)===
:In 2004, a group of [[prototype|test shots]] made their way onto [[eBay]] of four [[redeco]]s of toys from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]]. Later, Hasbro's official website checklist shortly featured listings for two ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "[[Halloween]] Horrorcon Value Packs" that were to be [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s. This seems to explain why they were canceled: Walmart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other ''Transformers'' exclusives were canceled during the ''Universe'' era as well.

*'''Leatherhide vs. Blackarachnia''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Tarantulas]]/[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Blackarachnia]] toy as Blackarachnia and a redeco of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]] [[Soundwave (BW)#Mutant Beast Wars|Soundwave]] mold as Leatherhide. Blackarachnia would have been black with silver spider-legs and salmon-colored robot parts, while Leatherhide was to be blue with a yellow head and parts on his back.

*'''Nightprowler vs. Waspinator''' (Halloween Horrorcon Value Pack, <strike>200?</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun, stinger-rifle

:This two-pack would have contained a redeco of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] toy as Nightprowler and a redeco of the [[Transmetal]] [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#TM1|Waspinator]] mold as the same character. Nightprowler's deco would have been mostly grey to represent a snow leopard in [[beast mode]]. Waspinator's was to come in black with opaque-salmon wings and lavender insect legs.

<center><gallery>
File:Leatherhide.jpg|[[Leatherhide (Universe)#Universe (2003)|Leatherhide]]
File:Blackarachnia unreleased.jpg|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#UnUni|Blackarachnia]]
File:Nightprowler.jpg|[[Nightprowler#Universe (2003)|Nightprowler]]
File:Waspinator_unreleased.jpg|[[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Universe (2003)|Waspinator]]
</gallery></center>

{{canceledtoy}}

==External links==
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/user/binalternator/library/unreleased/halloween_horrorcons?sort=4&page=1 Gallery of all four test-shots]

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[[Category:Things that don't exist]]
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Discovery Family

2022-01-22T23:46:36Z

DDog: The original cartoon returned in mid 2020.

[[File:Discovery Family logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Cybertron is just awesome.]]
'''Discovery Family''' is a cable television network in the United States owned by a joint venture of {{w|Discovery, Inc.}} and [[Hasbro]]. It began broadcasting [[October 13]], [[2014]], as the successor to [[Hub Network]].

Discovery Family continued to be the American outlet for ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' and ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'', carrying over from Hub Network, with ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' subsequently premiering on the network in late [[2018]]. These and other Hasbro and third-party cartoons (including ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'') only air in the daytime hours, as the nighttime line-up features only live-action documentary and reality programming from the Discovery library.

==External links==
*[http://www.discoveryfamilychannel.com Discovery Family website]

[[Category:Networks]]
[[Category:Hasbro subsidiaries]]

Freeway (G1)

2022-01-21T19:38:35Z

DDog:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Freeway}}
:''Freeway is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Freeway cardart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Your mom|Yo momma]]'s [[kibble]] so big, even Unicron would go "Oh!"]]
A cruel and foulmouthed [[Throttlebot]], '''Freeway''' is the Autobots' self-appointed "King of Comedy" and possibly makes himself quite unpopular as a result. No one is immune from his special brand of humor, not even high-ranking officers. He's always on the lookout for even the smallest and most trivial of mistakes; these can be an opening for him to unleash a torrent of pointed, mocking abuse. Freeway is convinced that he's absolutely hilarious. Point out that he's not really all that funny, and he'll do you even worse, insult your heritage, make scandalous suggestions about your progenitor, and claim you have no sense of humor and are, in fact, a wuss. Freeway will make himself laugh so hard that he blows a circuit and shorts himself out.

Freeway can dish it out, but he sure can't take it. Treat him the way he treats others, and Freeway will very quickly become angry, twisted and resentful. Very much a fuming ball of wires.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Throttlebots-marvel32.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|In a rare case of correct coloring, Freeway actually is the blue one.]]
Thanks to a Decepticon [[Titanium-class Destruction Drone]], Freeway and his fellow Throttlebots were captured during an attack on a fuel storage depot, and brought to the Chief Decepticon Fuel Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. An outbreak of [[Scraplet]]s had begun on [[Earth]], and Ratbat ordered them to travel there and destroy all of the infected—or he would destroy the planet itself to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. Given new Earth-style vehicle forms and canisters of corrosive acid, Freeway stayed at the primary site of the infection with Chase and Searchlight, while Rollbar and Wideload went to track another Transformer who'd left the scene. Rollbar and Wideload eventually returned with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], his human friend [[Charlie Fong|Charley Fong]], and a cure for Scraplets: the "rare chemical" [[water]]. With this knowledge, they managed to destroy all the Scraplets with help from another of the Earthbound Autobots' allies, [[G.B. Blackrock]]. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

