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Rescue Patrol (G1)

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{{disambig3|Rescue Patrol}}
:''The Rescue Patrol is a team of [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster|Micromasters]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Micromaster Rescue patrol.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Clockwise from top left: Fixit, Seawatch, Red Hot, Stakeout]]
The '''Rescue Patrol''' consists of

* [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]]
* [[Red Hot]]
* [[Seawatch]]
* [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]]

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 Marvel comics continuity===
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''The Rescue Patrol were one of the first Micromaster teams, and were part of a three-team mission to destroy the [[Battle Patrol]] so the Decepticons couldn't gain Micromaster technology. They disobeyed orders and rescued their comrades instead.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

''Seawatch would end up cornered by a gang of Decepticons and witnessed their death at the hands of [[Demon|Demons]]. The trauma took him offline, and Fixit reluctantly restarted him to find out what he'd seen. {{storylink|Demons!}} Seawatch got past his shellshock quite fast.''

They were later sent as reinforcements to [[Earth]] alongside the [[Classic Pretenders]], but their journey via Trans-time portal was disrupted by the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] and they instead ended up at the centre of Cybertron. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} Here, they saw the face of [[Primus]], witnessed a retelling of Cybertron's creation, and fought the Mayhems (Seawatch got to totally beat up [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]) but couldn't stop Primus being awoken and [[Unicron]] being alerted to Cybertron's location. They arrived on Earth following this. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

''They were assigned to capture Decepticon assassin [[Whisper (G1)|Whisper]] and on [[Christmas]] Day 1989, the Rescue Patrol cornered him. Their battle against the [[Air Strike Patrol]] was called off by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to prevent damage to the environment.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

Fixit was later serving as medical officer on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in the absence of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]. It was he who carried out the operation to separate a fused Ratchet from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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The Race Car Patrol, Off Road Patrol, Rescue Patrol and Sports Car Patrol emerged from hyperspace at several hundred mach into the Ark. A day later, a huge battle took place in New York as the Autobots battled the Decepticons. The Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con'. The Rescue Patrol helped to deal with casualties. Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|Transformers — Transforming Robots in Action: New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Micromaster-rescuepatrol-toys.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Rescue Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

The Rescue Patrol were sold in a carded 4-pack.

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Classic Pretender

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:''The Pretender Classics are a cross-factional [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:PretenderClassicsBoxArt.jpg|thumb|300px|Wait, ''four'' Starscreams? That mold was never [[redeco]]ed!]]
The '''Classic Pretenders''', also known as '''Pretender Classics''', are a group of four Transformers who got [[Pretender]] shells after already having been around for a long time. How this makes them different from all the other guys who got Pretender shells, we don't know.

Their shells are not only powerful additions to their arsenal, but have remarkable healing and repair abilities as well, making them capable of essentially resurrecting the dead.

{{note|Naturally, the Pretender Classics were never identified as such in the fiction proper. Meta-fictional commentary such as a comic issue cover and the narrator of a toy commercial do use the name, however.}}

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==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Resurrectiongambit-starscreamrevival.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Pretenders hide the Starscream inside.]]
[[Image:Autobotclassicpretenders-us58.jpg|right|200px|thumb|They defeated Megatron by burying him under a pile of mannequins.]]
Starscream had been destroyed, overloaded by the energies of the [[Underbase]]—but not before he had slaughtered scads of Autobots. While attempting to repair some of those Autobots, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] was on the verge of despair at the enormity of the task. He was thus easily led into a trap by the [[Sports Car Patrol]], who tricked him into traveling to Cybertron to utilize the advanced repair technology [[Megatron's base|there]]. He took Jazz, Goldbug and Grimlock with him, intending to repair them. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}}

The journey was a trap set by Megatron, of course, and Ratchet's true patient was the fallen Starscream. By threatening to blow up the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Megatron coerced Ratchet into reviving Starscream. He installed Starscream's remains into an advanced Pretender shell, and coordinated the process as the shell rebuilt and reanimated the fallen Decepticon. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} While Megatron's back was turned, however, Ratchet did the same thing for his three Autobot comrades, installing them into three prototype shells that Megatron had rejected.

[[Image:Starscream-pretender-us58.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Actually, yes, it is Starscream.]]

Once activated, Starscream was sent to Earth, where he nearly defeated an entire squad of Decepticons with his new Pretender shell's powers. He was only stopped by the fact that his enemies ''fought back''; in particular, Hot Rod was able to exploit the inherent weakness of all Pretender shells, that damage done to the shell is felt by the owner.

Meanwhile, Grimlock, Jazz and Goldbug (the latter now restored to his Bumblebee appearance) were revived on Cybertron. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} With the help of their shells, they handily defeated Megatron's little squad of goons. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

''Despite its great power, Starscream's Pretender shell didn't do much to bolster his self-confidence, and he seems to have left it behind before long.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}}

The three Autobots and their shells provided a welcome boost in morale and firepower to the Autobot resistance's efforts on Cybertron; however, the trio planned to return to Earth to help Prime's beleaguered troops there. En route, a Decepticon attack caused the trio to be teleported to the center of Cybertron. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} There, they found themselves under Decepticon attack. Despite their efforts, the battle awoke the long-slumbering [[Primus]]. Scorponok, meanwhile, declared to his troops that the shell and its treacherous owner would be a needed boost to the Earth-based Decepticons' depleted ranks, but he would be held on a short leash. Starscream overheard this and started plotting his own machinations. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

[[Image:Bumblebeedarkcreation.jpg|left|200px|thumb|You can tell Bumblebee's toy isn't new anymore because he isn't surrounded by radiant golden light.]]
In the wake of this catastrophe, the Pretender Classics were one of four teams of Autobots sent to search for the long-lost [[Creation Matrix]], on the moon of [[VsQs]]. They used their shells to good advantage when they were attacked by Thunderwing's Decepticons; however, Thunderwing himself was unfazed by their efforts. He blasted a hole right through Bumblebee's shell, and eventually left the trio to deactivate under the moon's crushing gravity. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} They were ultimately rescued by the other Autobots, but their Pretender shells were not seen again. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} When Starscream snuck out of the Decepticon base to strike out on his own, he did not have his shell with him. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}
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===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
The Autobot Classic Pretenders were part of Crossblade's squad of Pretenders who helped to rescue an oil tanker captured by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

When the fiendish Megatron had stolen nuclear missiles and the Small Targetmasters proved unable to breach the Decepticon base, Optimus decided he needed to send in the big guns: he chose three of his most experienced Autobots and outfitted all of them with Pretender armour for the mission (even though the Classic Pretenders had already turned up). Bumblebee, Jazz, and Grimlock were told to prove themselves worthy of this honour and did, tearing through the Decepticon forces.

Starscream had been given a Pretender shell so he could kill Megatron's rival Shockwave, but proved unable to even defeat the Autobots! {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}}

===Shattered Glass===
The oppressive, evil Autobots discovered the four Pretender Classic shells sitting in tubes in a laboratory. The shells were part of a technology being developed by the heroic Decepticon insurgency, wot? {{storylink|Shattered Expectations}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Micromasterbasescommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Good one, Bumblebee. Why'd we rebuild you, again?]]
The three newly formed Autobot Classic Pretenders met up with Optimus Prime on a darkened city street. Prime hugged Jazz and Bumblebee, but no love for Grimlock.

Oh, and the ''eeeeevil'' Starscream was there, too.

Later, Bumblebee and Jazz managed to capture some [[Helicopter|Decepticon]] [[Interstellar shuttle|vehicles]] and drag them into the heart of the Autobot base... whereupon the Micromaster-controlled vehicles promptly transformed and started blasting the Autobots. Whoops. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#1989|Commercial#1989}}
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==Toys==
[[Image:Pretender Jazz toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Jazz]]
[[Image:Pretender Grimlock toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Grimlock]]
* '''Pretender Classics''' (1989)
** [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
** [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
** [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
** [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]

:The four Pretender Classics toys are simplified re-imaginings of characters from the early years of Generation 1. Rendered entirely in plastic, they are designed to fit into a Pretender shell. Their standardized size means that while Grimlock got quite a bit smaller, Bumblebee actually grew a bit.

: The inner robots were repackaged and sold as a K-Mart exclusive under the subgroup name [[Legends (G1)|Legends]].

::* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Pretender Bumblebee at TFU.info]
::* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm Pretender Jazz at TFU.info]
::* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm Pretender Grimlock at TFU.info]
::* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Pretender Starscream at TFU.info]

==Notes==
* Despite their having all-new toy designs, the Marvel Comics generally rendered the Pretender Classics' inner robot forms as unchanged from their original [[Character model|character models]]. This leads to some odd moments, such as Grimlock's shell holding a gun made from his dino-mode tail... even though his tail is still permanently attached to his robot form.
* The toy [[packaging]] and [[Catalog|catalogs]] refer to the subgroup as "Pretender Classics", while the [[Commercial|commercials]] and the cover of [[Yesterday's Heroes!|US #60]] label them as the "Classic Pretenders".
* Appropriately enough, the Classic Pretenders are one of [[Combaticon (G1)|only]] [[Deluxe Vehicle|a few]] [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] subgroups which have had ''all'' their members appear in the [[2006]] ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|and]] [[Transformers: Generations|its]] [[Reveal the Shield|successors]], and one of even [[Decepticon Planes|fewer]] that manage it without [[redeco|reusing]] any pre-''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' molds. (They ''almost'' managed it just in ''Classics'', but Jazz had to wait for ''Universe'' and ''Reveal the Shield''.)

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Matrix of Leadership

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[[Image:Matrix.jpg|right|375px|thumb|You put the life in the coconut.]]

The '''Autobot Matrix of Leadership''' (also known as the '''Creation Matrix''' or rarely, the '''Autobot Matrix of Power'''<ref>[[The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:]]</ref> or the '''Matrix of Light'''<ref>For the majority of the ''Transformers: The Movie'' sticker book (see right), though it is also referred to as the "Matrix of Leadership" once or twice.</ref>) is an [[sacred implement|artifact of great power]], traditionally carried by the [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s. Although its appearance differs slightly from [[universal stream]] to universal stream, it generally appears as a glowing crystal sphere encased within a hollow metal shell, with a handle on either side.

By most accounts, the Matrix is a conduit for the power of [[Primus]], the creator-god of the [[Transformer|Transformers]], serving as a means of access to the [[Allspark]], the "afterlife" of the Transformer race, through which it can either bestow new Transformer life, or provide its wielder with a means of communicating with the deceased leaders who have come before them. These divine powers put it at the centre of much Autobot [[religion]], spirituality and prophecy; while many [[Decepticon]]s are less inclined to believe in its divinity, they certainly covet the increased physical power it is known to convey upon its holders, and several have made obtaining the Matrix one of their primary goals. As one of the embodiments of the power of Primus, the Matrix is antithesis to [[Unicron]], and one of the very few things the chaos-bringer fears.

