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Grimlock (RID 2015)

2023-03-16T00:40:33Z

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{{disambig3.5|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Dinobot|the ''Fall of Cybertron'' Dinobot|Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock}}
:''Grimlock is a [[Decepticon]]-turned-[[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Grimlock-RID2015promorender.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Another [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock]] who is green and can speak in full sentences? Well, at least this time he turns into a dinosaur.]]

'''Grimlock''' is a wild card among the Autobots. Huge and powerful, he's also headstrong and reckless. He transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', a powerful form that's essentially a wrecking ball on two legs. It's not the subtlest [[alternate mode]] around, but Grimlock isn't one for subtlety.

Grimlock's what you might call a 'bot of action; he has little patience for complicated strategies and prefers to think of plans on the fly. Of course, his usual "plan" starts and stops at "punch it". He's not a particularly ''skilled'' fighter, eschewing guns and blasters in favor of his own fists, but when you're a heavy-hitting [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]], sheer force is often all you need to get the job done. Grimlock's fights involve a lot of collateral damage, and the big guy's not the brightest 'bot around - he's a bit clumsy and has a tendency to both underestimate ''and'' overestimate his own strength. Even so, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] recognizes that the myriad advantages of having a robotic dinosaur on their side outweigh the downsides, and Grimlock is always excited at the prospect of smashing up some of his monstrous jailmates from his days aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''.

Although his raw strength is enough to head most problems off at the pass, Grimlock's impulsiveness and often childlike behavior has sometimes landed him in trouble, especially after he bites off more than he can chew. Fortunately, he's tough and tenacious enough to fight his way right back out again. There is little he fears, but since coming to [[Earth]] Grimlock has developed a new phobia—a mortal dread of kittens.

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]] [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]]. He can also combine with either [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to form [[Primelock]] or with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to form [[Bumblegrim]], and he can combine even further with the rest of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] to form [[Ultra Bee]], though he wishes he wasn't always stuck being the combiner's legs.

In the years since his adventures with the Bee Team, he's found himself a new role as a teacher at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center|Rescue Bot Training Academy]], giving special attention to his young mentee [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]].

{{bigquote|I hear fighting! Who's fighting?! I wanna fight!|Grimlock's first words out of his stasis cell|"[[Pilot (Part 1)]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (roar sound effect), [[Masaomi Yamahashi]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Sergio Romanò]] (Italian), [[Marco Kröger]] (German), [[Yasser Azzat]] (Arabic), [[Aku Laitinen]] (Finnish), [[Pierre Bodson]] (French), [[Andrés García]] (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 & 2), [[Leonardo García]] (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), [[Cassius Romero]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:PilotPart2 Grimlock dino mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock look good in green!]]
Grimlock was arrested for causing severe property damage {{storylink|True Colors}} and imprisoned in a [[stasis pod|stasis cell]] aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After the ship crash-landed on Earth, his was one of the only stasis cells to remain largely intact after the impact, although the cell's actual "stasis" function was disabled. While Bumblebee, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] tangled with the Decepticon criminal [[Underbite]], Grimlock managed to partially break free of his cell, and enthusiastically tried to join in the fight. Before he could do so, he was restrained by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], who zapped him with a taser attachment. Eventually, Grimlock managed to goad Underbite into a rage to help "free" him. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Grimlock pursued the Decepticon to a scrapyard, though Underbite proved too much for him to handle. Joining up with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team, Grimlock enthusiastically helped bring Underbite in, and after they succeeded, Bumblebee put Grimlock on probation. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:TrustExercises boating.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sailing for adventure on the big blue wet thing.]]

Grimlock was the only member of Bumblebee's team to successfully complete the trust exercises, and as a result Bumblebee took him to investigate an attack on the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]''. The pair tussled with [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], though Grimlock ended up stranded at the bottom of the sea. The duo subsequently tracked the Decepticon to a nearby oil refinery and managed to catch him in a barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Grimlock was instrumental in capturing the Decepticon [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. Later, he joined in the hunt for [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] and wound up on guard duty. He decided to interfere anyway, and wound up getting stung into submission by Chop Shop's various components. His conspicuous alternate mode meant that he couldn't join in on the next attempt to bring in Chop Shop, so he wound up keeping [[Russell Clay|Russell]] company at the scrapyard. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

When the team split up to search the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|Crown City museum]] for a Decepticon, Grimlock briefly tangled with [[Terrashock]] in a planetarium, but came off second best. Bumblebee eventually came up with a way to hunt the Decepticon on his own terms, which Grimlock enjoyed immensely. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} Trying to protect a generator from [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], Grimlock ended up being left on guard by himself and was trounced by the Decepticon. Grimlock was knocked silly, suddenly believing he could fly, and had to be helped back to the scrapyard by Strongarm. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Grimlock poised and ready.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock get ready to rumble!]]

Grimlock's attempts to disguise his beast mode as a truck were less than successful, resulting in him being left at the scrapyard when Bee and the others were hunting for [[Filch]] near Crown City. It later turned out they needed him after all, but only to hold up a bridge. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} A [[cyber-tick]] named [[Minitron]] took control of Grimlock, forcing him to fight his friends and then make off with Underbite's stasis pod. The other Autobots followed him to [[Crown River Dam]] where Minitron met with [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Although Minitron tried to goad the Autobots into attacking one another, Grimlock managed to pin him down and subdue him. As a reward, Grimlock was formally inducted into the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|True Colors}}

While Bumblebee and Strongarm were away on a mission, Sideswipe and Grimlock got to be spectators for a feud between Fixit and Denny. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} After [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] raided the Bots' energon supply, the others left Grimlock to guard what was left, and went to hunt the Decepticon. Later as they attempted to trap Ped, Grimlock himself became trapped at the bottom of a pit Ped dug. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} After a run-in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] left Bumblebee with reduced maturity, Strongarm and Grimlock went to hunt the Decepticon in a carnival, only to be joined by their leader. Grimlock got used as a steed and experienced a carnival ride before Quillfire was captured. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Grimlock was captured by the Decepticon to use as a ransom along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} As Bumblebee's team pursued [[Malodor]] and three other [[Skunkticon]]s, Grimlock found himself repeatedly sprayed with their debilitating toxin, and was briefly taken hostage by the Decepticon quartet. He helped capture the Skunkticons, but was again sprayed with toxin in the process. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

The Autobots encountered the Decepticon [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], whom Grimlock found extremely creepy. The Autobots were led to tangle with Steeljaw's gang. Grimlock once again battled Underbite, and managed to gain the upper hand by force-feeding the [[Chompazoid]] plastic. The Decepticons were subdued and briefly captured until Steeljaw slipped his cuffs and caused a distraction. While Grimlock and the other Autobots were preoccupied with a runaway garbage barge, the Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

[[file:RobotsHaveNightmares Grimlock dream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|For rescuing a stray cat from a truck, Grimlock was forced to marry the Cat Prince.]]

Grimlock joined Russel for a night of scary movies, and unsuccessfully tried to frighten the young human, who claimed not to be afraid of anything. Along with the rest of the Autobots, he later travelled to a local cave system in search of [[Nightstrike]]. The Decepticon got the drop on the team and incapacitated all of them with his fear-inducing scream, forcing Grimlock to have nightmares about kittens. Although the Autobots escaped and managed to capture Nightstrike, Grimlock was still jumpy in spite of his claims to the contrary, and quickly fled at the sight of a local stray cat. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Grimlock was later dispatched to the Crown City subway system to track down another Decepticon contact, although Strongarm was less than enthused about having to tow the Dinobot all the way there. By the time they had arrived, they discovered that the demented scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], had stolen Sideswipe's body, and was all too eager to try it out on the Autobots. Strongarm fought Vertebreak, but Grimlock was held up by passing trains. The Autobots eventually manage to take in Vertebreak, but Grimlock was too slow to outrun the oncoming train, forcing the other wheeled Autobots to carry him and the Decepticon to safety. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}}

Russell explained to Grimlock about the notion of "paying it forward", which confused Grimlock. With the help of the newly arrived Drift and his Mini-Cons, Grimlock helped to recapture a tank that had been commandeered by an escaped Quillfire and Springload... and deliberately made sure not to catch either of the falling Decepticons. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

During a training exercise, Grimlock was injured by a falling piece of debris. Feeling that he was "the muscle" of the team and couldn't let his teammates down, Grimlock did his best to hide the injury from Bumblebee. This would eventually have repercussions when the team went underwater in pursuit of [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], who had broken into an abandoned Cybertronian spaceship. The Dinobot steadily grew weaker and less focused, unable to fight off the ship's various security measures. Eventually, Grimlock told Bumblebee the truth about the injury,and on returning to base he was patched up by Fixit. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

[[File:TFRIDTheChampGrimlockKick.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He crimefighting covers up a basic insecurity.]]

Grimlock's increasingly brazen shows of strength did not have the desired effect; one stunt wound up almost injuring Russell. When the other Autobots headed into Crown City in pursuit of [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], Grimlock's dinosaur alternate mode meant that he couldn't tag along. When the [[GroundBridge]] malfunctioned, however, he got his chance. With a rollcage welded to his back, Grimlock posed as "Dino-Bash", a human-built robot piloted by Denny, and challenged Groundpounder in a demolition derby at the Crown City [[Rumbledome]]. Groundpounder was eager to tangle with a real Dinobot, and initially gained the upper hand. Grimlock- with Fixit's assistance- was able to nail Groundpounder with his signature cannonball move... but not without almost bringing down the entire arena. {{storylink|The Champ}}

After Fixit reverted to his sentry programming, Grimlock was menaced by the various security measures around the scrapyard. Things were compounded by the return of Chop Shop, although Grimlock helped to bring in the Decepticon thief once again. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Grimlock joined the gang to investigate a Decepticon signal that belonged to [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]]. After returning to base, they discovered that Steeljaw had broken in and taken Fixit and the humans hostage. In the ensuing fight, Grimlock easily trounced Clampdown with a few well-placed tail smacks. {{storylink|Lockout}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent Grimlock catches rubble.jpg|thumb|right|380px|"Om..."]]
Grimlock eventually grew bored with his routine duties, and yearned for the days when he could simply smash whatever he wanted to. While on patrol he encountered [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], another Dinobot. The duo happily destroyed an old demolition site, but Grimlock realized that he had to do the right thing and arrest Scowl. Scowl managed to win him over and Grimlock let him walk free, on the condition that he never harm a human. Unfortunately for Grimlock, Scowl was actually one of Thunderhoof's old goons, and the Autobots rolled out to bring him in. Grimlock had to fight against a vengeful Scowl at a train station, where he helped redirect an oncoming train, and later at a spa, where he finally managed to overcome the other Dinobot with the help of a stone sculpture. Grimlock was saddened by the outcome of the fight, and mused that Scowl had never intended to change his violent ways. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

The Autobots discovered [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a charismatic 'bot who had been sent to Earth by [[Primus]] eons ago. With their ranks temporarily bolstered, Grimlock helped the team go after [[Zizza]], discovering her hiding spot at a nearby airport and then distracting her mind-controlled human pilots. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} Grimlock began feeling homesick for Cybertron and the [[Acid Wastes]]. Bumblebee tried to cheer up the team by taking them to [[Edmondville]], where they discovered the Decepticon [[Shifter]] [[Pseudo]]. Although Pseudo temporarily masqueraded as Grimlock, the team were able to spot the imposter and recapture him. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

After Strongarm and Sideswipe were kidnapped by Decepticons, Grimlock joined the remaining Autobots and Windblade for a raid on their hideout. When the Decepticons absconded to the [[Crown City Colossus]] with their hostages, Grimlock took the direct route by travelling underwater, although he was barred from destroying the portal by Clampdown. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Now with [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] on the loose, Grimlock teamed up with his allies- including a reborn Optimus Prime - against Megatronus and the other Decepticons. Grimlock managed to distract Megatronus long enough for the other Autobots to bring down part of the statue on their foe. In the aftermath, Grimlock opted to stay on Earth with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Grimlock was alarmed when [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] projected a vision on his flank. Following a GroundBridge explosion, Grimlock helped (badly) to clear up and along with Bumblebee and Strongarm, was defeated by [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] when the Decepticon arrived at the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After tracking Overload to a parking lot, the team split up with Grimlock and Strongarm trying to track the Cyclone Mini-Cons. They soon realized they'd actually been tracking humans, however Grimlock came up with a plan that let them maintain their cover. They caught up with Bumblebee in time to help take Overload back to base. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:Suspended Grimlock rolls out.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the Cretaceous, green, terrible...]]
Despite Strongarm's coaching, Grimlock was unable to establish the same level of teamwork with her that she'd had with Sideswipe, leading to them bungling the capture of [[Saberhorn]]. They eventually managed to successfully work together at the steel mill, however Grimlock ended up throwing Saberhorn through a wall and inadvertently allowing the Decepticon to escape. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} Grimlock took part in the pursuit of [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Slicedice]], during which he was able to help save some motorists accidentally endangered by Strongarm. He later helped Bumblebee try to deal with a fire caused by the two Cons, but they ended up requiring Strongarm's help to rescue some humans. {{storylink|Suspended}}

[[File:Brainpower-datacylindergonewrong.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Grimlock reads YouTube comments.]]
Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock captured the Mini-Con [[Torpor]], though the mission was nearly botched when Grimlock stumbled in on the other two Autobots as they strategised, tipping their target off to their whereabouts. Feeling that the other Autobots didn't rate his intelligence, Grimlock got Fixit's help him in trying to pass the police academy entrance exam, so that he could prove he was at least smart enough to enter the same fancy school that Strongarm had gone to. However, a mishap resulted in Grimlock downloading the entire content of a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into his brain. Though it greatly increased his intelligence, it also meant the eventual degradation of his neural pathways and as he joined in the hunt for [[Simacore]], he soon found his new knowledge left him unable to effectively fight. Fixit was able to reverse the process, draining his intelligence away in time for him to defeat Simacore and rescue Bumblebee and Strongarm from a particle accelerator. {{storylink|Brainpower}}

When a wounded Steeljaw turned up at the scrapyard, Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock followed the trail of energon he'd left to a disused drive in where they encountered [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Crazybolt, and Slicedice. Though Grimlock was beaten down at first, he and Bumblebee were able to defeat and capture them after the latter Autobot distracted the enemy with a magic trick he had learned from Russel, allowing Grimlock to get a second wind. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:Impounded-grimlocksdisguise.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Robots in Disguise Grimlock disguised as [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Robots in Disguise Grimlock]].]]
Grimlock grew increasingly bored as the Autobots hunted down a cable in a shipping yard, one of the many components the Decepticons were gathering for their current machinations. He managed to find it, shortly before he was blasted by Springload, and then inadvertently by Bumblebee. The mission a bust, the entire team were left mentally drained after having failed to decipher the Decepticons' motives. Grimlock turned down staking out a [[Rear Axle]] concert, not sharing Bumblebee's enthusiasm for the band, when their next lead pointed to it being the Decepticons' next target. Instead, he practiced his sculpture (which simply involved smashing big rocks into smaller rocks). Bumblebee called for back-up when he encountered Bisk on the mission, and Grimlock joined Strongarm in trying to come to help, only for them to be held up by traffic. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} When Grimlock almost blew the Autobots' cover by landing in the middle of a crowd while trying to apprehend [[Silverhound]], Bumblebee banned him from going on missions. Fixit came up with a crane disguise for Grimlock to use, and the pair headed out after Bumblebee and Strongarm left to track down Quillfire. Passing himself off as a "Dino Crane," designed to look as it did because "children love dinosaurs," Fixit and Grimlock caught up to their commander and were able to help him and Strongarm capture Quillfire. Bumblebee gave Grimlock's new disguise his approval, allowing him once more to go back into the field. {{storylink|Impounded}}

After an incident with the GroundBridge brought [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to Earth, Strongarm and Grimlock were knocked out by the Decepticon. They recovered, only to be warped away from the junkyard alongside [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] by a portal created by Soundwave. Working together, Grimlock and Strongarm were able to shut down Laserbeak, then rushed back to the rest of the team. They arrived just as Denny, Fixit, Russel, and Bumblebee managed to get Soundwave back into the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]], and threw the Decepticon Mini-Con back into the other dimension after its master. {{storylink|Portals}} Following another mission, Grimlock joined the stealth team via the GroundBridge, and carried an injured Drift back to base. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

After a chance encounter resulted in [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] joining the team, the Autobots got a lead to the location of the group of Decepticons; an escapee Mini-Con called [[Toolbox]]. They used a ruse to infiltrate the crashed ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' which the Decepticons were using as their "Decepticon Island," during which Grimlock pretended to be a Decepticon returning with Autobot prisoners. Though they made good grounds once inside the ship, one of the other slave Mini-Cons blurted out a greeting to Toolbox upon seeing him returned, betraying the Autobots' presence. Grimlock's team were surrounded by the bulk of the Alchemor's remaining Decepticons soon afterwards. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Thanks to Windblade providing them with an impromptu distraction, the rest of the Autobots were able to make a break for it and split up into smaller groups. Strongarm, Grimlock, and Sideswipe were sent to try and free the Mini-Cons being held captive by the Decepticons. They ended up in a communications room where they encountered Groundpounder and Thunderhoof. Still holding a grudge against Grimlock since their last encounter, Groundpounder beat down the Dinobot while Thunderhoof dealt with the other two Autobots. Sideswipe eventually managed to incapacitate the Decepticons by using nearby equipment to broadcast a high-frequency signal, holding onto consciousness for seconds longer than the Decepticons. After using the communications equipment to free the Mini-Cons, the trio escaped the ship before the [[cryo-gas]] bomb froze everyone aboard.

With the Decepticon threat now finally dealt with, several Autobots decided to head back to their homeworld. Grimlock was not among them, choosing instead to stay behind with Bumblebee on Earth to set up a permanent base of operations, should any more peril befall the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} When news of the Bee Team's exploits reached Cybertron, Grimlock became one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Bumblebee took his team on a tour of interesting locations on Earth, culminating in them visiting the remains of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], only to find a strange bomb had been set up to detonate. Grimlock was partnered with Strongarm when the team split up, only to end up stepping on a mine. He was unable to move for fear of setting the mine off, until Bumblebee found him and revealed that the "mine" was just an old armor buffer. {{storylink|History Lessons}} When Bumblebee split up the team to search sites of Cybertronian significance, Grimlock was assigned look in western [[China]]. The team was accidentally bridged back to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]] because Denny and Russell didn't know what they were doing. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

[[File:TRID S2 E16 PL MSS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Lobster Mobster strikes again.]]
After one too many accidents, Grimlock was disgruntled when Bumblebee only assigned him one mission in the search for Cybertronian relics. During his mission, he encountered Brother [[Gunter]], who set about teaching him patience via the medium of pretzel manufacture. [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]] turned up at the monastery, resulting in Grimlock calling in the rest of the team, however ultimately it was the patience he'd learned that allowed Grimlock to defeat the scavenger. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

When Team Bee found a [[high energy pulse generator]] in [[Egypt]], Grimlock carried it back to the scrapyard using his crane mode, however the device was destroyed anyway when it threatened to fry their brains. Following an invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the team lost both their own Mini-Cons and their leader, after they were abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Joined by Optimus, the team split up to search for Starscream. Grimlock was first on the scene when Strongarm and Sideswipe ran into the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, but the ensuing hostilities ended when the Mini-Cons recognized Optimus, and the two groups teamed up. A short time later, they ran into the Scavengers, and then during the fight with them, the Mini-Cons were captured by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} [[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Say hello to his little friend!]] Grimlock linked with Tricerashot, who'd avoided being captured, and took out the Scavengers. He and the rest of the team located Starscream's ship, and during the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, they were knocked out by Starscream. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Team Bee split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Without any Decepticons to punch, Grimlock passed his time playing tic-tac-toe with his own tail. He joined Bumblebee and Drift as they traveled to [[Grand Valley]] to face a Decepticon. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} Grimlock found himself at a disadvantage as he was unable to outrun [[Heatseeker]]'s guided missiles, but he managed to serve as a distraction for Bumblebee and Drift to move in. The mission ended with the entire team somehow being merged into one robot, though they were unconscious at the time. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|How To Train Your Dinobot.]]
Impressed by the abilities of Drift's pupils, Grimlock decided to become Drift's "poodle" too. As the team attempted to capture [[Crustacion]] in [[Antarctica]], Grimlock's attempts to put Drift's teachings into practice were surprisingly successful, and he was instrumental in capturing the 'Con. {{storylink|Defrosted}} Grimlock and the rest of the team joined up with the [[Rescue Bot]] [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] as they attempted to recapture [[Ragebyte]]. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Grimlock, along with the rest of the team, found himself drawn to possess the [[Sphere of Doradus]] thanks to the strange energies it gave off. He was later able to overcome this desire thanks to his love of punching, and took part in the capture of Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Grimlock was part of a mission to [[West Rock]], and used his crane disguise to block the city's only exit to prevent [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]] escaping. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

During another attempt to capture Drag Strip, a methane explosion caused the team to again merge into a giant robot, though Grimlock was disappointed to find he was the legs. Afterwards, the team had to cope with having two Sideswipes as they continued to try to get back the relic Drag Strip had stolen. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} Grimlock and the rest of the team captured three Decepticon brothers as a result of Strongarm employing her detective skills. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

[[File:RiD2015 Out of the Shadows Sidelock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"The bottom. AGAIN."]]
Grimlock and Sideswipe were temporarily [[Sidelock|fused together]] during another of Fixit's combiner experiments. They and the rest of the team helped Drift recover his two Mini-Cons students after they were kidnapped by the Decepticon [[Shadow Raker]]. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Another of Fixit's combiner experiments led to the Autobots temporarily switching bodies. Grimlock reveled in having Drift's vehicle mode, and gleefully took part in a road race in an attempt to stop the Stunticons, though he had difficulty working with Drift's Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

The team attempted to help Strongarm's friend [[Nightra]] after she turned up apparently being pursued by [[Blastwave]], only to discover that Nightra was the criminal being hunted while Blastwave an Autobot bounty hunter. When the deception was exposed aboard [[Blastwave's ship]], Grimlock put his all into hanging onto the rest of the team as they were nearly blown out of a cargo bay, before he managed to close the bay door. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}} Grimlock developed an interest in art and started off by making a sculpture of Strongarm. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA MSS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|WOAH-OHHHH!]]
After allowing Fixit to experiment on him, Grimlock developed uncontrollable super speed. Despite Bumblebee restricting him to base, Grimlock - inspired by Russell's reading a ''[[Captain Plasma Beam]]'' comic to him - believed he could be an effective superhero and joined in on a mission to recapture Simacore. This didn't go well, but he did eventually successfully defeat the Con, and he took pride in Simacore's having declared him to be the Orangucon's "greatest foe". {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}}

Grimlock, no longer with the aid of super-speed, took part in a mission to prevent the Stunticons from stealing the power source for a high-speed maglev train. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}} Grimlock and the rest of the team finally managed to combine into [[Ultra Bee]] during another mission against the Stunticons. {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} A message from Windblade sent the team to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they again combined and managed to defeat the Stunticons once and for all. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

[[File:TRID E 63 Grimlock with rocks.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Me Grimlock love to smash rocks.]]
Russell and Grimlock began making video diaries to keep the absent Drift up-to-date. Their latest effort was interrupted by an attack which drove the Autobots from the scrapyard and forced them to seek refuge in the nearby cave system. Decepticon signals led them to the culprits — Steeljaw and his pack, and the ensuring battle endangered Crown River Dam. {{storylink|Exiles}} With the Autobots finding the cramped quarters of the caves inconvenient, Denny and Russell got Grimlock to enlarge it using his rock-smashing skills. {{Storylink|Breathing Room}} Left on monitor duty, Grimlock was distracted and missed the detection of some Decepticon signals. As a result, he became hyper-sensitive about remaining professional and not having fun on the job, which almost resulted in the Decepticons getting away with some nuclear waste until Sideswipe snapped him out of it. {{storylink|Prepare for Departure}} Grimlock took part in a mission which resulted in the defeat and capture of (most of) Steeljaw's pack at the nuclear plant. {{storylink|Prisoner Principles}}

{{bigquote|Good call, Bulkhead. Smashing stuff really does relax me.|Grimlock|[[Sick as a Bot]]}}
[[File:SickAsABot Grimlock thinking.jpg|thumb|250px|right|All his plans are ''smashing!'']]
Grimlock took part in the defeat of Soundwave, preventing the Decepticon from irradiating the entire planet. He later dressed up as "the monster from Dimension Aaargh" for Sideswipe's performance of ''[[Showcase of Shivers]]''. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}} The Autobots returned to the scrapyard and Grimlock was tasked with securing the prisoners, only to let Underbite escape. He and the other Autobots were forced to chase the 'Con, who randomly teleported thanks to a chunk of space bridge he'd eaten. {{storylink|Something He Ate}} After Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe were infected with a nanovirus, Grimlock rushed off to try to capture the Decepticon. He only succeeded once the newly arrived [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] helped him slow down and come up with a plan. {{storylink|Sick as a Bot}}

During a pursuit of Steeljaw, Grimlock and the others found themselves arrested by [[Dropforge]]. They were able to escape with Denny and Russell's help and both foiled Steeljaw's plan, and freed Dropforge from the mind control signal he was being controlled by. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} Optimus arrived once more, sending Grimlock and the rest of the team to Cybertron where the Autobot council were using mind control on the population. On arrival, the Autobots were surrounded by security, {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} however with the help of Dropforge and Steeljaw, they were able to gain entry to the [[High Council Tower]]. After they discovered the council were actually Decepticons, Grimlock decided the best way to eliminate the mind control was to smash everything. He then took on [[Treadshock]] and managed to knock him out with a tail smash. A battle ensued with the Autobots and Decepticons taking on their [[Galvatronus (RID)|combined forms]] for a last ditch struggle for Cybertron, and the Bee Team eventually prevailed. In the aftermath, Grimlock and the others returned to Earth as newly appointed ambassadors and ended up chasing after Steeljaw again. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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====''Robots In Disguise'' shorts====
After accidentally stomping on Fixit several times during the day, Grimlock somehow got the Mini-Con stuck to his foot.
{{Storylink|Fixit Jam}} Grimlock was lent a [[Decepticon Hunter]] so he could find his signature weapon, his own fist. {{Storylink|Perfect}}

====''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Terrence Flint]] (English)|[[Pierre Bodson]] (French)}}
[[File:BuddyCop camo Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Grimlock was once a major [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] star under the name '''Steelwall'''. During his career as a player, he won MVP at the 217th Cybertron All-Bot Bowl. {{storylink|Trouble Cubed}} [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] once bet Grimlock couldn't eat thirty seven rocks, but Grimlock ate forty of them. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}}

Grimlock joined the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] as a new teacher, though as a result they started going through the gym equipment a lot faster. Unlike the other recruits, [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] was initially terrified of the Dinobot, skipping out on the class; however, when he later realized Grimlock was afraid of [[Mister Pettypaws]], he overcame his own fear. {{storylink|Tyrannosaurus Wrecked}}

Grimlock later took the recruits (minus Hoist) to [[Wayward Island|Dino Island]]. However, the group accidentally let a triceratops back through the [[GroundBridge]]. They were forced to return the hard way, with [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] towing Grimlock on some improvised water skis, but Hoist had already overcome his fear of dinosaurs and dealt with the situation by the time they got back. {{storylink|Dino Hard}}

After catching [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] sneaking in late to class, Chase elected to have the recruits participate in stealth training, pairing the partner-less Hot Shot with Grimlock. Hot Shot was skeptical of Grimlock's methods and doubted the large Dinobot could be at all stealthy, leading him to ditch the professor early on. However, Grimlock proved him wrong by completing the exercise while successfully evading Chase's optics, earning Hot Shot's respect. {{storylink|Buddy Cop}}

Heatwave later had the Dinobot fill in for him at the desk while he was away, though begrudgingly, he had to reveal himself in public to fool the witnesses of Medix's confused mishaps.{{storylink|Monster Savings}}

As part of the recruits' final test, Grimlock was picked to be the rescue victim whom the teachers had to carry in a relay race. His size resulted in several unfortunate mishaps, though in the final round it was Hot Shot exploiting his Gatophobia that lost the teachers their victory. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 1}}

For year two, Grimlock was selected to mentor Hoist, though his expression of joy at the news sent the recruit scurrying away in fear. {{storylink|Back to School}} Hoist did his best to avoid Grimlock, but when they were assigned a mission together, Grimlock tracked him down. They joined Grimlock's old friends [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] aiming to retrieve a crashed spacecraft. When the three Dinobots' efforts threatened to bring a cliff down on a nearby town, Hoist came up with an alternate plan, and Grimlock realized he'd learned something from the student. {{storylink|Mission Dinobot}} He had Hoist undergo Dinobot sensitivity training and undertook a mission to rescue kittens from a mine. {{storylink|In Training}}

Heatwave had Grimlock cover for him for a few days, and so Grimlock moved a bunch of his stuff into the office. This included a classic Cube from Grimlock's Cube playing days, which Hot Shot promptly borrowed without permission. The recruits managed to lose the Cube in [[Milford]], forcing them to come to Grimlock for help, and once the Cube was safely recaptured, he promised to tell them all about his Cube days while Hot Shot did chores as punishment. {{Storylink|Trouble Cubed}} Grimlock found coming up with activities a struggle, however when Hoist discovered an old newspaper article that pointed to an energon cache in an old mine, he got Heatwave to approve a field trip to investigate. Grimlock called in Sludge and Snarl to help search, however though the Dinobots located the energon, they also caused the mine to cave in, and they had to follow Hoist's plan to extract themselves. {{storylink|The Great Energon Rush}}

Grimlock took part in the rescue of Doc Greene and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] when a force field dome trapped the two humans in the lab. {{storylink|Partners (RBA)|Partners}} Hoist consulted Grimlock when he was trying to decide on a new alternate mode, which unsurprisingly resulted in Hoist picking a dinosaur mode. {{storylink|Big Wheels}} Grimlock took part in a "rescue-athon" paired with Hoist. {{storylink|First Responder}}

When a sandstone butte was in danger of falling on a tree on Dino Island, Grimlock had the recruits called in to help him, Sludge and Snarl deal with the problem. They were able to safely topple the butte away from the tree. {{storylink|Bot Blog}} When Hoist accused Snarl and Sludge of messing up the Academy, Grimlock sentenced them to guard assignment on a distant gas giant, though it later turned out they were innocent. {{storylink|Things That Go Bot In The Night}} Grimlock spotted Hoist as the latter lifted weights. When Whirl needed a spotter for her trip to the [[Amazon]], Grimlock set her up with tracker [[Slash (RBA)|Slash]]. {{storylink|The Tracker}}

Grimlock joined Heatwave and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in helping with an imminent meteor strike on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]]. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}} When the recruits were being too quiet to be effective during their rescues, Grimlock encouraged them to be more assertive and took them on a trip to the planet [[Krimol]]... where they discovered that being loud aggravated the local wildlife. {{storylink|Don't Be Alarmed}}

Grimlock was among the observers as the recruits undertook their final test of year two. He promised the "dance off to end all dance offs" would take place during the party aboard [[Citadel Secundus]], however he was put into stasis lock when an asteroid hit the Titan and created an anti-energon field. {{storylink|Space Party}} He and the rest of the teaching staff were revived after Secundus was landed safely on Earth, and attended the recruits' graduation ceremony. {{storylink|Crash Of The Titan}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Grimlock and the other members of Bumblebee's team responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

Grimlock was shocked when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] suddenly appeared among the Autobots, claiming to be from [[Legends World|another universe]]. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
[[File:IDWRID1 Grimlock dinopile.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Grimlock's reaction after seeing the Big Green dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''.]]
While checking on a stasis pod with Strongarm, Grimlock stomped on a forest fire that had broken out. He attempted to track [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]] until Bumblebee arrived and pointed them in the direction of the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park. There, they managed to track down the Decepticon and capture him (Grimlock covertly stomped him!) however when the morning crowds arrived, Grimlock was forced to pretend to be a dinosaur statue for sixteen hours to avoid blowing the Autobots' cover. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} During a training exercise, Grimlock cheerfully smooshed Sideswipe by executing a "Dinopile". After taking part in a team takedown of [[Spinhead]], he repeated the maneuver on the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Grimlock and Sideswipe aided in the capture of [[Transit (RID)|Transit]] by directing the Decepticon into a traffic jam engineered by Fixit. During a visit by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team, Grimlock took part in a plan to capture [[Clipshade]], though his contribution ended up with him landing on top of Sideswipe again. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After establishing the location of [[Overhead]], Grimlock and the rest of the team managed to take the Decepticon down, though not before Grimlock had suffered a few bumps and accidentally worn a hat. After Overhead supplied them with a distress beacon she claimed would bring the leader of the [[Cybercomrade Sect]], Bumblebee and Grimlock set a trap, only to encounter Clipshade, who it turned out was an Autobot double agent—Overhead was the real Sect leader. They soon returned to Strongarm to find their captive had escaped. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} After attempting to help coach Sideswipe on his acting, Grimlock took part in an attempt to capture Overhead. He ended up being physically tossed by the Buffaloid during the fight, but after she caused the space bridge she was working on to collapse into a black hole, Grimlock managed to save [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] from falling into it. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Team Bee followed Decepticon signals to [[Fort Tucker]] and found themselves tangling with two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Grimlock was injured shielding some unconscious humans from Vehicon missiles and had to be helped to safety by Drift. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. To the shock of the others, Grimlock reasoned that Steeljaw was probably in the [[Sierra Vistas]], leading them to successfully locate the cave in question, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Grimlock battled his usual dance partner, Underbite, until the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command. In the aftermath Team Bee was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books====
[[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|Lob-ball]] star "Gridlock Grimlock" had an impromptu game using Fixit as the ball. When the team went to hunt [[Scuzzard]], Grimlock was left at base as a last line of defense, and clumsily managed to knock over Filch's stasis pod, freeing the Decepticon. He joined the team in hunting down both of the avians, taking down Scuzzard with Sideswipe's help. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} When three of Russell's classmates invaded the scrapyard, Grimlock was forced to pretend to be a prop from a Japanese kaiju movie, which worked until he saw the cat [[tattoo]] one of the boys was sporting, and reacted with terror. Fixit detected Decepticon signals, which resulted in Grimlock and the rest of the team tangling with Underbite, Thunderhoof and [[Slink]]'s gang in a warehouse. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Grimlock was disappointed when a potential Decepticon incursion turned out to be a drill and he wouldn't get to punch anything. He got his chance when the Autobots apprehended [[Forager]], however on their next mission the Autobots were led on a wild goose chase. On their return to the scrapyard they were captured and put into stasis pods by the Ronin, where they remained until Drift was able to free them and help them turn the tables on the three Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

An attempt at a game of football went wrong when Grimlock punctured the ball with his teeth while calling "hole in one!" He and the rest of the team took on [[Skinkbomb]], only to find the Decepticon's explosives formidable, and the fight was lost when Bumblebee became distracted. Though the team thought Bumblebee might be suffering from brain rust, the next time they faced Skinkbomb, they all heard the illusionary Optimus Prime's voice and were all able to overcome the Decepticon regardless. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Grimlock, Strongarm, and Bumblebee attempted to arrest the Decepticon [[Brakepad]], only to fall foul of his lethargy-inducing powers. After they returned to the scrapyard empty-handed, Denny and Russell had to force them to go back out into the field and capture Brakepad. {{Storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

====Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}}}

===''TransTech''===
Grimlock prowled about the streets of the Under City in Axiom Nexus, in a crowd of countless off-worlders. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
! style="background: #BF00FF; color: white" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)'''
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|Starter
|500
|10
|-
|Titan Guardian
|1000
|20
|-
|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|One-Step
|2000
|40
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|One-Step Gold
|2000
|40
|-
|Titan Hero
|3000
|60
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|Warrior
|4000
|80
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|Warrior Gold
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Asia
|4000
|80
|-
|Battlepack
|4000
|80
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|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|Hero Stealthasaurus
|6000
|120
|-
|Stomp ‘N Chomp
|10000
|160
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{Note|The Grimlock Custom Kreon appears as a power-up item, serving as the player's support by attacking enemies. However the Kreons can suffer friendly fire from the player itself.}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Grimlock, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{Charstubgames}}{{Storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

====Legion Class====
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:RID2015LegendsGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm gonna burst outta your pocket in a minute!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legends Class, 2015-2016)

:Part of the 2nd wave of Robots in Disguise [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Legion|Legion Class]] line, Grimlock transforms into a robot to ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and back! He also features a sculpted battle mask on his head...although it's painted with his unmasked face's color. Oh, well. Legion Class Grimlock sports 3mm ports on his robot hands & arm joints. His ''T. rex'' shoulders also feature 5mm ports.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot/''T. rex'' mode, on his right arm/left leg. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:This figure has been released twice: First in late 2014/early 2015 the original ''Robots in Disguise'' packaging design, and then again in late 2016 in the ''Combiner Force'' subline imprint packaging refresh. And due to one of the mobile game's many updates, "unlocking" Grimlock was rendered useless by that point.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Legion-Class Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Adventure-EZ-Collection-Clear-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Clear Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2015)

:A redeco of Legion Class Grimlock in clear plastic, Grimlock Clear Ver. was given away at Japanese stores like EDION toy department & Bic Camera, from July 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on Adventure product. Like most of the clear colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Grimlock has no paint operations save for his face and his ''T. rex'' head.

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[[File:TAV-35-EZ-Collection-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Inconceivable!]]
*'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV35'''
:Available for this set, this version of Grimlock is a redeco of the original Legion Class toy, featuring additional paint details on any of his paintable plastic.

:Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges on the toy, instead it was printed on one small card, along with the other 3 badges.

:Grimlock was released as a four-pack along with [[Steeljaw (RID)#TAV35|Steeljaw]], [[Underbite#TAV35|Underbite]], and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV35|Optimus Prime]].

:Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it 2 years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).
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====One-Step Changers====
{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:RID20151StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Roll back the rock!'' ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TED-09-One-Step-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Turn back the clock!'' ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-09'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 27]], 2015

:Part of the second wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#One-Step Changers|One-Step changers]], Grimlock transforms into a robot to ''T. rex'' and back in just one easy step! Grimlock also features a sculpted tongue in his ''T. rex'' mouth. Although he only transforms into a single step, His ''other'' step is to fold his pair of feet into two hands.

:This Grimlock can ride on his [[#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp counterpart]], but does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is merely impossible to be scanned while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts had covered it.

:The TakaraTomy release of One-Step Changer Grimlock (as part of the ''Easy Dynamic Series'' line) features extensive paint applications to resemble his cartoon counterpart. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' arm. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/OSCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on One-Step Changer Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Roll back the rock to the dawn of time'' ''And sing this song with me!'']]
*'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)

:One-Step Changer Gold Armor Grimlock is a Generation-1 inspired redeco of the One-Step figure above.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is nearly impossible to scan while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts cover it.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:A 6-pack featuring the One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#RIDCollection|Steeljaw]], Grimlock, [[Sideswipe (RID)#RIDCollection|Sideswipe]], [[Underbite#RIDCollection|Underbite]] (all of them unchanged from their individual releases), and a new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set. This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.
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====Warrior Class====
{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:RID15-toy Grimlock Warrior.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Green and black, man! You got a problem with that? ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2014-2017)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV-02'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

:First released as part of the first wave of Warrior-Class figures, Grimlock transforms into a green and black ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Unusual for a Warrior-Class, he comes packaged with no accessories. In dinosaur mode a switch atop his head moves his jaw up and down. Grimlock's right robot mode leg also features a sculpted [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|fake tail]], to symmetrically match his left leg, where his ''T. rex'' mode tail had stored with. Please take note that Grimlock's hands can't grip some weapons due to his ''T. rex'' feet being on the way.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. The badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:The figure suffers a [[design flaw]]: His pair of arms/legs is pretty much prone to have stress marks and/or suffer breakage, thanks to the loose grey plastic piece in the pseudo-ratchet joint. This can be fixed if the grey plastic piece is glued in place (although this will require removing metal pins).

:[[File:RID Warrior Grimlock Packaging Comparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Shelf life of a 1980s figure.]][[File:Takaratomy-tav-02-grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]

: Despite being succeeded by the "Gold Armor" redeco in wave 4, the original green and black deco of the figure made a comeback in subsequent waves, in two different packaging [[variant]]s as part of the "Mini-Con Weaponizers" and "Combiner Force" [[subline imprint]]s. It is unknown whether these re-releases use the modified pseudo-ratchet joint seen on the redeco. Take note that the re-releases' badges only unlocks Energon Currency instead of the character.

: The TakaraTomy release of Grimlock uses a slightly saturated green plastic, and features extra paint applications, mostly for his alt mode's toes, and his eyebrows. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Warrior-Class Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TAVVS02-Grimlock-VS-Gregevor-Boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock VS Greejeeber''' (VS set, 2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV VS-02'''

:The TakaraTomy release of Warrior Class Grimlock was also available in a boxed two-pack with the Decepticon [[Greejeeber#Toys|Greejeeber]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Dumb stubbies! Yellow not same color as gold!]]
*'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2015)

:A [[redeco]] and new-head [[retool]] of the Warrior Class Grimlock toy, "Gold Armor Grimlock" features a new coloration and a masked head, inspired by his [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]. His pair of arms/leg joints were slightly modified to prevent breakage.

:His stock photography features yellow paint applications, rather than orange as seen in the final product.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on the right of his robot mode chest. As he's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/GAGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Warrior-Class Gold Armor Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class====
{{anchor|Adventure}}
[[File:TAV30-Battle-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Do not say Yoshi.]]
*'''Battle Grimlock''' (2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV30'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, Shield
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the ''Adventure Series'' lineup, Battle Grimlock is a retool of ''Generations'' [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|Voyager Class Grimlock]], replacing his heads, shoulders, knee plates, and entire torso to better resemble his cartoon counterpart. He comes with a sword with a [[5 mm post|5mm handle]] and a peg on either side of the hilt, as well as a shield which can mount via its single peg. Grimlock features 5mm ports for his hands, as well as on his forearms/lower dino legs and shoulders/dino hips. The hollow sides of his dinosaur arms feature [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]-compatible [[C joint|3mm ports]]. The LED gimmick on previous releases of the mold has been removed for this release.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' leg/right robot mode arm. Scanning this in the Transformers Chronicle Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

:This toy can be armored up with Mini-Con [[Divebomb (RID)#Robots in Disguise|Divebomb]], despite being a differing faction. Divebomb's armor may be connected to Battle Grimlock in either mode. Divebomb himself may be stored on Grimlock's robot shoulders or in his dinosaur undercarriage.
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====Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changers====
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[[File:RID20153StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock have feet for hands and hands on feet! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Takaratomy-ted-02-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-02'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

:Part of the first wave of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Three-Step Changers|''Robots in Disguise'' Three-Step Changers]], This roughly voyager-sized Grimlock transforms into a Robot and ''T. rex'' in just a few easy steps! His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. However the badge ''cannot'' be scanned while he's in ''T. rex'' mode. Three-Step Grimlock does not features any 5mm compatible arms, but features the said ports on his front ''T. rex'' legs instead. Giving him weapons (or any Mini-Cons from the Mini-Con Weaponizers subline) to wield can be awkward.

:The TakaraTomy release features extra paint applications. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy in the app's collection list. Unlike the American release, Big Grimlock is packaged in a windowed box, instead of an an open package.

:Although the transformation of this toy is listed as '''3 steps''', there are 2 optional steps: positioning the ''T. rex'' arms, and pulling the tail off before (then reinserting it after) transformation. However, it's possible to transform Grimlock with the tail installed anyway.

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[[File:RID2015-Three-Step-Stealthasaurus-Rex-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblelock?]]
*'''Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2016)

:This Grimlock is a redeco of the 3-Step Changer above, with yellow paint applications.

:The toy was solicited as '''Stealthasaurus Grimlock''' in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.

:For unknown reasons, the 3-Step Changer assortment was halted at United States release for the better part of a year, which resulted in Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock not appearing at retail until nine months after he had been released in Australia. Afterwards, the assortment continued at a normal pace.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Combiner-Force-3-Step Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I have fist-balls of steel!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (3-Step Changer, 2017)

:Released under the "[[Combiner Force]]" subline, "Hyper-Swoop" Grimlock is an entirely a new mold. While possessing a different transformation scheme, Grimlock features fairly show-accurate robot and ''T. rex'' modes. Due to his transformation scheme, he ends up having two ''T. rex'' toes on his ''T. rex''/robot mode legs.
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====Stomp & Chomp====
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[[File:RID2015-Stomp-and-Chomp-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Yo Bee, you remember that I used to transform into a mechanical mess of a ''T. rex''?"]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2015)

:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a redeco of [[Grimlock (AOE)#Stomp&Chomp|''Age of Extinction'' Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], transforming from 22" tall ''T. rex'' to robot by triggering the handle from his back. He also lacks the sword and the Optimus Prime mini-figure. Undocumented in the instructions, Stomp and Chomp Grimlock's weapons can be popped out by placing any ''Age of Extinction'' One-Step Changers & Power Attacker figures. However, all of the ''Robots in Disguise (2015)'' One-Step Changers cannot accommodate with the gimmick.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his handlebar. Like the original mold, Stomp & Chomp Grimlock ended up being a [[shelfwarmer]].
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====Mini-Con Battle Packs====
[[File:RID2015-Minicon-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock feel excellent, [[Megatron (BW)|yeeeess]].]]
*'''Decepticon Hunter Grimlock with Mini-Con Decepticon Back ''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 5 armor pieces (combine to form a weapon)

:Part of the second [[wave]] of the Mini-Con Battle Pack, "Decepticon Hunter Grimlock" is a new sculpt, similar in size of a Scout Class figure (In Grimlock's case, the size of ''Cyberverse'' Commander figure), with its transformation engineering borrowed from the [[Grimlock (WFC)#Warrior Class|Warrior]] class figure. Battle Pack Grimlock also features transparent yellow pieces, which can be combined into a weapon resembling a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head and can also be attached to his body to form his armor. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' head weapon can also attach to his beast mode head, giving him a hilarious giant transparent ''Tyrannosaurus'' head over his actual ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. As an undocumented feature, the ''T. rex'' head can be used as a handheld (technically, arm-''mounted'' via a pair of tabs) weapon. His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex''/Robot chest, accessible in Robot Mode and in-package.

:Fortunately, the elbows use ball joints, removing the nasty arm-breaking [[design flaw]] the Warrior figure had, and he also possesses a pseudo-ratcheting lower jaw for his ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. Apart from this, Battle Pack Grimlock is not without some issues: depending on how tight the shoulder ball joints are, the tabs that connect his shoulders and the upper body had a tendency to get undone easily with little handling force, but it can be partially amended by adding the armor pieces 3 & 4 onto the chest. Also, the 5mm hexagonal pegholes on his ''T. rex'' legs/robot arms (depending on which piece of course) also has a tendency to develop some stress marks due to not being properly molded. This can be fixed by [[Customizing|widening the hole with a 5mm drill bit]], though this results in a circular peghole instead.

:Grimlock was available with [[Back|Decepticon Back]], a Cyclone Mini-Con which is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys.

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[[File:TF-Adventure-Mini-Con-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Sunnn! Give him da powa of da Sun!"]]
*'''Volcano & Grimlock Volcano Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''ID number'': '''TAV42'''
**''Accessories'': Volcano armor pieces, Volcano Mini-Con

:The ''Adventure'' release of the Mini-Con Battle Pack Grimlock is a redeco of the Hasbro mold, featuring some paint applications to more closely resemble his appearances in the cartoon, though the ''T. rex'' arms & hips/robot shoulders are not painted due to being molded with [[unpaintable plastic]].

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*'''Optimus Prime and Grimlock - Supreme Armor set''' (4-pack, 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''TAV45'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus Prime's weapons (Battle Axe, 5 armor pieces (combine to form into a weapon)), Grimlock's weapons (5 armor pieces (combine to form a weapon)) [[Gravity]] Mini-Con, [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]] Mini-Con

:Another release of the ''Adventure'' Mini-Con Battle Pack Grimlock, this toy features transparent blue battle axe and armor parts.

:Grimlock is bundled with Optimus Prime, and his Mini-Cons Gravity and Volcano, redecoed in different colors.
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====Team Combiners====
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[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Gabu Gaburincho; Grimlock!"]]
*'''Ultra Bee''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

:Grimlock transforms from ''T. rex'' into robot, and combines with Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm to form Ultra Bee. Due to the set's nature as a 4-piece Combiner, Grimlock forms the lower section of the gestalt. Unfortunately, due to his transformation, his ''T. rex'' mode ends up having an unambiguous pair of robot legs sticking out of its butt in place of an actual tail. The set's instructions say that the included sword accessory can somehow attach to his ''T. rex'' mode to sort-of disguise/compensate for this, but exactly how isn't clearly illustrated and there are no clips that hold it securely in place.

:As with all Team Combiner torsos, Grimlock's lower torso mode has the distinction of having his hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem.

:Each toy uses the same universal combination joint as the other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some... ''interesting'' combinations, given that most robots form very specific body parts when combined. Mixing Crash Combiners with Team Combiners leads to some ''especially'' weird results...except for combining with Crash Combiner torsos...which resulted in having a large pair of lower legs.
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====Crash Combiners====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Crash-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Dynasaur Combination!"]]
*'''Grimlock & Optimus Prime''' (Crash Combiners, 2018)

:A roughly Scout-sized Crash Combiner version of Grimlock that changes from a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' into a robot in a moderate eight steps, deviating from the other Crash Combiners' simplified transformations. He can also spread his legs for a more dramatic pose thanks to his combined form's transformation scheme. Unlike most of the Crash Combiner components, Grimlock features swiveling joints on his arms ''and'' 3mm compatible hands. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on the rear section (which is covered by his tail/gestalt kneecaps) indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A 5 mm post hole on top of his ''T. rex'' back can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode's 3mm hands.

:Grimlock comes packaged with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Primelock|Optimus Prime]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primelock]]'s lower torso. Connecting them to each other will activate Optimus Prime's automatic transformation, while Grimlock must be converted manually. And due to Grimlock's unique added transformation steps, Optimus Prime (and the other torso bots) ''cannot'' directly crash and combine with Grimlock unless his tail is moved out of the way. Grimlock can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner.

:This two-pack was a very late addition to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the wave 1 Prime Masters from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy GrimlockCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ah! It's Big Green!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B1235'''
**''Pieces'': '''23'''
**''Accessories'': Parts rack, extra clear body parts (torso, helmet, left & right legs, left & right arms), buildable ax, sword

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' Custom [[Kreon]]s, and the first ''Robots in Disguise''-themed wave, Grimlock uses the new 2015 Kreon construction with the hollow waist-peg and "raised" hands. He comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his extra pieces. Unlike the previous Custom Kreons, he no longer features a chromed helmet, and comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso, legs, and his arms, plus a two-sided ax and a chromed sword. He has an adorable printed scream.

:Despite what the instructions say, the body piece cannot be pegged down between the leg parts installed on the display stand. However this can be amended by adding a 2x1 brick piece.

