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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)

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{{videogame
|prev=Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)
|title=''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''
|image=Fall of Cybertron PC cover.jpg‎
|caption=War. War never changes.
|developer=[[High Moon Studios]] (console), [[Mercenary Technology]] (PC)
|publisher=[[Activision Blizzard|Activision]]
|writtenby=[[Dan Jolley]]
|date=[[August 21]], [[2012]]
|platform=PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 PC
|ratings=ESRB: T<br>PEGI: 12
}}
'''''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''''' is a direct sequel to the 2010 game ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)| War for Cybertron]]'' that was released on [[August 21]], [[2012]]. Published by [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]] and developed by [[High Moon Studios]] (with the PC version being handled by [[Mercenary Technology]]), the game is a continuation of the events of ''War for Cybertron'', It explores the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to escape from a rapidly deteriorating [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', as well as the gradual downfall and collapse of the remnants of Cybertronian society. A side story also focuses on the creation of the [[Dinobot (FOC)| Dinobots]].

==Synopsis==
===Chapter I: The Exodus===
:''Character: [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]''

The [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] heads off to the portal which will take them to [[Earth]]. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] invades the ship using the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', sending [[Decepticon]]s over directly to the bridge of the Ark, forcing Bumblebee, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to fight off the aggressors. With more Decepticons swarming the engine room, Optimus heads off to help, leaving Bumblebee to protect the bridge. The artillery cannons are taken offline and the ship blows a [[moleculon fuse|fuse]]. Ratchet sends Bumblebee off to fix it, and after braving nearly being sucked into space, the scout soon replaces the fuse and ascending up a lift to the defense tower. He witnesses Autobots being overrun by a [[Titan (Unit)|Titan]] and then on another level, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] and [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]] attacking. He reaches the defense mainframe and rushes the Decepticon manning it, reactivating the Ark's guns. The tower is hit by a claw that knocks him down a shaft. With his alternator jarred back into gear, Bumblebee transforms and races through an outer area, avoiding explosions, Decepticon tow cables and large chunks of rubble. He passes [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]] having a [[Brawl (WFC)|brawl]] and bringing an [[Onslaught (WFC)|onslaught]] of destruction. He makes it to a stronghold, restocking on ammo, [[energon]] and weapons. He fights his way through a few waves of Decepticons, making his way to the engine room, where Prime and Megatron are doing battle. He pushes through enemy lines, with the help of two Titans, and makes his way to the engine room. There he finds Optimus and Megatron engaging in a fierce melee battle on the hull of the ship, and just as Megatron fires a huge cannon at Optimus, Bumblebee throws himself forwards, taking the shot meant for Prime. As Bumblebee falls, Optimus lifts his body...

[[File:FOC-Metroplexheedsthecall.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Embrace democracy, or you will be eradicated."]]

===Chapter II: Defend the Ark===
:''Character: Optimus Prime''
Six days earlier, the Autobots are preparing the last transport for launch. [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] reports the energon reserves are aboard, and Perceptor is overseeing city shutdown, only for the news to come that the Decepticons have invaded the city. Optimus tries to contact [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], as it's his sector the Decepticons have invaded, but gets no answer. As Prime moves to head out, a [[Warp Cannon]] crashes to the ground nearby and targets the Ark. Optimus heads through the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] ruins and enters Autobot City through a side door to find the Autobots trying to get the city stable without the absent Grimlock. After helping Ratchet stabilize a badly-injured [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], Prime sends [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] to find where Grimlock's disappeared to. At the armory, [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] reports that [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] and others are trapped in a nerve center, so he and Optimus fight their way there. After fighting off a horde of Decepticons, they unseal the [[detpak]] from the nerve center door. Sending Warpath back to the Ark, Optimus goes in to meet with Perceptor, who's struggling to get the city working again so they can fight off the Decepticons. He sends Prime to activate an old artillery gun using energon from the Ark, and Prime soon puts the weapon to good use taking out Decepticons. With news that the Warp Cannons are firing on the Ark, Optimus heads to the engine room, but as he moves towards the flight deck, the corridors restructure around him. Decepticons, including [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], have invaded the area, and Optimus finds many bodies, but heads for the neutron cannon. After fighting his way through more Decepticons, he brings the neutron gun online, but again the targeting is out. Optimus takes manual control and helps defend the Ark refueling station from a number of Decepticon tanks. When the cannon runs out of energon, Optimus heads back inside the city and is guided by a mysterious intelligence to the city's core where he pulls a lever... and the entire city transforms into [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]].

===Chapter III: Metroplex Heeds the Call===

:''Character: Optimus Prime''
Optimus and Metroplex head for the Iacon ruins where the Warp Cannons are located. Once they find the first Warp Cannon, Metroplex laboriously synchronizes his targeting systems with Optimus and together they take out the first cannon. Moving on, Prime helps the survivors of a crashed Autobot ship and finds Warpath in a huge plaza. With the second Warp Cannon shelling them, they head into a building and manage to get close enough to the cannon for Optimus to mark it for destruction by Metroplex. That done, Optimus heads down more corridors and is confronted by three Leapers, which Metroplex handily takes out by putting a fist through the wall. After fighting his way across a huge bridge, Prime gets close enough to the last Warp Cannon to mark it, only for it to take out Metroplex first. With no other choice, Optimus makes his way to the base of the cannon and forces open a door, only to be blasted by Starscream, bashed by Brawl and Onslaught, and dragged in front of Megatron. While Starscream gloats at his victory over Prime, Megatron simply blasts his Air Commander before killing an Autobot in front of the bound Prime. Luckily it turns out Metroplex is back online, and he rips the roof off Megatron's throne room before smashing Megatron into the ground repeatedly with his fist. Starscream pronounces Megatron dead, himself leader and orders the Decepticons back to base. The day is won, but unfortunately all the Autobots' energon is exhausted and they need to find more. Prime believes Grimlock may hold the key, and says Jazz and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] are tracking down their missing comrade.

[[File:FOC-Cliffjumperobservatory.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Historical algorithms engaged. Processing Capital Post articles. Extrapolating American cultural references."]]

===Chapter IV: Eye of the Storm===
:''Character: Cliffjumper''
[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] drops Jazz and Cliffjumper off over the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] in the middle of a rust storm to look for Grimlock. In a ruined base, they find a crashed ship which they recognize as one that was stolen by Grimlock from the base. They soon spot Decepticons moving around and sneak inside the base. As they stealthily make their way through, they overhear some Decepticons discussing [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and his "pets". Using a garbage conveyor, Cliffjumper finds himself in an ancient tomb where guardians are roaming around, scanning for Autobots. Jazz reports the rust storm is increasing in intensity outside. Cliffjumper finds a huge domed room and activates a starmap that shows him an image of [[Earth]]. Continuing through the tomb, Cliffjumper finds more Decepticons, plus sword marks and a trail of destruction he recognizes as Grimlock's work. Eventually he reaches outside again and spots Jazz, but a collapse cuts them off from each other. Cliff hunts through the storm and finds Jazz, freeing his companion from some fallen debris. They soon find more devastation and Jazz detects a faint Autobot distress signal which Cliffjumper tracks to a huge pit, just as the Decepticons seal it. Luckily the two Autobots find a huge bomb they use to blow the pit open and, leaving Cliffjumper behind, Jazz leaps in.

[[File:FOC-Jazzvsinsecticons.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Gary?" "Gary!" "Gary?" "Gary!" "Gary!"]]

===Chapter V: Cut and Run===
:''Character: Jazz''
Jazz reaches the bottom of the pit, where he discovers [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]], who has been so badly damaged he's been forced into [[stasis lock]]. The audio he plays back from Sludge's memory is not promising. The meaning of the green pods Jazz spots is clear when he finds himself under attack by the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] horde. He blasts a tank which releases a toxic green gas, and he has to race to escape in time. Escaping the pit, he seals it and pair continue to look for the source of the distress signal. They stumble on a huge lake filled with energon which the Decepticons are mining. They fight their way across the moat to the Decepticon facility where Cliffjumper promptly manages to trip an alarm. Jazz utilizes a network of service tunnels, but creeping down one of them, he falls through a grating and is ambushed. Naturally he fights the Decepticons off and even helps out Cliffjumper who's pinned down by Wall Crawlers and other Decepticons. The pair rendezvous at the other side of the moat and head inside the tower. Within, they find Insecticons in tubes and a map pointing to Earth's solar system. Intriguing! Further in, they find Shockwave arguing with Starscream via hologram. Cliffjumper fails to creep up on Shockwave, who sets a bunch of Insecticons on them before leaving. While Jazz keeps the Insecticons busy, Cliffjumper diverts toxic waste into the refinery to make it overload. The refinery starts to melt down and the pair book out, getting picked up by Sideswipe just in time. Jazz contacts Optimus with the news there's a lake of energon ripe for the taking. The Autobots begin preparing a massive energon transport to take the energon to the Ark.

===Chapter VI: Death from Above===
:''Character: Vortex''
The Decepticons get wind of the Autobot plan, and as the transport heads back with a load of energon, Starscream tasks the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticon]]s with intercepting it and leading it to an ambush. [[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] and [[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] are sent to clear a short-cut so Brawl can take a dropship and destroy a bridge. They fly through an ancient Autobot city. The pair run into Autobots though, and Blast Off ends up racing ahead, leaving Vortex to fight them. They eventually reach the bridge, but when Brawl shells it, they find it's shielded. Vortex deactivates the shielding, allowing Brawl to take out the side supports. The central support is a little trickier, and Brawl has to blow a hole in it so Vortex can get in to find the shield controls. After fighting more Autobots, including a Titan, Vortex uses a detpak on the central support and races out as the bridge collapses.

===Chapter VII: Belly of the Beast===
:''Character: Swindle''
Starscream springs his ambush on the transport, but the transport's defenses blast them. Onslaught exasperatedly sends [[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] under the transport to try to stop it. Swindle takes out the rear wheels and heads to the front, using his grapple to avoid the deadly acid pools, and takes out the front wheels. This unleashes a pair of titans which he has to destroy. However just as victory looks certain, the transport's wheels convert into jets. As the transport takes to the air, Swindle grapples on board.

[[File:FOC-Bruticus-Game.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Get the Fat Man! I'll try to keep him busy!"]]

===Chapter VIII: Combaticons Combine!===
:''Character: Swindle/Bruticus''
Within the transport, Swindle begins heading through the transport, aiming to take out the anti-aircraft defenses so the other Combaticons can come over in their drop ship. He blows a hole in an exterior wall and starts making his way along the side of the transport. Starscream announces he's calling off the assault, but is corrected by Onslaught, who still believes they can pull it off. Swindle finds the anti-aircraft cannons can be destroyed by simply shooting the shells being fed into them, so he does that, then moves around to the other side of the ship. Unfortunately the Autobots are wise to what the Decepticons are doing and destroy the controls for the shell feed shields so Swindle can't deactivate them. Onslaught brings the drop ship around, and Swindle hops on. Once he uses the top turret to destroy the last gun emplacement, the Combaticons merge into [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]] and start breaking things. He smashes through the transports turbine and break into the control room where the Combaticons split and make swift work of the Autobots. Unfortunately though they have the transport in their control, it's badly damaged and going down, and they can do little more than try to control its course as it crashes. Starscream's unimpressed that they managed to destroy half the energon supply in the crash, and when Onslaught talks back, pointing that the Autobots would have gotten all of it if they did nothing and everything going wrong was a result of Starscream's incompetence, Starscream orders the Combaticons arrested.

===Chapter IX: Megatron Returns===
:''Character: [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]/Megatron''
In his [[Soundwave's workshop|old workshop]] under the gladiator pits, Soundwave powers up the assembly systems so he can put Megatron's salvaged body back together. With the help of his minions, he manages to get Megatron back in one piece and uses an infusion of [[Dark Energon]] to bring his master back to life. Megatron's enraged by the news Starscream is in charge and, grabbing his cannon, heads out to confront his former lieutenant. He arrives, naturally, in the middle of Starscream's coronation. Starscream sets the assembled Decepticons onto their former leader, but as Megatron points out, he was practically forged in these arenas. Once he finishes with the many, many Decepticons, he blasts Starscream who flees. Onslaught offers to chase them down, but Megatron doesn't consider him a threat and has other plans. As the Decepticons move a huge statue of him into pride of place, Megatron meets with Shockwave who has deciphered the ancient technology to open wormholes and located a suitably energy rich planet for them to plunder. Megatron boards a drop ship and heads for the crater where [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] crashed with the intention of recovering the giant Decepticon's power core. Unfortunately his drop ship is shot down on the way.

===Chapter X: The Final Countdown===
:''Character: Megatron''
Jumping clear of the ship, Megatron notes that the Autobots have installed anti-aircraft defenses. Once the Decepticons assault the facility and take it over, Soundwave detects a power source nearby—the Autobots are using Trypticon's power core as an energy source. Furious, Megatron goes to investigate and takes out the defenses surrounding the main compound before calling in Bruticus to clear a path. The Combiner makes short work of the remaining Autobots and holds the massive doors open so Megatron can enter. After emptying the main compound of Autobots, he enters the main building where some Autobots are reporting to Optimus. Megatron slags them and makes it clear he blames Optimus for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s depleted state. The Autobots redouble their attempts to keep Megatron away, but as he gets closer to Trypticon, he realizes that the Autobots haven't removed the power core—Trypticon is still functional. Fighting through more Autobot defenses, including a titan, Megatron gets to Trypticon's legs and finds they've been bound. A few shots of Megatron's cannon frees them. Trypticon's torso is similarly easy to find, with a little help from Laserbeak. Once Megatron breaks Trypticon's bonds, Soundwave arrives and hacks the computer while Megatron smashes the Autobots attacking them. Trypticon, however, is still badly damaged. Megatron informs Trypticon that he failed to destroy the Autobots and will be rebuilt into a new form—the ''Nemesis''.

[[File:FOC-theonecalledGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"You and I have a chance to make our country a better place for all of us. I'd like you to make sure that chance isn't wasted."]]

===Chapter XI: Starscream's Betrayal===
:''Characters: Decepticon trooper/Starscream/Grimlock''
As the Nemesis nears launch, the Decepticons are roused by an alarm as someone tries to hack Shockwave's data logs. A trooper and his friend are sent to check the main server. As the two troopers enter the server, they discuss Starscream's humiliating defeat, only for Starscream himself to decloak and flatten them. Hoping to build an army of his own, Starscream analyzes the data logs and discovers that Shockwave's latest experiments are imprisoned within the tower. He uses EMP detpaks to take out the security towers providing the defenses, which knocks out the [[force field]]s protecting the maintenance shafts. Flying inside, he finds Shockwave experimenting on Grimlock with [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], and [[Sharpshot]]. Once they leave, Starscream drops into the lab and informs Grimlock he'll be set free if he pledges allegiance to the Air Commander. Grimlock's responds that he can free himself, then throws Starscream into a wall. Grimlock's surgically altered body leaves him confused and unable to transform, and before long he searches for [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] by smashing everything in his path. He finds Swoop, only to be confronted by a hologram of Shockwave, who has predicted this move. After destroying all the Decepticons in the lab, he solves the problem of freeing Swoop by smashing more things. Swoop reveals that he has gained a new [[alternate mode]], although Grimlock still cannot transform. The pair search for the rest of their team, and discover more of Shockwave's experiments—Insecticons in tubes—and Swoop remembers where [[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] is. Unfortunately Hardshell is waiting for them with some artillery, and Grimlock has to throw fuel pods at him until the ship's destroyed. Grimlock holds the Insecticon up to the optical scanner so they can progress. When they reach the surgical lab, it's totally trashed and there's a big hole in the floor. Grimlock and Swoop jump in.

[[File:FOC-Grimlockspacetrex.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"There are times that I feel the primal part of me... pulling me away."]]

===Chapter XII: Grimlock Smash===
:''Character: Grimlock/Swoop''
Beneath the lab, the ground gives way under Grimlock, dropping him into a tunnel, and he decides they'll split up to find Slug. He soon finds the area is infested with Insecticons. Shockwave's voice rings out, telling Grimlock that he has yet to fulfill his full potential and transform, and Kickback has volunteered to help. The Insecticon taunts Grimlock and unleashes a huge "bruiser" Insecticon to fight him. When Grimlock is angry enough, he finally changes form into a space ''T-rex''. Kickback decides discretion is the better part of not being slagged, but before he can escape, the door crashes down on him as Slug enters. Slug relates the news that Sludge didn't make it out of the caves, and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]'s been taken by Shockwave for "extensive testing". As they step outside where Swoop is waiting, they see Shockwave's [[space bridge]] tower firing up. They soon track down Snarl being guarded by Sharpshot and squash his captor. Searching for a place to take shelter and patch up Snarl, they find an observatory and Slug discovers Shockwave's plans to open a space bridge portal. They contact Optimus, who orders Grimlock to return to base, but Grimlock insists on taking the space bridge himself. With Swoop's help, he flies to the tower and fights his way through more Decepticons until he finds Shockwave working. As he goes to attack Shockwave, he's seized by energy chains, while Shockwave reports to Megatron that all is ready. Grimlock switches to dino mode to break free and rips Shockwave's arm off before bashing the space bridge which explodes. Back in Autobot City, the Autobots note that Megatron's portal is becoming unstable and decide they must urgently launch. Metroplex offers whatever spark energy he has left, which allows the Autobots to launch the Ark, at the cost of Metroplex's life.

===Chapter XIII: Till All Are One===
:''Characters: Soundwave/Jetfire/Bruticus/Jazz/Optimus/Megatron''
The ''Nemesis'' draws close to the ''Ark'' as it nears the portal. Megatron orders Soundwave to lead the first wave of the assault. Soundwave rides a tow cable over and, with the help of Rumble and Laserbeak, neutralizes the Ark's cannons. The Decepticons begin their assault en-mass. [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] flies outside and severs the tow cables, but even though he's successful, Bruticus flies right past him and lands on the hull of the ''Ark''. After smashing his way through the Autobot defenses, he busts the ship's main energon tank. Jetfire raises the alarm, and Jazz responds. He tries grappling onto Bruticus and shooting the giant in the face, but with the help of Jetfire and an EMP mine, the Autobots hit Bruticus with a series of air strikes, sending him flying off into space. Elsewhere, Bumblebee jumps in the path of Megatron's shot, saving Optimus. Enraged, Optimus punches Megatron across the hull and they face off once again. Their fight is eventually interrupted by the unstable space bridge portal sucking them and both starships in before closing.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] ([[Keith Szarabajka]])
*[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Nolan North]])
*[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] ([[Gregg Berger]])
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] ([[Mark Allan Stewart]])
*[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]] ([[Travis Willingham]])
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] ([[Sam Riegel]])
*[[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] ([[Jamieson Price]])
*[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] ([[Jim Ward]])
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] ([[Travis Willingham]])
*[[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]]
*[[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]
*[[Scattershot (WFC)|Scattershot]]
*[[Hound (WFC)|Hound]] <ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/26/play-transformers-fall-of-cybertron-multiplayer-on-july-31 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - G1 Optimus Vignette]</ref>
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/transformers-video-game-discussion/27314578d1345329191-full-game-being-played-live-right-now-um.jpg]</ref>
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Titan (Unit)|Titan]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ([[Sam Riegel]])
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] ([[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]])
*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] ([[Travis Willingham]])
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] ([[Dave Boat]])
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] ([[Keith Silverstein]])
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] ([[Nolan North]])
*[[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus]] ([[Nolan North]])
*[[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]
*[[Sharpshot]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] ([[Troy Baker]])
*[[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]]
*[[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]] ([[Keith Silverstein]])
*[[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]]
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]]
*[[Quake (FOC)|Quake]]
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]
*[[Dead End (WFC)|Dead End]]
*[[Demolishor (WFC)|Demolishor]]
*[[Leaper]]
*[[Guardian (FOC)|Guardian]]
*[[Wall Crawler]]<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/20/clever-devils-the-enemies-and-ai-of-fall-of-cybertron.aspx The AI of War for Cybertron]]</ref>
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Quotes==
"Metroplex heeds the call of the last Prime"
:—'''Metroplex''' assures Optimus that he's not there to render him into his component molecules.

"All we want is to leave!"<br />
"No one leaves without ''my'' permission!"<br />
"''I wasn't asking''."<br />
:—What '''Optimus Prime''' thought would be the last time he would have to tell '''Megatron''' how it was.

"Cliffjumper, you catch any of that?"<br />
"You mean the screaming, the horror, followed by more screaming?"<br />
"Uh, yeah, that'd be it."
:—'''Jazz''' and '''Cliffjumper''' discuss what they heard from Sludge's memory core.

"Ungh! This lever is heavy! Couldn't they just make it a button?"
:—'''Vortex''' makes a valid point.

"Always tinkering, aren't you, Shockwave? Must be quite the test!"<br />
:—'''Starscream''', after hearing Shockwave and the Insecticons discuss experiments on Grimlock.

"Nothing feels right... Hard to think."
:—'''Grimlock''', shortly after breaking free.

"I remember you, Grimlock. Do you remember me? Me? Me?"<br />
"''Kickback''..."
:—'''Kickback''' taunts '''Grimlock''' to provoke him into transforming.

'''Kickback''': Time for me to take my leave!<br />
''[Slug knocks the door down on Kickback]'' <br />
'''Slug''': Excuse me.
:—[[The Transformers: The Movie|Never gets old]], '''Slug'''.

'''Slug''': You cut through those guys like they were [[Beryllium baloney|Beryllium Bologna]]!<br />
'''Grimlock''': You mean [[Cesium salami|Cesium Salami]]!<br />
'''Slug''': No...Beryllium Bologna!<br />
'''Grimlock''': Cesium Salami!
:—[[The Transformers: The Movie|Again with this argument, guys?]]

"You're weak, Optimus. You run when you should fight!"
:—'''Grimlock''' gives Optimus a piece of his mind.

"Pathetic! This is the so called Ark? The Autobots have placed all of their hopes on a glorified cargo hauler!"
:—'''Megatron''' gives his two cents about the Ark.

"Don't worry! It slices, it dices!"
:—'''Bruticus''' does a Wreck-Gar.

"After eons of conflict, I finally see the truth of your words, Megatron."<br />
"And what might that be, Optimus?"<br />
''[Megatron swings his sword, only for Optimus to stop his strike]'' <br />
"This universe, no matter how vast, will never be big enough for you and I to coexist. "<br />
''[Optimus punches Megatron across the Ark]'' <br />
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells '''Megatron''' that he's done holding back.

==Gameplay==
Like ''War for Cybertron'', this game is an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter. The player has access to a range of weapons split between light and heavy and can carry one of each class at a time. As one would expect from a ''Transformers'' game, the player character can also transform to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] which provides more maneuverability and in some cases the power of flight. Whereas in the previous game, characters had two abilities that were charged up by shooting opponents, each character now has "dash" and a unique ability that works on a time recharge. Abilities include Vortex's shockwave, Cliffjumper's cloaking, and Optimus Prime's ability to order a missile strike.

While ''War for Cybertron'' had three-bot teams in each campaign level, with the user playing as their choice of the three, ''Fall of Cybertron'' instead follows a single character at a time, though the character often teams up with other NPCs. This allows levels to be tailored to the player character's special abilities, such as Jazz's level having plenty of places to use his grapple, and Megatron's levels having places which are only reachable by hovering. The player will sometimes also automatically switch between characters as the narrative demands.

''Fall of Cybertron'' introduces an upgrade mechanic. The player collects energon from defeated opponents which they can use at [[Teletraan-1]] machines scattered throughout the levels to buy character upgrades, T.E.C.H. items such as [[C.L.U.T.C.H.]] drones, and weapon upgrades. Upgrades carry over between characters, so Megatron gets the benefit of upgrades purchased by Optimus Prime. Collecting the blueprints hidden in each level unlocks more upgrades or weapons. Also hidden throughout the levels are [[audio logs]], recordings left by various characters which give extra information or insight into an aspect of the game world. Energon can be used to open [[Armory Recreator]]s, which contain weapons and equipment.

Grimlock's sections alter the game mechanics substantially. He has no ranged attack, relying on melee with his sword. Rather than gaining currency from defeating Decepticons, their deaths fill his "rage meter", eventually allowing him to transform to his dino mode that lets him use his [[fire-breath]] and jaws to wreak more havoc. Similarly, Bruticus behaves like a melee brawler, fighting with a mix of weaponry like Vortex's propellers, a flamethrower, and the [[Sonic Pain Wave]].

===Multiplayer===
Fall of Cybertron follows War for Cybertron's tradition in having a fleshed-out, online multiplayer mode. The general idea is the same, but quite a number of gameplay elements have been added, removed, or altered. For example, vehicle mode abilities have been removed, but every character has the ability to dash. Weapons are also exclusive to each class and can't be wielded by other players.

Players can create custom characters to participate in the regular multiplayer mode. Customization options are greatly expanded from the previous game: Individual heads, bodies/[[Alternate mode|alt-modes]], shoulders, arms, legs, and wheels can be selected, all based on existing character models. The color palette is also expanded, and players can alter the shininess of characters and choose from three different voices per faction.

Characters level up by performing well in battle. Completing challenges will also yield experience points. Class weapons and abilities become unlocked by reaching certain levels. Reaching level 25 in every class unlocks "Prime Mode," which resets all experience points and challenges and gives the player a cool spinny icon next to his or her name. Reaching level 25 for all classes in Prime Mode grants the player access to "Elite" heads, which are 4 heads per class, and are the most iconic character of the class (Bumblebee, Optimus, Starscream and Megatron) with a crown.

Finally, [[Energon shard]]s can be gained along with experience points and can be spent on custom body parts and decals.

;Classes
The four classes return, with some alterations:
*[[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrators]] - Cars. Fast, with an emphasis on stealth. Replaces the [[Scout (WFC)|Scout]] class.
*[[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyers]] - Trucks. Mixture of defensive and offensive abilities, with emphasis on explosions. Replaces the [[Leader (WFC)|Leader]] class.
*[[Titan (FOC)|Titans]] - Tanks. Huge health and defense, heavy weapons. Replaces the [[Soldier (WFC)|Soldier]] class.
*[[Scientist (WFC)|Scientists]] - Jets. Great speed, no armor, emphasis on healing and buffer abilities.

;Playlists
*Team Death Match - [[Fred Tatasciore|''ELIMINATE THE ENEMY TEAM!'']] Kills count as points for the player's team, and 40 points are required to win on default settings.
*Conquest - There are 3 nodes, A, B and C. Team members wait at nodes to fill a bar and capture the node, and all teams are competing constantly for the nodes. The possession of a node adds points, and the rate at which points are added is increased based on how many nodes the team has. The match ends once a team reaches 400 points.
*Headhunter - This match is very similar to Team Deathmatch, except killed enemies drop their [[Spark]]. Players must pick up these sparks and return them to teamless nodes to gain a point per spark. These nodes occasionally move, the approaching change signaled by beacons that mark their location, which flash when nodes are about to move.
*Capture the Flag - Both teams have flags in their base. Players must protect their own flag and capture the enemy flag. Each capture grants a point, and the amount of points required for a team to win is 3.

;Teletraan 1
The signature Autobot computer here lets the player sift through global player rankings and see the challenges he or she has completed. Prime Mode is also activated through this menu.

;Escalation
Up to 4 players face off against increasingly difficult waves. Once the players finish wave 15, the game ends and the players are scored on how many kills, deaths, and energon chips they collected throughout the match.

==Transformers references==
Aside from the obvious G1 inspired character designs, the game has some references to previous iterations of Transformers, a number of them from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] and [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 movie]].