{{quote|But one day... an Autobot shall rise from our ranks... and use the power of the Matrix... to light... our [[darkest hour]].|A [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|dying Optimus Prime]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Conceptual history==
[[Image:SecondGeneration prime gives buster matrix.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The Matrix made its fictional debut when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] transferred it to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], an event recounted in this scene from "[[Second Generation!]]".]]
The Matrix and the concepts associated with it have continuously evolved over twenty-five-plus years, with different pieces of ''Transformers'' fiction creating new ideas centred on it, which have in turn influenced its representation in ''other'' fiction, and so on. The current nature of the Matrix as it is understood is beholden to quite a few different sources, and its development is described here to minimize confusion. For the specifics on the different interpretations of the Matrix in various continuities, see the "Fiction" section below.

The concept of the Matrix originates from the brain of [[Marvel Comics]] writer [[Bob Budiansky]] and is a result of the "no girls"/"no gender" policy enforced by [[Hasbro]] regarding their then-new robot brand. Because there were no female robots/the robots had no gender, Budiansky came up with an asexual method of reproduction in the form of the Creation Matrix, a "[[Primal Program]]" housed within the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] that could bring new Transformers to life, which would also prove a helpful plot device when he was required to introduce new characters to the series.<ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/bb204/ Bob Budiansky Interview at BWTF.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.metalmachine.net/blog/2009/11/21/todds-take-with-bob-budiansky-the-architect-of-the-transformers/ Metal Machine interview with Bob]</ref><ref>[http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954 Rusting Carcass interview]</ref>

The appearance of the Matrix in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]] originated with early script drafts of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which introduced the idea of "[[Life Spark]]s", very similar to the [[spark]]s that would later be introduced with ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. The Matrix was not present in the earliest known incarnation of the movie; instead, upon his death, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] transferred his own Life Spark to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], with the implication that this was standard practise among Autobot leaders. This idea was eventually discarded, replaced with a physical object known as the "Matrix of Leadership", which evidently derived its name from the Creation Matrix of the comic book. The episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" attempted to introduce the concept of the Matrix to the animated universe before the movie, but the dialogue containing the reference was deleted during production. The line, which dated the creation of the Matrix to 4.5 million years ago, would ultimately have conflicted greatly with what would be learned of the Matrix in the future.

[[Image:FFOD4 passing the matrix.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] inherits the Matrix from [[Guardian Prime]] in the first recounting of the Prime lineage from "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]].]]

Virtually nothing of the Matrix's nature was actually divulged in the finished film, where it was treated as simply a magic talisman of prophecy that was the antithesis of [[Unicron]]. The idea that had originated with the Life Spark concept—that of dying Autobot leaders merging their lifeforces with others—remained, albeit in a vague way, as Optimus Prime intoned upon his deathbed that he would soon be "one with the Matrix". The mini-series "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" fully expanded on the meaning of his line, revealing that the Matrix contained the lifeforces of all the deceased [[ancient Autobots|Autobot leaders]] who had previously held it, collectively known as the "Wisdom of the Ages," which could be consulted for aid in moments of need.

[[Image:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The dying [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] passes the Matrix to Optimus Prime in this flashback scene from "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]".]]

Having already cannibalized many of the movie's best elements for use in his comic book stories, writer [[Simon Furman]] contradicted Bob Budiansky's US comic book stories by presenting the Matrix as it had appeared in the film, as a physical object, in his own UK storylines, and carried this over to the US comic when he later began writing it. This alteration was also reflected in a ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]'' profile written for Powermaster Optimus Prime around the time, where Budiansky's "program" concept and the cartoon's "physical object" idea were merged with the explanation that the program was encoded in light patterns in the Matrix's crystal core. As Furman's run progressed, the "lifeforces of previous holders" concept was also adapted into the comics, with the Matrix possessing a genetic memory of those that had held it. Most notably, in both UK and US books, Furman crafted a story to explain the origins of the Matrix, why Unicron was vulnerable to it, and how it could create new life, ultimately revealing it to be the essence of the Transformers' creator-god, [[Primus]].

It was the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' animated series]] which made the next big addition to the growing mythology of the Matrix when it introduced the [[Allspark]], the extradimensional source of all Transformers sparks living or dead, which was also known as "the Matrix." Although it did not explicitly make any callbacks to the Matrix as seen in the Generation 1 cartoons or comics, the implication was obvious—rather than ''contain'' anything, the physical Matrix object from those continuities was a ''gateway'' to the Allspark. Where the animated "Matrix of Leadership" and the comic book "Creation Matrix" had previously seemed incompatible, this revelation united them conceptually—the lifeforces of the dead from the cartoon and the ability to bring new life from the comics could now both be tied to the features of the Allspark dimension. [[Dreamwave Productions]]' comics proceeded to cement this concept, depicting a Matrix of Leadership that possessed both these traits, and explicitly identifying it not as a holder of Primus's power, but a ''conduit'' for it.

The Matrix took something of a back seat in major fiction in the latter years of the 2000s, effectively replaced in the worlds of the [[live-action film series|live-action movies]] and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' by the [[AllSpark]]—a mystical object that, while physically distinct from the Matrix, possessed its life-giving powers and record of Transformer history. Before long, however, both these continuities reintroduced the idea of the Matrix: In both universes, the AllSpark was destroyed and its knowledge and power was reincarnated in an object either specifically named, or designed to look like, the Matrix, thereby bringing the whole concept full-circle.

Finally, the recent revelation (implied in the movies, confirmed by [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Crossing Over]]" and reiterated in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'') that the energy that is the basis of Transformer life is actually the rarefied form of the Transformers' fuel, [[energon]] itself, suggests that the energy of the Matrix is also (a form of) energon. This had actually been portrayed as the case in some formerly-questionable pieces of fiction such as the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels, which retroactively makes sense now.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Prima.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Intel Inside!]]

When Primus created the Transformer race, before entering voluntary systems shutdown, he bestowed upon them a genetic matrix containing his essence and the majority of his power, which could be used to give life to more Transformers so that the race might grow without his direct involvement. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} Later named the "Creation Matrix", this divine gift took the form of a "[[Primal Program]]" encoded in intricate patterns of light within a crystal,<ref>[http://ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Optimus_Prime_PM Powermaster Optimus Prime's Marvel comic profile]</ref> which was passed from leader to leader down through the millennia. The first holder of the Creation Matrix was the first Transformer, [[Prima]], then subsequently [[Prime Nova]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and in the modern era, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} The Autobot leaders evidently elected to keep the true nature of the Matrix a secret, since most other Transformers were shown to believe it was a program stored within the mind of Optimus Prime himself, rather than housed within a separate physical object. This mistaken belief gave rise to a legend that claimed that the Program was encoded into a new Autobot leader once every ten millennia. {{storylink|The New Order}}

[[Image:WhoseLifeforce prime and longtooth.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]

''At one point during his tenure as Autobot leader, Optimus Prime came across [[Longtooth]] struggling to save the life of [[Longtooth's comrade|a fallen comrade]] on the battlefield after a particularly ferocious conflict. Mistakenly believing he was witnessing a great show of Autobot spirit (when in actuality, Longtooth was simply terrified of being the last one left alive), Prime extracted a tiny portion of the Creation Matrix's energy and gave it to Longtooth, telling him to use it wisely. Once Prime had left, however, Longtooth gave into his fear and kept the Matrix energy for himself, to serve as a "spare life" that allowed him to be daring and brave on the battlefield without fearing death.'' {{storylink|Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?}}

[[Image:DisintegratedCircuits buster uses matrix.jpg|right|thumb|275px]]

When the Transformers' war moved to [[Earth]] in 1984, current Decepticon leader [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] elected to increase his forces by creating new Transformers with the power of the Creation Matrix. Capturing the [[Autobot]]s and decapitating Optimus Prime, Shockwave tapped the energies of the Matrix and brought the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to life. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Prime was able to transfer the Matrix into the mind of the Autobots' human ally, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} thereby preventing Shockwave from animating his newest construct, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], but the presence of the Matrix within Buster's mind gave the boy incredible powers over machinery. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Deducing that Buster possessed the Matrix, Shockwave programmed the unliving Jetfire to capture the boy, but Buster used the Matrix to bring Jetfire under his control and used him to thwart Shockwave's plan and save Optimus Prime. With Prime and the Autobots rescued, Buster transferred the Creation Matrix back to the Autobot leader, {{storylink|Prime Time!}} and Prime subsequently used the Matrix to give Jetfire true life. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

''Residual energy from the Matrix that lingered in Buster's brain soon began to give the youth nightmarish visions, causing him to black out and create strange images of previously-unheard of Transformers.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}} ''Seeking to help Buster, the Autobots hooked him up to equipment that would allow them to monitor his dreams, and discovered that the Matrix was showing them all them a vision of the future, and the creation of the [[Special Teams]].'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[Image:Matrixflame.jpg|left|thumb|275px|If the Autobots were Jewish, it would have burned another six days.]]

''The Matrix was also known to have an analog on Cybertron, the [[Matrix Flame]], which burned constantly as long as the Matrix still existed, no matter where in the universe it was. It could also be used to channel the energy of the Matrix, which the Autobots on Cybertron did to bring life to their new warrior, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].<ref>Ultra Magnus profile page in Marvel UK [[Target: 2006#Defeat!|#81]]</ref> Not long after, however, the Matrix Flame flickered out when Optimus Prime was shunted into [[limbo]] by time-travelling Decepticons, leading the Autobots on Cybertron to send Magnus to Earth to investigate. Prime was returned in due time, and the Matrix Flame re-ignited.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''Following the earlier vision from the Matrix,'' the Autobots created the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], and Optimus Prime used the Matrix to bring them to life. Little did the Autobots realise, however, that [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had deduced a way to usurp the Matrix's power, using a [[cerebro-shell]] previously planted in Prime's body by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to siphon off some of the life-giving energy, which he employed it to animate his own new creations, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

[[Image:DarkCreation_we_would_know_more.jpg|right|thumb|275px]]

When Optimus Prime died following a video-game duel with Megatron a short time later, {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}, the Autobots loaded his body into a funeral bier and launched it into space in accordance with Cybertronian tradition. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Unfortunately, having been unaware of the existence of the physical Creation Matrix crystal within the corpse's chest, this meant that they unwittingly set the sacred lifeforce of their race adrift in the sea of stars. After some time, the craft eventually crashed on the distant moon of [[VsQs]], where it lay undisturbed for a time. Left in solitude, the rudimentary consciousness of the Matrix formed from the genetic memory of its past holders began to desire new sensations. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

It got its chance when a [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]], a medical mechanoid created to painlessly end the life of the terminally ill, crashed on VsQs. Critically wounded, the dying robot reached out to touch the Matrix, and in its hunger for new experiences, the talisman used its powers of creation to disassemble and rebuild the Deathbringer, inadvertently warping its programming and transforming it into a powerful being who sought to destroy ''all'' life. A trace of its energy remaining in its body, the Matrix revelled in its first experience of "evil" as the Deathbringer cut a swathe of destruction across the galaxy, ultimately finding its way to Earth. ''Sensing the Matrix's power within the creature, Optimus Prime—since resurrected by the technology of [[Nebulos]]—was hesitant to destroy the only link they had discovered to the lost Matrix, but [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] solved the problem by convincing the Deathbringer that since the Matrix's power was eating away at it, it should destroy itself.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}}

[[Image:Creation Matrix 65.jpg|left|thumb|210px|The Creation Matrix was the Leader-1's-head of the Marvel comic. Can't be drawn the same way twice.]]