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

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*'''Armor Up Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2017)
**''Set Number'': '''B5711'''
*'''Blizzard Strike Grimlock''' (2017)
**''Set Number'': ??
*'''Night Strike Grimlock''' (2017)
**''Set Number'': ??
***''Pieces'': 28
***''Accessories'': Left & right leg extensions, left & right arm extensions, chest armor, buildable pick axe-hammer

:Another series released without any prior announcement from Hasbro, this new Custom Kreon Grimlock set features extension parts for the arms and legs used for the Kreons included in the China exclusive ''Armor Hero Captor'' sets. On the other hand, the Kreon can be displayed without adding any armor parts.

:Grimlock was available is three different color versions: the standard-colors "Armor-Up", white-themed "Blizzard Strike", and black-themed "Night Strike" (the only redeco to feature a show-accurate helmet color). The building sets saw release through Dollar General alongside several other "exclusive" ''Kre-O'' sets, but ''only'' the normal "Armor Up" coloration has been found; it's possible "wave 2" of the assortment was never actually produced.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:RID2015-Platinum-Edition-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Namekian Goku, Namekian.]]
*'''Bumblebee & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition 2-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Energo Sword, shield

:Released as an exclusive for Entertainment Earth, this ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of [[#Adventure|''Transformers Adventure Series'' Battle Grimlock]] toy, making it a domestic release of the Japan-only retool of the toy. ''Platinum Edition'' Grimlock replaces his black paint into gunmetal, and features deco differences on some of his parts. The figure was also solicited as ''' ''Warrior'' Asia Grimlock''' in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''Tyrannosaurus'' leg/right robot mode arm. The badge is inaccessible while in package.

:Grimlock is bundled with a redecoed [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#PlatinumBeeGrimlock|Warrior Class Bumblebee]]. In the United States, this set was exclusively available via online retailer Entertainment Earth, although it was also stocked by several smaller US-based online retailers who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was released in Singapore, as a [[Walmart]] exclusive in Canada, and sold at Ripley stores in Chile.

:His [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict a mistransformed robot mode: His legs are not extended.
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===''Rescue Bots Academy''===
[[File:RBA-toy Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Ready for his role in ''{{w|Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch}}.'']]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2019]])

:Part of the first(?) wave of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|Rescue Bots Academy]]''-branded-packaging "Rescan"-scale toys, Grimlock is an ''adorable'' happy little robotic t-rex, in [[Grimlock (G1)|traditional Grimlock-ey colors]], who transforms into his motorcycle vehicle mode in two "Easy 2 Do" steps. Something he probably [[Impounded|wishes he could've done sooner]].

:Did we mention he's ''adorable''? He is.
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:Buzzworthy_Crash_Combiner_Bumblegrim.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock / Bumblebee''' (Crash & Combine, [[2021]])

:''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' Crash & Combine Grimlock is a mostly gray and yellow redeco of [[#Crash Combiners|Crash Combiners Grimlock]]. He comes packaged with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Bumblebee]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Bumblegrim]]'s lower torso.

:The packaging features new, ''Robots in Disguise''-styled art of Bumblegrim, though curiously Grimlock and Bumblebee are individually represented by "Evergreen" character art.

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[[File:Buzzworthy_Crash_Combiner_Primelock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock / Optimus Prime''' (Crash & Combine, 2021)

:A second ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' Crash & Combine Grimlock, in a mostly gray and blue deco, was also released at the same time as the figure above. Just like the original release of the mold, this version comes with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Optimus Prime]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primelock]]'s lower torso.
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===''Dinobot Adventures''===
[[File:Dinobot Adventures Squad Grimlock toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Predaking / Grimlock / Dinobot Snarl''' (Dinobot Squad 3-pack, 2021)

:''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' motorcycle Grimlock in colors that much more closely resemble his original G1 incarnation.

:Grimlock is only available in a 3-pack alongside [[Predaking (Prime)#Dinobot Adventures|Predaking]] and [[Snarl (FOC)#DinoSquad3pack|Dinobot Snarl]].

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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-1-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb|Me Grimlock is sick of your stupid comments!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''2/12'''

:Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Grimlock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of in [[beast mode]], spitting fire out of his mouth like he never did.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-4-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb|If your left hand tempts you, cut it off, please!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

:Part of the fourth assortment of ''Tiny Titans'', this version of Grimlock is now molded in robot mode, brandishing a shield and tail-sword that he never used in the cartoon.

:As per usual, he includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===McDonald's===
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*'''Grimlock''' (2015)
**''McNumber'': '''2'''
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*'''Grimlock Transforming Mask / Grimlock Mask''' (2016/2017)
:Part of the third [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fourth globally), this mask features a light-up Autobot insignia and two small mandibles that can be flipped out to simulate Grimlock's toothy jaw.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of masks was first released in Asian markets in early 2016. In October 2017, the four masks were matched with four figures from the early-2017 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.
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[[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|upright=1.33]]
*'''Grimlock / Grimlock Figure''' (2017)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, missile

:Part of the third McDonald's Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fifth globally), this Grimlock is a non-transforming action figure with articulation at the neck and shoulders. His oversized missile launcher accessory uses a [[5 mm post]] for its handle, making him compatible with most other "modern" ''Transformers'' accessories. He features a port on his back as well as appropriately-sized open hands.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" mobile app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of toys was first released in European markets in early 2017. In October 2017, four of the five figures were matched with the masks from the 2016 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Grimlock mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He is unique as his cog is mounted sideways instead of facing forward like the other figures from the line.
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===''Titan Heroes''===
[[File:RID2015-Titan-Heroes-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Heroes, 2016)
:A 12-inch, simplified non-transforming statue of ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock with five points of articulation.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Hero Grimlock figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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===''Transformers Adventure Gum''===
*'''Grimlock''' (2016)
:Part of the new ''Adventure'' Shokugan series, this Grimlock is a snap-fit kit molded in black, blue, and red plastic with detailing from stickers. The kit can convert into a ''T. rex'' when finished. Its transformation engineering is borrowed from the Legion and Warrior class figures. Grimlock requires to have his ''T. rex'' legs/robot arms and tail panels removed and swapped to "[[Partformer|transform]]" his robot mode.

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===Surprise Drinks===
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*'''Grimlock''' (2016)

:''Surprise Drinks'' Grimlock is a show-accurate 1.5-inch non-transforming figure (in his Dino mode) hidden inside the separate capsule taped together with the bottle. Since they're merely blindpacked, the figure can be found in any randomly-packed bottles, so... good luck.

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===Dickie Toys===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Dickie-Toys-Robot-Warrior-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|The closest you'll get to an homage of his "I'm a truck!" scene from the cartoon.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Robot Warrior, 2017)

:Manufactured by Dickie Toys, this Grimlock is a customized hot rod (what?) which also transforms (if by transform, we mean lifting the car up) into a 2-wheeled ''T. rex'' (yeahbutwha?) in just one simple step. He can also activate lights & sounds by pressing the rear left button in his vehicle mode. The light-up gimmick is featured on his transparent nose and the underneath of the "feet" section. Batteries included.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Dickie-Toys-RC-Rumble-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Also reminding us of Zod from the original Go-Bots line.]]
*'''RC Rumble Grimlock''' (1/16 Scale Remote Controlled, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Remote Control, 3 Batteries, battery box, USB cord
:The 1/16 scale version of Grimlock ''also'' transforms from the same customized car into a ''T. rex'' with the included remote control. He also comes with an additional USB cord, presumably meant for recharging.

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====Die-cast Cars====
*'''Grimlock''' (Single Pack, 2017)
:Released as part of the Single Pack assortment, Grimlock is a non-transforming die-cast vehicle which is entirely based on his "Robot Warrior" hot rod toy.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Power-up, 2017)
:The single-packed Bumblebee is redecoed with metallic-blue paint.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Neon, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a brighter hue of green.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Cybertron, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a gray scale redeco.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Energon, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a shiny metallic redeco!

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*'''Robots in Disguise 5-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 8-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 11-pack''' (2017)

:A small, non-transforming yet show-accurate figurine of Grimlock is released in either of the sets above.

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==Notes==
*Grimlock speaks normally in ''Robots in Disguise'', making him the first animated depiction of the character to do so on a regular basis. He still refers to himself in the third person a fair bit but when it happens it's more intentional than a display of any lower intelligence.
*He is also the first version of the character to not be the leader of the Dinobots. (The exception to both of these is of course the [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' version of Grimlock]], who was the only holder of the name thus far to not be a Dinobot.) The ''Rescue Bots Academy'' episode "The Great Energon" rush would later assert the opposite, however.
*This version of Grimlock serves as a demonstration of the choice that is required to join a faction in the Transformers series. Although he is labeled as a Decepticon by Autobot authorities, he displays on two separate occasions that, inherently, he more aligns with Autobot beliefs as his hesitancy to deliberately harm innocent humans in his interactions with both [[Minitron]] and [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] prove.
*Grimlock's design in the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' series more closely resembles the distinct [[Grimlock (WFC)|''Fall of Cybertron'' character]], though this is largely due to Hasbro's use of the [[evergreen]] designs rather than any intentional reference. Notably, he never transforms into his robot mode for the entire run of the series.

===Two Grimlocks?===
[[File:RobotsInDisguise-stegosaurconceptart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If this guy made it in, we probably would have had this same argument about [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] instead.]]
For years, the "Aligned" continuity was meant to be one big ongoing timeline with a bit of squinting: the ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave was the ''Prime'' Soundwave etc. Grimlock's debut in ''Robots in Disguise'' was initially the focal point of discussion amongst fans, with a great deal of debate about whether or not this jovial take on the character was intended to be the same guy who appeared in the ''Fall of Cybertron'' video game and tie-in comics. Some of the discrepancy in Grimlock's characterization and origin story in ''Robots in Disguise'' can be attributed to the fact that Grimlock was not originally slated to be a member of the cast, with his role originally filled by a new Transformer who would have become a red ''Stegosaurus''. This character was scrapped in favour of Grimlock at Hasbro's request, intended to capitalize on the [[2014]] debut of his [[Grimlock (AOE)|live-action counterpart]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.

Series writer [[Mairghread Scott]] clarified that the producers had subsequently discussed attempting to work ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock's origin story into ''Robots in Disguise'', but abandoned the idea after the writers decided that the "other" Grimlock's origin story would be at odds with the largely upbeat tone of the show. The writers ultimately decided to focus on staying in canon with the ''Prime'' television show, while ignoring other works of Aligned fiction such as the video games, in regards to Grimlock. Scott declined to discuss if this meant that there were two Grimlocks in the continuity.<ref>[http://mscottwrites.tumblr.com/post/117608543176/answering-some-asks|"There was some discussion at one point of whether or not we could translate the character, but TFPBH Grimlock was too dark to gel properly with RID’s group of young recruits and the more uplifting tone we were going for. Whether that means the comics got cut out of canon or there is another Grimlock out there isn’t something I can answer just yet."]</ref> Series producer Adam Beechen later weighed in with the answer that “Grimlock might be a common name among dinos”, and stated that the writers consider Grimlock a separate character to the individual who appeared in ''Fall of Cybertron''.<ref>{{Twitter|@abatesnz
Yes. Grimlock might be a common name among Dinos. But ours is one of a kind! @kharypayton|https://twitter.com/sonnova/status/606586570980749312|Adam Beechen|2015|06|05}}</ref> Barring a dramatic reorganization of continuity, we now consider these two Grimlocks as separate entities.

When this Grimlock appeared in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'', his backstory was fleshed out further, revealing that he previously went by the name '''Steelwall''' before he went by Grimlock, distinguishing him from the other Grimlock even more.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mogorva''' ("Grim"),<ref>''Robots in Disguise'' game, ''Rescue Bots Academy''</ref> '''Zordzár''' ("Zordlock")<ref>''Rescue Bots Academy'' occasionally</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Sǔo''' (钢锁, "Steel Lock")
*''Russian:'' '''Smel'chak''' (Смельчак, "Daredevil")

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Silverbolt (Fuzor)

2023-03-16T00:37:33Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3.5|the wolf-eagle Fuzor|the eagle|Silverbolt (Magnaboss)|Silverbolt}}
:''Silverbolt is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Silverboltfuzor.jpg|400px|thumb|He was on "The Daily Show" before Jon Stewart. For real.]]
"Pure, strong, and fast", '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sense of right and wrong is so overdeveloped his fellow Maximals wonder if his programming has a glitch. He speaks in lofty platitudes of chivalry, nobility, and idealized heroism; his speeches make even [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] roll his optics. His conviction is both his strength and his weakness. He sees the world in black and white—and not just because his [[beast mode]] is partly canine. The only gray area for Silverbolt is [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. His fierce love for the "evil" [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] causes him to question his preconceived notions of right and wrong. He was very proud of his ability to convert Blackarachnia to the Maximals, and, though most of the Maximals are skeptical of her loyalty to the cause and to him, he has nothing but faith in her.

{{bigquote|Though threatening your own comrade is no doubt business as usual in the Predacon guide to villainy... it is simply unacceptable behavior in ''my'' book!|Silverbolt|"[[Bad Spark]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)|[[Yu Zhenbo]] (Chinese), [[Bruno Rocha]] (Portuguese), [[Marco Pagani]] (Italian), [[Pierre Forest]] (French), [[César Soto]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Megatron fuzors.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The more you know! ''(da da da daaaaa)'']]
The explosion caused by the destruction of the [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]] sent all [[stasis pod]]s crashing to Earth. Some pods' scanners were damaged in the shock wave and eventual crash-landing, resulting in the Fuzors, a blend of two beast forms and the advanced Transmetal technology. One of these Fuzors was the winged wolf Silverbolt, while his neighbor was the violent, psychotic cobra-scorpion [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], who immediately picked a fight with the peaceful Silverbolt upon their activation. The fight was interrupted by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who tricked both Fuzors and recruited them into the Predacons. Silverbolt felt the faction's activation code and Megatron's orders to attack the passing [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to be distasteful (seeing how the cat had not attacked them), earning furious punishment from the Predacon leader. Soon, he and the other Predacons faced the remaining Maximals in battle. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

Silverbolt and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent on to attack the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' directly, only for Silverbolt to be shot down by the ship's auto-guns. To his surprise, the Maximals took him back to their base for repairs, rather than finish him off. This act of compassion and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s own admission of defection led him to make an important decision and he joined the Maximals, saving the newly reborn [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] from Megatron. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:Tangled Web Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Brave, strong, fast ... and never without utensils.]]
Soon afterwards, while on patrol with the much more laid-back [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (who spent a lot of the time pointedly ignoring Silverbolt's lines of honor and virtue), Silverbolt encountered the alluring Blackarachnia when [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and Quickstrike were attempting to set up a forward base. She was somewhat surprised by his complete refusal to strike her simply because she was a female and used it to her advantage to attack him. However, the Maximal had no such compunction against fighting the coarse Quickstrike. {{storylink|Tangled Web|Tangled Web}}

During another mission, Silverbolt was shot down by Waspinator, who was prevented from taking the Maximal away by Rattrap. Silverbolt was able to return to base to fetch Optimus, and the pair were in time to prevent Dinobot, who had attempted to defect back to the Predacons, from being slagged by Megatron. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} Silverbolt and Optimus arrived at an alien site unfortunately much too late to prevent [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] from being abducted. They returned to the alien site later, and were blasted by an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] which appeared there. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Silverbolt and Cheetor, recovering quickly from the blast by virtue of their [[Transmetal]] properties, returned to the ''Axalon'' carrying [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and Dinobot. They would later take part in a diversionary assault on the Metal Hunter in order to allow Rattrap and Tarantulas to slip inside and rescue Primal. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark battle-damaged Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Blackarachnia likes it rough.]]
The discovery of a stasis pod containing [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] led Silverbolt to once again encounter the dark temptress Blackarachnia, who was less than amused that he refused to fight her. After an energon explosion blasted them both across the jungle, damaging Silverbolt's wings, they were forced to journey together by foot. Silverbolt saved Blackarachnia from a [[saber-toothed cat|saber-toothed tiger]], and she in turn saved him from a nasty fall, however he was unable to get her admit there was any sort of Maximal goodness lurking within her. They soon encountered Protoform X, and Blackarachnia helped the Maximals defeat it, but was knocked off the cliff. Silverbolt once again came to her rescue, despite her protests that she didn't need help. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

Though not having known Dinobot for long, Silverbolt took part in his funeral. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} While searching for a Predacon jamming tower, Silverbolt protected a stasis pod from [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. The pod contained a strange mutated Transformer which would later be dubbed [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]]. Silverbolt appealed to Transmutate that the Maximals offered it friendship, however Transmutate fell in with the Predacons, swayed by Rampage. Transmutate led Silverbolt into a trap, allowing Rampage and Inferno to damage the Fuzor, but joined the Maximals following a rescue mounted by Optimus. Though the other Maximals wanted to put Transmutate into stasis lock, Silverbolt argued strongly against it. After Transmutate was accidentally destroyed by Rampage and Silverbolt who were fighting over the creature, Silverbolt was anguished, and told the other Maximals to leave Rampage to mourn. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

[[File:Agenda 2 Silverbolt Optimus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silverbolt's in the dog house.]]

Silverbolt found himself reluctantly sneaking off to meet with Blackarachnia, providing her with a [[graviton generator]] for the hoversled she was building. Despite his secrecy, the other Maximals seemed all aware of what he was up to, with Rattrap insinuating all sorts of activities. The Maximals were joined by a Predacon secret agent, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who invited them to help him capture Megatron. During their attack on the ''Darksyde'', Silverbolt again refused to attack Blackarachnia, allowing her to leave the field of battle, much to Primal's annoyance. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

[[File:Agenda3-remindsmeofyou.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"See that star? I bought it for $300 on the Internet. Totally legitimate!"]]

Though Cheetor was assigned the task of bringing Blackarachnia in, Silverbolt rendered his fellow Maximal unconscious, himself going to find Blackarachnia. Locating her in pursuit of Waspinator, he pleaded with her to join the Maximals, and refused to leave until she did, even after she shot him in the thigh. While they were distracted, the hoversled hit Waspinator, forcing Silverbolt to once again save a disgusted Blackarachnia. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} He subsequently aided her in digging into the side of a [[Mount St. Hilary|mountain]], to discover within the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When Megatron arrived, Silverbolt was the playing card to convince Blackarachnia to open the doors to the Ark and allow him inside. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:BWSilverbolt Blackarachnia OptimalSituation.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn you, [[Salazar]]! DAMN YOU, SALAZAAAARRR!]]
Soon after, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was injured enough to cause a time storm, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt used the Ark's systems to start repairs on the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Silverbolt helped his fellow Maximals defend the Ark against Megatron and, a short time later, stumbled on Blackarachnia who had been shot by the Predacon leader during his escape. Silverbolt cradled Blackarachnia in his arms, delivering a long melodramatic speech and howling when she went offline... only for the others to point out that she was just in [[stasis lock]] and would be fine once she got some repairs. With the loss of the ''Axalon'', the Maximals moved in to the cavern housing the Ark. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:ChangingOfTheGuard-Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb||300px]]

He and Blackarachnia would hang out on sentry duty together. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} Sent on another mission, Silverbolt delivered Rattrap in a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]] to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the remains of the ''Axalon''. Though Rattrap retrieved the module, the pair ran into trouble in the form of the Predacons, and were ultimately prevented from getting away clean when they literally ran into [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

When Cheetor seemed to be developing a crush on Blackarachnia, Silverbolt made no secret of his jealously, especially when the pair were assigned a mission together without him. Cheetor and Blackarachnia quickly got into danger, attacked by Tarantulas and some [[cyber raptor]]s, and naturally Silverbolt was first to come to their aid. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Cheetor would later go missing after a dangerous mission with Depth Charge. Though he joined in the search, Silverbolt was jealous at Blackarachnia's apparent concern for their comrade. Confronted by a feral beast, Silverbolt and Rattrap were surprised to be told by Primal that it was Cheetor, upgraded into a [[Transmetal 2]] form by Megatron's [[transmetal driver]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

The Maximals investigated the possibility of removing Blackarachnia's Predacon shell program, causing her to flee into the woods. Silverbolt convinced Rattrap not to tell the others, so he could find her personally, only to get in the middle of a fight between Blackarachnia and [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]. Though he and Blackarachnia managed to defeat Dinobot, she was still determined to leave the Maximals, until they revealed that the decision to go through with the procedure to remove her shell program was up to her. {{storylink|Proving Grounds}}

[[File:CrossingtheRubicon Silverbolt and Blackarachnia in profile.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|There's a new boy in the neighborhood / I'd like to meet him if I could]]
Silverbolt interrupted Blackarachnia during an experiment she was attempting to undergo in order to convert herself into a Transmetal 2. The failure of the experiment caused her shell program to degrade, leading the Maximals to attempt the tricky procedure of removing it. Disruption caused by the Predacons caused Blackarachnia's death, and an enraged Silverbolt set out to dismantle Tarantulas in retaliation. Though he swiftly defeated Tarantulas, Silverbolt was brought down by Rampage, who was about to finish off the Maximal when a revived and upgraded Blackarachnia arrived to rescue her boyfriend. Silverbolt was overjoyed at her recovery. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Silverbolt tongue out.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|thumb|Space Invaders is serious business!]]
When Waspinator mounted a solo attack on the Ark, Silverbolt was his only casualty. The attack was simply a diversion to allow Tarantulas to deliver a device to put Quickstrike in control of Optimus Primal. The other Maximals ended up locked in a cage, bar Blackarachnia, who was able to rescue them so that they could help fight off Megatron, who had upgraded himself by stealing the spark of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Following the destruction of the Predacon base, Silverbolt and Depth Charge searched for the Predacons by air. They found their foe, however Depth Charge set off a boobytrap, which damaged Silverbolt. Despite his protests that it was merely a scratch, the fact that his head fell off severely undermined his argument, and Silverbolt found himself being escorted back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} He was repaired in time to help the other Maximals attempt to get the Ark moving before Megatron arrived with the newly discovered ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Though they failed, Megatron was still defeated, and the Maximals set course for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the Autobot shuttle they'd found. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)|[[Fang Shuqiao]] (Chinese), [[Marcus Jardym]] (Portuguese), [[Massimo Bitossi]] (Italian), [[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Daniel Lema]] (Castilian Spanish), [[David Manet]] (French)}}

When the Autobot shuttle crash-landed, the Maximals split up. Silverbolt went with Rhinox and Blackarachnia. They ran into some tank drones, who used the de-evolving virus on Blackarachnia. Rhinox had to drag Silverbolt away. They met up with Rattrap, who was being chased by some more tank drones that infected them with the same virus. Because they weren't Transmetals, Rhinox and Silverbolt were paralyzed and their sparks were taken out. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}}

When the Maximals found themselves back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] running for their lives from armies of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]], their memories of their past had been tampered with. Even [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] could not remember Silverbolt fully until she hacked into the memory backup on their ship. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

[[File:Silverboltjetstorm.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Sadly, this was the coolest Silverbolt would get in ''Beast Machines''...]]
Blackarachnia began to suspect that Silverbolt's [[spark]] might be inside one of the [[Vehicon general]]s. At first, she erroneously thought it was within [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], but after a mishap with some technorganic goop, Silverbolt's spark was proven to be inside [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (and Thrust turned out to be [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], whose amorous advances were tragically spurned by the arachnid chick). For a precious few moments, Silverbolt's consciousness was completely awoken within Jetstorm's body, reverting him to his old personality, until the goop was absorbed completely and Jetstorm's [[shell program]] reasserted itself. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

Obsessed with bringing Silverbolt back, she hounded Jetstorm, demanding he remember their shared love and return to the Maximals. Needless to say, Jetstorm was vexed by this. When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] created a gizmo that would help them transfer the stolen Transformer sparks into new bodies, Blackarachnia stole it. Leading Jetstorm into the planet's organic core, she attached the gizmo to his back and trapped the Vehicon in a pool of the technorganic goop with her webs. After much screaming, reformatting, and brilliant light, Silverbolt was reborn as a condor, having scanned skeletal remains inside the cavern in the process.

[[File:Silverboltbm.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|...for he later became... Purplebolt! The World's Deadliest Peacock!]]
Counter to Blackarachnia's expectations, Silverbolt was not pleased. Gone was the Maximal who exemplified honor and chivalry, replaced with one who desired only retribution and vengeance. "I was a fool back then", he once said. "I ''believed'' in things". Distraught, Blackarachnia managed to convince him to come along with her to help rescue [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] from inside [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Grand Mal|Big Floating Head]], but Silverbolt did not accompany her for their friends, as he was not interested in them. He went to confront Megatron.

Megatron, seeing that his General had been reformatted into a Maximal, tried to seduce Silverbolt back to his side. Silverbolt was told he was a creature of honor who fought for just causes, and that Megatron gave Silverbolt not only a just cause (the technological purity of Cybertron), but also the power and strength to fight for that cause. Blackarachnia countered at every point, pleading with Silverbolt to remember their love and friendship. Silverbolt ignored her, bitterly retorting that Megatron had given him ''nothing''. With nearly insane fury, he let loose a volley of feather bombs, disrupting Megatron from within. Cheetor and Primal were rescued, and Silverbolt was dragged away from the battle.

Slightly calmed, Silverbolt was later approached by Blackarachnia. He confided in her the real reason for his anger: it was not what Megatron had done to him, but that he'd been freed from his code of honor and ''enjoyed'' the experience. He did not trust himself any longer. This did not deter Blackarachnia. She believed, no matter what, that Silverbolt had goodness in his heart. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[File:Wolf in the Fold Silverbolt infected.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Who goosed the goose?]]
Silverbolt's return to the Maximals was not without its hiccups, however. When he formally returned to the group, Megatron used giant mechanical drill-tentacles to damage the city and get the Maximals' attention... as well as activate a new strain of the ancient [[Hate Plague]] virus hidden in Silverbolt. After infecting everyone and nearly scrapping each other, they managed to cure themselves. Silverbolt was bummed about being used, but Optimus gave him a pat on the shoulder and said "Hakuna matata". Or words to that effect. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

When a spaceship was shot down and crashed into the city, Silverbolt was teamed with [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] to reach it from the air, and he had to endure the young Maximal's harsh words and attitude, brought on by the Hate Plague incident. Silverbolt fought against the [[Botanica (BM)|crazed space plant]] on the shuttle, then against a horde of Tank Drones in their underground base, and his actions finally allowed Nightscream to warm up to him. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

[[File:Sparkwar2 Silverbolt beast mode.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|"You are all ''weirdos!''"]]
After a battle against Thrust and his cycle drones, Silverbolt chewed Blackarachnia out for losing focus during the battle. Nightscream later approached Silverbolt to tell him not to be such a jerk to Blackarachnia, but Silverbolt wasn't interested in listening and flew off, pursued by the younger Maximal. The pair soon encountered trouble in the form of two new Vehicon generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. Though they were joined by the other Maximals, the Vehicon generals out-thought them at every turn, and they were only saved when Botanica intervened. Still, Silverbolt didn't fancy their chances against the new generals. {{Storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}}

During the search for the missing sparks, Silverbolt was teamed with Cheetor and Blackarachnia. Though he wasn't keen on taking orders from Cheetor, whom he regarded as a kid, despite Blackarachnia asserting that Cheetor had grown up a lot since the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Eventually Cheetor was able to prove himself sufficiently to earn Silverbolt's respect. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} With the discovery that the missing sparks were aboard the Grand Mal, Cheetor, Nightscream and Silverbolt set about keeping the Vehicons busy while Optimus and the others sneaked on board. They were too late to prevent the beginning of Megatron's spark-fueled ascension, though it was ultimately halted by Nightscream. Silverbolt joined the other Maximals in mourning the loss of Nightscream's friend [[Noble (BM)|Noble]].{{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

[[File:Silverboltblackarachniaseedsofthefuture.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Now that we've won, we can bang like everyday ordinary really ugly people.]]
Despite Megatron's apparent demise, Silverbolt was reluctant to renew relations with Blackarachnia. The pair's discussion was interrupted by an attack by a [[zombie]] animated by a strange red spark. The Maximals hunted the spark through the streets of [[Cybertropolis]], only for it to turn out to be Megatron after Rattrap forced it into the body of a [[Diagnostic Drone]]. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

The Maximals struggled to protect the Grand Mal and the sparks it contained, Silverbolt, Blackarachnia and Nightscream were sent out to wreak havoc in the ranks of the Vehicons in an attempt to distract them. The Vehicons eventually overcame the Grand Mal's shields. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} The Maximals received a power up from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] and were able to hold their own against the Vehicons, until Megatron cut off their power boost. Silverbolt was taken out by Thrust, and Blackarachnia by Obsidian. Their sparks were subsequently torn out by cycle drones. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} Though unable to aid physically, the Maximals gave Optimus Primal moral support during his duel with Megatron. Following the [[Great Transformation]], the Maximals' sparks were returned to their bodies. Silverbolt's old personality reemerged—only for him to ruin the moment by saying the corniest line he could think of. And more power to him. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}

====3H comics====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English)}}

Silverbolt and Rattrap came upon [[Packrat]] and [[Onyx Primal]] battling the Predacons [[Vice Grip]] and [[Fractyl]]. Although Silverbolt was gung-ho as always when it came to rescue fellow Maximals, Rattrap didn't want to bother, them being "repaints" and all. Silverbolt disregarded Rattrap's commentary and charged right in. Apparently, their phenomenal entrance took out half the landscape. It must have really been something to see. After the Predacons had been driven away, the Maximals were attacked by a [[Antagony (BW)|mysterious shadowy figure]]. Thankfully, Optimus Primal soon came around to help out with the situation. {{storylink|Visitations}}

Later, Silverbolt and the other Maximals set out to investigate a temporal anomaly detected by Rhinox. They encountered the Predacons en route. The two factions were locked in a firefight, though the advantage lay with the Predacons. After Megatron took off to reach the time-traveller that both teams had previously detected, Optimus was forced to pursue him, leaving his troops against insurmountable odds. The Predacons eventually began to push the Maximals back towards a cliffside. Then, suddenly, Predacon fire ceased entirely. The situation had not become any safer however, the Maximals now had to contend with [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], the aforementioned time-traveler, possessed by Unicron's dark essence. Though Windrazor was able to expunge Unicron from his systems, the much more powerful Shokaract appeared immediately aftwerwards... {{storylink|Paradox}}

Shortly after the [[Great Transformation]] of Cybertron, the [[Quintesson]]s invaded in full force, hoping the recent ecological and biological upheaval would tip the balance in their favor. Silverbolt and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] led a counterforce in [[Cybertropolis]], where they had little trouble against the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] armies. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:Blackarachniaabduction.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Y'know, his life would have been way easier if he'd just settled down with Airazor instead.]]
One year later, five great Autobot heroes ([[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]], and [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]]) returned home to a peaceful planet. Amidst a media blitz and celebration, Silverbolt, Blackarachnia, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] were among the Maximals to greet them.

However, what appeared to be celebratory fireworks struck Silverbolt and Blackarachnia and also the five Autobots. They were transported to the fiery [[Pit (Universe)|Pit]] deep within [[Unicron]], where all but Trailbreaker were rebuilt painfully into new bodies. Silverbolt was piece-by-piece reassembled into a version of his original [[Fuzor]] form.

[[File:Silverbolt tfu.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Angsty Redux]]
Seeing an arena up ahead, the seven moved towards it, only to be attacked by a swarm of [[Cauldron drone|shape-shifting, lava-like creatures]]. Though they fought, they were overwhelmed and taken into a nearby arena, the [[Cauldron]], where they were caged along with a multitude of Transformers kidnapped from across the multiverse. Silverbolt believed he recognized some of their jailers, such as variant versions of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], but the being he thought was [[Tigerhawk]] wanted Silverbolt to know that he was, in fact, [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! The three (and [[Reptilion]]) were from different universes, and they oversaw the battles that took place within the Cauldron. Here, Silverbolt would fight and die, his extinguished spark meant to feed the damaged Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Abduction}}

As Sunstreaker and Sideswipe battled, Silverbolt noticed another intruder within the Cauldron - Optimus Primal! Could it be? Silverbolt and Trailbreaker used this distraction to hatch an escape plan. Since their cells were tuned to [[Bio-mechanical aura|their bodies]], the two [[Primary system program transfer|swapped personality data]], allowing them to leave their cages. Freeing the others, they and Optimus Primal rushed the guards and headed back outside of the arena. Optimus Primal and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] opened a portal back home to Cybertron, which would have made a happy ending for Silverbolt, but instead Blackarachnia and Shadow Striker betrayed them. Corrupted by the [[Unicron virus]] that persisted within their bodies since their experience within the Pit, Shadow Striker and Silverbolt's beloved had finally succumbed to its demands. Blackarachnia bid a final goodbye to Silverbolt and pushed him through the portal to safety. Once Silverbolt arrived back home, he quietly vowed to bring Blackarachnia back into the light. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, is it my turn to be evil again next?]]
Silverbolt joined several other of the escapees at the [[Oasis Research and Development Facility]], where a stranded alternate universe [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]] attempted to remove the virus from Sideswipe's new form with no success. He and Cheetor wondered aloud whether they could truly trust this resurrected Primal. Silverbolt noted that they'd all seen how the virus had corrupted Blackarachnia, and the same could have happened to their former leader. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

During the war, Rhinox built a device to counteract Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across the multiverse. Two such attempts were only partially successful, sending the would-be abductees to a barren, icy planetoid. This necessitated the deployment of a rescue team consisting of Rattrap, Silverbolt, and Waspinator but also prompted Unicron to deploy a team of Minions to the planetoid. Working with the victims of Unicron's abduction attempt as well as the crew of an Autobot freighter accidentally pulled in from the past by Rhinox's device, the rescue team successfully fended off the Minions and sent everyone back to their proper realities and eras. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

This conflict with Unicron went on for an unspecified amount of time, until one last desperate raiding party on the Chaos Bringer, which included Primal, Silverbolt, and many others. As they fought the armies of Unicron, suddenly, without warning, Unicron began to [[Unicron Singularity|dissolve]] beneath them. The Universe War finally resolved, Silverbolt carried away a presumably redeemed Blackarachnia with him towards a portal leading home. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], minor atmospheric fluctuations caused Silverbolt's stasis pod to crash on the far side of Earth from the ''Axalon''. With the absence of Silverbolt's intervention, Megatron killed the Maximals who opposed him. Silverbolt's stasis pod was presumably destroyed later when his reality was consumed by the [[timestorm]] caused by Megatron's machinations. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
On the way back to Cybertron after the end of the Beast Wars, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt dozed off to sleep while cuddling each other. {{storylink|Ain't No Rat}}

{{BW Shell Game}}
They awoke, affected by a Transwarp agitator planted on the shuttle by a new team of Predacons hiding on Earth. This device caused Silverbolt and the other Maximals aboard to act aggressively towards one-another, and they tried to force Rattrap into the ship's C.R. Chamber due to its influence. Rattrap resisted, managed to get away, and deactivated the ship's Transwarp drive. Though this restored the Maximals to their senses, it also returned them to prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

====''Legends'' anthology (1)====
Not long after Megatron combined his spark with that of the original Megatron, he had Quickstrike plant a device in the Maximal base. The device magnified the Maximals' aggression, and Silverbolt was soon trying to stop Rhinox from mangling Blackarachnia. After Optimus intervened, Silverbolt attacked him and was thrown aside, as Primal too succumbed to the device's effects. Luckily the Maximal leader was able to use his recent experiences to overcome the device and free the other Maximals, and they then chased Megatron off. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

Blackarachnia was trying to persuade Silverbolt that it was all right for them to resume their romance after Megatron's apparent death, when they were attacked by a strange zombie-like creature. Silverbolt assumed the creature was a Maximal with its spark restored, and tried to reassure it that it was safe, only to be blasted by it. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}
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====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments taking place during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Silverbolt and Quickstrike's initial recruitment into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

====''Wings Universe''====
Following the Great Transformation of Cybertron, Silverbolt and his friends stood guard over Cheetor as their leader attempted to commune with the Oracle. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag|Alpha Trizer's profile}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], the machinations of the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] resulted in Silverbolt awakening in a scenario where the Maximals were losing to the Predacons. Realizing that he had little in common with either side, Silverbolt struck out on his own, but after the hybrid [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]] seized control of the Predacons, he had Silverbolt captured in order to tie up loose ends. However, on the return trip to Cybertron, Megatron escaped and conquered the planet with a transformation virus, converting the populace's bodies into Vehicons. Upon the arrival of Waspscream's crew, Silverbolt, [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] were captured and converted into Vehicon generals, Silverbolt becoming [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]. Waspscream's Predacons later liberated Silverbolt from his Vehicon slavery, but he and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] later died screaming at the command of brutal Vehicon general [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}} During the [[Universe War]], this Obsidian would remark on this event to the Silverbolt of [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Abduction}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
As a result of spacetime shockwaves caused by [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] in [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]], a quantum duplicate of the Autobot shuttle carrying the victorious Maximals home from the end of the Beast Wars in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] was spawned. The shuttle was shunted to [[BT World|Primax 903.0 Beta]], where [[Unicron]] destroyed it, scattering its crew into [[unspace|transwarp space]]. The Alternity shepherded the "shipwrecked" Primal, Rhinox, Rattrap, and Silverbolt to [[Viron 102.0 Beta]] in order to fight the similarly displaced Megatron, who schemed to take over this reality's Cybertron by capturing the populace's sparks and converting their bodies into Vehicons. Guided by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Primal's forces fought the long and arduous "[[Allspark Battles]]", eventually triumphing over Megatron's Vehicon hordes. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Following the [[Great Transformation]], Silverbolt and the other surviving Maximals listened to Cheetor explain that Rhinox's spark was not gone for good, but lost in [[Legends World|another universe]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} After [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent to retrieve their comrade, Silverbolt was elated to see the two return with Rhinox accompanying. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

====A Change to the Agenda====
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and was thrown out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] activated the ship's defense systems, Silverbolt and the other Maximals attempted to heal the wounded Autobot. However, Megatron was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|the wildly different timeline]] that followed, Silverbolt's life would take [[#Beast Wars: Uprising|a very different track]].

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Silverbolt was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]] and left stranded somewhere on [[Earth|Energoa]], far away from the other [[Maximal]]s and presumed dead by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. After [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] was reborn, Silverbolt could be seen staring poetically at the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] from somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Following the defeat of Megatron, Silverbolt was collected by [[Tigerhawk]] and reunited with his crew. He also encountered Blackarachnia and the two hit it off immediately. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Universe'' CD-ROM===
The Autobot Silverbolt followed Optimus Primal in fighting against [[Reptilion|Reptillion]] and his Decepticon forces. He engaged [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] in combat, but was probably defeated by him as the latter moved on to fight [[Striker]]. After the Decepticons were abducted by [[Acheron|a mysterious ship]], Silverbolt asked his leader just what the heck that thing was. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe CD-ROM|Universe CD-ROM}}

===''Legends'' anthology (2)===
The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' crashed in [[Mexico]] sometime around 1,000 BCE, and the Maximals and Predacons fought many battles across the land. After Tarantulas and Waspinator enslaved a local [[Natiltec|tribe of humans]], one of the young warriors escaped and encountered Silverbolt. Detecting the energon dust on the human's hands, Silverbolt tracked it back to a cave inside which he found the two Predacons. He swiftly dispatched Tarantulas, but was still struggling with Waspinator when the cave collapsed, and he was later forced to dig his way out. The Natiltec, who had been able to escape during the battle, dubbed Silverbolt "Fire-in-the-Dark", and inscribed the story of his great battle into a cave wall. The inscriptions were found and translated some three thousand years later by an archaeological team of [[human]]s and [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
As one of the Maximals forced to continue the war which the Autobots were no longer able to fight, Silverbolt was part of a small team under the command of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] that went up against the [[Darksyder]]s. He and Rhinox were both killed early in the conflict, spurring the others to rebel against Primal and the status quo. {{storylink|Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue}}

===Metals Silverbolt===
====Train Wars====
When [[the Fallen]] attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the hopes of merging with [[Vector Sigma]], [[Overdrive]] sought additional help using the power of his [[Quantum Dial]]. Further empowering the dial with the help of the Oracle, Overdrive reached across space and time to recruit inter-dimensional warriors, including a [[Transmetal]] version of Silverbolt. {{storylink|Train Wars}} The Fallen assumed a combination form, however, and managed to impale Silverbolt and the reinforcements using energy spikes. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the [[Trainbot]]s, the [[Train Team]], and the [[Liner Team]] soon arrived to turn the tide, and the Fallen was ultimately defeated. In the aftermath, Silverbolt was returned home by the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]]. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] cheered on the Fallen in the battle against Silverbolt and the heroic opposition. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

===Legends World===
An excitable teenaged part-timer at [[Axalon Trading Company]] and fan of the [[live-action film series|live-action ''Transformers'' movies]], Silverbolt tried to talk about them with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] after hearing that he liked Transformers too, only to learn Rattrap was exclusively a fan of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''. Though Rattrap provided him with a ''Beast Wars'' toy to show what he was talking about, Silverbolt failed to see what was so great about it. To prove the lasting popularity of the franchise, Rattrap then dragged Silverbolt by the ear to a toy store and showed him how many times the toys had been remade and rereleased. {{storylink|The Youth Gap}} Together with Rattrap, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Tigatron]], Silverbolt visited the [[Transformers Celebration 2014]] event, where he enjoyed listening to a message from [[Tesshō Genda]] and had his picture taken on a [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] statue (though poor lighting conditions messed up the photo). {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}}

After the event, Silverbolt, Rattrap and Rhinox looked over the toys they'd bought, with Silverbolt showing off his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#AOELeader|Leader class Optimus Prime]]. He thought it was really cool, and was annoyed when the other two made fun of its "[[kibble|backpack]]". He in turn annoyed Rhinox by transforming his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#EvasionMode|Classic Optimus Prime]] into robot mode when the G1-loving rhino ''really'' preferred keeping it in vehicle mode. All three of them then made food comparisons to the weapons wielded by Rattrap's [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] toys until they all got really hungry. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party}} The same group later visited [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2014, where they were left discouraged after running into [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] who thought they were all too old to be at a toy event. They recovered upon seeing ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Star Saber (G1)#Masterpiece|Star Saber]], a toy aimed at adult fans that even Silverbolt thought looked cool. He went on to react to Rattrap's actions, being surprised by how much he liked ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' and commenting that he didn't have to force a joke after seeing a heartwarming scene of Primal playing with his son. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report}}

At work, Silverbolt and Rattrap had to endure [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s constant praise of the 80s, an era neither of them were interested in. Their interest ''was'' briefly piqued by Rhinox's claim that Japan had no consumption tax back then, but Silverbolt looked it up and found the statement to be false, the tax having been instanted in 1989. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Era Gap|The Era Gap}} He and Rattrap later tried to figure out the mystery of [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]'s genders by following them to the restroom, only to find their company had no male restrooms. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}} One time when President Primal left for business, he warned his employees not to touch his [[banana]]s. They immediately hosted a banana party and ate them by the dozens, which got very embarrassing when Primal immediately returned. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 10#Even Though I Told You Not To...|Even Though I Told You Not To...}} Silverbolt was present at the office when Rattrap showed up in a realistic Transformer body, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}} and later had his smartphone transformed into an unwieldy 80s mobile phone by Rhinox-turned-[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s 80s Transformation Beam. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

Silverbolt celebrated [[Christmas]] by having cake at a karaoke place with some of his co-workers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} Together with Rattrap and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], he met [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] on the streets of Tokyo after he'd been blasted into [[Legends World|their dimension]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

When Rhinox was turned into Tankor one day, Silverbolt and Waspinator similarly woke up in the bodies of Jetstorm and Thrust, respectively. Seeing a kinship between them, Tankor asked the two if they'd join him in turning the world into a paradise of [[The Transformers (franchise)|original ''Transformers'']], but the young Jetstorm disagreed, since in his eyes "Transformers" equaled "[[Michael Bay]]". The pair's refusal angered Tankor, and a battle broke out between the three Vehicons. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}

As Silverbolt again, he attended Tokyo Toy Show 2015, where he witnessed [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] cause trouble. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} After their office building was smushed by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Silverbolt and the other Axalon employees relocated to his city mode. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}} They were later menaced by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]], who sought to take all their toys for himself. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following Megatron's defeat, Silverbolt was among the greedy collectors attempting to claim his abandoned, valuable [[Unicron of Light]] toy for themselves. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}}

Like all the non-hardcore Transformers fans, Silverbolt didn't recognize [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] when he arrived from [[Cloud World]], and had learn more about it from Waspinator. The group of fans was then sent to Cloud World themselves when [[SARA]] went out of control, but were swiftly returned. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} While visiting the TransformersFes 2016 event, Silverbolt met the Rattrap of [[Primax 1097.01 Alpha|another universe]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} He and his friends later got in [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'s way to try and stop him from capturing all the interdimensional visitors to the Legends world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}} Silverbolt was hired to play [[Tow-Line (RID)|Wrecker Hook]] in ''[[Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown]]'', {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Convobat)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} and cheered on [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] for defeating [[Devil Z]] (but mistook him for Optimus Prime). {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} He witnessed the [[Dimensional Patrol]] place the city under lockdown for a time, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} and was among the citizens eaten by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and used as power sources. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

Silverbolt was seen on the streets of [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]] after it was rebuilt in the wake of Trypticon's attack. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} He later got kicked around by [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] when he was learning to control [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]'s mech suit, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 48|Bonus Edition Vol. 48}} was given [[Beastformer]] army when [[White Leo]] attempted to recruit Legends citizens into his army, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}} and watched Mayor [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] introduce the world's new protector, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}} He visited [[Wolf Circus]] to check out the opera singing wolf, [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

==Commercial appearances==
An eagle and a wolf screamed in horrifying agony as they were sucked inexorably toward their searing, fiery death in a lava pit... Only to emerge as Silverbolt, who burst out of the molten lake and flew off! {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Fuzors|Fuzors commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)}}
====Maximal story====
When the ''Axalon'' came under heavy Predacon fire, Silverbolt concurred with Optimus's plan to use it as an opening to retake the Golden Disk. He joined Primal's team in chasing the Predacons back to the ''Darkside'', successfully retaking the Disk. However, though Megatron appeared cornered, the group learned that the Predacons had managed to infiltrate the ''Axalon'' in their absence. As Megatron took off, Silverbolt and the others hurried back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Silverbolt joined Optimus Primal in an attack on the ''Darkside'', but this was revealed to be part of a plot by Megatron, and he and the other Maximals were swiftly overtaken, being beaten all the way back to the Axalon before being left badly damaged on the ground. Fortunately, Rhinox arrived and activated Sentinel's defenses before the Predacons could finish them off. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Feather Missile
|Special attack||Sonic Cutter
|-
|Super attack||Spark Feather Barrage
|Super attack||Rising Talon Barrage
|}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverbolt was the first to arrive at the crash-site of a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Soon joined by the Predacons Blackarachnia, Waspinator, and Terrorsaur however, Silverbolt finds himself having to fight the new arrivals until the scuffle leads to unleash Rampage from within the stasis pod. Rampage subsequently blows away Blackarachnia and Silverbolt into a hostile swamp, where they need to rely on one another to survive. Despite starting out as bitter enemies, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt soon find they have much in common and begin to form a bond. When they return to the battleground where Depth Charge has joined Blackarachnia's teammates, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia aided in Rampage's defeat, just in time for Megatron's arrival. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Silverbolt-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Silverbolt Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Silverboltfuzortoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Watch out for my deadly spoons!]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Deluxe Fuzor, [[1998]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-41'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles

:Part of the first wave of [[Fuzor]]s, Silverbolt transforms into a wolf with the wings, fore-legs and tail of an eagle. In either mode, pulling his tail activates a spring-loaded "wing flap" gimmick. Moving the wings far enough forward triggers their built-in spring-loaded missile launchers. Silverbolt's missiles are also designed to be held in his hands like clubs. They also happen to look like spoons. Unlike in the show, Silverbolt's wings are permanently horizontally aligned in robot mode, rather than shifting vertically.

:For his Japanese release as part of ''Beast Wars Metals'', Silverbolt's grey plastic was made much lighter, and the wolf eyes were given painted irises and pupils.

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] and the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of Silverbolt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:Silverboltbmtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Guess why I was packaged in robot mode!]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Basic, [[2000]])
**''Accessories'': Wing-pack/sword

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Silverbolt transforms into a technorganic condor. His wings have a snap-together feature, and the entire wing assembly detaches to form a hand-held shield-blade for [[robot mode]]. His condor mode looks so awkward (no place for the robot legs to go!) that it is possible his real [[beast mode]] was originally intended to be a [[:File:Silverboltbmtoygriffin.jpg|griffin]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Machines Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-SilverboltDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Admit that I'm beautiful. ADMIT IT.]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Deluxe, [[2003]])
**''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles

:A [[Giant Purple Griffin|purple]] redeco of the original Fuzor toy and part of the very first assortment of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' product, Silverbolt once again transforms into a wolf/eagle fusion. He retains all of his previous [[gimmick]]s, but includes more paint applications this time around, such as pupils in his wolf mode eyes and the lightning-like "energon surge" deco on his back. This version also adds an Autobot sigil to his tummy-gem. The socket for the gem is [[remold]]ed from the prior version, though this is not externally visible.