* Soundwave does a short impression of a light fixture.
* Jazz and Cliffjumper are paired together, just as they were in the film and in the episode [[Starscream's Brigade]].
* Jazz finds an inscription on a tank in the Sea of Rust that says "IX-XVII-MCMLXXXIV," or the date that "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" first aired.
* During his coronation, Starscream is wearing the same crown his [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]] wore in the movie, and the dialogue he has with Megatron during the scene is almost word for word as well. He even blasts him in tank mode, though this does not kill him like it did in the movie. The crown can be found in Starscream's level and worn for its duration.
* When Megatron is done killing off soldiers under Starscream's command, Starscream calls Megatron a [[Pretender to the Throne!|pretender to the throne]]
* When Kickback runs to the door, Slug pushes it from outside and the door falls, smashing Kickback to the ground and when Slug sees Kickback under the door, he says "Excuse me!". This is a straight homage to the scene where [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] pushes the door and it smashes the [[Quintesson]] prosecutor.
* A secret room can be found in Grimlock's level containing his waiter outfit from "[[Madman's Paradise]]"; upon finding it, Grimlock utters his famous movie quote, "Me Grimlock no bozo, me king."
* After defeating a group of Insecticons, Slug says that Grimlock tore through them like they were "[[beryllium baloney]]", but Grimlock says "[[cesium salami]]", mirroring the scene where their Generation 1 counterparts argue on [[Quintessa]].
* In an audio log left by [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' is described as [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor]], a term which originated in [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
* The five [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s are originally grouped together as the "[[Lightning Strike Coalition]]", the name of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s breakaway Autobot faction in "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]". On that note, the Coalition's logo serves as the difficulty symbols.
* The [[Path Blaster]] is named for the [[Pathblaster]] from "[[Time Wars]]". One of its modifications is named for Generation 1 episode "[[The Gambler]]" and involves the use of [[Destronium]], a substance introduced in ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.
* The [[Riot Cannon]]'s "Planet Buster" modification is likewise named after the [[Planet Buster]] that appeared in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.
* The [[neutron assault rifle]]'s special modification is the "P.O.K.E. Beta"—not the first [[Punch of Kill Everything]] reference in the game series.
* One of the corrosive slime cannon's modifications for multiplayer is the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] Disperser.
* Other weapon modifications available include [[tachyon transmitter]], [[fireblast]], [[turbo booster]]s, [[transwarp]] ballistics, and [[R-infinity accelerator|R-Infinity]] finders.
* Bruticus's special attack is the [[Sonic Pain Wave]], one of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)| Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s weapons.
* When Cliffjumper is accessing the Teletraan I store one of the random phrases apologizes for not being able to provide [[glass gas]], the unique weapon of G1 [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]].
* In Chapter IX, playing as Megatron after his awakening Soundwave says "Less talk, more work", quoting the G1 episode Megatron's Master Plan part 2.
* In Grimlock's secret room in the second level, there are three swords that resemble the [[Master Sword]] mounted on fixtures around the room.

As part of the expanding [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]], ''Fall of Cybertron'' also incorporates thematic and visual references to the ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'' novel and the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' television series:
* Bumblebee's voice circuits/vocal processor having been damaged prior to the story's beginning, essentially rendering him mute.
* Optimus Prime's [[Path Blaster|rifle]] design, which was described by [[High Moon Studios]] as being an earlier version of the rifles Optimus uses in the ''Prime'' television series.
* Optimus being referred to as having been a librarian named Orion Pax and Megatron having been a gladiator from Kaon named Megatronus.
* Cliffjumper's head design and Megatron's reformatted/rebuilt body design.
* Dark Energon's power to revive the dead is an aspect from the ''Prime'' television series that was not seen in the previous game, ''War For Cybertron''.
* Trypticon being reformatted into the ''Nemesis''.
* The discovery that there were [[Ancient]]s who had traveled to other planets, particularly Earth.
* One of the weapons is called an [[Energon Harvester]].

==PC version notes==

Initially, developer High Moon Studios commented (as late as [[BotCon 2012]] on the end of April of that year) that there would not be a Windows PC version of ''Fall for Cybertron'' due to their own lack of experience with the PC platform and the criticism the PC version of ''War for Cybertron'' had received. However, shortly before the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2012 in early June, publisher Activision announced a PC version of the game, to be developed by [[Mercenary Technology]], a new studio formed by "veterans of the industry".

The PC version of ''Fall of Cybertron'' improves upon the console versions of ''Fall'' (and indeed the PC version of ''War for Cybertron'') by featuring higher quality graphics, higher resolution textures, runs at 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second (versus 30 frames for the console version). Unfortunately, as is standard in most console game ports, the graphical settings are lacking and the controls cannot be reset/rebound.

==Notes==
*A lot of characters fates are left unaccounted for by the end of the game. The Dinobots, Sideswipe, Perceptor and Warpath were not seen boarding the Ark, Cliffjumper was seen at the launch site but was not seen on the Ark itself, and [[Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|some]] [[Out of the Past|events]] in ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' put his arrival on Earth in doubt. Starscream is never seen again after Grimlock knocks him out, leaving it unknown if he made it to ''Nemesis'' launch (despite his being accounted for in [[Transformers: Exodus]] and [[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]). While ''Transformers: Prime'' confirms Hardshell's survival in this game, Kickback's fate is un-addressed and Bruticus is chucked off the Ark into space, leaving his fate open to question (though, ''[[Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots|Rage of the Dinobots]]'' has the Combaticons back on Cybertron, implying that Bruticus made it back there). Finally assuming that this game eventually follows into ''Transformers: Prime'', most characters on the Ark and Nemesis have not been seen in the series leaving their fates unclear. However, episode 54 of the cartoon, "[[Scattered]]", reveals that the original crew members of the Ark were "scattered to the wind", leaving their fates open to be explored by future story material. In addition, ''[[Transformers Universe]]'' shows that Prowl and Ironhide are still alive, but are operating away from [[Team Prime]]. Brawl is also shown alive in this game.
*This game, like its predecessor, plays a Stan Bush song at the end, this time being a slightly modified version of "[[The Touch]]", using elements from both the 2007 and 2009 versions to create a unique hybrid of the two. Soundwave plays it, while Bumblebee dances.
*One of the unlocks for beating the game is the Glass Gas Cannon, however, Teletraan still tells Cliffjumper during replays that it is not available.
*In chapter 8, when Bruticus is beating the slag out of the Autobots, one of the screams used is the "Wilhelm Scream".
*In an unfortunate oversight, the downloadable demo for the game is the first section of Chapter VI, in which one can find an audio log that blows the surprise of Megatron's death earlier in the game. Oops.

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/10/06/november-cover-revealed-transformers-fall-of-cybertron.aspx November cover revealed: Fall of Cybertron] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/07/transformers-high-moon-studios-tour.aspx Transformers: High Moon Studio tour] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/10/fall-of-cybertron-the-new-optimus-prime.aspx Fall of Cybertron: The New Optimus Prime] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/transformers_fall_of_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2011/10/14/grimlock-rises-in-transformers-fall-of-cybertron-teaser-trailer.aspx Grimlock Rises In Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Teaser Trailer] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/12/behind-the-crosshairs-the-weapons-of-transformers.aspx Behind the Crosshairs: The Weapons of Transformers] @ GameInformer
*[http://youtu.be/Tn4ECyCExeg Fall of Cybertron Teaser 01] @ YouTube
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/13/the-illustrated-tour-of-cybertron.aspx The Illustrated Tour of Cybertron] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/17/directing-transformers-fall-of-cybertron.aspx The Story And Direction Of Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/19/animating-the-transformers.aspx Animating The Transformers] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/20/clever-devils-the-enemies-and-ai-of-fall-of-cybertron.aspx The Enemies & AI Of Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/21/transformers-resurrecting-the-dinobots.aspx Transformers: Resurrecting The Dinobots] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/24/fall-of-cybertron-deep-character-dive-jazz.aspx Fall Of Cybertron Deep Character Dive: Jazz] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/26/the-transformers-timeline.aspx The Transformers Timeline] @ Game Informer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/26/true-to-character-transformer-fall-of-cybertron.aspx True To Form: Safeguarding The Transformers License] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/28/creating-the-sounds-of-the-transformers.aspx Creating The Soundscape Of Transformers] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/31/larger-than-life-designing-transformer-s-set-piece-moments.aspx Larger Than Life: Designing Fall of Cybertron's Set Piece Moments] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/11/02/transformers-fall-of-cybertron-gameplay-roundtable.aspx Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Gameplay Roundtable] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2011/11/03/tfse.aspx Special Edition Podcast: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron] @ GameInformer
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVsINYfFG5Q Fall of Cybertron Cinematic Teaser Trailer] @ YouTube
*[http://www.spike.com/video-clips/ul8dqy/video-game-awards-transformers-fall-of-cybertron-trailer Fall of Cybertron Cinematic Trailer] @ Spike TV ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3E358n7pcI Mirrored] @ YouTube)
*[http://www.gamespot.com/transformers-fall-of-cybertron/videos/transformers-fall-of-cybertron-official-trailer-6368583/ Fall of Cybertron Official Gameplay Trailer] @ Gamespot

==Footnotes==

{{Reflist}}

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Talk:Autobot flunky

2012-02-18T14:00:43Z

Davis Yuy: New page: Has anyone notced that Autobot flunky looks like Rung?

Has anyone notced that [[Autobot flunky]] looks like [[Rung]]?

Warp gate

2012-01-21T04:07:16Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Warp gates are a type of technology from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:FFoD3 warpgate.jpg|right|200px|thumb|There is nothing wrong with your TV set, we control the vertical, we control the horizontal...]]

'''Warp gates''' are teleportation devices which generate spatial portals that allow users to traverse vast distances in the blink of an eye. Similar in concept to the [[Decepticon]]s' [[space bridge]] technology, warp gates were created through the alliance of the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]kind.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Battle of the Star Gate''====
Warp gate technology began life as the [[Trigger]], a huge manned space station developed in the late 1990s by the allied forces of the Autobots and the [[United States of America|American]] government using [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology. {{storylink|First Contact}}

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
By 2005, warp gate technology had been refined down to a single, flat portal, through which travelers could simply fly, requiring no vehicle or launch mechanism to make the trip. The precise number of warp gates in existence by this time is unknown, but at least one was installed at the fringes of the solar system, beyond [[Pluto]]. Other gates must presumably exist throughout the universe, but the only one to be identified was in the vicinity of [[Thrull]]. This gate was used by revived Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] when he was informed of the existence of an [[Earth Defense Command]] space platform in the Sol system. Amused at the notion, he directed [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep]]s to enter the nearby Warp Gate that he might see it for himself. Although the crew of the space platform picked up their emergence from the Pluto warp gate, it didn't spare them Galvatron's wrath. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s squad of Autobots were equipped with "personal warp gates" while chasing down the [[Eco-structuring|cyberformers]] from the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

==Notes==
*The ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Space Bridge#Animated|Space Bridge]] bears a strong resemblance with the Warp Gate's design.

[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Generation 2 technology]]

User talk:Abates

2010-08-12T05:05:36Z

Davis Yuy: /* Air Raid Micromaster */

==To-Do List==
===Operation: Screen Captures===
Screen cap (re)tagging:
*<s>[[:Category:Generation 1 screen captures|G1]]</s>
*[[:Category:Headmasters screen captures|Headmasters]]/[[:Category:Masterforce screen captures|Masterforce]]/<s>[[:Category:Victory screen captures|Victory]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Zone screen captures|Zone]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Beast Wars screen captures|Beast Wars]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Beast Machines screen captures|Beast Machines]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Robots in Disguise screen captures|Robots in Disguise]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Armada screen captures|Armada]]</s>/[[:Category:Energon screen captures|Energon]]/<s>[[:Category:Cybertron screen captures|Cybertron]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Animated screen captures|Animated]]</s>
====Pictures of unidentified origin====
I don't know which episodes these are from - feel free to tag them with {{tl|MFcap}} or {{tl|Energoncap}} if you know!
=====Masterforce=====
<gallery>
Image:Diver suiton.jpg
Image:Wilder beastmode.jpg
</gallery>
=====Energon=====
<gallery>
Image:EnergonGeneric.jpg
Image:EnergonSixShot3.jpg
Image:Rodimus tv.jpg
</gallery>

==Screencaps==
Your tastes in screencaps is impeccable. :D -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:21, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
: Heh, thanks! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:37, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
::You don't need to use the actual title cards for the main picture of episode articles. Awhile back we decided that those are redundant for the most part, so we've taken to using screencaps of scenes that are pivotal, sum up the episode and are just plain funny. For example [[The Ultimate Weapon|The Ultimate Weapon]]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:50, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Aha! Noted. Thanks :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:46, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

And again! The BW pages are looking great. Keep 'em coming! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:37, 30 November 2008 (EST)
:Thanks! Almost halfway though :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:31, 30 November 2008 (EST)

==This Pic==
[[Image:Lessons of the Past Optimusmonitor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]Could you please retake this shot? It's full of little jaggies - check out the lines on Prime's shoulder and elbow. Thanks. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:08, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
:That's how it looks in the episode - the image they used is from the end of a zooming-out shot in "An Explosive Situation", so it looks like they did a video freeze on the last frame and overlayed the clips on the top monitors. Unfortunately it was the only "someone watching footage on a monitor" shot I could find (there's another identical shot of Prime later on, but it has the same problem). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:20, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

==Kudos==
Your RID pages are excellent. Thanks for taking on a task that not many of us are willing to face. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:31, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

:Thanks! I love the show, so I'm enjoying rewatching it. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:08, 22 October 2008 (EDT)
::Your Quote sections in particular are reminding me of what a fun show it was... particularly in light of [[Energon (cartoon)|what came after.]] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 10:09, 22 October 2008 (EDT)

:So devoutly seconded. -- [[User:Greenygal|Greenygal]] 15:48, 22 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks very much for doing the work on these! --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:08, 24 October 2008 (EDT)

:Dude - awesome idea: Can you change the title card of [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|The Ultimate Robot Warrior]] to an image where Buddha is firing missiles out of his mouth? Because it's ''so'' wrong it amuses me. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:33, 29 October 2008 (EDT)
::Done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 05:45, 29 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Thanks mate. Bwahahahaha! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:56, 29 October 2008 (EDT)

Must chime in with thanks. This is simply great work.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:57, 22 November 2008 (EST)

:Thanks! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:46, 22 November 2008 (EST)

== Armada eps ==
Jeebus, now you're doing Armada episode recaps! As Repowers said last time with the RID recaps, thanks for doing what many of us are reluctant to do (and I like Armada). --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:56, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:Just the two for the moment. I want to focus on finishing the RID character pages, but I happened to have the first three episodes of Armada handy. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:07, 16 November 2008 (EST)

== More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1 ==
Wondering why you removed the navigation box I put on this article? Admittedly it didn't come out perfectly, but it seemed to work and fulfilled a good function so why not just modify it?[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:42, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:Because it's completely redundant? The infobox on the top right does exactly the same thing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:45, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::Just coming back to admit that I missed that. It does seem a little odd that the navigation box for the first episode doesn't match those for later episodes, but if everyone else wants it that way...[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:48, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::Oh, that's just a case of the other pages not having been updated with the newer template yet. We haven't been using the new one for that long. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:50, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Okay. Didn't mean to cause any trouble.[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:02, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:The episode template doesn't support seasons yet which I think is why it's not in wider use. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:09, 16 November 2008 (EST)

==BW request==
Hey, if you've got you Season 2 disks handy, could you grab a shot of Quickstrike as he introduces himself? Specifically I think there's a moment when the camera's at ground level with him, and you see both his cobra and scorpion heads clearly at the same time. It'd make a great main pic for the [[Fuzor|Fuzor]] article. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:15, 6 December 2008 (EST)

:[[:Image:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|This one]]? :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:26, 6 December 2008 (EST)
::That one. Awesome! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:27, 6 December 2008 (EST)

== Appearances ==
The way we've been doing it is that appearances doesn't necessarily mean "as they appear on screen" but it can also mean whomever is heard first. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:56, 31 December 2008 (EST)

:Oh, I see. I didn't realise that. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:34, 1 January 2009 (EST)

== Automated Cache Processor ==

Did you ever get to put this online? I wouldn't mind being able to use it on the articles where the processed cache files didn't get uploaded properly due to title problems. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:42, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:Not yet, but it's a trivial thing to do, so I'll do it tonight and announce it on [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central|Damage Control Central]]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:14, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cool, thanks. :) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 23:28, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== References ==

You can attribute a news/link reference several times throughout an article by creating a reference name. Eg. Say you want to link an article that confirmed Hugo Weaving was returning to voice Megatron in both confirmed news and the cast list. You do this:

Hugo Weaving returns to voice Megatron news.<nowiki><ref name="Hugo Weaving">[News Link news description]</ref>
</nowiki>

===Cast===
Megatron (Hugo Weaving)<nowiki><ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
</nowiki>

This means you don't end up linking the exact same news several times in the References section. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:53, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
:Aha! Now I know (and knowing is half the battle). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:54, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

==Google Flaw==
Don't have time to really deal with this myself, but the version of the Nine Great Demon General page on the wiki wasn't the most current; I couldn't even find a version to look up the cached form on Google, and had to use your MSN.com search tip to recover it. How many other pages like this? Don't know. But something to look up EITHER the Google Cache or MSN Cache version of a given page, that might be worth looking into... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:09, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:Was actually comparing caches last night. MSN seems to be older on most pages I check, and Google is apparently spidering faster and has some of the (heinously bad) backups Bookworm put up in place, Wikia spam and all. For the moment the sweet spot appears to maybe be Yahoo's cache.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:18, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah, there's no cache for the Nine Great Demon Generals article in the big zip of cache files. There are one or two pages here and there which got missed out. I'm not sure why whoever was downloading that range didn't note it as a missing file on the Damage Control page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:48, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Re-checked caches. Yahoo has now spidered us and cached the Wikia spammed crapola, but MSN has a cache of November/December 2008. Not the ''best'', but it had Nine Great Demon Generals whereas Yahoo or Google would only give me that page from Wikia. Potentially our best bet as advanced as the others have gotten in spidering, if we have pages that we still have no backup of.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:39, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::::FFN [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/Damage_Control_Central/Archive2#Front_page_notice_and_browser_caches|mentioned]] that fans of the wiki had offered to help out with their browser caches. It's a long shot, but assuming they've saved the files, they might have missing articles. No one answered his question regarding where they should be uploaded though. I don't know the question to that myself. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:06, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

==HTML to Comic Template converter==
Your converter seems to be having some issues with code that results from your HTML to Wiki converter. When I ran the cache page for [[Out to Lunch!]] through the Wiki converter, and then copied the resulting HTML for the template over to the template converter, the 'prev', 'next', and 'title' parameters are omitted. The template I converted didn't have a secondary series (It was a UK only Marvel comic) so I don't know if 'prev2' and 'next2' would also be omitted. It's still a fantastic tool though, and much appreciated. Have you thought about automating it? Seems like it wouldn't be hard to find the beginning and end of the template HTML, particularly if the script is only fed lists of comic pages (which is easily enough done). --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 03:06, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks! Working on it now. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:22, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Sorted. As for automating it, I haven't done anything with directly updating the site - that's more Derik's area. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:36, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
Title still doesn't seem to be working...--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 08:40, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Have you got an example page where it doesn't? It was working all right for me last night. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:29, 29 March 2009 (EDT)

== Blinking ==

That'd be me. Eye-catching, isn't it? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:55, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
:That looks like it'll be extremely useful! Kudos! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:56, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
::Final style is negociable. We're (theoretically) discussing it [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Redirects_while_editing|here]]. (Or at least we will be once other users start clawing their eyes out.)
::...I should really get around to setting up a "request changes from Deceptitran" form. Most of the ones I found so far are very straightforward... with 100% of the old links able to be changed to a single correct location. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 23:00, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

== Double pages ==

Earlier last month in the Community portal you mentioned you had ideas on how to fix the "double pages" problem that is currently listing each page with a special character as orphaned. (i.e. Jo%CC%88rmungandr & J%C3%B6rmungandr). Is this still a project you're working on at all? No pressure here. I'm just curious. For some reason I consider cleaning out the Orphaned Pages list to be a pet project of mine. -- [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 22:39, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well, I installed a copy of MediaWiki on my own server and tried to play around with various techniques for correcting the problem. The two possible solutions I found were:
:*Use an SQL script to change the incorrect names and remove the mucked up accents, then just delete them through the interface.
:*Use an SQL script to delete the incorrect article records outright.

:The second solution has some uncertain effects re database integrity, and the first ISTR I encountered some residual problems with, but I don't remember what they were.
:I've been meaning to go try talking to someone at MediaWiki about it, and/or getting a copy of the current database from Scout in order to make sure I'm not duplicating the problem incorrectly. But I haven't looked at the issue for a while, so I might revisit it this weekend and see what I can come up with. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:53, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
::OK, having tested some more, I've gotten the first technique to work with no apparent side effects. I am testing on a nearly-empty database through, so I'd like to get a copy of the TFWiki DB and test it on that just to make doubly sure it won't cause problems. I've just emailed [[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] to ask about getting a copy. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:28, 1 May 2009 (EDT)

== Is it bad that... ==

...when you added [[Professor Greene]] and [[T.W. Peacocke]], I started wondering who did a Transformers/Clue crossover?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:28, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
:...dammit, Rosicrucian, you're making me want to see that now. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 01:31, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
::It's a Hasbro property! If there were any justice, we'd get an actual board game out of it. With Nightbeat.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:37, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
:::"Grindor has been found with his face ripped off. You gather the suspects into a room..." --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:01, 24 July 2009 (EDT)

== Well, that's odd. ==

...when I started deleting them, I'd assumed ?! had already removed the links to them. Usually he's more thorough than this.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:52, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
:Uncharacteristic, indeed. I hope I didn't come across too harshly! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:09, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

== Block Fixing ==

Poor [[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] got accidentally blocked and unblocked, but he's still stuck under the autoblock. Could you do that thing you did to fix when [[User talk:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus had the same problem]]? (Assuming it doesn't clear up before you get this.) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 12:27, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
:Should now be done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:22, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks! :D --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:19, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
:::Thanks for killing the autoblock! I headbutted that thing so many times my skull has become partially flat. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 07:04, 1 November 2009 (EST)
::::No problem! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 13:58, 1 November 2009 (EST)

== Reunification Anon Reverting ==

THANK YOU. :> Sigh. Sorry about all that mess... --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 19:58, 5 November 2009 (EST)
:No problem. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:16, 5 November 2009 (EST)

==Day of the Machines==
Since you were working on Day of the Machines, Dr. Gates' fellow scientist is named Dr. Andrews in the dialogue script. (This was noted on the talk page at one point, but it got lost in the crash.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:37, 28 November 2009 (EST)
:Cool! Should be a quick article to make. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:26, 28 November 2009 (EST)

== Ultraplane ==
''Hey, while you're looking at scripts, can you please check "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" and see how Ultraplane is parsed? We've got it spelled four or five different ways in various articles. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:08, 4 December 2009 (EST)''
:The line is written out as:

:SOUNDWAVE Ultra plane completed, Megatron.

:Whether it's meant to be a proper noun or not, I dunno. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:17, 4 December 2009 (EST)
::Awesome, thanks! From context, it probably should be capitalised "Ultra Plane". --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:31, 4 December 2009 (EST)

== Excuse me about Grandma ==

But I just wanted you to lock all of those so my mission is complete.[[Special:Contributions/66.45.240.66|66.45.240.66]] 16:44, 23 December 2009 (EST)
:Your mission of being an über-douche? Yeah, mission accomplished all right. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 16:51, 23 December 2009 (EST)

== Unreleased toys/Gallery ==

Hello, I'd like to thank you for converting it in to a normal page. Thank you! ;-D --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 04:02, 8 April 2010 (EDT)
:No problem. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:04, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

==New bot in town==
Can I get a bot tag for [[User:DNAVI]] please? - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 02:05, 15 April 2010 (EDT)
:Not within my powers, unfortunately! You need to ask Walky, Suki Brits or McFly. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:09, 15 April 2010 (EDT)
::Ah, okay. I guess that narrows it down to Walky, then, since Suki and McFly went AWOL months ago. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 02:20, 15 April 2010 (EDT)

== Why for I did that. ==

We have four pages that are listed in [[:Category:Voice actors]] despite not actually being in it. That was one of then. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:09, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
:I fixed it! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:40, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
::Could this fix our double pages (the ones with special characters) that still show up as orphaned? --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 23:52, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
:::Unfortunately no - they're actually still in the database, I just uploaded a blank page over them, taking them out of the categories they're in. They'll still show up on the orphaned/uncategorized pages list until we get rid of them for good. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:55, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
::::Then maybe we should do that for a few more pages, since when searching through the wanted pages I occasionally find redlinks that are only on the unviewable versions of the page (i.e. Goryu is still linking to Goryu (Shattered Glass). --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 00:02, 8 May 2010 (EDT)
:::::I'll have a look and see if I can fix some of those as well. ISTR there's one linking to ""New Narrator?" Talk about having your name determine your career choice!" Eesh. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:09, 8 May 2010 (EDT)

==Omni dubs==
Hey, you did a few of the "Lost in translation" sections for the Victory episodes - do you have the Madman DVDs? Would you be able to tell me if the dub is included on every episode, or just a few of them (and if the latter, which ones), or did you hear them elsewhere? Thanks. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 04:41, 15 May 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, I have the Madman Victory DVDs. All the episodes on them have the Omni dub. I wish all the Masterforce episodes did. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:51, 15 May 2010 (EDT)
::Okay, cool. I think I've clogged up the recent changes enough for now, though, so I'll wait a bit before adding the info to each ep's home video section. Thanks again. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 05:10, 15 May 2010 (EDT)

== War for Cybertron actors ==

Would it be all right if I added information on some of the confirmed actors in War for Cybertron? Some people seem to have the game and posted the credits for proof, so I assume that means it's not technically leaked, but I just want to check first. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 22:41, 17 June 2010 (EDT)
:We should probably wait for the official release date, unless High Moon releases an official cast list. It's only 5 days away, after all. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:59, 17 June 2010 (EDT)
::OK. I was just doing this so I didn't create a bunch of pages that would be deleted. :P Thanks! --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 23:02, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

== Hey. ==

Well, I'm sorry dude. But that guy said some bad things about me! {{unsigned|TheRex4441}} 00:20, 25 June 2010 (EDT)
:That still doesn't excuse you from it. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:27, 25 June 2010 (EDT)
::...I didn't say anything bad about him. I just gave him pointers about what's needed to make a good character page (an intro paragraph), and told him characters who were the first to use a name didn't need disambig tags. How is that "saying bad things about him"? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 00:46, 25 June 2010 (EDT)

== Anon Was Right ==
Sorry about that, because of the grammar I didn't bother checking to see if Anon was actually right this time. My brain just kind of switches to Undo Mode as soon as I see that kind of English. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 06:53, 20 July 2010 (EDT)
:That particular anon has a history of useless trivia notes and terrible English, so I don't blame you! Their IP address is in New Zealand too, which makes me wonder if the public education system here has ''really'' gone downhill since I went through it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:14, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

== The wiki's sense of humor. ==

The wiki values humor. I thought creating the Animated Toxitron page would be something funny to have here. Sorry for any inconvenience. --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 20:24, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:Humor is fine, but it needs to be coming from official materials. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:31, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:: I see. Thank you for telling me. It is a pity Derrick Wyatt isn't working with the franchise anymore, but somet things he says can still be construed as true. I guess Toxitron was a little throw away comment. If he winds up drawing a sketch of him and putting it on his blog, however... then we can talk. XD --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 20:34, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:::Not really. That would qualify as fan art, much like his Animated Scalpel drawing. But yes, it is a pity he isn't involved with TFs anymore. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:45, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
::::If he gets Toxitron in something like the Allspark Almanac, that'd work! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:52, 23 July 2010 (EDT)

== Errors in 3D ==

Over on [[Transformers in 3-D issue 2]] (back in April) you added a note that "Scorponok is spelled 'Scorponok' on page 20", just wondering what it was meant to say. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:50, 28 July 2010 (EDT)
:Ah, thanks for pointing that out - it's spelled "Scorponock" in the comic. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:57, 28 July 2010 (EDT)

== Can I make a page on the Omega Frequency? ==

I was going to make a page for [[Omega Frequency]] today, but when I went to do so, it said you'd already deleted it. I have an entire article written in WordPad; would it be OK if I went and remade the page? --[[User:Fortress Minimus|Fortress Minimus]] 09:22, 30 July 2010 (EDT)
:Yes, feel free! It only says it's been deleted because a vandal created a page there a while ago. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

== Transformers 3 ==

I knew that the page must have information that is confirmed by makers if the movie. But well, I guess you're right. Spotted things confirmed to be false by the makers of movie isn't necessary to be told in these pages. --[[User:CAJH|CAJH]] 9:31, 6 August 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, the way Nelson is going, that page is going to have enough info on it as it is. I guess the info will drop off a bit once filming ends, but we don't know when that'll be... --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:39, 6 August 2010 (EDT)

==Air Raid Micromaster==
I understand there is a subcategory for Aerialbots, but then how do you explain the reason Air Raid (G1) gets to be part of the Aerialbots subcategory and the main Autobots category? Furthermore, why isn't there a Dinobots subcategory when there is clearly several different Dinobots? It doesn't make sense to me why I see some characters go in the categories and the subcategories that belong in the aforementioned categories. Air Raid isn't the only perplexing article with the same issue that I have seen. Could you care to enlighten me on the reasoning?
[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:36, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
:Another example is [[Sentinel Prime (G1)]], he is categorized in Autobots category and Autobot leaders category, which is a subcategory of the aforementioned Autobots category. So why isn't that adding unnecessary categories? [[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:54, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
::The Wiki will almost forever be a work in progress. Sometimes policies are put in after many articles are made, and not everyone goes looking through every category to purge the articles that no longer belong there. So rather than complaining about an oversight, why not work on fixing these oversights? Also, there is totally a [[:Category:Dinobots|category for Dinobots]], so that portion of the complaint is completely invalid. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 00:57, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
:::I wouldl love to help correct these, but I would need guidance to know how to correct them. As for the Dinobots subgroup, I do not see it listed in the Autobots category, but it is listed in the Autobots subgroup category. While Aerialbots are a subcategory in the Autobots category, but not in the Autobots subgroup category, but in the Characters by sungroup category. Im just trying to understand how to help, which categories to use and which not to use. [[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 01:05, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