Back on VsQs, the Matrix's curiosity found new expression when an insectoid creature crawled into Prime's corpse's chest cavity and became the next recipient of the Matrix's power. Dissecting and studying the beast, the Matrix was fascinated that the creature seemed to be meant to do nothing but destroy, so it re-created the thing into a [[Matrixspawn|larger, more powerful predator]]. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} The monster attacked a team of astronauts that had set up a research station on VsQs, killing nearly all of them, but at least one escaped and crashed in the seas of the nearby planet [[Pequod]]. His body infused with Matrix energy from the beast that had attacked him, the astronaut was swallowed by a [[klud]], which ingested the energy. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime became aware of the threat of Unicron, and, realizing that the Matrix would be necessary to defeat the Chaos-Bringer, arranged for search parties to scour the cosmos for any trace of it. ''Longtooth was among the Autobots recruited for the search mission, and was forced for the first time to truly confront the selfishness of what he had done with the Matrix energy Prime had given him millennia before. In hopes of redemption, he loaded the energy fragment into a pod and sent it back to Optimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?}} [[Image:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg|right|thumb|215px]] ''Prime agonized over how to best use the Matrix energy, knowing that it had the power to revive only one of the deactivated Autobots on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and ultimately, elected to disperse it the Earth's atmosphere to rejuvenate damage done to the ecosystem by the Transformers' warring on the planet.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

In the meantime, the search parties seeking the Matrix had piqued the curiosity of new Decepticon leader [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], who possessed an affinity with the Matrix and a desire to possess its power for his own. As the opposing teams dodged each other, they eventually set their sights on Pequod, where the klud had been attracting attention because its species was supposed to have been extinct. Thunderwing used his Matrix affinity to psychically link with the Matrix-infused beast and see the memory of swallowing the dying scientist. Recognizing the "VsQs" stamp on his equipment, Thunderwing set out for that moon. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}} Once there, both sides battled the creature the Matrix had created, which had grown to enormous size, with Thunderwing ultimately killing the beast and taking the Matrix. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} The Decepticon immediately attacked the spaceborne [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], manifesting the Matrix power in the form of a giant, vaguely humanoid energy field around himself. Soon, however, the Matrix began to speak through Thunderwing, delighting in the firsthand experience of evil, and the Decepticon realized he was being possessed. Thunderwing tried to mentally battle the Matrix, to no avail, but the Autobots exploited his erratic behaviour to impale him with a harpoon and blow him out the Ark's airlock into space. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

[[Image:EdgeofExtinction-sothatallmaylive.jpg|left|thumb|275px|It cures what ails ya.]]

Thunderwing's body came to rest on the surface of a planet, where the Matrix began to heal his battered frame. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Repairs took time, but once completed, the Matrix set out for Cybertron, {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} coincidentally arriving just as Unicron was trying to destroy the planet. The Matrix-creature fought Unicron, but Unicron soon realized that the Matrix had been tainted with evil, and that it was no longer a threat to him, given the infinitely greater magnitude of his own evil nature. Thunderwing was destroyed by Unicron's attack and Optimus Prime was able to recover the Matrix, cleansing it of the taint of evil and restoring its purity. Rocketing into Unicron's gaping maw, Prime released the Matrix's energy within the planet-eater's body, destroying him. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} The explosion should have killed Prime as well, but his devastated body was saturated with Matrix energy, keeping it alive long enough for the suffering Prime to pass on leadership of the Autobots to [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Still Life!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====

[[Image:MatrixCoconut1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Will I become a great Autobot leader?" "All signs point to no."]]

''In the alternate future timeline of [[Earth-120185]], a dying Optimus Prime passed the Matrix to Ultra Magnus in 2006. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} It was then used by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] to destroy Unicron, in the process transforming the young Autobot into Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

''In the year 2008, Unicron attempted to engineer his resurrection by mentally controlling the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] into building him a new body. Drawn into the conflict by [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], Rodimus Prime used the power of the Matrix to battle Unicron on his own mindscape, while [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] set explosives to destroy the portion of Unicron's body that had been constructed. The explosion tore Unicron's body apart, but did not destroy him; instead, with no physical shell to inhabit, his essence wound up trapped within the Matrix.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

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''Later in 2008, the [[Quintesson]]s invaded and conquered [[Autobot City]] while Rodimus Prime was absent, and set a trap for the Autobot leader by leaving the wounded [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] at the city entrance. Arriving to find the one-time object of his affections in dire straits, Rodimus opened his chest cavity in order to heal Arcee with the energy of the Creation Matrix, only to be blindsided by the Quintessons and have the Matrix plucked from him, transforming him back into Hot Rod. The Matrix wound up the hands of Quintesson [[Ghyrik|General Ghyrik]], who was able to harness its power and boost his strength for a throwdown with Hot Rod. A bout of impromptu ventriloquism from the young Autobot distracted Ghyrik, allowing Hot Rod to rip the Matrix from his body and transform back into Rodimus Prime, handing Ghyrik an ignominious defeat. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

''When disruption to the fabric of space and time forced Rodimus and several other Autobots to travel back in time from 2009 to 1989 in order to discover the source of the disturbance, the presence of the Matrix within his body required that Optimus Prime once again be shunted into limbo in order to maintain balance. Rodimus was able to use the power of the Matrix they shared to allow Optimus to communicate with the other Autobots, and when Rodimus was then defeated in battle, Optimus risked the security of the space-time continuum by using the Matrix as a stepping stone to return to reality for a final battle with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[Image:WhiteFire kup yanks matrix.jpg|right|thumb|160px|I honestly can't tell if it's the Matrix, or a weird kind of saucepan...]]

''Returning to Cybertron after their time-travel adventure, Rodimus and the Autobots found that the disruption of space and time had altered their future, and that Galvatron was waiting for them. Galvatron attempted to force Rodimus Prime into a savage battle, hoping to force him to unleash his basest, most violent impulses, and by extension, lead them to corrupt the Matrix. Fortunately, Rodimus realized his plan and stopped.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} ''However, it soon became apparent that the Matrix required no external corruption; Unicron's essence, still trapped within the talisman following the events of 2008, slowly began to take hold of Rodimus Prime's mind, forcing him to sabotage the guidance systems of the Autobots' craft when they were on a hyperspace trip to Earth in 2010.'' {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} ''Rodimus battled within Unicron inside the Matrix in an attempt to win back control of his mind and body, but it took [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] deducing what was going on and wrenching the Matrix from Rodimus's chest to free him from the chaos-bringer's influence. But now, Rodimus knew that the evil of Unicron would be waiting for him within it...'' {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} {{storylink|White Fire}}

''Alas, later in 2010, Unicron's essence succeeded in taking over Rodimus's body, transforming it into a duplicate of his own and attacking Cybertron once more, until Rodimus was able to defeat him from within and re-seal him within the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

''When last seen, in the far future of 2356, Unicron's essence remained sealed within the Matrix, causing Rodimus's body to steadily wither and weaken.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

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====''Generation 2'' comic====
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When Optimus Prime was recreated by the [[Last Autobot]], the Matrix was also restored. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}} {{storylink|Escalation|Generation 2 #8 letters page}} Years later, it became a target for Megatron, who required it to bring to life an army of new warriors created by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Besting Prime in battle, Megatron tore the Matrix from his body with an energy siphon, {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} and used it to give life to the [[Laser Rod]]s and [[Rotor Force]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

Subsequently, Prime and Megatron were forced into an uneasy alliance against the massed forces of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] exploited the chaos of the huge battle to take the power of the Matrix for himself. Using it, he merged his mind and body with the Decepticons' [[Warworld]], becoming a colossal living weapon able to reshape himself at will. {{storylink|Total War!|Tales of Earth, Part Seven}} However, unlike with Thunderwing, Starscream found his own evil being subverted by the Matrix's goodness, {{storylink|Dark Shadows!|Tales of Earth, Part Eight}} and he returned the Matrix to Prime, for fear of being changed beyond recognition.

Soon after, when Prime was consumed by the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], he channelled the Matrix's energy into the dark force, enlightening and completing it with the purity of Primus's vision. Suddenly transformed from a destructive force into a force for life, the Swarm re-created Prime and departed into space. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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With the Creation Matrix lost following the destruction of Unicron, the last reservoir of Matrix energy the Autobots had access to consisted of what traces still clung to the remains of Thunderwing, stored within the high-security [[Hall of Silence]]. When Soundwave was able to penetrate the Hall in 2012, acting commander [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] anguished over whether or not to follow protocol and destroy the Hall, and the last of the Matrix's energy with it. He was convinced it was necessary by [[Grapple]], but Soundwave was able to teleport out with Thunderwing just before the building blew. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part 1}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[Image:OracleMatrix.jpg|right|225px|thumb|"This Ming...is a psy-cho."]]

The origins of the Matrix of Leadership are almost entirely unknown. The only hint of its beginnings was given in an account from near the dawn of time, soon after the ancient genius [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and [[Oracle (G1)|his assistant]] created the colossal robot, Unicron. Unicron turned on his creators and destroyed the assistant's body, but seen to rise from his remains and disappear into space was an object that appeared identical to the Matrix. If this was truly the Matrix, it is wholly unknown how it came to be held by the Autobots and how it was elevated to the position of power it became known for. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

However it came to be in Autobot hands, the Matrix came to be at the centre of the robots' belief system and was safeguarded by each successive generation of Autobot leaders. Upon the passing of its holder, the Matrix became a receptacle for the deceased Autobot's lifeforce, which cumulatively became known as the "Wisdom of the Ages", a storehouse of knowledge and experience stretching back to the dawn of Cybertronian history (and potentially beyond) that could be consulted by the Matrix's living wielders in times of need. The spirits of many Autobots have been seen within the Matrix, but the names of only a select few are known: The oldest entity within the Matrix is known only as "[[It]]" {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}; [[Image:Matrix 5faces4 7.jpg|left|225px|thumb|My preciousssss!]] following this entity, the next oldest known was [[Primon]], who possessed the Matrix in the early days of the Cybertronian race around twelve million years ago; [[Prima]] bore it at the height of their oppression by the [[Quintesson]]s about a million years later; [[Prime Nova]] was its wielder during the eventual rebellion against the five-faced aliens; [[Guardian Prime]] and his successor [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] carried it during the first war between the Autobots and Decepticons, before it was passed to Sentinel Prime, under whose leadership the war came to an end.