:He's also among the most garish and confusing redecos of the ''Universe'' line (though the fiction at least makes a reasonable solution). Which is a feat in and of itself, considering the redecos that line produced. The redeco homages his ''Beast Machines'' on-screen colour scheme.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars Returns''===
{{anchor|BWR}}
[[File:Silverboltbwrtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Like lipstick on a... condor... thing.]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Basic, 2005-[[March 31|03-31]])
**''ID number:'' '''BR-10'''
**''Accessories'': Wing-pack/sword

:In 2005, the ''Beast Machines'' toy was [[redeco]]ed for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' series in a much more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] purple color scheme. Like the rest of the line, he was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Wars Returns Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Metallic Beast Ramune''===
[[File:RamuneBWSilverbolt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moral clarity]]
*'''Silverbolt''' ([[1999]])
:*''Accessories'': Feather swords (2)

:A non-transforming snap-together kit produced by [[Kabaya]], depicting Silverbolt's robot mode sculpted almost entirely from transparent plastic, with only the wings being opaque grey. Visible through the clear plastic is a chromed metallic endoskeleton and chromed wing feathers to play into the Transmetals / "Metals" theme of this product line (even though Silverbolt himself was, of course, a Fuzor). This figure was produced in two variants, with the chromed pieces available in either blue or gold.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroessilverboltmegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He will beat you to death with his mighty wheat!]]
*'''Silverbolt & Megatron''' (Two-pack, [[2008]])
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the "Beast Wars Series" of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Silverbolt comes packaged with [[Transmetal]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys#RHTransmetal|Megatron]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Maximal/RHSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Robot Heroes Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:TFGenerations2014 Rejected Silverbolt.jpg|thumb]]
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Silverbolt was not portrayed as a stereotypical "knight in shining armor" as he was in the West. Instead, his unique character quirk was that he was ''psychotically polite'' and always happy no matter what. Silverbolt spoke in polite-form Japanese and had a habit of shouting English-language phrases, speaking like a stereotypical American (polite-form Japanese being the form Americans are taught, the Japanese often mock them for constantly using it). His verbal tic was a habit of shouting "DESU!" over and over again ("desu" being a part of polite-form Japanese, used to end sentences respectfully). Like all verbal tics in the Japanese dub, Silverbolt chanted it incessantly, including every time he fired his weapon.
*Unlike his fellow Fuzor Quickstrike, Silverbolt's beast mode does not appear to be Transmetalized, though he seemed to benefit from the same protection as those who were. This did not extend to his role during ''Beast Machines'' however, where he was susceptible to paralysis after the Transformation virus disabled him and Rhinox, the only two explicitly non-Transmetalized Maximals.
*According to various [[Hasbro]] representatives, ''Universe'' Silverbolt's colors (and those of pretty much the entire first wave of ''Universe'' product) were done by Hasbro employees from outside the ''Transformers'' team.
*Silverbolt's [[robot mode]] in ''Beast Machines'' was heavily designed after a traditional Japanese samurai.
*According to [[Steven Melching]]'s commentary on [[Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|''Beast Machines'' episode 25]], he made the changes to Silverbolt based on the evolution of the Adam West Batman into the Dark Knight.
*A mock-up of a "Metals Silverbolt" toy in the form of a ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Grimwing (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Grimwing]] redeco (pictured right) was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Volume 1]]'' as one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. In the [[Fan poll#Generations Magazine Exclusive Character Popularity Vote|poll]] held to determine which of the ten would be produced, Silverbolt came in third place with 14.8% of the votes, losing out to [[Goshooter#Generations|Goshooter]].<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>
*The ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' incarnation of Silverbolt was never visually depicted, but a concept redeco was mocked up using ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Dreadwing (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Dreadwing]], the same toy used to model ''Uprising'' [[Windrazor (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Windrazor]].<ref>Concept digibash shown at Pete's Robot Convention 2018</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Silverbolt''' (シルバーボルト ''Shirubāboruto'')
*''French:'' '''Silverbolt''' (''Beast Wars'' dub), '''Silverbot''' (''Beast Machines'' dub), '''Vif-Argent''' ("Quicksilver", Canada toy)
*''Italian:'' '''Grifo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yín Láng''' (Taiwan ''Beast Wars'', 銀狼, "Silver Wolf"), '''Yín Shǎndìan''' (Taiwan ''Beast Machines'', 銀閃電, "Silver Bolt"), '''Shǎndìan''' (China ''Beast Wars'', 闪电, "Bolt"), '''Pīlì Xiá''' (China ''Beast Machines'', 霹雳侠, "Thunderbolt Knight")
*''Polish:'' '''Srebrny Grom'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Silverbolt''' (Spain), '''Rayo de Plata''' (America, toy, "Silver Bolt"), '''Lobo Plateado''' (America, cartoon, "Silver Wolf")

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Armada Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Children of Primus]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Legends Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) characters]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:Trackers]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]

Prowl (disambiguation)

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Across the [[multiverse]], '''Prowl''' is the face of [[Autobot]] law enforcement!

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==Major Prowls==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:Prowlg1.jpg|[[Prowl (G1)|"Generation 1" Prowl]] <hr>''[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] • [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW (2005)]] • [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Toys]]''
File:RIDProwlanime.jpg|[[Prowl (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Prowl]]
File:EnerProwlCardArt.jpg|[[Prowl (Energon)|''Energon'' Prowl]]
File:AniProwlPromoModel.jpg|[[Prowl (Animated)|''Animated'' Prowl]]
File:ProwlCyberversePromo.jpg|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Prowl]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Prowls==
{{disamb|y=[[1984]]|[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], the [[Autobot]] police car (and later [[Maximal]] lion) from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
**For this character in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], see [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity]]
**For this character in the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], see [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
**For this character in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], see [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity]]
**For toys of this character, see [[Prowl (G1)/toys]].}}
**An [[Prowl clone|evil doppelganger]] of the original appeared in a [[Deadly Paradise|storybook]].
{{disamb|y=[[1997]]|[[Prowl (Magnaboss)|Prowl]], the Maximal lion from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl]], the Maximal owl from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and Prowl / [[Chip Chase]] hybrid from ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Binaltech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2000]]|[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], the Autobot police car and [[Autobot Brothers|brother]] to [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[X-Brawn]] from the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2001]]|[[Prowl 2]], the Autobot [[Spychanger]] police car from the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline who is a semi-clone of Generation 1 Prowl.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|[[Prowl-Bot]], the [[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]] police car from ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|[[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]], the [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]] police car/pistol from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2003|[[Prowl (Universe)|Prowl]], the [[Micromaster]] [[Protectobot (Universe)|Protectobot]] police car from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] via the 2003 ''Universe'' franchise.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], the Autobot Cybertronic police vehicle from ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], the Autobot motorcycle from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|[[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]], the Autobot from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]].}}
{{disamb|y=2008|[[Prowl (TransTech)|Prowl]], the Autobot from ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]], the Autobot police officer from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Prowl (Kre-O)|Prowl]], the name of multiple Autobots from ''[[Kre-O]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2012]]|[[Prowl (SG Animated)|Prowl]], the evil Autobot with an army of clones from ''Shattered Glass Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=2012|[[Dent]], the Autobot originally called Prowl from the [[2005 IDW continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2013]]|[[Prowl (MW)|Prowl]], the Autobot clone from the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2013|The [[Prowl drone]]s, the Autobot clones from the ''Wings Universe''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Prowl (SG)|Prowl]], the evil Autobot police car from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2014|[[Prowl (Battle Masters)|Prowl]], the Autobot and "The Pride of the Low-Ride" from ''[[Battle Masters]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|"[[Maximal Prowl|Prowl]]", the brainwashed Maximal from the [[2005 IDW continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2018]]|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]], the Autobot police car from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2022]]|[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]], the Autobot police car from [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]]''.}}

==Media with "Prowl" in the title==
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|"[[Prowl & Chase]]", a chapter of the ''[[Story of Binaltech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|"[[Meet Prowl]]", an ''Animated'' short.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|"[[Evel Knievel Jump]]", also known simply as "Prowl", another ''Animated'' short.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|"[[Ride-Along]]", also known as ''Spotlight: Prowl'', a 2010 [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comic.}}
{{disamb|y=2013|"[[Prowl's Pursuit]]", a ''Kre-O'' online game.}}

==See also==
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|''[[Dawn Treader]]'', Prowl's starship in ''Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=2017|''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', Prowl's starship in the 2005 IDW continuity.}}

==Not to be confused with==
*[[Pral]]
*[[Growl (G1)|Growl]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]].
*[[Checkpoint (Energon)|Checkpoint]], the ''Energon'' Autobot who is based on Generation 1 Prowl.

Mini-Con armor shark

2023-03-16T00:28:55Z

Dayzarro:

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:''The [[Mini-Con]] armor shark is a construct from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID15-toy ArmorShark.jpg|right|thumb|400px|We're gonna need a smaller boat.]]

The '''Mini-Con armor shark''' is a rarely-seen robo-beast assembled from the armor and weapons from various Mini-Cons. Rarely-seen because those parts come from ''both'' [[Autobot]]- and [[Decepticon]]-allied Mini-Cons! Good luck getting them to work together!

The extent of its abilities or intelligence level is unknown.

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*'''Beastbox''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Ratbat''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Sandsting''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Velocirazor''' (Mini-Con, 2015)

:The armor shark is a small robo-beast made up of eight armor pieces, two each from all four of the second-wave single-pack Mini-Cons. [[Beastbox (RID)|Beastbox]]'s small fins, [[Velocirazor]]'s claw and scythe, [[Ratbat (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Ratbat]]'s twin blades and [[Sandsting]]'s claw-armor fit together to form a bright, multi-colored shark.

:Absolutely no mention of this combination is made anywhere on any of the toys' packaging or instructions.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Mini-Con/ArmorShark/armorshark.htm More information on the armor shark at TFU.info]''

[[Category: Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Mini-Con armor lion

2023-03-16T00:27:58Z

Dayzarro:

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{{factions|minicon|autobot|decepticon}}
:''The [[Mini-Con]] armor lion is a construct from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID15-toy ArmorLion.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Jesus Christ, it's a lion! ''Get in the car!'']]

The '''Mini-Con armor lion''' is a rarely-seen robo-beast assembled from the armor and weapons from various Mini-Cons. Rarely-seen because those parts come from ''both'' [[Autobot]]- and [[Decepticon]]-allied Mini-Cons! Good luck getting them to work together!

The extent of its abilities or intelligence level is unknown.

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*'''Divebomb''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Dragonus''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Sawback''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Slipstream''' (Mini-Con, 2015)

:The armor lion is a small robo-beast made up of eight armor pieces, two each from all four of the first-wave single-pack Mini-Cons. [[Slipstream (RID)#Toys|Slipstream]]'s helmet and "jetpack", [[Divebomb (RID)#Toys|Divebomb]]'s twin blades, [[Sawback]]'s axes and [[Dragonus]]'s axes fit together to form a bright, multi-colored lion.

:Absolutely no mention of this combination is made anywhere on any of the toys' packaging or instructions.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Mini-Con/ArmorLion/armorlion.htm More information on the armor lion at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Mini-Con armor lion

2023-03-16T00:26:59Z

Dayzarro:

{{noname-nickname}}
{{faction|minicon}}
:''The Mini-Con armor lion is a construct from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID15-toy ArmorLion.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Jesus Christ, it's a lion! ''Get in the car!'']]

The '''Mini-Con armor lion''' is a rarely-seen robo-beast assembled from the armor and weapons from various Mini-Cons. Rarely-seen because those parts come from ''both'' [[Autobot]]- and [[Decepticon]]-allied Mini-Cons! Good luck getting them to work together!

The extent of its abilities or intelligence level is unknown.

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*'''Divebomb''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Dragonus''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Sawback''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
*'''Slipstream''' (Mini-Con, 2015)

:The armor lion is a small robo-beast made up of eight armor pieces, two each from all four of the first-wave single-pack Mini-Cons. [[Slipstream (RID)#Toys|Slipstream]]'s helmet and "jetpack", [[Divebomb (RID)#Toys|Divebomb]]'s twin blades, [[Sawback]]'s axes and [[Dragonus]]'s axes fit together to form a bright, multi-colored lion.

:Absolutely no mention of this combination is made anywhere on any of the toys' packaging or instructions.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Mini-Con/ArmorLion/armorlion.htm More information on the armor lion at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Dragonus

2023-03-16T00:21:04Z

Dayzarro:

{{disambig2|the Mini-Con from Robots In Disguise|the similarly-named Knight from ''The Last Knight''|Dragonicus}}
{{factions|minicon|decepticon|autobot}}
:''Dragonus is a [[Mini-Con]] of variable allegiance from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Dragonus.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Rejected for participation in the Triwizard Tournament.]]

'''Dragonus''' has dreams of being the greatest knight in the land. An insatiable seeker of the glory of victory, he eagerly throws himself into every mission, always believing he is only one more challenge away from finally becoming Sir Dragonus of the Decepticons. The Decepticons, for their part, neither know nor care where he got these ideas, but if putting on a crown and an accent gets them a flying, firebreathing warrior, they're more than happy to play along.

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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Dragonus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|The Saurian Overlords shall rise again!]]
*'''Dragonus''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (helmet, blaster, left & right axes, 2 triple-claws, left & right wing-flames)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' single-pack Mini-Cons, Dragonus transforms from a robotic dragon into a Cybertronian torpedo in a single step. As torpedo-style a Mini-Con, he can attach to and launch from the Deployer [[Fracture (RID)#Deployer|Fracture]] toy.

: He comes with a number of clear plastic accessories attached to a Decepticon-[[insignia]]-shaped sprue, which can be attached using tabs and slots, and do not need to be removed to transform him from mode to mode. Some of these parts can combine with those of his wavemates [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Sawback]], and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] to form an [[Mini-Con armor lion|energy lion]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Windra]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/Dragonus/dragonus.htm More information on Dragonus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID Mini-Con 4-Pack Autobot Dragonus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Sometimes I feel like being benevolent for no apparent reason.]]
*'''Mini-Con 4 Pack''' (Mini-Con 4-Pack, 2016)

: Included in the third Mini-Con 4-pack, this now "''Autobot'' Dragonus" is a significant [[retool]]ing of his first toy, changing his torpedo shell into that of a double barreled cannon. He shares only the inner swing-arms that connect his shell to his body with the original version, now featuring a jointed [[5 mm post|5mm post]] tail so he can be wielded by larger figures. The detailing on his Weaponizer mode appears to be modeled after a vehicle of some sort, with what appear to be viewports on the front end and on a short tower on his back end.

: While no armor sprue was included, he is compatible with the original Dragonus's add-on pieces, and as before they do not need to be removed for transformation.

: The four-pack also came with [[Lancelon#Toys|Lancelon]], [[Lord Doomitron#Toys|Lord Doomitron]], and a Decepticon version of [[Bashbreaker#Toys|Bashbreaker]].

: Despite being an Autobot this time, his in-game counterpart is still labeled as a Decepticon. This mold was also used to make [[Dragonblaster]].

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[[File:RID_Mini-Con_Black_Decepticon_Dragonus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|But then again, I ''do'' like to be evil for the majority of the time!]]
*'''Decepticon Dragonus''' (Mini-Con Weaponizer 2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (helmet, blaster, left & right axes, 2 triple-claws, left & right wing-flames)

: Part of the second wave of single-pack Weaponizer Mini-Cons, this [[redeco]] of his Weaponizer form is part of the sixth wave of Mini-Con figures and done up in black and purple... oh, and he's a ''Decepticon'' again! He retains his armor sprue from his original Torpedo figure.

: The Weaponizer single-pack waves never hit retail in the US, only coming out in various European and Asian markets.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yělóng''' (Taiwan, 野龍, "Wild Dragon")

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Torpedo Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Weaponizer Mini-Cons]]

Volcano (RID)

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{{factions|minicon|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the ''Adventure'' Mini-Con|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|Volcano (episode)}}
:''Volcano is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime of Micron Volcano package art.jpg|thumb|250px|Who's that Pokémon?! It's Magmar!]]

'''Volcano''' (ボルケーノ ''Borukēno'') wields the power to manipulate magma, which he uses to summon forth volcanoes under his feet and shape the magma that spews out into weapons and armor for his partner, [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]].
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==Toys==
===''Adventure''===
[[File:Adventuretoy Volcano.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Volcano & Grimlock Volcano Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV42'''

:A [[redeco]] of [[Major Mayhem#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Major Mayhem]], Volcano transforms from a mechanical spheroid into a robot. As a [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Overload]] toys. He has multiple indents which look like Mini-Con armor attachment points, but he does not actually come with any armor. He shares similar engineering with, but is not a retool of, [[Undertone#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Undertone]]. For some reason, his head is attached to a hinge which allows his head to point skyward but otherwise doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

:Volcano was only available as part of a "Battle Pack" with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Mini-Con Battle Packs|"Volcano Armor" Grimlock]].

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*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock Supreme Armor Set''' (multi-pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV45'''

:A "Supreme Power Volcano" was available in a 4-pack with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV45|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#TAV45|Grimlock]], and [[Gravity#TAV45|Supreme Power Gravity]]. This toy is redecoed in the same green and black color scheme as Grimlock, and has a silver face and golden crest.

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Ransack (RID Mini-Con)

2023-03-16T00:19:27Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3|Ransack}}
:''Ransack is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RIDart-Ransack.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Yeah! Come get some, you frickin' wuss!]]

'''Ransack''' is a miniature delinquent. Along with [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. Now he's working with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], and eager to cause more destruction with his master. Sometimes, Ransack works with [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]].

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Long ago, Ransack attacked a young [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] in [[Serenity Yard]], stealing from him a ball bearing. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} Ransack was eventually incarcerated onboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' when it crash-landed on [[Earth]], and was freed from his stasis pod when [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] had [[Airazor (RID)|his own]] [[Divebomb (RID)|Mini-Con companions]] tear it open. He helped his <s>cellmate</s> podmate knock out Fracture before both of them rolled away, giggling maniacally all the while. {{storylink|Knock, Knock!}} [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his team soon thereafter detected Backtrack and Ransack's signals. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

Backtrack and Ransack resisted further attempts on Fracture's part to recruit them, knocking the Decepticon into unconsciousness before provoking Airazor and Divebomb into chasing them. {{storylink|Back and Forth}} Their pursuers were intercepted by the Autobot Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and Slipstream, who began to squabble with their Decepticon counterparts over which had the best claim to the Cyclones. Ransack and Backtrack quickly lost interest, becoming mesmerized by some nearby rocks. But when Slipstream was knocked into a rock mound they had built, the Cyclones turned their firepower on all four of the other Mini-Cons, forcing them to take cover. {{storylink|A Level Playing Field}} When the aligned Mini-Cons emerged from their hiding place, they managed to work together long enough to defeat both Backtrack and Ransack. The Cyclones were then taken back to the Autobot base to be put in stasis lock. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Hiroaki Okuda]] (Japanese)|[[Bernhard Völger]] (German), [[Marco Benedetti]] (Italian)}}

Freed from their stasis pods by a fight with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], Ransack and Backtrack spied on the rest of the battle. They tailed the Decepticon who was heading for [[Crown City]], and teamed up with him. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} The pair hung out with Overload until Bumblebee convinced them that they had nothing in common with the Decepticon, and they happily started hitting him with pots and pans. Bumblebee was later able to lead them back to the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}} When Overload escaped the scrapyard after being freed by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], Backtrack and Ransack were left behind by their old master. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Ransack's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
In order to obtain the Ransack skin of Backtrack in-game, one must scan the Backtrack that is packaged with Overload. Surprisingly, Ransack's insignia must be scanned in order to obtain Backtrack's original skin.
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:Rid_Mini-Con_Ransack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Ransack''' (Mini-Con, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (Helmet, jetpack, left & right blasters, 4 leg-claws)

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' individually-packaged Mini-Cons, Ransack transforms from cannonball to quadrupedal robot in a few simple steps. He comes with a large armor sprue, containing armor pieces that can attach to him in both modes; he is capable of transforming between his modes, and being used in Cyclone-style launchers, without the need to remove the armor.

: As a Cyclone Mini-Con, Ransack's cannonball mode is designed to be used in the launchers of the larger Deployer toys [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] and [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]].

: This wave was largely skipped by larger brick-and-mortar stores in the US, but began to filter out through discount chains like Marshalls and Five Below by the 2016 holiday season.

: This mold was also used to make [[Backtrack (RID)#Toys|Backtrack]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Ransack/ransack.htm More information on Ransack at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID_Adventure_Micron_Ransack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Crazybolt / Micron Ransack''' (Micron Shooter, 2016)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TAV47'''
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (Helmet, jetpack, left & right blasters, 4 leg-claws)

: Part of wave 15 of the [[TakaraTomy]] ''Adventure'' line, a more thoroughly-deco'd Ransack was only available packed in with Crazybolt. This version of Ransack is slightly [[retool]]ed, as were all the Microns from Wave 14 onward, adding a rather intrusive [[5 mm post]] to his back so he can be... used as a hand-held cudgel? Who knows.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ransack''' (ランサック ''Ransakku'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Major Mayhem

2023-03-16T00:19:00Z

Dayzarro:

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:''Major Mayhem is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RID Major Mayhem model sheet.jpg|thumb|300px|"I cannot be bargained with! I cannot be reasoned with! I do not know where I am! I am a robot! I don't understand anything!"]]

Who could ask for a better grunt than '''Major Mayhem'''? Don't let the small size of this [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con and his identical brethren fool you; unlike their feral comrades, they're disciplined, armed to the teeth with weaponry, and boast military training that far exceeds that of the other Cyclones. They're not big on speaking, and mostly just chant "hut hut hut" ad nauseum.

They will also follow any order given by their commander [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]], because who knows what he'll do to them if they step out of line? It'd be a more agreeable arrangement if Stockade didn't treat them as disposable cannon fodder; for all his tactical brilliance, Stockade's strategies mostly revolve around numerical superiority–i.e., sending hordes of the little guys at his foes.

Lots of them exist, so arresting them was probably a big challenge.

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Gregg Berger]] / [[Roger Craig Smith]] / [[Eric Bauza]] / [[Mitchell Whitfield]] (English)}}
[[File:GraduationExercises-MajorMayhems.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Crush! Kill! Bleep!"]]

Several platoons of Mini-Cons led by Major Mayhem accompanied Stockade in an attempt to break into one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s many weapon caches on [[Earth]]. Finding themselves unable to penetrate the cache's defenses, the small army instead lay in wait for the Autobots to respond to the base's security alert. Once Windblade and the rest of the Autobots' stealth team arrived to investigate, Stockade ordered his troops forward. Though the Mini-Cons were successful in both splitting up the Autobots' forces and injuring [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], the enemy managed to seal up the cache once more, putting it again out of Stockade's reach. With the Autobots trapped in three separate locations, Stockade gave them an ultimatum; surrender the weapons or be destroyed. Drift was the first to respond, claiming that the cache he was holed in also contained a doomsday device, which he would activate should the Decepticons continue their assault. Stockade ordered Major Mayhem to scan the cache to confirm Drift's claim, only to find the Autobot was bluffing.

[[File:GraduationExercises-MajorMayhemSwarm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"The natural enemy of the robot is hippies!"]]

[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] were next to respond, claiming to want to exchange their freedom for valuable information on all Autobots stationed on Earth. A patrol of Mini-Cons were sent out to bring the trio to their commander, only for Sideswipe to ambush the Decepticons by concealing the Autobot Mini-Cons on his arms, and launching them onto the unsuspecting platoon. This sucker-punch gave him the edge needed to take out all of the Major Mayhems sent to fetch him. Sideswipe and the Mini-Cons moved next to take out the Mini-Cons keeping Windblade and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] trapped in a bunker, and took them down this group due course as well.

Stockade's troop now sufficiently trimmed down, the Autobots moved to assist Drift, though they were too late to stop the Mini-Cons from disabling the force field that had kept the Decepticons at bay. However, Drift put the weapons in the cache to good use, knocking offline the Major Mayhems as they attempted to get to him. Once the grunts had all been taken care of, Optimus bested Stockade, and the Mini-Con army was taken back to [[Denny Clay]]'s [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] to be held in stasis pods alongside their commanding officer. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

Major Mayhem's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by Optimus Prime, Windblade, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy MajorMayhem.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Come with me if you want to live! With me! In my apartment! I need a roommate!"]]
*'''Decepticon Hunter Bumblebee Vs. Major Mayhem''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, [[2016]])

:Part of the second wave of Mini-Con Battle 2-packs, Major Mayhem transforms from a mechanical spheroid into a green robot. As a Cyclone Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys. He has multiple indents that look like Mini-Con armor attachment points, but he does not actually come with any armor. For some reason, his head is attached to a hinge which allows his head to point skyward but otherwise doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

:He shares similar engineering with, but is ''not'' a [[retool]] of, [[Undertone]].

:He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Bumblebee (WFC)#MiniCon2pack|basic-sized "Decepticon Hunter" Bumblebee]]... making him kind of expensive to [[army-building|army-build]].

:This mold was also used to make [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]].

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Major Mayhem''' (メジャー・メイヘム ''Mejā Meihemu'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]

Ironjam

2023-03-16T00:18:30Z

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:''Ironjam is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime of Micron Ironjam package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Ironjam''' (アイアンジャム ''Aianjamu'') wields the power to manipulate and reshape metals on a molecular level, an ability he primarily uses to turn nearby metallic objects into weapons and armor for his partner, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]].
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==Toys==
===''Adventure''===
[[File:Adventuretoy Ironjam.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Ironjam & Bumblebee Iron Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, [[2016]])
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV40'''

:Ironjam is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Mini-Con [[Back|Decepticon Back]]. Ironjam is a "Cyclone"-type Mini-Con that transforms from a four-legged creature with stubby arms into a spherical object that can be launched by [[Deployer (WFC)#Mini-Con Deployers|Mini-Con Deployers]] [[Overload (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Overload]] or [[Crazybolt (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Crazybolt]].

:He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Mini-Con Battle Packs|"Kōtetsu Armor" Bumblebee]].

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*'''Bumblebee & Sideswipe Supreme Armor Set''' (4-Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV44'''

:A "Supreme Power Ironjam" was available in a 4-pack with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#TAV44|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (RID)#TAV44|Sideswipe]] and [[Barithunder#TAV44|Barithunder]]. This toy is redecoed in the same yellow and black color scheme as Bumblebee and has green eyes.

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Hammer (RID)

2023-03-16T00:18:07Z

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:''Hammer is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Hammer.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The [[Bumblebee (WFC)|scout]] is living in the big leagues now? Aah! That does it! All reports are in! Life is now officially unfair!]]

'''Hammer''' isn't the brightest [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] around, akin to an excitable (if evil) puppy. But set him and his partner [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]] on a target, and you'll have quite the attack dogs on your hands. Sometimes, Hammer works with [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]].

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RID15-Ep02-08 Hammer.jpg|left|thumb|250px|He's kinda cymbal-minded. Ha-HAAA!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Carlos Alazraqui]] (English)}}

Hammer was part of the group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] and [[Glowstrike]]. He and Anvil were teamed up with [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] and sent to obtain sound boards from the [[Rumbledome]], which was hosting a [[Rear Axle]] concert. The two were sent on watch-bot duty by Bisk, but didn't do a terribly good job, as the Autobots' human ally [[Russell Clay|Russell]] accidentally walked right into the storage room they were ransacking. When Russell knocked over a box of cymbals, the pair of Mini-Cons quickly pounced on and brought the source of the noise to Bisk... that is, they brought the ''cymbals'' to him, having missed Russell completely. Hammer then took an interest in one sound board's wiring, earning him a quick zap from the exposed electricals, and a quick threat from Bisk. In response to more Russell-caused noise, the two Mini-Cons started shooting up the place, and an irritated Bisk ordered them to guard the door. Russell escaped via the service elevator, and the trio moved on...

The Mini-Cons accompanied Bisk on-stage, the Decepticon posing as part of the show's "epic space battle" costume and effects extravaganza, aiming to take the remaining sound board from the on-floor sound booth. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] got in the way, and Bisk took the chance to sic the Mini-Cons on the momentarily star-struck Autobot. However, Bee quickly grabbed the two Mini-Cons, bashed them together, and tossed them into a gigantic speaker stack, shorting them out and knocking them offline. Once Bisk too was taken out of commission, the three were stuffed into a crate for transport and incarceration back at the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

Hammer's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Cyclone'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Stealth'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Scorch'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks

Hammer participated in the battle against [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] in and around [[Crown City]], accompanying the larger Cybertronians —both Autobot and Decepticon— into battle. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{note|Hammer can be temporarily unlocked by scanning his toys, or permanently unlocked by spending in-game currency. As a Mini-Con, he can accompany the player as an computer-controlled ally, and can transform to alternate mode for a special attack.}}

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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RIDtoy-SingleHammer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Polly want a chunk of raw meat! Rawwk!" "He's been like that ever since our dog was missing."]]
*'''Decepticon Hammer''' (Mini-Con, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (helmet, tail-armor, 2 blasters, left & right dual-blasters, left & right flame effects)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' single-pack Mini-Cons, Hammer transforms from a small dragony-bird-like robot into a sphere in only a few steps. He comes with a number of clear plastic accessories attached to a Decepticon-[[insignia]]-shaped sprue, which can be attached using the corresponding tabs and slots on his body, and do not need to be removed to transform him between modes.

: As a Cyclone-style Mini-Con, in sphere mode he can attach to and launch from the Deployer toys [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] and [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]], even without removing his add-on armor. He also works with the Deployer [[Fracture (RID)#Deployer|Fracture]], though he is not really designed to.

: Like all ''Robots in Disguise'' toys, he has a scan-badge sticker that unlocked him as an assistant Mini-Con in the now-defunct [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]]. (As do all the following toys, so we won't repeat ourselves going forward.)

: The third and fourth waves of the single-pack Mini-Cons arrived in the US very late, and mostly at discount chains like Five Below.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Hammer/hammer.htm More information on Hammer at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID15-toy Hammer-4pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right|]]
*'''Mini-Con 4-Pack''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (helmet, tail-armor, 2 blasters, left & right dual-blasters, left & right flame effects)

: Part of the second Mini-Con 4-pack, this version of Hammer is a redeco of his single-packed toy in his red and blue show colors. He includes a redeco of the same clear plastic accessories, just in a lighter shade of green this time.

: This set also includes [[redeco]]es of [[Anvil (RID)#4pack|Anvil]] and [[Undertone#4pack|Undertone]], and Weaponizer [[Slipstream (RID)#4pack|Slipstream]],

: The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] labels this figure as "Stealth Hammer", though this descriptor is nowhere to be found on the 4-Pack's packaging.

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[[File:RID15-Deployer-Crazybolt-Hammer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Crazybolt & Decepticon Hammer''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (helmet, tail-armor, 2 blasters, left & right dual-blasters, left & right flame effects)

:Another redeco of Hammer in white and red is included with the Mini-Con [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Deployer Crazybolt]] figure... despite Crazybolt's box art showing the red-and-blue Hammer coloration from the 4-pack. He again retains the same armor sprue as his original figure, just in a new color.

: The ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game labels this figure as "Scorch Hammer", though this descriptor is nowhere to be found on the set's packaging.

: Due to retailers in the United States discontinuing the Deployers assortment, the wave with Crazybolt and Hammer was never released at brick and mortar retail in the US, and was only stocked by US-based online retailers following a massive delay. The two-pack ''did'' see a release in various other markets more or less on schedule, though.

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[[File:RID15_Mini-Con_Mega-Pack_Hammer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right]]
*'''Mini-Con Mega Pack''' (2016)

: This massive fifteen-pack of Mini-Cons, released exclusively in some Asian and European markets, includes a version of Hammer that uses the same plastic colors as his single-pack release, but with the paint ops from the four-pack version (blue wings and a silver beak). He also lacks the armor sprue.

: This set also includes [[Anvil (RID)#MegaPack|Anvil]], [[Back#MegaPack|Back]], [[Bashbreaker#MegaPack|Bashbreaker]], [[Beastbox (RID)#MegaPack|Beastbox]], [[Divebomb (RID)#MegaPack|Divebomb]], [[Lord Doomitron#MegaPack|Lord Doomitron]], [[Ratbat (WFC)#MegaPack|Ratbat]], [[Sandsting#MegaPack|Sandsting]], [[Sawback#MegaPack|Sawback]], [[Swelter#MegaPack|Swelter]], [[Tricerashot#MegaPack|Tricerashot]], [[Undertone#MegaPack|Undertone]], [[Velocirazor#MegaPack|Velocirazor]], and [[Windstrike#MegaPack|Windstrike]], each with extremely minor added/altered paint deco and none of the armor sprues.
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==Notes==
[[File:Hammer RID 2015 package art.jpg|thumb]]
* Though Hammer's toy gives him only two birdlike legs, his show model gives him four legs, making him more of a dragonoid than an avian in design.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hammer''' (ハンマー ''Hanmā'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Gravity

2023-03-16T00:17:31Z

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:''Gravity is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Prime of Micron Gravity package art.jpg|thumb|250px|''There's a gravity shortage We ought to do whatever we can Like always carry a helium balloon So when you walk down that road You can lighten your load'']]
Perhaps unsurprisingly, '''Gravity''' (グラビティ ''Gurabiti'') wields the ability to manipulate gravitational forces, though only for a fixed period of time. This power can somehow be used to create "Gravity Armor" and weapons that increases the fighting ability of his partner [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] by 300%.
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==Toys==
===''Adventure''===
[[File:Adventuretoy Gravity.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Go take everything down off of the shelves And never sit on chairs Let's lose weight to lighten ourselves And always stay downstairs'']]
*'''Gravity & Optimus Prime Gravity Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV41'''
: Gravity is a redeco of [[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]]. He is a medieval-themed robot that transforms into a spiked ball which resembles the head of a mace. His alternate mode also has a battering ram-like face molded to the front of it. As a [[Cyclone]]-style Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched in ball mode by the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] toys [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] and [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]]. Unlike most Mini-Cons from this toyline, Gravity does not include an armor sprue.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Mini-Con Battle Packs|basic-sized "Gravity Armor" Optimus Prime]].

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[[File:Supreme-Power-Gravity-Toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''There's a gravity shortage And the ending's depending on -let me see those balloons! And the ending is depending on you!'']]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock Supreme Armor Set''' (multi-pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV45'''

:A "Supreme Power Gravity" was available in a 4-pack with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV45|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#TAV45|Grimlock]] and [[Volcano (RID)#TAV45|Supreme Power Volcano]]. This toy reverses the color layout of his original toy, giving him a blue body and red limbs.

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Forth

2023-03-16T00:16:17Z

Dayzarro:

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:''Forth is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Forth.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Predaking (Prime)|I am no beast.]]]]

'''Forth''' is a skittering, dragon-like [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] with some impressive magnetism powers, though only in the form of magnetic repulsion. When paired with [[Back]], who has the power of magnetic attraction, the two can be quite the formidable force.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Bauza]] (English)}}
Back and Forth were part of the group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] and [[Glowstrike]]. Teamed with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], the pair accompanied their new boss into [[Crown City]] to scavenge auto supplies, and were in the process of doing so when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] found them in an alley. Forth used his powers to hurl several trash dumpsters at Strongarm, knocking her out of the fight temporarily, giving them the chance to escape as Quillfire towed a trailer full of pilfered parts. The Autobots gave chase, and the two Mini-Cons were dumped from the trailer when he spilled the contents in the hopes of evading his pursuers. They were able to catch back up to their boss after Quillfire knocked out the Autobots with a volley of stunning quill-missiles (having lost all the stuff he was trying to steal in the first place), and the trio made a break for it to try and salvage the mission.

The Decepticons hit an auto parts distributorship, but were interrupted mid-raid by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] disguised as a crane. Back and Forth used their magnetic powers in concert to try and pull him apart, but were forced to flee when Bumblebee and Strongarm arrived. Moving to a nearby truck stop, the trio were again interrupted by the Autobots. Strongarm managed to lure Forth into trying to move a bus in an attempt to crush her, but the bus was simply too heavy, and the Mini-Con collapsed from the exertion. He, Back and Quillfire were all captured and taken back to the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Impounded}}

Forth's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Notes==
* While Forth is not the only Mini-Con to appear this season without a toy, he ''is'' the only paired Cyclone who does not appear to be even ''based'' on a toy, as even [[Clout]] at least uses the same model as toy-character [[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]].
* For reasons unknown, the North American packaging of Back's single-packed toy labels him as Forth, which led to a whole heap of confusion between the characters until their [[Impounded|cartoon debut]].
* Forth's magnetic "breath" weapon is depicted with red energy rings, matching the color commonly used for the "north" end of magnets (remember, kids: Forth/North!).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Forth''' (フォース ''Fōsu'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Clout

2023-03-16T00:10:40Z

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:''Clout is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:TRID E 33 Clout Robot Mode.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Sit Ubu sit.]]

'''Clout''' loves a good fight. So much so that this headstrong [[Cyclone]] often picks fights out of the blue for no reason other than boredom. Typically his target is fellow Mini-Con [[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]], though Bludgeon's just as likely to be the instigator in a tussle with Clout.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dee Bradley Baker]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Alberto Sette]] (Italian), [[Felix Isenbügel]] (German)}}
Bludgeon and Clout accompanied [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] to an abandoned drive-in theater, expecting a meeting with [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], but only the speed-demon (eventually) showed up... and very shortly afterwards, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] made their appearance. Bludgeon and Clout pounced on Bumblebee and commenced pummeling him with their fists, but all three got the full brunt of a concentrated flame-roasting from Crazybolt. Though Bumblebee was able to withstand the flames long enough to knock Crazybolt out of the attack, Bludgeon and Clout couldn't take the heat and were knocked offline. After some flim-flammery from Bumblebee helped the Autobots take out the remaining Decepticons, the whole gang was loaded up into [[stasis pod|stasis cells]] back at the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Clout's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Clout''' (クラウト ''Kurauto'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Bludgeon (RID 2015)

2023-03-16T00:09:35Z

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{{disambig3.5|the Aligned Mini-Con|the full-sized Aligned Decepticon|Bludgeon (Prime)|Bludgeon}}
:''Bludgeon is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Bludgeon RID 2015 package art.jpg|right|thumb|350px|None shall pass!]]

The belligerent '''Bludgeon''' is pretty easily distractible, particularly when it comes to getting into fights. Most often the target of his aggressions is his fellow [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con [[Clout]], who shares his body-type. Clout is also willing to respond in kind, or instigate his own brawl before Bludgeon gets the chance.

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==Fiction==
[[File:TRID E 33 Bludgeon Robot Mode.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine!]]
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dee Bradley Baker]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Francesco Orlando]] (Italian), [[Martin Schubach]] (German)}}

Bludgeon and Clout accompanied [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] to an abandoned drive-in theater, expecting a meeting with [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], but only the speed-demon (eventually) showed up... and very shortly afterwards, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] made their appearance. Bludgeon and Clout pounced on Bumblebee and commenced pummeling him with their fists, but all three got the full brunt of a concentrated flame-roasting from Crazybolt. Though Bumblebee was able to withstand the flames long enough to knock Crazybolt out of the attack, Bludgeon and Clout couldn't take the heat and were knocked offline. After some flim-flammery from Bumblebee helped the Autobots take out the remaining Decepticons, the whole gang was loaded up into [[stasis pod|stasis cells]] back at the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Bludgeon's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Cyclone'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks

Bludgeon participated in the battle against the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] horde in and around [[Crown City]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{note|Bludgeon can be temporarily unlocked by scanning his toy, or permanently unlocked by spending in-game currency. As a Mini-Con, he can accompany the player as a computer-controlled ally, and can transform to alternate mode for a special attack.}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Bludgeon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Come back here, and get what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Decepticon Bludgeon''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
: Part of the first wave of Mini-Con Battle Packs, Bludgeon is a medieval-themed robot that transforms into a spiked ball that resembles the head of a mace. His alternate mode also has a battering-ram-like face molded to the front of it. As a "Cyclone" style Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched in ball mode by the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] toys [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] and [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]]. Unlike most Mini-Cons from this toyline, Bludgeon does not include an armor sprue.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Mini-Con Battle Packs|basic-sized "Decepticon Hunter" Optimus Prime]]. This mold was used to make [[Gravity]] and [[Lord Doomitron]].
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==Notes==
* Bludgeon was originally solicited as "'''[[Lord Doomitron]]'''". That name was later applied to another Mini-Con (originally solicited as "Blu") who is also a black and purple spiky ball with a face, and whose toy shares some parts with Bludgeon's. It's unclear whether these two were perhaps originally intended to be the same character, or if their similarities just caused some kind of mix-up.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bludgeon''' (ブラジオン ''Burajion'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Barithunder

2023-03-16T00:09:06Z

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:''Barithunder is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Prime of Micron Barithunder package art.jpg|thumb|250px|Who's that Pokémon? It's Electabuzz!]]
'''Barithunder''' (バリサンダー ''Barisandā'') has the power to control electricity, being able to call down lightning from the heavens and shape it into electric weapons and armor for his larger partner, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]]. Wearing armor created by Barithunder increases Sideswipe's speed and strength threefold.
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==Toys==
===''Adventure''===
[[File:Adventuretoy Barithunder.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rejected design for ''[[Transformers: Crossovers]]'' [[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]]]]
*'''Barithunder & Sideswipe Thunder Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV43'''

:A [[redeco]] of [[Anvil (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Anvil]], Barithunder transforms from a spiked spheroid into a winged gargoyle-like robot. As a Cyclone Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Overload]] toys. He has multiple indents that look for all the world like Mini-Con armor attachment points, but he does not actually come with any armor.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Sideswipe (RID)#TAV43|basic-sized "Thunder Armor" Sideswipe]].

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*'''Bumblebee & Sideswipe Supreme Armor set''' (4-Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV44'''

:Barithunder was also sold in a 4-pack with Sideswipe, [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#TAV44|Bumblebee]], and [[Ironjam#TAV44|Ironjam]]. This "Supreme Power Barithunder" is redecoed in the same red and black colors as Sideswipe.

==Notes==
*The first part of Barithunder's name probably comes from "baribari" (バリバリ), Japanese onomatopoeia for the crackling of electricity.

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Backtrack (RID)

2023-03-16T00:08:13Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3|Backtrack}}
:''Backtrack is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDart-Backtrack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit ya. No wait, yeah I did!]]

'''Backtrack''' is a creepy little bugger. Along with [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s. Now he's working with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], and eager to cause more destruction with his master.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Backtrack was with Overload and Ransack when the latter attacked a young [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], stealing from him a ball bearing. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} Backtrack was eventually incarcerated onboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' when it crash-landed on [[Earth]], and was freed from his stasis pod when [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] had [[Airazor (RID)|his own]] [[Divebomb (RID)|Mini-Con companions]] tear it open. Upon emerging, Backtrack displayed little interest towards the Decepticons... but plenty towards the rocks strewn about nearby. Fracture tried to have Backtrack swear allegiance to him, only for [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] to unexpectedly emerge from the pod. Both Cyclones then beat up Fracture (with Backtrack using his newly acquired rocks as handy projectiles) and then rolled away. {{storylink|Knock, Knock!}} [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his team soon thereafter detected Backtrack and Ransack's signals. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

Backtrack and Ransack resisted further attempts on Fracture's part to recruit them, knocking the Decepticon into unconsciousness before provoking Airazor and Divebomb into chasing them. {{storylink|Back and Forth}} Their pursuers were intercepted by the Autobot Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and Slipstream, who began to squabble with their Decepticon counterparts over which had the best claim to the Cyclones. Backtrack and Ransack quickly lost interest, becoming mesmerized by some nearby rocks. But when Slipstream was knocked into a rock mound they had built, the Cyclones turned their firepower on all four of the other Mini-Cons, forcing them to take cover. {{storylink|A Level Playing Field}} When the aligned Mini-Cons emerged from their hiding place, they managed to work together long enough to defeat both Backtrack and Ransack. The Cyclones were then taken back to the Autobot base to be put in stasis lock. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Chikahiro Kobayashi]] (Japanese)|[[Bernhard Völger]] (German)}}

Freed from their stasis pods by a fight with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], Backtrack and Ransack spied on the rest of the battle. They tailed the Decepticon who was heading for [[Crown City]], and teamed up with him. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} The pair hung out with Overload until Bumblebee convinced them that they had nothing in common with the Decepticon, and they happily started hitting him with pots and pans. Bumblebee was later able to lead them back to the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}} When Overload escaped the scrapyard after being freed by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], Backtrack and Ransack were left behind by their old master. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Backtrack's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
In order to obtain Backtrack's original skin in-game, one must scan Ransack's insignia. Surprisingly, the Backtrack that is packaged with Overload must be scanned in order to obtain Backtrack's Ransack skin.

{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise (mobile game)}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Backtrack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What are you gonna do? / The odds are stacked against you! / Backed against the wall! / Gotta Give it your all! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:AdventureTAV46-Backtrack.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Overload & Backtrack''' (Deployer, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV46'''
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (left & right blasters, jetpack, crest armor, 4 "legs")

: Available only with the large [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Deployer Overload]], Backtrack transforms into a mechanical "Cyclone" sphere. In this mode, he can be loaded into the launchers of Overload or [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and launched at targets. He features snap-on energon armor that he can wear in both robot and sphere modes, even when loaded into a launcher.

: His robot mode does not have a way to lock into its fully extended robot mode, which might cause him to retract slightly when stood upright.

: In Japan, Backtrack was also a pack-in with Overload, released in wave 15 of the [[TakaraTomy]] ''Adventure'' line. This version of Backtrack is more thoroughly-deco'd, and slightly [[retool]]ed, adding a rather intrusive [[5 mm post]] to his back so he can be... used as a hand-held cudgel? Who knows.

: This mold was also used to make [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)#Toys|Ransack]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Backtrack/backtrack.htm More information on Backtrack at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID15_Mini-Con_4-Pack_Blizzard_Strike_Backtrack.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"What have we learned? ''I always win!''"]]
*'''Mini-Con 4-Pack''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (left & right blasters, jetpack, crest armor, 4 "legs")

: This version of Backtrack, dubbed "'''Blizzard Strike Backtrack'''", is an ice-themed [[redeco]] of the Mini-Con. He is also lucky enough to keep his armor sprue, which is a more reddish shade of orange than the original's.

: This four-pack, the first of several, also comes with [[Beastbox (RID)#4pack|Scorch Strike Beastbox]], [[Swelter#4pack|Blizzard Strike Swelter]], and [[Undertone#4pack|Scorch Strike Undertone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/BSBacktrack/backtrack.htm More information on Blizzard Strike Backtrack at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Backtrack''' (バックトラック ''Bakkutorakku'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Back

2023-03-16T00:07:14Z

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:''Back is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]]. He is also, confusingly enough, known as Forth.''

[[File:Back.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gotta get me in time!]]
'''Back''' is blessed with the ability to magnetically attract metal. Naturally, he puts this gift to use by battering [[Autobot]]s and generally making a mess. And he can do both those things even better once you bring the magnetic ''repulsion'' powers of his fellow [[Cyclone]] [[Forth]], into the mix.

Sometimes he likes to steal Forth's name, but then he changes his name back.
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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Bauza]] (English)}}
[[File:TRID E 35 Back Robot Mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Optimus Primal (BW)|All right! Who wants some?]]]]
Back and Forth were part of the group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] and [[Glowstrike]]. Teamed with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], the pair accompanied their new boss into [[Crown City]] to scavenge auto supplies, and were in the process of doing so when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] found them in an alley. Back used his powers to pull several trash dumpsters and create a wall between them and Strongarm, and setting up Forth to use them to knock her out. The two jumped onto a trailer full of stolen goods pulled by Quillfire, making their escape. Back used his powers to yank highway signs off their supports and hurl them at the pursuing Autobots, but the two Mini-Cons were dumped from the trailer when Quillfire spilled the contents in the hopes of evading them. They were able to catch back up to their boss after Quillfire knocked out the Autobots with a volley of stunning quill-missiles (having lost all the stuff he was trying to steal in the first place), and the trio made a break for it to try and salvage the mission.

The Decepticons hit an auto parts distributorship, but were interrupted mid-raid by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] disguised as a crane. Back and Forth used their magnetic powers in concert to try and pull him apart, but were forced to flee when Bumblebee and Strongarm arrived. Moving to a nearby truck stop, the trio were again interrupted by the Autobots. Back lept to a high rafter and started blasting away in orb-cannon mode, forcing the mode-locked Autobots to scramble. He tried to pummel Bumblebee with a hail of parts yanked off the shelves, but quick movement by Bee left the Mini-Con buried and unconscious. He, Forth, and Quillfire were all captured and taken back to the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Impounded}}

Back's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Cyclone'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks

Back could be recruited to help fight off the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] clone army overrunning [[Crown City]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game}}

{{note|For reasons unknown, scanning either of Back's toys unlocks the same playable character, which is based on the deco of the single-packed figure.}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Back2pack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I'll be me.]]
*'''Decepticon Hunter Grimlock vs. Mini-Con Decepticon Back''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)

: Back is a "Cyclone"-type Mini-Con that transforms from a four-legged creature with stubby arms into a spherical object that can be launched by [[Deployer (WFC)#Mini-Con Deployers|Mini-Con Deployers]] [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] or [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]].

: He does not include the sprue of clear plastic accessories from his single-packed release.

: This version (the first to see release) was only available as part of a "Battle Pack" with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Mini-Con Battle Packs|Decepticon Hunter Grimlock]], in the second wave of 2-piece Battle Packs.

:This mold was also used to make [[Ironjam]].

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[[File:RIDtoy-SingleBack.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Empire Strikes Me.]]
*'''Decepticon Back''' / '''Decepticon Forth''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Armor/weapon sprue (2 blasters, 4 leg blades, horn, back armor)

:Back/"Forth" ([[Back#Notes|see below]]) was released as part of [[wave]] 3 of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' toy line's general retail Mini-Con assortment, in his show colors. He also includes various accessory pieces that are still on their plastic sprue (which is shaped like a [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]) inside the packaging. The accessories can be attached to the figure to form a set of armor.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Back/back.htm More information on single-packed Back at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID15_Mini-Con_Mega-Pack_Back_Forth.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Me in Action.]]
*'''Mini-Con Mega Pack''' (2016)

:This massive fifteen-pack of Mini-Cons, released exclusively in some Asian and European markets, includes Back (once again under the name Decepticon Forth) along with [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], [[Bashbreaker]], [[Beastbox (RID)|Beastbox]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], [[Lord Doomitron]], [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]], [[Sandsting]], [[Sawback]], [[Swelter]], [[Tricerashot]], [[Undertone]], [[Velocirazor]], and [[Windstrike]], each with extremely minor added deco and none with armor sprues. This Back/Forth is almost the same as his single-pack release, but has silver paint on his hands.
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==Notes==
*Prior to the toy's release, there was quite a bit of confusion regarding single-packed Back's name. Some online retailers initially solicited the figure under the names "Decepticon [[Backfire (disambiguation)|Backfire]]" or "[[Kickback (disambiguation)|Kickback]]". Whilst the figure was subsequently named as just "Decepticon Back" in official Hasbro solicitations, [[stock photography|stock photo]]s of the toy in packaging and in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], further confusion arose when the figure's North American packaging sported the name "Decepticon Forth", as did the listing on the official Hasbro.com website. International releases, including Hong Kong, Australia and Europe, still sport the "Back" name. Eventually both versions were even found side by side at the same store in the US… and then Hasbro released a Mini-Con Mega-Pack including Back once again named "Decepticon Forth". With the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] having presented [[Forth]] as a very different-looking character, this wiki currently treats that name for the figure as an error, though we can't help but notice that Hasbro seems to keep quite literally going back and forth with the figure's name.
* Back's magnetic "breath" weapon is depicted with blue energy rings, matching the color commonly used for the "south" end of magnets.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Back''' (バック ''Bakku'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Anvil (RID)

2023-03-16T00:06:29Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig2|the Cyclone Mini-Con|the Functionist Council enforcer "Anvil"|Heavies}}
:''Anvil is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Anvil.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Scourge of Looney Tunes.]]

The gargoyle-like '''Anvil''' is about as sharp as his namesake. But his limited intelligence is hardly an impediment to his primary job: pummeling [[Autobot]]s insensible. And when paired with his fellow [[Cyclone]] [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], they're quite the attack dogs.

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:TRID E 34 Anvil Robot Mode.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''It is an age of darkness... Superstition and the sword rule... It is an age of fear... It is the age...of gargoyles.'']]
{{voiceactor|[[Carlos Alazraqui]] (English)}}

Anvil was part of the group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] and [[Glowstrike]]. He and Hammer were teamed up with [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] and sent to obtain sound boards from the [[Rumbledome]], which was hosting a [[Rear Axle]] concert. The two were sent on watch-bot duty by Bisk, but didn't do a terribly good job, as the Autobots' human ally [[Russell Clay|Russell]] accidentally walked right into the storage room they were ransacking. When Russell knocked over a box of cymbals, the pair of Mini-Cons quickly pounced on and brought the source of the noise to Bisk... that is, they brought the ''cymbals'' to him, having missed Russell completely. Anvil took a few cat-like playful swipes at the wires dangling from the sound board Bisk was working on, earning him a quick rebuke from the Decepticon. In response to more Russell-caused noise, the two Mini-Cons started shooting up the place, and an irritated Bisk ordered them to guard the door. Russell escaped via the service elevator, and the trio moved on...