User talk:Davis Yuy

2010-08-12T05:00:23Z

Davis Yuy: /* Unnecessary categories */

== Unnecessary categories ==

Before adding a new category into a page, please check it first. :) For example, you add [[:Category: Autobots]] into the page ''[[Autobot Cars]]'', a page under the [[:Category:Autobot subgroups]], which is already contained by [[:Category: Autobots]]. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 12:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:Please do not add any unnecessary categories again, thanks. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 10:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

::Then why is [[Air Raid (G1)]] allowed to be in the Autobot category ''and'' the Aerialbots subcategory when Aerialbots is clearly under the Autobot category?[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:44, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
:::An oversight. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 00:53, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
::I am not trying to be disrespectful to anyone, but [[Air Raid (G1)]] isn't the only oversight then. [[Sentinel Prime (G1)]], [[Alpha Trion (G1)]], [[Breakdown (G1)]] are a few other oversights, wouldn't they be? [[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 01:00, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

User talk:Abates

2010-08-12T04:54:16Z

Davis Yuy: /* Air Raid Micromaster */

==To-Do List==
===Operation: Screen Captures===
Screen cap (re)tagging:
*<s>[[:Category:Generation 1 screen captures|G1]]</s>
*[[:Category:Headmasters screen captures|Headmasters]]/[[:Category:Masterforce screen captures|Masterforce]]/<s>[[:Category:Victory screen captures|Victory]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Zone screen captures|Zone]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Beast Wars screen captures|Beast Wars]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Beast Machines screen captures|Beast Machines]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Robots in Disguise screen captures|Robots in Disguise]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Armada screen captures|Armada]]</s>/[[:Category:Energon screen captures|Energon]]/<s>[[:Category:Cybertron screen captures|Cybertron]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Animated screen captures|Animated]]</s>
====Pictures of unidentified origin====
I don't know which episodes these are from - feel free to tag them with {{tl|MFcap}} or {{tl|Energoncap}} if you know!
=====Masterforce=====
<gallery>
Image:Diver suiton.jpg
Image:Wilder beastmode.jpg
</gallery>
=====Energon=====
<gallery>
Image:EnergonGeneric.jpg
Image:EnergonSixShot3.jpg
Image:Rodimus tv.jpg
</gallery>

==Screencaps==
Your tastes in screencaps is impeccable. :D -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:21, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
: Heh, thanks! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:37, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
::You don't need to use the actual title cards for the main picture of episode articles. Awhile back we decided that those are redundant for the most part, so we've taken to using screencaps of scenes that are pivotal, sum up the episode and are just plain funny. For example [[The Ultimate Weapon|The Ultimate Weapon]]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:50, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Aha! Noted. Thanks :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:46, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

And again! The BW pages are looking great. Keep 'em coming! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:37, 30 November 2008 (EST)
:Thanks! Almost halfway though :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:31, 30 November 2008 (EST)

==This Pic==
[[Image:Lessons of the Past Optimusmonitor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]Could you please retake this shot? It's full of little jaggies - check out the lines on Prime's shoulder and elbow. Thanks. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:08, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
:That's how it looks in the episode - the image they used is from the end of a zooming-out shot in "An Explosive Situation", so it looks like they did a video freeze on the last frame and overlayed the clips on the top monitors. Unfortunately it was the only "someone watching footage on a monitor" shot I could find (there's another identical shot of Prime later on, but it has the same problem). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:20, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

==Kudos==
Your RID pages are excellent. Thanks for taking on a task that not many of us are willing to face. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:31, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

:Thanks! I love the show, so I'm enjoying rewatching it. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:08, 22 October 2008 (EDT)
::Your Quote sections in particular are reminding me of what a fun show it was... particularly in light of [[Energon (cartoon)|what came after.]] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 10:09, 22 October 2008 (EDT)

:So devoutly seconded. -- [[User:Greenygal|Greenygal]] 15:48, 22 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks very much for doing the work on these! --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:08, 24 October 2008 (EDT)

:Dude - awesome idea: Can you change the title card of [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|The Ultimate Robot Warrior]] to an image where Buddha is firing missiles out of his mouth? Because it's ''so'' wrong it amuses me. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:33, 29 October 2008 (EDT)
::Done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 05:45, 29 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Thanks mate. Bwahahahaha! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:56, 29 October 2008 (EDT)

Must chime in with thanks. This is simply great work.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:57, 22 November 2008 (EST)

:Thanks! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:46, 22 November 2008 (EST)

== Armada eps ==
Jeebus, now you're doing Armada episode recaps! As Repowers said last time with the RID recaps, thanks for doing what many of us are reluctant to do (and I like Armada). --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:56, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:Just the two for the moment. I want to focus on finishing the RID character pages, but I happened to have the first three episodes of Armada handy. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:07, 16 November 2008 (EST)

== More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1 ==
Wondering why you removed the navigation box I put on this article? Admittedly it didn't come out perfectly, but it seemed to work and fulfilled a good function so why not just modify it?[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:42, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:Because it's completely redundant? The infobox on the top right does exactly the same thing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:45, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::Just coming back to admit that I missed that. It does seem a little odd that the navigation box for the first episode doesn't match those for later episodes, but if everyone else wants it that way...[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:48, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::Oh, that's just a case of the other pages not having been updated with the newer template yet. We haven't been using the new one for that long. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:50, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Okay. Didn't mean to cause any trouble.[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:02, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:The episode template doesn't support seasons yet which I think is why it's not in wider use. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:09, 16 November 2008 (EST)

==BW request==
Hey, if you've got you Season 2 disks handy, could you grab a shot of Quickstrike as he introduces himself? Specifically I think there's a moment when the camera's at ground level with him, and you see both his cobra and scorpion heads clearly at the same time. It'd make a great main pic for the [[Fuzor|Fuzor]] article. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:15, 6 December 2008 (EST)

:[[:Image:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|This one]]? :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:26, 6 December 2008 (EST)
::That one. Awesome! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:27, 6 December 2008 (EST)

== Appearances ==
The way we've been doing it is that appearances doesn't necessarily mean "as they appear on screen" but it can also mean whomever is heard first. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:56, 31 December 2008 (EST)

:Oh, I see. I didn't realise that. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:34, 1 January 2009 (EST)

== Automated Cache Processor ==

Did you ever get to put this online? I wouldn't mind being able to use it on the articles where the processed cache files didn't get uploaded properly due to title problems. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:42, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:Not yet, but it's a trivial thing to do, so I'll do it tonight and announce it on [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central|Damage Control Central]]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:14, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cool, thanks. :) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 23:28, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== References ==

You can attribute a news/link reference several times throughout an article by creating a reference name. Eg. Say you want to link an article that confirmed Hugo Weaving was returning to voice Megatron in both confirmed news and the cast list. You do this:

Hugo Weaving returns to voice Megatron news.<nowiki><ref name="Hugo Weaving">[News Link news description]</ref>
</nowiki>

===Cast===
Megatron (Hugo Weaving)<nowiki><ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
</nowiki>

This means you don't end up linking the exact same news several times in the References section. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:53, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
:Aha! Now I know (and knowing is half the battle). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:54, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

==Google Flaw==
Don't have time to really deal with this myself, but the version of the Nine Great Demon General page on the wiki wasn't the most current; I couldn't even find a version to look up the cached form on Google, and had to use your MSN.com search tip to recover it. How many other pages like this? Don't know. But something to look up EITHER the Google Cache or MSN Cache version of a given page, that might be worth looking into... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:09, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:Was actually comparing caches last night. MSN seems to be older on most pages I check, and Google is apparently spidering faster and has some of the (heinously bad) backups Bookworm put up in place, Wikia spam and all. For the moment the sweet spot appears to maybe be Yahoo's cache.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:18, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah, there's no cache for the Nine Great Demon Generals article in the big zip of cache files. There are one or two pages here and there which got missed out. I'm not sure why whoever was downloading that range didn't note it as a missing file on the Damage Control page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:48, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Re-checked caches. Yahoo has now spidered us and cached the Wikia spammed crapola, but MSN has a cache of November/December 2008. Not the ''best'', but it had Nine Great Demon Generals whereas Yahoo or Google would only give me that page from Wikia. Potentially our best bet as advanced as the others have gotten in spidering, if we have pages that we still have no backup of.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:39, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::::FFN [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/Damage_Control_Central/Archive2#Front_page_notice_and_browser_caches|mentioned]] that fans of the wiki had offered to help out with their browser caches. It's a long shot, but assuming they've saved the files, they might have missing articles. No one answered his question regarding where they should be uploaded though. I don't know the question to that myself. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:06, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

==HTML to Comic Template converter==
Your converter seems to be having some issues with code that results from your HTML to Wiki converter. When I ran the cache page for [[Out to Lunch!]] through the Wiki converter, and then copied the resulting HTML for the template over to the template converter, the 'prev', 'next', and 'title' parameters are omitted. The template I converted didn't have a secondary series (It was a UK only Marvel comic) so I don't know if 'prev2' and 'next2' would also be omitted. It's still a fantastic tool though, and much appreciated. Have you thought about automating it? Seems like it wouldn't be hard to find the beginning and end of the template HTML, particularly if the script is only fed lists of comic pages (which is easily enough done). --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 03:06, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks! Working on it now. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:22, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Sorted. As for automating it, I haven't done anything with directly updating the site - that's more Derik's area. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:36, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
Title still doesn't seem to be working...--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 08:40, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Have you got an example page where it doesn't? It was working all right for me last night. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:29, 29 March 2009 (EDT)

== Blinking ==

That'd be me. Eye-catching, isn't it? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:55, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
:That looks like it'll be extremely useful! Kudos! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:56, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
::Final style is negociable. We're (theoretically) discussing it [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Redirects_while_editing|here]]. (Or at least we will be once other users start clawing their eyes out.)
::...I should really get around to setting up a "request changes from Deceptitran" form. Most of the ones I found so far are very straightforward... with 100% of the old links able to be changed to a single correct location. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 23:00, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

== Double pages ==

Earlier last month in the Community portal you mentioned you had ideas on how to fix the "double pages" problem that is currently listing each page with a special character as orphaned. (i.e. Jo%CC%88rmungandr & J%C3%B6rmungandr). Is this still a project you're working on at all? No pressure here. I'm just curious. For some reason I consider cleaning out the Orphaned Pages list to be a pet project of mine. -- [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 22:39, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well, I installed a copy of MediaWiki on my own server and tried to play around with various techniques for correcting the problem. The two possible solutions I found were:
:*Use an SQL script to change the incorrect names and remove the mucked up accents, then just delete them through the interface.
:*Use an SQL script to delete the incorrect article records outright.

:The second solution has some uncertain effects re database integrity, and the first ISTR I encountered some residual problems with, but I don't remember what they were.
:I've been meaning to go try talking to someone at MediaWiki about it, and/or getting a copy of the current database from Scout in order to make sure I'm not duplicating the problem incorrectly. But I haven't looked at the issue for a while, so I might revisit it this weekend and see what I can come up with. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:53, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
::OK, having tested some more, I've gotten the first technique to work with no apparent side effects. I am testing on a nearly-empty database through, so I'd like to get a copy of the TFWiki DB and test it on that just to make doubly sure it won't cause problems. I've just emailed [[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] to ask about getting a copy. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:28, 1 May 2009 (EDT)

== Is it bad that... ==

...when you added [[Professor Greene]] and [[T.W. Peacocke]], I started wondering who did a Transformers/Clue crossover?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:28, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
:...dammit, Rosicrucian, you're making me want to see that now. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 01:31, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
::It's a Hasbro property! If there were any justice, we'd get an actual board game out of it. With Nightbeat.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:37, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
:::"Grindor has been found with his face ripped off. You gather the suspects into a room..." --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:01, 24 July 2009 (EDT)

== Well, that's odd. ==

...when I started deleting them, I'd assumed ?! had already removed the links to them. Usually he's more thorough than this.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:52, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
:Uncharacteristic, indeed. I hope I didn't come across too harshly! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:09, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

== Block Fixing ==

Poor [[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] got accidentally blocked and unblocked, but he's still stuck under the autoblock. Could you do that thing you did to fix when [[User talk:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus had the same problem]]? (Assuming it doesn't clear up before you get this.) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 12:27, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
:Should now be done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:22, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks! :D --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:19, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
:::Thanks for killing the autoblock! I headbutted that thing so many times my skull has become partially flat. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 07:04, 1 November 2009 (EST)
::::No problem! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 13:58, 1 November 2009 (EST)

== Reunification Anon Reverting ==

THANK YOU. :> Sigh. Sorry about all that mess... --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 19:58, 5 November 2009 (EST)
:No problem. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:16, 5 November 2009 (EST)

==Day of the Machines==
Since you were working on Day of the Machines, Dr. Gates' fellow scientist is named Dr. Andrews in the dialogue script. (This was noted on the talk page at one point, but it got lost in the crash.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:37, 28 November 2009 (EST)
:Cool! Should be a quick article to make. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:26, 28 November 2009 (EST)

== Ultraplane ==
''Hey, while you're looking at scripts, can you please check "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" and see how Ultraplane is parsed? We've got it spelled four or five different ways in various articles. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:08, 4 December 2009 (EST)''
:The line is written out as:

:SOUNDWAVE Ultra plane completed, Megatron.

:Whether it's meant to be a proper noun or not, I dunno. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:17, 4 December 2009 (EST)
::Awesome, thanks! From context, it probably should be capitalised "Ultra Plane". --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:31, 4 December 2009 (EST)

== Excuse me about Grandma ==

But I just wanted you to lock all of those so my mission is complete.[[Special:Contributions/66.45.240.66|66.45.240.66]] 16:44, 23 December 2009 (EST)
:Your mission of being an über-douche? Yeah, mission accomplished all right. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 16:51, 23 December 2009 (EST)

== Unreleased toys/Gallery ==

Hello, I'd like to thank you for converting it in to a normal page. Thank you! ;-D --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 04:02, 8 April 2010 (EDT)
:No problem. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:04, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

==New bot in town==
Can I get a bot tag for [[User:DNAVI]] please? - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 02:05, 15 April 2010 (EDT)
:Not within my powers, unfortunately! You need to ask Walky, Suki Brits or McFly. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:09, 15 April 2010 (EDT)
::Ah, okay. I guess that narrows it down to Walky, then, since Suki and McFly went AWOL months ago. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 02:20, 15 April 2010 (EDT)

== Why for I did that. ==

We have four pages that are listed in [[:Category:Voice actors]] despite not actually being in it. That was one of then. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:09, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
:I fixed it! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:40, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
::Could this fix our double pages (the ones with special characters) that still show up as orphaned? --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 23:52, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
:::Unfortunately no - they're actually still in the database, I just uploaded a blank page over them, taking them out of the categories they're in. They'll still show up on the orphaned/uncategorized pages list until we get rid of them for good. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:55, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
::::Then maybe we should do that for a few more pages, since when searching through the wanted pages I occasionally find redlinks that are only on the unviewable versions of the page (i.e. Goryu is still linking to Goryu (Shattered Glass). --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 00:02, 8 May 2010 (EDT)
:::::I'll have a look and see if I can fix some of those as well. ISTR there's one linking to ""New Narrator?" Talk about having your name determine your career choice!" Eesh. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:09, 8 May 2010 (EDT)

==Omni dubs==
Hey, you did a few of the "Lost in translation" sections for the Victory episodes - do you have the Madman DVDs? Would you be able to tell me if the dub is included on every episode, or just a few of them (and if the latter, which ones), or did you hear them elsewhere? Thanks. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 04:41, 15 May 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, I have the Madman Victory DVDs. All the episodes on them have the Omni dub. I wish all the Masterforce episodes did. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:51, 15 May 2010 (EDT)
::Okay, cool. I think I've clogged up the recent changes enough for now, though, so I'll wait a bit before adding the info to each ep's home video section. Thanks again. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 05:10, 15 May 2010 (EDT)

== War for Cybertron actors ==

Would it be all right if I added information on some of the confirmed actors in War for Cybertron? Some people seem to have the game and posted the credits for proof, so I assume that means it's not technically leaked, but I just want to check first. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 22:41, 17 June 2010 (EDT)
:We should probably wait for the official release date, unless High Moon releases an official cast list. It's only 5 days away, after all. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:59, 17 June 2010 (EDT)
::OK. I was just doing this so I didn't create a bunch of pages that would be deleted. :P Thanks! --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 23:02, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

== Hey. ==

Well, I'm sorry dude. But that guy said some bad things about me! {{unsigned|TheRex4441}} 00:20, 25 June 2010 (EDT)
:That still doesn't excuse you from it. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:27, 25 June 2010 (EDT)
::...I didn't say anything bad about him. I just gave him pointers about what's needed to make a good character page (an intro paragraph), and told him characters who were the first to use a name didn't need disambig tags. How is that "saying bad things about him"? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 00:46, 25 June 2010 (EDT)

== Anon Was Right ==
Sorry about that, because of the grammar I didn't bother checking to see if Anon was actually right this time. My brain just kind of switches to Undo Mode as soon as I see that kind of English. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 06:53, 20 July 2010 (EDT)
:That particular anon has a history of useless trivia notes and terrible English, so I don't blame you! Their IP address is in New Zealand too, which makes me wonder if the public education system here has ''really'' gone downhill since I went through it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:14, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

== The wiki's sense of humor. ==

The wiki values humor. I thought creating the Animated Toxitron page would be something funny to have here. Sorry for any inconvenience. --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 20:24, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:Humor is fine, but it needs to be coming from official materials. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:31, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:: I see. Thank you for telling me. It is a pity Derrick Wyatt isn't working with the franchise anymore, but somet things he says can still be construed as true. I guess Toxitron was a little throw away comment. If he winds up drawing a sketch of him and putting it on his blog, however... then we can talk. XD --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 20:34, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:::Not really. That would qualify as fan art, much like his Animated Scalpel drawing. But yes, it is a pity he isn't involved with TFs anymore. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:45, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
::::If he gets Toxitron in something like the Allspark Almanac, that'd work! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:52, 23 July 2010 (EDT)

== Errors in 3D ==

Over on [[Transformers in 3-D issue 2]] (back in April) you added a note that "Scorponok is spelled 'Scorponok' on page 20", just wondering what it was meant to say. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:50, 28 July 2010 (EDT)
:Ah, thanks for pointing that out - it's spelled "Scorponock" in the comic. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:57, 28 July 2010 (EDT)

== Can I make a page on the Omega Frequency? ==

I was going to make a page for [[Omega Frequency]] today, but when I went to do so, it said you'd already deleted it. I have an entire article written in WordPad; would it be OK if I went and remade the page? --[[User:Fortress Minimus|Fortress Minimus]] 09:22, 30 July 2010 (EDT)
:Yes, feel free! It only says it's been deleted because a vandal created a page there a while ago. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

== Transformers 3 ==

I knew that the page must have information that is confirmed by makers if the movie. But well, I guess you're right. Spotted things confirmed to be false by the makers of movie isn't necessary to be told in these pages. --[[User:CAJH|CAJH]] 9:31, 6 August 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, the way Nelson is going, that page is going to have enough info on it as it is. I guess the info will drop off a bit once filming ends, but we don't know when that'll be... --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:39, 6 August 2010 (EDT)

==Air Raid Micromaster==
I understand there is a subcategory for Aerialbots, but then how do you explain the reason Air Raid (G1) gets to be part of the Aerialbots subcategory and the main Autobots category? Furthermore, why isn't there a Dinobots subcategory when there is clearly several different Dinobots? It doesn't make sense to me why I see some characters go in the categories and the subcategories that belong in the aforementioned categories. Air Raid isn't the only perplexing article with the same issue that I have seen. Could you care to enlighten me on the reasoning?
[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:36, 12 August 2010 (EDT)
::Another example is [[Sentinel Prime (G1)]], he is categorized in Autobots category and Autobot leaders category, which is a subcategory of the aforementioned Autobots category. So why isn't that adding unnecessary categories? [[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:54, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

User talk:Davis Yuy

2010-08-12T04:47:50Z

Davis Yuy: /* Unnecessary categories */

== Unnecessary categories ==

Before adding a new category into a page, please check it first. :) For example, you add [[:Category: Autobots]] into the page ''[[Autobot Cars]]'', a page under the [[:Category:Autobot subgroups]], which is already contained by [[:Category: Autobots]]. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 12:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:Please do not add any unnecessary categories again, thanks. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 10:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

::Then why is [[Air Raid (G1)]] allowed to be in the Autobot category ''and'' the Aerialbots subcategory when Aerialbots is clearly under the Autobot category?
[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:44, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

User talk:Davis Yuy

2010-08-12T04:46:25Z

Davis Yuy: /* Unnecessary categories */

== Unnecessary categories ==

Before adding a new category into a page, please check it first. :) For example, you add [[:Category: Autobots]] into the page ''[[Autobot Cars]]'', a page under the [[:Category:Autobot subgroups]], which is already contained by [[:Category: Autobots]]. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 12:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:Please do not add any unnecessary categories again, thanks. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 10:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

::Then why is [[Air Raid (G1)]] allowed to be in the [[Category:Autobots|Autobot category]] ''and'' the [[Category:Aerialbots|Aerialbots subcategory]] when Aerialbots is clearly under the Autobot category?
[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:44, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

User talk:Davis Yuy

2010-08-12T04:44:36Z

Davis Yuy: /* Unnecessary categories */

== Unnecessary categories ==

Before adding a new category into a page, please check it first. :) For example, you add [[:Category: Autobots]] into the page ''[[Autobot Cars]]'', a page under the [[:Category:Autobot subgroups]], which is already contained by [[:Category: Autobots]]. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 12:37, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

:Please do not add any unnecessary categories again, thanks. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 10:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

::Then why is [[Air Raid (G1)]] allowed to be in the [[Category:Autobots}Autobot category]] ''and'' the [[Category:Aerialbots|Aerialbots subcategory]] when Aerialbots is clearly under the Autobot category?
[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:44, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

User talk:Abates

2010-08-12T04:39:14Z

Davis Yuy: /* Air Raid Micromaster */

User talk:Abates

2010-08-12T04:36:17Z

Davis Yuy:

==To-Do List==
===Operation: Screen Captures===
Screen cap (re)tagging:
*<s>[[:Category:Generation 1 screen captures|G1]]</s>
*[[:Category:Headmasters screen captures|Headmasters]]/[[:Category:Masterforce screen captures|Masterforce]]/<s>[[:Category:Victory screen captures|Victory]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Zone screen captures|Zone]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Beast Wars screen captures|Beast Wars]]</s>/<s>[[:Category:Beast Machines screen captures|Beast Machines]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Robots in Disguise screen captures|Robots in Disguise]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Armada screen captures|Armada]]</s>/[[:Category:Energon screen captures|Energon]]/<s>[[:Category:Cybertron screen captures|Cybertron]]</s>
*<s>[[:Category:Animated screen captures|Animated]]</s>
====Pictures of unidentified origin====
I don't know which episodes these are from - feel free to tag them with {{tl|MFcap}} or {{tl|Energoncap}} if you know!
=====Masterforce=====
<gallery>
Image:Diver suiton.jpg
Image:Wilder beastmode.jpg
</gallery>
=====Energon=====
<gallery>
Image:EnergonGeneric.jpg
Image:EnergonSixShot3.jpg
Image:Rodimus tv.jpg
</gallery>

==Screencaps==
Your tastes in screencaps is impeccable. :D -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:21, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
: Heh, thanks! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:37, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
::You don't need to use the actual title cards for the main picture of episode articles. Awhile back we decided that those are redundant for the most part, so we've taken to using screencaps of scenes that are pivotal, sum up the episode and are just plain funny. For example [[The Ultimate Weapon|The Ultimate Weapon]]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:50, 5 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Aha! Noted. Thanks :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:46, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

And again! The BW pages are looking great. Keep 'em coming! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:37, 30 November 2008 (EST)
:Thanks! Almost halfway though :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:31, 30 November 2008 (EST)

==This Pic==
[[Image:Lessons of the Past Optimusmonitor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]Could you please retake this shot? It's full of little jaggies - check out the lines on Prime's shoulder and elbow. Thanks. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:08, 12 October 2008 (EDT)
:That's how it looks in the episode - the image they used is from the end of a zooming-out shot in "An Explosive Situation", so it looks like they did a video freeze on the last frame and overlayed the clips on the top monitors. Unfortunately it was the only "someone watching footage on a monitor" shot I could find (there's another identical shot of Prime later on, but it has the same problem). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:20, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

==Kudos==
Your RID pages are excellent. Thanks for taking on a task that not many of us are willing to face. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:31, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

:Thanks! I love the show, so I'm enjoying rewatching it. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:08, 22 October 2008 (EDT)
::Your Quote sections in particular are reminding me of what a fun show it was... particularly in light of [[Energon (cartoon)|what came after.]] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 10:09, 22 October 2008 (EDT)

:So devoutly seconded. -- [[User:Greenygal|Greenygal]] 15:48, 22 October 2008 (EDT)
:Thanks very much for doing the work on these! --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:08, 24 October 2008 (EDT)

:Dude - awesome idea: Can you change the title card of [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|The Ultimate Robot Warrior]] to an image where Buddha is firing missiles out of his mouth? Because it's ''so'' wrong it amuses me. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:33, 29 October 2008 (EDT)
::Done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 05:45, 29 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Thanks mate. Bwahahahaha! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:56, 29 October 2008 (EDT)

Must chime in with thanks. This is simply great work.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:57, 22 November 2008 (EST)

:Thanks! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:46, 22 November 2008 (EST)

== Armada eps ==
Jeebus, now you're doing Armada episode recaps! As Repowers said last time with the RID recaps, thanks for doing what many of us are reluctant to do (and I like Armada). --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:56, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:Just the two for the moment. I want to focus on finishing the RID character pages, but I happened to have the first three episodes of Armada handy. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:07, 16 November 2008 (EST)

== More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1 ==
Wondering why you removed the navigation box I put on this article? Admittedly it didn't come out perfectly, but it seemed to work and fulfilled a good function so why not just modify it?[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:42, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:Because it's completely redundant? The infobox on the top right does exactly the same thing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:45, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::Just coming back to admit that I missed that. It does seem a little odd that the navigation box for the first episode doesn't match those for later episodes, but if everyone else wants it that way...[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:48, 16 November 2008 (EST)
:::Oh, that's just a case of the other pages not having been updated with the newer template yet. We haven't been using the new one for that long. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:50, 16 November 2008 (EST)
::::Okay. Didn't mean to cause any trouble.[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:02, 16 November 2008 (EST)

:The episode template doesn't support seasons yet which I think is why it's not in wider use. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:09, 16 November 2008 (EST)

==BW request==
Hey, if you've got you Season 2 disks handy, could you grab a shot of Quickstrike as he introduces himself? Specifically I think there's a moment when the camera's at ground level with him, and you see both his cobra and scorpion heads clearly at the same time. It'd make a great main pic for the [[Fuzor|Fuzor]] article. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:15, 6 December 2008 (EST)

:[[:Image:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|This one]]? :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:26, 6 December 2008 (EST)
::That one. Awesome! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 20:27, 6 December 2008 (EST)

== Appearances ==
The way we've been doing it is that appearances doesn't necessarily mean "as they appear on screen" but it can also mean whomever is heard first. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:56, 31 December 2008 (EST)

:Oh, I see. I didn't realise that. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:34, 1 January 2009 (EST)

== Automated Cache Processor ==

Did you ever get to put this online? I wouldn't mind being able to use it on the articles where the processed cache files didn't get uploaded properly due to title problems. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:42, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
:Not yet, but it's a trivial thing to do, so I'll do it tonight and announce it on [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Damage Control Central|Damage Control Central]]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:14, 19 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cool, thanks. :) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 23:28, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

== References ==

You can attribute a news/link reference several times throughout an article by creating a reference name. Eg. Say you want to link an article that confirmed Hugo Weaving was returning to voice Megatron in both confirmed news and the cast list. You do this:

Hugo Weaving returns to voice Megatron news.<nowiki><ref name="Hugo Weaving">[News Link news description]</ref>
</nowiki>

===Cast===
Megatron (Hugo Weaving)<nowiki><ref name="Hugo Weaving"/>
</nowiki>

This means you don't end up linking the exact same news several times in the References section. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:53, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
:Aha! Now I know (and knowing is half the battle). --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:54, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

==Google Flaw==
Don't have time to really deal with this myself, but the version of the Nine Great Demon General page on the wiki wasn't the most current; I couldn't even find a version to look up the cached form on Google, and had to use your MSN.com search tip to recover it. How many other pages like this? Don't know. But something to look up EITHER the Google Cache or MSN Cache version of a given page, that might be worth looking into... --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:09, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:Was actually comparing caches last night. MSN seems to be older on most pages I check, and Google is apparently spidering faster and has some of the (heinously bad) backups Bookworm put up in place, Wikia spam and all. For the moment the sweet spot appears to maybe be Yahoo's cache.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:18, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah, there's no cache for the Nine Great Demon Generals article in the big zip of cache files. There are one or two pages here and there which got missed out. I'm not sure why whoever was downloading that range didn't note it as a missing file on the Damage Control page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:48, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
:::Re-checked caches. Yahoo has now spidered us and cached the Wikia spammed crapola, but MSN has a cache of November/December 2008. Not the ''best'', but it had Nine Great Demon Generals whereas Yahoo or Google would only give me that page from Wikia. Potentially our best bet as advanced as the others have gotten in spidering, if we have pages that we still have no backup of.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:39, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
::::FFN [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/Damage_Control_Central/Archive2#Front_page_notice_and_browser_caches|mentioned]] that fans of the wiki had offered to help out with their browser caches. It's a long shot, but assuming they've saved the files, they might have missing articles. No one answered his question regarding where they should be uploaded though. I don't know the question to that myself. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:06, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

==HTML to Comic Template converter==
Your converter seems to be having some issues with code that results from your HTML to Wiki converter. When I ran the cache page for [[Out to Lunch!]] through the Wiki converter, and then copied the resulting HTML for the template over to the template converter, the 'prev', 'next', and 'title' parameters are omitted. The template I converted didn't have a secondary series (It was a UK only Marvel comic) so I don't know if 'prev2' and 'next2' would also be omitted. It's still a fantastic tool though, and much appreciated. Have you thought about automating it? Seems like it wouldn't be hard to find the beginning and end of the template HTML, particularly if the script is only fed lists of comic pages (which is easily enough done). --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 03:06, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks! Working on it now. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:22, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Sorted. As for automating it, I haven't done anything with directly updating the site - that's more Derik's area. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 03:36, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
Title still doesn't seem to be working...--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 08:40, 29 March 2009 (EDT)
:Have you got an example page where it doesn't? It was working all right for me last night. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:29, 29 March 2009 (EDT)

== Blinking ==

That'd be me. Eye-catching, isn't it? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:55, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
:That looks like it'll be extremely useful! Kudos! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:56, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
::Final style is negociable. We're (theoretically) discussing it [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Redirects_while_editing|here]]. (Or at least we will be once other users start clawing their eyes out.)
::...I should really get around to setting up a "request changes from Deceptitran" form. Most of the ones I found so far are very straightforward... with 100% of the old links able to be changed to a single correct location. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 23:00, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

== Double pages ==

Earlier last month in the Community portal you mentioned you had ideas on how to fix the "double pages" problem that is currently listing each page with a special character as orphaned. (i.e. Jo%CC%88rmungandr & J%C3%B6rmungandr). Is this still a project you're working on at all? No pressure here. I'm just curious. For some reason I consider cleaning out the Orphaned Pages list to be a pet project of mine. -- [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 22:39, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well, I installed a copy of MediaWiki on my own server and tried to play around with various techniques for correcting the problem. The two possible solutions I found were:
:*Use an SQL script to change the incorrect names and remove the mucked up accents, then just delete them through the interface.
:*Use an SQL script to delete the incorrect article records outright.