Around nine million years ago, the Autobot/Decepticon war was reignited by the creation of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who killed Sentinel Prime as one of his first actions. In his death throes, Sentinel entrusted the Matrix to the ancient Autobot [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who kept it hidden until a damaged young robot was brought to his workshop, another victim of Megatron's wrath. Trion recreated him as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], new leader of the Autobots, and gave him the Matrix. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

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Fatally wounded by Megatron in the year 2005, Optimus Prime passed the Matrix and leadership of the Autobots to his chosen successor, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Before passing away, Prime spoke of a prophecy—that one day, a "Chosen One" would rise from the ranks of the Autobots, and use the power of the Matrix to light the Transformers' darkest hour. When Prime's strength faltered at the last moment and he dropped the Matrix, the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] stooped to catch it before it hit the floor. The Matrix glowed brightly in response to his touch, signifying what none of the Autobots present would realize until later: that Hot Rod was the Chosen One.

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When word of Unicron's approach on Cybertron reached the Autobots on Earth, Ultra Magnus believed (and Hot Rod agreed, based on nothing more than a feeling) that the Matrix might be able to stop the world-eater. Knowing that this was indeed the case, Unicron recreated Megatron as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and dispatched him to steal the Matrix, leading to a confrontation on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] in which Ultra Magnus tried in vain to open the Matrix and use it to fend off the attacking Decepticons. Galvatron bested him and took the Matrix, believing he could use it to subjugate Unicron himself, but he had no more luck opening it than Magnus did. Unicron swallowed Galvatron whole as punishment, and it was within Unicron's body that the Decepticon leader engaged Hot Rod in the battle that saw the young Autobot claim his destiny. Seizing the Matrix from around Galvatron's neck, Hot Rod was transformed by its power into Rodimus Prime, then proceeded to fulfil the prophecy by opening the talisman and releasing its power, which tore Unicron apart from within. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Later, when injured in battle, Rodimus's consciousness briefly entered the Matrix itself and witnessed a vision that led him to believe that the answer to the mystery of the alien Quintessons currently plaguing the Autobots was held within it. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} To find his answer, Rodimus deliberately short-circuited himself and entered the Matrix a second time. Guided by the ancient Autobots within, Rodimus was shown the history of Cybertron and discovered the Quintessons' role in the creation of the Transformers. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[Image:Darkawakening_matrix_pain.jpg|right|225px|thumb|The zombified Optimus Prime reacts in pain to the light of the Matrix.]]

The burden of leadership weighed heavily upon Rodimus, and he was all too eager to return the Matrix to Optimus Prime when it seemed that the Autobot leader had returned from the dead in 2006. It transpired, however, that Optimus had only been reanimated as a robotic zombie by the Quintessons, with the intent of luring the assembled Autobot forces into a trap. Fortunately, with the Matrix now back within him, its energies overrode the evil intentions the aliens had programmed him with, and he returned it to Rodimus before apparently sacrificing himself again to trigger the Quintessons' trap alone. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}

[[Image:BurdenHardest Hot Rod retrieves matrix.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Still struggling with leadership, Rodimus tried to forget his woes with a bout of drag-racing in the hills of [[Japan]], only to be ambushed by [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]. The two Stunticons stole the Matrix and brought it back to Galvatron, but when the Decepticon leader attempted to use its energy to power his cannon, he was instead tormented by the spirits of the Autobots within it. The terrified Galvatron instructed [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] to dispose of the Matrix, but Scourge grasped the true nature of its power where his leader could not, and instead placed it within his own chest. The Matrix's energies warped his body into a powerful, misshapen hulk, increasing his power to the point that he was able to oust Galvatron and take control of the Decepticons himself. Scourge proceeded to lead the Decepticons in an attack on Earth, only to be bested by Hot Rod, who had since learned the importance of "the burden hardest to bear", and reclaimed the Matrix once more. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

[[Image:ReturnOptimusPrime2 Matrix open.JPG|right|thumb|225px]]

When Optimus Prime was at last truly resurrected, he was forced to battle the [[Hate Plague]]-infected Rodimus in order to reclaim the Matrix from him, in hopes of consulting the Wisdom of the Ages to find a cure for the disease. Communicating with the mysterious It, he learned that the only way combat the madness of the plague was with wisdom, and opened the Matrix, expelling all of the wisdom within it to extinguish the disease (in the process claiming that this was also the Autobots' "darkest hour"). Although the Matrix was emptied, leaving only a shell, Optimus claimed they would have to start filling it with wisdom again, from that moment on. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

In 2007, Optimus Prime used the shell of the Matrix as a substitute key to access [[Vector Sigma]], where he consulted Alpha Trion on the mystery of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}
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====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[Image:Madman comic PrimeHotrod.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Optimus's proposal to Hot Rod.]]
The significance of the Matrix to the Autobots was such that when Optimus Prime prepared to lead the Autobots in an evacuation of Cybertron in the year 2001, he hid the Matrix in a bunker at the construction site of the future Autobot City. Unfortunately, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] had monitored the Autobot leader's meeting with Ultra Magnus, and moved to steal the Matrix for the Decepticons. Fate intervened in the form of Hot Rod, who defeated the Decepticons and took back the ancient Autobot relic, and at the same time received a vision of his future as the Autobot who would light Cybertron's darkest hour. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
After their adventure on [[Quintessa]], while Hot Rod, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were searching space for Ultra Magnus's team, they were attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. A flash of ancient knowledge he had received from the Matrix upon catching it when Optimus Prime had passed it to Magnus inspired Hot Rod to invoke the [[Challenge of Aria-Bellum]]. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}
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====Wings Universe====
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Nine million years ago, the Matrix of Leadership was being transported aboard the Autobot cargo hauler ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' when the ship was attacked by the Quintessons and crash-landed on the planet [[Beta-Nine]]. All aboard perished, but the Matrix was soon recovered by the crew of the ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'', who safely delivered it back to Cybertron. There, the Matrix was passed into the care of Alpha Trion, who granted it to his new choice for Autobot leader, Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of 2006 are moved forward to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur. A 2007 [[retcon]] built upon the original cartoon's confusing hints to create a full origin for the Matrix in this continuity.}}

When Primacron and his assistant (also known as the "Oracle") were attacked by the rebelling Unicron, the assistant's body was destroyed, but his lifeforce persisted. Sealed within a protective shell, the Oracle's lifeforce fled to a dead world at the centre of the galaxy, which the Oracle used his powers to transform into a lush, green world. In time, however, the alien Quintessons came to the Oracle's world and were able to bring him under their power, transforming him into the mega-computer, Vector Sigma. Using the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], the Quintessons cyber-formed the Oracle's world into [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and the Oracle's life-giving powers were harnessed to produce a race of robotic slaves. The shell which had contained the Oracle's essence became the Matrix, but precisely how it came to be held by the Quintessons' consumer goods robots (later known as the Autobots), or even why the Quintessons would ''allow'' their creations to possess such a powerful item, is unknown. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====

[[Image:StargateBattles_matrix_powered_megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ka-me-ha-me-ha~!]]

In the mid-1990s, Optimus Prime put the power of the Matrix to an unconventional use when a battle in space forced him to team up with Megatron in order to stop the rampage of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who had fused himself with the space station known as the [[Trigger]]. With Megatron in gun mode clutched in his arms, Prime summoned up the Matrix's energy and channelled it through his body, into the Decepticon leader, who unleashed it all in one colossal shot of cosmic proportions. The blast obliterated Starscream's new Trigger-body, but the backwash of the explosion was so great that it sent Prime, Megatron and all the Transformers observing the battle on a fiery plummet into Earth's atmosphere. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
In a parallel timeline that diverged off from this one thanks to the flow of history being altered by the time-tossed [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Optimus Prime did not die in 2005, and was prepared to confront Unicron himself. However, after sustaining serious injuries in the opening salvo of the battle with the chaos-bringer, Prime passed the Matrix to Ultra Magnus. Despite knowing he was not the Chosen One, Magnus bravely petitioned the Matrix to allow him to wield its power anyway, as otherwise, the Autobots' destruction was assured. The Matrix granted Magnus his wish, and its energy was used to destroy Unicron. {{storylink|Binal Time}}
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=====''Kiss Players''=====
After inheriting the Matrix in 2005, Rodimus Prime was horrified to discover that when he threw Galvatron out of Unicron, the Decepticon leader had wound up crash-landing on Earth, destroying [[Tokyo]]. Seeking to atone for his sins, Rodimus returned the Matrix to Ultra Magnus and became Hot Rod again, leaving both the talisman and the role of leadership in Magnus's hands for five years until he returned to his post in 2010. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|A Big Catch Tonight?!}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====

After emptying the Matrix to cure the Hate Plague, Optimus Prime sought to restore the lifeforce that had been lost by filling it with energy drawn from the lifeforce of [[Earth]] itself. To this end, the Matrix was secreted away in the lower levels of one of many Autobot energy-gathering facilities on Earth, where Prime hoped it would steadily recharge. Whether or not this odd-sounding plan would have ''worked'' is an area of some debate, but ultimately, a different set of circumstances soon came into play...

[[Image:DoublePrime matrix recharged.jpg|left|260px|thumb|Alpha Trion's spirit re-enters the Matrix, recharging it.]]

In the year 2011, a catastrophic side-effect of the Matrix's energy being released became apparent—without the Matrix to act as a controlling force, Vector Sigma began to destabilize, putting all of Cybertron in great danger. The Decepticons took this opportunity to invade the planet, hoping to take control of the unstable computer and by extension, the planet itself. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} During the battle that followed, Optimus Prime headed for Vector Sigma's chamber to try and bring the computer back under control, but without the Matrix—which remained hidden on Earth, its location known only to Prime himself—the only recourse would be to give up his own life. To stop Prime from making this sacrifice, Hot Rod led the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] in a methodical search across Earth, checking every Autobot energy facility. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} After successfully locating the Matrix in the last possible hiding place and evading his pursuers, Hot Rod returned to Cybertron, arriving in Vector Sigma's chamber just as Optimus Prime was facing off against the Decepticons. The ghost of Alpha Trion, who had survived the emptying of the Matrix and who had led Prime safely to the computer chamber, merged with the Matrix, restoring its lost lifeforce and giving it the power to once again transform Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime. The two Primes dispatched the Decepticons, but before Rodimus could use the Matrix to stabilize Vector Sigma, Optimus Prime sacrificed himself by merging with the computer to bring it back under control. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Some time later, when Cybertron was subsequently devastated thanks to the machinations of Decepticon Headmaster leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Rodimus Prime voyaged into space to search for a new homeworld for the Transformers, taking the Matrix with him. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====

On his many travels through space, the Matrix gave Rodimus Prime courage to face every challenge that presented itself. In addition to the teachings of the ancient Autobots, the energy of Earth's lifeforce that now dwelled within the Matrix as well truly opened Rodimus's eyes to the beauty of Earth and humanity. Believing that Transformers should aspire to be more like human beings, he returned to Earth and announced his desire for humans and Transformers to live and work together to move forward and evolve. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