The Mini-Cons accompanied Bisk on-stage, the Decepticon posing as part of the show's "epic space battle" costume and effects extravaganza, aiming to take the remaining sound board from the on-floor sound booth. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] got in the way, and Bisk took the chance to sic the Mini-Cons on the momentarily star-struck Autobot. However, Bee quickly grabbed the two Mini-Cons, bashed them together, and tossed them into a gigantic speaker stack, shorting them out and knocking them offline. Once Bisk too was taken out of commission, the three were stuffed into a crate for transport and incarceration back at the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

Anvil's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Anvil.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Join the chorus.]]
*'''Sideswipe Vs. Decepticon Anvil''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)

: Part of the first wave of Mini-Con 2-packs, Anvil transforms from a spiked spheroid into a winged gargoyle-like robot. As a Cyclone Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys. He has multiple indents that look for all the world like Mini-Con armor attachment points, but he does not actually come with any armor.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Sideswipe (RID)#MiniCon2pack|basic-sized "Decepticon Hunter" Sideswipe]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Barithunder]].

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[[File:RID15_Mini-Con_4-pack_Anvil.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]
*'''Mini-Con 4-Pack''' (2016)
:Packaged with [[redeco]]es of Hammer, [[Undertone|Scorch Strike Undertone]], and Weaponizer [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], Anvil is a redeco of his Battle Pack toy in purple. The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] labels this figure as "Stealth Anvil", though this descriptor is nowhere to be found on the 4-Pack's packaging.

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[[File:RID15_Mini-Con_Mega-Pack_Anvil.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Mini-Con Mega Pack''' (2016)

:This massive fifteen-pack of Mini-Cons, released exclusively in some Asian and European markets, includes Anvil along with [[Back]], [[Bashbreaker]], [[Beastbox (RID)|Beastbox]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], [[Lord Doomitron]], [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]], [[Sandsting]], [[Sawback]], [[Swelter]], [[Tricerashot]], [[Undertone]], [[Velocirazor]], and [[Windstrike]], each with extremely minor added deco and none with armor sprues. This Anvil has the plastic breakdowns and deco of the four-pack version (minus the silver on his legs), but with the torso and wings in the slate blue color of his original toy.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Anvil''' (アンヴィル ''Anviru'')

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Great Byte

2023-03-16T00:03:06Z

Dayzarro:

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:''Great Byte is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDart Great Byte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I'm so great, I don't appear in the show!]]

'''Great Byte''' works with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]].

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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Activator-Combiners-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|And I never meet him, either!]]

*'''Sideswipe & Great Byte''' (Activator Combiner, [[2017]])
:Part of the second wave of ''[[Combiner Force]]'' Activator Combiner toys, Great Byte is a retool of [[Sawtooth (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Mini-Con Weaponizer Sawtooth]], transforming from a bipedal shark-motif robot (retaining the inner mechanisms and robot mode feet) into an old fighter jet. He comes with the larger [[Sideswipe (RID)#Activator|Sideswipe]].

:When Great Byte is attached to Sideswipe in sports car mode, it changes him into something similar to a Formula-1 racecar with a pop-out front wing and side engines with exhaust pipes. Great Byte also can be used as a weapon for larger figures via a 5mm post at the end of his fuselage.
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==Notes==
*"Great Byte" was the [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-281 originally-intended name] for Sawtooth, that was nixed by [[Hasbro]]'s legal department. Presumably something changed during the (short) time after the release of the Weaponizers. Strangely though, Sawtooth's card artwork for both the Single-pack and Battle Pack depicts him with Great-Byte's colors...
*While all his fellow Activator Mini-Cons appeared in the cartoon, including [[Goldgear|one who ''didn't'' have a toy]], Great Byte remained Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Show.

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Stuntwing

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:''Stuntwing is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDart-Stuntwing.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|]]

'''Stuntwing''' isn't the most talkative Mini-Con. As one of [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s new subordinates, he silently watches over the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]], eyeing their [[Decepticon Hunter]]s. If it seems a Decepticon Hunter-wielding Autobot, such as Soundwave's first target [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], is in danger, Stuntwing will pretend to aid them and steal their hunter in the process. The sneaky little scoundrel can link with a bulk to enable its alternate mode with flight capabilities. Sometimes he works with Bumblebee himself.

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:TRID E 47 Stuntwing Robot Mode.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I replaced [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]]. Or [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]]. Whichever [[FIRRIB|works]].]]
Stuntwing was genetically engineered by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] so that he could aid in freeing Soundwave from the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] and deliver the communication chief's instructions of contacting [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

Stuntwing spied on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team as they tangled with [[Heatseeker]] in [[Grand Valley]]. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} When it looked like the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] was getting the better of the Autobots, Stuntwing linked with Bumblebee, giving him a flight mode. The Mini-Con remained silent under Bumblebee's questioning, however, and after an explosion caused the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] to merge into [[Ultra Bee|one robot]], Stuntwing made off with Bumblebee's Decepticon Hunter. He later opened a [[GroundBridge]] portal to the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]] and headed through it to rendezvous with Soundwave. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

When [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] stole a set of nuclear fuel rods, Stuntwing emerged from a Shadowzone bridge portal to retrieve it on behalf of Soundwave only to be brushed off by Steeljaw, who was insisting on a personal delivery. Stuntwing went back through the portal to deliver Steeljaw's message. {{storylink|Prisoner Principles}}

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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Activator-Combiners-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]

*'''Bumblebee & Stuntwing''' (Activator Combiner, 2016)
:Included with ''[[Combiner Force]]'' Activators Bumblebee, Stuntwing transforms from mini-jet to robot and back. Plugging him into Bee's roof via his flip-out peg (also turning him into a rifle) causes the sides of Bee's vehicle mode to extend outward, allegedly as wings.

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[[Category:Activator Mini-Cons]]

Hi-Test (RID)

2023-03-16T00:01:30Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Mini-Con|the Generation 1 Nebulan Powermaster|Hi-Test (G1)}}
:''Hi-Test is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDart-Hi-Test.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|The tiger in your tank.]]

An evil team always has a bad member, a least jaded player, a white sheep. '''Hi-Test''' is that weakest link. Among [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s group of Mini-Con subordinates, Hi-Test doesn't succeed as the others do. It's not that he's dumb, it's just he lacks the heart for skullduggery his teammates have. Sadly for him, Soundwave is not having it. Sometimes, he works with a much better boss who understands his caring heart: [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RiD2015 - Guilty As Charged - Hi-Test reporting in.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He knows 'what's the worst that can happen' is a terrible thing to ask, but he's asking it anyway.]]
Hi-Test was one of a group of Mini-Cons captured and reprogrammed against their will by a [[Autobot High Council|group of mysterious "benefactors"]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (who then wiped all memory of themselves from the Mini-Cons' data banks) to assist Soundwave in gathering weapons to escape the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]]. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} Hi-Test surreptitiously observed [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Nightra]] patrolling a forest road. He attempted to steal Strongarm's [[Decepticon Hunter]] only to disturb some birds, prompting Nightra to run and Strongarm to follow. Hi-Test later opened a [[GroundBridge]]
portal to report back to Soundwave, who berated him for his failure. Frightened, Hi-Test fled, with Soundwave threatening to offline him at the first opportunity.
{{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

Hi-Test took to following [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team for a while afterwards. He finally revealed himself after knocking [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] away during an fight with Optimus Prime before linking himself up with Optimus to upgrade him. With the additional power provided, Optimus successfully defeated Laserbeak and destroyed Soundwave's beacon generator. After explaining himself through Optimus, he was encouraged to make the Shadowzone his home as no one would hunt him there, disappearing through another GroundBridge portal. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}
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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Activator-Combiners-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I foresee great things for you!"]]

*'''Optimus Prime & Hi-Test''' (Activator Combiner, [[2017]])
:Part of the third wave of 2017 Activator Combiner toys, Hi-Test comes with the larger [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Activator|Optimus Prime]], transforming from robot to double-barreled tank. In robot mode, the cannons end up covering his arms, but can be folded up onto his shoulders to reveal regular arms sculpted underneath. Unlike those of previous Activators Mini-Cons, Hi-Test's instructions give him separate and distinct vehicle and weapon modes.

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==Notes==
* Though his toy turns into a turret, Hi-Test is shown to turn into an engine of sorts in the cartoon, similar to G1 [[Hi-Q]], whom the character homages.
*The script for the episode "[[Railroad Rage]]" called for Hi-Test to appear and steal Strongarm's Decepticon Hunter, even though he had left Soundwave's team of Mini-Cons three episodes earlier. Fortunately, the error was noticed before the episode went out, and Hi-Test was subbed out for new character [[Goldgear]]. As a result, the two share a [[body-type]].

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[[Category:Activator Mini-Cons]]

Silverbolt (disambiguation)

2023-03-16T00:00:48Z

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'''Silverbolt''' / '''Silver Bolt''' is a heroic flier.

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==Major Silverbolts==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="200px">
File:G1 Silverbolt cartoon.jpg|[[Silverbolt (G1)|"Generation 1" Silverbolt]] <hr>''[[Silverbolt (G1)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Silverboltfuzor.jpg|[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|"Beast Era" Silverbolt]]
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==Full list of Silverbolts==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], the [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] leader from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]], who later became a [[Maximal]] and component of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1997]]|[[Silverbolt (Magnaboss)|Silverbolt]], the Maximal eagle from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1998]]|[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], the Maximal [[Fuzor]] wolf/eagle from ''Beast Wars''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|[[Silver-Bot|Silverbolt]], the [[Go-Bot (species)|Go-Bot]] jet, later renamed "Silver-Bot", from ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2003|Silverbolt, the Japanese ''Legends of the Microns'' name for ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|[[Silverbolt (Universe)|Silverbolt]], the Autobot [[Micromaster]] [[Aerialbot (Universe)|Aerialbot]] from ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Silverbolt (TransTech)|Silverbolt]], the Autobot [[Transcendent Technomorph]] from ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt]], the Autobot [[Aerialbot (ROTF)|Aerialbot]] futuristic supersonic jet from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], the grim Autobot flying commander from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Silverbolt Major]], the Autobot bonded to [[Delta Supreme]] from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2019]]|[[Silverbolt (Cyberverse)|Silverbolt]], the Autobot jet from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}

==Not to be mistaken with==
*Silverstreak, the name that toys of the Generation 1 Autobot [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] ([[1984]]) have been sold under since 2003 for [[trademark]] reasons.

Grimlock (RID 2015)

2023-03-15T23:59:15Z

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Breakdown (WFC)

2023-03-15T23:58:55Z

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:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimeBreakdown-HowToDraw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|He ain't nobody's leg any more.]]

Despite a level of skill to match any Decepticon warrior's, '''Breakdown''' is almost crippled by a persistent paranoia, especially when he is in crowds. He is much happier working alone, away from the eyes he is sure are watching him at every moment. That said, he is quick to come at [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s call, as his fear of his powerful leader may be the only thing outreaching his agoraphobic tendencies.<ref>[[How to Draw Transformers Prime]] Breakdown bio</ref>

After spending most of his time on Cybertron in a smaller form, the scout later upgraded to a bulkier, more threatening body following a clash with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], a clash which initiated a heated rivalry between the two.<ref>[[Arms Micron]] War Breakdown's tech spec bio</ref> Breakdown has brought that rivalry to present-day Earth, where he assists [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] in his various misdeeds. The two have become good friends in their long partnership, and seem to value each other as much as any pair of friends could.

Since joining the war on Earth, Breakdown has proven to have some quite intriguing depths to his character, besides his deep friendship with Knock Out. He doesn't treat the cannon fodder [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] as such, and even chats to them about romance and is sure to thank them for their hard work. He also has a healthy dose of respect for his foes, as well as gratitude. However, these noble traits are tempered by his boisterous temper; always eager to join a fight or pound some dents into someone, even on his best days.

Sometimes, Breakdown is the right leg of the cross-dimensional [[Combiner]] [[Grand Galvatron]].

{{bigquote| Never run when you can fight.|Breakdown|"[[Operation: Breakdown]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:BreakdownPrime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|His self-esteem ruined by his small size, Breakdown resorted to steroid use.]]
Breakdown was on [[Earth]] when he received [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s signal. He found the air commander buried under rubble by [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|a little Autobot]], whom he promptly pummeled. [[Arcee (WFC)|An even smaller, blue Autobot]] shot at Breakdown, which pleased him, because it meant he was going to kill two Autobots today. At Starscream's insistence, Breakdown got him out of the rubble, and they began chasing and shooting at the Autobots. Breakdown finally cornered them and overwhelmed them with his missile launcher. As they lay dying and Starscream was about to finish them, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] got the jump on him and shot Breakdown into the face of a mountainside, causing him to flee to fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Adam Baldwin]] (English), [[Atsushi Imaruoka]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian; season 1), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean), [[Fábio de Castro]] (Portuguese), [[Christoph Banken]] (German), [[Walter Rivetti]] (Italian), [[Arturo Cataño]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jaime Roca]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Juhani Rajalin]] (Finnish), [[Adam Krylik]] (Polish, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" and "[[Metal Attraction]]"), [[Bruno Bulté]] (French)}}

[[File:DeusExMachina-Breakdowntruck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."]]
Breakdown had a long history with the Autobot known as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} to the point one would call them "archenemies". During their rivalry, Breakdown caused Bulkhead great pains. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

When Starscream requested that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown come to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Breakdown was much too busy trying to track down an [[energon]] trace. He reached an excavation site in [[Greece]], where he encountered an old friend—Bulkhead—and spotted a depiction of an [[Energon Harvester]] on an ancient fresco. After breaking the fresco with Bulkhead's head, Breakdown proceeded to the ''Nemesis'', where [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] located the device in a museum. As the Autobots had surrounded said museum, Knock Out and Breakdown drew them around to the front for a fight, where Breakdown caused [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to collide with each other and sent Bulkhead flying into Knock Out. This distraction allowed Soundwave to sneak in the back and steal the Harvester. The Harvester was successfully obtained, and Breakdown and Knock Out accompanied Starscream to the energy vein in Greece to test it out. When Bulkhead turned up there to stop them, the two Decepticons attacked him but came off decidedly second-best, as Bulkhead managed to make Breakdown hit Knock Out by accident which allowed Bulkhead to steal Knock Out's [[Energon prod]] and use it to shock Breakdown into submission. They fled once the Harvester was destroyed and the other Autobots turned up. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|If you're going to give him as a [[A Gift For Megatron|present to Megatron]], [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2#quotes|be sure to wrap him up and put a little bow on him.]]]]

Breakdown was buffing Megatron's <s>corpse</s> body when Starscream asked him where Knock Out was. Knock Out, it turned out, had been street racing with the humans again. Some time later, Knock Out radio'd Breakdown to let him know there was another street race on. Much later still, Knock Out contacted him with the news that Bumblebee' human friend had been captured. Breakdown joined the other 'Con in setting a trap for the Autobots in a storage facility. Once Bumblebee and Bulkhead turned up, Breakdown ambushed them. He was able to hold his own against the two Autobots until Knock Out announced he was bugging out, and the distraction resulted in Breakdown being knocked into a wall by Bulkhead. Returning to the ''Nemesis'', Breakdown bore silent witness to Starscream's "cosmetic punishment" of Knock Out. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Foefist!]]
During a Decepticon plan to melt a glacier to find some energon, Breakdown was hanging around on the hull of the ship when Bulkhead and Arcee appeared nearby. On Knock Out's order, he jumped from the ship and started fighting the two Autobots, unaware that it was a diversion while Optimus Prime scaled a nearby cliff face. He was still fighting them when Optimus caused the heat ray atop the ship to explode and was sent flying by the blast wave. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

While out scouting an energon source, Breakdown took the opportunity to ambush Bulkhead. Though the Autobot fought back vigorously, Breakdown overcame him and was about to deliver the killing blow when he was zapped by an energy beam from a nearby helicopter. He came around to find himself a captive of the [[human]] organization [[MECH]], the leader of which, [[Silas]], informed him that they wanted to take him apart for his technology. Breakdown was defiant, but the MECH technicians disabled his pain receptors and began dismantling him, including removing his right eye. He was stunned when he was rescued not by the Decepticons, but by Bulkhead. The pair emerged from the rail tunnel to face the main MECH force, and when Silas's helicopter again fired its energy weapon, the 'Con knocked Bulkhead out of the way. After Starscream arrived and chased MECH off, he demanded Breakdown destroy Bulkhead. Breakdown was initially reluctant, but Starscream talked him into it. Though Bulkhead bested Breakdown and used his body to bash the Vehicons, Breakdown was still able to retreat, and Starscream later told him to remember the rescue when the time came to choose between Megatron's leadership and Starscream's. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[File:TFP ep18 BD optic patch.jpg‎|thumb|left|upright=1.4|[[Major Bludd]] knows how you feel, Breakdown.]]
Breakdown took to wearing an eye-patch as a reminder of his failure. When Soundwave detected a magnetic signature, Breakdown saw the chance to redeem himself and insisted on being the one to retrieve the [[polarity gauntlet]]. Once there, however, he found himself under attack by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who also coveted the device and made a failed attempt to trap him underground. The two fought over it until Arcee and Bulkhead arrived and joined in the party. Breakdown was able to use the gauntlet to magnetically stick the two Autobots together, but while he was on his way back to the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid ambushed him and webbed him to a derelict gas station. He was freed when the Autobots turned up and the gauntlet was triggered, yanking him off the wall. At one point during the following battle, he got hold of the weapon and used it to hit Bulkhead with an oil derrick. After some more fighting, Airachnid tried to make a getaway with the gauntlet and Bulkhead threw her at Breakdown. Breakdown was forced to return to the ship without the gauntlet, but made up for it by presenting Megatron with Airachnid, who had become stuck to his back. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Knock Out and Breakdown were sent with some Vehicons to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], which the Autobots were also after. Breakdown not only got to fight, but got to be on the winning side for a change. Unfortunately when they got back to the ''Nemesis'', they discovered that the cylinder's contents had already been discharged. After Megatron went to try and find Bulkhead, whose noggin held the data, Knock Out detected where Bulkhead was hiding out, and thus he and Breakdown went to the monster truck track. Bulkhead went and hid in the car park, so the two Decepticons started searching in their own ways—in Breakdown's case, smashing random vehicles. They eventually found Bulkhead, but the cylinder data was lost in the process. The pair were ready to take out some revenge until the arrival of more Autobots forced them to retreat. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

The pair teamed up again to transport energon around. Though Breakdown was keen to GroundBridge out of there when the Autobots turned up, Knock Out reminded him that they were under orders to lead the Autobots on a chase so the foe would deplete their energon reserves. When Ratchet turned up and bashed their Vehicon escort around, Breakdown was ready to take on the newcomer, but he and Knock Out had to leave after the other Autobots attacked them. Some time later, Breakdown was chatting to a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]] when Ratchet entered the cavern. The rematch was short lived as Ratchet overpowered Breakdown. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Breakdown and Knock Out watched Soundwave and Airachnid dispute over whether Megatron would return from a visit with [[Unicron]]. When Megatron came back to the ship, Breakdown was on the bridge to greet him, though the others had to restrain him when he saw that Megatron was being accompanied by Optimus Prime whom Megatron addressed as "Orion Pax". {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Decepticons, including Breakdown and Knock Out, hit a military base and managed to get away with the energy source they needed for their new [[space bridge]], though they did accidentally let Arcee get on board the ship. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Breakdown attempted to contact the Vehicons at the space bridge and, though he had trouble getting through at first, was told [[William Fowler|everything was fine]]. When asked how ''he'' was doing, Breakdown replied with surprising kindness and sincerity, responding that he was fine, acknowledging the Vehicons' thankless job and encouraging them to keep up the good work. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee2 Breakdown Knockout find Forge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|STOP! Pick up the Hammer Time!]]
Sent with Knock Out to retrieve a hidden Cybertronian treasure, Breakdown was no doubt pleased to run into Bulkhead again. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} After their previous success, Breakdown and Knock Out went to secure the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. Breakdown again found himself fighting Bulkhead, but during a moments distraction, Bulkhead hit him with the Forge. After Megatron secured the Forge, Breakdown retreated through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:Crossfire MECH finds Breakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"We have a crime scene here."]]
Breakdown was assigned to accompany [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and Airachnid on a mission, the purpose of which was to get rid of Airachnid. Breakdown's quick temper proved their undoing, as Airachnid goaded him into attacking her. After spending a short amount of time trying to unstick the webbing from his face, Breakdown pursued her, leaving Dreadwing webbed to a tree. Though he caught up with Airachnid, it proved to be a trap, and she swiftly dismantled him. A short time later, a MECH team discovered him in pieces. They elected to bring the remains back to base. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

After [[Silas]] was badly crushed, the [[MECH Surgeon]] intended to use Breakdown's body to revive him. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

Knock Out would continue to hunt Iacon relics in Breakdown's memory, {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} though he missed Breakdown's buffing. {{storylink|Hurt}}

[[File:Thirst-restinpeace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He's dead?! He's supposed to be a llama!!]]
While Breakdown was offline, MECH worked to rebuild and partially repair his body. Eventually, his body was reactivated and integrated with the remains of their leader, producing what Silas declared a "Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis", or "Cylas". This had the side-effect of bringing Breakdown's life signals back online, though they appeared corrupted to the Decepticon sensors. Cylas made good use of Breakdown's body, at least until he failed Megatron and was consigned to Knock Out's dissection table. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Cylas had become Knock Out's guinea pig for virtually any test he could think of. Knock Out had no qualm about experimenting even further on Breakdown's corpse, believing that his deceased partner would approve of the situation's irony. Cylas became a new form of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] who fed on a host's Energon, and the ensuing plague ravaged the Decepticons' ranks and numbers. Cylas was finally killed when he freed Airachnid, who left Breakdown's inactive body a lifeless and, ahem, empty husk once more. {{storylink|Thirst}}
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====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
Breakdown and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] took over a TV studio which was filming ''[[Down and Out]]'', and modified the course into a death trap which they then invited [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] to take part in. To ensure they complied, they put the show's crew and audience into a box suspended over a pit of spikes, and Breakdown held on to [[Chuck Chuckles]]'s unconscious form as extra insurance. Unfortunately for the pair, the death trap was less than deadly, and the two Autobots had brought [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who shot the floor out from under the two Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|Japanese continuity does not include the final season of ''Prime''.}}
=====Japanese ''Prime'' bios=====
Breakdown was a member of the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] alongside [[Wildrider (Prime)|Wildrider]]. {{storylink|Wildrider (Prime)#Prime|Stunt Wildrider}}

=====''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''=====
[[File:BreakdownNewBody-GrandGalvatronChapter.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.7|...wait, never mind.]]
Breakdown managed to survive his repeated deaths and wandered Earth as a malicious zombie. The undead Decepticon's sheer malice attracted the attention of [[Unicron]], {{storylink|#Unite Warriors 2|''Unite Warriors'' bio}} who would summon Breakdown, among others, to his universe to convince [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] to combine with them in lieu of using Unicron for his new "[[Grand Galvatron]]" body. Breakdown was resurrected in a new combiner body as "Zombie War Breakdown", and he could serve as a limb to Grand Galvatron. The assembled combiner team was ordered by Unicron to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the planet would become Unicron's new body. Galvatron, not much for obeying anybody, ignored the order and set out to conquer in his own name as Grand Galvatron. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}} While Breakdown was loyal to his new master, he sought to return to his universe and reunite with his partner. {{storylink|#Unite Warriors 2|''Unite Warriors'' bio}}

[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], the main component of Grand Galvatron, had the group undergo training by exposing them to the lava pools of [[Thrull]], which Breakdown actually found enjoyable. {{storylink|Special Training in the Lava Baths of Planet Thrull!}}

[[File:Epilogue-War-Breakdown-home.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Grand Galvatron attacked Cybertron only to be separated into his components by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. As the team continued the battle on foot, Breakdown was shocked to run into Knock Out on the battlefield and tearfully embraced him, unaware that his partner was merely a hologram projected by [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] as a distraction. After realizing his mistake, he rejoined the others and combined back into Grand Galvatron to fight [[Sky Reign]]. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} When the battle was interrupted by [[Megaempress]], Grand Galvatron's limbs detached and fled out of fear, but Breakdown and Roller were cornered by [[Flowspade]] and forced to transform into giant fist weapons for her to wield. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Then Unicron showed up to conquer Cybertron himself, prompting the team to reform Grand Galvatron and participate in the battle with the Chaos-Bringer. After the battle was won, Breakdown was able to return to his home universe through a dimensional rift and was happily reunited with Knock Out. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

Knock Out later showed Breakdown the schematics to the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]]. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}
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===Toy bios===
Breakdown wore the powerful [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]], which was armed and upgraded with ancient weaponry given by the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s. {{storylink|Apex Armor (Prime)#Cyberverse|Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-4-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|I'm gonna come outta my shell at the [[Enclave]] and show everybody who's whooooooooooo!]]

Breakdown witnessed [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s little temper-tantrum over getting pummeled by a newly powered-up [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]. He also witnessed Megatron pummeling Knock Out after the latter's attempt to power-up Megatron went humiliatingly wrong. {{Storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}} Following the embarrassing defeat of [[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]], Breakdown was one of those in charge of the Constructicons' tickle training. {{storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}} He was present during Megatron's (brief) takeover of [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]], now wearing an eyepatch. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}} Breakdown, again with two optics, was present during Megatron's [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]-helmet-induced rampage, and after it ended, he was horrified to see that Knock Out had learned nothing from the experience and was developing more new helmets for Megatron. {{Storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}} He tried to warn [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] about [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s manipulative ways, to no avail. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}}
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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Breakdown was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. When the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, he was slain in the ensuing brawl. Vanguard supreme leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] later loaded the Warrior's lingering [[spark]] into his [[Golden Noah]] in an attempt to ferry his soul to the [[G1 World|next world]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} Unfortunately, this did not work. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale 2}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Crispin Freeman]] (English)|[[Thierry Mercier]] (French), [[Antonio Abenójar]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Grzegorz Mikołajczyk]] (Polish)}}

{{bigquote| I'm the fastest thing on 4 wheels.|Breakdown in his vehicle mode}}

[[File:Breakdown-WfC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"I always feel like somebody's watching meeeeee!"]]
Breakdown joined [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] in the invasion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], attacking the [[Stellar Galleries]] behind the [[Autobot]]'s front lines in order to acquire the [[Omega Key]]. When it turned out [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] had moved it, Megatron lead them on a run-and-gun mission through the city to the [[Vaults]] itself. Breakdown seemed most comfortable during their time in the train tunnels, even challenging Soundwave to a race. However, when Megatron told him in a paternalistic voice to "try not to get crushed by the trains", Breakdown was confused, wondering aloud if his leader had made a joke. After utilizing [[Dark Energon]] bombers to blast their way into the Vaults, the squad came up against Zeta Prime himself. He was utilizing a vast machine that rendered him unassailable, allowed him to control portions of the ceiling so they dropped to crush anyone in the room, and generated an arbitrary number of energon clones bearing his likeness that battled savagely in melee combat. Soundwave's interest in the clones caused Breakdown to deride him as a total nerdlinger, but he didn't have any words of mockery when Soundwave discerned the machine's weakness: a core that rapidly overheated and so had to open up to cool off. Even in defeat, however, Zeta Prime had put one over on the Decepticons, as they took from him not the Omega Key, but the device that activated it. And the Key was cranky about being woken up from its nap.

Though he had shot another soldier for daring to contradict him verbally, Megatron probably realized Breakdown's last-ditch maneuver to avoid crashing into [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] against Megatron's orders had saved all their lives, and so did not summarily execute him. Nor was Breakdown shot for his constant whining during the team's cat-and-mouse chase with Omega Supreme through the upper spires of Iacon towards a platform studded with some anti-air guns, which would hopefully give them a chance to fight back against the robot of unusual size. They managed to crack open Omega's armor with the emplacements, causing him to crash, but the behemoth remained on his feet—literally, as he transformed to robot mode to continue the fight. Breakdown continually expressed amazement and frustration at the seeming unstoppability of Omega Supreme, but Megatron's confidence was proven justified, as they sabotaged the means by which the giant had been repairing himself, apparently bringing him down. Seemingly unable to believe it despite having participated in the fight, Breakdown could only note, "Uh... all hail Megatron!" Yet even then, Omega Supreme was not defeated, badly damaged though he was. At that point, however, he was unable to continue repairing himself and his armor was badly damaged, allowing concentrated fire to finally overwhelm him.

Breakdown remained at Megatron's side as he tamed Omega Supreme, gaining access to Cybertron's core and infecting it with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===
{{Note|Breakdown is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. He can be unlocked by beating Dam 6 in Arena Mode.}}

When Megatron and his Decepticons destroyed a dam they had been using, Breakdown confronted them. Breakdown declared if Megatron could prove to be tougher than he was, then he'd join the Decepticons. Breakdown was eventually defeated, and, true to his word, he joined the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{Note|Breakdown does not appear in the campaign of ''Fall of Cybertron'', however he is available in multiplayer.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (console)===
{{Note|Breakdown appears as an Escalation only character. His default ability is the Hover Slam, and the Scatter Blaster as his default weapon.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers Online''===
Breakdown found [[War Rotor]] to be creepy. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2012 video game)|Transformers Online}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Breakdown and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Enraged that Optimus Prime had defeated Knock Out in combat, Breakdown faced off against the Autobot leader resolved to destroy him. He alternatively shot laser blasts, unleashed energy waves and charged Optimus Prime throughout their battle. He was defeated however, and sent running off. He later returned when Megatron did battle against Optimus, and aided his leader throughout combat. The Decepticons were defeated once more, and ran off again. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
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[[File:Primetoy-WarBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|At least when you drop a buttload of cash to import it, you get a good toy.]]
*'''War Breakdown''' ([[June 30]], [[2012]])
**''ID number'': '''AM-12'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Zamu#Toys|Zamu]]" Arms Micron

: Only available in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' line, "War Breakdown" transforms into a massive armored truck mode. He features a single [[C joint]] bar at the rear of the truck, and as part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]], Breakdown has an ''incredible'' number of [[5 mm post|5mm post]]-holes to attach Arms Microns to. He comes with his packed-in partner [[Zamu#Prime|Zamu]], who transforms into Breakdown's wrist-mounted hammer (though it actually attaches to the truck mode roof bit which flips up over his wrist, but it's a close enough approximation).

:While the mold was contemporarily available for [[Hasbro]] to use, its production cost is in "no man's land",<ref>http://tformers.com/transformers-sdcc-2012-hasbro-has-no/17901/news.html</ref> which allegedly stymied Hasbro's ability to put it in their normal price points. Eventually, this mold finally saw release in 2020 as a Hasbro Pulse item for the U.S. and Canada.

: This mold was differently [[redeco]]ed/[[retool]]ed each time into [[Swerve (Prime)#Toys|Swerve]] and [[Silas#SilasBreakdown|Silas Breakdown]], the latter of which was retooled further into [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|''Timelines'' Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/AMWarBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on War Breakdown at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1588.html War Breakdown at Alfes's blog]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy BreakdownCyberverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|IT'S... hammer time?]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number'': '''2 / 006'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''EZ-14'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[June 30]], 2012'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of Series-2 Legion-class [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]], Breakdown transforms into an armored car as per usual. He comes with a large triangular-barreled cannon based on his roof-mounted vehicle mode cannon, which has multiple 3mm posts and holes so it can be combined with other weapons and vehicles. As he is a Legion class toy of a bulky, broad-shouldered character, he is really, really, really short even compared to other Legions, let alone his rival [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Commander-class Bulkhead]].

: This sculpt was also [[redeco]]ed into [[Fallback (Prime)|Fallback]], who features a recolor of the same weapon, and [[Berserker#MtCWalmart2Pack|''The Last Knight'' Berserker]], who features no weapon at all.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Cyberverse Legion Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24]], 2012)
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: This version of Breakdown (officially "War Breakdown") is cast in an ever-so-slightly darker shade of plastic than his Hasbro counterpart. The silver [[paint operation]]s are also a tad darker, the [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon [[insignia]] on his chest is significantly darker, his spare wheel is painted in glossy rather than flat black, and his regular wheels and upper legs are cast in dark gray rather than black plastic.

: He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-ApexArmor-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm still alive?]]
*'''Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2013)
**''Series/Number'': '''3 / 002'''
**''Accessories'': Large missile-firing blaster, four missiles, small blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 Cyberverse]] Vehicle playsets, the "[[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]]" comes with a green redeco of Legion Class Breakdown. He retains the purple blaster accessory.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybApexBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-War-Breakdown-Vehicon-2-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Scalpers receive double the Breakdowns!]]
*'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (2020)
**''Accessories'': "Zamu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''Prime'', this Breakdown is a re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' figure, sticker sheet and all. He also includes [[Zamu#10 Year Anniversary|Zamu]], his Arms Micron, who still comes as parts on a model kit sprue. There are a number of small differences between the two releases, the most noticeable being the addition of a production number stamp on his right heel, and his sticker sheet uses plastic-matching dark blue rather than dark purple. Other small differences include a lighter shade of dark gray plastic, and a more orange-tinted shade of red paint used for his face.

: War Breakdown is packed with the similarly-previously-TakaraTomy-line-only [[Vehicon (Prime)#10 Year Anniversary|Jet Vehicon]] (oddly just called "Vehicon" despite Breakdown carrying the "War" prefix from the Takara release). This set was exclusive to [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the U.S. and Canada, made available for preorder concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], [[2020]]. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.

: Amusingly, despite being a Voyager-equivalent figure, War Breakdown was designated as part of the Deluxe Class for this release, and the set was priced accordingly. What a bargain!

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===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:Breakdown Construct-Bots.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Do you wish for Heavy to KILL YOU!? WISH GRANTED!]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Scout, 2013)
**''Pieces: '''45'''
: A Construct-Bots Scout, Breakdown can transform into a truck. His head is a remold of Hound's head with an angry grimace.

:Other than a new face, none of his parts are original. His vehicle hood, head, chest armor, and leg armor are all from Hound, his shoulder armor is Ironhide's thigh armor, and his feet, thigh armor, forearm armor, and axe are from Optimus Prime.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
{{anchor|UniteWarriors}}
[[File:UW-toy BreakdownZombieWar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Breakdown (G1)|Aaand we're back where we started.]]]]
*'''Grand Galvatron''' (giftset, [[April 30]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-06'''
**''Accessories'': Axe, hand/foot/gun

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' "Zombie War Breakdown" is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Decepticon Offroad]], transforming into a 4x4 double-cab pickup truck. He includes a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]] axe weapon (which can form a side-mounted exhaust pipe for truck mode), and a larger accessory that can form a hand or foot for his limb modes or a gun for robot mode, and can also be mounted on a tab in the vehicle mode's truck bed to form a giant engine block.

:As a Deluxe-sized ''Unite Warriors'' figure, Breakdown can form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiner, or become one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, although he is nominally part of [[Grand Galvatron#Toys|Grand Galvatron]]. While the front hood/windshields are needed to be folded as kneecaps for his leg mode, the piece also has a tendency to dislodge if he collides with Optimus Prime/Motormaster's and Hot Spot's protruding foot while the legs are being swiveled in his standing position, unless the leg joints are bent down to lessen the problem. Thankfully, he does not have this problem with his normal Combiner team.

: War Breakdown was sold in a [[TakaraTomy Mall]]-exclusive giftset of Grand Galvatron, along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Tactician Cyclonus]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ghost Starscream]], [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]], and [[Roller (G1)#UW06|Wandering Roller]].
{{CWOffroadMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
[[File:TransformersPrime Breakdown happymeal toy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
**''McNumber'': '''6'''
:Happy Meal Breakdown is a non-transforming SUV. Rotating the rear-mounted spare tire rotates the roof to reveal a cannon resembling the one he possessed on the show.

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[[File:Breakdown_Prime_McD_Toy.jpg|thumb|Breakdown is now an unofficial SPEEN enthusiast!]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Happy Meal, 2013)
**''McNumber'': '''6'''
:This Happy Meal Breakdown is a non-transforming robot. Equipped with a hammer for each hand, squeezing his legs will cause the upper torso and arms to spin.
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==Notes==
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hammer this [[Superman]]!]]
*Breakdown's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Racer-type chassis for [[Scout (WFC)|Scout]]-class characters. His parts are also available in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Saboteur-type components for the [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]] class (although his wheels can also be used by [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyers]]).
*While Breakdown's bulky design is largely dissimilar from [[Breakdown (G1)|his G1 counterpart]], his red face and yellow eyes are directly lifted from his G1 toy, which had similarly colored features.
*Promotional blurbs for the episode "[[Deus ex Machina]]" mentioned that [[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]] would be in the episode. Given that Breakdown acts as a rival for Bulkhead in the finished episode—which [[Lugnut (Animated)|''Animated'' Lugnut]] was played up as for [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] in the original ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Cartoon Network]] promotional material—the fandom concluded that Breakdown was meant to be Lugnut at some point in the episode's production. The Hub's [[Mike Vogel]] challenged this notion at [[BotCon 2011]], claiming that Lugnut had been Knock Out's original name, which had been changed because "Lugnut" wasn't "sexy" enough for the character. The ''Prime'' Season 1 Blu-ray commentary, however, corroborated the original theory: Breakdown's place in the show was originally intended to belong to Lugnut, since a loyal Decepticon bruiser was desired, but the show creators wanted a land-based Decepticon instead.
*Breakdown's [[license plate]] in "[[Deus ex Machina]]" is DGOT 441.
*Breakdown's body parts were available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Breakdown parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. While all the characters in the game are hue-shifted from their normal coloration, Breakdown ended up noticeably less-different than his peers, essentially just having a different face color.
*The bio for the Japanese "War Breakdown" release explicitly ties together his ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War For Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' appearances, explaining that he had his physical form upgraded in order to better face Bulkhead.
* Breakdown's appearance in the Kre-O online manga is, like most non-toy robot Kreons, made from preexisting Kre-O parts. He uses Megatron's helmet, the generic wheels on his legs, clip-on smokestacks on his arms, and some sort of apparatus to bulk up his torso.
*According to Adam Baldwin, Breakdown was killed off in ''Transformers: Prime'' due to "budget cuts".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjXXDDpvN6k&list=PL1mRg019d7OmdUldq0LW0WgV1FrFMniQq&ab_channel=geekspeakaustralia 1]

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Breakdown has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''War Mode''' (ウォーモード ''Wō Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Jida, Noji, Zamu
: Breakdown's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Big Scissor]] weapon. Yep! Despite all his other link-points, it's just him using a hand-held weapon. ''Imaginative''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''War Breakdown''' (ウォーブレイクダウン ''Wō Bureikudaun'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dǎjī''' (China, 打击, "Strike")

==See also==
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*[[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]], the bulky [[Velocitron]]ian and [[Conjunx Endura]] to [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 combiners]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
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[[Category:Stunticons]]
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Grimlock (RID 2015)

2023-03-08T22:23:41Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3.5|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Dinobot|the ''Fall of Cybertron'' Dinobot|Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock}}
:''Grimlock is a [[Decepticon]]-turned-[[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Grimlock-RID2015promorender.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Another [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock]] who is green and can speak in full sentences? Well, at least this time he turns into a dinosaur.]]

'''Grimlock''' is a wild card among the Autobots. Huge and powerful, he's also headstrong and reckless. He transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', a powerful form that's essentially a wrecking ball on two legs. It's not the subtlest [[alternate mode]] around, but Grimlock isn't one for subtlety.

Grimlock's what you might call a 'bot of action; he has little patience for complicated strategies and prefers to think of plans on the fly. Of course, his usual "plan" starts and stops at "punch it". He's not a particularly ''skilled'' fighter, eschewing guns and blasters in favor of his own fists, but when you're a heavy-hitting [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]], sheer force is often all you need to get the job done. Grimlock's fights involve a lot of collateral damage, and the big guy's not the brightest 'bot around - he's a bit clumsy and has a tendency to both underestimate ''and'' overestimate his own strength. Even so, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] recognizes that the myriad advantages of having a robotic dinosaur on their side outweigh the downsides, and Grimlock is always excited at the prospect of smashing up some of his monstrous jailmates from his days aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''.

Although his raw strength is enough to head most problems off at the pass, Grimlock's impulsiveness and often childlike behavior has sometimes landed him in trouble, especially after he bites off more than he can chew. Fortunately, he's tough and tenacious enough to fight his way right back out again. There is little he fears, but since coming to [[Earth]] Grimlock has developed a new phobia—a mortal dread of kittens.

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]] [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]]. He can also combine with either [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to form [[Primelock]] or with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to form [[Bumblegrim]], and he can combine even further with the rest of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] to form [[Ultra Bee]], though he wishes he wasn't always stuck being the combiner's legs.

In the years since his adventures with the Bee Team, he's found himself a new role as a teacher at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center|Rescue Bot Training Academy]], giving special attention to his young mentee [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]].

{{bigquote|I hear fighting! Who's fighting?! I wanna fight!|Grimlock's first words out of his stasis cell|"[[Pilot (Part 1)]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (roar sound effect), [[Masaomi Yamahashi]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Sergio Romanò]] (Italian), [[Marco Kröger]] (German), [[Yasser Azzat]] (Arabic), [[Aku Laitinen]] (Finnish), [[Pierre Bodson]] (French), [[Andrés García]] (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 & 2), [[Leonardo García]] (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), [[Cassius Romero]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:PilotPart2 Grimlock dino mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock look good in green!]]
Grimlock was arrested for causing severe property damage {{storylink|True Colors}} and imprisoned in a [[stasis pod|stasis cell]] aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After the ship crash-landed on Earth, his was one of the only stasis cells to remain largely intact after the impact, although the cell's actual "stasis" function was disabled. While Bumblebee, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] tangled with the Decepticon criminal [[Underbite]], Grimlock managed to partially break free of his cell, and enthusiastically tried to join in the fight. Before he could do so, he was restrained by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], who zapped him with a taser attachment. Eventually, Grimlock managed to goad Underbite into a rage to help "free" him. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Grimlock pursued the Decepticon to a scrapyard, though Underbite proved too much for him to handle. Joining up with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team, Grimlock enthusiastically helped bring Underbite in, and after they succeeded, Bumblebee put Grimlock on probation. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:TrustExercises boating.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sailing for adventure on the big blue wet thing.]]

Grimlock was the only member of Bumblebee's team to successfully complete the trust exercises, and as a result Bumblebee took him to investigate an attack on the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]''. The pair tussled with [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], though Grimlock ended up stranded at the bottom of the sea. The duo subsequently tracked the Decepticon to a nearby oil refinery and managed to catch him in a barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Grimlock was instrumental in capturing the Decepticon [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. Later, he joined in the hunt for [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] and wound up on guard duty. He decided to interfere anyway, and wound up getting stung into submission by Chop Shop's various components. His conspicuous alternate mode meant that he couldn't join in on the next attempt to bring in Chop Shop, so he wound up keeping [[Russell Clay|Russell]] company at the scrapyard. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

When the team split up to search the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|Crown City museum]] for a Decepticon, Grimlock briefly tangled with [[Terrashock]] in a planetarium, but came off second best. Bumblebee eventually came up with a way to hunt the Decepticon on his own terms, which Grimlock enjoyed immensely. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} Trying to protect a generator from [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], Grimlock ended up being left on guard by himself and was trounced by the Decepticon. Grimlock was knocked silly, suddenly believing he could fly, and had to be helped back to the scrapyard by Strongarm. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Grimlock poised and ready.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock get ready to rumble!]]

Grimlock's attempts to disguise his beast mode as a truck were less than successful, resulting in him being left at the scrapyard when Bee and the others were hunting for [[Filch]] near Crown City. It later turned out they needed him after all, but only to hold up a bridge. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} A [[cyber-tick]] named [[Minitron]] took control of Grimlock, forcing him to fight his friends and then make off with Underbite's stasis pod. The other Autobots followed him to [[Crown River Dam]] where Minitron met with [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Although Minitron tried to goad the Autobots into attacking one another, Grimlock managed to pin him down and subdue him. As a reward, Grimlock was formally inducted into the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|True Colors}}

While Bumblebee and Strongarm were away on a mission, Sideswipe and Grimlock got to be spectators for a feud between Fixit and Denny. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} After [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] raided the Bots' energon supply, the others left Grimlock to guard what was left, and went to hunt the Decepticon. Later as they attempted to trap Ped, Grimlock himself became trapped at the bottom of a pit Ped dug. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} After a run-in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] left Bumblebee with reduced maturity, Strongarm and Grimlock went to hunt the Decepticon in a carnival, only to be joined by their leader. Grimlock got used as a steed and experienced a carnival ride before Quillfire was captured. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Grimlock was captured by the Decepticon to use as a ransom along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} As Bumblebee's team pursued [[Malodor]] and three other [[Skunkticon]]s, Grimlock found himself repeatedly sprayed with their debilitating toxin, and was briefly taken hostage by the Decepticon quartet. He helped capture the Skunkticons, but was again sprayed with toxin in the process. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

The Autobots encountered the Decepticon [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], whom Grimlock found extremely creepy. The Autobots were led to tangle with Steeljaw's gang. Grimlock once again battled Underbite, and managed to gain the upper hand by force-feeding the [[Chompazoid]] plastic. The Decepticons were subdued and briefly captured until Steeljaw slipped his cuffs and caused a distraction. While Grimlock and the other Autobots were preoccupied with a runaway garbage barge, the Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

[[file:RobotsHaveNightmares Grimlock dream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|For rescuing a stray cat from a truck, Grimlock was forced to marry the Cat Prince.]]

Grimlock joined Russel for a night of scary movies, and unsuccessfully tried to frighten the young human, who claimed not to be afraid of anything. Along with the rest of the Autobots, he later travelled to a local cave system in search of [[Nightstrike]]. The Decepticon got the drop on the team and incapacitated all of them with his fear-inducing scream, forcing Grimlock to have nightmares about kittens. Although the Autobots escaped and managed to capture Nightstrike, Grimlock was still jumpy in spite of his claims to the contrary, and quickly fled at the sight of a local stray cat. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Grimlock was later dispatched to the Crown City subway system to track down another Decepticon contact, although Strongarm was less than enthused about having to tow the Dinobot all the way there. By the time they had arrived, they discovered that the demented scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], had stolen Sideswipe's body, and was all too eager to try it out on the Autobots. Strongarm fought Vertebreak, but Grimlock was held up by passing trains. The Autobots eventually manage to take in Vertebreak, but Grimlock was too slow to outrun the oncoming train, forcing the other wheeled Autobots to carry him and the Decepticon to safety. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}}

Russell explained to Grimlock about the notion of "paying it forward", which confused Grimlock. With the help of the newly arrived Drift and his Mini-Cons, Grimlock helped to recapture a tank that had been commandeered by an escaped Quillfire and Springload... and deliberately made sure not to catch either of the falling Decepticons. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

During a training exercise, Grimlock was injured by a falling piece of debris. Feeling that he was "the muscle" of the team and couldn't let his teammates down, Grimlock did his best to hide the injury from Bumblebee. This would eventually have repercussions when the team went underwater in pursuit of [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], who had broken into an abandoned Cybertronian spaceship. The Dinobot steadily grew weaker and less focused, unable to fight off the ship's various security measures. Eventually, Grimlock told Bumblebee the truth about the injury,and on returning to base he was patched up by Fixit. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

[[File:TFRIDTheChampGrimlockKick.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He crimefighting covers up a basic insecurity.]]