''Following that incident, Freeway and the rest of the Throttlebots joined Goldbug and Blaster as they traveled about the country. While Goldbug was watching tv, he learned that two Cybertronians had been discovered trapped in the cooled lava flow of [[Mount Verona]]. He led the group in the hopes of freeing one of the pair, fellow Autobot [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. But upon arrival, the group found the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] already on-site, preparing the obliterate the entire area to eliminate the other trapped Transformer, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Though at first willing to let their enemies rid the world of the mad tyrant, even at the expense of one of their own, the Throttlebots were forced into action when a [[Susan Hoffman|trio of]] [[Joy Meadows|human]] [[Cindy Newell|women]] took it upon themselves to prevent Magnus's destruction. The Combaticons were driven off, though they swore revenge against Freeway's team for their interference.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

The Throttlebots continued travels only made them targets for virtually everyone—the Decepticons, the Autobot faction Goldbug had gone AWOL from, and the humans who hated and feared all Cybertronians. After escaping one of the Combaticons, Goldbug suggested they hide in a used car lot (because that [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|worked so well for him before]]). Astonishingly the owner, [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve Ludwig]], noticed a giant earthmover dump truck magically appearing on his lot, and soon put two-and-two together after receiving a notice from the local [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] boys. After pouring sugar into the Autobots' gas tanks, he summoned the proper authorities. Freeway and the Throttlebots were carted off and taken prisoner by RAAT's parent organization, [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

[[File:Freeway-crushed.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Got anything funny to say about that, funny man?!]]
Still not recognizing the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, III's bigwigs publicly threatened to execute their prisoners if any more robot attacks took place. Guess what—the Decepticons were willing to call their bluff. After the inevitable raid, [[Forrest Forsythe]] ordered the Autobots crushed into cubes. However, a sympathetic (and borderline competent) agent named [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] realized Freeway and his friends were telling the truth about there being two factions of robots, and salvaged their cerebro-circuits before the execution, transferring their brain chips into electronic toy cars. Barnett then brought the Autobots in his care to meet with [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witiwicky]], longtime friend of their Earthbound forces. The reunion was cut short by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who had caught the Throttlebots' scent, and sought to crush them dead in their vulnerable state. The Throttlebots managed to outmaneuver their pursuers through a shopping center. Barnett and Buster were separated during the chase, with most of the Throttlebots winding up in Barnett's custody once more. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Freeway and the Throttlebots remained in Barnett's possession for some time. The human brought the five of them to consult on a hostage situation, after Buster wound up on the Decepticons' island-base. Before they had the chance to dispense any advice, however, the island transformed into a spacecraft and launched, with Buster still on board. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} The Throttlebots were apparently returned to the Autobots at some point, and reconstructed into new bodies replicating their old ones. When an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Freeway was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to Japan to try and stop him. He and the rest of the Throttlebots didn't get to put up much of a fight, as they were all destroyed by Starscream before even getting a chance to transform. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Danny Mann]] (English), [[Akimitsu Takase]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Freeway seated.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Seriously, guys! That's NOT funny!]]
Freeway and three of the other Throttlebots were part of the force sent by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] to recover the body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Freeway was amongst the very first to be infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} He was cured when Optimus Prime was resurrected and used the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to eradicate the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

While defending [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth from the Decepticons, Freeway demanded that [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] back off. With a loud cry of "NO!", the [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcon]] kicked Freeway back into a wall, causing him to lose a rear wheel in the process. Evidently this was not a serious injury, as he was found fighting alongside his fellow Autobots a while later. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:CassetteOperation Skullcruncher Freeway.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Heh heh. Just pullin' your leg, there.]]
When the Decepticons attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to take control of [[Vector Sigma]], Freeway and the Throttlebots were among the lines of defense. They fought bravely against the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but were swiftly defeated. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} They got a chance for a rematch when the Headmasters attacked Cybertron with their [[Madmachine]], and Freeway and his comrades managed to hold the Decepticons at bay until the Madmachine was destroyed. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