:The second solution has some uncertain effects re database integrity, and the first ISTR I encountered some residual problems with, but I don't remember what they were.
:I've been meaning to go try talking to someone at MediaWiki about it, and/or getting a copy of the current database from Scout in order to make sure I'm not duplicating the problem incorrectly. But I haven't looked at the issue for a while, so I might revisit it this weekend and see what I can come up with. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:53, 1 May 2009 (EDT)
::OK, having tested some more, I've gotten the first technique to work with no apparent side effects. I am testing on a nearly-empty database through, so I'd like to get a copy of the TFWiki DB and test it on that just to make doubly sure it won't cause problems. I've just emailed [[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] to ask about getting a copy. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:28, 1 May 2009 (EDT)

== Is it bad that... ==

...when you added [[Professor Greene]] and [[T.W. Peacocke]], I started wondering who did a Transformers/Clue crossover?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:28, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
:...dammit, Rosicrucian, you're making me want to see that now. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 01:31, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
::It's a Hasbro property! If there were any justice, we'd get an actual board game out of it. With Nightbeat.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:37, 24 July 2009 (EDT)
:::"Grindor has been found with his face ripped off. You gather the suspects into a room..." --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:01, 24 July 2009 (EDT)

== Well, that's odd. ==

...when I started deleting them, I'd assumed ?! had already removed the links to them. Usually he's more thorough than this.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:52, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
:Uncharacteristic, indeed. I hope I didn't come across too harshly! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:09, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

== Block Fixing ==

Poor [[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] got accidentally blocked and unblocked, but he's still stuck under the autoblock. Could you do that thing you did to fix when [[User talk:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus had the same problem]]? (Assuming it doesn't clear up before you get this.) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 12:27, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
:Should now be done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:22, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
::Thanks! :D --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:19, 31 October 2009 (EDT)
:::Thanks for killing the autoblock! I headbutted that thing so many times my skull has become partially flat. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 07:04, 1 November 2009 (EST)
::::No problem! :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 13:58, 1 November 2009 (EST)

== Reunification Anon Reverting ==

THANK YOU. :> Sigh. Sorry about all that mess... --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 19:58, 5 November 2009 (EST)
:No problem. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:16, 5 November 2009 (EST)

==Day of the Machines==
Since you were working on Day of the Machines, Dr. Gates' fellow scientist is named Dr. Andrews in the dialogue script. (This was noted on the talk page at one point, but it got lost in the crash.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:37, 28 November 2009 (EST)
:Cool! Should be a quick article to make. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:26, 28 November 2009 (EST)

== Ultraplane ==
''Hey, while you're looking at scripts, can you please check "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" and see how Ultraplane is parsed? We've got it spelled four or five different ways in various articles. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:08, 4 December 2009 (EST)''
:The line is written out as:

:SOUNDWAVE Ultra plane completed, Megatron.

:Whether it's meant to be a proper noun or not, I dunno. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 00:17, 4 December 2009 (EST)
::Awesome, thanks! From context, it probably should be capitalised "Ultra Plane". --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:31, 4 December 2009 (EST)

== Excuse me about Grandma ==

But I just wanted you to lock all of those so my mission is complete.[[Special:Contributions/66.45.240.66|66.45.240.66]] 16:44, 23 December 2009 (EST)
:Your mission of being an über-douche? Yeah, mission accomplished all right. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 16:51, 23 December 2009 (EST)

== Unreleased toys/Gallery ==

Hello, I'd like to thank you for converting it in to a normal page. Thank you! ;-D --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 04:02, 8 April 2010 (EDT)
:No problem. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:04, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

==New bot in town==
Can I get a bot tag for [[User:DNAVI]] please? - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 02:05, 15 April 2010 (EDT)
:Not within my powers, unfortunately! You need to ask Walky, Suki Brits or McFly. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:09, 15 April 2010 (EDT)
::Ah, okay. I guess that narrows it down to Walky, then, since Suki and McFly went AWOL months ago. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 02:20, 15 April 2010 (EDT)

== Why for I did that. ==

We have four pages that are listed in [[:Category:Voice actors]] despite not actually being in it. That was one of then. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:09, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
:I fixed it! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:40, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
::Could this fix our double pages (the ones with special characters) that still show up as orphaned? --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 23:52, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
:::Unfortunately no - they're actually still in the database, I just uploaded a blank page over them, taking them out of the categories they're in. They'll still show up on the orphaned/uncategorized pages list until we get rid of them for good. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:55, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
::::Then maybe we should do that for a few more pages, since when searching through the wanted pages I occasionally find redlinks that are only on the unviewable versions of the page (i.e. Goryu is still linking to Goryu (Shattered Glass). --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 00:02, 8 May 2010 (EDT)
:::::I'll have a look and see if I can fix some of those as well. ISTR there's one linking to ""New Narrator?" Talk about having your name determine your career choice!" Eesh. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 00:09, 8 May 2010 (EDT)

==Omni dubs==
Hey, you did a few of the "Lost in translation" sections for the Victory episodes - do you have the Madman DVDs? Would you be able to tell me if the dub is included on every episode, or just a few of them (and if the latter, which ones), or did you hear them elsewhere? Thanks. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 04:41, 15 May 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, I have the Madman Victory DVDs. All the episodes on them have the Omni dub. I wish all the Masterforce episodes did. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:51, 15 May 2010 (EDT)
::Okay, cool. I think I've clogged up the recent changes enough for now, though, so I'll wait a bit before adding the info to each ep's home video section. Thanks again. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 05:10, 15 May 2010 (EDT)

== War for Cybertron actors ==

Would it be all right if I added information on some of the confirmed actors in War for Cybertron? Some people seem to have the game and posted the credits for proof, so I assume that means it's not technically leaked, but I just want to check first. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 22:41, 17 June 2010 (EDT)
:We should probably wait for the official release date, unless High Moon releases an official cast list. It's only 5 days away, after all. :) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 22:59, 17 June 2010 (EDT)
::OK. I was just doing this so I didn't create a bunch of pages that would be deleted. :P Thanks! --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 23:02, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

== Hey. ==

Well, I'm sorry dude. But that guy said some bad things about me! {{unsigned|TheRex4441}} 00:20, 25 June 2010 (EDT)
:That still doesn't excuse you from it. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:27, 25 June 2010 (EDT)
::...I didn't say anything bad about him. I just gave him pointers about what's needed to make a good character page (an intro paragraph), and told him characters who were the first to use a name didn't need disambig tags. How is that "saying bad things about him"? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 00:46, 25 June 2010 (EDT)

== Anon Was Right ==
Sorry about that, because of the grammar I didn't bother checking to see if Anon was actually right this time. My brain just kind of switches to Undo Mode as soon as I see that kind of English. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 06:53, 20 July 2010 (EDT)
:That particular anon has a history of useless trivia notes and terrible English, so I don't blame you! Their IP address is in New Zealand too, which makes me wonder if the public education system here has ''really'' gone downhill since I went through it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:14, 20 July 2010 (EDT)

== The wiki's sense of humor. ==

The wiki values humor. I thought creating the Animated Toxitron page would be something funny to have here. Sorry for any inconvenience. --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 20:24, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:Humor is fine, but it needs to be coming from official materials. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:31, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:: I see. Thank you for telling me. It is a pity Derrick Wyatt isn't working with the franchise anymore, but somet things he says can still be construed as true. I guess Toxitron was a little throw away comment. If he winds up drawing a sketch of him and putting it on his blog, however... then we can talk. XD --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 20:34, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
:::Not really. That would qualify as fan art, much like his Animated Scalpel drawing. But yes, it is a pity he isn't involved with TFs anymore. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:45, 23 July 2010 (EDT)
::::If he gets Toxitron in something like the Allspark Almanac, that'd work! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:52, 23 July 2010 (EDT)

== Errors in 3D ==

Over on [[Transformers in 3-D issue 2]] (back in April) you added a note that "Scorponok is spelled 'Scorponok' on page 20", just wondering what it was meant to say. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:50, 28 July 2010 (EDT)
:Ah, thanks for pointing that out - it's spelled "Scorponock" in the comic. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:57, 28 July 2010 (EDT)

== Can I make a page on the Omega Frequency? ==

I was going to make a page for [[Omega Frequency]] today, but when I went to do so, it said you'd already deleted it. I have an entire article written in WordPad; would it be OK if I went and remade the page? --[[User:Fortress Minimus|Fortress Minimus]] 09:22, 30 July 2010 (EDT)
:Yes, feel free! It only says it's been deleted because a vandal created a page there a while ago. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

== Transformers 3 ==

I knew that the page must have information that is confirmed by makers if the movie. But well, I guess you're right. Spotted things confirmed to be false by the makers of movie isn't necessary to be told in these pages. --[[User:CAJH|CAJH]] 9:31, 6 August 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, the way Nelson is going, that page is going to have enough info on it as it is. I guess the info will drop off a bit once filming ends, but we don't know when that'll be... --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:39, 6 August 2010 (EDT)

==Air Raid Micromaster=
I understand there is a subcategory for Aerialbots, but then how do you explain the reason Air Raid (G1) gets to be part of the Aerialbots subcategory and the main Autobots category? Furthermore, why isn't there a Dinobots subcategory when there is clearly several different Dinobots? It doesn't make sense to me why I see some characters go in the categories and the subcategories that belong in the aforementioned categories. Air Raid isn't the only perplexing article with the same issue that I have seen. Could you care to enlighten me on the reasoning?
[[User:Davis Yuy|Davis Yuy]] 00:36, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

Air Raid (Universe 2003)

2010-08-12T03:03:42Z

Davis Yuy: He's an autobot he should be in the Autobot category along with the other Air Raid Aerialbots

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Air Raid}}
:''Air Raid is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]] conflict.''

[[Image:TFU03-toy AirRaidMicro.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

'''Air Raid''' is a member of the [[Micromaster]] [[Aerialbot (Universe)|Aerialbots]]. His relationship to any other Air Raid is unknown.

==Toys==
===Universe===
*'''Air Raid''' (Micromaster Aerialbot, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Superion legs

: Air Raid is a [[redeco]] of the [[Sixwing]] component [[Missile Run]], transforming into a [[Popular_Earth_vehicle_alternate_modes#B-1B_Lancer|B-1B Lancer bomber plane]]. He forms the chest of the Aerialbots' combined mode [[Superion (Universe)|Superion]], though he ''can'' also be swapped with [[Ro-Tor (Universe)|Ro-Tor]] to form the super robot's butt.

: Though the Micromaster Aerialbots were apparently originally slated as Kay-Bee stores [[Exclusive|exclusives]], they barely showed up in the ever-shrinking chain. They saw more general release in Europe, and in the States, finally began showing up in other chains like CVS drug stores and Big Lots!.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TFUAirRaid/airraid.htm More information on Air Raid at TFU.info]''

===Cybertron===
*'''Air Raid''' (Micromaster Aerialbot, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Superion legs

:The Air Raid toy was released in Europe under the ''Cybertron'' line. There are no changes to the toy itself.

[[Category:Aerialbots]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Exclusives]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]
[[Category:Universe characters]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Barrage (Insecticon)

2008-06-14T01:33:47Z

Davis Yuy: Undo revision 195607 by TX55 (talk)

{{picsneeded|fictional appearances}}{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Insecticon|the Generation 1 Autobot Micromaster|Barrage (Autobot)}}

:''Barrage is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DW_G1Barrage.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Crotchguns!]]

'''Barrage''' believes winning is not enough, all must be leveled to the ground, and then the rubble should be burned and the ashes scattered to the wind. Merciless and cruel, he feels kindness of any sort is allowing the enemy hope, and that is unacceptable. He will shoot the retreating and the wounded, and even those taken prisoner. Barrage takes no prisoners. Then he'll keep firing until the battlefield is a smoldering crater. When he's deployed to a battlefield, even the other Decepticons take a few steps back. He's disliked even among their ranks. Maybe it's those beady, creepy little red eyes.

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

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

Barrage, along with Chop Shop, [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], and Venom, remained on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Ark]] and the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]. The planet's chronic [[energon]] shortage reduced them to a vampiric existence, forcing them to capture [[Micromasters]] and drain them of their fuel. While pursuing [[Falcon (Micromaster)|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]], who left with the Hot Rod Patrol. The subsequent arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] prevented them from devouring the Race Track Patrol, but he did toss them Flanker as a snack. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} The Insecticons subsequently abducted the Race Track Patrol and several other Micromasters from [[Little Iacon]], in an attempt to ferret out the Hot Rod Patrol and gain some new recruits in the process. When [[Blaze Master]] refused to sign up, Barrage shot him unconscious. En route to Decepticon HQ, Barrage's [[sonic rifle]] was stolen by the kleptomaniacal Chop Shop. {{storylink|Recipe For Hate}} Upon reaching headquarters, Barrage and his cohorts were caught in the middle of a Micromaster invasion. After watching Ransack fall, Barrage was decapitated by [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]]. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

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

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Stormbringer4_DCon_groundforces.jpg|thumb|left|200px|YOOOOOOOOOOOO...Cons?]]

Barrage was stationed on board the ''[[Thanatos]]''. When [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] returned to decimate Cybertron once more, Barrage joined the battle under [[Headstrong]]'s command, serving as ground forces backing up [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Wreckers in their struggle. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Barrage''' (Deluxe Insecticon, 1985)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, sword
[[Image:G1_barrage_toy.jpg|right|thumb|155px|Don't laugh at his guns.]]

Barrage transforms into a predominantly green and yellow rhinoceros beetle. As a robot, it is among the most posable of all Generation 1 toys. It is also notable for being among the very few insect Transformers to have all of its beast mode legs folded away and out of sight in robot mode.

Barrage's mold was originally released as part of the ''Armored Insect Battalion Beetras'' toyline by Japanese toymaker Takatoku Toys. The original version of this mold was named Beet Gadol.

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==Trivia==

* Barrage, like all of the Deluxe Insecticons, was originally designed by Takatoku Toys for the ''Armored Insect Battalion Beetras'' (機甲虫隊ビートラス) toyline. Takatoku Toys went out of business before the end of the ''Beetras'' line and their assets were purchased by fellow Japanese toymaker Bandai. Bandai licensed Takatoku's Beetras molds (alongside toys from ''Special Armored Battalion Dorvack'' and ''Super Dimensional Fortress Macross'') to Hasbro in 1985 to make the Deluxe Insecticons.

* Neither Barrage nor the rest of the Deluxe Insecticons ever appeared in an episode of the original Transformers cartoon series. As none of the Deluxe Insecticons were based on toys owned by Takara there is little likelihood that they will ever be reissued by TakaraTomy or Hasbro.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Barrage/barrage.htm Barrage at TFU.info]

[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Insecticons]]
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Vollet

2008-06-07T06:30:01Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Bullet is a [[human]] from the [[Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Bullet''' is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Godmaster]], a human in a Cybertron-made suit of armor that allows him to transform into an engine and control compatible [[transtector]] bodies.

==Toys==
===Masterforce===
*'''Bullet''' (Godmaster Warrior, 1998)

: Bullet is a blue and red [[redeco]] of the [[Powermaster]] [[Nebulan]] [[Lube]]. He was sold in a small box in Japan as part of the ''Masterforce'' series, along with the other separate Godmaster engines [[Aquastar]] and [[Zetca]].

: This mold as also used to make the Godmaster engine form of [[Road King]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/Bullet/bullet.htm Bullet at TFU.info]

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Godmasters]]
[[Category: Humans]]
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Aquastar

2008-06-07T06:29:15Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Aquastar is a [[human]] from the [[Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Aquastar''' is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Godmaster]], a human in a Cybertron-made suit of armor that allows him to transform into an engine and control compatible [[transtector]] bodies.

==Toys==
===Masterforce===
*'''Aquastar''' (Godmaster Warrior, 1988)

: Aquastar is a blue and light-blue [[redeco]] of the [[Powermaster]] [[Nebulan]] [[Hotwire]]. He was sold in a small box in Japan as part of the ''Masterforce'' series, along with the other separate Godmaster engines [[Bullet]] and [[Zetca]].

: This mold was also used to make the Godmaster engine form of [[Ranger]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/Aquastar/aquastar.htm Aquastar at TFU.info]

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Brisko

2008-06-07T06:23:18Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded|Toy!}}
:''Brisko is a [[Headmaster]] [[Nebulan]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Brisko_DWMTMTE.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Not Diana Ross, either. Much to his chagrin.]]

'''Brisko''' is not Bruce Campbell. He is a cartographer, though. An, um, evil cartographer. With a photographic memory, to remember those evil maps clearly. He transforms into the head of [[Fangry]], and is the only black person known to exist on [[Nebulos]].

Presumably, he is not related to [[wikipedia:Lennie_Briscoe|Lennie Briscoe]] or [[wikipedia:Larry_Zbyszko|Larry Zbyszko]]

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Krebbriskolokos.jpg|left|thumb|(Center) You wouldn't like me when I'm Fangry.]]

Brisko was a member of the [[Z Foundation]], a front company for the [[Decepticon]]s on [[Earth]]. He went under the alias "Mr. B." Impenetrable, I swear.

He, [[Kreb]] and [[Lokos]] gave the newly-formed [[Roadjammer]]s the information and "[[jammer]]" equipment needed to hunt down the [[Autobot]] prisoners ([[Backstreet]], [[Fizzle]] and [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]) that had been set loose on Earth as a est of the jamming equipment. When the Roadjammers returned with their prisoners, they found the three Nebulans' not-even-remotely-hidden Decepticon bodies. The Nebulans arrived and connected with the bodies, but some double-crossing work on the jammers by [[Felix]] left the robots under his control... which was eventually broken by [[Lord Zarak]]'s "anti-jammer". {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

:''('''Note''': Since Fangry appeared a ''lot'' in later issues, technically so too did Brisko. However, this is the only time we see Brisko independently of his Decepticon partner.)''

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Fangry''' (Headmaster, 1988)

: Brisko is a small armored humanoid figure that fits within Fangry's belly when the larger robot is in winged-wolf mode. He folds up to form Fangry's head, though he is also compatible with any other Headmaster body. He was, of course, only available with his larger partner.

: This toy is was sold in Japan as [[Wilder]].

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Briskocommercial.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Able to jump tall robots in a single bound!]]
* Brisko's [[character model]] made one animated appearance in a commercial advertising the 1988 Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters. [[Fangry]], [[Horri-Bull]], and [[Squeezeplay]] burst through a wall, Brisko becomes Fangry's head as they transform, and the three engage the new Headmaster Autobots. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0]

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Fangry/fangry.htm Brisko at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Fangry Brisko's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Brawn (G1)

2008-06-07T06:17:40Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded|Toy}}{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot Brawn|the Robots in Disguise Autobot|X-Brawn}}

:''Brawn is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Brawn_MarvelTFU.jpg|thumb|right|Optimus said "One shall stand, one shall fall". I do both.]]

'''Brawn''', the Autobots' demolitions expert, is amazingly strong for his size. Due to his small stature, he often attempts to overcompensate by playing up his macho personality. He can be somewhat of a bully, and looks down on noncombatant Autobots. He has a ready, though slightly sarcastic, sense of humor, and a lot of ''chutzpah''. In addition to his great strength, Brawn is also so tough as to be almost indestructible... [[personal canon|''almost'']].

:''Nickname'': '''Muscles'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Bruto'''
:''Italian name'': '''Cammello'''
:''Japanese name'': '''Gong''' (go-n-gu, ゴング)
:''Hungarian name'': '''Izmos''' ("Hefty")
:''South American name'': '''Jipe''' (pronounced "''hee-pay''")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}

[[Image:Brawnmarvel1.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Gee, ya think? You think that maybe I should use these clamps, that I use every day, at every opportunity? You're a freakin' genius, ya idiot!]]

After the Autobots re-awoke on modern-day Earth, Brawn was one of five Autobots sent out to reconnoiter their new world. When their patrol came under attack from a squadron of Decepticons, Brawn advised the others to stay behind him, as he could absorb the incoming jets' firepower. Later, he clocked Laserbeak. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}}

''A malfunction caused Brawn to go mad, rampaging in a small town because he thought the cars were being enslaved by humans (and then "killed" the cars when they showed no gratitude). After a destructive chase, the Autobots finally managed to recapture and repair him. To regain his honour, he agreed to be Starscream's opponent in a trial by combat; Optimus Prime had [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] fake Brawn's death to end the battle.''{{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}

When the Autobots staged a diversionary attack on the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister]], Brawn's strength enabled him to storm through Rumble's localized earthquake, and punch out the little punk. Unfortunately, the little punk had a brother. Frenzy's high-frequency sonic attack knocked Brawn out. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

Brawn was among the Autobots who donated fuel to re-energize five Autobot warriors, in preparation for their last stand against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} When that gambit failed, he was among the Autobots strung up for spare parts by Shockwave. {{storylink|The New Order}} He was later reactivated by Ratchet along with the others. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

In the rush that followed to catch up with the Decepticons' gains, Brawn and [[Bluestreak]] were charged with the repair of the Ark's [[ionic fusion drive]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} When the Autobots overheard Shockwave's plans to drop the captured head of their leader, Optimus Prime, in a nearby swamp, Brawn was among the Autobots who traveled to the swamp with Prime's body. However, the head was actually a decoy head, which, when attached to the body, caused it to go on a murderous rampage. Brawn was one of those wounded before Prime's proper head was returned. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Brawn was part of a team sent to bring in a demented Snarl.''{{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

[[Image:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Zapped in the shoulder, no doubt.]]Brawn was witness to a battle between [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster]] for Autobot leadership on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. After the scene was attacked by [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons, Brawn soon lost a fight with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], who dismissed the Autobot as having a "bright future as ''spare parts!''" {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Brawn was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to New York City. As Starscream approached, [[Goldbug]] led a team of Autobots which included Brawn, and the entire team was destroyed with a "single wave of Starscream's hand"! Oops. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

=====Earthforce=====

''[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] briefly considering reviving Brawn as one of his new minions, but the Autobot was too badly damaged to enable reactivation at the time. {{storylink|Perchance to Dream}}''

====Generation 2====
Brawn was part of a team sent to answer the distress call sent out by their [[human]] allies [[G.I. Joe]]. Landing in [[Milleville]], they ran up against a revived and [[Cobra]]-upgraded [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Assigned by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to guard the Autobots' ship, Brawn got himself vaporized when Megatron revealed that he could implode neutrons. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Ratchet must wonder why he even bothers.

===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (US), [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japan)

Brawn was one of the Autobots on board the ''[[Ark]]'' who awoke in 1984, reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] to have an Earth-based alt-mode of a Land Rover Defender. He was frequently involved in combat engagements against the Decepticons in the early years of the Earth-based war, including the battle that saw the Decepticons destroy an offshore oil rig. In the flaming chaos that followed, Brawn helped save his fellow Autobot [[Huffer]] who was trapped in the wreckage by cutting him loose with a blowtorch contained in his right arm. In other instances, Brawn also showed himself capable of wielding a large drill for tunneling, and a number of smaller grappling claws from his vehicle mode. The only thing he really lacked was a gun, but, being Brawn, he didn't seem to mind borrowing [[Megatron (G1)|someone else's]] [[fusion cannon|gun]].

Brawn performed admirably in several of the Autobots' missions, most notably during the events which brought [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into Earth's orbit. During those chaotic times, it was Brawn who repeatedly spearheaded the various attempts to rescue their ally [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from the clutches of the Decepticons, even traveling to Cybertron itself along with a special rescue team. It was this team that learned of the means which [[Dr. Arkeville]] was using to control his human slaves, and then discovered a way to free them from his clutches.

Another important mission for Brawn involved a super-weapon being built in Peru, where it was he (and his ally [[Trailbreaker]]) who first discovered the Decepticons' plot and informed the other Autobots. In the end, it was Brawn himself who raced to the top of the ancient pyramid the Decepticons were using as a firing platform, tackled Megatron and helped bring about the weapon's destruction. {{Storylink|Fire on the Mountain}}

[[Image:Brawng1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|DON'T GIVE HIM THE STICK! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!]]

When the ''[[Nemesis]]'' was uncovered in an archaeological dig (and Megatron subsequently retrieved the awesome power of the [[Heart of Cybertron]]), Brawn was angered that fellow Autobot [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] did not participate in battles, not understanding that Perceptor's scientific and technical skills necessitated his exclusion from combat missions. To the irritation of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Brawn decided it was his job to bully the Autobot scientist, insinuating that Perceptor was a coward not prepared to do his duty alongside the other Autobots. Brawn later changed his tune and was a big enough 'bot to appreciate Perceptor's skills when the latter hyper-accurately shot the Heart of Cybertron out of the sky. However, it is unclear whether Brawn was big enough to apologize to Perceptor for his earlier boorish behavior. {{Storylink|Microbots}}

Brawn was shot down by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in 2005, during the hijacking of a shuttle bound for [[Autobot City]], making him one of the first serious fatalities of that famous assault. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====Brawn lives?====
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|thumb|right|210px|"Hey guys, I'm back! And I found [[Load Hauler]]!"]]