Grimlock's increasingly brazen shows of strength did not have the desired effect; one stunt wound up almost injuring Russell. When the other Autobots headed into Crown City in pursuit of [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], Grimlock's dinosaur alternate mode meant that he couldn't tag along. When the [[GroundBridge]] malfunctioned, however, he got his chance. With a rollcage welded to his back, Grimlock posed as "Dino-Bash", a human-built robot piloted by Denny, and challenged Groundpounder in a demolition derby at the Crown City [[Rumbledome]]. Groundpounder was eager to tangle with a real Dinobot, and initially gained the upper hand. Grimlock- with Fixit's assistance- was able to nail Groundpounder with his signature cannonball move... but not without almost bringing down the entire arena. {{storylink|The Champ}}

After Fixit reverted to his sentry programming, Grimlock was menaced by the various security measures around the scrapyard. Things were compounded by the return of Chop Shop, although Grimlock helped to bring in the Decepticon thief once again. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Grimlock joined the gang to investigate a Decepticon signal that belonged to [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]]. After returning to base, they discovered that Steeljaw had broken in and taken Fixit and the humans hostage. In the ensuing fight, Grimlock easily trounced Clampdown with a few well-placed tail smacks. {{storylink|Lockout}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent Grimlock catches rubble.jpg|thumb|right|380px|"Om..."]]
Grimlock eventually grew bored with his routine duties, and yearned for the days when he could simply smash whatever he wanted to. While on patrol he encountered [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], another Dinobot. The duo happily destroyed an old demolition site, but Grimlock realized that he had to do the right thing and arrest Scowl. Scowl managed to win him over and Grimlock let him walk free, on the condition that he never harm a human. Unfortunately for Grimlock, Scowl was actually one of Thunderhoof's old goons, and the Autobots rolled out to bring him in. Grimlock had to fight against a vengeful Scowl at a train station, where he helped redirect an oncoming train, and later at a spa, where he finally managed to overcome the other Dinobot with the help of a stone sculpture. Grimlock was saddened by the outcome of the fight, and mused that Scowl had never intended to change his violent ways. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

The Autobots discovered [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a charismatic 'bot who had been sent to Earth by [[Primus]] eons ago. With their ranks temporarily bolstered, Grimlock helped the team go after [[Zizza]], discovering her hiding spot at a nearby airport and then distracting her mind-controlled human pilots. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} Grimlock began feeling homesick for Cybertron and the [[Acid Wastes]]. Bumblebee tried to cheer up the team by taking them to [[Edmondville]], where they discovered the Decepticon [[Shifter]] [[Pseudo]]. Although Pseudo temporarily masqueraded as Grimlock, the team were able to spot the imposter and recapture him. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

After Strongarm and Sideswipe were kidnapped by Decepticons, Grimlock joined the remaining Autobots and Windblade for a raid on their hideout. When the Decepticons absconded to the [[Crown City Colossus]] with their hostages, Grimlock took the direct route by travelling underwater, although he was barred from destroying the portal by Clampdown. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Now with [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] on the loose, Grimlock teamed up with his allies- including a reborn Optimus Prime - against Megatronus and the other Decepticons. Grimlock managed to distract Megatronus long enough for the other Autobots to bring down part of the statue on their foe. In the aftermath, Grimlock opted to stay on Earth with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Grimlock was alarmed when [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] projected a vision on his flank. Following a GroundBridge explosion, Grimlock helped (badly) to clear up and along with Bumblebee and Strongarm, was defeated by [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] when the Decepticon arrived at the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After tracking Overload to a parking lot, the team split up with Grimlock and Strongarm trying to track the Cyclone Mini-Cons. They soon realized they'd actually been tracking humans, however Grimlock came up with a plan that let them maintain their cover. They caught up with Bumblebee in time to help take Overload back to base. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:Suspended Grimlock rolls out.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the Cretaceous, green, terrible...]]
Despite Strongarm's coaching, Grimlock was unable to establish the same level of teamwork with her that she'd had with Sideswipe, leading to them bungling the capture of [[Saberhorn]]. They eventually managed to successfully work together at the steel mill, however Grimlock ended up throwing Saberhorn through a wall and inadvertently allowing the Decepticon to escape. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} Grimlock took part in the pursuit of [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Slicedice]], during which he was able to help save some motorists accidentally endangered by Strongarm. He later helped Bumblebee try to deal with a fire caused by the two Cons, but they ended up requiring Strongarm's help to rescue some humans. {{storylink|Suspended}}

[[File:Brainpower-datacylindergonewrong.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Grimlock reads YouTube comments.]]
Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock captured the Mini-Con [[Torpor]], though the mission was nearly botched when Grimlock stumbled in on the other two Autobots as they strategised, tipping their target off to their whereabouts. Feeling that the other Autobots didn't rate his intelligence, Grimlock got Fixit's help him in trying to pass the police academy entrance exam, so that he could prove he was at least smart enough to enter the same fancy school that Strongarm had gone to. However, a mishap resulted in Grimlock downloading the entire content of a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into his brain. Though it greatly increased his intelligence, it also meant the eventual degradation of his neural pathways and as he joined in the hunt for [[Simacore]], he soon found his new knowledge left him unable to effectively fight. Fixit was able to reverse the process, draining his intelligence away in time for him to defeat Simacore and rescue Bumblebee and Strongarm from a particle accelerator. {{storylink|Brainpower}}

When a wounded Steeljaw turned up at the scrapyard, Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock followed the trail of energon he'd left to a disused drive in where they encountered [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Crazybolt, and Slicedice. Though Grimlock was beaten down at first, he and Bumblebee were able to defeat and capture them after the latter Autobot distracted the enemy with a magic trick he had learned from Russel, allowing Grimlock to get a second wind. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:Impounded-grimlocksdisguise.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Robots in Disguise Grimlock disguised as [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Robots in Disguise Grimlock]].]]
Grimlock grew increasingly bored as the Autobots hunted down a cable in a shipping yard, one of the many components the Decepticons were gathering for their current machinations. He managed to find it, shortly before he was blasted by Springload, and then inadvertently by Bumblebee. The mission a bust, the entire team were left mentally drained after having failed to decipher the Decepticons' motives. Grimlock turned down staking out a [[Rear Axle]] concert, not sharing Bumblebee's enthusiasm for the band, when their next lead pointed to it being the Decepticons' next target. Instead, he practiced his sculpture (which simply involved smashing big rocks into smaller rocks). Bumblebee called for back-up when he encountered Bisk on the mission, and Grimlock joined Strongarm in trying to come to help, only for them to be held up by traffic. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} When Grimlock almost blew the Autobots' cover by landing in the middle of a crowd while trying to apprehend [[Silverhound]], Bumblebee banned him from going on missions. Fixit came up with a crane disguise for Grimlock to use, and the pair headed out after Bumblebee and Strongarm left to track down Quillfire. Passing himself off as a "Dino Crane," designed to look as it did because "children love dinosaurs," Fixit and Grimlock caught up to their commander and were able to help him and Strongarm capture Quillfire. Bumblebee gave Grimlock's new disguise his approval, allowing him once more to go back into the field. {{storylink|Impounded}}

After an incident with the GroundBridge brought [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to Earth, Strongarm and Grimlock were knocked out by the Decepticon. They recovered, only to be warped away from the junkyard alongside [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] by a portal created by Soundwave. Working together, Grimlock and Strongarm were able to shut down Laserbeak, then rushed back to the rest of the team. They arrived just as Denny, Fixit, Russel, and Bumblebee managed to get Soundwave back into the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]], and threw the Decepticon Mini-Con back into the other dimension after its master. {{storylink|Portals}} Following another mission, Grimlock joined the stealth team via the GroundBridge, and carried an injured Drift back to base. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

After a chance encounter resulted in [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] joining the team, the Autobots got a lead to the location of the group of Decepticons; an escapee Mini-Con called [[Toolbox]]. They used a ruse to infiltrate the crashed ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' which the Decepticons were using as their "Decepticon Island," during which Grimlock pretended to be a Decepticon returning with Autobot prisoners. Though they made good grounds once inside the ship, one of the other slave Mini-Cons blurted out a greeting to Toolbox upon seeing him returned, betraying the Autobots' presence. Grimlock's team were surrounded by the bulk of the Alchemor's remaining Decepticons soon afterwards. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Thanks to Windblade providing them with an impromptu distraction, the rest of the Autobots were able to make a break for it and split up into smaller groups. Strongarm, Grimlock, and Sideswipe were sent to try and free the Mini-Cons being held captive by the Decepticons. They ended up in a communications room where they encountered Groundpounder and Thunderhoof. Still holding a grudge against Grimlock since their last encounter, Groundpounder beat down the Dinobot while Thunderhoof dealt with the other two Autobots. Sideswipe eventually managed to incapacitate the Decepticons by using nearby equipment to broadcast a high-frequency signal, holding onto consciousness for seconds longer than the Decepticons. After using the communications equipment to free the Mini-Cons, the trio escaped the ship before the [[cryo-gas]] bomb froze everyone aboard.

With the Decepticon threat now finally dealt with, several Autobots decided to head back to their homeworld. Grimlock was not among them, choosing instead to stay behind with Bumblebee on Earth to set up a permanent base of operations, should any more peril befall the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} When news of the Bee Team's exploits reached Cybertron, Grimlock became one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Bumblebee took his team on a tour of interesting locations on Earth, culminating in them visiting the remains of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], only to find a strange bomb had been set up to detonate. Grimlock was partnered with Strongarm when the team split up, only to end up stepping on a mine. He was unable to move for fear of setting the mine off, until Bumblebee found him and revealed that the "mine" was just an old armor buffer. {{storylink|History Lessons}} When Bumblebee split up the team to search sites of Cybertronian significance, Grimlock was assigned look in western [[China]]. The team was accidentally bridged back to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]] because Denny and Russell didn't know what they were doing. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

[[File:TRID S2 E16 PL MSS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Lobster Mobster strikes again.]]
After one too many accidents, Grimlock was disgruntled when Bumblebee only assigned him one mission in the search for Cybertronian relics. During his mission, he encountered Brother [[Gunter]], who set about teaching him patience via the medium of pretzel manufacture. [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]] turned up at the monastery, resulting in Grimlock calling in the rest of the team, however ultimately it was the patience he'd learned that allowed Grimlock to defeat the scavenger. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

When Team Bee found a [[high energy pulse generator]] in [[Egypt]], Grimlock carried it back to the scrapyard using his crane mode, however the device was destroyed anyway when it threatened to fry their brains. Following an invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the team lost both their own Mini-Cons and their leader, after they were abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Joined by Optimus, the team split up to search for Starscream. Grimlock was first on the scene when Strongarm and Sideswipe ran into the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, but the ensuing hostilities ended when the Mini-Cons recognized Optimus, and the two groups teamed up. A short time later, they ran into the Scavengers, and then during the fight with them, the Mini-Cons were captured by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} [[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Say hello to his little friend!]] Grimlock linked with Tricerashot, who'd avoided being captured, and took out the Scavengers. He and the rest of the team located Starscream's ship, and during the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, they were knocked out by Starscream. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Team Bee split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Without any Decepticons to punch, Grimlock passed his time playing tic-tac-toe with his own tail. He joined Bumblebee and Drift as they traveled to [[Grand Valley]] to face a Decepticon. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} Grimlock found himself at a disadvantage as he was unable to outrun [[Heatseeker]]'s guided missiles, but he managed to serve as a distraction for Bumblebee and Drift to move in. The mission ended with the entire team somehow being merged into one robot, though they were unconscious at the time. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|How To Train Your Dinobot.]]
Impressed by the abilities of Drift's pupils, Grimlock decided to become Drift's "poodle" too. As the team attempted to capture [[Crustacion]] in [[Antarctica]], Grimlock's attempts to put Drift's teachings into practice were surprisingly successful, and he was instrumental in capturing the 'Con. {{storylink|Defrosted}} Grimlock and the rest of the team joined up with the [[Rescue Bot]] [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] as they attempted to recapture [[Ragebyte]]. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Grimlock, along with the rest of the team, found himself drawn to possess the [[Sphere of Doradus]] thanks to the strange energies it gave off. He was later able to overcome this desire thanks to his love of punching, and took part in the capture of Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Grimlock was part of a mission to [[West Rock]], and used his crane disguise to block the city's only exit to prevent [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]] escaping. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

During another attempt to capture Drag Strip, a methane explosion caused the team to again merge into a giant robot, though Grimlock was disappointed to find he was the legs. Afterwards, the team had to cope with having two Sideswipes as they continued to try to get back the relic Drag Strip had stolen. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} Grimlock and the rest of the team captured three Decepticon brothers as a result of Strongarm employing her detective skills. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

[[File:RiD2015 Out of the Shadows Sidelock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"The bottom. AGAIN."]]
Grimlock and Sideswipe were temporarily [[Sidelock|fused together]] during another of Fixit's combiner experiments. They and the rest of the team helped Drift recover his two Mini-Cons students after they were kidnapped by the Decepticon [[Shadow Raker]]. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Another of Fixit's combiner experiments led to the Autobots temporarily switching bodies. Grimlock reveled in having Drift's vehicle mode, and gleefully took part in a road race in an attempt to stop the Stunticons, though he had difficulty working with Drift's Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

The team attempted to help Strongarm's friend [[Nightra]] after she turned up apparently being pursued by [[Blastwave]], only to discover that Nightra was the criminal being hunted while Blastwave an Autobot bounty hunter. When the deception was exposed aboard [[Blastwave's ship]], Grimlock put his all into hanging onto the rest of the team as they were nearly blown out of a cargo bay, before he managed to close the bay door. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}} Grimlock developed an interest in art and started off by making a sculpture of Strongarm. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA MSS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|WOAH-OHHHH!]]
After allowing Fixit to experiment on him, Grimlock developed uncontrollable super speed. Despite Bumblebee restricting him to base, Grimlock - inspired by Russell's reading a ''[[Captain Plasma Beam]]'' comic to him - believed he could be an effective superhero and joined in on a mission to recapture Simacore. This didn't go well, but he did eventually successfully defeat the Con, and he took pride in Simacore's having declared him to be the Orangucon's "greatest foe". {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}}

Grimlock, no longer with the aid of super-speed, took part in a mission to prevent the Stunticons from stealing the power source for a high-speed maglev train. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}} Grimlock and the rest of the team finally managed to combine into [[Ultra Bee]] during another mission against the Stunticons. {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} A message from Windblade sent the team to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they again combined and managed to defeat the Stunticons once and for all. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

[[File:TRID E 63 Grimlock with rocks.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Me Grimlock love to smash rocks.]]
Russell and Grimlock began making video diaries to keep the absent Drift up-to-date. Their latest effort was interrupted by an attack which drove the Autobots from the scrapyard and forced them to seek refuge in the nearby cave system. Decepticon signals led them to the culprits — Steeljaw and his pack, and the ensuring battle endangered Crown River Dam. {{storylink|Exiles}} With the Autobots finding the cramped quarters of the caves inconvenient, Denny and Russell got Grimlock to enlarge it using his rock-smashing skills. {{Storylink|Breathing Room}} Left on monitor duty, Grimlock was distracted and missed the detection of some Decepticon signals. As a result, he became hyper-sensitive about remaining professional and not having fun on the job, which almost resulted in the Decepticons getting away with some nuclear waste until Sideswipe snapped him out of it. {{storylink|Prepare for Departure}} Grimlock took part in a mission which resulted in the defeat and capture of (most of) Steeljaw's pack at the nuclear plant. {{storylink|Prisoner Principles}}

{{bigquote|Good call, Bulkhead. Smashing stuff really does relax me.|Grimlock|[[Sick as a Bot]]}}
[[File:SickAsABot Grimlock thinking.jpg|thumb|250px|right|All his plans are ''smashing!'']]
Grimlock took part in the defeat of Soundwave, preventing the Decepticon from irradiating the entire planet. He later dressed up as "the monster from Dimension Aaargh" for Sideswipe's performance of ''[[Showcase of Shivers]]''. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}} The Autobots returned to the scrapyard and Grimlock was tasked with securing the prisoners, only to let Underbite escape. He and the other Autobots were forced to chase the 'Con, who randomly teleported thanks to a chunk of space bridge he'd eaten. {{storylink|Something He Ate}} After Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe were infected with a nanovirus, Grimlock rushed off to try to capture the Decepticon. He only succeeded once the newly arrived [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] helped him slow down and come up with a plan. {{storylink|Sick as a Bot}}

During a pursuit of Steeljaw, Grimlock and the others found themselves arrested by [[Dropforge]]. They were able to escape with Denny and Russell's help and both foiled Steeljaw's plan, and freed Dropforge from the mind control signal he was being controlled by. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} Optimus arrived once more, sending Grimlock and the rest of the team to Cybertron where the Autobot council were using mind control on the population. On arrival, the Autobots were surrounded by security, {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} however with the help of Dropforge and Steeljaw, they were able to gain entry to the [[High Council Tower]]. After they discovered the council were actually Decepticons, Grimlock decided the best way to eliminate the mind control was to smash everything. He then took on [[Treadshock]] and managed to knock him out with a tail smash. A battle ensued with the Autobots and Decepticons taking on their [[Galvatronus (RID)|combined forms]] for a last ditch struggle for Cybertron, and the Bee Team eventually prevailed. In the aftermath, Grimlock and the others returned to Earth as newly appointed ambassadors and ended up chasing after Steeljaw again. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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====''Robots In Disguise'' shorts====
After accidentally stomping on Fixit several times during the day, Grimlock somehow got the Mini-Con stuck to his foot.
{{Storylink|Fixit Jam}} Grimlock was lent a [[Decepticon Hunter]] so he could find his signature weapon, his own fist. {{Storylink|Perfect}}

====''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Terrence Flint]] (English)|[[Pierre Bodson]] (French)}}
[[File:BuddyCop camo Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Grimlock was once a major [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] star under the name '''Steelwall'''. During his career as a player, he won MVP at the 217th Cybertron All-Bot Bowl. {{storylink|Trouble Cubed}} [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] once bet Grimlock couldn't eat thirty seven rocks, but Grimlock ate forty of them. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}}

Grimlock joined the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] as a new teacher, though as a result they started going through the gym equipment a lot faster. Unlike the other recruits, [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] was initially terrified of the Dinobot, skipping out on the class; however, when he later realized Grimlock was afraid of [[Mister Pettypaws]], he overcame his own fear. {{storylink|Tyrannosaurus Wrecked}}

Grimlock later took the recruits (minus Hoist) to [[Wayward Island|Dino Island]]. However, the group accidentally let a triceratops back through the [[GroundBridge]]. They were forced to return the hard way, with [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] towing Grimlock on some improvised water skis, but Hoist had already overcome his fear of dinosaurs and dealt with the situation by the time they got back. {{storylink|Dino Hard}}

After catching [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] sneaking in late to class, Chase elected to have the recruits participate in stealth training, pairing the partner-less Hot Shot with Grimlock. Hot Shot was skeptical of Grimlock's methods and doubted the large Dinobot could be at all stealthy, leading him to ditch the professor early on. However, Grimlock proved him wrong by completing the exercise while successfully evading Chase's optics, earning Hot Shot's respect. {{storylink|Buddy Cop}}

Heatwave later had the Dinobot fill in for him at the desk while he was away, though begrudgingly, he had to reveal himself in public to fool the witnesses of Medix's confused mishaps.{{storylink|Monster Savings}}

As part of the recruits' final test, Grimlock was picked to be the rescue victim whom the teachers had to carry in a relay race. His size resulted in several unfortunate mishaps, though in the final round it was Hot Shot exploiting his Gatophobia that lost the teachers their victory. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 1}}

For year two, Grimlock was selected to mentor Hoist, though his expression of joy at the news sent the recruit scurrying away in fear. {{storylink|Back to School}} Hoist did his best to avoid Grimlock, but when they were assigned a mission together, Grimlock tracked him down. They joined Grimlock's old friends [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] aiming to retrieve a crashed spacecraft. When the three Dinobots' efforts threatened to bring a cliff down on a nearby town, Hoist came up with an alternate plan, and Grimlock realized he'd learned something from the student. {{storylink|Mission Dinobot}} He had Hoist undergo Dinobot sensitivity training and undertook a mission to rescue kittens from a mine. {{storylink|In Training}}

Heatwave had Grimlock cover for him for a few days, and so Grimlock moved a bunch of his stuff into the office. This included a classic Cube from Grimlock's Cube playing days, which Hot Shot promptly borrowed without permission. The recruits managed to lose the Cube in [[Milford]], forcing them to come to Grimlock for help, and once the Cube was safely recaptured, he promised to tell them all about his Cube days while Hot Shot did chores as punishment. {{Storylink|Trouble Cubed}} Grimlock found coming up with activities a struggle, however when Hoist discovered an old newspaper article that pointed to an energon cache in an old mine, he got Heatwave to approve a field trip to investigate. Grimlock called in Sludge and Snarl to help search, however though the Dinobots located the energon, they also caused the mine to cave in, and they had to follow Hoist's plan to extract themselves. {{storylink|The Great Energon Rush}}

Grimlock took part in the rescue of Doc Greene and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] when a force field dome trapped the two humans in the lab. {{storylink|Partners (RBA)|Partners}} Hoist consulted Grimlock when he was trying to decide on a new alternate mode, which unsurprisingly resulted in Hoist picking a dinosaur mode. {{storylink|Big Wheels}} Grimlock took part in a "rescue-athon" paired with Hoist. {{storylink|First Responder}}

When a sandstone butte was in danger of falling on a tree on Dino Island, Grimlock had the recruits called in to help him, Sludge and Snarl deal with the problem. They were able to safely topple the butte away from the tree. {{storylink|Bot Blog}} When Hoist accused Snarl and Sludge of messing up the Academy, Grimlock sentenced them to guard assignment on a distant gas giant, though it later turned out they were innocent. {{storylink|Things That Go Bot In The Night}} Grimlock spotted Hoist as the latter lifted weights. When Whirl needed a spotter for her trip to the [[Amazon]], Grimlock set her up with tracker [[Slash (RBA)|Slash]]. {{storylink|The Tracker}}

Grimlock joined Heatwave and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in helping with an imminent meteor strike on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]]. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}} When the recruits were being too quiet to be effective during their rescues, Grimlock encouraged them to be more assertive and took them on a trip to the planet [[Krimol]]... where they discovered that being loud aggravated the local wildlife. {{storylink|Don't Be Alarmed}}

Grimlock was among the observers as the recruits undertook their final test of year two. He promised the "dance off to end all dance offs" would take place during the party aboard [[Citadel Secundus]], however he was put into stasis lock when an asteroid hit the Titan and created an anti-energon field. {{storylink|Space Party}} He and the rest of the teaching staff were revived after Secundus was landed safely on Earth, and attended the recruits' graduation ceremony. {{storylink|Crash Of The Titan}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Grimlock and the other members of Bumblebee's team responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

Grimlock was shocked when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] suddenly appeared among the Autobots, claiming to be from [[Legends World|another universe]]. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
[[File:IDWRID1 Grimlock dinopile.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Grimlock's reaction after seeing the Big Green dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''.]]
While checking on a stasis pod with Strongarm, Grimlock stomped on a forest fire that had broken out. He attempted to track [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]] until Bumblebee arrived and pointed them in the direction of the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park. There, they managed to track down the Decepticon and capture him (Grimlock covertly stomped him!) however when the morning crowds arrived, Grimlock was forced to pretend to be a dinosaur statue for sixteen hours to avoid blowing the Autobots' cover. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} During a training exercise, Grimlock cheerfully smooshed Sideswipe by executing a "Dinopile". After taking part in a team takedown of [[Spinhead]], he repeated the maneuver on the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Grimlock and Sideswipe aided in the capture of [[Transit (RID)|Transit]] by directing the Decepticon into a traffic jam engineered by Fixit. During a visit by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team, Grimlock took part in a plan to capture [[Clipshade]], though his contribution ended up with him landing on top of Sideswipe again. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After establishing the location of [[Overhead]], Grimlock and the rest of the team managed to take the Decepticon down, though not before Grimlock had suffered a few bumps and accidentally worn a hat. After Overhead supplied them with a distress beacon she claimed would bring the leader of the [[Cybercomrade Sect]], Bumblebee and Grimlock set a trap, only to encounter Clipshade, who it turned out was an Autobot double agent—Overhead was the real Sect leader. They soon returned to Strongarm to find their captive had escaped. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} After attempting to help coach Sideswipe on his acting, Grimlock took part in an attempt to capture Overhead. He ended up being physically tossed by the Buffaloid during the fight, but after she caused the space bridge she was working on to collapse into a black hole, Grimlock managed to save [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] from falling into it. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Team Bee followed Decepticon signals to [[Fort Tucker]] and found themselves tangling with two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Grimlock was injured shielding some unconscious humans from Vehicon missiles and had to be helped to safety by Drift. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. To the shock of the others, Grimlock reasoned that Steeljaw was probably in the [[Sierra Vistas]], leading them to successfully locate the cave in question, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Grimlock battled his usual dance partner, Underbite, until the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command. In the aftermath Team Bee was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books====
[[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|Lob-ball]] star "Gridlock Grimlock" had an impromptu game using Fixit as the ball. When the team went to hunt [[Scuzzard]], Grimlock was left at base as a last line of defense, and clumsily managed to knock over Filch's stasis pod, freeing the Decepticon. He joined the team in hunting down both of the avians, taking down Scuzzard with Sideswipe's help. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} When three of Russell's classmates invaded the scrapyard, Grimlock was forced to pretend to be a prop from a Japanese kaiju movie, which worked until he saw the cat [[tattoo]] one of the boys was sporting, and reacted with terror. Fixit detected Decepticon signals, which resulted in Grimlock and the rest of the team tangling with Underbite, Thunderhoof and [[Slink]]'s gang in a warehouse. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Grimlock was disappointed when a potential Decepticon incursion turned out to be a drill and he wouldn't get to punch anything. He got his chance when the Autobots apprehended [[Forager]], however on their next mission the Autobots were led on a wild goose chase. On their return to the scrapyard they were captured and put into stasis pods by the Ronin, where they remained until Drift was able to free them and help them turn the tables on the three Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

An attempt at a game of football went wrong when Grimlock punctured the ball with his teeth while calling "hole in one!" He and the rest of the team took on [[Skinkbomb]], only to find the Decepticon's explosives formidable, and the fight was lost when Bumblebee became distracted. Though the team thought Bumblebee might be suffering from brain rust, the next time they faced Skinkbomb, they all heard the illusionary Optimus Prime's voice and were all able to overcome the Decepticon regardless. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Grimlock, Strongarm, and Bumblebee attempted to arrest the Decepticon [[Brakepad]], only to fall foul of his lethargy-inducing powers. After they returned to the scrapyard empty-handed, Denny and Russell had to force them to go back out into the field and capture Brakepad. {{Storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

====Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}}}

===''TransTech''===
Grimlock prowled about the streets of the Under City in Axiom Nexus, in a crowd of countless off-worlders. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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|-
! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
! style="background: #BF00FF; color: white" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)'''
|-
|Starter
|500
|10
|-
|Titan Guardian
|1000
|20
|-
|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|One-Step
|2000
|40
|-
|One-Step Gold
|2000
|40
|-
|Titan Hero
|3000
|60
|-
|Warrior
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Gold
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Asia
|4000
|80
|-
|Battlepack
|4000
|80
|-
|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|Hero Stealthasaurus
|6000
|120
|-
|Stomp ‘N Chomp
|10000
|160
|}
</center>

When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{Note|The Grimlock Custom Kreon appears as a power-up item, serving as the player's support by attacking enemies. However the Kreons can suffer friendly fire from the player itself.}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Grimlock, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{Charstubgames}}{{Storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

====Legion Class====
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[[File:RID2015LegendsGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm gonna burst outta your pocket in a minute!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legends Class, 2015-2016)

:Part of the 2nd wave of Robots in Disguise [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Legion|Legion Class]] line, Grimlock transforms into a robot to ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and back! He also features a sculpted battle mask on his head...although it's painted with his unmasked face's color. Oh, well. Legion Class Grimlock sports 3mm ports on his robot hands & arm joints. His ''T. rex'' shoulders also feature 5mm ports.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot/''T. rex'' mode, on his right arm/left leg. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:This figure has been released twice: First in late 2014/early 2015 the original ''Robots in Disguise'' packaging design, and then again in late 2016 in the ''Combiner Force'' subline imprint packaging refresh. And due to one of the mobile game's many updates, "unlocking" Grimlock was rendered useless by that point.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Legion-Class Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Adventure-EZ-Collection-Clear-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Clear Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2015)

:A redeco of Legion Class Grimlock in clear plastic, Grimlock Clear Ver. was given away at Japanese stores like EDION toy department & Bic Camera, from July 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on Adventure product. Like most of the clear colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Grimlock has no paint operations save for his face and his ''T. rex'' head.

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[[File:TAV-35-EZ-Collection-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Inconceivable!]]
*'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV35'''
:Available for this set, this version of Grimlock is a redeco of the original Legion Class toy, featuring additional paint details on any of his paintable plastic.

:Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges on the toy, instead it was printed on one small card, along with the other 3 badges.

:Grimlock was released as a four-pack along with [[Steeljaw (RID)#TAV35|Steeljaw]], [[Underbite#TAV35|Underbite]], and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV35|Optimus Prime]].

:Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it 2 years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).
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====One-Step Changers====
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[[File:RID20151StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Roll back the rock!'' ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TED-09-One-Step-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Turn back the clock!'' ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-09'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 27]], 2015

:Part of the second wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#One-Step Changers|One-Step changers]], Grimlock transforms into a robot to ''T. rex'' and back in just one easy step! Grimlock also features a sculpted tongue in his ''T. rex'' mouth. Although he only transforms into a single step, His ''other'' step is to fold his pair of feet into two hands.

:This Grimlock can ride on his [[#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp counterpart]], but does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is merely impossible to be scanned while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts had covered it.

:The TakaraTomy release of One-Step Changer Grimlock (as part of the ''Easy Dynamic Series'' line) features extensive paint applications to resemble his cartoon counterpart. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' arm. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/OSCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on One-Step Changer Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Roll back the rock to the dawn of time'' ''And sing this song with me!'']]
*'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)

:One-Step Changer Gold Armor Grimlock is a Generation-1 inspired redeco of the One-Step figure above.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is nearly impossible to scan while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts cover it.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:A 6-pack featuring the One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#RIDCollection|Steeljaw]], Grimlock, [[Sideswipe (RID)#RIDCollection|Sideswipe]], [[Underbite#RIDCollection|Underbite]] (all of them unchanged from their individual releases), and a new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set. This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.
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====Warrior Class====
{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:RID15-toy Grimlock Warrior.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Green and black, man! You got a problem with that? ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2014-2017)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV-02'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

:First released as part of the first wave of Warrior-Class figures, Grimlock transforms into a green and black ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Unusual for a Warrior-Class, he comes packaged with no accessories. In dinosaur mode a switch atop his head moves his jaw up and down. Grimlock's right robot mode leg also features a sculpted [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|fake tail]], to symmetrically match his left leg, where his ''T. rex'' mode tail had stored with. Please take note that Grimlock's hands can't grip some weapons due to his ''T. rex'' feet being on the way.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. The badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:The figure suffers a [[design flaw]]: His pair of arms/legs is pretty much prone to have stress marks and/or suffer breakage, thanks to the loose grey plastic piece in the pseudo-ratchet joint. This can be fixed if the grey plastic piece is glued in place (although this will require removing metal pins).

:[[File:RID Warrior Grimlock Packaging Comparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Shelf life of a 1980s figure.]][[File:Takaratomy-tav-02-grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]

: Despite being succeeded by the "Gold Armor" redeco in wave 4, the original green and black deco of the figure made a comeback in subsequent waves, in two different packaging [[variant]]s as part of the "Mini-Con Weaponizers" and "Combiner Force" [[subline imprint]]s. It is unknown whether these re-releases use the modified pseudo-ratchet joint seen on the redeco. Take note that the re-releases' badges only unlocks Energon Currency instead of the character.

: The TakaraTomy release of Grimlock uses a slightly saturated green plastic, and features extra paint applications, mostly for his alt mode's toes, and his eyebrows. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Warrior-Class Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TAVVS02-Grimlock-VS-Gregevor-Boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock VS Greejeeber''' (VS set, 2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV VS-02'''

:The TakaraTomy release of Warrior Class Grimlock was also available in a boxed two-pack with the Decepticon [[Greejeeber#Toys|Greejeeber]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Dumb stubbies! Yellow not same color as gold!]]
*'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2015)

:A [[redeco]] and new-head [[retool]] of the Warrior Class Grimlock toy, "Gold Armor Grimlock" features a new coloration and a masked head, inspired by his [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]. His pair of arms/leg joints were slightly modified to prevent breakage.

:His stock photography features yellow paint applications, rather than orange as seen in the final product.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on the right of his robot mode chest. As he's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/GAGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Warrior-Class Gold Armor Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class====
{{anchor|Adventure}}
[[File:TAV30-Battle-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Do not say Yoshi.]]
*'''Battle Grimlock''' (2015)
**''ID number'': '''TAV30'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, Shield
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the ''Adventure Series'' lineup, Battle Grimlock is a retool of ''Generations'' [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|Voyager Class Grimlock]], replacing his heads, shoulders, knee plates, and entire torso to better resemble his cartoon counterpart. He comes with a sword with a [[5 mm post|5mm handle]] and a peg on either side of the hilt, as well as a shield which can mount via its single peg. Grimlock features 5mm ports for his hands, as well as on his forearms/lower dino legs and shoulders/dino hips. The hollow sides of his dinosaur arms feature [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]-compatible [[C joint|3mm ports]]. The LED gimmick on previous releases of the mold has been removed for this release.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' leg/right robot mode arm. Scanning this in the Transformers Chronicle Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

:This toy can be armored up with Mini-Con [[Divebomb (RID)#Robots in Disguise|Divebomb]], despite being a differing faction. Divebomb's armor may be connected to Battle Grimlock in either mode. Divebomb himself may be stored on Grimlock's robot shoulders or in his dinosaur undercarriage.
{{GenerationsFOCGrimlockMold}}
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====Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changers====
{{anchor|HyperchangeHeroes}}
[[File:RID20153StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock have feet for hands and hands on feet! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Takaratomy-ted-02-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-02'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

:Part of the first wave of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Three-Step Changers|''Robots in Disguise'' Three-Step Changers]], This roughly voyager-sized Grimlock transforms into a Robot and ''T. rex'' in just a few easy steps! His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. However the badge ''cannot'' be scanned while he's in ''T. rex'' mode. Three-Step Grimlock does not features any 5mm compatible arms, but features the said ports on his front ''T. rex'' legs instead. Giving him weapons (or any Mini-Cons from the Mini-Con Weaponizers subline) to wield can be awkward.

:The TakaraTomy release features extra paint applications. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy in the app's collection list. Unlike the American release, Big Grimlock is packaged in a windowed box, instead of an an open package.

:Although the transformation of this toy is listed as '''3 steps''', there are 2 optional steps: positioning the ''T. rex'' arms, and pulling the tail off before (then reinserting it after) transformation. However, it's possible to transform Grimlock with the tail installed anyway.

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[[File:RID2015-Three-Step-Stealthasaurus-Rex-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblelock?]]
*'''Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2016)

:This Grimlock is a redeco of the 3-Step Changer above, with yellow paint applications.

:The toy was solicited as '''Stealthasaurus Grimlock''' in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.

:For unknown reasons, the 3-Step Changer assortment was halted at United States release for the better part of a year, which resulted in Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock not appearing at retail until nine months after he had been released in Australia. Afterwards, the assortment continued at a normal pace.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Combiner-Force-3-Step Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I have fist-balls of steel!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (3-Step Changer, 2017)

:Released under the "[[Combiner Force]]" subline, "Hyper-Swoop" Grimlock is an entirely a new mold. While possessing a different transformation scheme, Grimlock features fairly show-accurate robot and ''T. rex'' modes. Due to his transformation scheme, he ends up having two ''T. rex'' toes on his ''T. rex''/robot mode legs.
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====Stomp & Chomp====
{{anchor|RID2015Stomp&Chomp}}
[[File:RID2015-Stomp-and-Chomp-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Yo Bee, you remember that I used to transform into a mechanical mess of a ''T. rex''?"]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2015)

:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a redeco of [[Grimlock (AOE)#Stomp&Chomp|''Age of Extinction'' Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], transforming from 22" tall ''T. rex'' to robot by triggering the handle from his back. He also lacks the sword and the Optimus Prime mini-figure. Undocumented in the instructions, Stomp and Chomp Grimlock's weapons can be popped out by placing any ''Age of Extinction'' One-Step Changers & Power Attacker figures. However, all of the ''Robots in Disguise (2015)'' One-Step Changers cannot accommodate with the gimmick.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his handlebar. Like the original mold, Stomp & Chomp Grimlock ended up being a [[shelfwarmer]].
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====Mini-Con Battle Packs====
[[File:RID2015-Minicon-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock feel excellent, [[Megatron (BW)|yeeeess]].]]
*'''Decepticon Hunter Grimlock with Mini-Con Decepticon Back ''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 5 armor pieces (combine to form a weapon)

:Part of the second [[wave]] of the Mini-Con Battle Pack, "Decepticon Hunter Grimlock" is a new sculpt, similar in size of a Scout Class figure (In Grimlock's case, the size of ''Cyberverse'' Commander figure), with its transformation engineering borrowed from the [[Grimlock (WFC)#Warrior Class|Warrior]] class figure. Battle Pack Grimlock also features transparent yellow pieces, which can be combined into a weapon resembling a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head and can also be attached to his body to form his armor. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' head weapon can also attach to his beast mode head, giving him a hilarious giant transparent ''Tyrannosaurus'' head over his actual ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. As an undocumented feature, the ''T. rex'' head can be used as a handheld (technically, arm-''mounted'' via a pair of tabs) weapon. His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex''/Robot chest, accessible in Robot Mode and in-package.

:Fortunately, the elbows use ball joints, removing the nasty arm-breaking [[design flaw]] the Warrior figure had, and he also possesses a pseudo-ratcheting lower jaw for his ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. Apart from this, Battle Pack Grimlock is not without some issues: depending on how tight the shoulder ball joints are, the tabs that connect his shoulders and the upper body had a tendency to get undone easily with little handling force, but it can be partially amended by adding the armor pieces 3 & 4 onto the chest. Also, the 5mm hexagonal pegholes on his ''T. rex'' legs/robot arms (depending on which piece of course) also has a tendency to develop some stress marks due to not being properly molded. This can be fixed by [[Customizing|widening the hole with a 5mm drill bit]], though this results in a circular peghole instead.

:Grimlock was available with [[Back|Decepticon Back]], a Cyclone Mini-Con which is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys.

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[[File:TF-Adventure-Mini-Con-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Sunnn! Give him da powa of da Sun!"]]
*'''Volcano & Grimlock Volcano Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''ID number'': '''TAV42'''
**''Accessories'': Volcano armor pieces, Volcano Mini-Con

:The ''Adventure'' release of the Mini-Con Battle Pack Grimlock is a redeco of the Hasbro mold, featuring some paint applications to more closely resemble his appearances in the cartoon, though the ''T. rex'' arms & hips/robot shoulders are not painted due to being molded with [[unpaintable plastic]].

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*'''Optimus Prime and Grimlock - Supreme Armor set''' (4-pack, 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''TAV45'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus Prime's weapons (Battle Axe, 5 armor pieces (combine to form into a weapon)), Grimlock's weapons (5 armor pieces (combine to form a weapon)) [[Gravity]] Mini-Con, [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]] Mini-Con

:Another release of the ''Adventure'' Mini-Con Battle Pack Grimlock, this toy features transparent blue battle axe and armor parts.

:Grimlock is bundled with Optimus Prime, and his Mini-Cons Gravity and Volcano, redecoed in different colors.
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====Team Combiners====
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[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Gabu Gaburincho; Grimlock!"]]
*'''Ultra Bee''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

:Grimlock transforms from ''T. rex'' into robot, and combines with Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm to form Ultra Bee. Due to the set's nature as a 4-piece Combiner, Grimlock forms the lower section of the gestalt. Unfortunately, due to his transformation, his ''T. rex'' mode ends up having an unambiguous pair of robot legs sticking out of its butt in place of an actual tail. The set's instructions say that the included sword accessory can somehow attach to his ''T. rex'' mode to sort-of disguise/compensate for this, but exactly how isn't clearly illustrated and there are no clips that hold it securely in place.

:As with all Team Combiner torsos, Grimlock's lower torso mode has the distinction of having his hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem.

:Each toy uses the same universal combination joint as the other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some... ''interesting'' combinations, given that most robots form very specific body parts when combined. Mixing Crash Combiners with Team Combiners leads to some ''especially'' weird results...except for combining with Crash Combiner torsos...which resulted in having a large pair of lower legs.
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====Crash Combiners====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Crash-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Dynasaur Combination!"]]
*'''Grimlock & Optimus Prime''' (Crash Combiners, 2018)

:A roughly Scout-sized Crash Combiner version of Grimlock that changes from a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' into a robot in a moderate eight steps, deviating from the other Crash Combiners' simplified transformations. He can also spread his legs for a more dramatic pose thanks to his combined form's transformation scheme. Unlike most of the Crash Combiner components, Grimlock features swiveling joints on his arms ''and'' 3mm compatible hands. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on the rear section (which is covered by his tail/gestalt kneecaps) indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A 5 mm post hole on top of his ''T. rex'' back can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode's 3mm hands.

:Grimlock comes packaged with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Primelock|Optimus Prime]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primelock]]'s lower torso. Connecting them to each other will activate Optimus Prime's automatic transformation, while Grimlock must be converted manually. And due to Grimlock's unique added transformation steps, Optimus Prime (and the other torso bots) ''cannot'' directly crash and combine with Grimlock unless his tail is moved out of the way. Grimlock can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner.

:This two-pack was a very late addition to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the wave 1 Prime Masters from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy GrimlockCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ah! It's Big Green!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B1235'''
**''Pieces'': '''23'''
**''Accessories'': Parts rack, extra clear body parts (torso, helmet, left & right legs, left & right arms), buildable ax, sword

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' Custom [[Kreon]]s, and the first ''Robots in Disguise''-themed wave, Grimlock uses the new 2015 Kreon construction with the hollow waist-peg and "raised" hands. He comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his extra pieces. Unlike the previous Custom Kreons, he no longer features a chromed helmet, and comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso, legs, and his arms, plus a two-sided ax and a chromed sword. He has an adorable printed scream.

:Despite what the instructions say, the body piece cannot be pegged down between the leg parts installed on the display stand. However this can be amended by adding a 2x1 brick piece.

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

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*'''Armor Up Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2017)
**''Set Number'': '''B5711'''
*'''Blizzard Strike Grimlock''' (2017)
**''Set Number'': ??
*'''Night Strike Grimlock''' (2017)
**''Set Number'': ??
***''Pieces'': 28
***''Accessories'': Left & right leg extensions, left & right arm extensions, chest armor, buildable pick axe-hammer

:Another series released without any prior announcement from Hasbro, this new Custom Kreon Grimlock set features extension parts for the arms and legs used for the Kreons included in the China exclusive ''Armor Hero Captor'' sets. On the other hand, the Kreon can be displayed without adding any armor parts.

:Grimlock was available is three different color versions: the standard-colors "Armor-Up", white-themed "Blizzard Strike", and black-themed "Night Strike" (the only redeco to feature a show-accurate helmet color). The building sets saw release through Dollar General alongside several other "exclusive" ''Kre-O'' sets, but ''only'' the normal "Armor Up" coloration has been found; it's possible "wave 2" of the assortment was never actually produced.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:RID2015-Platinum-Edition-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Namekian Goku, Namekian.]]
*'''Bumblebee & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition 2-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Energo Sword, shield

:Released as an exclusive for Entertainment Earth, this ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of [[#Adventure|''Transformers Adventure Series'' Battle Grimlock]] toy, making it a domestic release of the Japan-only retool of the toy. ''Platinum Edition'' Grimlock replaces his black paint into gunmetal, and features deco differences on some of his parts. The figure was also solicited as ''' ''Warrior'' Asia Grimlock''' in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''Tyrannosaurus'' leg/right robot mode arm. The badge is inaccessible while in package.

:Grimlock is bundled with a redecoed [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#PlatinumBeeGrimlock|Warrior Class Bumblebee]]. In the United States, this set was exclusively available via online retailer Entertainment Earth, although it was also stocked by several smaller US-based online retailers who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was released in Singapore, as a [[Walmart]] exclusive in Canada, and sold at Ripley stores in Chile.

:His [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict a mistransformed robot mode: His legs are not extended.
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===''Rescue Bots Academy''===
[[File:RBA-toy Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Ready for his role in ''{{w|Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch}}.'']]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2019]])

:Part of the first(?) wave of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|Rescue Bots Academy]]''-branded-packaging "Rescan"-scale toys, Grimlock is an ''adorable'' happy little robotic t-rex, in [[Grimlock (G1)|traditional Grimlock-ey colors]], who transforms into his motorcycle vehicle mode in two "Easy 2 Do" steps. Something he probably [[Impounded|wishes he could've done sooner]].

:Did we mention he's ''adorable''? He is.
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:Buzzworthy_Crash_Combiner_Bumblegrim.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock / Bumblebee''' (Crash & Combine, [[2021]])

:''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' Crash & Combine Grimlock is a mostly gray and yellow redeco of [[#Crash Combiners|Crash Combiners Grimlock]]. He comes packaged with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Bumblebee]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Bumblegrim]]'s lower torso.

:The packaging features new, ''Robots in Disguise''-styled art of Bumblegrim, though curiously Grimlock and Bumblebee are individually represented by "Evergreen" character art.

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[[File:Buzzworthy_Crash_Combiner_Primelock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock / Optimus Prime''' (Crash & Combine, 2021)

:A second ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' Crash & Combine Grimlock, in a mostly gray and blue deco, was also released at the same time as the figure above. Just like the original release of the mold, this version comes with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Optimus Prime]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primelock]]'s lower torso.
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===''Dinobot Adventures''===
[[File:Dinobot Adventures Squad Grimlock toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Predaking / Grimlock / Dinobot Snarl''' (Dinobot Squad 3-pack, 2021)

:''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' motorcycle Grimlock in colors that much more closely resemble his original G1 incarnation.

:Grimlock is only available in a 3-pack alongside [[Predaking (Prime)#Dinobot Adventures|Predaking]] and [[Snarl (FOC)#DinoSquad3pack|Dinobot Snarl]].

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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-1-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb|Me Grimlock is sick of your stupid comments!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''2/12'''

:Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Grimlock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of in [[beast mode]], spitting fire out of his mouth like he never did.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-4-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb|If your left hand tempts you, cut it off, please!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

:Part of the fourth assortment of ''Tiny Titans'', this version of Grimlock is now molded in robot mode, brandishing a shield and tail-sword that he never used in the cartoon.

:As per usual, he includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===McDonald's===
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*'''Grimlock''' (2015)
**''McNumber'': '''2'''
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*'''Grimlock Transforming Mask / Grimlock Mask''' (2016/2017)
:Part of the third [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fourth globally), this mask features a light-up Autobot insignia and two small mandibles that can be flipped out to simulate Grimlock's toothy jaw.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of masks was first released in Asian markets in early 2016. In October 2017, the four masks were matched with four figures from the early-2017 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.
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[[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|upright=1.33]]
*'''Grimlock / Grimlock Figure''' (2017)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, missile

:Part of the third McDonald's Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fifth globally), this Grimlock is a non-transforming action figure with articulation at the neck and shoulders. His oversized missile launcher accessory uses a [[5 mm post]] for its handle, making him compatible with most other "modern" ''Transformers'' accessories. He features a port on his back as well as appropriately-sized open hands.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" mobile app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of toys was first released in European markets in early 2017. In October 2017, four of the five figures were matched with the masks from the 2016 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Grimlock mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He is unique as his cog is mounted sideways instead of facing forward like the other figures from the line.
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===''Titan Heroes''===
[[File:RID2015-Titan-Heroes-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Heroes, 2016)
:A 12-inch, simplified non-transforming statue of ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock with five points of articulation.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Hero Grimlock figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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===''Transformers Adventure Gum''===
*'''Grimlock''' (2016)
:Part of the new ''Adventure'' Shokugan series, this Grimlock is a snap-fit kit molded in black, blue, and red plastic with detailing from stickers. The kit can convert into a ''T. rex'' when finished. Its transformation engineering is borrowed from the Legion and Warrior class figures. Grimlock requires to have his ''T. rex'' legs/robot arms and tail panels removed and swapped to "[[Partformer|transform]]" his robot mode.

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===Surprise Drinks===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Surprise-Drinks-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2016)

:''Surprise Drinks'' Grimlock is a show-accurate 1.5-inch non-transforming figure (in his Dino mode) hidden inside the separate capsule taped together with the bottle. Since they're merely blindpacked, the figure can be found in any randomly-packed bottles, so... good luck.

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===Dickie Toys===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Dickie-Toys-Robot-Warrior-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|The closest you'll get to an homage of his "I'm a truck!" scene from the cartoon.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Robot Warrior, 2017)

:Manufactured by Dickie Toys, this Grimlock is a customized hot rod (what?) which also transforms (if by transform, we mean lifting the car up) into a 2-wheeled ''T. rex'' (yeahbutwha?) in just one simple step. He can also activate lights & sounds by pressing the rear left button in his vehicle mode. The light-up gimmick is featured on his transparent nose and the underneath of the "feet" section. Batteries included.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Dickie-Toys-RC-Rumble-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Also reminding us of Zod from the original Go-Bots line.]]
*'''RC Rumble Grimlock''' (1/16 Scale Remote Controlled, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Remote Control, 3 Batteries, battery box, USB cord
:The 1/16 scale version of Grimlock ''also'' transforms from the same customized car into a ''T. rex'' with the included remote control. He also comes with an additional USB cord, presumably meant for recharging.

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====Die-cast Cars====
*'''Grimlock''' (Single Pack, 2017)
:Released as part of the Single Pack assortment, Grimlock is a non-transforming die-cast vehicle which is entirely based on his "Robot Warrior" hot rod toy.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Power-up, 2017)
:The single-packed Bumblebee is redecoed with metallic-blue paint.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Neon, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a brighter hue of green.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Cybertron, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a gray scale redeco.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Energon, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a shiny metallic redeco!

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*'''Robots in Disguise 5-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 8-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 11-pack''' (2017)

:A small, non-transforming yet show-accurate figurine of Grimlock is released in either of the sets above.

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==Notes==
*Grimlock speaks normally in ''Robots in Disguise'', making him the first animated depiction of the character to do so on a regular basis. He still refers to himself in the third person a fair bit but when it happens it's more intentional than a display of any lower intelligence.
*He is also the first version of the character to not be the leader of the Dinobots. (The exception to both of these is of course the [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' version of Grimlock]], who was the only holder of the name thus far to not be a Dinobot.) The ''Rescue Bots Academy'' episode "The Great Energon" rush would later assert the opposite, however.
*This version of Grimlock serves as a demonstration of the choice that is required to join a faction in the Transformers series. Although he is labeled as a Decepticon by Autobot authorities, he displays on two separate occasions that, inherently, he more aligns with Autobot beliefs as his hesitancy to deliberately harm innocent humans in his interactions with both [[Minitron]] and [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] prove.
*Grimlock's design in the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' series more closely resembles the distinct [[Grimlock (WFC)|''Fall of Cybertron'' character]], though this is largely due to Hasbro's use of the [[evergreen]] designs rather than any intentional reference. Notably, he never transforms into his robot mode for the entire run of the series.

===Two Grimlocks?===
[[File:RobotsInDisguise-stegosaurconceptart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If this guy made it in, we probably would have had this same argument about [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] instead.]]
For years, the "Aligned" continuity was meant to be one big ongoing timeline with a bit of squinting: the ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave was the ''Prime'' Soundwave etc. Grimlock's debut in ''Robots in Disguise'' was initially the focal point of discussion amongst fans, with a great deal of debate about whether or not this jovial take on the character was intended to be the same guy who appeared in the ''Fall of Cybertron'' video game and tie-in comics. Some of the discrepancy in Grimlock's characterization and origin story in ''Robots in Disguise'' can be attributed to the fact that Grimlock was not originally slated to be a member of the cast, with his role originally filled by a new Transformer who would have become a red ''Stegosaurus''. This character was scrapped in favour of Grimlock at Hasbro's request, intended to capitalize on the [[2014]] debut of his [[Grimlock (AOE)|live-action counterpart]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.

Series writer [[Mairghread Scott]] clarified that the producers had subsequently discussed attempting to work ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock's origin story into ''Robots in Disguise'', but abandoned the idea after the writers decided that the "other" Grimlock's origin story would be at odds with the largely upbeat tone of the show. The writers ultimately decided to focus on staying in canon with the ''Prime'' television show, while ignoring other works of Aligned fiction such as the video games, in regards to Grimlock. Scott declined to discuss if this meant that there were two Grimlocks in the continuity.<ref>[http://mscottwrites.tumblr.com/post/117608543176/answering-some-asks|"There was some discussion at one point of whether or not we could translate the character, but TFPBH Grimlock was too dark to gel properly with RID’s group of young recruits and the more uplifting tone we were going for. Whether that means the comics got cut out of canon or there is another Grimlock out there isn’t something I can answer just yet."]</ref> Series producer Adam Beechen later weighed in with the answer that “Grimlock might be a common name among dinos”, and stated that the writers consider Grimlock a separate character to the individual who appeared in ''Fall of Cybertron''.<ref>{{Twitter|@abatesnz
Yes. Grimlock might be a common name among Dinos. But ours is one of a kind! @kharypayton|https://twitter.com/sonnova/status/606586570980749312|Adam Beechen|2015|06|05}}</ref> Barring a dramatic reorganization of continuity, we now consider these two Grimlocks as separate entities.

When this Grimlock appeared in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'', his backstory was fleshed out further, revealing that he previously went by the name '''Steelwall''' before he went by Grimlock, distinguishing him from the other Grimlock even more.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mogorva''' ("Grim"),<ref>''Robots in Disguise'' game, ''Rescue Bots Academy''</ref> '''Zordzár''' ("Zordlock")<ref>''Rescue Bots Academy'' occasionally</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Sǔo''' (钢锁, "Steel Lock")
*''Russian:'' '''Smel'chak''' (Смельчак, "Daredevil")

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) combiners]]
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Shifter

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Dayzarro:

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[[File:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|275px|"We could be infested with these things, so we gotta keep an eye out for any zany, wacky characters that pop up."]]

While almost every [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] is capable of [[transformation|changing shape]] to some degree, '''Shifters''' take this to a whole new level. Supposed descendants of the trickster of the [[Thirteen]] [[Amalgamous Prime]], Shifters are chameleonoid even by their race's standards. They have the ability to [[alternate mode|take any form]] comparable to their normal size and mass—extending even to other Cybertronians. Thus, their rare talent makes them highly prized spies and scouts by others.

Known Shifters include:
*[[Amalgamous Prime]]
*[[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]]
*The [[Mutacon]]s
*[[Pseudo]]

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
The Shifters were the descendants of Amalgamous Prime and possessed the talent to transform into others of their kind who were of similar build to them. Following the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] and the end of the [[Golden Age]], a group of refugees fleeing the destruction of [[Neutronia]] discovered Amalgamous's [[transformation cog]] in orbit of a [[black hole]]. The legendary artifact was brought aboard their ship with its energies mutating the colonists into the [[Mutacon]]s, granting them virtually unlimited shifting and [[Combiner|combination]] potential. This had the side-effect of causing them to slowly merge into a single amorphous blob being. To avoid this fate, they began seeking out Amalgamous Prime.