=====''G-2'' story pages and mini-comics=====

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Presumably, Rodimus Prime must have returned the Matrix to Optimus Prime when he was restored to life as Star Convoy, since Prime had the talisman back in his chest when he adopted his "Hero" body at the beginning of the renewed war against Megatron some number of years after 2025. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 1}} A research team led by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] later discovered new properties of the Matrix, which prompted Megatron to duel Optimus Prime in the [[Mirtonian constellation]] in order to steal the Matrix for himself. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 4}} Megatron fatally wounded Prime, but the ancient Autobots within the Matrix were able to restore him thanks to the newly-discovered power Jetfire's team had learned of: the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]], which repaired and restored Prime in a new Laser Rod body. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 5}}

=====e-HOBBY storyline=====
Having briefly held the Matrix, Ultra Magnus's spark was among the chosen few which retained autonomy within the Allspark. Sensing the threat [[Galvatron II]] posed to the universe with his fleet of [[Warworld]]s, Magnus used the powers of the Reconfiguration Matrix to resurrect himself in a new body based on Prime's Laser Rod form so that he could battle the Decepticon leader. It didn't go very well. {{storylink|Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version}}
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===Start Your Own Decoy Collection===
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Through unknown means, the Decepticons were able to steal the Creation Matrix and holed it up in their headquarters. In order to stage a recovery, the Autobots created an army of [[Decoy]]s to distract the Decepticon forces, while Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] secretly penetrated the base. Fighting their way through a slew of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], the team discovered the Matrix in a transparent case. Blurr blasted it open at Hot Rod's direction, and the Autobots successfully escaped with the talisman back in their possession. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection|The Decepticon Deception}}
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===Beast Era===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Image:OptimalSituation_spark_holder.jpg|right|thumb|The similarity between Prime's "spark holder" and the Matrix was a source of some confusion.]]
Several enigmatic references were made to the Matrix by the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Warriors]] at various points, though it is never precisely clear if they are referring to the Matrix of Leadership, the Allspark dimension, [[Matrix (facility)|the protoform production facility on Cybertron]] that also goes by that name, or some theoretical conglomeration of any of the above that they only speak of out of misconception.

When the body of Optimus Prime was fatally wounded by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] opened Prime's chest compartment in order to take the Autobot leader's spark into his own body for safety. Prime's spark was shown to be contained within a holder shaped just like the Matrix of Leadership, and Rhinox remarked that Prime's spark had "the Matrix with it". {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}
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====3H comics====
While experiencing a swirl of visions from throughout history, the [[Covenant]] witnessed the Matrix being torn by the [[Liege Maximo]] from the body of the enigmatic [[Primon]], its first holder. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Covenant}}

[[Image:Sparkholderprimevaldawn.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The Matrix, beneath Prime's "spark holder".]]

The confusion surrounding the Matrix-like "spark holder" in Prime's chest and its relation to the actual Matrix of Leadership was clarified when it was revealed that the Matrix was actually concealed in a compartment beneath Prime's own spark, a deception specifically designed to protect the Matrix and keep it from those who would misuse its power.

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Following the end of the Beast Wars, the deceased [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was resurrected, having harnessed the powers of the alien [[Vok]] with the intention of stealing the Matrix and delivering it to his master, Unicron. Seeking to keep the Matrix out of Tarantulas's hands, the Vok took the talisman from the sleeping Optimus Prime and used its power to transform the discarded control suit the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] had previously used to manipulate Optimus Primal into [[Primal Prime]]. Primal Prime was made guardian of the Matrix, and filled with all the wisdom of the past leaders within it. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} Unfortunately, the Vok had miscalcuated: While it was within Optimus Prime, the Matrix had been safe, but once they had broken the forces that had bound it to Prime in order to transfer it to their creation, it had become vulnerable. This was proven in drastic fashion when, in the following battle, Tarantulas was able to overpower Primal Prime and rip the Matrix from his body. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}} The shock threw Primal Prime into a comatose state, while Tarantulas took the Matrix back to his lab to await the completion of the [[Transwarp]] portal that would take him and his prize to Unicron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|"Primeval Dawn" was never finished as a result of [[3H Productions]] losing the Transformers license. Obviously enough, its finale would have seen our heroes recover the Matrix from Tarantulas and replace it in Optimus Prime's chest.}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
[[Image:Ancients.jpg|left|thumb|225px|The Matrix-shaped platform above the Oracle Tank.]]
Most modern Cybertronians eschew the mythology of the Matrix as set out by the [[Council of Ancients]], which claims that it is a conduit for the energies of Primus, choosing instead to believe in [[atechnogenesis]]. Despite this, Transformer society still holds the Matrix itself in great reverence, as, product of a deity or not, it is indisputably the most effective source of new Transformer life. Many conflicting stories and rumors swirl about the Matrix's true nature, born of claims that the Council actively prevented Alpha Trion from telling the general public more about it, but what ''is'' known about the talisman is that it is a virtually limitless source of energy. Only those with an affinity for the Matrix can wield its power; these Transformers are typically those chosen to be the next Prime, who often receive physical augmentation when the Matrix is taken into their bodies. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}} The Ancients claim that the Matrix contains the wisdom of all sparks that return to it after death, though they do keep a more tangible version of that sort of thing in the form of a [[Golden Disk (council)|golden disk]] that holds the knowledge of past Primes. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}
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The earliest known bearer of the Matrix was [[Primon|Alpha Prime]], who was succeeded by Guardian Prime, and then Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}} Around 8.2 million years ago, seeking to use the Matrix to power the planetary turbine engines he had discovered beneath Cybertron's surface, Megatron attacked and killed Sentinel Prime, only to discover upon tearing his victim open that the Matrix was gone, having already been given by Sentinel Prime to the Council of Ancients for unknown reasons (perhaps having foreseen his own death). The Council subsequently chose a data archivist named Optronix to be the new bearer of the Matrix, and brought him to the [[Oracle Tank]], in which both he and the Matrix were immersed. Optronix was enlarged and strengthened by the Matrix, and transformed into Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

Soon after, Megatron attacked Prime in the catacombs beneath Cybertron and cracked open his form, exposing the Matrix. A blinding flash burst from the Matrix, showing Prime and Megatron visions of future conflicts on Earth and [[Nebulos]], but it was implied that Optimus somehow used the Matrix to force Megatron to forget these visions. How much knowledge he himself retained is unknown. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}
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Millions of years later, after their war on Earth, the Transformers were set to return to Cybertron aboard the [[Ark II]] in 1999, at which point Optimus Prime gave [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] a piece of the Matrix as a promise that he would be back. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} The Ark II proved to have been sabotaged, however, and exploded in mid-flight, leaving the world to believe that the Transformers were dead until 2002, when the terrorist [[Lazarus]] recovered several of their bodies and reprogrammed them for use as weapons that he would sell on the black market. The American military recovered the body of Optimus Prime and [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] drafted Spike to help in bringing him back to life, {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} which Spike accomplished by returning the portion of the Matrix Prime had given him. Thus restored, Prime revived the other surviving Autobots by casting the light of the Matrix across the Arctic landscape where their bodies lay, melting away the ice that held them and bringing them back online. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}
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When the Autobots and Decepticons were finally able to return to Cybertron, a chain of events ultimately led Optimus Prime into a confrontation with Shockwave in Vector Sigma's chamber. Knocking Prime out and blasting his chest open, Shockwave harnessed the energy of the Matrix and used it to access Vector Sigma's databanks in an attempt to learn all of the dark secrets at the heart of Cybertron. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Before Shockwave could complete his dark experiments, enemy forces converged on his lab, so the Decepticon logician tore the Matrix from Prime's body, intending to flee, only to be stopped and defeated by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Grimlock recovered the Matrix and returned it to Prime, {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} but the trauma of its forceful removal necessitated that Prime spend an extended session in a CR chamber to recover. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

====Keepers Trilogy novels====
Captured by the enigmatic aliens known as the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] and imprisoned inside their giant techno-organic bodies, Optimus Prime found himself forced into a suicide ploy, using a torrent of energon from the Matrix to destroy the creatures from within, willing to take himself with it. The gateway back to Earth was opened by Spike at the last moment, allowing Prime to hold off on his sacrifice, but unfortunately, the Keepers came through the portal as well. {{storylink|Hardwired}} During the battle that ensued against the Keepers in [[Las Vegas]], a pool of pure energon was uncovered beneath the city, which Prime combined with the energon of the Matrix to temporarily imbue himself with incredible power. Simultaneously, the American government launched a nuclear missile at Las Vegas in order to destroy both the Transformers and the Keepers, but the super-charged Prime was able to capture the missile's explosion in a net of Matrix energy, hurling it at the Keepers and blasting them through their portal. {{storylink|Annihilation}}

Following the Keepers' apparent defeat, Megatron called Prime in on a favour he had extracted from him in order to ensure his co-operation when they had been captives of the Keepers: Prime was to hand over the Matrix itself. Prime complied, partially out of honor, and partially due to the fact that he knew Megatron, as a Decepticon, would be unable to use the Matrix's power. Unfortunately, Prime had not reckoned with Megatron's giant soldier, [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]], who was actually a reprogrammed Autobot whose non-Decepticon circuitry could interface with the Matrix to some extent. Omega Sentinel used his new Matrix-powered strength to destroy the White House, but the talisman's effect on his systems was immediately apparent by the fact that no life was lost in the attack. When the Sentinel refused to kill the Keeper-controlled [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and Starscream on Megatron's orders, the Decepticon leader realized that the Matrix was influencing the giant and had him remove it from his body. The Matrix was recovered by the Keepers' agent [[Franklin Townsend]] and brought to the pocket-dimension into which the aliens had been transported, but Optimus Prime pursued Townsend and recovered the Matrix, once again intending to use it to destroy his alien enemies by collapsing the pocket dimension, at the cost of his own life. And once again the portal opened, leaving Prime content to force the Keepers back with the Matrix's light while he himself returned to Earth. However, Prime was unable to shut the portal off, required as he was to devote his attention to using the Matrix to keep the creatures from passing through the gateway. Salvation came in the form of the Omega Sentinel, the Matrix's effect on his systems persisting even after its removal: the giant threw himself and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] into the portal just as Prime shut off the Matrix, collapsing the gate and sealing the Keepers away forever. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Optimus Prime was formerly a simple data archivist until the Matrix chose him to be the new leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

Renegade military artificial intelligence [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] learned about the Matrix whilst downloading information on the history of Cybertron from Soundwave, and ''really'' liked the bit about "bestowing great power". {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} He subsequently captured Optimus Prime and tried to convince him to give up the Matrix peacefully. From Serpent O.R.'s point of view, he was a great and respected leader too, so surely the Matrix would deem him a worthy bearer. In addition, he was sure the ancient relic would provide him with a spark so he could finally understand what life and death really meant. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}
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Unfortunately, Prime disagreed, so Serpent O.R. ended up having to take the Matrix by force. As he had planned, the Matrix did deem him worthy and did give him a soul, all while transforming him into a new form to boot. However, with his newfound wisdom, "Serpentor Prime" quickly saw the error of his ways, and would've committed suicide if it weren't for [[Cobra Commander]] hijacking his body. In order to stop the commander, [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] tried to take the Matrix away from him, and was deemed worthy of it as well. This caused a power feedback that destroyed Serpent O.R., fried Cobra Commander's mind, and imbued Hawk with all the knowledge of the Matrix. While the artifact was unharmed and was returned to Optimus Prime when everything was over, the knowledge that now filled Hawk's mind gave him visions of future conflicts to come. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