While nowhere near as prevalent as discussion of "[[Who is Cyclonus?]]", there is recurring debate among [[fandom|Transformers fans]] regarding Brawn's death in the [[shuttle attack]] mentioned above. Generally taken up in partial jest, proponents of Brawn's survival focus on Brawn's well-established toughness and the fact that he had repeatedly survived more serious shots from Megatron than the shoulder wound he received on the shuttle. For example, being shot in the ''head'', '''''twice''''', in "[[Fire on the Mountain]]" and being perfectly okay.

Additionally, Brawn appears in "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]" (an episode which takes place well after the time of his supposed death). However, due to the generally low quality of the animation in that episode, Brawn's appearance is usually dismissed as an [[animation error]]. Brawn was ''not'' mentioned as one of the interred Autobots in "[[Dark Awakening]]"... but [[Huffer]], who appeared alongside Brawn in "Carnage" ''was'' (even though Huffer's death was not portrayed in the film... in fact, he was barely in the movie at all, only being seen for about a second when [[Hot Rod]] crashes though the barrier [[Kup]] was setting up.)

It is sometimes joked that after the Decepticons abandoned the shuttle on approach to Autobot City, Brawn got up and piloted the shuttle to a safe landing somewhere off-camera. Of course, to hypothesize that, you have to ignore the fact that the shuttle went up in flames after getting shot a few times.

The Marvel UK comic also incorporated the events of the Movie into its future timeline and in one story set after it ([[Space Pirates!]]), Brawn is seen, albeit wounded in a Quintesson attack. However also shown is Wheeljack, who is clearly shown dead in the animated version of the Movie, and [[The Transformers: The Movie#In the comic continuity|there are several differences between the animated version and the information given in the comics]] which may make this inadmissable evidence in the matter.

===3H ''Universe'' comics===
Brawn was [[retcon|abducted]] by [[Unicron]] just before he was atomized by by the Cobra-tanked Megatron, and sent to the [[Cauldron]]. When [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] engineered a mass escape, Brawn, [[Wheelie]] and [[Tap-Out]] subdued the rage-afflicted [[Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] to keep them from killing each other.

Brawn then escaped Unicron thanks to a portal created by [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]]. Where he went from there is unknown... hopefully not right back to the neutron implosion.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
In Dreamwave's version of events, the Autobots allied with humankind and were eventually able to defeat the Decepticons at the turn of the century. Following the [[Ark II]] tragedy, Brawn became one of the many Transformers recovered and reprogrammed by [[Lazarus]]. He was later rescued by Optimus Prime and rebuilt by Jazz’s unit. He was part of a small task force, led by Jazz, assigned to stop the spread of Megatron’s deadly metal virus in the [[Canada|Canadian]] Northwest Territories and would later remain behind on Earth when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] demanded the Autobots return to Cybertron as war criminals.

After the end of [[Shockwave (G1)| Shockwave's]] despotic rule over Cybertron, Brawn was reassigned as reinforcements to Jazz’s team on Earth. After Jazz went missing in the Decepticon assault on the Ark, however, he became a subordinate to the much-less-impressive Bumblebee. {{storylink| Night of the Combaticons}} The chance to pound the everloving scrap out of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]' ruined form probably made up for this, even if the Combiner was later revived as part of Starscream's deal in response to [[Sunstorm]]. {{storylink|Skyfire (comic issue)}} He and the other minibots were part of an attempt to stop Sunstorm by attaching Ratchet's energy siphon. Brawn was last seen among Bumblebee's unit when they returned from the assault to the [[Orion]] and discovered that they had been (wait for it...) betrayed by Starscream.

===IDW comics continuity===

Brawn was present at the funeral for [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback]], along with [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the rest of [[Kaon]] Security Services. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Brawn''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1984/1985/1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''15'''

: Brawn was part of the original assortment of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle]]s released in 1984. He transforms into a (somewhat altered) Toyota Land Cruiser with a non-removable spare tire on the roof.

: There are a couple different variations of the toy. Like all of the 1984 releases, some versions have a [[rubsign]] applied to it, where the original runs do not. However, there is also a mold variation: some versions have the [[faceplate]] as part of the front body mold, while others have the faceplate as a part of the back, poking through a hole in the front body like the visor does.

: There are a fair few [[redeco]]s of Brawn from south of the border. In Brazil, a version in gold with sand-colored robot parts was released. Peru got a light tan Jeep with dark turquoise robot parts, a light-blue painted helmet and no chrome. Mexico got another sand-colored Jeep in 1986, but with maroon robot parts.

: The Brawn mold was later used to create the [[Malignus]] [[Jipe (Malignus)|Jipe]] and [[Outback]].

*'''Brawn''' (Keychain, 2003)

: The Brawn mold was [[retool]]ed by [[Hasbro]] licensee [[Fun4All]] and made as part of the second wave of ''Transformers'' keychains alongside [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. A small plastic ring was added to the front bumper, which the metal key chain attaches to. The keychains came on pretty close reproductions of their original cardbacks from 1984. These were originally sold in chains like Hot Topic and video game stores, but over the course of several years, found their way even to the racks of Wal-Mart.

: In Japan, the four Mini Vehicles were sold in small boxes. Each one was also available in a solid-black variation.

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===Universe (2008)===
*'''Brawn''' (Legends Class, 2008)

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==Trivia==
* The mold for Brawn's figure was originally developed for the ''[[Microman]] Microchange'' toyline as a "Jeep". That toyline was meant to depict robots who transformed into toy cars, which is why Brawn's car proportions are a bit exaggerated.

* Brawn was the first figure identified in the ''Transformers'' pack-in toy catalog included in the larger boxed toys.

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==External Links==
* [http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Autobot+Brawn ToyBin Brawn Toy Gallery]

* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Brawn/brawn.htm Brawn at TFU.info]

* [http://ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Brawn Brawn's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Bombshell (G1)

2008-06-07T05:49:17Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded|fictional appearances in comics}}
:''Bombshell is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Bombshell_MTMTE.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not a hot blonde like the name implies]]

A master of mind-controlling "[[cerebro-shell]]s," the twisted '''Bombshell''' plays with the minds of others as a child would a new toy, enthusiastically and recklessly. But there is nothing childlike about the gleeful malice he exposes in forcing his victims into more and more humiliating and destructive acts. Bombshell takes such sadistic joy in the destruction of his victims that even the other Decepticons can be put off, wondering if he wouldn't be just as pleased to play those same "games" with them...

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Obus'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Prudox'''



==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (US), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japan)

[[Image:G1_PlagueofInsecticons_Bombshell_blast.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Whoa, that usually doesn't happen to me, I swear.]]

Bombshell and the rest of the Insecticons jettisoned themselves out the [[Nemesis (G1)|Decepticon cruiser]] when it and the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot ship]] crashed on [[Earth|Prehistoric Earth]]. Landing in what would become modern Bali off of Indonesia, the Insecticons were altered by their [[idento-computers]] to possess insectoid [[alternate mode|beast mode]]s, and had the ability to convert organic matter into [[energon]]. The Insecticons were largely communal in nature, though Bombshell often alternated leadership with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] ([[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] was out of luck).

Reactivating around the same time as those aboard the Ark, the Insecticons formed a small nest for themselves in [[Demon Swamp]] before being tracked down by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons. They formed an alliance for the purpose of collecting energon and vanquishing the Autobots. In their first encounter with the enemy, Bombshell demonstrated one of the most unique of the trio's abilities -- after firing an "insecti-shell" at a farming machine to blow it into pieces, he and the other Insecticons used "clone beams" to somehow convert those fragments of metal into duplicates of the Insecticons in their insect modes, a virtual swarm of Insecticlones created nearly out of thin air.

The initial alliance between Decepticons and Insecticons broke down after the greedy insects attempted to gorge themselves on the cache of energon cubes Megatron had created, and then abandoned the Decepticons to the Autobots. After that, the two groups operated independently, only joining forces as a matter on convenience on rare occasions. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[Image:G1_Traitor_Bombshell_captures_Mirage.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Bombshell aroaching with something long and pointy. Mirage's exhaust port was sore for a month after they did this scene.]]

Bombshell and the Insecticons next hired out their services to Megatron during his experimentation with the [[electro-cell]]s as on-call guards, in exchange for a share of the profits. The Autobot [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] attempted to turn them against each other, however, by stealing the Insecticons' reward and framing the Decepticons for it. Bombshell and the others staged an assault on the electro cell station and their Decepticon "comrades". During a spray of one of Shrapnel's grenades, Mirage was inadvertently caught in the blast while invisible. Bombshell seized upon the opportunity to implant one of his cerebro-shells in the fallen Autobot and turn him into a slave. What he DIDN'T do, however, is question what an Autobot counter-intelligence agent was doing sneaking around Decepticon camp just then. Megatron had to force Bombshell to think at gunpoint before he realized that Megatron wouldn't rob them while [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots still lived. Maybe after, but not before. The united 'Cons then attempted to set a trap for the Autobots using Mirage, but ultimately Mirage was set free and the electro-cells were destroyed. {{storylink|Traitor}}

[[Image:G1_EntertheNightbird_Bombshell_Nightbird.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Bombshell copping a feel on Nightbird. It must get lonely with all the fembots being Autobots.]]

Next, Bombshell's aid was commissioned to upgrade the human-built female ninja robot known as [[Nightbird]] for Megatron, converting her into a functional assassin. His engineering skills shown here were rather remarkable for someone with no table manners. {{Storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

On their next joint venture, Megatron arranged for Bombshell and the Insecticons to have access to the [[Nova Power Core]], a meal that filled them with raw energy and caused them to increase in size dramatically. In exchange, they aided the Decepticons in raiding the armored installation known as [[Iron Mountain]] to gain control of the defense computer being housed there. Their new power went to their heads, however, and the Insecticons were overheard plotting against Megatron by his spy [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Soundwave didn't get far, however, before Bombshell captured the Decepticon and turned him with the help of a cerebro-shell.

[[Image:G1_InsecticonSyndrome_Bombshell_Soundwave.jpg|thumb|right|A communications officer with a stetoscope...and he didn't hear THAT!?!?|170px]]

He then systematically "bugged" the rest of Megatron's troops; by the time Iron Mountain was successfully infiltrated, Megatron was the only Decepticon left. The nova power proved to be too unstable for the Insecticons to synthesize, however, and an antidote was administered to rob Bombshell and Kickback of their additional mass and power. Shrapnel, however, exploded into pieces before the antidote could be properly administered. Somehow, though, Bombshell was able to completely reconstruct his fallen comrade in a matter of seconds, using a special insecti-shell to reunify the pieces. {{Storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}

[[Image:G1_QuestforSurvival_Bombshell_Kickback.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Seriously, tell me what isn't wrong with this picture.]]

In another scheme, Megatron convinced the Insecticons that he had a new energon processing system that could draw power from their organic-conversion process far more efficiently than their bodies normally could. The Insecticons would gather vast amounts of power through their clone armies, and then return to Decepticon headquarters to refine their amassed energies into energon cubes. Little did they know that the refinement process was far more effective than Megatron presented -- Bombshell and the others were given scraps while dozens of cubes were being produced by their efforts. They slowly began to wise up to Megatron's duplicity and, when his henchman [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] attempted to warn them away from a certain valley, the Insecticons took it as a sign there was something valuable there. In fact there was: a can of [[robotic insecticide]] the Autobots had planned to use against the Insecticlones, and an ever-growing number of [[Morphobot]]s, techno-organic plants that fed on robot insects. Bombshell and the Insecticons attempted to feed on the plants, only to have their food "bite back" and their entire clone army destroyed in a matter of minutes.{{Storylink|Quest for Survival}}

Bombshell would ultimately be mortally wounded during the battle of [[Autobot City]] and was ejected alongside many other fallen Decepticon warriors (Megatron included), into deep space, where [[Unicron]] reformatted him into [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or [[Cyclonus's Armada|the other guy]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Transformers: The Movie}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}

Bombshell was first seen as a soldier on Cybertron, operating out of [[Darkmount]] under the command of Lord [[Straxus]]. {{Storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} ''Bombshell was one of the Decepticon warriors targeted for termination by the [[Wrecker]]s in [[Operation: Volcano]]. A last minute change in orders prevented Bombshell and his cronies from walking into the Autobot trap, though. {{storylink|Target 2006}}'' After Straxus began an alliance with Megatron and the Decepticons of Earth, Bombshell was transported to our solar system by way of the [[Space Bridge]]. He, Kickback, and Shrapnel were then reformatted into the Insecticons, and granted impressive [[mass shifting]] powers that enabled them to shrink down to the size of actual insects when transforming.

The Insecticons' first mission on Earth was to set up a conduit between Cybertron and Hoover Dam, stealing the hydro-electrical power. Bombshell tracked down the assistant chief engineer, [[Ricky Vasquez]], and implanted him with a cerebro-shell so that the Decepticons could infiltrate the plant clandestinely. With Megatron and the Insecticons riding shotgun, Vasquez snuck them into the control room where Shrapnel was able to take electronic control of the dam. Vasquez eventually managed to reassert his free will however and, with the interference of the [[Aerialbot]]s, the Decepticon operation proved ineffective. {{Storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

Still, Bombshell took advantage of the opportunity to infiltrate the Ark by riding atop Silverbolt back to the Autobot base. While inside, he seized a chance to fire one of his cerebro-shell inside Optimus Prime during a medical exam where Ratchet was cleaning a recent wound. He was unable to actually control Prime, but managed something almost as good -- by piping in a radio connection to Megatron through Soundwave, Bombshell's implant was able to divert some of the Creation Matrix to the Decepticons, bringing life to the Stunticons just as Prime was finalizing the life-sparks of the Aerialbots. Bombshell's implant was eventually discovered, but the damage was done. {{Storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

Later, Megatron commissioned Bombshell and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] to take control of the human creation known as [[Power Station Alpha]]. Sighting [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] casing the installation, Bombshell blasted a human boy with a cerebro-shell as a distraction, sending him off into danger while the Decepticon infiltrated Alpha and placed a specially-modified shell inside. {{Storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Things were too hot to retrieve it then, with the [[G.I. Joe]] team taking hostile action against Bumblebee and then being confronted themselves by [[Superion]], but later that night the remote control was triggered and Power Station Alpha sprung to life. Surprisingly for the Decepticons, though, it did NOT come to their base as programmed -- [[Doctor Mindbender]] of [[COBRA]] was able to lock onto the electronic frequency of Bombshell's shell and bring Alpha to [[Cobra Island]] instead. Dirge and Bombshell were therefore forced into the position of emissaries for the Decepticon cause, proposing an alliance between them and Cobra in order to share Power Station Alpha's potential. {{Storylink|Power Struggle}}

While Mindbender was acting as Cobra's "ambassador", he uncovered the severity of their plans for Alpha, and the devastating effect it would have on the Earth. Once Cobra switched sides and joined in an alliance with the Joes and the Autobots, Mindbender was deemed "surplus parts" and Bombshell attempted to execute him. Instead, the Insecticon was disabled by a blast from one of the [[Baroness]]'s cannon weapons. As the two Cobra agents left to join [[Serpentor]] in conference with their new "friends", Mindbender scooped up the unconscious Bombshell (who had reverted to his tiny insect mode) in the hopes of dissecting his circuitry later. Only after arriving at the Joe base did they discover the connection between Bombshell and his cerebro-shells, as the Joe technical expert [[Mainframe]] prodded the shell which had been surgically retrieved from the boy Bombshell blasted days earlier, causing the still-inactive Insecticon to spontaneously transform out of his own control. {{Storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

How Bombshell eventually regained control of his systems and returned to the Decepticons is unknown, but he did and was later seen briefly under [[Ratbat]]'s command. {{Storylink|Totaled!}}

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}

''Bombshell and the Insecticons were allied with Megatron during the [[Decepticon Civil War]] against Shockwave. He attended the [[Enclave]] held by the two factions, but it didn't go well and Bombshell was later seen among the massive melee between the Decepticon armies. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Bombshell and the Insecticons were later tasked by Megatron to infiltrate Shockwave's base and spy on his war room to gain secret intelligence. Bombshell had tapped into the room with a listening prong right before [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] arrived, and caught the tiny intruders with a [[rustbug hoop]]. Forced to submit, the Insecticons were surprised that Starscream wasn't going to torture or kill them: instead, he offered them a juicy bit of gossip that Shockwave would be off alone on a mission soon. Bombshell realized that Starscream was setting his leader up for a fall, arranging for both Megatron and Shockwave to be disposed of in one felt swoop. He seemed okay with it. {{storylink|Bugged!}}''

''Sure enough, Megatron and Shockwave were soon excommunicated from their respective armies, and the Decepticons united under the command of Starscream and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Bombshell was present at the united Decepticons' first major military action, an attack on Autobot Earthbase. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Soon, however, he turned his talents to less overt and more deceitful activities. At his leaders' request, Bombshell implanted the mighty warrior [[Superion]] with one of his cerebro-shells, turning the giant against the human populace in order to smear the Autobots' image. A human reporter named [[Irwin Spoon]] managed to get inside Superion at the Autobots' request, however, and remove the shell before any permanent damage was done. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} Bombshell's follow-up surveillance revealed that the Autobots had offered the reporter an exclusive interview in exchange for his assistance. Such a positive "puff-piece" would go a long way towards improving the Autobots' image among the humans, and could not be allowed by the Decepticons. So, Soundwave and Starscream arranged for the [[Stunticon]]s to kidnap Spoon. {{storylink|Front Line!}} Trapping him inside [[Motormaster]]'s cabin, the Stunticons led the Autobots on a merry chase through the highways until they finally forced Motormaster off the road and recovered Spoon. The damage had been done, however; unknown to the Autobots, Bombshell had been hiding inside Motormaster's cab, and implanted the reporter with a cerebro-shell before losing custody of the human. Irwin Spoon therefore wrote exactly the piece the Decepticons wanted, painting the Autobots as evil kidnappers set to destroy mankind. {{storylink|End of the Road (UK issue)|End of the Road!}}''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Bombshell, sporting a spiffy tank mode, was first seen on Cybertron millions of years ago as part of a commando group being directed by Soundwave in a raid on Iacon. They ran into Optimus Prime on his first day on the job. It still hurt. A lot. {{Storylink|The War Within}} During the Dark Ages, Bombshell and his fellow future Insecticons served under Shockwave as part of the primary Decepticon faction. {{Storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Prior to the [[Great Shutdown]], Shockwave uncovered the crash location of the missing ships the Ark and Nemesis: Earth. He sent Kickback, Shrapnel and Bombshell to the planet as part of some vast, incomprehensible scheme he'd been perfecting for millennia. They initially encountered resistance from the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, but gave them the slip and went undercover on Earth for millions of years. {{Storylink|The Rules of Extinction}} In modern times, however, Bombshell seemed to have developed a few loose screws and begun operating outside his mission parameters. Having taken over a small town in rural America, Bombshell had begun mass production of techno-organic Insecticlones being grown from special pods. His actions drew the attention of [[Earth Defense Command]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s Autobot faction, leading to an investigation of the town. The Autobots managed to uncover the Insecticons' schemes, free the townspeople, and capture their opponents. It was easy. Perhaps, too easy...? {{Storylink|Extermination}}

{{note|It's heavily hinted at in Dreamwave continuity that Bombshell's cerebro-shells were the basis for the "Shell Program" later used in ''[[Beast Wars]]'' to reprogram [[Maximal]] protoforms into [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s. It makes no small manner of sense.}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Bombshell, by order of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], injects a cerebro-shell into [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] in an effort to make him assassinate [[Blaster]], the inspirational broadcaster for the Autobots. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}
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===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
Bombshell, Shrapnel, and Kickback rob a train carrying cash and bullion from the Denver Mint, on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s orders. They deliver the stolen property to Starscream and [[Tobias Muldoon]] the following morning.

Bombshell forms the middle of the "[[Insectrain]]". He has a triple-barreled cannon mounted on a turret. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Bombshell ''' (Insecticon, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''41'''
**''Accessories'': "Twin Ion Impulse Blaster"

[[Image:G1Bombshell_toy.jpg|left|thumb|One not-so-big, bad, beetle 'borg]]

: Bombshell transforms into a robotic [[wikipedia:boll_weevil|boll weevil]] He doesn't do a whole lot more than that. There is a variation on the mold's insect-mode horn; some versions have a rounded indent on the "top" part near the base-joint, allowing it to fold down further in robot mode.

: In Japan, Bombshell and the other Insecticons were "re-released" as mail-order items from 1987 through 1988. They each cost 880 yen (their normal retail price) and two [[robot points]].

: This mold was used to make the [[Salvo]] drones.

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*'''Bombshell''' (Action Master, 1991)
**''Accessories'': "Needler" partner, rifle

[[Image:Action_Master_Bombshell.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"We don't rent, we don't borrow, we don't share{{m-}}we TAKE the mind."]]

: [[Action Master]] Bombshell is a non-transforming action figure that combines the cartoon model with a few toy-based elements. Interestingly enough, his distinctive head-cannon is no longer on his skull, but his hand-held blaster bears a similar design. He comes with his robot scarab partner [[Needler]], who forms a backpack/battle helmet for Bombshell. He was only available in the European markets.

*'''Insectrons''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''16''' (full set)

: Bombshell was released as part of the Japanese "[[Transformers Collection]]" series in a set with [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and [[Shrapnel]]. This set also included three [[energon cube]] accessories that fit inside their chest compartments.

: The Bombshell in this set not only lacks the horn-indent of later variations, but has a couple other minor mold-differences to boot.

===Merchandise===
*'''Bombshell''' (Decoy, 1987)

: Bombshell was one of the Decepticon [[Decoy]]s packed in with smaller carded ''Transformers'' toys. While the normal purple version could come on any Decepticon toy, the rarer red version was available ''only'' on [[Throttlebot]] cards and only for a short while before the switch to purple.

*'''Destron Hero Collection-22 Set''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1987)

: The entire run of twenty-two Decepticon Decoys were sold as a single boxed set in Japan, only in purple.

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==Trivia==
* Bombshell --like the other Insecticons-- was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Waruder Kabutron" evil alien piloted mech in different colors... which were eventually used when the trio were [[redeco]]ed for [[e-Hobby]] release. This is also the genesis of those opening chest compartments.

* In the anime series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurren-Lagann ''Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann''], the Ganmen (the head-shaped mecha that are piloted in the series) [http://www.gurren-lagann.net/mecha/dayakkaisersp.html Dayakkaiser] is based off of Bombshell's head design, complete with a cannon mounted on top of its face.

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== External links ==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Bombshell/bombshell.htm Bombshell at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Bombshell Bombshell's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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[[Category: Combiners]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Insecticons]]
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Bomb-Burst (G1)

2008-06-07T05:45:56Z

Davis Yuy:

{{disambig2|the American [[Pretender]]|his Japanese counterpart from [[Masterforce]]|Blood}}

:''Bomb-Burst is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Bomb-Burst_MTMTE1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I never drink... ''oil''.]]

There are legends on many worlds of unnatural predators, monsters who hunt in the darkness, sucking the life from any unfortunate victims to cross their path. '''Bomb-Burst''' is that dark legend given life. A figure of Cybertronian myth, Bomb-Burst is all too real and all too terrifying. He hunts [[Autobot]]s alone and in perfect silence, picking them off one at a time, snatching them away to the shadows and then draining all the energy from their bodies through his specially designed fangs. Sometimes the victim is found, drained, dead, and mangled the next morning; sometimes they simply vanish, never to be seen again.

Bomb-Burst's hovercraft mode can move in near silence and features dual lasers that he can also wield as a robot, but he is at his most deadly inside his monstrous [[Pretender]] shell. The shell's touch causes a rust-rash on contact and it features serrated fangs to punch through a victim's armor. The more [[energon]] Bomb-Burst drains, the stronger he becomes. His shell wields a corrosive slime shooter and a dual-bladed energo-axe.

Bomb-Burst cannot relate socially to most other Decepticons. He is at heart not a soldier in a war, after all, but a lone predator in the night. Powerful and intelligent, he excels at this. He is not invulnerable, however; his shell is highly energy-inefficient, requiring him to drain large numbers of victims, and his optics are very sensitive to light. Yet as a creature of the night, Bomb-Burst is unsurpassed.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Explosion'''
:''Italian name'': '''Lobos'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}

After commandeering a genetics research lab on Earth, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to recreate and perfect the science of Pretender shells using synthoplasmic chambers constructed by him and [[Vorath]]. Bomb-Burst was one of six Decepticon volunteers transformed by the process into new Pretenders. {{Storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

''Bomb-Burst once accompanied [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] and [[Skullgrin]] to an offshore oil rig, hoping to steal fuel from the fleshlings and change it into energon using their converter device. They were interrupted by three Autobot Pretenders, and a battle erupted. When an observing human radio plane was clipped by a laser blast, [[Cloudburst]] convinced Bomb-Burst to help him bring it into a safe landing, otherwise it would crash into the rig and ignite the oil, destroying them all. While they were busy, though, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Splashdown]] defeated the other Decepticons, leaving Bomb-Burst alone to face the Autobot trio. Grudgingly, he surrendered. {{Storylink|Chain Gang!}}''

Bomb-Burst continued making regular appearances with Scorponok's army. In the Decepticon Civil War, he feasted on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s internal fuel pump before moving on to bigger fish like the other Decepticons' leader, [[Ratbat]]. Unfortunately for Bomb-Burst's meal, ''actual'' "bigger fish" arrived just then, as the [[Seacon]]s broke through the ice in order to save their commander from his fangs. {{Storylink|Cold War!}}

During the battle against[[ Unicron]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bomb-Burst's Pretender shell was repositioning some artillery with the Autobot [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] when Unicron's foot came down on them, crushing the two flat. Bomb-Burst's jet mode was later shown crashed and wrecked among the various deactivated warriors. So he was ''doubly'' dead. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Stormbringer3_Skullgrin_Bomburst_grenade.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Bomb-Burst commands you to dance!]]

Bomb-Burst was a member of a cult-like group, led by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], that worshiped the lifeless chassis of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] on the ruined planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 1}} They ambushed [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Scattershot]], [[Lightspeed (Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Strafe]], capturing them and taking them to their subterranean base. Using the latter three as "raw materials" to construct their [[Pretender]] shells, Bomb-Burst and the others unleashed Thunderwing's remote-controlled carcass on [[Nebulos]]. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}} However, before their plans could be realized, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wreckers]] invaded their base. In the brief battle that ensued, Bomb-Burst and [[Skullgrin]] were blown away by one of [[Springer]]'s grenades. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 3}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Bomb-Burst''' (Pretender, 1988)
**''Accessories'': Pretender shell, 2 wing/lasers, battle axe, left & right shoulder pads, belt

[[Image:G1Bomb-Burst_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|No, I'm the [[Blood|other guy]].]]

:Bomb-Burst transforms into a Cybertronic jet with VTOL turbines. His twin rifles form "wings" in this mode. In robot mode, like many other [[Pretender]] inner robots, he is a fairly generic robot with decent articulation for the period. In this mode, his rifles are arm-mounted blasters.

: His outer Pretender Shell is a vampiric bat-humanoid with enlarged ears. It is also equipped with a belt and bat-winged shoulder pads. It can hold the inner robot's guns using the larger (5mm) pegs on the rifle-butts. The two guns can also combine to form a super rifle for the shell's use.

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==Trivia==
* A creature that bears a remarkable (if somewhat more twisted) resemblance to Bomb-Burst's Pretender shell appears in the ''[[Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' episode "[[Survival of the Fittest]]".

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Bomb-Burst/bombburst.htm Bomb-Burst at TFU.info]

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Overdrive

2008-06-07T05:37:41Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded|1985 toy}}
[[Image:Overdrive-thebattleisfarfromover.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Yeah, that's right—I was dimension-hopping loooong before those [[GoBots]] stole my schtick.]]

:''Overdrive is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Overdrive''' and his companions [[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]] and [[Camshaft]] are the [[Omnibot]]s, a trio of Autobots with the ability to cross dimensions and sense disturbances in the forces of space and time.

==Fiction==
===Japanese cartoon continuity===
===="The Transformer" Manga====
[[Image:Omnibots group.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Overdrive (left) politely kneels so no one realizes he's twice as tall as he should be.]]

During a massive battle on Cybertron, Galvatron introduced his latest combining warrior, [[Predaking]]. Predaking simultaneously took out [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] with a single punch, causing much worry for the Autobots, as [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] was already engaged in battle on Earth!

[[Image:Overdrive_vehicle.jpg|thumb|150px|A flying car? How droll.]]

From out of nowhere came [[Camshaft]], [[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]] and Overdrive. They swiftly shifted into vehicle mode(s) and circled Predaking, tying up his legs with cable. Predaking swatted at them to no avail!

Then the Omnibots transformed into their battle modes and...''drove'' at Predaking, which caused him to topple backwards onto [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], taking them all out.