The ''Ark'' crew eventually crossed path with the Mutacons with Optimus promising to one day help them either find Amalgamous or cure their condition without the ancient Prime's aid. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===
When the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] broke out on Cybertron, Shifters became highly valued as spies. One of these, [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] posed as [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]] to sabotage the [[Autobot]]s aboard the [[Ark (WFC)|''Ark'']]. When he was eventually found out, he fled into the wilderness of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
By 2011, Makeshift had joined the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] crew on [[Earth]]. When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] saw an opportunity to locate the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] and had Makeshift assume the Wrecker's form. Though Makeshift did indeed learn the base's location, he violently exploded before he could impart this knowledge to Starscream. {{storylink|Con Job}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:Pseudo.jpg|thumb|"Thanks, Mr. Poopybutthole. I always could count on you."]]

Following the war's end, the Shifter [[Pseudo]] used his talents to steal important Cybertronian secrets which he then sold to [[alien]]s resulting in his imprisonment aboard the [[Alchemor (RID)|''Alchemor'']]. After the ship had crash landed on Earth, Pseudo took refuge in a ghost town using his talents to confuse the Autobots that had randomly stumbled upon his hiding spot before he was captured and placed back into stasis. {{storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}
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==Notes==
*[[Nexus Prime]] is described as being like a Shifter at the end of ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'', but since they were earlier described as the descendants of Amalgamous Prime, this may be more comparative than literal.

==See also==
*[[Triple Changer]]
*[[Six Changer]]
*[[Infinite]]
*[[Size changing]]

[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

Pseudo

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:''Pseudo is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Pseudo.jpg|400px|thumb|Comes with his own shadow to be wreathed in!]]

It goes without saying that the Decepticon super-spy '''Pseudo''' is [[More than Meets the Eye (disambiguation)|more than meets the eye]], even more so than a typical [[Transformer|Cybertronian]]. As a [[Shifter]], he employed his talents in order to infiltrate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s most secure installations in order to plunder their secrets, whereupon he then sold them to the highest bidder. A wily, insidious sort, Pseudo never hesitates to use his abilities to sow confusion among any would-be captors. After all, the one secret Pseudo will ''never'' part with is ''his own''.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Bauza]] (English)|[[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese), [[Antônio Moreno]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Pseudoshifting.jpg|thumb|left|I'm as sneaky as can be No one's sneakier than me! I can get so sly and loathing When I dress in other clothing In disguise!]]

Pseudo was imprisoned on the ''Alchemor'' for selling secrets to Cybertron's off world enemies. After the ship's crash, he was freed from his stasis pod, whereupon he discovered the ghost town of [[Edmondville]], which had long since been deserted. It would have made the perfect base for the spy to hole up in, if not for the presence of the Autobots who had arrived on a would-be vacation. Before Pseudo could quietly eliminate [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], however, the Autobot sensed his presence, driving him back into hiding.

The Autobots quickly began combing the town for the Decepticon, prompting Pseudo to use his shapeshifting powers to try and incapacitate them. When this proved fruitless, he scanned the forms of Bumblebee's team and first took the form of [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] in order to sow confusion. Unfortunately, Pseudo was unable to mimic Drift's [[Mini-Con]] partners, forcing him to flee into a nearby mine. There, he took the form of [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], Bumblebee, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], only to finally be corned in the form of [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. This time, he was unable to successfully masquerade as an Autobot ''again'', so he escaped using Sideswipe's form's natural agility. Fleeing the mine, he attempted to flee by taking the form of the town's derelict steam engine, but he was stopped when the Autobots threw [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], destroying the tracks he was running on. Pseudo crashed, whereupon he reverted to his true form and was immediately arrested. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

Pseudo's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Pseudo''' (スード ''Sūdo'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]

Mutacon

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The '''Mutacons''' are [[Shifter]] [[Transformer]]s who have been blessed (or cursed) by their discovery of the original [[transformation cog|Transformation Cog]] of [[Amalgamous Prime]], one of the first [[Thirteen]] Transformers. Exposure to it has granted them super-transformational abilities of infinite-[[transformation]] and infinite-[[combiner|combination]].

Mutacons tend to be silver and blue in color. Individual Mutacons range in size from small [[Mini-Con]]s to approximately the size of [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. Personality-wise, they tend to be friendly, inquisitive, light-hearted, and easily amused. Though they have been referred to as pirates, and do have friendly relations with the [[Star Seeker]]s, in their encounter with the Autobots they acted more like friendly traders, happily offering to trade [[energon]] for new information and forms.

Any Mutacon can change into anything they know, can see or sample, and merge with any number of other Mutacons to form bigger, more complex modes. They can also merge with non-Mutacon Transformers, a process which allows each to understand what it is like to be the other. From such a merger the Mutacon gains the ability to copy the other's form completely and can grant the normal Transformer a portion of the Mutacon's transformation and healing powers.

There is, however, a dark side to the Mutacons' gifts. They are slowly and involuntarily merging in to one composite being, losing their individual identities and memories. There is a fear that if the process is not reversed, they will eventually become a single amorphous blob-being. That might not be terrible, but it's something they would rather avoid.

They travel the stars as a fleet of massive starships composed of their combined bodies, searching for Amalgamous Prime in hopes he can cure their condition.

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
The Transformers who would become the Mutacons fled the destruction of the [[Neutronia]] colony in starships when the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] that ended the [[Golden Age]] hit. In space they found the Transformation Cog of Amalgamous Prime near a black hole. Fearing the destruction of the ancient treasure, they took it with them. The mystical object granted them infinite transformation and combination abilities, and accordingly they renamed themselves to match their new powers.<ref>https://twitter.com/JustinaRobson/status/663290264417665024</ref> However, they soon discovered they were beginning to involuntarily merge into one being, slowly losing their own personalities and memories.

Eventually they traveled the stars as a fleet made from their own forms and had garnered a reputation as pirates.

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Ark (WFC)|''Ark'']] crew met their fleet in space where the friendly enthusiastic and outgoing Mutacon named [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] communicated with them and offered to trade energon stores in return for help in locating Amalgamous Prime or for the chance to merge with Optimus Prime to learn how to change into his form. (Bulkhead thought that sounded "kinky"). She caused a moderate uproar of whistles and cat-calls among the male [[Autobot]]s when she visited Prime in person. The Matrix downloaded a history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] since the Rust Plague to her and she fell on the floor laughing at how dumb the [[Decepticon]]s were.

Prime promised to help the Mutacons solve their shape-changing problem after the Decepticons were no longer a threat. That was good enough for Mercury, and she happily returned to the others. Their combined ship form laughed in space and mischievously set about delaying the Autobots' pursuers so that the ''Ark'' could escape on their way. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''The Complete Allspark Almanac''===
[[Rad (Animated)|Rad]] claimed to have once fled the Mutacons with the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] in his possession. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|Lionizer's profile}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
When examining a mysterious structure on [[Metascan Omega]], [[Hardhead (BW)|Hard Head]] mused that with all the local interference, the structure could've been hiding a hundred Mutacons, for all he knew. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

==Notes==
*[[Thundertron]] does not believe in mystical artifacts or the Primes and so he refuses to believe the Mutacons' story of their origins. He thinks they were all mutated by exposure to a neutron star. In return, they think he's dumb as a post.
*When told about the [[Quintesson]]s, the Mutacons say they know about those "law-obsessed" stick-in-the-muds and aren't impressed. They tried being like that long ago but it was "boooooooooooooooooooring". Which to the mercurial and faeish Mutacons may be worse than death.

==See also==
* [[Infinite]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Aligned Transformers]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Makeshift (Prime)

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:''Makeshift is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.95|A shapeshifter who doesn't like sunlight. [[Zartan|Hmmm.]]]]

'''Makeshift''', alias '''777''', is a [[Shifter]], a legendary breed of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] who can change his shape into any form that has roughly the same mass. More importantly, he can alter his voice and mannerisms to impersonate other Transformers—and he's pretty good at it too. Makeshift has claimed under interrogation that he doesn't kill his prey when it's not necessary, but he's not the most honest of robots.

Makeshift has formed a distinct enmity with the sometimes-Decepticon [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].
{{quote|You're fighting the natural law of the universe. Kill or be killed. Use resources or become a resource. Conservation of energy demands it.|Makeshift|''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===

Before the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], 777 was a gladiator from the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where he first met [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. When the war broke out, he rallied under the Decepticon cause and became a bounty hunter, working in the untamed regions between Kaon and the [[Hydrax Plateau]].

When the [[Autobot]]s eventually evacuated [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Makeshift was ordered to infiltrate the Autobot crew. He posed as the young and eager [[Autobot]] known as [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]], after knocking out the real Hound back on Cybertron and leaving him in an abandoned maintenance tunnel. As "Hound", Makeshift made his way aboard the ''Ark'' as it left Cybertron, with the rest of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew.

Once the ''Ark'' stopped on [[Velocitron]] for repairs, Makeshift began a campaign to destabilize the planet's strained society. Temporarily taking on a new shape, he privately met with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]] and his cronies, urging them to overthrow [[Override (Prime)|Override]]'s regime and rule Velocitron alone. He also informed them about Megatron, and how the Decepticon leader would soon arrive on Velocitron. After returning to the city of [[Delta]], Makeshift sabotaged the ''Ark'' in an attempt to trap the Autobots on Velocitron. This was only a partial success, and had the side effect of alerting Optimus Prime to the presence of a traitor.

After Ransack finally made a play for power, Makeshift resumed his Hound persona and travelled with the Autobots to the world of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; while the ship was in orbit he sabotaged the vessel by knocking out its engines, causing it to crash. While the Autobots recovered, he killed and took the form of a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] trader known as [[Shearbolt]] to misdirect Prime's search teams.

When [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] finally realized Hound was not who he seemed, the Autobots hatched a plan to trap the Shifter. Optimus and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] managed to outwit him and trapped him in a stasis field, where he could no longer change shape. After an interrogation session, he was taken prisoner by the Junkions and trapped in an old spaceship component, unable to escape. This didn't last long, however; When Megatron removed the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the component was broken and Makeshift managed to break free. Not only did he refuse to help Axer, but he also sold him out to the [[Star Seeker]]s while masquerading as [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]'s friend [[Detritus (Prime)|Detritus]]. After breaking character, Makeshift managed to elude the furious Junkions and escaped to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

{{note|Makeshift's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the "[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]", although there he is referred to as [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[James Horan]] (English, as Wheeljack), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German), [[Fábio Moura]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Alejandro Villeli]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian)}}

Makeshift was one of the many troops under [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s command. When [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s old [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was on his way to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] downloaded the Autobot's form and war record into Makeshift, so that he could impersonate Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack was captured, and Makeshift took his place on the battlefield in time for Bulkhead, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to arrive.

[[File:ConJob-Makeshifthostage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|That's NOT how you treat the natives here.]]
The Autobots accepted Makeshift as Wheeljack and held an impromptu party. Makeshift attempted to fulfill his mission and activate the [[GroundBridge]] for the Decepticons to storm in through, but it had been damaged in a recent [[Scraplet]] attack, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had it deactivated for repairs. As Bulkhead's suspicion rose, Makeshift asked to be shown around by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. He managed to learn the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] from her, and asked if she could show her where the exit was. This led them back to the main control room, where a suspicious Bulkhead demanded he tell the story of their involvement at the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Makeshift recalled the information from Wheeljack's war record, but got a vital fact wrong: Bulkhead had left the Wreckers before the battle. When Bulkhead pointed out his error, Makeshift realized he'd been made, and took Miko hostage, threatening to "squeeze her into pulp".

The GroundBridge was eventually ready, and Makeshift activated it at the coordinates he'd been given. As he prepared to go through it, Wheeljack, who'd escaped the Decepticons, came through in the other direction. The pair dueled with their swords until Wheeljack was victorious, and Bulkhead threw Makeshift through the ground bridge. Arriving on the top of the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], Makeshift was about to report the location of the Autobot base, but had failed to notice that the grenade he carried at his hip had been set off by the Autobots. As Starscream and Soundwave bailed, Makeshift was caught in the ensuing explosion. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived on Earth, the other Autobots were hesitant to trust him, remembering their encounter with Makeshift. {{storylink|New Recruit}}
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===''Little, Brown, and Company'' books===
{{Charstubfiction}}
{{Storylink|Decepticon in Disguise}}

==Notes==
*While being at the center of an explosion has often been a nonfatal event for Transformers in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that "When we kill a character, we kill a character"<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone.net summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]</ref> (though this was later proven untrue as the historically hard-to-kill Megatron was brought back from the dead by the power of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Bumblebee being revived by the [[Omega Lock]]). At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' show runners admitted to realizing that introducing a character with Makeshift's powers so early into the show's run was an unwanted limitation on future episodes,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulsLCSSkfo&t=3226s YouTube capture of the BotCon 2011 Makeshift question]</ref> which made his quick demise a necessity. Well, that, plus, y'know, he found out where the Autobots' base was, and thus ''had'' to die by necessity of the plot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Makeshift''' (メイクシフト ''Meikushifuto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiān-miàn Kè''' (千面客, "Thousand-faced Guest")

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Sentinel Prime (G1)

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:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Well, shoot, who wants the Matrix?]]
'''Sentinel Prime''' is an imposing figure, standing head and shoulders over the average Autobot. Bristling with some of the most heavy-duty weapons and armor available to the Autobot army has instilled in Sentinel Prime a supreme confidence in his own abilities as both a leader and a fighter. Unfortunately such pride usually precedes a fall, and there will always be [[Megatron (G1)|someone]] out there keen to prove a point, or who merely sees Sentinel Prime as an obstacle on the path to a bigger destiny.

Sentinel Prime is typically, but not always, depicted as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s immediate predecessor as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

{{bigquote|He was flawed, as we all are. Perhaps he failed. But he faced a choice, when the Matrix came to him. And in that moment, he chose to '''try'''.|Optimus Prime|"[[War World: Awakenings|Awakenings]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Éric Etcheverry]] (European French), [[Older Cazarré]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Autobot gladiator.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You've got the pre-Touch! You've got the pre-Power! Pre-Yeah!]]
{{Note|The original cartoon version of Sentinel Prime was never named in fiction. The character is referred to as '''U-Haul Robot''' in the dialogue script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4" and was not given the name "Sentinel Prime" until ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' [[retcon|declared it so]] via an [[Ask Vector Prime]] entry. Likewise, the earlier appearance of "U-Haul Robot" was dubbed "Sentinel Major", giving him a pre-Matrix name.}}
'''Sentinel Major''' was originally one of the Quintessons' slave robots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] around twelve million years ago. Unusual among his consumer goods brethren, Sentinel Major was equipped for combat and was forced to participate in [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial games]] for the Quintessons' amusement, wielding a spiked ball-and-chain weapon and a tire-shaped shield. He was once defeated in battle by [[Prima]], who attacked their Quintesson masters when their match was over, only to be destroyed himself.

Subsequently, the consumer goods robots rose up against the Quintessons in a rebellion that ultimately forced the aliens off the planet. Sentinel Major survived this clash, but he and the rest of his race—now dubbed "Autobots"—were robbed of any chance of peace when the military hardware robots, now known as "[[Decepticon]]s", set their sights on conquering Cybertron for themselves. Two [[Guardian Prime|Autobot]] [[Zeta Prime (G1)|leaders]] fell during the war that ensued, and Sentinel Major inherited the Matrix of Leadership and became '''Sentinel Prime''', leader of the Autobots. Under his leadership, the Autobots realized that they would never be able to defeat the Decepticons with firepower, and they turned instead to stealth, reconfiguring their bodies to be able to [[Transformation|transform]] into other forms. With the power of his new ability, Sentinel Prime defeated the [[Trannis|Decepticons' leader]], and the Autobots won the war.

[[File:Aubotot gladiator vehicle.jpg|left|thumb|He transforms into Rhi, the forgotten Beast Rider.]]
The ensuing period of peace was known as the [[Golden Age|Golden Age of Cybertron]], but, around nine million years BCE, the Decepticon threat re-emerged when they too adopted transformation, and coupled it with robot-mode flight powers. One of the first of this new breed of Decepticons, the malevolent [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], killed Sentinel Prime in combat. As he died, Sentinel Prime handed off the Matrix to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who kept it safe until the emergence of the next Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Sentinel Prime was the sixth guide he encountered. Sentinel Prime recounted the development of transformation, the Autobot victory in the war and the rise of Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
The U-Haul robot's spirit was present within the Matrix alongside [[It]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] approached Magnus with an offer to bring him back to life. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#Resurrection Chapter|Resurrection Chapter}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
Sentinel Prime was presumably a descendant of the first of the Sentinel line, [[Sentinel EnN]]. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} Before ascending to the rank of Prime, Sentinel Prime was known as Sentinel Major. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/28}} Sentinel Prime's legacy lived on in other 'bots who took on the "Sentinel" name, including another [[Sentinel Major]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 35|''Wings Universe'' Sentinel Major profile}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
Sentinel Prime was mentioned in a recitation of Primes, after [[Prime Nova]] and before [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} ''He passed it on during a violent situation.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===''Beast Machines'' toy bios===
"An ancient Autobot tracker" taught his apprentice [[Dillo]] how to use the mace bollo. {{storylink|Dillo|Dillo toy bio}}

===3H comics===
The Matrix was passed from Prime Nova unto Sentinel Prime, who subsequently bequeathed it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Sentinel prime dw.jpg|thumb|"Marley was dead to begin with..."]]
Sentinel Prime was Autobot leader for the first 500,000 years of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. With [[trithyllium]] alloy armor, an [[electro-disrupter]] and a large variety of other weapons, including various forms of artillery shell, a solar energy rifle and energon-charged sword, Sentinel Prime was a giant among giants. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

8.2 million years ago, Sentinel Prime faced Megatron on the battlefields of [[Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide}} He proved no match for the Decepticon leader; with his last words, he tried in vain to reason with Megatron, but Megatron was unmoved by his "sermon and doctrine" and slew him. Sentinel, however, had considered his death a likely possibility, and had already removed the Matrix of Leadership from his body before entering battle, preventing Megatron from acquiring it. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Millions of years later, during the war on Earth, the Matrix used a vision of Sentinel Prime to strengthen Optimus Prime's resolve during a battle with Megatron by confronting him with the claim that Megatron had chosen Optimus to be Prime, knowing that he was weak. Megatron's alleged influence over the Prime selection process was never substantiated. Soon after, the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] created a robotic duplicate of Sentinel Prime to confuse Optimus and undermine his confidence. Though possessing all of Sentinel Prime's considerable abilities, Optimus eventually realized that the duplicate had been created from his own memories of Sentinel Prime, and was incapable of doing anything ''new''. Optimus destroyed the duplicate of Sentinel Prime, having largely overcome his own doubts about his fitness to be Autobot leader. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Megatron Origin issue 1|''Megatron Origin'' #1]]}}

{{quote|In '''my''' day, the '''good''' knew their responsibility... and the '''weak''' knew their place.|Sentinel Prime|"[[White Light]]"}}

[[File:Primes IDW.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.3| Quick, shoot 'em in the back, while they're not looking!]]

Long ago, the [[Titan Master]] '''[[Infinitus]]''' served as a herald of his master [[Nexus Prime]]; when Nexus fell in the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], Infinitus joined forces with Nexus's ally, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]].{{storylink|White Heat}} As the Primes faded into the realm of myths, Infinitus remained on Cybertron and used his Titan Master talents to control a larger body, taking on the identity of "Sentinel" to disguise his ''true'' lineage while he awaited Onyx's eventual return. In time, Sentinel decided that he would use the teachings of the Primes to bring "light" to the "tarnished world" of his birth... even if it meant killing everyone who stood in his way. {{storylink|White Light}} {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin1 Sentinel Prime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My fellow Earthicans, we enjoy so much freedom, it's almost sickening. We're free to chose which hand our sex-monitoring chip is implanted in. And if we don't want to pay our taxes, why, we're free to spend a weekend with the Pain Monster.]]

In the years before the dawn of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Sentinel had worked his way up to becoming the head of security for the [[Senate]]; {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} unbeknownst to his employers, he secretly assembled a militia of sleeper agents, recruited from his closest informants. Using a forerunner of the infamous [[shadowplay]] technique, Sentinel conditioned them to serve him if the time ever came. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

One of the duties of his security force was to go around threatening and killing people who got in the Senate's way or risked embarrassing it. Shortly after an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]], he eagerly watched Senator [[Proteus (G1)|Proteus]] announcing the implementation of the "[[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]", which would improve security at the cost of "some of the freedoms" of the populace. He was constantly interrupted by reports that an intruder was fighting his way into the [[Grand Imperium]], defeating all the security squadrons Sentinel sent at him. Interested in seeing how things would play out, he stood by as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] entered the Senate's chamber and confronted them over their corruption and detached relation to the populace. Proteus eventually ordered Sentinel to have him removed. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

As the Clampdown began, the Senate, who were behind the attack on Nominus Prime to begin with, had Sentinel try to tap into the powers of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in the Prime's chest. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} In the process, Sentinel discovered that the Matrix was merely a fake, and with this revelation the Senate decided they had no more use for Nominus and had him killed. They went on to spread rumours that Sentinel was showing signs of affinity for being a Prime {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} while he got to work on planning a "Decepticon terrorist attack" that would give him an excuse to round up all proto-Decepticons and send them [[Institute|off for brainwashing]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} While [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] thwarted this, Sentinel's men were still able to discover that [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Senator Shockwave]] was quietly forming an army of dissident [[Outlier (group)|outliers]]. Sentinel ordered Shockwave's academy destroyed in an "accident" and Shockwave himself taken into custody. The rebellious Senator confronted Sentinel and Proteus with his knowledge of their illegal takeover of the Senate, but they were nonplussed and had him subjected to [[empurata]] and [[shadowplay|Brainwashing]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Orion Pax and his team had a Dead <s>Or Alive</s> warrant put on their heads. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Upon assuming office, Sentinel Prime operated out of the [[Security Services Headquarters]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], generally regarded as "the worst place on Cybertron." By this point Sentinel had developed great disdain for government authority, irritated that they kept telling him how to ''do things'' instead of just giving him what he asked for. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} He would even claim he didn't get to set policy. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Years later, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] would say Sentinel took the bad Senate and made it get worse. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} He worked alongside [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], his [[Second-in-command|lieutenant]], and didn't seem that keen on him either, viewing Prowl's methodical approach as anathema to his more straightforward and brutal tactics. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} Sentinel also formed an [[Elite Guard]] for all the important work he wanted done and not known about, like secretly capturing a spark hot spot so it could be experimented on and the [[Functionist Council]] couldn't use it. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}} During this time, Sentinel and Prowl briefly visited [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] to check up on the progress of a new [[energon]] mine supervised by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin1 Sentinel face.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|I am not a crook's head!]]

Sentinel's Elite Guard clashed with Orion Pax's outlaws over the hot spot and, well, turned out not to be that elite: Sentinel hired bruisers, not people with brains. He lost the hot spot to Pax. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}
At some point, Sentinel did something later remembered as "lay[ing] claim to a populated world". {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}

When Senator [[Decimus (G1)|Decimus]] was badly injured in a riot, Sentinel ordered Prowl to handle the situation as he didn't "have the struts to deal with another whining senator": if only they gave him "what I need"! {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} After a surge in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial bloodsports]] where [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron's]] rose to prominence, he personally took charge of the investigation from Prowl, ordered tactical recon teams ("Panorama") to watch eight potential venues and intelligence officers to watch ''everything'', and a core strike team ("Hammer") to hit Megatron's "cult" when the venue was identified. Officers [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] did indeed find a venue but unfortunately, both were murdered before they could report in. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin4-SentinelPrime Apexarmor.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I remember my body. Flabby, pasty-skinned, riddled with phlebitis. A good Republican body. God, how I loved it.]]

Sentinel Prime vowed not to let their deaths be in vain, and at their funeral, the Autobot leader urged others to let their deaths be a call to arms. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} In private, he told his closest minions that he planned to find a Titan and unleash it on the Decepticons! {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Eventually, after Senator Decimus was kidnapped by the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] at Megatron's orders, Sentinel Prime led a raid on Megatron's base. They captured Megatron and most of the others, but were forced to free Soundwave per Senate directive, much to Prime's frustration. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Unfortunately for Sentinel, this had been Megatron's plan all along and a "defecting" Starscream released all the prisoners in the Security Services' HQ!

As chaos broke out across Kaon, Sentinel Prime held the line until he decided to take things to the next level. Thus, Prime returned with his massive "[[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex]]" mode, a battle-armor/super-powerful/more-firepower-than-god mode. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} His ensuing duel with Megatron was watched from behind the scenes by Soundwave and Shockwave. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} The additional firepower didn't make much of a difference, seeing as Megatron tore into it and pulled Prime off a cliff. Sentinel was defeated by Megatron. Afterwards, the former Prime's barely functional body was dumped into the middle of the Autobot forces. Prowl ordered a retreat. We would too.

The next morning, Megatron discussed his next moves with Soundwave... sitting on a throne made out of Prime's Apex Armor. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Rumours spread that Sentinel had survived his battle until the replacement Senate put out footage of the body being retrieved. Sentinel's body was subsequently laid to rest, and received a state funeral at the [[Primal Basilica]] in which grieving crowds lined the streets. With his first body damaged beyond repair, Infinitus secretly abandoned his old body and went into hiding beneath Kaon. Unable to explain this baffling "mutilation", Prowl claimed that Sentinel's body had been desecrated by Decepticons, who had stolen Sentinel's head. Megatron was left irritated people would blame him for that. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Sentinel Prime was immediately succeeded by [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} and, in spite of his many issues, Sentinel's last stand against Megatron meant that the Autobots remembered him as a hero, his last deed outweighing his many flaws. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

[[File:LastLight-Infinitusescapes.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|Time for Dicky to get tricky!]]

From his hiding spot, Infinitus worked to build a new body for himself. This took longer than he expected; according to Infinitus, he was "subconsciously attuning" himself to the [[spark]] frequencies of the Titans, and slipped in and out of consciousness over many millions of years. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

Shortly before the [[Dead Universe]] invasion in 2006, Optimus Prime would recall Sentinel Prime as he ruminated on the supposed infallibility of a Prime versus the depressing reality. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Following the end of the war in 2012, Prowl recalled Sentinel's militarism as part of the lineage of 'false Primes' and their failings, expressing that while the Decepticons may have had noble intentions back then, they were long lost by the modern era. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} [[Nova Prime]] briefly took on the appearance of Sentinel Prime as he battled Optimus within the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:TitansReturn Infinitus Sentinel.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|NIXON'S BAAAAACK!]]

In 2016, an irate Starscream—now running Cybertron—was left spitting teeth at the idea anyone might give Optimus a pass for annexing Earth. He compared the action to Sentinel, saying he'd been the last Prime to lay claim to a populated world. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} When the [[Council of Worlds]] next convened, Starscream cited Sentinel Prime as one in a series of increasingly corrupt Primes in an attempt to discredit Optimus's recent annexation of [[Earth]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} The crewmembers on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' discussed Sentinel frankly as a dangerous ideologue with [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] calling him the first Decepticon. Since everyone usually referred to Sentinel Prime in heroic terms, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] was left confused; Chromedome explained that he'd "lived badly but died well".

Meanwhile, the emergence of [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] on [[Earth]] had prompted the creation of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], accompanied an energy broadcast immortalizing the deeds of Optimus Prime. This burst awoke Sentinel Prime, still hiding beneath Kaon. The former leader viewed Metrotitan's transmission... only to be disgusted by the sight of Autobots fraternizing with Decepticons and the "malformed" colonists from the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] colonies—signs of ''compromise'' that he could not abide. Sentinel activated his new body, then headed to the Decepticon ghetto outside of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], vowing to purge his planet of "inferiors" {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Trouncing [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]'s security forces, Sentinel opened fire indiscriminately and killed 23 individuals before attacking Starscream with a [[spark disruptor]]. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] managed to save Starscream's life by taking the weapon into her own Spark chamber, but the two were unable to stop Sentinel from bridging to Earth. After arriving outside Autobot City, he took down [[Aileron]] and destroyed the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] behind him. Sentinel took a moment to appreciate Optimus Prime's imperialistic spirit... a moment that was cut short when Infinitus detached himself from his host body, vowing to burn down everything that his successor had created. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

[[File:WhiteLight-bodyjackinginfinitus.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|"Now look here, you drugged-out Communist. I paid for this body and I'd no sooner return it than I would my little cocker spaniel dog, Checkers!"]]

His first obstacle was Alpha Trion, who he sneered at for only ever talking and ''doing'' nothing during his reign. In a brief fight, Sentinel cut Trion's head off and took control of his alternate mode as a personal plane, while Sentinel's headless body stayed behind to engage the Autobots as a distraction. Wearing Trion's body, Sentinel retrieved his fellow Titan Master [[Sovereign]], who had been under a deep-cover identity as the human [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], and flew him back to Metrotitan to be fully transformed. After reuniting with his main body, he had Sovereign warp them, Soundwave, and Optimus Prime away. {{storylink|White Light}}

The quartet traveled to the remains of the planet [[Prion (planet)|Prion]], abandoned by [[Micronus Prime]] to die with the [[Mini-Con]]s he had watched over. Sentinel explained his history to Optimus, revealed that the identity of "Sentinel" had always been a lie to conceal his true heritage as a Titan Master, and, with Onyx's return imminent, offered his successor a chance to join him and Sovereign in their new crusade. When Soundwave insulted his Primehood, Infinitus had Sovereign impale him using Alpha Trion's body before Optimus then tackled Sentinel into Sovereign, freeing Soundwave and giving the Decepticon enough time to reawaken Sovereign's "Blackrock" persona. Undeterred, Sentinel simply grabbed Sovereign and fled through Prion's spacebridge vowing to destroy the current Cybertron. {{storylink|White Heat}}

[[File:TenToMidnight-twovstwo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I've become bitter, and, let's face it, crazy over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place!"]]

The Titan Master duo arrived on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where Sentinel intended to finally put his old contingency plan into play by first reactivating the hordes of dead Titans that littered the moon's surface. Along the way, Sentinel cut down the Autobot [[Outrigger]] and ordered Sovereign to devour his spark to power his own system; when Sovereign refused and Outrigger escaped, Sentinel hardwired him into a Titan's brain module and had it make a beeline for the moon's [[Planetary engine|thruster]]s. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] tried to stand up to Sentinel, but the evil Prime revealed that Red Alert had been one of his many sleeper agents, and promptly triggered the mental conditioning that led him to shoot Prowl, leaving only [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] to stand up to Sentinel. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

As Red Alert battled Fortress Maximus, Sentinel gloated to Cerebros and revealed the full scope of his plan: using the [[quantum foam]] from Luna 1's engines, he would supercharge a spacebridge to Cybertron, allowing a horde of reanimated Titan corpses to travel through the portal and destroy everything on Cybertron, leaving a blank slate on which he could rebuild his "perfect" Autobot society. But before he could deliver the final blow, Prowl smashed a [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.]] over his head; Fortress Maximus commandeered one of the many Titans to fend off the [[zombie]] horde, holding off as many of Sentinel's Titans as he could, while Prowl and Cerebros confronted Sentinel himself. Sentinel quickly dispatched the pair and ordered Red Alert to shoot Prowl in the back of the head—but Red Alert had already broken Sentinel's conditioning, and shot his Titan Master self off of his larger body. Sentinel was quick to reassert a measure of control over Red Alert, nearly forcing him to blast his own head off before [[Beak]] slammed into Sentinel, sending the Titan Master plummeting into one of the moon's thrusters where he unceremoniously perished. The spacebridge closed without his thoughts keeping it open; {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} although Fortress Maximus had not been able to prevent ''all'' of the Titans from making it through the bridge, the disruption meant that the Titans would materialize far away from Cybertron and ultimately took many weeks to finally arrive. {{storylink|Ping}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
Sentinel Prime died during the Great War, and Optimus Prime succeeded him. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Among others, Sentinel Prime appeared to haunt Megatron through the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Sentinel in particular mocked the Decepticon's gladiatorial origins and the fact that he considered himself an emperor. Megatron, however, refused to break and continued with his plans. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:PowerOfTheTitanMasters-sentinel.jpg|thumb|left|245px|I'm meeting you halfway, you stupid hippies!]]
Sentinel Prime unexpectedly returned after unspecified circumstances. He proved himself to be an unpredictable force, with his own plans to return Cybertron to its former glory.<ref name="TRTF">''Titans Return'' ''[[Titans Return (toyline)#Summer convention exclusives|Titan Force]] 3-pack'' bio material/instructions.</ref> When the [[Titan Master]]s reemerged into the modern Autobot-Decepticon war, Sentinel Prime was partnered with the Titan Master [[Infinitus]], whose ability to slow time allowed Sentinel to unleash precision attacks even in the middle of raging battles. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Infinitus/Sentinel Prime toy bio}}

When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked [[Velocitron]] during the planet's biggest race, Sentinel Prime fought alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and Optimus Prime to repel the invaders, defending [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Hyperfire]] from Decepticon abduction. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

When [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] returned to full size and unleashed his power on the universe, Sentinel Prime went rogue and sought to control him by using a loyal Titan Master. His plans for domination put him in conflict with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], [[Arcana|Teslor]], and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]].<ref name="TRTF"/>

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
When the [[Mistress of Flame]] visited the [[Primal Basilica]], she invoked the names of the [[Thirteen]] [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] in prayer, calling for the wisdom of Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|''Transformers'' #3]] (mentioned); [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|''Transformers'' #10]] (full appearance)}}

[[File:WannabeePart2-Sentinel.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.65|"This is incredible. It’s God’s most wondrous miracle." "Sir, I think your wife wants to hold the baby." "My wife?? Where? WHERE??" ''(Runs off)'']]

During the reign of [[Nominus Prime]], Sentinel was called in into investigate an unprecedented accidental forging at the site of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]], and was thus the first 'bot encountered by the newly forged [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}} Eventually, Sentinel would himself rise to the rank of Prime after Nominus Prime surrendered leadership of the Autobots; accepting the Matrix of Leadership, Sentinel Prime took over as the new First Senator. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} In his new role, the Prime adhered to his predecessor's doctrine: his party continued to uphold the historic [[Nominus Edict]] that limited Cybertronian expansionism, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} supported Nominus's decision to keep the [[Great General]] [[Pyra Magna]] indefinitely imprisoned, {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} and restrict the forging of new [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s, {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} as well as abolishing the traditional sport of [[gladiatorial combat]]. {{storylink|Transformers Valentine's Day Special}} Before long, Sentinel had developed a reputation for a straightforward and unsubtle approach to diplomacy, {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} although the gravitas that his force of personality exerted over the [[Senate]] was indisputable: without his presence, the Senate would be paralyzed by indecision and infighting. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}} To keep the existence of hidden-away Titansparks under the Pyramid a secret, Sentinel bribed [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with the position of Head of Intelligence. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

An image of Sentinel Prime appeared over the Senate as Termagax promoted her new Ascenticon political party, in opposition to his ideals. {{storylink|End of Time}}

[[File:NauticaHome-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|""Demand?" Who are you to demand anything? I run this town! You're just a bunch of low income nobodies!"]]

Just before the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Sentinel Prime and his inner retinue conducted a goodwill tour of Cybertron's various [[Cybertronian colonies|colony worlds]] aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], unaware of mounting political tensions on Cybertron between Senator [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]]'s Autobots and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon|Ascenticons]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} With Sentinel Prime offworld, Orion opted to take command of the Senate in between filling in for Sentinel's other duties, such as welcoming newly forged Transformers like [[Gauge]] into the world, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} while instructing [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to keep Sentinel Prime informed. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

The situation quickly escalated beyond Pax's ability to control the Ascenticons, and upon learning of both [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Rubble]]'s murders Sentinel Prime promptly cut his tour short. At the colony world of [[Hexagon]], Sentinel informed his cadre of specialists and diplomats that they would set course for Cybertron immediately after all visiting aliens had departed. As Lodestar prepared to set course for home, [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] informed him that she and [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] had foiled a [[Thraal]] plot to destroy their Titan in an attempt to intimidate Cybertron into surrendering their [[A'ovan]] refugees. Unwilling to import such troubles into Cybertronian society, Sentinel ordered Nautica to be silent on this incident and allow it to be handled quietly. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}}

Once Lodestar touched down on Cybertron, Sentinel dismissed Ironhide and made his way directly to the Senate. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} When he arrived, [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] briefed him on the situation, specifically the events concerning [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], who had sought asylum at [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon Headquarters]]. Though allowing Orion Pax to try and reason with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], he only gave him until sundown to retrieve Barricade, whereupon he would give Chromia ''carte blanche'' to get to the rogue. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} Sentinel spent the next few days catching up on what had been going on while he was away, which began to rapidly chip away at what little patience he had. The last straw came when Senator [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] delivered the Ascenticons' demand that, in light of the situation, there be an immediate election. Sentinel emphatically said "no" and subsequently ordered literally every [[Security Operations]] agent out into the field to root out [[The Rise]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePart3-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|"I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run for mayor. And, er, once elected, I will send for the rest of you."]]

Flanked by Orion, Sentinel made a public address where he condemned the Ascenticons and their empty promises. When Pax and Chromia later brought Sentinel an update on the situation, the First Senator allowed the rules of the [[Nominus Edict]] to be bent for the purposes of Security Operations' mission but also made several other changes to their normal operations while stressing success over a zero-fatality rate, deputizing [[Colonial Security]] chiefs [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] to organize proactive response teams. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} To stamp out the Ascenticons before they could do any more damage, Sentinel also planned to arrest Senator Soundwave at an upcoming debate in a sting operation, only for fellow senator [[Heretech]] to covertly forewarn Megatron of the plan. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

[[File:RiseOfTheDecepticonsAllFallDown SentinelRejectsOrion.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|"Uh, election in November, election in November." "What? ''Again?!'' This stupid country..."]]
Following a major terrorist attack on Cybertron and the destruction of the [[Tether]], Sentinel and Orion met to assess the scope and scale of the damage. Although Orion urged caution and restraint—rebuilding and reassessing rather than going after the Ascenticons—Sentinel would not be dissuaded from his course of action, and Orion's suggestion that Pyra Magna be released from prison to coordinate an anti-Ascenticon crackdown eroded Sentinel's patience to nothing. Storming from the room, Sentinel shouted that he would pass the Matrix to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] when he stepped down, ''not'' Orion. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} When inflaming societal tensions led to protest marches, Sentinel ordered Ironhide to clear out the crowd. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

When [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] had finally been detained, Sentinel arranged for the murderer to be publicly marched directly to the [[Senate]] building in the hopes that the spectacle would discourage the Ascenticons and their supporters. However, his unwise pageantry only led to a coordinated strike that ended with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] murdering the escaped Quake before he could be tried. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}} Finally, Sentinel convened an emergency session of the Senate without the Ascenticons, and coined the name "[[Decepticon]]s" as a way to condemn Megatron's underhanded tactics. He didn't get far into this speech before Megatron and his retinue barged into the Senate floor; while [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] restrained Sentinel, Megatron made his own speech that began with him reclaiming Sentinel's off-the-cuff insult and ended with his Decepticon troopers taking over the Senate. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}}

[[File:WarWorldPrime-SentinelDies.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Oh, I bet I'll get blamed for this..."]]
While Megatron kept most of his prisoners on the Senate floor itself, he had Sentinel and Orion moved to a high-security prison wing, and took a moment to gloat in front of the imprisoned First Senator. Despite Sentinel's final warning—that if Megatron restarted the cycle of colonization and expansion that had defined Cybertron's past, other races would surely fight back against Cybertron—Megatron was more interested in the Matrix he carried. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and the [[Senate Guard]] eventually broke into the Senate building and freed Sentinel, but stopped their leader from going to personally settle his score with Megatron. After escaping to the Autobot fallback point, Sentinel instead decided to find a relay tower and broadcast a message that Megatron had not yet won—but as he transformed and flew off, he recklessly ignored the fact that the Autobot resistance didn't have any fliers to cover his departure. Sure enough, Megatron ordered the [[Rainmaker]]s to bring him back, and the three knocked him out of the sky and sent him crashing into a nearby [[The Slaarg & Turbofox|bar]]. While Sentinel easily pounded [[Ion Storm]] into a nearby wall, [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]'s corrosive barrage weakened him and [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] sliced him in half. Chromia and Orion arrived too late to save him. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} Deducing Starscream's betrayal, to protect the Titansparks from the Decepticons, {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} Sentinel, with his last words, told Orion to warn [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], kill Starscream, and pass his Matrix on to Ultra Magnus before he succumbed to his wounds and died. After taking the Matrix, Orion Pax glimpsed Sentinel Prime's spirit among the many other Cybertronian leaders who had carried the artifact before accepting the mantle of ''Optimus'' Prime. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

Laying Sentinel Prime's tattered body to rest, Optimus and Ironhide reflected on his last words and their meaning. Despite their past differences, Optimus Prime respectfully praised Sentinel for rising to meet the demands of leadership the Matrix placed on him and hoped to do the same. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|The last card here's a little redundant on this page if you scroll back up a ways.]]
Following an uprising of working-class robots, Sentinel Prime sent Alpha Trion to investigate the gladiatorial pit fights in Kaon, and the emergence of the Decepticon movement. Alpha Trion uncovered Senator Ratbat's involvement in the whole affair, and reported his findings to Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}}

As [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces made their way to activate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[planetary engine]]s in order to wipe out the Autobots, Sentinel Prime went to meet with the Decepticon leader in [[Tyrest]], believing Megatron could be reasoned with. Instead Megatron ambushed Sentinel Prime's group and slew the Prime. Sadly for Megatron, Sentinel was not carrying the coveted [[Matrix of Leadership]], having sensibly left it behind. {{storylink|The War Within}}
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===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
During the Cybertronian Civil War, Sentinel Prime was killed. Prior to his destruction, he bestowed the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime, who became the new leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero9.shtml G1 Optimus Prime on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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==Toys==
===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|He's easily confused with Astrotrain. No, he's not Quintessa.]]
*'''Autobot Infinitus & Sentinel Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns, Infinitus Titan Master
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Sentinel Prime is part of the first wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Voyager Class toys. He transforms from robot to shuttle to battle tank-which-looks-a-lot-like-a-train. Both vehicle modes make use of lots of flip-out panels to fill in his vehicle mode, leaving very little robo-kibble visible. Sentinel takes design cues from both Generation 1 [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Alex Milne]]'s IDW Sentinel Prime, whilst Infinitus's robot mode is entirely the Sentinel design.

:His [[Titan Master]] partner [[Infinitus#Toys|Infinitus]] transforms into his head (but any [[Titan Master]]-class figure is compatible), and he features spring-loaded pylons that pop out of his shoulders on either side of his head to "bulk up" his noggin, like all ''Titans Return'' Voyager-class figures. Despite restricting the articulation for his neck, the pylons themselves are in an assembly which can be rotated for better range of motion. Sentinel can be transformed into his shuttle mode without removing his head, leaving it somewhat hidden on its backside.

:He includes two hand-held, non-firing blasters which can be combined to form a larger double-barreled weapon. The larger gun or the combined mode can be piloted by a Titan Master. Each weapon has multiple pegs which can be mounted on the wing struts, wing tips, knees, or shoulder slots. Sentinel himself can be piloted from a translucent yellow cabin between his rear stabilizers.

:The computer-generated promo art and additional stock photos for this figure is apparently inaccurate, depicting Sentinel with the ends of his train mode for feet, while his instructions use the nose cone portion of the shuttle mode. The train engine ends ''can'' be used as feet, but they sit at an awkward angle that makes it hard for Sentinel to stand upright. He also appears to be a darker, less saturated orange than the final product.

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

:This mold was also made into ''Titans Return'' [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Astrotrain]] and served as the model for [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|Omega Sentinel]] in the [[Primus Vanguard]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Titan-Force-Sentinel-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with extra BURNING JUSTICE!]]
*'''Titan Force''' (Multi-pack, [[July 21]], 2016)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Guns, Infinitus Titan Master

:This recolored version of Sentinel Prime with translucent orange parts was only available in a [[giftset]] together with "Titan Force" redecoes of [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]] and [[Windblade (G1)#Titans Return|Windblade]], each with unique decoration. Rather than being marked as an Autobot, he instead bears the symbol of the Security Forces that his troops wore in the ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' comic.

:In the United States, this set was [[exclusive]] to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016. In the United Kingdom, it was exclusive to the A1 Toys website and their booth at London Film & Comic Con 2016 (with Brainstorm renamed into "Charon" for [[trademark]] reasons); in China, it was exclusive to Cybertron Con Shanghai; in Hong Kong, it was exclusive to Animation-Comic-Game 2016; and in Canada, it was exclusive to the HasbroStore booth at Fan Expo 2016.

:This toy is used for [[Red Sentinel Prime]] in the ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic|Generations Selects]]'' comics.
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==Notes==
*In an impressive case of [[size changing]], U-Haul Robot's head alone forms the ''entire'' driver's section of the truck cab!
*In a few instances throughout the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] appears in the U-Haul Robot's color scheme. Guess [[AKOM]] got their "Hauls" mixed up!
*The retelling of [[Unicron]]'s origin in the UK comics included a brief glimpse of a dying Matrix bearer passing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime. However, as he is unnamed, the only way we can presume this being is Sentinel Prime is because, as we are told later, Sentinel Prime was the leader before Optimus. Fun fact: "[[State Games]]" calling Optimus Prime "Optimus Prime" means Sentinel does this pre-war!
*Sentinel's 2007 IDW design was based on his first (and otherwise only prior) appearance in the 1988 Marvel comics panel shown above. The resemblance is a little more obvious in ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'' than it is in his more stylized appearance in ''Megatron Origin'', but his yellow-red-and-orange armor, crested helm, and the row of three small "windows" on his chest are all derived from his Marvel look. IDW's Sentinel is also very heavily armed, not unlike the description of the character given by the ''Hardwired'' novel.
*Sentinel Prime didn't receive a proper toy until 2016, but he did come close previously. As revealed in the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] roundtable panel at [[BotCon 2007]], the original concept for the convention-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense]] [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#CyCDF|Hot Shot]] was Sentinel Prime. The mold DOES bear a decent resemblance to his IDW appearance, but in the end it was decided that [[Springer (G1)/toys#Timelines|Springer]] was a better choice for the mold (and likely for the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|ongoing club comic]] story).
*The resurrected Sentinel in the 2005-2018 IDW continuity appears to be wearing modular, black armor over his toy design, rather than having the toy design itself.
*According to [[ABN]] in [[Recordicons issue 9|''Recordicons'' #9]], Vector Prime "always lies about Five Faces of Darkness". If true, this would mean that the guy from Five Faces isn't necessarily Sentinel Prime; we're keeping this page as-is because there's no objective evidence either way, and Sentinel Prime is more convenient as a page title than "U-Haul Robot".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sentinel Prime''' (センチネル・プライム ''Senchineru Puraimu'')

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Skylynx (COP)

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:''Skylynx is a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Deluxe-Skylynx.JPG|thumb|upright=2.2|]]
'''Skylynx''' was a Predacon who inhabited the region that would one day become [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]].

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
Skylynx survived the beginnings of the [[Great Cataclysm]] that would render the original Predacons extinct. [[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]] vowed to his followers that that when Skylynx was dead, they would take his territory along with [[Darksteel (COP)|Darksteel]]'s. Predaking and [[Lazerback (COP)|his]] [[Twinstrike (COP)|followers]] were forced to evacuate their old homes before they could do so. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

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Backlash (COP)

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:''Backlash is a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] or [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
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'''Backlash''' is a Predacon.

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
Backlash died in the [[Great Cataclysm]] that rendered the original Predacons extinct. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

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Predacon (Prime)

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[[File:PredaconPrimeLogo.png|thumb|upright=1.1|Ooh, scary!]]
:''The Predacons are an ancient Cybertronian race from the [[Aligned continuity family]].

The '''Predacons''' are a race of ancient Cybertronian beasts. Originally led by the one called "the [[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]]", the ancient Predacons were the largest Cybertronians to be born from the [[Well of All Sparks]], emerging from its depths on the final day of the genesis of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s biosphere. Enormous, savage, and [[dragon|draconic]] in form, these creatures were once among the mightiest beings on Cybertron, second only to the last surviving members of the [[Thirteen]]. While other inhabitants of prehistoric Cybertron learned to extract [[Energon]] from the ground, the Predacons hunted other Cybertronians for their energon, draining their prey's Energon and cycling the metallic remains out of their system. However, tragedy struck their kind during a disaster known as the [[Great Cataclysm]], in which dire circumstances rendered the entire race extinct.

In more recent times, however, the [[Decepticon]] scientist [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] has discovered [[Hyperevolution Chamber|the trick]] to [[cloning]] the ancient beasts from preserved [[CNA]] samples found in fossilized Predacon remains. Finding successful results, Shockwave's efforts have given birth to new iterations of these ancient beasts—such as the new [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]—who have evolved beyond the originals, learning even how to transform! Furthermore, Shockwave's experiments have even extended to splicing the CNA samples into normal [[Transformer|Cybertronians]], leading to hybrids like his devout disciple [[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]].

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
[[File:COP-predacons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Dragon Tales'' took a weird turn.]]

Several days after the ignition of the Well, [[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]] emerged, the first and most powerful Predacon. He was followed shortly afterwards by [[Twinstrike (COP)|Twinstrike]] and [[Lazerback (COP)|Lazerback]]. The Well continued creating new Predacons every so often, and soon they had assumed a niche at the very top of the primitive Cybertronian food web. Although they were intelligent and capable of speech, they adhered to primitive lifestyles; they competed with one another for food and territory in savage duels, and fed off other life forms indiscriminately. They even terrorized the young [[Transformer]] race until [[Prima]] intervened.

When the Great Cataclysm struck Cybertron, the Predacons were among the first groups to succumb to the maddening electromagnetic radiation. Most of them fell into an irradiated frenzy, blindly attacking one another until they expired. Predaking, Lazerback, and Twinstrike managed to ride out the worst of the disaster by entering [[stasis lock]], but never managed to re-awaken after the Cataclysm.