In addition to vision, the Matrix also gave Hawk the ability to control machinery with his mind, converse with Transformers telepathically, and force enough information into Transformers to incapacitate them with a single touch. Unfortunately, it also gave him recurring nightmares about an [[Unicron|angry god]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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As the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth lay deactivated among the [[Fera Islands]], the Matrix was discovered by local [[human]]s, and became the sacred relic of a group of monks, who built it into the chest of a statue. Unfortunately, a rumour spread that the glowing blue orb possessed by the monks was an "ultimate weapon", and in 1938, [[Cobra]] massacred the monks and stole the Matrix. When [[Major Bludd]] touched the relic, the Decepticons who laid dormant on the island were reactivated. {{storylink|The Line}}

The Matrix subsequently came into the possession of [[Cobra Commander]], who learned that he could use it to hurt and weaken [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Using this method, he blackmailed the Decepticons into serving him. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} In the end, Cobra Commander was killed, and [[Snake-Eyes]] grabbed the Matrix. By this time, the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] were under attack by the unstoppable [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], so [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] urged Snake-Eyes to smash the Matrix, in hopes that the destruction of the life-giving artifact would take away Bruticus's lifeforce. Snake-Eyes complied and let Bruticus crush the Matrix with his wildly swinging fists, causing a flash of blue light that killed all Transformers present. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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According to religious legend, the core of the Matrix was created from [[Solomus]], the god of wisdom, trapped in the form of a crystal by [[Mortilus]], the god of death. Following the defeat of Mortilus, Solomus managed to transform his crystal prison into the Matrix—a conduit for the energies of [[Primus]], who had himself transformed into the life-giving computer Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} The Matrix was inherited by the Guiding Hand's creations, the first Cybertronians, the [[Knights of Cybertron]], who called it the "Creation Matrix" for its life-giving abilities. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

The history of the Matrix following this is cloudy at best. The cruel supremacist [[Nova Prime]] is believed to have held it at one point, but reference made to him as a "false Prime" {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} and subsequent revelations about the Matrix itself cast this into doubt. Regardless if whether or not what he held was the ''true'' Matrix, Nova did not take it with him on the fateful space voyage that ultimately led him to the [[Dead Universe]].<ref>Author Simon Furman implied in a [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/another-quick-qa/ December 2007 Q&A on his blog] and in the narration of ''[[Spotlight: Galvatron]]'' that in his original plans for this story, Nova ''did'' take the Matrix into the Dead Universe (Optimus Prime is never shown to carry it in Furman's stories), where it would have "become" something. Presumably, it was his intention for it to become the Darkness itself, which would not have been the separate entity it was in the finished story. These plans were cut short and wrapped up when Furman left the series, and subsequent writers established that Optimus had indeed been carrying the Matrix all along.</ref> With his disappearance, it was protected by the [[Primal Vanguard]], carried by its leader [[Delta Magnus]] during a period known as the [[Interregnum]], until a new bearer was chosen. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} [[Nominus Prime]] is the earliest recorded Matrix-bearer after Nova, but whether he was his direct successor or not is unknown.

Most Transformers embraced the religion surrounding the Matrix during the time of Nominus's reign, though with a few exceptions, like police captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], who remained sceptical of its touted divinity. Some Transformers would even "tattoo" an image of the Matrix on their bodies as evidence of their faith, such Orion's co-worker [[Springarm]] {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} and the trainee theoretician [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Nominus's reign was a time of great civil unrest, however; a senator named [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] hoped that a new Matrix-bearer might steer the planet off the path to self-destruction the corrupt [[Senate]] had placed it upon, and so began selecting promising young Cybertronians like [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta]] and Orion Pax, befriending and rebuilding them with Matrix chambers in their chests. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

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In order to take control of the Matrix's life-giving powers, the corrupt forces within the [[Senate]] arranged for an attack upon Nominus Prime, moving him into hiding so they could gain unfettered access to the talisman. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} However, a shocking revelation awaited them when Nominus's chest was opened: the Matrix he carried was a fake. The furious Senate had Nominus killed, establishing a cover story that he had died of a rust infection, and announcing that their security head [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]] was showing signs of Matrix affinity, paving the way for him to become Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} This fake Matrix was then transformed into a bomb as part of a plot to incriminate and round up the burgeoning Decepticon faction, {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}, but a team led by Orion Pax uncovered the scheme, broke into the [[Primal Basilica]] and removed the Matrix-bomb, which Orion then detonated to win a battle with the [[Heavies]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} It was not long after this that tensions exploded in the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]; {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}{{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}} when reflecting back on this time, Kup distilled the reasons behind the outbreak of the conflict down to blaming the Matrix as the root cause. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}

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What follows is a blank spot in the history of the Matrix. Whether the real Matrix was ever held by Nominus or any of his successors—first Sentinel, then Zeta—is currently unknown. It was during the time of Zeta Prime's rule that Orion Pax found the true Matrix hidden away in an ancient vault in the [[Undergrid]] beneath the [[Citadel]], where it had lain untouched for "a very long time". Having been hurled into the Undergrid by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] just after Zeta's death, the damaged Pax was called out to by Matrix, which asked him to take hold of it. Upon doing so, he was linked to the sparks of every single Cybertronian alive and was overcome by the pain, fear and loneliness his people were experiencing. As power of the Matrix repaired his body, he realized that it was not only a symbol of leadership or creation, but a "Matrix of our sparks" in which [['Til all are one|all were one]]. With his newfound clarity and the Matrix in his chest, Orion declared his name to be Optimus Prime and set out to bring freedom to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} Just thereafter, the Matrix guided him to the ruins of [[Nyon]] and allowed him to sense and awaken the dormant lifeforce of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who was in deep slumber below the city. {{storylink|Rise}}

After the Transformers' conflict moved to Earth in the present day, Megatron determined to separate Optimus Prime from the Matrix. He was unaware of what the Matrix was actually capable of, but viewed any unknown element as a potential threat, and rationed that even if he could not use it himself, it would still be safer in his hands than in those of his enemies. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} To this end, Megatron staged a trap for the Autobots with the aid of the traitorous [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], catching them off-guard with his newly-created gestalt Devastator. Defeated, the Autobots were dumped via space bridge in the ruins of Cybertron, but not before Megatron tore the Matrix from Prime's chest himself. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}
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When Megatron was defeated a year later and his forces were routed off of Earth, Starscream took up the role of leader and "inherited" the captive Matrix. Frustrated by his failure to find any "ultimate power" within it after several cycles of study, he decided to throw it away, only to be caught by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] just before blowing it out an airlock. Scrabbling for an explanation as to why he had the Matrix and reminded by the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] of its massive symbolic importance to the Autobots, Starscream claimed he had been "chosen" by the talisman and now wielded its power. He went on to make this declaration before all the Decepticons, boosting morale and rallying them beneath him, but immediately regretted the decision. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}} And rightfully so: with the Matrix hung around his neck on a chain, its subtle influence on his mind over the next three years made the Decepticon air commander subdued and withdrawn, lost in contemplation of its mysteries, lashing out violently at any Decepticons who tried to touch it. This left him open to a brash attack by Hot Rod, who infiltrated the Decepticons' asteroid base in order to recover the Matrix. Hot Rod actually ''shot'' the Matrix to cause a discharge of energy that knocked Starscream out, then attempted to escape with the Matrix in hand, but was confronted by the newly-repaired Megatron. He proceeded to blast both the Matrix and Hot Rod through the base wall, setting them adrift in the void of space. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} Starscream's possession of the "potentially threatening" Matrix had previously made Megatron hesitant to take back leadership of the Decepticons, but with the artifact lost in space, he had nothing to fear and quickly reclaimed his position. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}}
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As they drifted through space together, the Matrix fused itself to Hot Rod's chest, keeping him alive and healing the damage Megatron had done. Eventually, Hot Rod crash-landed on the planet [[LV-118]], where he was taken captive by the [[Ilxian]] "[[Admiral]]", a stranded alien who sought to use the Matrix as a power source for his ship. With help from [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], another Autobot stranded on the planet, Hot Rod was able to seize control of the Admiral's ship, and allowed Wheelie to tap the energy of the Matrix to get them off the planet. {{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}} Knocked unconscious by the process, Hot Rod awoke some time later to find that Wheelie had been able to remove the Matrix from his chest, and had piloted the ship to Cybertron. Knowing that the planet was overrun by the [[Insecticon swarm]], Hot Rod tried to convince Wheelie that they needed to leave right away, but that proved impossible, as the Matrix had ceased providing power to the ship. Things on Cybertron turned out to be better than Hot Rod had thought, though, as they met up with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], who provided a fuel cell for their ship. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}} The entire group returned to Earth, where Hot Rod made his first duty the return of the Matrix to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

Departing for Cybertron aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] with Megatron a captive, Prime removed the Matrix from his chest in order to prove to himself that even without its wisdom, he still had the ability to make rational judgements under his own power. Ratchet watched over the talisman while Prime deliberated on Megatron's fate, and was holding it while he examined the damaged [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], whose ability to walk was suddenly restored by its power. Although Prime ultimately concluded that Megatron's fate should be left for Megatron himself to decide, he did experience one disquieting revelation: Hot Rod revealed that when the Matrix had bonded with him, he had experienced not pain, as Optimus had felt, but unbridled elation. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}
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Upon the Autobots' return to Cybertron, they were faced with the threat of Galvatron, latest carrier of the Heart of Darkness, who combined it with Vector Sigma in order to allow the D-Void to emerge into the universe through Cybertron. To prevent this, Optimus Prime opened the Matrix, which succeeded in stopping the D-Void, but also left the Matrix spent, its crystal core darkened and split in two. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} With unrest growing between the Autobots and the unaligned Transformers in the process of returning to the planet, Prime brought the two halves of the Matrix to [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] for study, and the scientist discovered that the crystal was artificial, designed to [[photonic crystal|split in two]], and contained a map of the stars. [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] believed the map would lead the way to the long-lost Knights of Cybertron, and Rodimus elected to gather a crew and follow the path it charted, much to acting leader [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s consternation. Optimus Prime gave each of them one of the Matrix-halves, before departing Cybertron himself in hopes of ending the civil unrest. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' comic===
[[Image:Henkei11 matrix.jpg|thumb|left|IT BURNS!!]]