The assembled Autobots cheered for these three mighty warriors of great justice, who were subsequently never seen or heard of again.

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Overdrive and Downshift stood guard on Cybertron over a detention facility under the united government. {{storylink|Cold War}} After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] unleashed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] on [[Iacon]], Overdrive and his fellow [[Omnibot]]s were sent by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to stop him. They did not succeed, and may have been killed by the rampaging giant. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===Binaltech===
During the second wave of reconstructions under the Binaltech Project, Overdrive recovered from the [[Cosmic Rust]] virus by transferring into a new body designed by Honda's Wako-based Technology Research Center. Outfitted with new weapons and the [[Quantum Dial]], an old version of his dimension-traveling apparatus, Overdrive assumed the place of high tactician among Ultra Magnus' soldiers at Autobot City. It was his experience voyaging the dimensional fabric that enabled Overdrive to recognize the future [[Ravage]]'s manipulations of the timestream. His efforts, combined with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s, finally allowed the Autobots to capture Ravage.

After [[Operation: Distant Thunder]] neutralized the random time-warps appearing throughout the universe, Overdrive used his dimension-hopping powers to confirm that the main timeline had been restored, separate from their own Binaltech reality.

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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightBlaster_PincherOverdrive.jpg|thumb|left|100px|]]
Overdrive served aboard the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]], under [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s overall supervision. {{storylink|Stormbringer, Part 1}} After Prime had left for [[Earth]], Overdrive and [[Pincher]] gawked at the returned [[Blaster]]. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Overdrive''' (Omnibot, 1985)
:*''Accessories'': "Neutron Blaster", "Plasma Beam Rifle", "Twin Electron Cannon"

: Overdrive transforms into a Ferrari BB Diablo with flip-out wings and a bumper-mounted flip-out blaster. He was available as a mail-order exclusive starting in the second series of ''Transformers'' toys in 1985 (or the first year in Japan, where he was also mail-order-only). These Transformers did not come shipped with tech specs.

: In the US, Overdrive cost $5 and 4 [[robot points]]. In Japan, he cost 980 yen and only 2 robot points.

===Binaltech===
*'''Overdrive''' (Binaltech, 2004)
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-12'''

[[Image:Binaltech_Overdrive_Toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Windcharger could never figure out why Overdrive was more popular with the ladies...]]

: The toy that was released as [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] in the US (due to inability to secure the [[trademark]] on the character name) got released as the dude he was designed to be in Japan. He transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed Honda S2000 sports car with a removable "ragtop" roof.

: Aside from the addition of painted die-cast metal, the major difference between Overdrive and Windcharger is that Overdrive retains the long drive-shaft/barrel for his engine/rifle accessory. The removal of it from the US version was at the request of Honda's USA branch, who didn't like the idea of "their" toy toting a gun around. Since Honda's Japanese department had no such objections, however, ''Binaltech'' Overdrive did include an unchanged barrel. Other minor differences include slightly different visors, the paint applications on the front grille, and Overdrive being right-hand drive for Japan, while Windcharger is left-hand drive for the US.

: This mold was [[retool]]ed into Alternator [[Decepticharge ]] and Binaltech [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. The former was planned to be released in Japan as [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but was ultimately scrapped.

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==Trivia==
* The trio of Omnibots were originally ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Doublechangers", named for their ability to transform into both standard car and combat car modes.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Overdrive/overdrive.htm Overdrive at TFU.info]

* [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=40994 Overdrive's unused TFU profile, thanks to Jim S of the Allspark]

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Bludgeon (G1)

2008-06-07T05:24:04Z

Davis Yuy:

{{disambig3|Bludgeon}}
:''Bludgeon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BludgeonUK1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is pretty much the most metal cover in TF history.]]
'''Bludgeon''' is a ferocious warrior, skilled in the ancient Cybertronian martial art of [[Metallikato]]. Utterly vicious and aloof, Bludgeon is also highly religious, adhering to an arcane code of honor.

"Arcane", of course, is code for "bloodthirsty, murderous, sadistic, and subject to the whims of the guy holding the sword."

{{quote|Prattling fool! Your warrior heart is tainted by an idiot's tongue! Perhaps I shall remove '''both''' for you!|Bludgeon takes on [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]| [[Primal Scream]]}}

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Gourdin'''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Teskior'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{note|Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.}}

[[Image:Bludgeonasavageplace.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The shoulder is a [[Brawn|well-known]] Transformer instant-death spot.]]''When Decepticons [[Catilla]] and [[Carnivac]] defected to the [[Autobot]]s, a new Mayhem Attack Squad was formed which included Bludgeon, his Pretender cohorts Stranglehold and Octopunch, [[Needlenose]], [[Spinister]], and [[Snarler]]. After a mission simulation of [[Slaughter City]], their prey was authorized -- they would hunt down and kill Catilla, Carnivac, and their new [[Wreckers]] friends. {{storylink|Hunting Party!}} They found Carnivac outside Dallas, Texas, and Bludgeon, promising him a warrior's death, led the charge. {{storylink|Way of the Warrior}} However, Carnivac escaped Bludgeon and the other Mayhems, {{storylink|Survival Run}} but tracked him down to Los Gravos, Mexico. Bludgeon fought Carnivac, and [[Spinister]] was about to deal the killing blow, when Catilla rescued him. However, Bludgeon threw his sword into Catilla, killing Carnivac's savior. As the rest of the Autobots arrived, Bludgeon ordered a withdraw. Carnivac swore that Bludgeon and the other Mayhems would pay. {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}

[[Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The [[Nelson Yomtov|colorist]] made me look hunchbacked.]]
He later took on the leadership of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], sent to slay the newly-resurrected [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Alongside the [[Rescue Patrol]], the [[Classic Pretender]]s were due to be teleported to [[Earth]], an operation Bludgeon attempted to interrupt by shoving his blade through the transportation machine. Instead, he and the Mayhems were transported with the Autobots to the center of Cybertron. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} Here, the Mayhems were foiled, and though they inadvertently awakened the slumbering [[Primus]] in the process. Ultimately, the transportation was completed, and they were sent to Earth along with the Autobots, {{storylink|Primal Scream}} where they told [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] of Unicron's coming and joined his Decepticons on Earth. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] surrendered his Autobots to Scorponok in order to facilitate an alliance against Unicron, Bludgeon helped the other Decepticons imprison the surrendered Autobots. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Bludgeon was seen fighting on Scorponok's side during the subsequent Decepticon Civil War {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} and was transported with all of them to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Primus]]. Primus (speaking through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]] told them of the history between himself and Unicron, while Bludgeon cleaned his sword. He was there also to quell the sudden [[Unicron cultist]] uprising, remarking that to a master of [[Metallikato]], their moves were like slow motion. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When Unicron himself arrived, though, the superstitious Bludgeon ran like hell. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Thankfully, Optimus Prime's sacrifice saved them all, and Bludgeon was there standing over Prime's body with a few others as he died. The Autobot/Decepticon alliance that emerged was shaky and the Decepticons leaderless, so Bludgeon and [[Krok]] discussed a plan of their own. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[Image:Bludgeonlastautobot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|It's a good thing the [[Battlecharger]]s were dead then, or Bludgeon's shell would've been totally ganked.]]
Tensions came to a head when [[Blaster]] discovered that Cybertron was tearing itself apart in the aftermath of the Transformers' victory against Unicron. While Bludgeon openly kept the peace (like keeping [[Fangry]] in line at meetings), he and Krok began to worry that some of the Decepticons were in ''favour'' of peaceful alliance and plotted to break it up. New Autobot leader [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] almost gave them an opening by beating the tar out of Fangry, until [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] stopped the fight in; Bludgeon quickly exploited the situation anyway, demanding the full details of the Autobots plans.

Now knowing they intended to start anew on another planet and live in peace, he sabotaged the Autobot ships and assumed command of the Decepticons. He gave the troops a rousing speech, condemning the Autobot plan as week and advocating a return to conquest as was the Decepticon way. Having risen from the ranks to light their darkest hour, the Decepticons cheered him on. {{storylink|Exodus!}}

With his Decepticons eager for conquest, Bludgeon randomly selected the planet of [[Klo]] as their first target. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} The peaceful inhabitants of Klo were easily (and violently) subdued, and Bludgeon thought this planet did not meet the challenges befitting their warrior race. In turn, Krok pleased him with with news that their ships were bugged and that they should be expecting the Autobots to be arriving soon. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

[[Image:bludgeon-youlie1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Look at him go. What a skeleton!]]
Indeed, when the Autobots arrived, Bludgeon's Decepticons were ready for them, luring them into an ambush - only ''five'' Autobots escaped their purge, and Bludgeon sent a small hunting party after them. Ultimate victory was snatched from Bludgeon only by ''divine intervention''. The [[Last Autobot]] arrived with a resurrected Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]]. Bludgeon rejected this development on religious grounds; the Last Autobot, according to his beliefs, was the Ultimate Warrior, who was bent on conquest. He ordered his troops to attack the "unbelievers". Ultimately, the Decepticons were defeated. The Last Autobot was able to revive the fallen Autobots at will, and Bludgeon was forced to admit defeat and withdraw. As he and the Decepticons retreated, he promised a "solitary exile" to the Autobots - while saying something else to his subordinates. {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In an alternate 1990, [[Hot Rod]] was captured by the Decepticons and freed by an agent placed within the Decepticons. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] accused Bludgeon of being the culprit, and Bludgeon demanded the chance to prove himself through trial by combat. He was released and chased by [[Octopunch]], [[Stranglehold]] and [[Warmonger]]. Bludgeon easily dispatched the former two but was caught from behind by Warmonger, who couldn't bring himself to kill in cold blood. Realizing who the infiltrator was, Megatron destroyed Warmonger, then reflected that it would have simply been easier to kill all four of them. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

{{note|The above story is the earliest known account from the Marvel UK alternate "Movie" timeline. The split between the main comic and the future stories almost certainly took place in 1989, either due to the Time Wars, the events of [[Primal Scream]] where Primus alerted Unicron to his location 15 years early, or both.}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}

[[Image:UKBludgeonEarthForce.jpg|left|180px|thumb|There wolf!]]''Following Catilla's death, the Mayhems set up a base on a deserted island, where Needlenose decided to test their response time in an emergency. Enraged, Bludgeon threatened to tear him apart, but was stopped by Snarler. As Needlenose returned to his quarters, he was ambushed by Carnivac, who had snuck in during the chaos caused by his "drill". His calls for help were ignored by Snarler and Bludgeon. {{storylink|Cry Wolf!}} Carnivac decided to pick off Bludgeon next, finding him meditating. Bludgeon sensed him coming and took him on, and the other Mayhems responded to the commotion. Bludgeon wanted to finish this traitor with his blade as well, but Spinister decided to end it summarily by slagging Carnivac with his blaster instead. {{storylink|Wolf In The Fold!}} Angry at losing his kill, Bludgeon was pleased to find [[Earthforce]] attacking them, in an attempt to rescue Carnivac. He and his fellow Pretenders were defeated, outnumbered by the Autobots. But before they could be executed, a shell-less Carnivac appeared and told the Autobots to spare them, denying them a warrior's death. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}''

''Captives of Earthforce, Bludgeon and his Pretender partners were held in a cell together. To get free, Bludgeon arranged a most subtle escape attempt with his cell mates. At first, they all remained completely silent for an extended period of time, partly to unnerve their guard, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], but also to give Bludgeon time to make mental contact with his katana, locked away in the property vault. Once he found the weapon and began summoning it back to him through the hallways, Bludgeon signaled Stranglehold to begin pounding frantically on the floor. This sudden activity spooked Inferno into opening the cell door to pacify the prisoner, only to wind up with a floating sword in his backside. The Pretenders then simply walked out over his leaking body. {{storylink|Shut Up!}}''

''Afterwards, Bludgeon and the others hooked up with Megatron and Shockwave, the deposed leaders of the Decepticons, and took on a bounty to assassinate their betrayers, Starscream and Soundwave. {{storylink|External Forces!}} The assassins outnumbered their prey, but they hadn't counted on the Autobots intervening on Starscream's behaft. It seemed the Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] was dying, and could only be saved by a systems boost from a compatible Transformer, namely Starscream. [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] joined the fight on Starscream's side, and the Mayhems were defeated. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}''

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=====''Another Time and Place''=====
After the defeat on Klo, Bludgeon decided the Decepticons needed some "old blood" back in charge. He travelled to Earth and retrieved the deactivated body of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] from the wreckage of the [[Ark]]. Then, he seized upon an opportunity to follow Grimlock and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s to [[Hydrus Four]], the source of the miraculous energy known as [[Nucleon]] which had supercharged the Dinobot commander. Slipping ahead of the Dinobots as they made their way to the medical facility, Bludgeon and his Decepticons set up a [[Holocaust Trigger]] to trap the Dinobots, disabling them without firing a shot. Unfortunately for Bludgeon, he ignored [[Fangry]]'s cries of "Let's just kill them already!" and gave in to his inner Bond villain, keeping Grimlock and the Dinobots alive long enough for them to witness the triumphant resurrection of Megatron. That didn't mean, however, that he kept his fellow Decepticons from aggressively torturing their fallen captives.

In a matter of hours, a full scale Autobot strike force had tracked the Dinobots down to Hydrus Four and assaulted Bludgeon's position. Fearing his rag-tag team of Decepticons wouldn't be enough, Bludgeon accelerated Megatron's revival, sending the half-mad, half-living monstrosity at Optimus Prime. He had no time to gloat, though -- the heavily-injured Dinobot known as [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] had dragged himself to the control module for one of the medical machines in the area, setting its spidery arms to work on Bludgeon, disassembling him in seconds down to his core components.

Bludgeon didn't even have time to scream. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}
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====Generation 2====
[[Image:Bludgeontalesofearth.jpg|left|thumb|200px|G2, home of New Extreme Weapons.]]
By "voluntary exile", what Bludgeon had actually meant was "build a slag-off big planet-like spacecraft called the [[Warworld]] and attack vessels for their cargo across the galaxy". {{storylink|Primal Fear}} He also battled Optimus Prime and the Autobots over a store of ancient alien weapons, but an alien entity drove him off. {{storylink|Ghosts}} After that, he went back to stealing resources - and finished the construction of a new generation of Decepticon warriors, who just needed the Matrix to come back to life. That meant luring Prime away from the [[Cybertronian Empire]] and to him... {{storylink|Primal Fear}}

To lure Prime out, Bludgeon launched a full-scale attack on Earth and did succeed in drawing Optimus Prime to Earth's defense, but not before Bludgeon was confronted by the newly-rebuilt [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who wanted command of the Decepticons for himself once more. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}} Bludgeon destroyed Megatron's gun with one swipe of his blade, but neglected to realize how enhanced the new Megatron was -- the former Decepticon leader ripped Bludgeon's Pretender skull off with one hand. Undaunted, Bludgeon proclaimed himself an agent of chaos and transformed into his little-used tank mode to confront Megatron on his own terms. He briefly drove back Megatron, but ultimately the Decepticons' founder proved to be too much for their current leader, and his new railgun destroyed Bludgeon utterly. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

The victorious Decepticon leader subsequently displayed Bludgeon's severed head in the Warworld, though did muse that he might have spared Bludgeon's life if he'd known how much the guy had achieved & envisioned with limited time and resources. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Later on, the Decepticons would try not to say the word "bludgeon", as in "to hit things", around Megatron just in case it annoyed him. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

====Generation 2 (Fleetway)====

Intending to draw out Autobots to Earth and steal the Matrix to bring a new generation of Decepticons to life, Bludgeon attacked Earth in force - specifically [[London]]. Unfortunately for him, the Autobots were already there, and attacked just as his troops were low on fuel. Bludgeon fought Optimus in direct combat and lost. {{storylink|Generation 2 (Fleetway comic)}}

He sneaked away to try the exact same tactic again - and learnt if at first you don't succeed, Try #2 will get you killed by Megatron. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

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====Classics====
{{note| The ''Classics'' stories take place after the end of the original Marvel Comic, but in a [[splinter timeline]] that does not include the events of the Marvel UK-exclusive stories or Generation 2.}}
Bludgeon is still leading most of the Decepticons, to Megatron's resentment. Shockwave believes [[Bug Bite]] is one of Bludgeon's minions {{storylink|Games of Deception}}.

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
[[Image:Chaostrinity.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Sorry, Blud, it won't bring [[wikipedia:Gary Gygax|Gary Gygax]] back.]]
During the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the Autobot/Decepticon conflict, Bludgeon, alongside [[Bugly]] and [[Mindwipe]], formed the [[Chaos Trinity]]. They became disciples of the mysterious being known as the [[Fallen]] in exchange for dark power. Together with him, they captured a number of Transformers in order to perform a bizarre ceremony at Cybertron's core, but were eventually foiled by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Bludgeon was stopped from alerting the Fallen of the impending allied attack on the [[Well of All Sparks]] by a teleporting [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics continuity===
[[Image:DWDropshot sliced.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Silent but deadly.]]
A version of Bludgeon from an unspecified alternate reality was part of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s unit of Heralds, along with [[Dirge (G1)| Dirge]], [[Thunderwing (G1)| Thunderwing]] and [[Scourge (G1)| Scourge]], sent to prepare Cybertron for the coming of [[Unicron]]. He was stationed as guard of the Decepticon base when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire's]] unit arrived. While he put up a formidable assault (as [[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]] could attest), the Autobots eventually realized the secret to his technique and forced him to retreat, leaving behind his Pretender shell. He returned when Jetfire attempted to use the space-bridge portal, but like the rest of the Heralds was shortly blown-up. {{storylink|Worlds_Collide%2C_Part_4|Worlds Collide}}
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===Devil's Due GI Joe vs. Transformers continuity===
[[Image:Bludgeon_Robot_GIJoe.jpg|right|140px|thumb|Bludgeon always secretly dreamed of being a [[Wikipedia:Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light|Visionary]]. ]]

Eons ago, when Optimus Prime was given the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Bludgeon attempted to kill him, but failed.

Along with the [[Pretender Monster]]s, Bludgeon traveled to Earth, seeking to be present at the planet's destruction by Unicron. The group was shot down by the Chinese Air Force, however, and damaged in the process. An alliance with the underground kingdom of [[Cobra-La]] provided them with life-sustaining [[Pretender]] shells. He was responsible for the death of [[Atomic Man]] in 1978, when the [[Adventure Team]] came snooping too close to Cobra-La's hidden lair in the caves beneath Tibet.

Decades later, Bludgeon engaged Optimus Prime in battle as the Autobot attempted to infiltrate Cobra-La's caves. After being burned by Bludgeon, Optimus ripped the chest off of Bludgeon's Pretender shell. In his anger, Bludgeon lost his edge and fell off a cliff. Although Optimus had caught him, Bludgeon chose to fall, standing by his philosophy of "merciless death and destruction."
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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Bludgeon.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Talk about talking your jaw off!]]

Bludgeon was the leader of a team of Decepticons who were assigned by Megatron to look into what [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was researching before he disappeared. Megatron also sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to spy on them. During this time, Bludgeon discovered Shockwave's work on [[Regenesis]]. Eventually, however, they discovered the remains of Thunderwing, the Decepticon scientist who became the avatar of the Cybertronian cataclysm, and became bent on restoring the wasted Cybertron to its former glory by resurrecting him. He and his team of Decepticons ([[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]], [[Finback]], [[Skullgrin]], and [[Bomb-Burst]]) believed that in reawakening Thunderwing and turning him loose, the mass sacrifice of worlds would allow the rebirth of Cybertron. They also delved into the outlawed [[Pretender|polydermal grafting]] experiments pioneered by Thunderwing, in an attempt to create super-shells of their own.

In 1984 they went to [[Earth]] to extract a load of [[Ultra-Energon]], establishing a base within Mt. St. Helens. Soundwave naturally followed them. He eventually came to them asking for a cut of their profits, believing that they meant to sell the energon, but when he realized that they meant to resurrect Thunderwing he tried to stop them. They used one of Shockwave's devices to lock him in his alt-mode, then caused a volcanic eruption and returned to Cybertron via an [[orbital bounce]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

[[Image:IDWBludgeonShell.jpg|right|thumb|200px|oshit.]]
Twenty-three years later, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot]]s, detecting the Ultra-Energon from orbit, went to investigate, and were taken by the cult, planning to use them as raw materials for their shells. Bludgeon wanted Jetfire to witness Thunderwing's awakening, to make him see that Thunderwing had been right to experiment, but Jetfire eventually annoyed him too much. Connecting his mind to an [[Axis-Cradle]] that controlled Thunderwing's blank neuroscape, Bludgeon sent Thunderwing to destroy [[Nebulos]], then engaged the auto-drive to inspect his own shell's progress. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}} When Optimus Prime and the Wreckers attacked Bludgeon's base on Cybertron by surprise, Iguanus escaped to the bio-graft chamber to find Bludgeon{{m-}}only to find the cult leader having donned full polydermal armor. However, in Bludgeon's rush, the shell was not mentally aligned, causing a psychic backlash that took down the Decepticon before the Wreckers even found him. It is unclear whether Bludgeon's mind survived, but if it did, it is apparently trapped in torment. Prime felt that he got off lightly for having unleashed Thunderwing. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3}}

After the defeat of Thunderwing, Bludgeon was transferred to [[Garrus-9]], where [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] stored his extracted [[spark]] in the Rig. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

He recovers somehow and faces off against Jetfire. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Bludgeon''' (Pretender, 1989)
:*''Accessories'': Pretender shell, large "Laser Rifle" gun, tank turret/shield, small "Electric Cannon", helmet

[[Image:G1Bludgeon_toy.jpg|thumb|left|I see dead people...and I'm the one that made them dead.]]

:''Generation 1'' Bludgeon's inner robot transforms into a green and lilac tank of undetermined origin. Oddly, compared to most ''Transformers'' tanks, he has no wheels inside the static tank tracks for any sort of rolling movement. Transformation to robot mode is very similar to many tank-vehicle Micromaster figures, except one must remove the rotating turret piece to do so, with the removable main gun as his weapon, mounted in a hole in his wrist (rather than his hand).

:Bludgeon's Pretender shell, continuing the Decepticon trend of monstrous or war-like shells, is an orange and maroon humanoid samurai with a human skull for a head. Removing the helmet reveals great attention to detail to the skull, with cranium fusion seams and well-defined teeth, among other sculpting. The shell is armed with a white rifle and the inner robot's tank turret mounted on his arm as a sort of shield.

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==Trivia==
* Like Stranglehold and Octopunch, Bludgeon's [[character model]] portrays him with a specialized melee weapon. Bludgeon is consistently drawn with the character model's sword, which has become a trademark, despite his toy lacking one. The character model also seems to include a scabbard for the sword, though that is not included nearly as often. Why all three of these characters are given weapons that don't exist is unknown.
:* The only time we see his character model is when it's copied faithfully by [[Jose Delbo]] in [[Yesterday's Heroes!]].
:* The sword in his character model has unique detailing at the base of the front of the blade. In Delbo's rendition, it looks kind of like a dong. Elsewhere, not so much. Thankfully.
* Bludgeon's outer shell is equipped with an ambient stealth field.<ref>Transformers: The Ultimate Guide</ref>

==Reference==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Bludgeon/bludgeon.htm Bludgeon at TFU.info]
* [http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/bludgeon/index.html The Bludgeon Home Page]

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Blowout (G2)

2008-06-07T04:52:17Z

Davis Yuy:

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''Blowout is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

Always energetic, '''Blowout''' tirelessly travels all across the planet [[Earth]] in pursuit of his two favorite hobbies: racing through city streets in his car mode, and blasting [[Decepticon]]s. Want to race? Blowout sure does! But be warned, he carries a quasar rifle. This weapon draws power from distant stars and can covert it not only into laser fire good for piercing the armor of his enemies, but also into bursts of energy that are just perfect for shooting out someone's tires.

''Italian name:'' '''Leon'''

==Toys==
===Generation 2===
*'''Blowout''' (Go-Bot, 1995)

: Part of the [[Go-Bots (G2)|Go-Bots]] line, Blowout transforms into a 1:64-scale Porsche 959 sports car with through-axle construction. This not only makes him roll exceptionally fast in car mode, but also makes him largely compatable with playsets from the "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" toy-car lines.

: The same mold was [[redeco]]ed in ''Generation 2'' for the Go-Bots versions of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], and later for the ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Spy Changer]] [[Hot Shot (RiD)|Hot Shot]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/Blowout/blowout.htm Blowout at TFU.info]

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Air Raid (G1)

2008-06-06T22:21:42Z

Davis Yuy:

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:''Air Raid is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1AirRaid_TFU.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Danger? HA! I laugh at danger! LAUGH, I TELL YOU!!!]]

Some might call '''Air Raid''' reckless, the way he dives out of nowhere, charging enemy units head on. Air Raid would laugh at that. A rash and fearless young warrior who loves surprises (especially those that leave his foes too stunned to fight back), he has only one real goal in life: to have fun. Needless to say his attitude puts him in a lot of danger, but you can be sure he's enjoying himself the whole time.

Air Raid combines with his fellow [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]].

:''Japanese name'': '''Air Rider'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Bombardo'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Tornado'''
:''Russian name'': '''Naletchik''' (Налетчик, Raider)

== Fiction ==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====

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''Thanks to his previous connection to the [[Creation Matrix]], [[Buster Witwicky]] began experiencing dreams and visions of new Transformers, beginning with an etching of Superion he made without even being consciously aware of it. {{Storylink|Devastation Derby!}} By sharing his visions with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Buster was able to clarify the images and understand the future of the evolution of the Cybertronian race -- amalgam model robots like the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s' [[Devastator]], capable of a more-streamlined merging into a more powerful form. It was these visions which allowed Optimus Prime and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to conceive of and construct the Aerialbots. {{Storylink|Second Generation!}}''

Working on a plan to reverse engineer the gestalt technology the Decepticons used to create Devastator, Optimus Prime and the Autobots staged a daring raid on the Decepticon base of operations, giving [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] enough time to digitally record the Constructicons' electrical transformation pattern for study. {{Storylink|Command Performances!}} Working off that blueprint, Wheeljack successfully created Air Raid and the Aerialbots. During the new warriors' testing phase, however, the Autobots were alerted to a Decepticon operation at Hoover Dam. Only the Aerialbots were fast enough to reach the location in time, and so Prime was forced to send them into battle before their programming was completed.

Air Raid proved to be the most effective of the new Aerialbots in battle. After his fellow jets took a few hits in battle with the Cybertronian [[Seeker]]s, Air Raid singlehandedly shook their formation and tore up [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]'s nosecone with his torque rifle, giving the other Aerialbots time to regroup.

The Aerialbots eventually turned the tide on the Decepticons and drove them off, giving them time to focus on the energy siphon which was the core of the problem. At Silverbolt's command, they merged into Superion and began dismantling the drill device. A problem arose, however, when [[Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]] controlled pawn [[Ricky Vasquez]] pointed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (in his gun mode) at the giant Autobot. Because the majority of the Aerialbots were not programmed specifically to protect human life, Superion only saw a potential threat that needed to be eliminated. As the human fought against the Decepticons' control, Silverbolt too fought inside Superion's gestalt mind to protect the human. In the end, Silverbolt was forced to disengage Superion to keep him from destroying the human. Luckily, Ricky was more successful and managed to break the cerebro-shell's hold long enough to point Megatron at the drill and destroy it, ending the threat. {{Storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

After the near disaster at Hoover Dam, Optimus Prime had the Aerialbots shut down and their programming completely erased. Returned to a blank slate, he then inputted fully-programmed personalities for them with the Matrix before their next mission. It, uh...didn't help. In battle with [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] as Superion, the Aerialbots were attacked by [[Circuit Breaker]], deactivated, and captured by [[RAAT]]. It was only a lucky break that they were eventually freed. {{Storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

As [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] took over the Autobots, Air Raid and the other Aerialbots took an extended leave of absence from the war, since the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander focused Autobot resources on repairing their fallen comrades and prepping the Ark to become spaceworthy again.

Sometime later, it was Air Raid, [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] who were the first to respond to a distress call from Buster Witwicky, the Autobots' old human ally who had been prisoner to the Decepticons for nearly a year. This led the combined Autobot and Decepticon forces into battle with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who had acquired the nigh-infinite power of the [[Underbase]] for himself. The Aerialbots were his first victims, wiped out in a single blast of cosmic power in the skies over New York City. {{Storylink|Dark Star!}}

Along with the other deactivated Autobots aboard the Ark, Air Raid and the Aerialbots were eventually revived by the [[Nucleon]] super-energy Grimlock and the Dinobots recovered from [[Hydrus Four]].