Millions of years later, after the [[Great Exodus]], [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] studied schematics of the Predacons and incorporated some of their traits into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s, such as the ability to [[Fire-breath|breathe fire]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

This original group of Predacons included:
{{collist|3|*[[Predaking (COP)|Predaking]] (leader)
*[[Backlash (COP)|Backlash]]
*[[Darksteel (COP)|Darksteel]]
*[[Fangblade]]
*[[Lazerback (COP)|Lazerback]]
*[[Skylynx (COP)|Skylynx]]
*[[Skystalker (COP)|Skystalker]]
*[[Twinstrike (COP)|Twinstrike]]}}
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===IDW Aligned comics===
The Predacons had been extinct for eons, but in the period after the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' and ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] learned how to clone the creatures. One such clone was [[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]], who was subsequently put at the disposal of Shockwave's disciples, the [[Forged]]. When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] had his craft shot down during the final [[Autobot]] evacuation of the planet, the Forged leader Ser-Ket dispatched Backbite and a number of soldiers to retrieve the enemy commander. They were successful, and Backbite even managed to return with an extra prisoner in the form of the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]], whose team had also been investigating the crash. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:ProjectPredacon-Predacons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a kingdom rests in the hands of a young man. His name... Merlin.]]
The Predacons once ruled Cybertron but became extinct at the beginning of Cybertronian history, in an apocalyptic wipe-out known as the [[Great Cataclysm]]. {{storylink|Evolution}} During the Great War, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] cloned a small army of Predacons which [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] of the Decepticons sent to [[Earth]] to destroy [[Autobot]]s and look for [[energon]]. After eliminating the Autobot presence on the planet, the Predacons stood a long vigil on Earth where they awaited the arrival of Megatron but ultimately perished where their fossilized bodies were buried at various points around the world. In time, the Predacons entered in human legends as various mythological monsters though the true nature of the creatures remained a mystery to the inhabitants of Earth, and was eventually forgotten. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Many years later, Shockwave discovered more fossilized remains from which he was able to extract [[CNA]] and begin the process of cloning the ancient beasts once again. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Prey-PredakingWheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Keep absolutely still. Its vision is based on movement."]]
After suffering a setback with his [[space bridge]] work, leaving him stranded on Cybertron, Shockwave restarted his experiments and cloned a new [[Predaking (Prime)|Predacon]]. He activated it after rejoining Megatron's forces on Earth. {{storylink|Scattered}} The new Predacon proved formidable in battle against the Autobots {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} though it proved susceptible to the cold of the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} Following the destruction of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], the Decepticons began searching for the remains of Shockwave's earlier batch of clones, aided by the fact that the scientist had micro-chipped them. [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] obtained a Predacon bone in a cave while Shockwave and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] succeeded in retrieving another bone in New Mexico. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

The original [[Predaking (Prime)|Predacon]] eventually broke free of his icy slumber and returned to the Decepticon warship. However he immediately become the source of abuse from Starscream, even when the Predacon tried to kill him numerous times. The Predacon was later assigned to find another bone and proved very efficient in hunting the bone as well as engaging the Wreckers. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} Despite their track record, the Decepticons eventually lost a Predacon spinal cord bone to Wheeljack and Arcee, though Knock Out was able to obtain one to make up. The original Predacon, having watched Starscream work the computers on the ''Nemesis'', managed to use the warship's databanks to learn more about the ancient Predacons. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

[[File:Evolution awakening Predacon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"So this is how you make dinosaurs?" "No. This is how you play God."]]
When Shockwave's cloning process neared fruition, the existing Predacon revealed that he had developed intelligence and discovered the ability to transform. Nominating himself leader of the future Predacons, the Predacon, renaming himself "Predaking", affirmed his loyalty to Megatron. The Decepticons however were suspicious that the Predacons would turn on them, so they arranged for the Autobots to find and destroy the cloning facility, knowing that it would strengthen their alliance with Predaking. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] indeed found and destroyed the lab, killing the awakening Predacons and enraging Predaking. Though Predaking managed to destroy Magnus's hand and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], he was prevented from executing him and Wheeljack thanks to the interference of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. After the battle, Shockwave returned to his lab and found that no Predacons had survived but that their CNA had merged with the [[Synthetic Energon]] to create [[Living metal|cyber-matter]]. {{storylink|Evolution}}

Predaking still believed Megatron would uphold his promise to clone more Predacons once [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was destroyed and continued to serve the Decepticons, assisting in their plan to rebuild the [[Omega Lock]], even fighting Optimus Prime himself. {{storylink|Minus One}} After [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had been abducted to complete the Synthetic Energon formula, the Decepticons threw him to Predaking. Thanks to a freudian slip by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], Ratchet was able to make Predaking see that the Decepticons had arranged for the death of the Predacons, sending Predaking on a rampage throughout the ''Nemesis''. Megatron, with help from Starscream, managed to defeat Predaking and send him flying out of one of the ''Nemesis''{{'}}s escape pods' chute. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Predaking managed to cling the ship's hull and hopped off at Cybertron following the planet's rebirth. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

[[File:PredaconsRisingSkylynxandDarksteelDragons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Enter the Dragons!]]
Also forced to abandon the ''Nemesis'' in the battle, Shockwave and Starscream resurrected the idea of cloning Predacons, Shockwave succeeding in bringing two new clones, [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] and [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]], online while a third Predacon was being cloned. The two were put to use by searching for other Predacon remains to clone more of their kind. On a search in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], they met Ultra Magnus and [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]. While Skylynx managed to seriously damage Magnus, the [[Phase Shifter]] protected Smokescreen who carried Magnus away. Victorious, the two Predacons returned to Shockwave's lab, where they were scolded by Starscream for revealing themselves to the Autobots.

Utilizing [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s tracking skills, the Autobots found Predaking who had taken refuge at a Predacon burial ground that was uncovered by Cybertron's revitalization. The Autobots tried to make peace with Predaking stating that more than one race could peacefully co-exist on the planet, but he refused to forget the Autobot's part in the destruction of his army. Acting on the Autobots' words, Predaking tracked down the site of Skylynx and Darksteel's battle with the Autobots. Hoping to bring the two to him, Predaking fired a flaming beacon into the sky, only for it to instead attract [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] in Megatron's body. Hoping that Predaking would damage him enough that his body would be of no use to Unicron, Megatron tricked the Chaos Bringer into fighting Predaking only for the god to triumph and learn of the Predacon fossils.

[[File:Predaconsrising-Starscreamupthecreek.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor]]
Skylynx and Darksteel struck gold for Shockwave's fossil hunt when they discovered the same Predacon burial ground. While the Decepticons were collecting the bones, Unicron arrived to raise an army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] Predacons. After Skylynx and Darksteel had made a futile charge against the Chaos Bringer, Unicron reanimated the fossils, sending his new army to the Well of AllSparks. When Predaking later returned to the burial site, he swiftly asserted his leadership over Skylynx and Darksteel. After some advice from Shockwave, Predaking then led his Predacons into battle to assist the Autobots in fighting Unicron's horde of undead Predacons. Following the grounding of the ''Nemesis'', the Predacon trio became the first line of defence but were ultimately overpowered and dragged into the Well by the Terrorcon horde. When Unicron was contained, the Terrorcons disintegrated. Flying out of the Well, the Predacon trio tracked Starscream down to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], intending to exact some revenge for his abuse. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Shockwave cloned the Predacons using [[Hyperevolution Chamber]]s, {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 3}} the first one activated being [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1}} Following [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]]'s activation, the Predacon went rogue {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 3}} and made an apparently-successful assassination attempt on Megatron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}} He also approached [[Ripclaw]] when she was activated, in an attempt to turn her against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 8}} The rebelliousness of the Predacons resulted in Shockwave making an attempt to shut down and destroy the laboratory. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11}}

Further Predacons escaped from the lab, including [[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]] {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 12}} and [[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 15}} Shockwave and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] fled the chaos to Cybertron, taking the last two Predacons with them {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 22}} and waking [[Vertebreak (Prime)|Vertebreak]] on arrival. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 21}}

===''Go!'' cartoon===
[[File:TFGoSamurai6 Dragotron and Four Oni.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2]]
At some point, the Demon Emperor [[Dragotron]] was buried in [[Mount Fuji]], while his four attendants were buried in the land surrounding the volcano. Dragotron awoke when a child kicked a small stone into the dormant caldera, inadvertently causing a rockslide that unburied his head. He called out for his [[Four Oni|four servants]] and their [[Jaki|minions]] to reactivate and retrieve the [[Legendisc]]s, but when they located the disc held by [[Isami Tatewaki]], they were foiled by the by the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Samurai Team|Samurai Team]] that the Legendisc summoned. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}} Likewise the Oni failed to retrieve the disc held by [[Tobio Fūma]], who was aided by the [[Swordbot Shinobi Team]]. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!}} While Dragotron continued to slumber, the Oni made a number of attempts to go back in time using the Legendisc he possessed, hoping to retrieve the two Legendiscs lost in history. Despite all their efforts and the less-than-capable help of the [[Jaki]], they were foiled each time by the Swordbots and their human companions. Dragotron eventually woke and aided his men against the Autobots. {{storylink|Depart! Optimus Exprime!}} {{storylink|Enter! The New Warrior!}} Taking the Legendiscs and the two boys, Dragotron absorbed the Four Oni and began using the Legendiscs' power to Cyberform the planet. The two boys had copied the power of the Legendiscs into their own hearts, and enabled the Autobots to eventually defeat Dragotron, with a little help from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Exprime]]. The Autobots then sealed Dragotron away once more. {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiKenzan!}} {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiGekisou!}}

This group of Predacons included:
{{collist|3|*[[Dragotron]] (leader)
*[[Budora (Go!)|Budora]] (2nd-in-command)
*[[Bakudora]]
*[[Barara]]
*[[Burara]]
*[[Dorara]]
*[[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*[[Garara (Go!)|Garara]]
*[[Goradora]]
*[[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*[[Jurara]]
}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
A group of Predacons led by Fright Face found themselves in [[Axiom Nexus]], and took up residence in the [[Heap]]. They bit off more than they could chew when they attacked [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] and [[Renegade#Warpath|Warpath]] as the Renegades went about their illicit business; Cy-Kill dodged South Claw's freeze ray, clogged up Gore Jaw's maw, and dodged Heart Attack's fire while deducing his weak spot, while Warpath took out Weird Wing in a brutal dogfight (and found where Fang was hiding).

Though Warpath wanted to destroy them, Cy-Kill had another idea. He challenged Fright Face to single combat, with the loser to pledge allegiance to the winner. Cy-Kill prevailed, and Fright Face honored the terms of the deal. They were upgraded with [[combiner]] technology, allowing them to form the mighty [[Monsterous]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/16}} They helped bail out their new leader after [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]] caught wind of Cy-Kill's criminal activity, and accompanied Cy-Kill and the other new [[Renegade]] recruits to the [[Gargent]] cluster. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/21}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Skylynx and Darksteel chased Starscream deeper into Darkmount. Upon reaching an inner chamber, Starscream triggered the fortress' intruder defence systems, killing his pursuers. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:BHtoy-PredakingVoyager.jpg|250px|thumb|Predaking]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Blight (Prime)|Blight]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Windrazor (Prime)|Windrazor]] (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
*[[Abominus (Prime)|Abominus]] Combiner 5-pack:
**Consists of translucent redecoes of all five Legions
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
*[[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Ripclaw]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Vertebreak (Prime)|Vertebreak]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] (Deluxe, 2013)
*[[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]] (Voyager, 2013)
**Includes [[Blackbeak (Prime)|Blackbeak]]
*'''Predaking''' (Voyager, 2013)
*[[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] (Voyager, 2013)
*'''Beast Fire Predaking''' (Ultimate, 2013)

===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots Spin Scourge.jpg|250px|thumb|Scourge]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BS)|Buzzclaw]] (cancelled)
*[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]] (cancelled)
*[[Hydrax]] (cancelled)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]
*[[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]]
*[[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]]

===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Predacon Lazerback.jpg|250px|thumb|Lazerback]]
*'''Battle Net Bumblebee''' (2013)
:Includes [[Skystalker (Prime)#Kre-O|Stormrazor]].
*'''Dragon Assault''' (2013)
:Includes Kreon-scale [[Grimwing (Prime)#Kre-O|Grimwing]].
*'''Mech Venom Strike''' (2013)
:Includes Kreon-scale [[Corhada]].
*'''Ripclaw Strike''' (2013)
:Includes [[Ripclaw#Kre-O|Ripclaw]] and Ripclaw Kreon.
*'''Beast Blade Optimus Prime'''
:Includes [[Lazerback (Prime)#Kre-O|Lazerback]]
*'''Autobot Command Center'''
:Includes [[Rippersnapper (Prime)#Kre-O|Rippersnapper]]

===''Go!''===
[[File:Transformers-go-goradora-set.jpg|250px|thumb|Goradora]]
*G04 [[Gaidora (Go!)|Gaidora]]
*G07 [[Bakudora]]
*G08 [[Budora (Go!)|Budora]]
*G09 [[Goradora|Goradora Set]]
**[[Dorara]]
**[[Barara]]
**[[Garara (Go!)|Garara]]
**[[Jurara]]
**[[Burara]]
*G12 [[Dragotron]]
*G21 [[Judora (Go!)|Judora]]
*G23 [[Dragotron|Guren Dragotron]]
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==Notes==
[[File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|thumb|upright=0.85|The prototype symbol. Not as badass, huh?]]
*A very different faction insignia appeared on [[stock photography|stock photos]] for several figures, even though the final toys sport the final Predacon insignia instead:
**Almost all stock photos for ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast Hunters (2013)|Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Ripclaw#Toys|Ripclaw]]: The early stock photos depicting a hand-painted prototype that were used for the "Shockwave's lab" interactive feature on Hasbro's official website have the toy sport the early Predacon insignia, while the same photos when printed on the back of the toy's packaging have been edited to show the final Predacon insignia instead; furthermore, the later stock photos depicting a pre-production sample ''also'' still have the figure sport the early Predacon insignia!
**Early stock photos of ''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] depicting a hand-painted prototype have the toy sport the early Predacon insignia. Like with Ripclaw, the same photos when printed on the back of the toy's packaging have the symbol changed to the final version.
**Early stock photos of ''Beast Hunters'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Twinstrike (Prime)#Cyberverse|Twinstrike]] depicting a hand-painted prototype have the toy sport the early Predacon insignia, which was ''not'' fixed for back of the toy's packaging.
*The symbol even appears on several toys that made it to retail:
**A [[Predaking (Prime)#Optimus|minor redeco]] of ''Beast Hunters'' Voyager Class [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] available in a two-pack with a [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#Predaking|minor redeco]] of Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (available only as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in some European countries and at general retail in Brazil) has the early Predacon insignia, both in his stock photos and on the actual toy released at retail.
**The symbol can also be found on the sticker sheets for at least some specimens of [[Ripclaw#Kre-O|Ripclaw]] from the ''[[Kre-O]]'' ''Beast Hunters'' "Ripclaw Strike" set and [[Corhada]] from the ''Kre-O'' "Mech Venom Strike" set, even though the stock photos for both sets (including the ones depicting pre-production samples) have the toys sport the final Predacon insignia.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jù Zhēngníng''' (China, 巨狰狞, "Giant Malevolent")

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Skylynx (Prime)

2023-03-08T19:52:01Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3|Sky Lynx}}

:''Skylynx is a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimeSkylynxArtOfPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Whether or not he's [[Sky Lynx (G1)|better than everyone else]] has yet to be decided.]]
'''Skylynx''' is a bitter and sour guy in comparison to his chuckle-head partner, [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]. While he may be the type of guy to throw a punchline once in a while, he conducts a very stark delivery. Despite his horridly dull personality, he's fierce enough to handle himself in a battle, and is just ever so arrogant enough to color himself and the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] above any and all Autobots.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English)|[[Gerardo Reyero]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Nacho Aramburu]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Jean-Michel Vovk]] (French), [[Tilo Schmitz]] (German), [[César Emilio]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Rauno Ahonen]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:PredaconsRisingSkylynxDragonMode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|And, it's been decided... Yes, he is.]]
Following his return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] succeeded in bringing two new clones, [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and Skylynx, online. The pair were put to work searching for more Predacon remains to continue the cloning experiments. It was while they were searching in what was once the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] that they were happened upon by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]. They attacked the pair, with Skylynx causing so much damage to Magnus that the Autobot was taken out of commission. Victorious, the two Predacons returned to Shockwave's lab, only to find [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] less than happy that they'd revealed themselves to the Autobots.

[[File:PredaconsRisingSkylynxFaceCloseup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Grrrr]]
More searching for fossils ensued, and the pair stuck gold when they discovered a Predacon burial ground. While they were collecting up the bones, [[Unicron]] arrived to raise an army of undead Predacons. Skylynx and Darksteel attacked him, only to prove no match for the dark god. They were later found there by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], who swiftly asserted his leadership in combat, and led the pair into battle to assist the Autobots in fighting Unicron's horde of undead Predacons. They were successful in slowing the horde down long enough for [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to defeat Unicron, causing the [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] to disintegrate. The trio later tracked down Starscream, intending to exact some revenge. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
When the Decepticons knocked out power in the entire United States, Skylynx guarded one of the EMP devices. He got his butt kicked for it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}} Later, he led a team of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] in ambushing Smokescreen. The damaged Autobot got away and Skylynx pursued him to [[Jackdaw City]], tearing it apart in his search. He was finally stopped by Smokescreen and a mechanic named [[Joe (Prime)|Joe]], who hooked him to a truck and dragged him out to sea. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.19|Smoked Out}}
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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Starscream explained to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] that he had <s>led</s> been chased by Darksteel and Skylynx into [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], where <s>he turned a stash of weapons against them</s> they were blasted by the fortress' weapons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Deluxe-Skylynx.JPG|thumb|upright=2.2|What would Skylynx do? Probably eat you.]]
*'''Skylynx''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Accessories'': Two discs, tail-mace

:Part of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Exclusives 2|Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising]]'' line, Skylynx is a [[redeco]] of [[Skystalker (Prime)#Toys|Skystalker]], transforming into a thin winged dragon. The tip of his tail detaches to become a "mace" that can cover either robot hand. His wings also contain built-in pressure-launching discs that can swing forward to be used in [[robot mode]]. His robot hands are compatible with [[5 mm post]]s.

:Skylynx's discs are cast in a swirly gold-brown plastic, making them potential candidates for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]. This has yet to be corroborated by any actual breakage to the knowledge of the Wiki thus far, so take this as a recommendation to be careful, okay? Just... be careful.

: Skylynx was available as a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] in the United States and Canada, as a [[Tesco]] exclusive in the United Kingdom, as a Carrefour exclusive in France and as a Ripley exclusive in Chile.

: This mold was retooled to make ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' [[Judora (Go!)#Toys|Judora]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/Skylynx/skylynx.htm More information on Skylynx at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Skylynx's deco is evocative of the [[Sky Lynx (G1)|original bearer of the name]], though darker-hued to make him look more ominous. Part of it is also very iridescent, alternating between a greenish-blue and a navy blue under different lighting conditions.
* Skylynx also shares an accent with his parent incarnation.
* Skylynx was named by Hasbro in the midst of designing him; the designers were baffled at the christening, as the name is traditionally assigned to an Autobot.

===Foreign Names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiānmāo''' (China, 天猫, "Sky Cat")

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Transformers]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]

Predaking (Prime)

2023-03-08T19:50:44Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3|Predaking}}
:''Predaking is the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Predaking-Prime-concept art.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.0|My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!]]

'''Predaking''' is a [[Decepticon]]-created beast, created from the [[CNA]] of his [[Predaking (COP)|predecessor]] and brought to life by Shockwave's science. Originally, Megatron had expected this supposedly simple-minded dragon to follow his orders without question, but Predaking has shown that he is far more than meets the optic sensor. Since revealing his possession of a [[robot mode]], Predaking has made it plain that he is as intelligent as any of Megatron's forces, with a sense of warrior's pride and no shortage of ambition. While he has repeatedly professed his loyalty to his lord and master, Megatron has taken note of his ambition to lead a resurrected Predacon race, not to mention his lofty self-imbued title. While the Decepticon ranks have held many an ambitious up-and-comer with an eye for mastery, Predaking may be the first one Megatron has legitimately feared. The last surviving member of his kind may be the most powerful being on planet Earth.

{{bigquote|I am not your boss. I am your ''KING''!|Predaking asserts his dominance over the Predacons|''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''}}

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==Fiction==
===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Predaking's presence was so frightening that the [[Autobot]]s began hunting for ways to combat him. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1}} With the news that a couple of Autobots were heading for a derelict starship in the [[asteroid belt]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and Predaking set out to intercept them. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 2}} They successfully found the derelict and interrupted [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] looting it for gear. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 4}} Though the two villains initially had the upper hand, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] arrived {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} and managed to hold off Predaking long enough for the other two Autobots to escape. As the ship exploded, Predaking saw Megatron plunge through the floor. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}} He returned to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' and reported their leader's apparent demise to the other Decepticons, who immediately blamed [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7}}

Predaking went out hunting for Optimus Prime, and soon found his prey searching for him in the desert. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 17}} Though Predaking was confident he would have an easy victory, Optimus powered up one of the weapons taken from the derelict and warned his opponent that their battle was far from over. Predaking's confidence faded, and he felt fear for the first time in millions of years. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 18}} The battle ended in Predaking's defeat. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 23}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Mensah]] (English)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian),[[Vladimir Antonik]] (Russian, "Predacons Rising"), [[Enrique Cervantes]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jaime Roca]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Marco Kröger]] (German), [[Jukka Pihlajaniemi]] (Finnish, season 3), [[Tero Koponen]] (Finnish, "Predacons Rising"), [[Jean-Marc Delhausse]] (French), [[Luiz Laffey]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Silvio Pandolfi]] (Italian)}}

[[File:TFPMegatron&PredakingSizeComparison.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, Oh Predaking, the Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities.]]
Having recovered Predacon [[CNA]], Shockwave successfully cloned one of the great beasts, storing it in his lab. He brought the creature online and took it to Earth to hunt Autobots. {{storylink|Scattered}} After Shockwave gave it a whiff of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s energon, it was dispatched and soon found its quarry near an energon mine. Wheeljack and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] fought the creature, first trying to blow it up with a grenade, then luring it into an explosive-laden mine in an attempt to destroy it. The beast emerged triumphant, only for [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] to arrive in [[Iron Will|his ship]] and fire at it. It continued to dog the starship, clinging to the top of it until Magnus managed to knock it off by flying through a canyon. The Predacon returned to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s citadel, where [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] reflected it was a pity it couldn't tell them why it failed. The Predacon responded by growling, rather quietly and angrily. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} When [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] came under attack, the Predacon was unleashed to attack the Autobots. It began chasing Ultra Magnus's ship, but was tricked into flying through a [[GroundBridge]] to the Arctic, where it swiftly froze. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

[[File:ChainOfCommand Magnus forges a head.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|I laid low the warriors of old, and their like is not seen in the world today. Then, I was young and tender. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong!]]
Some time later, the temperature in the Arctic rose to a sufficient level to allow the Predacon to free itself. It swiftly tracked down the ''Nemesis'', and Megatron decided to assign it to Starscream while Shockwave continued work on cloning more Predacons. After several hilarious attempts to make the beast compliant, Starscream was ordered to deploy it against the Autobots currently attacking one of the dig sites. The Predacon attacked Ultra Magnus, Bulkhead, and Wheeljack, eventually causing a cave-in after swatting away Wheeljack's grenade. The cave-in unearthed a Predacon optic, the sight of which awakened a vague memory in the beast. It brought the eye to Starscream, then engaged [[Miko Nakadai]], who had acquired the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. Overhearing Megatron's demand that the bone fragment be brought to him, the Predacon complied and left the rest to Starscream. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Back at the ''Nemesis'', the Predacon responded to Starscream's continued orders with a swipe of his tail that missed the Decepticon but demolished the ship's communications array. Starscream frantically tried to fix it, eventually attempting to reboot the network by entering an override access code into a computer console. The Predacon watched him and later, when alone, it entered Starscream's access code into the computer and began to call up information on the origins and existence of Predacons. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

[[File:Evolution Predaking Anger.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.]]
During a tour of Shockwave's off-site laboratory, the Predacon revealed his intelligence and ability to [[Transformation|transform]] to his fellow Cybertronians. He offered to lead the Predacons on Megatron's behalf as "Predaking", but Megatron was wary of giving control of an army more powerful than his own to someone else. On Starscream's advice, he arranged for the termination of the clones using the Autobots discovering the lab as a pretense. Predaking fell for the ruse, engaging Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack after they destroyed the clones. He disabled both and destroyed the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], but was stopped from delivering the final blow by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Evolution}}

Predaking continued to believe that once Cybertron was restored, Megatron would resurrect the rest of the Predacon race. As the Decepticons worked to repair the Omega Lock, Predaking was dispatched to Antarctica to battle the Autobots. He battled with Optimus Prime at length, and though he was almost buried under a glacier at one point, he eventually got the better of the Autobot leader and sent Prime crashing into the ground. {{storylink|Minus One}} He was prevented from finishing Optimus off when Megatron instructed him to make sure the target of the Decepticon mission was kept safe, and he had to retrieve Shockwave and a generator from the [[Solaris particle collider]] building. Back on the ''Nemesis'', he found that the Decepticons had captured [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], whom Megatron promised would be his to terminate once the Autobot's usefulness had ended. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

[[File:Synthesis-predakingvsmegatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|''I'' am king under the mountain!]]
True to Megatron's word, Predaking was presented with Ratchet as a plaything; however, once the Autobot revealed that Megatron had arranged for the Autobots to find Shockwave's lab, Predaking went on a rampage through the ship. After demolishing every Vehicon in his path, the Predacon attacked Megatron and almost got the better of his former leader. A missile to the back from Starscream rattled him enough that Megatron was able to blast him out of an airlock. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Predaking somehow clung to the hull and went unnoticed by anyone, until the warship returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and restored the planet. Witnessing the world's resurrection, Predaking transformed and flew off. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

[[File:Predaconsrising-Starscreamupthecreek.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I think our little game ends here. So tell me, Starscream, how do you choose to die?]]
He found a Predacon burial ground, uncovered by the movement during the planet's rebirth. It was there that the Autobots found him, and attempted to persuade him to help them find two new Predacons they'd encountered. Though Predaking refused as he couldn't forgive them for their role in the destruction of his kind, he went searching himself and soon found evidence that the Autobots had been telling the truth. His signal intended to attract the two Predacons instead brought [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]], now in possession of Megatron's form, to his position. Unicron attempted to gain Predaking's allegiance, unaware of Predaking's betrayal, but the Predacon instead attacked the chaos bringer. Unicron defeated him, taking the location of the burial ground from his mind, and by the time Predaking returned, he found to his horror that Unicron had desecrated the site. It was there that he encountered two other Predacons, [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. Though these two Predacons were not willing to obey, Predaking quickly asserted his dominance over the two. After a suggestion from Shockwave, Predaking led them in an attempt to assist the Autobots in fighting Unicron's horde of Terrorcon Predacons. Although Predaking, Skylynx, and Darksteel were pushed into the Well, they were successful in slowing the horde down long enough for Optimus Prime to defeat Unicron, causing the Terrorcons to disintegrate. The trio later tracked Starscream down to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], intending to exact some revenge. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Full of Fire!===
Predaking was unleashed with five other Predacons on the Autobots, who proved more formidable after having built themselves new weapons. Predaking's fire was stopped short by Optimus Prime's [[Firebreath Cyclocannons|Dragon Cannons]], and the other Predacons had a similar lack of fortune, so they withdrew back to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.20|Starscream's Beast}}}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
[[File:Construct-Bots short Predaking.jpg|thumb|200px|Think furnace, with wings. Flash of light, searing pain, and then poof! You're nothing but a pile of ash.]]
Predaking came upon [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] playing cards within the Decepticons' volcano base. For his own amusement, he breathed fire on the gang, sending them scrambling in all directions. He continued to peer through the volcano's crater as the Decepticons attempted to upgrade themselves with some new parts, only for the Autobots to sabotage the process. He chuckled merrily at the Decepticons' misfortune. {{storylink|Intro!}}

Predaking harassed Starscream once again when he found him preening in front of a full-length mirror. He swooped down, breaking Starscream's mirror to bits and scattering the Decepticon's pieces about, before continuing on his way. {{Storylink|Take Flight!}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
At some point Predaking traveled to Earth, bringing Starscream's severed arm with him. Optimus Prime and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] found him hanging out in a cave in the [[Sierra Vistas]] and after a brief fight, the Predacon fled, leaving Starscream's arm behind. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
When Predaking, Skylynx, and Darksteel confronted Starscream in [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], the treacherous Decepticon fled into the depths of the fortress. Darksteel and Skylynx pursued, but were destroyed by an armed security system that Starscream accidentally tripped.

When Starscream boasted of his victory to Bumblebee, he spoke as if all the Predacons had been exterminated, but Predaking was conspicuously ''not'' seen during these events, and what became of him was not explicitly stated. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Boulder]], and Predaking attended a pool party with various entities from other universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pool Party|Hub Network Summer Pool Party}}

*Toy versions of Optimus and Bumblebee came to life to duke it out against toy versions of Predaking and [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a child's room. Bumblebee and Optimus came out victorious, and bumped fists while their restrained opponents dangled beneath them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Beast Hunters toys|Beast Hunters toys commercial}}

==Games==
===''Hunt the Beasts'' online game===
As Shockwave attempted to reach Megatron to warn him that his Predacon experiments had broken free and were heading for Earth, Predaking overpowered him, ending the transmission. {{storylink|Hunt the Beasts}}

===''Transformers Prime: Portal of Destruction''===
Through a series of simulations, Predaking's destructive prowess was tested out. In said simulations, Predaking would wreck havok upon a human city, destroying both the sky scrappers and the military vehicles that attempted to put a stop to his rampage. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Portal of Destruction|Portal of Destruction}}
===''Transformers Prime: Beast Creator''===
When Shockwave left his technology unattended, [[you]] could use it to custom-create your own monstrous Predacon! Predaking's CNA was accessible through the cloning machine, resulting in Predacons that shared component parts with him. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Beast Creator|Beast Creator}}

===''Transformers: Construct-Bots''===
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:BHtoy-PredakingCyberverse.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Surely you realize that your success has made you some bitter enemies?]]
*'''Predaking''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series/Number'': '''3 / 002'''
**''Accessories:'' Cybervenom rocket, launcher/tail
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class toys, Predaking transforms from a dragon into a robot and back! His tail detaches to become a "Cybervenom Rocket Launcher" that fires a [[missile]] via pressure-launch, and can be wielded via [[C joint|3mm post]]. Care should be taken when attaching this to the dragon mode, as the rectangular bracket it slots into easily snaps.

:Although the instructions tell you to flip down the halves of the head below to serve as the robot's "pair of tails", you ''can also'' actually flip them up to the robot mode's back as seen in the initial stock photos.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/CybCommPredaking/predaking.htm More information on Cyberverse Predaking at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBHPRtoy Cyberverse Predaking.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|The darkness is coming!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Predaking''' (Cyberverse Commander 2-pack, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Cybervenom rocket, launcher/tail

: Part of the "[[Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising|Predacons Rising]]" [[subline imprint]], Predaking is a redeco of his ''Cyberverse'' Commander Class toy in purple, black, and red, intended to homage the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. How successful this was is up to you. He comes in a two-pack with a very clearly [[Thunder Clash]]-inspired redeco of Commander Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Target2pack|Optimus Prime]].

: Like all ''Predacons Rising'' releases, the Optimus Prime/Predaking two-pack was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores in the United States and Canada and to [[Tesco]] stores in the UK, and is also supposed to be exclusive to Carrefour elsewhere in Europe (presumably in France and/or Spain, though there have been no sightings as of yet). It has also been found at Rossmann drug stores in Germany and Ripley stores in Chile and popped up at BigW stores in Australia ''much'' later, in mid-2014. Also, like all ''Predacons Rising'' multi-pack redecos of ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse figures, the ''Cyberverse'' logo is nowhere to be found on the packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/PRCybPredaking/predaking.htm More information on ''Predacons Rising'' Cyberverse Predaking at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Shockwave's-Lab-Predaking.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that your child? You cannot save him from the fire. He will BURN!!]]
*'''Shockwave's Lab''' (SDCC 2013 exclusive)
**''Accessories'': Lab Playset

: A [[redeco]] of the Commander Class Predaking, this set depicts [[Shockwave (WFC)#SDCC|Shockwave]]'s creation of Predaking, complete with a lab playset and a Beast Hunters Voyager Shockwave in bright purple and black. Despite what the stock pictures suggest, the actual figure was released in a mixture of translucent and opaque blue plastics.

:This set was exclusively available at the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013 and later at the Hasbro Toy Shop website, and is labeled as "02 of 30" of the [[Thrilling 30#30 exclusive toys|Thrilling 30 exclusive toys]].

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[[File:Cybertron-Con-Shockwave's-Lab-Predaking.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|AAUUUUUUGH!!! REVENGE?!? I WILL SHOW YOU REVENGE!!!]]
*'''Shockwave's Lab''' (Cybertron Con 2013)
**''Accessories'': Lab Playset

: Exclusive to [[Cybertron Con]], this Shockwave's Lab set is essentially unchanged from the San Diego Comic Con version, the only difference being that the Predaking figure is now in translucent and opaque orange. This set is labeled as "06 of 30" of the [[Thrilling 30#30 exclusive toys|Thrilling 30 exclusive toys]].

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====''Beast Hunters''====
[[File:BHtoy-PredakingVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Well, thief? I smell you, I feel your air—and I hear your breath. Come along. Help yourself; there's plenty, and to spare.]]
*'''Predaking''' (Voyager Class, 2013)
**''Series/Number'': '''2 / 002'''
**''Accessories:'' Two Hydrafire Blasters, two missiles, sword/tail
{{toydesigner|[[Lenny Panzica]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Voyager Class toys, this Predaking transforms into a ''three-headed'' dragon, and comes with a tail that detaches to become a sword that can be (loosely) held by his hands. His extra dragon heads/"[[Hydrafire Blaster]]s" are spring-loaded missile launchers that are geared to straighten their necks and launch their missiles when the levers behind them are pulled. This configuration for his beast mode, coupled with his colors do a lot to make him resemble ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. They can also combine into a larger weapon, with their gears being connected so that they move and fire in unison. The heads/blasters mount via [[5 mm post|5mm post]] onto his back and forearms. He does fairly well regarding [[scale]] with the Cyberverse versions of the rest of the cast in [[beast mode]], and his size in [[robot mode]] compared to them suggests what his true size in the cartoon would be if he didn't suffer from mass-displacement.

:[[Cybertronix]] symbols are detailed into various parts of his body, including the Hydrafire Blaster heads and robot mode legs. Soft plastic is used on various parts of Predaking, including his beast mode head and feet/hands. Due to the soft plastic, [[quality control]] is a bit random; some batches of figures may have deformations in-package, or may have difficulty gripping the sword since the slot is only on one half of the hand.

:While he is usually shown with his wings spread in robot mode, something not shown, even in his instructions, is that his wings can be folded down against themselves to resemble their appearance in the show.

:His [[packaging]] [[stock photography]] depicts several deco differences from the final product, such as black-painted wing membranes and yellow missiles. His [[instructions]] include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6|sixth chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series. Predaking was slightly redecoed into [[Dragotron#Voyager|Dragotron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/Predaking/predaking.htm More information on Voyager Predaking at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Voy-CryofirePredaking.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I am fire. I am... ice?]]
*'''Cryofire Predaking''' (Voyager Class, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Two Hydrafire Blasters, two missiles, sword/tail
:Released in Wave 2 of the "Predacons Rising" [[subline imprint]], Predaking is a redeco of his first Voyager Class toy in mostly blue shades, seemingly inspired by [[Scourge_(Cybertron)#Cybertron|Cryo Scourge]] who was in turn inspired by [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].

:As a second [[wave]] ''Predacons Rising'' release, Cryofire Predaking was only available as a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] in the United States (and not in Canada, Australia or Europe).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/PRCryofirePredaking/predaking.htm More information on Cryofire Predaking at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BHtoy-PredakingUltimate.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.2|That's better! But don't let your imagination run away with you.]]
*'''Beast Fire Predaking''' (Ultimate Class, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Two launchers, two missiles, tail/Infernum Blade

: Beast Fire Predaking is the largest representation of Predaking and features a 21-inch wingspan, although the wings easily detach from their bases [[for safety reasons]], and to allow easier access to the battery compartment on his back. He comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers, and his tail detaches to become the [[Infernum Blade]], all of which can peg onto his hands, wrists, and wings via 5mm post.

:[[File:BHtoy-PredakingUltimatePackaging.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|Packaging variants rising.]]
:He also has light-up features in his dragon head, as well as his robot head and torso. The dragon head is lit by pulling on a lever on his neck, swinging the head down and opening his mouth in the process. The robot head and torso are lit by pressing the translucent-yellow button on his right shoulder. Batteries are not included.

:His rear legs are mis-transformed in package, not having been angled and tabbed into his thighs. His packaging stock photography depicts his sword with orange paint details that were replaced with silver in the final product. His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 18|eighteenth chapter]] of the ''Tales of the Beast Hunters'' series.

:While the toy is classified as an Ultimate Class figure, It is ''dwarfed'' by the Ultimate Class ''Beast Hunters'' Optimus Prime figure; Optimus is nigh Supreme sized whereas Predaking is roughly the size of a ''Prime'' Weaponizer and the like. Clearly the designers chose wingspan over mass.

:In international markets, such as Canada, Singapore, the Philippines, Europe and Australia, Beast Fire Predaking was released as part of the first wave of mainline ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Ultimate Class toys. In the United States, he was [[Rebranding|rebranded]] and repackaged in the Target-exclusive "Predacons Rising" subline, with new instructions lacking the ''Tales'' chapter.

:This mold was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Dragotron#Prime: Beast Hunters|Dragotron]], and was redecoed as [[Dragotron#Ultimate|Guren Dragotron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/PRBFPredaking/predaking.htm More information on Beast Fire Predaking at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TFP-BH-TRU-EU-Predaking.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You have nice manners for a thief... And a LIAR!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Predaking''' (multi-pack, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Two Hydrafire Blasters, two missiles, sword/tail

:A minor redeco of ''Beast Hunters'' Voyager Class Predaking that adds black paint operations to the dragon wings, has the robot head and primary dragon head, as well as the soft parts on the secondary dragon heads/missile launchers, cast in gray instead of black plastic, and omits most silver paint operations on them, changes the paint operation on the tip of the sword/tail from gold to orange, and reverses the silver and gray plastic colors for the hard plastic parts on the secondary dragon heads/missile launchers and the missiles. Even weirder, this Predaking is tampographed with the [[:File:Predacon Prime PrototypeInsignia.png|"prototype" Predacon]] [[insignia]] instead of the single release's regular one.

:This version was only available in a two-pack with an ever-so-slightly less redecoed Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Predaking|Optimus Prime]], which has thus far only been released at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Portugal, the United Kingdom and Germany. In Germany, it was explicitly advertised as a Toys"R"Us exclusive. This box was available at regular retail in Brazil.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-PredakingVoyager2014.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Revenge! Revenge! The King under the Mountain is dead and where are his kin that dare seek revenge?]]
*'''Predaking''' (Voyager Class, 2014)
**''Series/Number'': '''3 / 002'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, missile, tail/Infernum Sword

:Part of the first wave of ''Beast Hunters'' Series 3 Voyager Class toys, Predaking is functionally an upsized copy of his ''Beast Hunters'' Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' Commander Class toy, though with the [[articulation]] and sculpted details based on his larger toys, and the replacement of his ball joints with more robust [[Ratchet (mechanism)|ratchet joint]]s. As a result, his complexity is lower than in his previous Voyager Class toys, but he ends up being much, ''much'' more massive, even giving Ultimate Beast Fire Predaking a run for his money! In terms of deco, he is made primarily of smokey-black translucent plastic, with fiery orange paint applications. Unfortunately, the transparent plastic used is prone to stress marks.

:For accessories, the tail detaches to become a ''huge'' Infernum Sword, and he also comes with a [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] blaster with a pressure-fired missile. All of his accessories peg via 5mm post into his hands, and the blaster can also store on a peg-hole located on the sword's "spine". The missile uses the same mold as the one included with the ''Cyberverse'' version.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Predacon/Predaking/predaking.htm More information on "upscaled" Predaking at TFU.info]''
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===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:ConstructBots Predaking toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Old fool, there's a patch in the hollow of your left breast as bare as a snail out of its shell.]]
*'''Predaking''' (Beast Hunters, 2013)
**'''11 OF 30'''
: Part of the store exclusive ''Predacons Rising'' [[subline imprint]], ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Predaking was sold at the price-point of a triple-changer.

:His tremendous wings, while being pretty awesome looking, are very restricted in their movement and make Predaking extremely back heavy. He uses primarily unique parts save for his torso and feet which are from [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Starscream]], his forearm armor from [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Megatron]] and his blasters from [[Blitzwing (G1)#Construct-Bots|Blitzwing]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/PRCBPredaking/predaking.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Predaking at TFU.info]''

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy PredakingCustomKreon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I will not part with a single coin! Not ''one piece'' of it!]]
*'''Predaking''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7319'''
**''Pieces'': '''43'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, bladed staff, pistol, 2 claws, spare hand

: Part of the second wave of Custom [[Kreon]]s, ''[[Kre-O]]'' Predaking comes with a buildable rack to store his customizable parts. His torso, arms, waist, and legs have a metal-flake sheen. His "normal" helmet and wings are chromed, plus he comes with an extra transparent torso and helmet, as well as a pair of large Kreon-compatible beast-legs (originally from the ''Kre-O [[Star Trek]]'' Gorn). He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), a buildable bladed staff, a small pistol, and a pair of twin-claws.

:Though widely solicited, this wave of Custom Kreons ultimately never saw release outside of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store and Chinese-market distribution circles.
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===''Dinobot Adventures''===
[[File:Dinobot Adventures Squad Predaking toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Thief! Fire! Murder!]]
*'''Predaking / Grimlock / Dinobot Snarl''' (Dinobot Squad 3-pack, [[2021]])

:''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Predaking is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|Rescue Bots]]'' Rescan Series [[Heatwave (RB)#RescanDragon|Heatwave the Fire-Bot]] dragon-mode figure and features a single-step autotransformation from two-headed dragon to robot mode.

:Although no mention is made of Predaking's faction in the packaging, the toy retains its Rescue Bots-style Autobot insignia left over from Heatwave. Whether it was an intentional decision to keep it or if they just didn't want to retool the mold to remove it is unclear.

:Predaking is only available in a 3-pack alongside [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Dinobot Adventures|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (FOC)#DinoSquad3pack|Dinobot Snarl]].
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==Notes==
[[File:Beast Hunters Predaking promo.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Never laugh at live dragons.]]
*According to former Hasbro creative manager [[Rik Alvarez]], Predaking's early inability to transform in the ''Prime'' cartoon was a result of the showrunners initially not having the money to finish his other models, as the relatively last-minute decision to include him in the show threw off their budget.<ref>Toy Hype USA Interview with Alvarez https://youtu.be/wtNaT7h6Fh4?t=1895</ref>
*Predaking seems to employ [[size changing|mass displacement]]. It's been shown multiple times that his [[beast mode]]'s big enough to toss around Cybertronians like chew-toys, while his [[robot mode]] stands only head and shoulders over Megatron. This is likely so he can have scenes in robot mode while inside the ''Nemesis''.

===Foreign Names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chōng Yúnxiāo''' (China, 冲云霄, "Rush to the sky")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Construct-Bots Predacons]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Kings]]
[[Category:Kre-O Predacons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Predacon leaders]]
[[Category:Prime Predacons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Transformers]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]

MorBot

2023-03-08T19:48:37Z

Dayzarro:

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:''The MorBot is a robot from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|''Rescue Bots'']] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:ReignOfMorocco MorBot robot mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Our favorite episode of ''Rescue Bots'' is the one where the MorBot said "IT'S MORBIN' TIME!" and Morbed all over [[Rescue Force Sigma-17|those guys]].]]
The '''MorBot''' is an invention of [[Doctor Morocco]]. Constructed of the most advanced technology, it is positively bristling with <s>deadly weapons</s> hi-tech rescuing gear, including a <s>giant cannon</s> industrial-strength fire extinguisher and rocket boots. It even has the ability to [[transformation|convert]] into <s>an armored assault tank</s> a rescue vehicle. It's sure to be a great asset to any <s>terrorist</s> rescue organization.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Maurice LaMarche]] (English), [[Steve Blum]] (Heatwave clone, English), [[D.C. Douglas]] (Chase clone, English), [[Imari Williams]] (Boulder clone, English), [[Parvesh Cheena]] (Blades clone, English), [[Jonny Rees]] ([[Morocco virus]]/MorBot 2.0, English)}}

In 1939, following the arrival of the time-travelling [[Autobot]]s from the future, Morocco had the robots' abilities studied, but when the tests yielded little information, he strung the robots up with electromagnets and prepared to vivisect them. The arrival of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] from the future stymied his plans, but even as the robots and children escaped back to their future, Morocco discovered that they had accidentally left a [[Dither|small robot]] behind. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Before he could examine it, however, the Rescue Bots returned to 1939, retrieving Dither. It is still possible, however, from the little information he may have been able to gather, he was still able to enginner a Morbot by [[2012]]. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:ReignOfMorocco MorBot vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[MECH]] should have just asked Doctor Morocco how to build a [[Transformer]].]]
After causing [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] to be fired as [[Griffin Rock]]'s lead scientist, Morocco sabotaged a road roller, allowing his MorBot to swoop in and save the day ahead of the [[Rescue Bot]]s. The MorBot made short work of the roller, impressing [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], who agreed to let the MorBot enter into a competition with [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burn's]] team. Morocco engineered a fire at the dock, which the MorBot extinguished by diving into the sea and causing a giant wave. After the MorBot stopped both a runaway toy rocket and Doc Greene's [[solar car]], the latter just before it would have squashed the mayor, Luskey was only too happy to promote Morocco to lead scientist. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}}

The MorBot continued to rescue people, halting [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]]'s runaway flight and retrieving [[Mister Pettypaws]] from a tree, though its rescue methods left something to be desired. It also guarded the laboratory, and pursued [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] when they tried to spy on Morocco. After Cody and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] sneaked into the lab, they were spotted by Morocco, who sent the MorBot after them. Though carelessly knocking a grenade and causing an explosion, the MorBot pursued its quarry into Morocco's blimp. It was prevented from reaching the two children by a large door, and by the time it broke through, Cody had landed the blimp. The MorBot jumped out to attack them, only to be surrounded by the Rescue Bots, who forcibly disassembled it. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

Appearently Morocco had built another MorBot, which stood aboard the bridge of Morocco's main sub, the ''[[Nemo]]'', but rather than reactive it, Morocco had other plans. {{Storylink|Double Villainy}} Doctor Morocco learned about the true nature of [[Griffin Rock]]'s "rescue robots" when he sneaked into the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], {{storylink|Changes}} and used the details he downloaded about the team and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to construct his next batch of MoroccoBots, fully functional [[Rescue Bot clones|duplicates]] of the Rescue Bots!

[[File:RB-DoubleVillainy-RBclones-EMP.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Time to get Morbed, Rescue Bots.]]
After returning to an empty firehouse from a rescue before everyone else, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] was lured down into the bunker's caverns, captured by Morocco and replaced with a clone. After wiping Blades' memory, Morocco used the other duplicates to convince Blades of their mission, purportedly given to him by Optimus Prime, and of the "evil" Burns family. Subsequently, the Blades clone drew the other bots to a supposed cave-in and they were switched as well. Although the duplicates were able to fulfill the duties of the Bots they'd replaced, their human partners grew suspicious due to their brusk, literal and unfriendly demeanor. To test their suspicions, the Burnses brought their "partners" to the [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] area at [[Griffin Crest]], and without any objection, the robots entered, were zapped and shut down. Upon further inspection, Graham was able to identify their true nature. {{Storylink|Double Villainy}}

[[File:Upgrades Morocco Trex.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''MorBot 2: More Bots, More Problems'']]
Doc Greene was studying the MorBot which the Rescue Bots had disassembled, keeping its head on a table in his lab, much to Frankie's discomfort. Some mutant army ants were later able to reconnect the head's power supply, enabling the MorBot to reactivate and break Morocco out of jail. During his escape, the MorBot was devoured by the army ants. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}}

[[File:Tramsformations MorBot vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''2 Fast 2 MorBot'']]
The 3D printed [[Morocco virus]] was able to build a new, more advanced MorBot using items stolen from the Griffin Rock laboratory. He used the MorBot 2.0 to steal tech associated with the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]], only for it to be blown up by a boobytrapped [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Upgrades}} It was soon repaired by the Scrubbers Morocco now controlled, and he uploaded himself into it, effectively becoming the MorBot himself. This fusion of Morocco and MorBot ended up plunging into an undersea abyss after Morocco attempted to abduct Cody as his human partner. {{storylink|Transformations}}

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====Alternate timeline====
[[Image:BotToTheFuture Morocco and MorBots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Decepticon|Decepti]]... errr, nevermind.]]
Using technology from the robot, [[Dither]], which had been left behind in 1939 by the time-traveling Rescue Bots, Morocco eventually created an army of "MorBot" automatons and took over [[Griffin Rock]], redubbing it "Moropolis". When a team of [[Autobot]]s returned from [[1939]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] began trashing the Morbots, eventually wiping out all of them except the larger red MorBot that Morocco was driving. The evil scientist drove the last MorBot after the rogue group as they headed for the [[Temporal Station]] they were using. He was too late to stop them however, and crashed the MorBot into the time machine. The Autobots returned to 1939 to retrieve Dither and erased the timeline. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}
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==Toys==
[[File:RescueBots 2packBumblebeeMorBot.jpg|thumb|thumb|upright=1.67|The first toy to sell one Morbillion figures.]]
===''Rescue Bots''===
*'''Bumblebee and MorBot''' (2-pack, 2014)
: Only available in a two-pack with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] based on his motorcycle Rescan figure, MorBot is a non-transforming minifigure with no articulation.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Other/MorBot/morbot.htm More information on MorBot at TFU.info]''

*'''Tunnel Rescue Drill''' (multi-pack, 2015)

: A MorBot came packaged with [[Graham Burns]] and the [[Tunnel Forger|Tunnel Rescue Drill]]. It is identical to the previous 2-pack release.

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[[File:Morbot rescan rb2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|MorBot than you can handle.]]
====Rescan Series====
*'''MorBot''' (Rescan figure, 2016)

: Part of the eleventh wave of ''Rescue Bots'' Rescan figures, the MorBot transforms into a futuristic formula 1 race car when his spoiler is flipped up. He is an extensive [[retool]] of fellow race-car-bot [[Blurr (Prime)#Toys|Blurr]], with most of the visible parts changed.

:This figure has the distinction of being the first transformable bad guy toy in the ''Rescue Bots'' line, and is the only MorBot sold independent from a playset or multi-pack.

:Due to the show's storyline, this figure also doubles as the [[Morocco virus]].

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[[File:Rescue_Bots_Flip_Racers_MorBot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Stand back! I'm beginning to Morb!]]

====Flip Racers====
*'''Chomp & Chase Raceway''' (Playset, 2017)

:Released as part of the "[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#ChompChase|Chomp & Chase Raceway]]" playset, Flip Racer MorBot transforms automatically from car to robot when the vehicle mode is lifted up and placed on its end. The right fist is sculpted to be a cannon.

*'''Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer''' (Playset, 2017)

: A [[Walmart]] exclusive, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#FlipRaceTrack|Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer]] includes bonus Flip Racers [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave the Fire-Bot]] and MorBot figures.

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==Notes==
*It is unclear how exactly Morocco was able to engineer a man-made Transformer, as it was established in ''Prime'' (which is set in the same continuity) when [[MECH]] tried to build a Transformer, they required [[Energon]] and a [[Transformation cog]]. The MorBots seem to make do without either, unless he managed to gain access to Cybertronian "[[Vehicon (Prime)|technology]]" through [[Project Iacon|other]] [[MECH|means]] (Morocco ''has'' been alive for more than a century), as do the fake Rescue Bots Morocco builds in "[[Double Villainy]]".
*Furthermore, unlike [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]], the MorBots seem to be (partially) autonomous, with their leader in the alternate timeline even able to speak, but none of the "main" timeline MorBots were fully sentient until the [[Morocco virus]] uploaded his mind into the "MorBot 2.0" in the final episode.