When the demented [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Galvatron]] went on a rampage in [[Hoshinochō]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots were forced to abandoned the secrecy with which they had been operating on Earth in order to confront the villain and save the human lives he was threatening. Just as Galvatron targeted the Autobots' human ally [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]], Optimus Prime threw himself into the path of the villain's attack, and was knocked unconscious by the force of the attack. In addition to rendering Prime insensate, however, Galvatron's blow had also shattered his chest, exposing the Matrix of Leadership that was kept within. Responding to Wataru's ability to manipulate [[energon]], the Matrix surged to life, restoring Prime and boosting his strength. The light of the Matrix also revealed an unexpected deception: the Autobots were not merely fighting Galvatron, but [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic|Cyclonus]], possessed by Galvatron's disembodied spark! {{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}} Summoning up the Matrix's energy, Prime struck Cyclonus with one almighty Matrix-powered punch, utterly obliterating his body and causing Galvatron's spark to dissipate. {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[Image:Robotheroes primus and matrix.jpg|right|thumb|By the power of Grayskull! I AM OPTIMUS PRIME!]]
The Matrix is a glowing crystal that gives the Autobots knowledge. It was created by the first Transformer, Primus, who gave it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===''Robots in Disguise''===
====''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[Image:PowerToBurn_prime_matrix.jpg|left|225px|thumb|My chestplate glows for you, Hotrod]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] was chosen by Vector Sigma to be leader of the Autobots and to carry the Matrix. Less a physical object and more an energy that suffused his form, Prime could call on the power of the Matrix in moments of great emotion, at which point his body would glow with its green light. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}
[[Image:TwoFaces magnus matrix.jpg|right|215px|thumb|I set my chestplate from studly to kill. Go nipple blasters!]]
Unfortunately for Prime, his brother [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] was furious at being passed over for the leadership role, and about halfway through Prime's campaign against [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] on Earth, Magnus arrived on the planet with the intent to take the Matrix for himself. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} When he attempted to absorb the energy of the Matrix from Prime's body, however, a bizarre fusion occurred instead, merging the two brothers into [[Omega Prime]] and revealing that the intention had always been for them to ''share'' the energy of the Matrix between them. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}} Magnus later inadvertently used this link to channel the energy of the Matrix into the [[Autobot Brothers]], supercharging them. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}

In the final battle against Megatron—now Galvatron—at the Earth's core, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] channelled all his energy into Omega Prime to give his leader the power boost that he hoped would ensure triumph. The extra energy combined with that of the Matrix and it burst forth, coalescing into the colossal [[Matrix Blade]], which Omega Prime used to claim victory. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{note|In ''Car Robots'', the original Japanese version of ''Robots in Disguise'', Prime does ''not'' possess the Matrix of Leadership, instead carrying an [[Energon Matrix]].}}
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====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[Image:OptimusPrimeRIDprimuschamber.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Oops! Sorry. I had a premature matrix-ejaculation....]]
Teleported into the midst of a battle in another universe, Prime and Magnus found themselves on Cybertron, where the evil [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] was attempting to use his [[Dead Matrix]] to destroy Primus. The brothers took him down, then separated so that Optimus could use his own Matrix to negate the evil energies released by the Dead Matrix. Opening the chamber in his Super Mode chest, he projected a beam of the Matrix's pure light into the Dead Matrix's swirling darkness, eliminating it. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}
{{note|This was the first fictional use of the detail sculpted into the ''Robots in Disguise'' Prime toy's Super Mode chest as the Matrix; the ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon had opted to portray it as a power socket, and treated the Matrix as an energy, as noted above.}}
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===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
{{note|Plot points derived only from the original Japanese versions of the Unicron Trilogy cartoons, lost to the slipshod dubbing that plagued the series, are in italics.}}
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Crisis_Hot_Shot_Matrix.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Optimus said that I could drive this up somewhere....]]
When [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] threatened to destroy the Earth with the [[Hydra Cannon]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], not expecting to survive the battle ahead, tried to pass the Matrix on to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] before entering the conflict. Hot Shot refused, not feeling himself worthy, and Prime subsequently died throwing himself into the path of the Hydra Cannon blast meant for Earth. Prime's body was reduced to ashes, and the Matrix was all that remained, clung onto by his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], floating helplessly until rescued. {{storylink|Crisis}}

[[Image:Miracle sparkplug and matrix.jpg‎|right|thumb|''in your eyes, the light, the heat 
''in your eyes, I am complete]]

Not long thereafter, as the Autobots and Decepticons battled in space on their way back to Cybertron, Sparkplug and [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] presented the Matrix to the large armada of Mini-Cons who had joined the Autobots on their journey. Many Mini-Cons plunged themselves into the Matrix, using their powers to recreate Prime's body and restore him to life. {{storylink|Miracle}}

Some time later, in the midst of the Transformers' battle with Unicron, Optimus Prime was confronted by the evil demi-god with the suggestion that, on some level, he enjoyed the thrill of combat as much as Megatron did, ''and that the only difference between the two leaders was the Matrix in Prime's chest.'' {{storylink|Origin}} Following Unicron's defeat, when Megatron (now Galvatron) challenged Optimus to one final battle, these words led Prime to discard the Matrix, that he might battle Galvatron not as the leader of the Autobots, ''but as an individual, and the equal of his foe''.

[[Image:ArmadaMatrix.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A unicorn designed this. (See the pretty rainbows?)]]

Prime flung the Matrix through Unicron's hide, out into space, where it later drifted by the two combatants as their fight moved to Unicron's surface. Soon, however, it became apparent that Prime and Galvatron's fight was sustaining and re-energizing Unicron, and Galvatron allowed himself to die into order to destroy the chaos-bringer. As the battered Prime hung in space afterwards, the Matrix floated past him. Prime turned to look at it, but, having revelled in his battle with Galvatron and in a way proven Unicron correct, shifted his glance away, pronouncing himself unworthy to carry it.

Prime did not return to his fellow Autobots immediately, as Cybertron was now at peace. Instead, he apparently embarked on some sort of soul-searching space voyage, seeking to find worthiness once again. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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====''Energon'' cartoon====
[[Image:MysteriousMercenary matrix generates blaster.jpg‎|right|thumb]]
Prime returned to reclaim the Matrix and leadership of the Autobots at some point over the next ten years. ''Despite the talisman being back in his hands once more, its power was employed but once during the war for [[energon]] of 2020, when Prime was badly injured by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] during a battle on Earth's Moon and fell unconscious. When Prime was infused with a massive jolt of Energon in an attempt by the [[Omnicon]] [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] to revive him, the interaction of the element with the Matrix brought forth the [[Energon Blaster]], which coalesced out of a sphere of light that burst out of Prime's chest. Prime considered the weapon a gift from the previous commanders within the Matrix and fended off the Decepticons with it, then proceeded to never use or even mention it again.'' {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}}
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====''Cybertron'' cartoon====

[[Image:Cybertron matrix of leadership.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Good grief, Prime! There are KIDS present!]]

A further ten years later, during the quest to stop the [[Unicron Singularity]] in 2030, Optimus Prime used the Matrix of Leadership in concert with [[Vector Prime]]'s [[Rhisling|sword]] to open dimension gates to the various colony worlds that held the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. It was only through the stabilizing powers of both objects that safe transit through the gates was made possible. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} The Matrix influenced Optimus Prime's [[Cyber Key]], giving it a unique shape that mimicked the Matrix's own as opposed to the standard design shared by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Savage}}

[[Image:Unfinished matrix glow prime.jpg‎|right|thumb|225px]]

After the Autobots had obtained the Cyber Planet Keys from [[Velocitron]], [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] and Earth and placed them in the [[Omega Lock]] on Cybertron, Optimus Prime substituted the energy of the Matrix for the still-missing fourth key. This proved enough to initiate Cybertron's transformation into the body of Primus, but without the key from [[Gigantion]], the god's power remained at an ebb, unable to close the black hole. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Before departing for Gigantion to obtain the final key, the Autobots were able to develop a method that allowed Primus to use the energy of the three keys and the Matrix to at least halt the singularity's growth, giving them the time the needed to complete their mission. {{storylink|Titans}} In order for the Autobots to safely traverse the tunnel in space-time that led to Gigantion, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] created a "vaccine" program based on the stabilizing properties of the Matrix and Vector Prime's sword. {{storylink|Family}}

The Matrix would often glow with energy when Prime poised himself to unleash powerful combat moves; during his final battle with Galvatron, the golden glow of the Matrix surrounded Prime's entire body. {{storylink|Unfinished}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
Vector Prime claimed to have held the Matrix in Cybertron's past, during its [[Golden Age|golden age]]. He led for many years until he received a higher calling to become the protector of space and time. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
[[Image:GFmanga_matrix.jpg|left|thumb|RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!]]
With the Earth besieged by the [[Ancient Decepticon]]s under the command of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], and the treacherous air commander himself transformed into a skyscraper-sized giant by the power of Primus, things were looking grim for the Autobots. Taking a direct hit from the giant Starscream, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s chest was smashed open, exposing the Matrix within. Reviving after only a few moments of unconsciousness to find that [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] had arrived on the planet with news that Primus had reawakened, Prime doubted how important he was to the battle if their god was now restored. Wing Saber pointed to his open chest, telling him that the Matrix within him signified him as the true leader of the Autobots, and Prime, his resolve restored, plucked the talisman from within himself and called upon its power to initiate his and Wing Saber's combination into Sonic Wing Mode for the first time. {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}
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===Live-action ''Transformers'' film series===
[[Image:Tf2009 mol.jpg|thumb|250px|Now...how do you open this thing, dammit?]]
Created by the [[Dynasty of Primes]], the '''Matrix of Leadership''' is required to operate the [[Star Harvester]]. It can only be properly utilized by one who shares the lineage of the Primes.

====Sector Seven ARG====
The Matrix was mentioned in passing.{{fact}} {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven}}

====Titan Magazines====
According to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] carries the Matrix of Leadership. Not quite yet, he doesn't, Screamer! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Star Screams #2}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
[[Image:ROTF Matrix crumbles.jpg|thumb|left|250px|And Unicron breathed a sigh of relief.]]
The [[Dynasty of Primes#Revenge of the Fallen movie|Seven Primes]] had agreed never to use a [[Star Harvester]] on a [[Sun]] that fed intelligent life. But in 17,000 BC, [[the Fallen]] chose to activate it on [[Earth]], for he hated [[human]]s, so the other Primes fought him and stole the Matrix. They sealed it away in a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] made of their own bodies in a secret location. In 2009 AD, following the death of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the last Prime, the Fallen had returned to Earth and was seeking the Matrix to finish what he'd started.