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}

''One dark and stormy night, Air Raid heard a commotion in the halls of Earthforce's makeshift shuttle base, and turned on the lights to fight [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] struggling with each other in the dark. The story was, Skydive had come by to relieve Wheeljack from guard duty, only to find the post abandoned and signs of a serious struggle in place of his comrade. There was a smoldering patch of ground, a hastily discarded blaster, and animal tracks all over. Thinking quickly, Skydive concluded that one of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s had entered the base and ambushed Wheeljack where he sat. He rushed back to the shuttle and found the door had been forced. Seeing a shadowy figure carrying a heavy burden in the dark, Skydive figured it for the Predacon carrying Wheeljack's remains and LEAPT into action!''

''As it turned out, Wheeljack had just overheated the makeshift heating unit he had brought out to keep warm. Getting tangled in the smoking heater, Wheeljack knocked over his own table and broke the lamp. The noise brought an angry polar bear over, and a frantic Wheeljack tore out of there carrying the still smoldering heater, forcing the door to the shuttle when he reached it. Then some NUT jumped him from out of nowhere!''

''Air Raid suggested everyone go to bed and forget the incident ever happened. The motion carried. {{storylink|Mystery!}}''

''Air Raid was present with the entire Earthforce team outside Autobot Earthbase when Wheeljack unveiled his brand-new unbreachable defensive system. This was unfortunate, as Wheeljack had forgotten that, once activated, the system could only be turned off from the inside. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] elected to run the gauntlet and reach the shutdown console inside, and the Aerialbots provided air support for him. Air Raid and his buddies gunned down the [[Acid Bats]] at the entryway, giving Prowl his chance to get through. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}}''

{{Note|Unlike the rest of Earthforce, the return of the Aerialbots (besides Silverbolt) was never explained on panel. Presumably, Wheeljack rebuilt them in the Bodyshop much like he did for [[Tracks]].}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====

''In 2008, Air Raid and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] rushed to defend [[Autobot City]] from [[Quintesson]] invaders. Their crew was quickly overwhelmed, however, and so were the duo when they ran to get some more help. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

=====''Another Time and Place''=====

Air Raid joined Silverbolt and Skydive in an assault on Hydrus Four, blasting open a medical center occupied by the Decepticons in order to rescue the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and prevent the resurrection of Megatron. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====

After the defeat of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his Decepticons on [[Klo]], the Autobots split into smaller combat units throughout the universe. Once Optimus Prime and Grimlock learned of the threat posed by the second generation [[Cybertronian]] army, though, the Autobot forces reconsolidated under their command. Air Raid and the other Aerialbots were first seen after the Autobots had retreated to an asteroid sanctuary for retraining. They were, um, outsmarted by [[Hot Rod]]. {{Storylink|The Power and the Glory}} Later, he was rescued by the Decepticon [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] in the skies over [[Ethos]] while battling G2 Cybertronians. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Still, he managed to do a little better against the Cybertronian Empire the second time around, popping jets out of the sky so that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s could, ah...greet them on the ground below. {{storylink|Total War}}

===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor: [[Rob Paulsen]] (US), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japan)''

At one point during the eternal war with the Autobots on Earth, Megatron grew fed up with how his opponents ruled the roads and created a group of Decepticon cars known as the [[Stunticon]]s. In order to give his new warriors life, he brought them to Cybertron and tracked down the ancient supercomputer, [[Vector Sigma]], to input cybernetic personalities into the Stunticons. Thanks to a series of traps and drones in their way, the Autobots failed to prevent Megatron from succeeding and returning to Earth. Seeking to even the playing field, Optimus Prime conceived of the idea of retrofitting several broken-down Cybertronian ships into Earthen jets, and bringing them to life as a team of Autobot flyers. With the help of his technical savvy soldiers, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], Wheeljack, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and Prime's own creator, [[Alpha Trion]], Optimus' plan was enacted and the Aerialbots were born. {{Storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Air Raid's daredevil antics often proved useful to the Aerialbots. He once willingly served as living bait, drawing [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] into chasing him with lasers blazing until he isolated them in an asteroid field, where the rest of the Aerialbots were waiting to ambush the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Fight or Flee}} On another occasion, he was buzzing too close to [[Trypticon]] in battle on Earth, and the dinosaur city unleashed his full plasma breath. Air Raid's tail-fins were scorched and he had to set down in a small lake, but his sacrifice gave Silverbolt a chance to fly down Trypticon's throat now that his flame was temporarily used up. The Aerialbot leader was then able to cause serious internal damage to the giant Decepticon before flying back out again. {{Storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Air Raid spent time as Superion's leg, then died. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Air Raid''' (Aerialbot, 1986/1991)
**''Team ID number'': '''A5'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-54'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Torque rifle]]"

: Air Raid transforms from a black [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] to a white and red [[Scramble City]] style robot. He was available by himself or as part of the [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] giftset.

: In Japan, the Aerialbots were all made available again as mail-away items during ''[[Return of Convoy]]''. The smaller toys cost 1000 yen (120 more than their original retail price!) and 2 [[robot points]].

*'''Superion''' (Gift set, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-55'''

: All five Aerialbots were also available in many markets as a gift set.

===Generation 2===
* '''Air Raid''' (Aerialbot, 1994)
**''Team ID number'': '''A2'''
**''Accessories'': "Torque Rifle"

: The first Generation 2 Air Raid was a [[redeco]] of the original. His plane mode was primarily blue and featured stickers with a pattern reminiscent of the costume of a [[human]] [[Spider-Man|superhero]]. His robot mode was mostly white and silver .

* '''Air Raid''' (Cyberjet, 1995)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Air Raid's second ''Generation 2'' appearance was a redeco of the [[Cyberjet]] [[Skyjack]], transforming into an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-117 Nighthawk|F-117A Nighthawk]] in a dark camouflage color scheme with light blue robot parts.

: The mold was used to make ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Delta Seeker]]. In Japan, this toy is the ex-Decepticon [[Aero Raid]].

===Universe===
* '''Air Raid & Wind Sheer''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: For the ''[[Universe]]'' line, the Cyberjet Air Raid was redecoed again and released in a two-pack with the [[Decepticon]] [[Wind Sheer (Universe)|Wind Sheer]] at the Deluxe price point. The lack of [[bio]]s for ''Universe'' characters leaves open the possibility that this is not the original Air Raid. Then again, there's nothing that says it ''isn't'', either.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/AirRaid/airraid.htm Air Raid at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Air_Raid Air Raid's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Black Heat

2008-06-06T06:50:44Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Black Heat is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] form the [[Zone]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Black Heat''' is a member of the [[Super Car Patrol Team]]. He is presumably childlike and precocious and suchlike.

==Fiction==
===Zone OAV/manga===
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==Toys==
===Zone===
*'''Super Car Patrol Team''' (Micro Transformer team, 1990)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-333'''

: Black Heat is a [[redeco]] of the [[Decepticon]] [[Sports Car Patrol]] member [[Blackjack]], transforming into a Ford Probe sports car. He was only available in a complete set with his teammates [[Deadhour]], [[Gingham]] and [[Road Hugger (Autobot)|Road Hugger]].

===Return of Convoy===
*'''Super Car Patrol Team''' (Micro Trailer team, 1991)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-375'''
**''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #12

: The Super Car Patrol Team was released a year later without alteration as part of the ''[[Return of Convoy]]'' line. The only difference between the two releases is the inclusion of [[Micro Trailer]] #12, and a new sticker sheet.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1990/Cybertron/BlackHeat/blackheat.htm Black Heat at TFU.info]

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Big Powered

2008-06-06T06:31:57Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Big Powered is an [[Autobot]] [[Powered Master]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Big Powered''' is the combined form of [[Dai Atlas]], [[Sonic Bomber]] and [[Road Fire]]. It can travel at a maximum speed of "9999 Powered Knots" and emits a rainbow when traveling through space. Yes, really.

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Big Bang (G1)

2008-06-06T05:19:28Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Big Bang is an early [[Autobot]] character designed for [[Return of Convoy]].''

[[Image:BigBang1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Dammit, Monstuh! I ain't givin' you no tree-fitty!]]

'''Big Bang''' was an [[Autobot]] originally designed to act as the new [[Supreme Commander]] during the post [[Zone]] storyline which eventually turned into [[Return of Convoy]]. Big Bang would have been the successor to [[Dai Atlas]] and lead [[Grandus|Iron Baron]] and [[Sky Garry|Star Garry]] against the forces of [[Dark Nova]], or possibly [[Unicron]] (Unicron was shown as the line's villain in early production sketches).

Big Bang was later discarded in favor of the "Return of Convoy" angle, which resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as [[Optimus Prime (G1)#The Battlestars|Star Convoy]].

Big Bang has never appeared in any official, finalized Transformer media, although what scant information there is on him can be found in the Japanese [[Transformers Generations]] guidebook.

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Beachcomber (G1)

2008-06-06T04:28:25Z

Davis Yuy:

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot|the Energon Autobot|Beachcomber (Energon)}}

:''Beachcomber is an [[Autobot]] from [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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[[Image:Beachcomber sawyer.png|right|thumb|250px| '''Hippies.''' They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.]]

Warfare holds no interest for '''Beachcomber'''; he much prefers to take long, lone journeys into the vast expanses of desert wilderness and along the rugged coastal shores that occupy so much of the American landscape. Only in these places of such natural beauty does can he completely escape the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons. He's what Earthlings would refer to as "laid back." Despite his feelings to the contrary, his many physical weaknesses, and the looks of contempt from the more warlike of his fellow Autobots, he never shirks his responsibility to fight for the Autobot cause. Deep down he knows that until his side wins there is no true escape, no matter how far he travels into the desert.

In vehicle mode, Beachcomber has a range of 800 miles and is capable of traveling over rugged terrain. He's equipped with various magnetic, ionic, electrostatic, infrared, and sonic sensors, among others, which enable him to accurately determine the chemical composition of any terrain he visits. He uses this ability to locate vital resources for the Autobots. Beachcomber can use his magnetic sensors like a compass, but magnetic disturbances can lead him astray. His sonic probes possess limited range. 

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Déferlo''', '''Pacifico''' (''Generation 2'')<br>
:''Greek name:'' '''Agelioforos''' (Αγγελιοφόρος)<br>
:''Hungarian name'': '''Guberáló''' (Scavenger)<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Pulce'''

==Fiction==

===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' ''[[Alan Oppenheimer]] (US), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japan)''

[[Image:beachcomber_with_bird.jpg|right|thumb|He talks to the animals. Especially after a good hit of Kalis Mountain High.]]

Beachcomber showed up out of nowhere one day, helping [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] investigate some [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] attacks on an old growth forest. This unit proved to be sufficiently under-powered when it came to confronting freshly fed Insecticons, and their battle strategy amounted to hiding behind Hound's holograms until the bad robots went away. {{Storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} He was next seen on [[Dinobot Island]], worrying that the battle with the Decepticons would destroy the environment before it could be properly studied, but at least he was still fighting while complaining. {{Storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Unlike the next time. On a geology expedition with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and several other Autobots, Beachcomber abandoned them in the middle of a firefight to explore a cave in the nearby cliffside. While his friends were dodging laser fire and trading blows, Beachcomber was learning to speak parakeet and communing with nature. He also found a golden lagoon full of [[electrum]], a naturally-occuring element which would make any Transformer impervious to harm. He dipped his hand into the lagoon, and it turned completely gold in color. Beachcomber hid this information from his fellow Autobots, and even kept his silence after [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] arrived coated in electrum and drove the Autobots into retreat, capturing two of their number in the process. Valuing the scenic beauty surrounding the electrum pool, Beachcomber still refused to warn his comrades after the ''entire Decepticon army'' arrived coated with invincible golden armor. He went solo to check on the lagoon, and was captured by the Decepticons. Some of the dumber [[Seeker]]s acted as his prison guards at the Decepticon sunken base, though, and Beachcomber managed to escape alongside his fellow prisoners Perceptor and [[Seaspray]].

Reaching the electrum pool, the trio was met by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the rest of the Autobots, who had independently uncovered the pool's location thanks to [[Powerglide]]. Realizing his golden hand would give him away, Beachcomber quickly dove into the electrum to disguise his prior knowledge of the substance. In the final battle with the Decepticons, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered the electrum pool destroyed rather than sharing it with the Autobots. In the aftermath of the explosion, the wilderness was totally decimated. Beachcomber never told his Autobots that he had known about the Decepticons' secret weapon and had kept silent, and instead sat around mourning the loss of the grass and trees.

Beachcomber is kinda a selfish dick, honestly. {{Storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}

He was next seen protecting San Francisco from an alien bird-dragon unleashed on Earth by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. He tried appealing to the creature, thinking that we're all one with the same universe. Yeah...that didn't work well. {{Storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

Beachcomber was later kidnapped by a greedy toll booth and forced to drive in a circle while hopping over spike-traps. It might make more sense if we explained it better, but it would be nowhere near as funny. {{Storylink|Prime Target}}

In 2006, Beachcomber was stationed at the ''Ark''' with [[Warpath]], [[Pipes]] and several others when [[Trypticon]] came to destroy it. Their feeble efforts to defend the spacecraft were barely noted by the dinosaur robot. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

{{note|A robot resembling Beachcomber could be seen ahead of [[Spike Witwicky]] in line for [[Unicron]]'s smelting pool in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Being ahead of Spike means he would have been destroyed before [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] shot down the lid, and he wasn't seen afterwards in the escape from Unicron. But, while "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" is well known for its errors, Beachcomber's presence in those episodes means it probably was not him inside Unicron.}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Smeltingpoolminivehicles.jpg|left|thumb|200px|On Cybertron, Beachcomber basically transformed into whatever [[Kup]] does. Well, you do a lot of crazy things when you're trippin'.]]
Beachcomber was a member of Perceptor's resistance cell on Cybertron who disobeyed orders along with most of the cell to help [[Blaster]] recover [[Scrounge]] from the [[smelting pool]]. He actually demonstrated some uncharacteristic strength and gusto, tearing down a [[laser sentinel tower]] with his bare hands. The rescue mission failed, but they did recover Scrounge's stolen data, and learned that Optimus Prime and the crew of the Ark were alive and fighting on Earth. {{Storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

Soon after, Perceptor's crew began a mission to destroy the [[Space Bridge]] before the Decepticons on Earth and Cybertron could begin trading resources. Beachcomber used his geological skills to map out a safe path underneath the planet's surface to bomb the underlying support structures of [[Darkmount]], bringing down [[Straxus]]'s whole fortress. The unit failed to destroy the Space Bridge, however, and were ultimately forced to retreat across the Bridge to Earth. {{Storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Beachcomber and his fellows had to battle [[RAAT]] ''and the time-traveling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'' before finally making their way to the Ark. ''{{Storylink|Resurrection!}}''

Beachcomber managed to avoid virtually all kinds of fighting for the rest of his time on Earth, doing nothing more strenuous than getting shot at by the Ark's own defense systems. {{Storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} While he did champion Blaster for replacing [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] as the Autobot's commander, this didn't stop Beachcomber from whining about senseless violence throughout their duel on the moon. Luckily, a Decepticon strike force arrived to drown out his voice with some lasers and explosives. {{Storylink|Totaled!}} A flash of light, the smell of burning chemicals, the roar of falling bombs -- violence is anything BUT ''senseless'', Beachcomber!

When the Autobots rescued [[Buster Witwicky]] from the Arctic and were ambushed by the Decepticons, Beachcomber was among the first to be attacked, set upon and mauled by [[Mindwipe]]. {{Storylink|Dark Star!}}.

''Presumably, this rendered him non-functional, as Beachcomber was last seen laying deactivated aboard [[Ark (G1)|The Ark]] as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] attempted to repair him. {{Storylink|Deathbringer (comic issue)|Deathbringer}}''

====Marvel UK future timelines====

''When the [[Quintesson]]s raided [[Autobot City]] in 2008, Beachcomber and [[Air Raid]] rushed to defend their home with a team of fellow Autobots. Unfortunately, the Quintesson shock troops were too much for them, and quickly overran the defenders. Beachcomber and his [[Aerialbot]] buddy made a run for back-up, but were jumped from behind and taken out with the rest. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

===Find Your Fate Junior===
Beachcomber had to find a path to the surface from the cave system the Autobots were trapped in. He explored the system of underground lakes, marveling at the many strange and things that lived there. While recharging the [[Sun-Pak]] on the surface, he was attacked by [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], and had to be saved by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. How humiliating. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

''In the 'unsuccessful' ending to this [[multipath adventure]], Beachcomber became lost when his magnetic sensors erroneously led him directly to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. He did not regret this error for long.''

Beachcomber discovered [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] practicing his earthquakes near a concealed base and learned of a Decepticon plan to destroy nearby [[Central City]].

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] decided that such grave news required a pinpoint response with ''utmost'' secrecy...so he sent the recklessly impulsive [[Windcharger]], the bombastic [[Powerglide]], and Beachcomber to babysit the other two. {{storylink|Earthquake}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Beachcomber was spurred into action against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s regime on Cybertron when Optimus Prime returned to the planet and rallied the Autobots into action. His actual contribution to the insurrection is undocumented, but it's entirely possible he may have even picked up a weapon. Really. {{Storylink|Countdown to Extinction (comic issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Afterwards, Beachcomber was assigned to a mission suitable for his pacifism, as part of Bumblebee's supply crew on the ''[[Orion]]'', bringing news and fuel to their comrades on Earth. {{Storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Little did they know they would be caught up in heavy combat with [[Sunstorm]]. Beachcomber was supposed to be guarding Sunstorm's primary target, the Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], in an Alaskan bunker. Now, of course, the question isn't whether Starscream betrayed them at the first opportunity; it's whether Beachcomber even bothered to pick up his gun and try to stop Starscream, or just passively let the 'Con gun him down. {{Storylink|The Omega Effect}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Beachcomber was captured by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], who used [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to slip him the [[cerebro-shell|brown acid]]. Under its control, Beachcomber attempted on three occasions to assassinate [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. Ultimately, Blaster confronted him about it and forced him to fight against his Decepticon control. Though his mental resistance shorted out the shell, his neural processors were severely damaged as well.

Beachcomber is now in stasis in a C.R. chamber. Whether or not he is functional enough to experience [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide#Flashbacks_and_HPPD flashbacks] is unknown.
{{Storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Beachcomber''' (Mini Vehicle, 1985)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-63'''

[[Image:G1Beachcomber_toy.jpg|thumb|150px|My other altmode is a bong.]]

: Beachcomber transforms into a blue and gray dune buggy of probably made-up model. The figure came in several variants, one with "[[Hasbro]]" stamped across the left arm (removing half the "mesh" pattern), and one without (leaving the full mesh there).

: Later on, Beachcomber (along with all of the then-current [[Mini Vehicle]]s) came packaged with a bonus [[Mini-spy]] as well.

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===Generation 2===
* '''Beachcomber''' (Mini Vehicle, 1993)

: ''[[Generation 2]]'' Beachcomber uses the exact same mold as his Generation 1 counterpart. However, this time around, the blue was replaced with a chrome green and the grey of the upper legs and lamps was replaced with [[neon]] red. This version removed the "half-mesh" on the left arm and simply replaced it with a large Hasbro copyright stamp.

: A rare variant exists that may have been a testshot run with grey legs. These figures were apparently given out internally by Hasbro as [[Christmas]] ornaments, as they have been found bagged with a string attached and a card reading "Transformers Christmas ornament" on one side and "Merry Christmas from the Boys' Toys Marketing" on the other. The same treatment has been seen with a G2 Seaspray as well.

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Beachcomber''' (Legends Class, 2008)

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Beachcomber/beachcomber.htm Beachcomber at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Beachcomber Beachcomber's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Employee/Gen2ChristmasOrnamentBCom.html Christmas Ornament Variant]

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User talk:TX55

2008-06-05T14:21:47Z

Davis Yuy: /* Unnecessary Categories */ new section

==Picture uploading==
Hi, I removed that pic of the towtruck you uploaded onto Longarm's page, because the file size was far too large (the wiki software warns you when you upload a filesize over its recommended limits) and since there is no information as to where it comes from (TFW2005 is not the source in this case), I don't know of the legality of using it here. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:39, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
:Picture cropped and reuploaded! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:42, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
::Thank you a lot for your efforts !! :) --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 15:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

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==About the Translation of Episodes titles of Japanese Transformers==
I wonder these translated titles of ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' and ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' is official or unofficial? Because some of them are a little bit strange. For example,
:[http://images.wikia.com/transformers/images/5/5f/Aheroischosen.jpg This] should be translated into "''The Chosen Hero - His Name is Ginrai''" instead of "''[[A Hero is Chosen - His Name is Ginrai]]''".
:[http://images.wikia.com/transformers/images/3/3e/Fiercebattle.jpg This] should be translated into "''A Fierce Battle!! The Cybertrons are in Danger''" instead of "''[[A Fierce Battle!! The Cybertrons are in Trouble]]''".
and several others. Well, I am just a little bit curious. --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 11:10, September 12 2007 (UTC)
::Well, those examples are a bit "six of one." Neither one would especially seem to be more accurate than the other. The translations employed for the wiki (at least in the case of Masterforce and when I come to it, Victory) are those used on the official R2 DVD releases, as translated by Jordan Derber. The only time I've changed any of them is when the English hasn't been parsed the same as the Japanese (compare "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]" with the DVD's "The Decepticons' Terrifying Manhunt," which sounds better, but doesn't match the way the sentence is actually written in Japanese). - Chris McFeely (not signed in)
:::Oh, I understand. Thank you. 01:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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==Primal launcher?==
Hey, TX55. In [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Optimus_Primal&diff=next&oldid=96252 this edit] you said that Primal's chest was originally going to be some sort of launcher, and also added the "fact" template to your statement. Can you... provide any sort of reference yourself? I can't imagine how there ''could'' be a launcher there on that toy. (Also, you marked your edit as "minor" even though you were adding actual content to the page, which is probably a bad idea. Minor edits are for things like spelling fixes or changes of word choice, not for when you put new information in.) --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:54, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
:I've revised it. I used "citation need" because I know it was seen on the guide book, but I am not sure which one on the day I added it. Now I find the source. (Also, thank you for the . I understand now.:))--[[User:TX55|TX55]] 03:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks! That sounds neat. Do you have a copy of the image? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:07, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
:::I am really sorry, I wish I had. :) The guidebook only features the text description. I really Hope there will be a complete guidebook featuring all the control arts of Beast Wars. ^^ --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 15:16, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

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==Scrambles==
Hi, your article on Scramble Seven reminded me of something. Do you know what these are?

[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/Headmasters-Scrambles.jpg Picture]

They're from [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/hm-1.jpg this] book. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:04, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

:Mmm, I know the book but never read before. The two combined forms are just called "Super Scramble". They seems only show up in this book. I don't remember seeing them in the HM anime. ;D Every member formed the giants has their unique ability.

:Autobot Super Scramble, formed by:
:*Scattershot, who gives the giant powerful firepower. (Torso and gun)
:*Skydive, making the giant capable of using high speed punch. (L. arm)
:*Air Raid, the man who works in strategy for the giant. (R. arm)
:*Blade, making the giant capable of moving quickly. (L. foot)
:*Nosecone, a tough man who has high durability.

:Decepticon Super Scramble, formed by:
:*Hun-Gurrr , who gives the giant powerful strength. (Torso and gun)
:*Dead End, making the giant capable of using a fiece punch. (L. arm)
:*Blast Off, making the giant capable of using high speed punch. (R. arm)
:*Brawl, making the giant capable of standing firmly. (L. foot)
:*Cutthroat, making the giant capable of jumping high. (R. foot)

:--[[User:TX55|TX55]] 02:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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==Stolen Toy info==
Is bad. We don't put it on here. Please don't do it again. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 03:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
:I understand now. Sorry, I didn't no it is stolen info. --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 06:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

==PNG files==
It is preferable to upload jpegs instead (unless an image is a chart or something that needs to be very clear), because .png files are several times as large as jpeg files. I recommend you re-upload all of the screen captures you have already uploaded as jpegs. Thanks. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
:Okay, I got it. --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 17:31, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

:I'd also say they could stand to be larger in the visual sense. I don't think we have a real standard, but I usually go for 500 pixels wide on the long side as a good trade-off between the required "low resolution" and the image actually being clear and visible. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 17:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
::Oh, I'm afraid that I can only get the 315*240 files at present time. --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 17:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

== Kansai? ==
Why include a link to a page about the Kansai dialect when Teletran 15 specifically speaks in a Kyushu dialect? If there's no page on Kyushu dialect available, a Kansai dialect page still isn't going to be of much use, is it?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 14:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
:Ouch, I was too careless. Thanks for correction. :D --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 14:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

== Headmaster ==

Hi, can you please port my changes over to [[Headmaster (technology)]]. Thanks. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 16:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
:No problem, just done. ^_^ --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 16:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 16:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
:You're welcome. ;D --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 16:17, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

== Chinese names ==

Why are you reverting that guy's addition of the names used by characters in China? It's just as legit as the Japanese, Brazilian, Hungarian or French-Canadian aliases used by characters. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 07:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
:Names in Chinese-speaking region is somehow... a little bit chaotic, even thought the formal names exist, not every media use the same names. For example, TV use the A set while some magazines use the B set. Also, the anonymous user's edits are not so correct. I will try to rewrite about it. :) ps. IIRC, those names should be used in Taiwan instead of China. --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 07:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

==Japanese name==
Why are you moving stuff around in the lists of foreign names? They're placed in alphabetical order. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:00, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
:Ooh, I thought we could place the Japanese name(if exist) in the first 'cause the Jp name is much commonly seen. As for the other foreign names, well, I think I probably messed in some way. Thanks for notice. :D --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 16:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

== 中文版 ==
你要不要做一個中文版變形金鋼啊？--[[User:KaurJmeb|KJ]]<staff />([[User talk:KaurJmeb|talk]]) 10:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
:嗯嗯，好啊。^^ 詳細的問題已經回信到妳的PTT信箱中了唷。 --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 11:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sideswipe ==

I put a delete tag on the Sideswipe photo you uploaded (It's actually from Transformers.com) because, well, its just a repainted Sunstreaker prototype, not Sideswipe. Its best not to use photos (even official photos) when things are so obviously wrong. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:56, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

:Oh wait, you didn't know. The 'Sideswipe' in the official Hasbro photos is simply a Sunstreaker they repainted. They displayed the real Sideswipe prototype at BotCon. He has a new head and hands. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:59, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

::Okay, I understand. :) And thank you for the correct information. ;D (Thank God Sideswipe really gets a new head.) --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 12:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

:::In case you haven't seen it, [http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=9353&pic=005.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0 this is Sideswipe's real head]. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

::::Wow, Thanks again. Appreciate t that. ^_^ --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 15:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

== Unnecessary Categories ==

Alright what categories are unnecessary by your definition. What i see is articles ''lacking'' the proper characters. Such as G1 characters who dont list G1 characters in their categories, characters who are decepticon/autobot and are ''not'' on the autobot/decepticon categories. So plz inform me what it is you want, im trying to bring some order to these incomplete articles.<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Basher

2008-06-05T07:22:54Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded}}
:''Basher is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

Where [[Tracks]] is all about being flashy and up front and center in battle, his smaller partner '''Basher''' is geared more for staying unseen in his job. He's got infrared and remote cameras for espionage jobs, and laser-beam "twipwires" to alert him to potential threats... and a set of heat-seeking missiles ''eliminate'' said threats. All of these armaments are made available to Tracks when Basher combines with him as a weapons-pack and battle helmet.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Tracks with Basher''' (Action Master, 1991)

: Basher is a small light-green and blue anti-aircraft tank dimly similar to a Gepard. Pressing a trigger on his rear section spring-launches the turret forward; while this is pointless by himself, when Basher is plugged onto Tracks' back, the turret flips over Tracks' head to act as a battle helmet. Basher was, of course, only available with his larger partner.

{{-}}
==Trivia==
* Basher's side-mounted triple-guns come off fairly easily, which can lead to them being lost.

{{-}}
==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1991/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm Basher (with Tracks) at TFU.info]

[[Category: Action Masters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Combiners]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
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Battle Gaia

2008-06-05T07:21:24Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Battle Gaia is a giant Decepticon from the [[Operation Combination]] portion of [[Generation 1]].''

[[Image:Battlegaea-box.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not quite Bruticus, not quite Ruination, it's...Battle Gaia!]]

'''Battle Gaia''' leads the Decepticon invasion force, under orders from [[Scrash]], aiming to take over [[Earth]]. His arch-nemesis is [[Guard City]], who leads the [[Autobot]] forces against him.

He is composed of five Decepticons...