The Throttlebots were later called to Earth to scuffle with the Headmasters yet again, but snuck away from battle to destroy [[Metamorphose]], a Decepticon meteorite, hoping to earn some glory in the process. This did not end well, as Metamorphose's metal-warping gravity fields immediately twisted their [[Autobot frigate|ship]] and its crew out of shape and sent them screaming through space. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} Freeway and the others returned much later to destroy a Decepticon [[Death Tower]] on Earth, but didn't stand a chance against its guardian, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}
{{-}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
In [[2021]], a villain posing as [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] chairman [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] declared Goldbug a traitor and ordered the other Throttlebots to destroy him, a development that Freeway initially mistook for a joke. The team accompanied "Spike" to the [[Legends World]] to confront their leader, but couldn't bring themselves to go through with it and rejected the order. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54|Bonus Edition Vol. 54}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Metroplex]]
[[File:SixshotTank SpotlightMetroplex.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Last comic standing.]]
The [[Throttlebot]]s were stationed on the [[Orvus Base]] laboratory orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]], serving as couriers for a top-secret research project. The base was attacked and destroyed by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. They escaped in a ship as the only survivors of the attack—with Sixshot in hot pursuit—eventually making their way to [[Salvvatan VIII]].

Freeway and the others discovered supplies and Energon on the planet's surface within a mysterious city complex. Sixshot caught up with them and demanded the information the Throttlebots had taken from Orvus. They scattered, with Sixshot ready and eager to hunt them down. After being flung into the air in vehicle mode, Freeway righted himself, landed and tried to make a stand again Sixshot. The Decepticon simply leaped above Freeway, transformed to tank mode and fell directly on him. Sixshot tortured the pinned Freeway a bit by grinding him with his tank treads before turning his attention to the remaining Throttlebots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}} Freeway did not survive the ordeal. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Freeway toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Nice legs]]
*'''Freeway''' (Throttlebot, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-96'''
:Freeway transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette. Like all [[Throttlebot]]s, Freeway's primary gimmick is a pull-back motor that sends him zipping forward in either car or robot modes.

:The Throttlebots were part of the [[Decoy]] promotion in 1987, where the carded toys came with a soft-rubber figuring. The Throttlebots were the only team to come with either Autobot or Decepticon Decoys; the other toys in the promotion only came with Decoys of the same faction they belonged to.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Freeway/freeway.htm More information on Freeway at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|1991Classic}}
*'''Freeway''' ([[1991]])
: Freeway was reissued in 1991 as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line. Now his [[rubsign]] indent was removed, the heat-sensitive decal replaced with a normal factory-applied paper faction sigil.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*According to [[Marvel Comics]] documentation from May [[1986]], "'''[[Detour (disambiguation)|Detour]]'''" was a preliminary name proposed by [[Bob Budiansky]] for this character.
*A working name for the original ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Ford Mustang toy (which ultimately ended up as [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]) was "Freeway," according to various early store listings.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runway''' (ランウェイ ''Ranwei'')
*''French:'' '''Autoroute''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Saterbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāosùlù''' (China, 高速路, "Highway")

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January 19

2022-01-20T00:17:02Z

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<noinclude>{{cal-date|1|19}}</noinclude>

* '''???? —''' [[Tomotaka Hachisuka]] (Japanese voice of [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015_cartoon)|Robots In Disguise (2015)]]'') is born.
* '''[[1920]] —''' [[Johnny Haymer]] (the voice of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]) is born.
* '''[[1950]] —''' [[Sébastien Dhavernas]] (Canadian French voice of [[Theodore Galloway]]) is born.
* '''[[1965]] —''' [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese voice of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and others) is born
* '''[[1968]] —''' [[Matt Hill]] (voice of ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]) is born. Buttered toast!
* '''[[1992]] —''' The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' episode "[[The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves|The Tidal Wave]]" premieres in Malaysia.
* '''[[1995]] —''' Voice actor [[Paulo Pinheiro]] dies.
* '''[[2000]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' episode "[[Changing of the Guard|Loose-Fitting!]]" airs in Japan.
* '''[[2005]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]'' — Volume 009 is released on DVD in Japan by [[Interchannel]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Total Meltdown]]" premieres in Canada and on U.S. OnDemand stations.
* '''2008 —''' The ''Transformers Animated'' episode "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]" premieres in the US.
* '''2008 —''' The promotional video for the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] [[Nightbeat (G1)#Timelines|Nightbeat]] toy debuts on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnhbeRLlVnI YouTube].
* '''[[2010]] —''' Fun Publications reveals the identity of membership-freebie [[Dion (G1)|Dion]]'s [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] "partner": [[Cop-Tur (G1)|Cop-Tur]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Sector 7]]'' [[Frozen|#5]] and ''[[Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime]]'' #3 are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'' episodes "[[The Bot Who Cried Rescue]]" and "[[Mount Botmore]]" premiere on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''[[2022]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]] [[Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three|#39]], ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]'' TPB and ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers Vol 4: Declaration of War]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].