===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''MoRobot'''

[[Category:Man-made Transformers]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots technology]]
[[Category:Robots]]

Ser-Ket (Prime)

2023-03-08T19:47:39Z

Dayzarro:

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{{disambig3|Circuit|Circuit/Ser-Ket}}
:''Ser-Ket is a former [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:SerKet-RageoftheDinobots4cover.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|And her brother, Trunz-Ees-Tur.]]
'''Ser-Ket''' is the most dangerous type of enemy: one who ''believes'' in her cause, absolutely and without question. The leader of the [[Forged]], a faction of physically-modified former [[Decepticon]]s loyal only to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], she is infatuated with her master's studies into bestial alternate modes, viewing them as the "true forms" of those he bestows them upon. She is one of these lucky few — her [[CNA]] was spliced with that of a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]], giving her a draconic [[beast mode]]<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-comics-discussion/917845-q-mairghread-scott-writer-transformers-prime-beast-hunters.html#post9492754 Mairghread Scott Q and A]</ref>.

From her perspective, these pure, naturalistic forms are true beauty, and it is to this end that she is dedicated to the "rehabilitation" of the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]], viewing them as wayward brothers who have merely wandered from their destined path. It's a path that robs them of their free will and leaves [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] a mindless, enraged monster, but that is what their ''true'' master, Shockwave, always intended for them...

==Fiction==
===IDW Aligned comics===
From one of [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s [[Rust Sea]] bases, Ser-Ket eavesdropped on an Autobot/Decepticon battle in which [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] disappeared in a ship crash. Surmising that Ultra Magnus probably survived, she dispatched a team of Predacons to retrieve him before the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]] found him. [[Backbite (Prime)|Backbite]] was able to kidnap their "brother", [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]], as well. Ser-Ket reported these victories to her master, Shockwave. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}}

[[File:RageofTheDinobots2-SerKet.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]
When Swoop awoke in a guarded prison cell, Ser-Ket introduced herself and told him that she and her troops were no longer Decepticons but the "[[Forged]]". She eagerly awaited the Dinobots' rescue attempt and left Swoop to her troops. When the Dinobots did indeed arrive and successfully sprung Ultra Magnus, she introduced herself to them and shed some light on her master's plans. She then unleashed Swoop, who had been corrupted into being a disciple of Shockwave. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 2|Rage of the Dinobots #2}} In the hopes of getting his teammate back, Grimlock challenged Ser-Ket to a one-on-one battle, with Swoop's freedom as his prize for victory, and the submission of the remaining Dinobots as hers.

The Forged leader readily accepted, and quickly took the upper hand in the fight, thanks to her superior speed and an additional weapon in the form of her tail. Knowing Grimlock was hesitant to use his beast mode, she goaded him, and after being forced to the ground the Dinobot gave in and transformed. He quickly overpowered Ser-Ket, but was then attacked by the enthralled Swoop. Being slammed to the ground broke the Dinobot free of Ser-Ket's control, but the enraged Grimlock continued his attack. Ser-Ket used the distraction of Grimlock's teammates trying to talk him down to renew her assault but was brutally thrown to the ground, seemingly defeated. As the Dinobots began to leave with a calmed Grimlock and the Forged's many prisoners, however, she ambushed the Dinobot leader one last time, now using her beast form. Ser-Ket carried the Dinobot off into the air, but Swoop came to the rescue, grabbing his teammate and sending the Forged leader plummeting to the ground. The Dinobots quickly arrived at the spot she had landed, and Grimlock ran her head through with his sword, finally killing her.

Upon his arrival shortly afterwards, Shockwave took her death with as much emotion as expected, commenting that she over-estimated her role in his grand plan. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 3|Rage of the Dinobots #3}}
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==Notes==
*Oh god, the ''name.''
*Beyond the obvious homophone, {{w|Serket}} is the mythological Egyptian goddess of healing poisonous bites and stings and is associated with scorpions. If nothing else, the name is certainly appropriate for a creepy crawly Predacon.
*Ser-Ket shares a [[body-type]] with [[Ripclaw]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime Predacons]]

Mutacon

2023-03-08T18:50:13Z

Dayzarro:

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[[File:TheCovenantOfPrimus-mutacons.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

The '''Mutacons''' are [[Shifter]] [[Transformer]]s who have been blessed (or cursed) by their discovery of the original [[transformation cog|Transformation Cog]] of [[Amalgamous Prime]], one of the first [[Thirteen]] Transformers. Exposure to it has granted them super-transformational abilities of infinite-[[transformation]] and infinite-[[combiner|combination]].

Mutacons tend to be silver and blue in color. Individual Mutacons range in size from small [[Mini-Con]]s to approximately the size of [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. Personality-wise, they tend to be friendly, inquisitive, light-hearted, and easily amused. Though they have been referred to as pirates, and do have friendly relations with the [[Star Seeker]]s, in their encounter with the Autobots they acted more like friendly traders, happily offering to trade [[energon]] for new information and forms.

Any Mutacon can change into anything they know, can see or sample, and merge with any number of other Mutacons to form bigger, more complex modes. They can also merge with non-Mutacon Transformers, a process which allows each to understand what it is like to be the other. From such a merger the Mutacon gains the ability to copy the other's form completely and can grant the normal Transformer a portion of the Mutacon's transformation and healing powers.

There is, however, a dark side to the Mutacons' gifts. They are slowly and involuntarily merging in to one composite being, losing their individual identities and memories. There is a fear that if the process is not reversed, they will eventually become a single amorphous blob-being. That might not be terrible, but it's something they would rather avoid.

They travel the stars as a fleet of massive starships composed of their combined bodies, searching for Amalgamous Prime in hopes he can cure their condition.

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
The Transformers who would become the Mutacons fled the destruction of the [[Neutronia]] colony in starships when the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] that ended the [[Golden Age]] hit. In space they found the Transformation Cog of Amalgamous Prime near a black hole. Fearing the destruction of the ancient treasure, they took it with them. The mystical object granted them infinite transformation and combination abilities, and accordingly they renamed themselves to match their new powers.<ref>https://twitter.com/JustinaRobson/status/663290264417665024</ref> However, they soon discovered they were beginning to involuntarily merge into one being, slowly losing their own personalities and memories.

Eventually they traveled the stars as a fleet made from their own forms and had garnered a reputation as pirates.

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Ark (WFC)|''Ark'']] crew met their fleet in space where the friendly enthusiastic and outgoing Mutacon named [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] communicated with them and offered to trade energon stores in return for help in locating Amalgamous Prime or for the chance to merge with Optimus Prime to learn how to change into his form. (Bulkhead thought that sounded "kinky"). She caused a moderate uproar of whistles and cat-calls among the male [[Autobot]]s when she visited Prime in person. The Matrix downloaded a history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] since the Rust Plague to her and she fell on the floor laughing at how dumb the [[Decepticon]]s were.

Prime promised to help the Mutacons solve their shape-changing problem after the Decepticons were no longer a threat. That was good enough for Mercury, and she happily returned to the others. Their combined ship form laughed in space and mischievously set about delaying the Autobots' pursuers so that the ''Ark'' could escape on their way. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''The Complete Allspark Almanac''===
[[Rad (Animated)|Rad]] claimed to have once fled the Mutacons with the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] in his possession. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|Lionizer's profile}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
When examining a mysterious structure on [[Metascan Omega]], [[Hardhead (BW)|Hard Head]] mused that with all the local interference, the structure could've been hiding a hundred Mutacons, for all he knew. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

==Notes==
*[[Thundertron]] does not believe in mystical artifacts or the Primes and so he refuses to believe the Mutacons' story of their origins. He thinks they were all mutated by exposure to a neutron star. In return, they think he's dumb as a post.
*When told about the [[Quintesson]]s, the Mutacons say they know about those "law-obsessed" stick-in-the-muds and aren't impressed. They tried being like that long ago but it was "boooooooooooooooooooring". Which to the mercurial and faeish Mutacons may be worse than death.

==See also==
* [[Infinite]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Aligned Transformers]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Pseudo

2023-03-08T18:47:01Z

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:''Pseudo is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Pseudo.jpg|400px|thumb|Comes with his own shadow to be wreathed in!]]

It goes without saying that the Decepticon super-spy '''Pseudo''' is [[More than Meets the Eye (disambiguation)|more than meets the eye]], even more so than a typical [[Transformer|Cybertronian]]. As a [[Shifter]], he employed his talents in order to infiltrate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s most secure installations in order to plunder their secrets, whereupon he then sold them to the highest bidder. A wily, insidious sort, Pseudo never hesitates to use his abilities to sow confusion among any would-be captors. After all, the one secret Pseudo will ''never'' part with is ''his own''.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Bauza]] (English)|[[Kōji Ochiai]] (Japanese), [[Antônio Moreno]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Pseudoshifting.jpg|thumb|left|I'm as sneaky as can be No one's sneakier than me! I can get so sly and loathing When I dress in other clothing In disguise!]]

Pseudo was imprisoned on the ''Alchemor'' for selling secrets to Cybertron's off world enemies. After the ship's crash, he was freed from his stasis pod, whereupon he discovered the ghost town of [[Edmondville]], which had long since been deserted. It would have made the perfect base for the spy to hole up in, if not for the presence of the Autobots who had arrived on a would-be vacation. Before Pseudo could quietly eliminate [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], however, the Autobot sensed his presence, driving him back into hiding.

The Autobots quickly began combing the town for the Decepticon, prompting Pseudo to use his shapeshifting powers to try and incapacitate them. When this proved fruitless, he scanned the forms of Bumblebee's team and first took the form of [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] in order to sow confusion. Unfortunately, Pseudo was unable to mimic Drift's [[Mini-Con]] partners, forcing him to flee into a nearby mine. There, he took the form of [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], Bumblebee, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], only to finally be corned in the form of [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. This time, he was unable to successfully masquerade as an Autobot ''again'', so he escaped using Sideswipe's form's natural agility. Fleeing the mine, he attempted to flee by taking the form of the town's derelict steam engine, but he was stopped when the Autobots threw [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], destroying the tracks he was running on. Pseudo crashed, whereupon he reverted to his true form and was immediately arrested. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

Pseudo's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Pseudo''' (スード ''Sūdo'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]

Mutacon

2023-03-08T18:46:32Z

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[[File:TheCovenantOfPrimus-mutacons.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

The '''Mutacons''' are [[Shifter]] [[Transformer]]s who have been blessed (or cursed) by their discovery of the original [[transformation cog|Transformation Cog]] of [[Amalgamous Prime]], one of the first [[Thirteen]] Transformers. Exposure to it has granted them super-transformational abilities of infinite-[[transformation]] and infinite-[[combiner|combination]].

Mutacons tend to be silver and blue in color. Individual Mutacons range in size from small [[Mini-Con]]s to approximately the size of [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. Personality-wise, they tend to be friendly, inquisitive, light-hearted, and easily amused. Though they have been referred to as pirates, and do have friendly relations with the [[Star Seeker]]s, in their encounter with the Autobots they acted more like friendly traders, happily offering to trade [[energon]] for new information and forms.

Any Mutacon can change into anything they know, can see or sample, and merge with any number of other Mutacons to form bigger, more complex modes. They can also merge with non-Mutacon Transformers, a process which allows each to understand what it is like to be the other. From such a merger the Mutacon gains the ability to copy the other's form completely and can grant the normal Transformer a portion of the Mutacon's transformation and healing powers.

There is, however, a dark side to the Mutacons' gifts. They are slowly and involuntarily merging in to one composite being, losing their individual identities and memories. There is a fear that if the process is not reversed, they will eventually become a single amorphous blob-being. That might not be terrible, but it's something they would rather avoid.

They travel the stars as a fleet of massive starships composed of their combined bodies, searching for Amalgamous Prime in hopes he can cure their condition.

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
The Transformers who would become the Mutacons fled the destruction of the [[Neutronia]] colony in starships when the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] that ended the [[Golden Age]] hit. In space they found the Transformation Cog of Amalgamous Prime near a black hole. Fearing the destruction of the ancient treasure, they took it with them. The mystical object granted them infinite transformation and combination abilities, and accordingly they renamed themselves to match their new powers.<ref>https://twitter.com/JustinaRobson/status/663290264417665024</ref> However, they soon discovered they were beginning to involuntarily merge into one being, slowly losing their own personalities and memories.

Eventually they traveled the stars as a fleet made from their own forms and had garnered a reputation as pirates.

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Ark (WFC)|''Ark'']] crew met their fleet in space where the friendly enthusiastic and outgoing Mutacon named [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] communicated with them and offered to trade energon stores in return for help in locating Amalgamous Prime or for the chance to merge with Optimus Prime to learn how to change into his form. (Bulkhead thought that sounded "kinky"). She caused a moderate uproar of whistles and cat-calls among the male [[Autobot]]s when she visited Prime in person. The Matrix downloaded a history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] since the Rust Plague to her and she fell on the floor laughing at how dumb the [[Decepticon]]s were.

Prime promised to help the Mutacons solve their shape-changing problem after the Decepticons were no longer a threat. That was good enough for Mercury, and she happily returned to the others. Their combined ship form laughed in space and mischievously set about delaying the Autobots' pursuers so that the ''Ark'' could escape on their way. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''The Complete Allspark Almanac''===
[[Rad (Animated)|Rad]] claimed to have once fled the Mutacons with the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] in his possession. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|Lionizer's profile}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
When examining a mysterious structure on [[Metascan Omega]], [[Hardhead (BW)|Hard Head]] mused that with all the local interference, the structure could've been hiding a hundred Mutacons, for all he knew. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

==Notes==
*[[Thundertron]] does not believe in mystical artifacts or the Primes and so he refuses to believe the Mutacons' story of their origins. He thinks they were all mutated by exposure to a neutron star. In return, they think he's dumb as a post.
*When told about the [[Quintesson]]s, the Mutacons say they know about those "law-obsessed" stick-in-the-muds and aren't impressed. They tried being like that long ago but it was "boooooooooooooooooooring". Which to the mercurial and faeish Mutacons may be worse than death.

==See also==
* [[Infinite]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Aligned Transformers]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Makeshift (Prime)

2023-03-08T18:45:50Z

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{{disambig3|Makeshift}}
:''Makeshift is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.95|A shapeshifter who doesn't like sunlight. [[Zartan|Hmmm.]]]]

'''Makeshift''', alias '''777''', is a [[Shifter]], a legendary breed of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] who can change his shape into any form that has roughly the same mass. More importantly, he can alter his voice and mannerisms to impersonate other Transformers—and he's pretty good at it too. Makeshift has claimed under interrogation that he doesn't kill his prey when it's not necessary, but he's not the most honest of robots.

Makeshift has formed a distinct enmity with the sometimes-Decepticon [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].
{{quote|You're fighting the natural law of the universe. Kill or be killed. Use resources or become a resource. Conservation of energy demands it.|Makeshift|''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===

Before the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], 777 was a gladiator from the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where he first met [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. When the war broke out, he rallied under the Decepticon cause and became a bounty hunter, working in the untamed regions between Kaon and the [[Hydrax Plateau]].

When the [[Autobot]]s eventually evacuated [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Makeshift was ordered to infiltrate the Autobot crew. He posed as the young and eager [[Autobot]] known as [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]], after knocking out the real Hound back on Cybertron and leaving him in an abandoned maintenance tunnel. As "Hound", Makeshift made his way aboard the ''Ark'' as it left Cybertron, with the rest of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew.

Once the ''Ark'' stopped on [[Velocitron]] for repairs, Makeshift began a campaign to destabilize the planet's strained society. Temporarily taking on a new shape, he privately met with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]] and his cronies, urging them to overthrow [[Override (Prime)|Override]]'s regime and rule Velocitron alone. He also informed them about Megatron, and how the Decepticon leader would soon arrive on Velocitron. After returning to the city of [[Delta]], Makeshift sabotaged the ''Ark'' in an attempt to trap the Autobots on Velocitron. This was only a partial success, and had the side effect of alerting Optimus Prime to the presence of a traitor.

After Ransack finally made a play for power, Makeshift resumed his Hound persona and travelled with the Autobots to the world of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; while the ship was in orbit he sabotaged the vessel by knocking out its engines, causing it to crash. While the Autobots recovered, he killed and took the form of a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] trader known as [[Shearbolt]] to misdirect Prime's search teams.

When [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] finally realized Hound was not who he seemed, the Autobots hatched a plan to trap the Shifter. Optimus and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] managed to outwit him and trapped him in a stasis field, where he could no longer change shape. After an interrogation session, he was taken prisoner by the Junkions and trapped in an old spaceship component, unable to escape. This didn't last long, however; When Megatron removed the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the component was broken and Makeshift managed to break free. Not only did he refuse to help Axer, but he also sold him out to the [[Star Seeker]]s while masquerading as [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]'s friend [[Detritus (Prime)|Detritus]]. After breaking character, Makeshift managed to elude the furious Junkions and escaped to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

{{note|Makeshift's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the "[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]", although there he is referred to as [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[James Horan]] (English, as Wheeljack), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German), [[Fábio Moura]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Alejandro Villeli]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian)}}

Makeshift was one of the many troops under [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s command. When [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s old [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was on his way to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] downloaded the Autobot's form and war record into Makeshift, so that he could impersonate Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack was captured, and Makeshift took his place on the battlefield in time for Bulkhead, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to arrive.

[[File:ConJob-Makeshifthostage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|That's NOT how you treat the natives here.]]
The Autobots accepted Makeshift as Wheeljack and held an impromptu party. Makeshift attempted to fulfill his mission and activate the [[GroundBridge]] for the Decepticons to storm in through, but it had been damaged in a recent [[Scraplet]] attack, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had it deactivated for repairs. As Bulkhead's suspicion rose, Makeshift asked to be shown around by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. He managed to learn the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] from her, and asked if she could show her where the exit was. This led them back to the main control room, where a suspicious Bulkhead demanded he tell the story of their involvement at the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Makeshift recalled the information from Wheeljack's war record, but got a vital fact wrong: Bulkhead had left the Wreckers before the battle. When Bulkhead pointed out his error, Makeshift realized he'd been made, and took Miko hostage, threatening to "squeeze her into pulp".

The GroundBridge was eventually ready, and Makeshift activated it at the coordinates he'd been given. As he prepared to go through it, Wheeljack, who'd escaped the Decepticons, came through in the other direction. The pair dueled with their swords until Wheeljack was victorious, and Bulkhead threw Makeshift through the ground bridge. Arriving on the top of the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], Makeshift was about to report the location of the Autobot base, but had failed to notice that the grenade he carried at his hip had been set off by the Autobots. As Starscream and Soundwave bailed, Makeshift was caught in the ensuing explosion. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived on Earth, the other Autobots were hesitant to trust him, remembering their encounter with Makeshift. {{storylink|New Recruit}}
{{-}}

===''Little, Brown, and Company'' books===
{{Charstubfiction}}
{{Storylink|Decepticon in Disguise}}

==Notes==
*While being at the center of an explosion has often been a nonfatal event for Transformers in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that "When we kill a character, we kill a character"<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone.net summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]</ref> (though this was later proven untrue as the historically hard-to-kill Megatron was brought back from the dead by the power of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Bumblebee being revived by the [[Omega Lock]]). At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' show runners admitted to realizing that introducing a character with Makeshift's powers so early into the show's run was an unwanted limitation on future episodes,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulsLCSSkfo&t=3226s YouTube capture of the BotCon 2011 Makeshift question]</ref> which made his quick demise a necessity. Well, that, plus, y'know, he found out where the Autobots' base was, and thus ''had'' to die by necessity of the plot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Makeshift''' (メイクシフト ''Meikushifuto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiān-miàn Kè''' (千面客, "Thousand-faced Guest")

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Makeshift (Prime)

2023-03-08T18:15:01Z

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{{disambig3|Makeshift}}
:''Makeshift is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.95|A shapeshifter who doesn't like sunlight. [[Zartan|Hmmm.]]]]

'''Makeshift''', alias '''777''', is a [[Shifter]], a legendary breed of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] who can change his shape into any form that has roughly the same mass. More importantly, he can alter his voice and mannerisms to impersonate other Transformers—and he's pretty good at it too. Makeshift has claimed under interrogation that he doesn't kill his prey when it's not necessary, but he's not the most honest of robots.

Makeshift has formed a distinct enmity with the sometimes-Decepticon [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].
{{quote|You're fighting the natural law of the universe. Kill or be killed. Use resources or become a resource. Conservation of energy demands it.|Makeshift|''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===

Before the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], 777 was a gladiator from the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where he first met [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. When the war broke out, he rallied under the Decepticon cause and became a bounty hunter, working in the untamed regions between Kaon and the [[Hydrax Plateau]].

When the [[Autobot]]s eventually evacuated [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Makeshift was ordered to infiltrate the Autobot crew. He posed as the young and eager [[Autobot]] known as [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]], after knocking out the real Hound back on Cybertron and leaving him in an abandoned maintenance tunnel. As "Hound", Makeshift made his way aboard the ''Ark'' as it left Cybertron, with the rest of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew.

Once the ''Ark'' stopped on [[Velocitron]] for repairs, Makeshift began a campaign to destabilize the planet's strained society. Temporarily taking on a new shape, he privately met with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]] and his cronies, urging them to overthrow [[Override (Prime)|Override]]'s regime and rule Velocitron alone. He also informed them about Megatron, and how the Decepticon leader would soon arrive on Velocitron. After returning to the city of [[Delta]], Makeshift sabotaged the ''Ark'' in an attempt to trap the Autobots on Velocitron. This was only a partial success, and had the side effect of alerting Optimus Prime to the presence of a traitor.

After Ransack finally made a play for power, Makeshift resumed his Hound persona and travelled with the Autobots to the world of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; while the ship was in orbit he sabotaged the vessel by knocking out its engines, causing it to crash. While the Autobots recovered, he killed and took the form of a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] trader known as [[Shearbolt]] to misdirect Prime's search teams.

When [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] finally realized Hound was not who he seemed, the Autobots hatched a plan to trap the Shifter. Optimus and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] managed to outwit him and trapped him in a stasis field, where he could no longer change shape. After an interrogation session, he was taken prisoner by the Junkions and trapped in an old spaceship component, unable to escape. This didn't last long, however; When Megatron removed the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the component was broken and Makeshift managed to break free. Not only did he refuse to help Axer, but he also sold him out to the [[Star Seeker]]s while masquerading as [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]'s friend [[Detritus (Prime)|Detritus]]. After breaking character, Makeshift managed to elude the furious Junkions and escaped to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

{{note|Makeshift's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the "[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]", although there he is referred to as [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[James Horan]] (English, as Wheeljack), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German), [[Fábio Moura]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Alejandro Villeli]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian)}}

Makeshift was one of the many troops under [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s command. When [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s old [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was on his way to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] downloaded the Autobot's form and war record into Makeshift, so that he could impersonate Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack was captured, and Makeshift took his place on the battlefield in time for Bulkhead, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to arrive.

[[File:ConJob-Makeshifthostage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|That's NOT how you treat the natives here.]]
The Autobots accepted Makeshift as Wheeljack and held an impromptu party. Makeshift attempted to fulfill his mission and activate the [[GroundBridge]] for the Decepticons to storm in through, but it had been damaged in a recent [[Scraplet]] attack, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had it deactivated for repairs. As Bulkhead's suspicion rose, Makeshift asked to be shown around by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. He managed to learn the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] from her, and asked if she could show her where the exit was. This led them back to the main control room, where a suspicious Bulkhead demanded he tell the story of their involvement at the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Makeshift recalled the information from Wheeljack's war record, but got a vital fact wrong: Bulkhead had left the Wreckers before the battle. When Bulkhead pointed out his error, Makeshift realized he'd been made, and took Miko hostage, threatening to "squeeze her into pulp".

The GroundBridge was eventually ready, and Makeshift activated it at the coordinates he'd been given. As he prepared to go through it, Wheeljack, who'd escaped the Decepticons, came through in the other direction. The pair dueled with their swords until Wheeljack was victorious, and Bulkhead threw Makeshift through the ground bridge. Arriving on the top of the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], Makeshift was about to report the location of the Autobot base, but had failed to notice that the grenade he carried at his hip had been set off by the Autobots. As Starscream and Soundwave bailed, Makeshift was caught in the ensuing explosion. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived on Earth, the other Autobots were hesitant to trust him, remembering their encounter with Makeshift. {{storylink|New Recruit}}
{{-}}

===''Little, Brown, and Company'' books===
{{Charstubfiction}}
{{Storylink|Decepticon in Disguise}}

==Notes==
*While being at the center of an explosion has often been a nonfatal event for Transformers in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that "When we kill a character, we kill a character"<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone.net summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]</ref> (though this was later proven untrue as the historically hard-to-kill Megatron was brought back from the dead by the power of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Bumblebee being revived by the [[Omega Lock]]). At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' show runners admitted to realizing that introducing a character with Makeshift's powers so early into the show's run was an unwanted limitation on future episodes,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulsLCSSkfo&t=3226s YouTube capture of the BotCon 2011 Makeshift question]</ref> which made his quick demise a necessity. Well, that, plus, y'know, he found out where the Autobots' base was, and thus ''had'' to die by necessity of the plot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Makeshift''' (メイクシフト ''Meikushifuto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiān-miàn Kè''' (千面客, "Thousand-faced Guest")

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

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:''Makeshift is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.95|A shapeshifter who doesn't like sunlight. [[Zartan|Hmmm.]]]]

'''Makeshift''', alias '''777''', is a [[Shifter]], a legendary breed of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] who can change his shape into any form that has roughly the same mass. More importantly, he can alter his voice and mannerisms to impersonate other Transformers—and he's pretty good at it too. Makeshift has claimed under interrogation that he doesn't kill his prey when it's not necessary, but he's not the most honest of robots.

Makeshift has formed a distinct enmity with the sometimes-Decepticon [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].
{{quote|You're fighting the natural law of the universe. Kill or be killed. Use resources or become a resource. Conservation of energy demands it.|Makeshift|''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===

Before the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], 777 was a gladiator from the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where he first met [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. When the war broke out, he rallied under the Decepticon cause and became a bounty hunter, working in the untamed regions between Kaon and the [[Hydrax Plateau]].

When the [[Autobot]]s eventually evacuated [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Makeshift was ordered to infiltrate the Autobot crew. He posed as the young and eager [[Autobot]] known as [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]], after knocking out the real Hound back on Cybertron and leaving him in an abandoned maintenance tunnel. As "Hound", Makeshift made his way aboard the ''Ark'' as it left Cybertron, with the rest of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew.

Once the ''Ark'' stopped on [[Velocitron]] for repairs, Makeshift began a campaign to destabilize the planet's strained society. Temporarily taking on a new shape, he privately met with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]] and his cronies, urging them to overthrow [[Override (Prime)|Override]]'s regime and rule Velocitron alone. He also informed them about Megatron, and how the Decepticon leader would soon arrive on Velocitron. After returning to the city of [[Delta]], Makeshift sabotaged the ''Ark'' in an attempt to trap the Autobots on Velocitron. This was only a partial success, and had the side effect of alerting Optimus Prime to the presence of a traitor.

After Ransack finally made a play for power, Makeshift resumed his Hound persona and travelled with the Autobots to the world of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; while the ship was in orbit he sabotaged the vessel by knocking out its engines, causing it to crash. While the Autobots recovered, he killed and took the form of a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] trader known as [[Shearbolt]] to misdirect Prime's search teams.

When [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] finally realized Hound was not who he seemed, the Autobots hatched a plan to trap the Shifter. Optimus and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] managed to outwit him and trapped him in a stasis field, where he could no longer change shape. After an interrogation session, he was taken prisoner by the Junkions and trapped in an old spaceship component, unable to escape. This didn't last long, however; When Megatron removed the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the component was broken and Makeshift managed to break free. Not only did he refuse to help Axer, but he also sold him out to the [[Star Seeker]]s while masquerading as [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]'s friend [[Detritus (Prime)|Detritus]]. After breaking character, Makeshift managed to elude the furious Junkions and escaped to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

{{note|Makeshift's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the "[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]", although there he is referred to as [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[James Horan]] (English, as Wheeljack), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German), [[Fábio Moura]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Alejandro Villeli]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian)}}

Makeshift was one of the many troops under [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s command. When [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s old [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was on his way to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] downloaded the Autobot's form and war record into Makeshift, so that he could impersonate Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack was captured, and Makeshift took his place on the battlefield in time for Bulkhead, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to arrive.

[[File:ConJob-Makeshifthostage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|That's NOT how you treat the natives here.]]
The Autobots accepted Makeshift as Wheeljack and held an impromptu party. Makeshift attempted to fulfill his mission and activate the [[GroundBridge]] for the Decepticons to storm in through, but it had been damaged in a recent [[Scraplet]] attack, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had it deactivated for repairs. As Bulkhead's suspicion rose, Makeshift asked to be shown around by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. He managed to learn the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] from her, and asked if she could show her where the exit was. This led them back to the main control room, where a suspicious Bulkhead demanded he tell the story of their involvement at the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Makeshift recalled the information from Wheeljack's war record, but got a vital fact wrong: Bulkhead had left the Wreckers before the battle. When Bulkhead pointed out his error, Makeshift realized he'd been made, and took Miko hostage, threatening to "squeeze her into pulp".

The GroundBridge was eventually ready, and Makeshift activated it at the coordinates he'd been given. As he prepared to go through it, Wheeljack, who'd escaped the Decepticons, came through in the other direction. The pair dueled with their swords until Wheeljack was victorious, and Bulkhead threw Makeshift through the ground bridge. Arriving on the top of the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], Makeshift was about to report the location of the Autobot base, but had failed to notice that the grenade he carried at his hip had been set off by the Autobots. As Starscream and Soundwave bailed, Makeshift was caught in the ensuing explosion. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived on Earth, the other Autobots were hesitant to trust him, remembering their encounter with Makeshift. {{storylink|New Recruit}}
{{-}}

===''Little, Brown, and Company'' books===
{{Charstubfiction}}
{{Storylink|Decepticon in Disguise}}

==Notes==
*While being at the center of an explosion has often been a nonfatal event for Transformers in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that "When we kill a character, we kill a character"<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone.net summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]</ref> (though this was later proven untrue as the historically hard-to-kill Megatron was brought back from the dead by the power of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Bumblebee being revived by the [[Omega Lock]]). At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' show runners admitted to realizing that introducing a character with Makeshift's powers so early into the show's run was an unwanted limitation on future episodes,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulsLCSSkfo&t=3226s YouTube capture of the BotCon 2011 Makeshift question]</ref> which made his quick demise a necessity. Well, that, plus, y'know, he found out where the Autobots' base was, and thus ''had'' to die by necessity of the plot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Makeshift''' (メイクシフト ''Meikushifuto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiān-miàn Kè''' (千面客, "Thousand-faced Guest")

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

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{{disambig3|Makeshift}}
:''Makeshift is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.95|A shapeshifter who doesn't like sunlight. [[Zartan|Hmmm.]]]]

'''Makeshift''', alias '''777''', is a [[Shifter]], a legendary breed of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] who can change his shape into any form that has roughly the same mass. More importantly, he can alter his voice and mannerisms to impersonate other Transformers—and he's pretty good at it too. Makeshift has claimed under interrogation that he doesn't kill his prey when it's not necessary, but he's not the most honest of robots.

Makeshift has formed a distinct enmity with the sometimes-Decepticon [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].
{{quote|You're fighting the natural law of the universe. Kill or be killed. Use resources or become a resource. Conservation of energy demands it.|Makeshift|''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===

Before the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], 777 was a gladiator from the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where he first met [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. When the war broke out, he rallied under the Decepticon cause and became a bounty hunter, working in the untamed regions between Kaon and the [[Hydrax Plateau]].

When the [[Autobot]]s eventually evacuated [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Makeshift was ordered to infiltrate the Autobot crew. He posed as the young and eager [[Autobot]] known as [[Hound (Prime)|Hound]], after knocking out the real Hound back on Cybertron and leaving him in an abandoned maintenance tunnel. As "Hound", Makeshift made his way aboard the ''Ark'' as it left Cybertron, with the rest of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew.

Once the ''Ark'' stopped on [[Velocitron]] for repairs, Makeshift began a campaign to destabilize the planet's strained society. Temporarily taking on a new shape, he privately met with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]] and his cronies, urging them to overthrow [[Override (Prime)|Override]]'s regime and rule Velocitron alone. He also informed them about Megatron, and how the Decepticon leader would soon arrive on Velocitron. After returning to the city of [[Delta]], Makeshift sabotaged the ''Ark'' in an attempt to trap the Autobots on Velocitron. This was only a partial success, and had the side effect of alerting Optimus Prime to the presence of a traitor.

After Ransack finally made a play for power, Makeshift resumed his Hound persona and travelled with the Autobots to the world of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; while the ship was in orbit he sabotaged the vessel by knocking out its engines, causing it to crash. While the Autobots recovered, he killed and took the form of a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] trader known as [[Shearbolt]] to misdirect Prime's search teams.

When [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] finally realized Hound was not who he seemed, the Autobots hatched a plan to trap the Shifter. Optimus and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] managed to outwit him and trapped him in a stasis field, where he could no longer change shape. After an interrogation session, he was taken prisoner by the Junkions and trapped in an old spaceship component, unable to escape. This didn't last long, however; When Megatron removed the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the component was broken and Makeshift managed to break free. Not only did he refuse to help Axer, but he also sold him out to the [[Star Seeker]]s while masquerading as [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]'s friend [[Detritus (Prime)|Detritus]]. After breaking character, Makeshift managed to elude the furious Junkions and escaped to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

{{note|Makeshift's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the "[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]", although there he is referred to as [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[James Horan]] (English, as Wheeljack), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German), [[Fábio Moura]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Alejandro Villeli]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian)}}

Makeshift was one of the many troops under [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s command. When [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s old [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was on his way to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] downloaded the Autobot's form and war record into Makeshift, so that he could impersonate Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack was captured, and Makeshift took his place on the battlefield in time for Bulkhead, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to arrive.

[[File:ConJob-Makeshifthostage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|That's NOT how you treat the natives here.]]
The Autobots accepted Makeshift as Wheeljack and held an impromptu party. Makeshift attempted to fulfill his mission and activate the [[GroundBridge]] for the Decepticons to storm in through, but it had been damaged in a recent [[Scraplet]] attack, and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] had it deactivated for repairs. As Bulkhead's suspicion rose, Makeshift asked to be shown around by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. He managed to learn the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] from her, and asked if she could show her where the exit was. This led them back to the main control room, where a suspicious Bulkhead demanded he tell the story of their involvement at the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Makeshift recalled the information from Wheeljack's war record, but got a vital fact wrong: Bulkhead had left the Wreckers before the battle. When Bulkhead pointed out his error, Makeshift realized he'd been made, and took Miko hostage, threatening to "squeeze her into pulp".

The GroundBridge was eventually ready, and Makeshift activated it at the coordinates he'd been given. As he prepared to go through it, Wheeljack, who'd escaped the Decepticons, came through in the other direction. The pair dueled with their swords until Wheeljack was victorious, and Bulkhead threw Makeshift through the ground bridge. Arriving on the top of the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], Makeshift was about to report the location of the Autobot base, but had failed to notice that the grenade he carried at his hip had been set off by the Autobots. As Starscream and Soundwave bailed, Makeshift was caught in the ensuing explosion. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived on Earth, the other Autobots were hesitant to trust him, remembering their encounter with Makeshift. {{storylink|New Recruit}}
{{-}}

===''Little, Brown, and Company'' books===
{{Charstubfiction}}
{{Storylink|Decepticon in Disguise}}

==Notes==
*While being at the center of an explosion has often been a nonfatal event for Transformers in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that "When we kill a character, we kill a character"<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone.net summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]</ref> (though this was later proven untrue as the historically hard-to-kill Megatron was brought back from the dead by the power of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Bumblebee being revived by the [[Omega Lock]]). At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' show runners admitted to realizing that introducing a character with Makeshift's powers so early into the show's run was an unwanted limitation on future episodes,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulsLCSSkfo&t=3226s YouTube capture of the BotCon 2011 Makeshift question]</ref> which made his quick demise a necessity. Well, that, plus, y'know, he found out where the Autobots' base was, and thus ''had'' to die by necessity of the plot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Makeshift''' (メイクシフト ''Meikushifuto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qiān-miàn Kè''' (千面客, "Thousand-faced Guest")

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Shifter

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Hashtag (ES)

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:''Hashtag is an [[Autobot]] [[Terran]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:ES hashtag MissedConnections.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]

What's up, listeners! We're going to be talking about '''Hashtag''' today, so make sure to Like and Subscribe to our feeds! And now without any further ado, let's dive in. Some people might get on Hashtag's case for compulsively surfing the web and sometimes caring more about it than RL, but you can't deny the level of excitement and engagement she brings to every new method of online communication she finds. The young Terran finds herself granted with not just innate internet-savviness but also borderline technopathy thanks to her [[G.H.O.S.T.]] surveillance van [[alternate mode]]. While perhaps not having the best social tact or attention span, she's nevertheless eager to put her skills and abilities to use when it comes to helping her fellow Terran siblings, even if it come off as a little self-aggrandizing at times.

Speaking of siblings, Hashtag has the closest bonds with her diminutive but older sister [[Twitch]], with the latter trying to be the best mentor she can be.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stephanie Lemelin]] (English)|[[Gabriela Ortiz]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jade Jonot]] (French)}}

[[File:Earthspark AOEP2 HashtagSkywarpTale.jpg|thumb|left|300px|They were just roommates]]

{{charstubfiction}}

[[Category:EarthSpark Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Terrans]]

Thrash (ES)

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:''Thrash is an [[Autobot]] [[Terran]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Earthspark Terran Thrash.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.3|Even if I'm not who I'm supposed to be... I like who I am right now.]]

Adopted by the Malto family, '''Thrash Malto''' is a Terran, one of the first of a new generation of Transformers born on Earth along with his sister [[Twitch]]. Closest to [[Mo Malto|Mo]], the two of them are fast friends, goofing off and playing games together. Thrash would do anything for her, and even his motorcycle-and-sidecar alternate mode was inspired by her old bike. While his connection is strongest with Mo, the four siblings' emotions are all connected through the mysterious [[cyber-sleeve]]s.

While fun-loving and carefree may be positive traits much of the time, they are also Thrash's greatest flaws. He's easily bored, hates rules, and has a tendency to end up doing the opposite of what he's told. He means well, but it can leave his newfound family frustrated and picking up the pieces of the mess he's inadvertently created.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Zeno Robinson]] (English)|[[Emilio Treviño]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Thiago Fagundes]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[André Raimundo]] (Portuguese), [[Thomas Sagols]] (French)}}
Thrash and Twitch were created in a cave on [[Earth]] when [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and Mo Malto came into contact with the [[Emberstone]]. After an attack by [[Arachnamech]]s, the two kids smuggled the newborns home where they have their father [[Alex Malto|Alex]] explain the history of the Transformers so Thrash and Twitch could overhear. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} While playing in the forest, Twitch gained an alternate mode, inspiring Thrash to go with Mo in search of something to take as his own alternate mode. Their search was initially fruitless and the pair were attacked by an Arachnamech. They, joined by Twitch and Robby, were rescued by [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]], however the Autobot leader's attempt to have the two Terrans protected by [[G.H.O.S.T.]] resulted in them being captured by [[Mandroid]]. Another rescue was mounted, during which Thrash scanned a motorcycle alternate mode in the process of protecting Robby, Mo and Alex. Following the battle, [[Dot Malto]] opted to take them under her protection, with Optimus assigning [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] as their tutor. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

When Bumblebee attempted to begin training the Terrans, Thrash asserted that they didn't need the scout's help, only to find he couldn't transform. Bee went on to participate in Family Game Night with the Terrans and their adopted family, only to result in Twitch storming out and accidentally releasing a herd of cows. With Bee's help, Thrash was able to transform and with Mo, rounded up the cows. {{storylink|Moo-ving In}} After Twitch and Thrash accidentally damaged the kitchen while fighting over a flag, Dot and Alex went over the house rules. Thrash chafed at being banned from the house, and after he and Mo were grounded for breaking the rules, he talked Mo into violating their grounding. The pair headed into town where they encountered [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] who talked them into helping him try to find [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]]. Swindle inevitably showed his true colors, turning on Thrash and Mo when they refused to break into a G.H.O.S.T. truck, and once Dot and Bumblebee drove the Decepticon off, Thrash apologized for breaking the rules. {{storylink|House Rules}}

The Terrans and their kid partners paid a visit to Dot's ranger station work, but G.H.O.S.T. activity resulted in them having to try to keep a low profile, which ended up with them falling into a trap intended for Decepticons, at which point Thrash and Mo found out that Twitch and Robby had sneaked out the night before and encountered a G.H.O.S.T. patrol, which had caused their current situation. Optimus extracted them from the trap and hid them in his trailer in the G.H.O.S.T. base, only for them to venture out and become temporarily stuck in one of Megatron's training sims. They were able to complete the sim by working together, and Optimus later smuggled them out of the base. {{storylink|Classified}} Thrash and Twitch listened to Alex's story about the dreaded [[Wakwak]]. The following day, Thrash constructed a makeshift guitar and Mo taught him how to play it. While the pair were demonstrating Thrash's newfound musical skill to Dot and Alex, Twitch introduced them to [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Traditions}}

The two Terrans found themselves increasingly experiencing malfunctions while training with Bumblebee, which they put down to emotional overflow from Robby and Mo, who were about to start their first day of school. After Bumblebee took the Terrans to school as a scouting mission, their emotional link caused the kids to experience motor control malfunctions as well, resulting in Robby telling them to go home. Twitch, however, slipped into a zombie-like state and Thrash followed her into the forest, until eventually he found he was too low on energy to continue. Bee and the kids found him, and Bee applied an [[energon]] patch after scanning him and finding his energon levels were low. Despite this, Thrash lapsed into the same zombie-like state as Twitch. After Twitch blasted the ground and sent the group plunging into a cave, the two Terrans became so low on energy, they went into a form of [[stasis lock]]. Fortunately, as it turned out, the water in the cave was able to restore their energy completely. {{storylink|Friends and Family}} During another training session, Bumblebee turned teaching duties over to [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]], who forced the Terrans and kids to do tasks until they rebelled. Arcee took the group into battle against [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] and they were successful in helping Bumblebee take down the three cassette-bots. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

During a G.H.O.S.T. ceremony, Twitch and Thrash were forced to stay home with Bumblebee to maintain the secrecy of their existence. As a result, the pair were unable to help the Maltos when [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] attacked G.H.O.S.T. Learning of the origins of the Terrans, Optimus decided it was time to investigate further and had the Terrans and kids lead him to the cave where Twitch and Thrash were originally born. Alex, Robby, Mo and the Terrans ventured inside and retrieved the Emberstone, however Skywarp and Nova Storm returned with Arachnamechs aiming to capture Optimus. Those small enough retreated underground, only to be followed by Mandroid's mechanical drones, and witnessed the birth of three new Terrans. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} After successfully escaping the cave, the family regrouped with Optimus and Bumblebee to come up with a plan to rescue Dot and Megatron, who had been captured by Mandroid. The new Terrans posed as bounty hunters, bringing in Optimus, Twitch and Thrash as prisoners. Unfortunately Mandroid immediately saw through the scheme and unleashed his giant mech. Thrash rode in Optimus's vehicle mode, helping provide covering fire as the group took out the mech's external cameras. While Twitch destroyed the mech's cannon, Thrash used his shield to protect Robby, Mo and [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]. In the aftermath of the battle, the family was reunited with three new members. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:Earthspark Thrash Warrior Class Toy.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Thrash''' (Warrior, 2023)
**Accessories: Blaster/sidecar

:Released as part of the second wave of ''Earthspark'' Warrior Class figures, Thrash is a Deluxe Class-sized figure that transforms from a robot into a motorcycle with a sidecar that also turns into his weapon.

{{comingsoontoy}}

{{toystub}}

==Notes==
[[File:ES Thrash concept art - ArtCup.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|]]

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hadar''' ("Gabble")

[[Category:Terrans]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Autobots]]

Twitch

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:''Twitch is an [[Autobot]] [[Terran]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SecretLegacyPart2-Twitch.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|I think I'm a drone now, the whirring of my blades is the only sound.]]

'''Twitch Malto''' arose from the [[water]]s of [[Earth]] with an inquisitive mind, a keen memory, and a fierce competitive streak. Twitch is enthusiastic, exuberant, and eager to learn... but she's also determined to be the best, and unafraid to use her knowledge to get the upper hand in whatever she deems a competition. This take-charge attitude can sometimes land her in unpredictable situations; fortunately, she's fast on her feet, clever enough to formulate a plan on the fly, and armed with an array of high-tech Cybertronian gadgets while in her drone [[alternate mode]].

As a member of the Malto family, Twitch is close to her adoptive brother [[Robby Malto|Robby]]; unlike her Terran brother [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], however, she also possesses a close connection with [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]], the inventor of her alternate mode, whom she views as a "second father" of sorts.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kathreen Khavari]] (English)|[[Lupita Leal]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Thaís Dutra]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Karine Foviau]] (French)}}
Twitch and Thrash were brought online when Robby Malto and his sister [[Mo Malto|Mo]] made contact with the [[Emberstone]], and became emotionally bonded to them through their [[cyber-sleeve]]s. While the Terrans were initially afraid of the kids, they quickly warmed up to them. Unexpectedly manifesting a blaster when the group was attacked by an [[Arachnamech]], Twitch followed the Malto kids home to learn more about being a [[Transformer]]. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} While in the forest playing, Twitch encountered a Cybertronian drone sent by [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] which she inadvertently scanned as her alternate mode. She shot the drone down and she and Robby set about modifying it. They were able to use it to come to Thrash and Mo's rescue when the pair were menaced by an Arachnamech, only for the whole group to be surrounded by the critters until Optimus and [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] came to their aid. Optimus's attempt to have the two Terrans protected by [[G.H.O.S.T.]] resulted in them being captured by [[Mandroid]], and resulting in Optimus, [[Dot Malto]] and [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] having to attack Mandroid's base and rescue them. Following the battle, Dot opted to take them under her protection, with Optimus assigning [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] as their tutor. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

The Terrans were uninterested in Bumblebee's tutelage, especially when Twitch found herself unable to transform. His attempts to participate in Malto Family Game Night resulted in Twitch raging at him, transforming and flying off, however she accidentally released the herd of cows, and while attempting to rescue [[Fluffy Ears]] from train tracks, became trapped in front of an oncoming train. With Bumblebee's help, she was able to transform and escape. {{storylink|Moo-ving In}} After Twitch and Thrash accidentally damaged the kitchen while fighting over a flag, Dot and Alex went over the house rules. Her interest piqued by the promise of rewards, Twitch threw herself into doing chores around the house so she could win the competition. This eventually resulted in Robby attempting to beat her in the number of stars earned, and they both managed to make a mess of the lawn. {{storylink|House Rules}}

After Robby had a nightmare, Twitch sneaked out with him to look for foxes and ran into searching G.H.O.S.T. agents who assumed she was a Decepticon. The Terrans and their kid partners paid a visit to Dot's ranger station work, but G.H.O.S.T. activity resulted in them having to try to keep a low profile, which ended up with them falling into a trap intended for Decepticons. Optimus extracted them from the trap and hid them in his trailer in the G.H.O.S.T. base, only for them to venture out and become stuck in one of Megatron's training sims. They were able to complete the sim by working together, and Optimus later smuggled them out of the base. {{storylink|Classified}} Thrash and Twitch listened to Alex's story about the dreaded [[Wakwak]]. Interested in the idea of a family tradition, Twitch tried unsuccessfully to get Robby to help her establish one, and ended up running into [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]] while looking for Alex. After learning that the drone she took her alternate mode from was one of his creations, Twitch considered him "Dad2" and helped him track down some Arachnamechs for study. She later introduced him to the rest of her family. {{storylink|Traditions}}

The two Terrans found themselves increasingly experiencing malfunctions while training with Bumblebee, which they put down to emotional overflow from Robby and Mo, who were about to start their first day of school. After Bumblebee took the Terrans to school as a scouting mission, their emotional link caused the kids to experience motor control malfunctions as well, resulting in Robby telling them to go home. Twitch, however, slipped into a zombie-like state and went to a spot in the forest where she began blasting the ground. The ground eventually gave way, plunging her, Thrash, Bumblebee and the kids into a cave where the two Terrans became so low on energy, they went into a form of [[stasis lock]]. Fortunately, as it turned out, the water in the cave was able to restore their energy completely. {{storylink|Friends and Family}} During another training session, Bumblebee turned teaching duties over to [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]], who forced the Terrans and kids to do tasks until they rebelled. Arcee took the group into battle against [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] and they were successful in helping Bumblebee take down the three cassette-bots. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

During a G.H.O.S.T. ceremony, Twitch and Thrash were forced to stay home with Bumblebee to maintain the secrecy of their existence. As a result, the pair were unable to help the Maltos when [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] attacked G.H.O.S.T. Learning of the origins of the Terrans, Optimus decided it was time to investigate further and had the Terrans and kids lead him to the cave where Twitch and Thrash were originally born. Alex, Robby, Mo and the Terrans ventured inside and retrieved the Emberstone, however Skywarp and Nova Storm returned with Arachnamechs aiming to capture Optimus. Those small enough retreated underground, only to be followed by Mandroid's mechanical drones, and witnessed the birth of three new Terrans. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} After successfully escaping the cave, the family regrouped with Optimus and Bumblebee to come up with a plan to rescue Dot and Megatron, who had been captured by Mandroid. The new Terrans posed as bounty hunters, bringing in Optimus, Twitch and Thrash as prisoners. Unfortunately Mandroid immediately saw through the scheme and unleashed his giant mech. Twitch joined Megatron in the air, providing covering fire so the others could take out the mech's external cameras. That done, the group set their sights on taking out the mech's cannon, and with Megatron too damaged to do so, Twitch threw herself into the task, successfully taking out the cannon's targeting ability while the others took their turn providing covering fire. In the aftermath of the battle, the family was reunited with three new members. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:Transformers-EarthSpark-Deluxe-Class-Twitch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm a Tier 3 sub!]]
*'''Twitch''' (Deluxe, 2023)
**Accessories: Blaster arm, Mandroid pieces (head, backpack)

: Released as part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)| EarthSpark]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Twitch transforms from a highly-articulated robot into a Cybertronian spy-drone. Her hoverfans and back-wings are on ball-joints, giving them quite a range of motion.

: She comes with a blaster that fits over either of her forearms to replicate the "arm turns into blaster" of her show model. This gun can store on the underside of her drone mode, plus there is undocumented storage for the piece on her robot-mode back, though it interferes with her hip articulation. The clear-plastic wings are safely removable from the socket joints, and while probably unintended, can fit in her hands as blade-weapons like in the show, if one fits them in right above the ball joint.

: She also comes with two "[[Build a Figure]]" pieces for [[Mandroid#Toys|Mandroid]]: his head and backpack.

:Box images show Twitch partially transformed, with the robot eyes peeking out over the front of the drone.

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==Notes==
[[File:ES Twitch concept art - ArtCup.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|]]

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fricska''' ("Flick")

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