*[[Great Cannon]]
*[[Leyland]]
*[[Sandstorm (OC)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Shuttle Gunner]]
*[[Target Hawk]]

==Fiction==
===Operation Combination story pages===
[[Image:BattleGaea.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Made of Battle Fire, Battle Water, Battle Earth, Battle Wind and Battle Heart.]]

Battle Gaia came to Earth along with the [[Jet Corps]] in order to drain it of energy. Typical giant evil robot fare, you know the drill. He was naturally opposed by the [[Autobot]]s who had remained on Earth.

Eventually, the Autobots tried some weird-ass robot-pyramid cheerleader MY FIGHTING SPIRIT WILL PREVAIL dooflatchy that zapped Battle Gaia real good. The Jet Corps gathered up the parts of Battle Gaia and retreated, presumably never to be seen again.

''('''Note''': Battle Gaia is only ever shown in various combined-robot modes. Not once do we see the individual components who form him in the their separate forms. Because individuals don't matter, you see. Only the collective. '''ONE OF US. ONE OF US.''')''

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==Toys==
===Operation Combination===
*'''Battle Gaia''' (Multi-pack, 1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF-10'''

: Available only as a complete box set of five robots, Battle Gaia is a [[redeco]] of the [[Combaticon]] combiner [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. As a [[scramble City]] style combiner, he can be composed of any combination of limb-bots, as long as he uses Great Cannon as the torso.

: This mold-set was later used to make [[Ruination]].

[[Category: Combined forms]]
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[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Japanese-original characters]]
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Aquastar

2008-06-05T07:03:34Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Aquastar is a [[human]] from the [[Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Aquastar''' is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Godmaster]], a human in a Cybertron-made suit of armor that allows him to transform into an engine and control compatible [[transtector]] bodies.

==Toys==
===Masterforce===
*'''Aquastar''' (Godmaster Warrior, 1988)

: Aquastar is a blue and light-blue [[redeco]] of the [[Powermaster]] [[Nebulan]] [[Hotwire]]. He was sold in a small box in Japan as part of the ''Masterforce'' series, along with the other separate Godmaster engines [[Bullet]] and [[Zetca]].

: This mold was also used to make the Godmaster engine form of [[Ranger]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/Aquastar/aquastar.htm Aquastar at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Humans]]
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Barrage (Insecticon)

2008-06-05T06:53:50Z

Davis Yuy:

Backfire (G1)

2008-06-05T02:35:39Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Backfire is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Backfire tms.jpg|thumb|Chainsaw sword? ''Pwnt is Elvish!'']]

'''Backfire''' served as [[Megadeath]]'s torturer's assistant 4 million years ago.

He has an awesome sword and the smuggest grin imaginable. Presumably he transforms into a land-based vehicle. It is unclear whether Backfire was a member of the [[Megadeath (G1)#Elite cadre|elite cadre]] or not. If he was, he would be one of the two foot soldiers.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
Backfire helped hang [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] over a vat of bubbling smelt for three days, applied the [[Hydraulic Probe]] to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and committed other unspeakable acts with [[Electro rods]], a [[Rust Bore]], the [[Mind Warp]], vats of corrosive enzymes, and even just some chains and a pair of handy troopers in tank mode.

Backfire, like the rest of Megadeath's troops, evacuated [[Stanix]] well ahead of the neutron explosion. His final fate is unknown. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

==Trivia==
Backfire's sword is visually based on the preferred weapon of Absolom Daak 'Dalek Killer' from Marvel UK's Doctor Who Comic.

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[[Category: Comic-only characters]]
[[Category: Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category: Prose-only characters]]
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Backbite (G1)

2008-06-05T01:36:37Z

Davis Yuy:

''Backbite is a [[Decepticon]] character in the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

[[Image:Backbiteattacks.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Right in the robo-junk!]]

'''Backbite''' was a Decepticon assassin who attempted to murder [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] during the early stages of the [[Great War]]. He wielded an energy sword.

''('''Note''': Backbite was never referred to by name in the fiction; his name was given in later interviews with author [[Simon Furman]].)''

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave Comics===

Along with [[Darklight (G1)|Darklight]] and [[Umbra (G1)|Umbra]], Backbite invaded the [[Chamber of the Ancients]] in [[Iacon]], just as Optronix accepted the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and became Optimus Prime. Backbite was the first to fall, briefly sparring with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] before being gunned down and killed by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]].{{storylink|The War Within, Part 1}}

[[Category: Comic-only characters]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Fiction-only characters]]
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Backbeat

2008-06-05T01:27:55Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Backbeat is an [[Autobot]] in the [[IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:SpotlightHotRod_Backbeat_robot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]

'''Backbeat''' was a member of [[Hot Rod]]'s unit to [[Ki-Aleta]] and was the team's explosives expert. His [[alternate mode]] was a hover-crane.

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightHotRod_Autobotvehicles.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]

Upon arriving at the [[Omega Bunker]], Backbeat reported that the local weather conditions played havoc with his instrumentation. He, [[Gizmo]] and [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] set up a diversion involving a holomatter generation and low-yield explosives to keep the ancient structure's [[Omega Guardian]]s busy while Hot Rod and [[Download]] tunneled their way into the [[Magnificence]]'s chamber. He presumably died when Gizmo's holomatter generator exploded and exposed them to the Omega Guardians. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod}}

{{Note|Backbeat's fate is not is now shown, but it is implied that he was manning the holomatter generator with Gizmo.}}

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[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
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B.O.T. (G1)

2008-06-05T01:07:16Z

Davis Yuy:

{{disambig2|the robot featured in the worst episode ever|worst episode of Transformers ever|B.O.T. (episode)}}

:''B.O.T. is a [[human]]-built robot in the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:B.O.T.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A face only a [[Elise Presser|mother]] could love.]]

'''B.O.T.''' ('''Biotronic Operational Telecommunicator''') was built as a science project by high school students [[Martin and Roland|Martin, Roland]], and [[Elise Presser|Elise]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:BOTcannon.jpg|thumb|left|150px|I did it! I did i{{m-}}]]
B.O.T. was built as an assignment for a pair of troublemaking [[Martin and Roland|sociopaths]], who enlisted science geek [[Elise Presser]] to <strike>help out</strike> do all the work. Obtaining scrap metal from a local junkyard that happened to have a new shipment of [[Combaticons|merchandise]], the kids built a portly robot that just so happened to have [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl's]] [[personality component]] in its head. As one would figure, this made B.O.T. turn evil and destroy the high school science lab. It was only when Martin blasted him with an experimental laser that the rampage ended, and B.O.T. fled the area.

The kids called the Autobots to rein in their wayward creation, and after being chased into an abandoned building, B.O.T. was eventually subdued by a laser blast to the back from [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], there to reclaim his comrade's missing piece. When B.O.T. was brought back to the school, Elise discovered that the personality component had been removed. After some fine tuning, B.O.T. was able to listen in on everything Brawl heard, allowing the students to discover that Megatron was setting up a massive cannon to knock the Moon out of orbit.

When Megatron decided to test his new cannon on the ''Ark'', B.O.T. was sent to destroy it, while being remotely controlled by Elise. After making his way to the cannon, B.O.T. turned it on its makers to win the battle, before pressing the convenient "Overload" button, thus destroying the cannon and himself in the process. Back inside the ''Ark'', Elise asked if the Autobots had any spare parts so that she could build a new robot, but was quickly subdued by her [[Martin and Roland|assailants]]. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

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Axer (G1)

2008-06-04T07:59:14Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded|toys, catalogue image}}:''Axer is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] and [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family|continuity families]].''

[[Image:Axerwturbocycle.jpg|300px|thumb|He should watch out for black holes.]]

A bounty hunter, '''Axer''' gained experience by stalking in the slag swamps of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for microchip smugglers. He utilizes the [[Turbo Cycle]] for use in bounty hunting.

After a rescue mission into a black hole, Axer ended up... somewhere else, where he joined [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]]'s troops. However, he doesn't particularly like [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]'s leadership of the Decepticons.

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===

Axer was a part of [[Banzaitron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Services]] team, serving aboard the starship while they raiding the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Axer''' (Action Blaster Vehicle, 1990)

[[Image:G1Axer_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Axer? But she seems so nice!]]

: A non-transforming robot action figure, Axer does have hints of an alternate mode to his design, possibly some form of off-road car. He came with the Turbo Cycle, an off-road motorbike with sidecar that can transform into a gun emplacement. The sidecar has a flip-down panel so another [[Action Master]] figure can stand on it.

: Axer's figure mold was used to make [[Circuit (Action Master)|Circuit]].

{{-}}

===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Sideways vs Axer''' (Mega-level 2-pack, 2002)

: Part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] 2-pack, ''Robots in Disguise'' Axer is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Laser Cycle]] [[Road Pig]], transforming into a Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle. His tailpipe has an LED that lights it up, becoming an arm-mounted weapon in robot mode. This mold is slightly different from the original, using the new-mold handlebars that were made for the Laser Cycles' Japanese ''[[Microman]]'' release.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Sideways]]. It was going to be used for ''Generation 2'' [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but that release was canceled.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
* Axer was the first ''Transformers'' character to physically cross over from one [[continuity family]] to another. That is, if you don't take into account ''[[Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players]]''.

* The 1990 ''Transformers'' catalogue calls Axer's vehicle the "Off-Road Cycle". The Axer figure shown also has different coloring from the final version, but then again, so do ''most'' of the Action Master toys shown there.

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Axer/axer.htm Axer at tfu.info]

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Axelerator

2008-06-04T07:53:49Z

Davis Yuy:

The '''Axelerators''' (known as the '''Small Autobot Cars''' in America) are an [[Autobot]] subgroup whose members' engines become their gun in robot mode. They are the counterparts to the [[Decepticon]] subgroup the [[Skyscorcher]]s.

The Axelerators were initially released in the European market in 1993, during the "transitional" time when the Transformers toys took on the new [[Generation 2]] sigils, but the packaging lacked the "Generation 2" line-name. They were slightly recolored for American release the same year, with the transparent pink plastic of their windows and lightpipe sbeing replaced with a smokey grey plactic that was much harder to see through. They were released again in the UK in 1994 in G2 packaging, but the toys were identical to the original European-market release.

Members include:

* [[Rapido]]
* [[Skram]]
* [[Turbofire]]
* [[Windbreaker]]

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Autobot Cars

2008-06-04T07:52:50Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Autobot Cars are a subgroup in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Autobot Cars''' are a [[subgroup]] of [[Autobots]]. They transform into cars, except when they turn into trucks. They are larger than [[Mini Vehicles|Mini Autobots]]. This designation was used primarily in reference to the toyline, and was not reflected as an official subgroup within the comics or animation.

Members include:

'''1984 releases'''
*[[Bluestreak]] - Gunner
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] - Scout
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] - Security
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] - Special Operations
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] - Spy
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] - Military Strategist and Analyst
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] - Medic
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] - Warrior
*[[Sunstreaker]] - Warrior
*[[Trailbreaker]] - Defensive Stratagist
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] - Mechanical Engineer

'''1985 releases'''
*[[Grapple]] - Architect
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] - Maintenance
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] - Search and Rescue
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] - Security Director
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]-Theoretician
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] - Diversionary Tactician
*[[Tracks]] - Warrior

'''1986 releases'''
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] - Data Courier
*[[Hot Rod]] - Cavalier
*[[Kup]] - Warrior

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Autobot X (G1)

2008-06-04T07:42:13Z

Davis Yuy:

[[Image:BotX.JPG|thumb|right|200px|He was just probably enraged by [[Kiss Players|something]].]]
'''Autobot X''' was a robot constructed from various spare parts at Autobot Headquarters on [[Earth]].

Its patchwork design did not provide it with an [[alternate mode]]; however, its mishmash assembly gave it the use of various Autobots' special powers and weapons.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] created Autobot X out of spare [[Autobot]] parts as an experiment. During the initial test run, Autobot X instantly started to destroy [[Wheeljack]]'s workshop. With Sparkplug unable to control him, [[Ironhide]] and [[Trailbreaker]] were forced to bring Autobot X under control through force. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered him to be deactivated, but Sparkplug asked that he be allowed to fix Autobot X's bugs. Wheeljack volunteered himself and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to help, in hopes that Autobot X's body could be a temporary home for any Autobot mind whose own body was in need of serious repair. Optimus Prime approved.

At a rocket base test site, [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] was severely injured by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. The only way to save him was to transfer his mind out of his body, at the recommendation of the doctors at Metro Hospital. Sparkplug and Wheeljack arranged to transfer Spike's mind into Autobot X. The process had unstable results, however, and for a time, a confused Spike turned against the Autobots.

Once Spike's body was healed, Wheeljack and Sparkplug transfered Spike's mind back into his own body. The transfer equipment apparently did not survive its second use, and Ratchet speculated that it was perhaps best left unrepaired. Autobot X was never reactivated. {{Storylink|Autobot Spike}}

Spike would never be placed in a robot's body again. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Never]]!
[[Image:Autobotxmodel.jpg|thumb|right|100px|WhY My EvErYtHiNg HuRt?]]
==Trivia==

*Autobot X has a pair of bolts in his neck, similar to Frankenstein's monster.
*Among the recognizable components in his body are:
** Prowl's forehead crest and right chest/front bumper
** Bluestreak's left door
** Sunstreaker's shoulder
** Hound's shoulder-mounted missile launcher and right fender/shoulder
** Trailbreaker's arm cannon and left chest
** Optimus Prime's left wrist and parts of the right leg
** Jazz's photon rifle, mounted on his right arm
** the back of Jazz's left leg
** Jazz's crotch

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Atomic Man

2008-06-04T07:38:15Z

Davis Yuy:

:''The Atomic Man is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Mike Power, the Atomic Man''' was born disabled, and worked tirelessly to replace his useless limbs with mighty mechanical prosthetics. Few can withstand his devastating atomic punch, making him a valued member of the [[Adventure Team (G.I. Joe)|Adventure Team]].

==Fiction==
===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
In 1978, the Atomic Man accompanied [[Joseph Colton|Joe Colton]] and [[Chok-Pa]] to the [[Himalayas]] of [[Tibet]], where they foiled the plans of [[General Mihai]]. Fleeing Mihai's forces, Power shielded his teammates from the firepower of the general's jet fighters with his invulnerable limbs, but was unprepared for both sides to come under attack from the forces of [[Cobra-La]]. Power's atomic punch briefly staggered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], but the Atomic Man was soon felled by the [[Pretender]]'s sword in front of his horrified friends. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1}}

==External Links==
* [http://www.adventure-gear.com/atclassic/atomic.htm The Atomic Man at Adventure-Gear.com]

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Artfire

2008-06-04T07:35:17Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Artfire is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Artfire.jpg|thumb|250px|Reissue me. I'll sell well. Trust me. I won't kill Soundwave, I swear.]]

'''Artfire''' is a [[Targetmaster]] sniper. That's about all we know about him right now.

His Targetmaster companion is [[Nightstick (Artfire)|Nightstick]].

==Fiction==
===The Headmasters manga===

Along with fellow Targetmaster [[Ricochet (G1 Autobot)|Ricochet]], Artfire joined [[Chromedome]] and [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] in attending to a fire in a large metropolitan area. Artfire and Nightstick aided those trapped in buildings while Ricochet and [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]] used his fire hose to quench the flames.

[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire]] and [[Triggerhappy]], the culprits of the blaze, arrived and made more trouble. The Autobots defeated the [[Decepticon]]s quickly, and all was well.

==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
*'''Artfire''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-108'''

: Artfire is a [[retool]] of [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], transforming into a Mitsubishi Fuso fire engine. His ladder and robot-mode fists were given new tooling to allow him to use any Targetmaster gun. He came with his Targetmaster partner Nightstick, and did ''not'' come with any of Inferno's other weapons (the rifle or missiles), just the removable fists and head-"wings".

: This base mold is also used by [[Grapple]] and [[Load Hauler]].

==Trivia==
* No explanation is given as to how Artfire became bonded with his Targetmaster buddy, as he certainly wasn't present when the Targetmaster process happened in the animated series.

* According to [[Aaron Archer]], Artfire is on the "short list" of potential reissue candidates should the [[Commemorative Series]] return. If he does, it's ''possible'' that the reissue will come with a complete set of weapons like [[Ricochet (G1 Autobot)|Ricochet]] did.

* Being one of the last figures from ''The Headmasters'' toy run and one of the few "originals" to the Japanese toyline at the time, Artfire commands ridiculous amounts of money on the secondary market (hence the clamor for a reissue).

*The name "Artfire" may be a pun on (or misspelling of) "Autofire". The two names/words share a very close spelling in Japanese Katakana.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/trans296.php Headmasters #7 translated in English]

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Arcana

2008-06-04T07:16:54Z

Davis Yuy:

{{picsneeded|Toy}}

:''Arcana is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Nebulos|Nebulan]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Arcana_mtmte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tex Arcana]]

For a man whose work has had such a big effect on the lives of so many Nebulans and Transformers, very few people really know the distant and remote '''Arcana'''. Not even [[Brainstorm]], who shares his psyche, can claim to truly fathom the workings of his partner's mind. But then, Arcana seems to cultivate an extremely anti-social persona unintentionally, training first as a medical doctor, only to grow bored and focus on long-forgotten and repudiated scientific lore of his planet, earning the ire of medical colleagues. Yet it was this combination of knowledge and skill, along with the combined input of his future partner, that allowed the creation of the [[Binary Bond]]ing process.

:''Italian name'': '''Arcan'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Arcanabrokenglass.jpg|left|thumb|150px|"MARTY! It's your kids!"]]
{{quote|These genius types, they're just clueless when it comes to fashion.|Stylor, regarding Arcana, "[[Stylor's Story]]"}}

While [[Nebulos]]' capital city [[Koraja]] was under siege by the [[Decepticon]]s, the Autobots were voluntary prisoners of the planet, refusing to act on their own in order to ensure the trust of the people. [[Galen]] called upon the services of Arcana, a doctor of bio-engineering, to work around these restrictions by placing the Autobots' bodies partially under the control of Nebulan partners. Inventing Headmaster technology on the spot, he submitted himself as one of its test subjects, and became the Headmaster partner of Brainstorm. With Brainstorm and his fellow Autobots' new-found might, they easily beat back the Decepticon onslaught. In the aftermath, Arcana and the other test subjects revealed themselves as the heads of the robots, and he was thanked by the citizens of Koraja. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

''Recalling the procedure, Stylor ranted at length about how absurdly dressed Arcana was for a man his age. Shoulder capes? Shoulder-length hair despite his male-pattern baldness? Those cyclops shades? As if! {{storylink|Stylor's Story}}''

[[Image:Arcanastylortrialbyfire.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"One point twenty-one jigawatts!"]]
Soon after, the talents of the Headmasters, along with the [[Technobot]]s, were responsible for defeating the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s and [[Horrorcon]]s at the resort city of [[Splendora]]. This time, the rescued citizens reacted in fear at the sight of their saviors, and Arcana's reveal did less to reassure them. Later, [[Peer Soriza]] and the [[Council of Peers]] arrived at the Headmasters' base of operations to observe them while Arcana was working on ways to boost the firepower of six of the Autobots' weapons. This visit was cut short when [[Lord Zarak]] sent a plea for help. However, this was a trap set by Zarak and the Decepticons, and Brainstorm and the other Headmasters were captured. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} Though Zarak used Arcana's technology to become a Headmaster himself, he realized, as he slowly succumbed to madness, that as long as the Autobots and Decepticons remained on Nebulos, it was doomed to war. So he released Arcana and the others, and both factions fled the planet. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

After Brainstorm oversaw the reconstruction of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] into a larger form, Arcana (with some dubious assistance from Stylor) was able to triangulate the source of an Autobot distress call sent from [[Earth]]. Again Arcana formed Brainstorm's head, and the Headmasters traveled to the planet's surface. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

{{note|Brainstorm appeared several times after this, but Arcana was not mentioned or featured, though any appearance of Brainstorm in robot mode is technically an appearance of Arcana. For the further merely-as-a-head adventures of Arcana, see [[Brainstorm|Brainstorm's article]].}}

[[Image:Tastybrainstorm.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Not the end I'd wish for, lad.]]
During the Transformers' battle against [[Unicron]], Brainstorm, still partnered with Arcana, was among the first victims. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
{{-}}

===Cartoon continuity===
[[Image:Arcanatherebirth.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The cartoon's preemptive response against further Doc Brown captions.]]
{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Arcanatoy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kids, buy this toy of an old man!]]
*'''Brainstorm with Arcana''' (Headmaster, 1987)

: Arcana transforms from an armored humanoid into a robot head. Though he only came with his partner, Brainstorm, in head mode, he is compatible with any other Headmaster body. On the larger Headmasters, he gives three of Brainstorm's [[Tech Spec]] stats in their display window, but the smaller ones still display their normal heads' stats due to their construction.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Brainstorm/brainstorm.htm Brainstorm and Arcana at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Brainstorm Brainstorm and Arcana's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Archforce

2008-06-04T07:13:29Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Archforce is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

Destruction of the [[Autobot]]s is '''Archforce'''’s one burning drive. He attacks relentlessly and without mercy, leading his troops through fear.

And evilness.

==Toys==
===Generation 2===
*'''Archforce''' (Hero, 1994)

: Archforce is almost wholly identical to the ''Generation 2'' Hero [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] toy, transforming into a tank reminiscent of an M-1A. Only the decals are different between the two; Archforce's had the character-identifying text removed from them. His main cannon is attached to a bellows using air pressure to launch the two large rubber-tipped missiles he comes with. He was available only in the European market.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Bludgeon (RID)|Bludgeon]] and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Megatron (G1)|Reverse Convoy]].

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Arblus

2008-06-04T07:07:40Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Arblus is a [[Lithone|Lithonian]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:ArblusKranix.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I'm the guy on the right. Those are my 15 minutes of fame."]]

==Fiction==
===The Transformers: The Movie===
:''Voice actor:'' N/A

Arblus was one of the few Lithonians quick enough to escape their home planet when [[Unicron]] arrived and began to feed. With his friend Kranix, he crashed on the planet [[Quintessa]], where he was put to trial by the planet's inhabitants, the [[Quintesson]]s. Not long thereafter, two other captives, [[Hot Rod]] and [[Kup]], were being herded into cells just as Arblus's trial was reaching its end, and watched as he was sentenced and fed to the [[Sharkticon]]s.

''('''Note:''' It is commonly believed that the unfortunate Lithone who cries out Kranix's name as he is dragged back into Unicron's maw during the destruction of the planet is Arblus. This is not an illogical assumption, given that, even in the original script for the movie, Arblus was to die in Unicron's attack on Lithone, although in this case, he was to be dissolved by acidic mist. In the finished animation, however, the Lithone who is consumed by Unicron can be briefly glimpsed through his ship's windshield, and is not Arblus, while Arblus himself is later seen on Quintessa.)''

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Arblus Arblus's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Aquastar

2008-06-04T07:05:03Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Aquastar is a [[human]] from the [[Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Aquastar''' is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Godmaster]], a human in a Cybertron-made suit of armor that allows him to transform into an engine and control compatible [[transtector]] bodies.

==Toys==
===Masterforce===
*'''Aquastar''' (Godmaster Warrior, 1988)

: Aquastar is a blue and light-blue [[redeco]] of the [[Powermaster]] [[Nebulan]] [[Hotwire]]. He was sold in a small box in Japan as part of the ''Masterforce'' series, along with the other separate Godmaster engines [[Bullet]] and [[Zetca]].

: This mold was also used to make the Godmaster engine form of [[Ranger]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/Aquastar/aquastar.htm Aquastar at TFU.info]

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Arblus

2008-06-04T06:02:50Z

Davis Yuy:

:''Arblus is a [[Lithone|Lithonian]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:ArblusKranix.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I'm the guy on the right. Those are my 15 minutes of fame."]]

==Fiction==
===The Transformers: The Movie===
:''Voice actor:'' N/A

Arblus was one of the few Lithonians quick enough to escape their home planet when [[Unicron]] arrived and began to feed. With his friend Kranix, he crashed on the planet [[Quintessa]], where he was put to trial by the planet's inhabitants, the [[Quintesson]]s. Not long thereafter, two other captives, [[Hot Rod]] and [[Kup]], were being herded into cells just as Arblus's trial was reaching its end, and watched as he was sentenced and fed to the [[Sharkticon]]s.

''('''Note:''' It is commonly believed that the unfortunate Lithone who cries out Kranix's name as he is dragged back into Unicron's maw during the destruction of the planet is Arblus. This is not an illogical assumption, given that, even in the original script for the movie, Arblus was to die in Unicron's attack on Lithone, although in this case, he was to be dissolved by acidic mist. In the finished animation, however, the Lithone who is consumed by Unicron can be briefly glimpsed through his ship's windshield, and is not Arblus, while Arblus himself is later seen on Quintessa.)''

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Arblus Arblus's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Stormtrooper (G1)

2008-06-04T05:25:09Z

Davis Yuy:

{{disambig2|the Generation 2 Decepticon subgroup|the Star Wars soldiers|Stormtrooper (Star Wars)}}

The '''Stormtroopers''' are a squad of [[Decepticon]]s who use high-pressure fluid weapons. Sometimes it's simply [[water]], sometimes it's acid, sometimes... don't ask.

The team includes:

* [[Rage (G2)|Rage]]
* [[Aquablast]]
* [[Drench (Decepticon)|Drench]]
* [[Hydradread]]

==Fiction==

They were part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] raiding party in the attack on [[London]]. Their job was to trash the city, and they were good at it.

They later attacked [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] with the intention of killing him, and they were not good at it. {{storylink|Generation 2 (Fleetway comic)}}

==Trivia==
*According to their [[Tech Spec]]s, the Stormtroopers are the most intelligent AND skilled team in Transformers history. Aquablast, Drench, and Hydradread each have an intelligence ranking of 9, while Rage has a 10. In terms of skill, Drench and Rage have rankings of 9, while Hydradread and Aquablast both have a 10. Hell, the team is so good that two of them outrank their own leader, Rage, while the third is merely his equal. Go figure.

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Stormtrooper (G1)

2008-06-04T05:24:42Z

Davis Yuy:

{{disambig2|the Generation 2 Decepticon subgroup|the Star Wars soldiers|Stormtrooper (Star Wars)}}

The '''Stormtroopers''' are a squad of [[Decepticon]]s who use high-pressure fluid weapons. Sometimes it's simply [[water]], sometimes it's acid, sometimes... don't ask.

The team includes:

* [[Rage (G2)|Rage]]
* [[Aquablast]]
* [[Drench (Decepticon)|Drench]]
* [[Hydradread]]

==Fiction==

They were part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] raiding party in the attack on [[London]]. Their job was to trash the city, and they were good at it.

They later attacked [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] with the intention of killing him, and they were not good at it. {{storylink|Generation 2 (Fleetway comic)}}

==Trivia==
*According to their [[Tech Spec]]s, the Stormtroopers are the most intelligent AND skilled team in Transformers history. Aquablast, Drench, and Hydradread each have an intelligence ranking of 9, while Rage has a 10. In terms of skill, Drench and Rage have rankings of 9, while Hydradread and Aquablast both have a 10. Hell, the team is so good that two of them outrank their own leader, Rage, while the third is merely his equal. Go figure.

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Apex Bomber

2008-06-04T04:57:37Z

Davis Yuy:

{{move|Apex Armor}}

{{disambig2|Powermaster Optimus Prime's drone partner|Ginrai's drone from ''Super-God Masterforce''|Godbomber}}

:''Apex Bomber is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[image:ApexBomber_BioPic.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Heroic Apex Bomber What Bombs At the Apex]]

'''Apex Bomber''' is [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime]]'s drone buddy. He is non-cognitive, but he responds to Prime's orders and can be commanded to "perform combat functions," whatever that may mean.<ref>Apex Bomber's on-package [[bio]]</ref> His standard alt-mode is just an extra trailer for Prime to tow around. But when Prime is in super robot mode, Apex Bomber can merge with him as [[Apex Armor]].

He has been referred to as a "roller drone,"<ref>Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armor on-package bio</ref> which might mean that he is what became of [[Roller]] after Prime's Powermaster upgrade. However, as Apex Bomber has never appeared in any storylines (and Roller would reappear in ''Generation 2'' anyway), this line of speculation is unconfirmed.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor''' (2003)
:When Hasbro re-released Optimus Prime's Powermaster toy in the [[Commemorative Series]], it was simply a repackaging of Takara's earlier [[Ginrai#Masterforce|God Ginrai]] re-release, including [[Godbomber]], which had only been sold in the Japanese market. In adapting the toy's presentation for an English-speaking audience, Hasbro was adding a whole new element to Prime's fiction, as Ginrai and Godbomber had nothing to do with [[Convoy]]. Thus did Godbomber become "Apex Bomber," which merged with Prime as "Apex Armor."

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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/ApexBomber/apexbomber.htm Apex Bomber at TFU.info]

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