Main Page/schedule

2022-01-20T00:15:06Z

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* '''[[January 26|Jan 26]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars|Beast Wars]]'' [[Maximals Strike Back, Part Three|#12]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[January 29|Jan 29]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Scorponok (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD-17 Scorponok]], ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' [[Sparkless#SparklessSeeker|WFC-20 Sparkless Seeker]] and ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|Premium Finish]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Premium Finish|PF WFC-04 Starscream]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Premium Finish|PF SS-04 Ratchet]], plus ''Kingdom'' KD EX-10 [[Skywarp (BW)#Generations|Maximal Skywarp]] & [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Sideswipe]], [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD EX-11 Soundwave]] and KD EX-13 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Grimlock]] & [[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Mirage]] are released as [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusives.

* '''[[February 2|Feb 2]] —''' ''[[Transformers: King Grimlock|King Grimlock]]'' [[King Grimlock issue 5|#5]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[February 16|Feb 16]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Shattered|#40]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[February 23|Feb 23]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars issue 13|#13]] and ''[[Transformers: War's End|War's End]]'' [[War's End issue 1|#1]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[February 26|Feb 26]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD-18 Red Alert]], ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' [[Deseeus Army Drone#Toys|WFC-21 Deseeus Army Drone]] and ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Thrust (Movie)#Toys|SS-73 Thrust]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)#Studio Series|SS-74 Jolt]], plus [[Ravage (G1)/toys#PulseCon|Agent Ravage & Ravage]] are released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.
* '''[[February 28|Feb 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Nightbird (G1)#Masterpiece|MP-55 Nightbird Shadow]].

* '''[[March 2]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Best of Megatron]]'' is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 16]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[The Landscape of Fear|#41]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 23]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars issue 14|#14]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 30]] —''' ''[[Transformers: War's End|War's End]]'' [[War's End issue 2|#2]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 26|Mar 26]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD-14 Tigatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD-19 Optimus Prime with Trailer]] and ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|WFC-18 Cheetor]], plus ''Kingdom'' [[T-Wrecks#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD EX-12 T-Wrecks]] and ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]], [[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]] and [[Artfire#Selects|Artfire]] & [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]] and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Crosscut (Autobot)#Masterpiece|MP-53+ Senator Crosscut]] as [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusives.
* '''[[March 30|Mar 30]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Three: Volume 2]]'' is released by [[IDW Publishing]].


* '''[[April 30|Apr 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Studio Series|SS-75 Perceptor]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Studio Series|SS-76 New Destruction Emperor Starscream]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#SS78|SS-77 Sideswipe]].

* '''[[May 25]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers Volume 5: ''Horrors Near and Far]]'' HC is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[May 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Ravage (ROTF)#SSBB|SS-78 Ravage]], [[Shockwave (Movie)#SSBB|SS-79 Shockwave]], [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#SS82|SS-80 Autobot Ratchet]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#SS83|SS-81 Soundwave]] and ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' [[Tyrannocon Rex#Toys|Tyrannocon Rex]] / [[JP93#Toys|Autobot JP93]].

* '''[[June 25|Jun 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece G Series]]'' [[Shouki#Masterpiece G Series|MPG-01 Trainbot Shouki]], ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD-20 Waspinator]] and ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Sweep (G1)#Studio Series|SS-82 Decepticon Sweep]], [[Brawn (ROTF)#Studio Series|SS-83 Brawn]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)#Studio Series|SS-84 Wheeljack]], plus ''Kingdom'' [[Slammer#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD EX-14 Slammer]], [[Pipes (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD EX-15 Pipes]] and [[Shadow Panther#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|KD EX-16 Shadow Panther]] and ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Selects|Lift-Ticket]] are released as [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusives.
* '''[[July 22|July 22]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (IDW)|Shattered Glass]]'' TPB is released by [[IDW Publishing]].



* '''[[September 24|Sep 24]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece G Series]]'' [[Getsuei#Masterpiece G Series|MPG-02 Trainbot Getsuei]].
==2023==
* '''[[June 9|Jun 9]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]'' is theatrically released.
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