[[Image:TheFallen-ROTFMatrix.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hot Rod's gonna have trouble gettin' his fingers in this one.]]
[[Sam Witwicky]], having deciphered the only clue to the tomb's location, found the Matrix in [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]], but it crumbled to dust. He stuffed its remains into a sock and took it to the [[Pyramid]]s of [[Egypt]], where he still hoped it could resurrect Optimus, who was being protected by the human-Autobot alliance [[NEST]]. The Fallen's pupil, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], shot and killed Sam, but the [[spark]]s of the Primes came and revived him. They also revealed the Matrix could not be found but only earned, and they restored its shape. Sam then used the Matrix to resurrect Optimus by shoving its sharp end into his chest. Almost immediately afterward, the Fallen teleported in and stole the Matrix, then used it to activate the harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{Note|The [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] reveals the Matrix was created by the AllSpark to help the Primes in their search for energon. After Sam Witwicky conversed with the Dynasty of Primes in the afterlife, the intent was that the power and knowledge of the AllSpark moved from his mind into the remains of the Matrix, reconstituting it; ''this'', then, was why it was able to bring Prime back to life. In turn, this essentially transforms this universe's version of the Matrix (initially entirely distinct from the other depictions of the object seen in this article) into the same life-giving, knowledge-holding object from other Transformers fiction. Additionally, Prime was to recover the Matrix from the sun harvester and carry it within himself in traditional Matrix fashion. While none of these events were seen to play out explicitly on-screen, the Matrix's continued presence in ''Dark of the Moon'', within Prime's body, and the reverence it receives suggests that these events still "happened" within the continuity of the films, even if they didn't explicitly talk about them.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
[[Image:DOTM-SentinelOptimusMatrix.jpg|left|300px|thumb]]
After the dormant body of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was retrieved from the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], the Autobots' former leader was brought to [[NEST]] headquarters on Earth. Optimus Prime removed the Matrix of Leadership from his chest (which he was able to manipulate as it hovered through the air) and inserted it into Sentinel Prime's chest, similarly to how Sam Witwicky used it to resurrect Optimus three years prior.

Optimus later offered it to Sentinel, as he felt that Sentinel was the rightful leader of the Autobots. Sentinel refused it, citing that he was the wiser on their own homeworld, but on this strange new planet, Optimus was the more experienced.

Megatron later explained to Starscream that he wanted Prime to use the Matrix on Sentinel as he was vital to Megatrons plan for invasion. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Tfanimated_matrix.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
Following [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]'s successful reconstruction of a substantial portion of the shattered [[AllSpark#Animated|AllSpark]], [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] used the [[Magnus Hammer]] to forge a new containment vessel for the crystal sphere. He termed the resultant holder the "[[AllSpark Matrix]]", and wore it on a chain around his neck upon the Autobots' return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
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===''Exodus'' novel===
[[Image:TransformersVault-Prima.jpg|left|thumb|Prime lucked out. Feel bad for the guy who has to carry that blade around in his chest.]]
Originally the jewel in the hilt of Prima's [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] sword in the distant past of Cybertron, the Matrix had been missing for billions of cycles by the time data clerk [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] met the charismatic gladiator named [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. Unbeknownst to Orion, Megatron plotted revolution, and, desiring the Matrix's power to fuel his ambition, had [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] send [[Rumble (Prime)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (Prime)|Frenzy]] to search for the Matrix in [[Crystal City]] to no avail.

Later, when the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] appointed Orion as Cybertron's leader, Optimus Prime, they ordered him to find the Matrix, and Megatron's true motives stood revealed as he also declared it would be his. War erupted across Cybertron and raged for millions of years, until, during the conflict's dying days, Optimus purged Cybertron's [[core]] of a [[Dark Energon]] infection that Megatron had wrought upon it. Speaking directly into Prime's mind, the core explained that Prime's predecessor, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] had been unworthy of the Matrix, but as long as he had survived in [[Kaon]]'s prisons, Optimus was technically not [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and could not receive it. With Sentinel's death and the core's purification, however, the time had at last come: the Matrix emerged from the core, and Optimus accepted it into his body. Subsequently, the Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', but Optimus knew that the Matrix would guide them home one day, where it would act in concert with the core to fully restore their ravaged homeworld. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:OneShallRise3-unleash.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Care Bear Stare!]]
During the Great War, the core of Cybertron, which contained the Spark of the Transformers' creator Primus, became poisoned with [[Dark Energon]]. Orion Pax journeyed there hoping to cure the god, but instead was given the Matrix of Leadership by Primus himself, becoming [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus]], the last of the Primes. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

When the Autobots discovered that Unicron's spark dwelt at the center of the Earth, Optimus Prime gambled that the Matrix held the power to destroy the dark god. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} Led to the core of the planet by [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]], Prime emptied the full power of the Matrix into Unicron's spark. [[Image:OrionPax3 Matrix of Leadership.jpg|thumb|left|275px]] The chaos-bringer responded by possessing Megatron in an attempt to stop him, but the Matrix generated a shield to protect Prime so that the mission could be completed, and Unicron was successfully returned to stasis. Unfortunately, in draining the Matrix of it's energy, Optimus lost not merely the wisdom of the Primes, but all of his own memories since becoming a Prime.{{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} Fortunately, Optimus had left a solution to this problem in the hands of the Autobot's human ally [[Jack Darby]]: the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], which would allow the Matrix to be refilled, and Optimus's memory restored, via the mega-computer Vector Sigma on Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Jack and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] travelled to Cybertron to load the key, then returned to Earth in the midst of a battle between Orion and Megatron. Though the archivist was hesitant at first, Jack convinced him that he was in fact worthy and used the key to restore the Matrix's power and Optimus's memories. {{Storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[Image:TFPS2_matrix.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
The quest for the [[Zel Quartz]], a powerful crystal upon which the fate of the future hinged, led groups of Autobots and Decepticons from both the present day and time-travellers from the near-future to converge on the planet Zel Samine, culminating in a two-way showdown between Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime and Megatron and Galvatron in the complex housing the planetary power generator [[ELTA]]. When the battle threatened to cause the computer to overload, it appeared that all four Transformers were doomed, until the twin Primes opened both their Matrices, using their power to bring the computer under control and win the day. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Battle Universe''===
[[Image:Netjetmatrix.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
The Matrix would appear following the successful defeat of an opponent. Picking it up would initiate the next round of combat, accompanied by a burst of music from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFC Matrix of Leadership.jpg|left|thumb|200px|How are you supposed to hold it up and release its cleansing flame if the handles aren't even attached to the sphere?]]
Though [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots helped purge the [[Core|Core of Cybertron]] of the [[Dark Energon]] infection, its spark had been corrupted and had to shut itself down completely if it was to survive. For the millions of years that this process would take, Cybertron would be left cold and barren, meaning the Transformers would be forced to take to the stars. However, the Core bestowed a portion of its spark within the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime, leader of the free Autobots. For as long as the Matrix survived, Cybertron's spark would remain. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Matrix of Leadership/toys}}

==Notes==
[[Image:G1toon matrix strings.jpg|right|thumb|Strings connect the Matrix's core to its holder in the Generation 1 cartoon.]]
*Bob Budiansky's original pitch for the Transformers comic book included an event known as the "[[Ceremony of the Unending Circuit]]", held by the Autobots every ten millennia to commemorate the passing of the Creation Matrix from one Autobot leader to the next, according to Autobot Law. Although the "ten millennia" bit made it into the comic, the ceremony itself was never realized.
*When asked about the visual design of the Matrix in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, "The inspiration for the Matrix of Leadership is a thermonuclear bomb."<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref> "Light our darkest hour", indeed.
*Blink and you'll miss it—the crystal core of the original Generation 1 cartoon incarnation of the Matrix is connected to the two halves of its holder by a string! This oddity of design is visible during the two instances the Matrix is opened in the cartoon, in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".
* The body-mod shop "[[Swindle, Swindle & Swindle]]" has empty Generation 1 Matrix containers for sale, as seen in an illustration from the prose story "[[I, Lowtech]]".
*The Matrix of Leadership [[:Image:The Arrival 4 Lockdown's cabinet.jpg|makes a cameo]] as one of ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s possessions in "[[The Arrival issue 4|A Few Loose Strands]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Matrix''' (マトリクス ''Matorikusu''), '''Leader no Matrix''' (''Revenge'', リーダーのマトリクス, "Matrix of Leader")
*''English:'' '''Power Pack''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''German:'' '''Hauptprogramm''' ("Core Program", used once in fiction), '''Matrix der Führerschaft''' ("Matrix of Leadership")
*''Polish:'' '''Matryca Przywództwa''', '''Matryca Przywódcy''' (''War for Cybertron'' PC, "Matrix of Leadership", "Matrix of the Leader")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Matriz da Liderança'''
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==Footnotes==
[[Image:DiamondStickerbookMatrixOfLight.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Not shown: Anything in the caption.]]
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Jazz (G1)

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

[[Image:jazz-g1-shout-dvds.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He's either about to bust a move or bust your face.]]
'''Jazz''' is [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Second-in-command|right-hand man]]. Unlike [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], Prime's military strategist, Jazz responds well to change and improvisation. Whatever surprises the Decepticons spring, Jazz can deal with it. His position as [[Special Operations]] head calls for all the skills he possesses, yet he still has time to add some style to everything he does. Jazz's upbeat and outgoing personality make him one of the most popular Autobots among the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew.

An admirer of [[Earth]] music of every kind, Jazz loves culture. More than most other Autobots, he has his finger on the pulse of Earth trends and lingo, effortlessly incorporating human slang into his vocabulary. Chances are, Jazz could tell you the status of almost any reality television show and each week's Top 40 list.

He is also known as '''Meister'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Jazzg1marvelfirst.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Hey, man, this is not my scene!]]
''Before Optimus became leader, Jazz was part of the self-styled [[Magnificent Six]], a team of Autobot warriors who were tortured and humiliated by the sadistic [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]].'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

Jazz was one of the Autobots aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] who crashed on [[Earth]] four million years ago, waking up in 1984. Jazz showed an affinity with [[human]] pop culture almost immediately, responding to [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s non sequitur assertion that his "logic center dictates the most advantageous course of action in any situation" with "Well, that is neat-o, Prowl." {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:LastStand-Jazzneverfear.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Jazz loves Earth... FRIED!]]

Jazz's first foray into action came when the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] attacked him and his fellow Autobots at [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|Witwicky Auto Repairs]], resulting in the kidnapping of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Later, when Sparkplug was rescued and it was learned that the auto repairman had devised a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable resource, the Autobots were enraged. Jazz shot a stream of fire to prevent Sparkplug's escape, causing the human to suffer a heart attack. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

It was discovered that after the Autobots crash-landed on Earth, a rescue ship was sent after them which was buried somewhere in [[United Kingdom|England]]. The [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]], one of its crew, had awakened a number of times in England's history and had become a local legend. Jazz, along with [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], was dispatched to England under [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s supervision. Jazz befriended (and kidnapped) a young boy, [[Sammy Harker]], whose dad worked at the castle where the Autobot rescue ship had been partially unearthed. After questioning the boy, it became apparent that the rescue ship had to be destroyed. At the climax of a battle with the Decepticons over the buried ship, Jazz fired his weaponry down into it, and it was pulverized. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}}

[[Image:ManofIron-CodeAdam.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Code Adam! CODE ADAM!]]

''Jazz and a handful of other Autobots were beginning repairs on their crashed spaceship when an electrical accident altered [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]'s personality in a very bad way. Brawn became violent and paranoid, and Jazz was unable to keep the tiny but mighty Autobot restrained. At the end of Brawn's subsequent adventure, Jazz was relieved to see that he had survived and was back to his old self.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}

''At some point, the Autobots met the Decepticons in battle at [[Sherman Dam]]. When the dam's structural integrity was compromised, Optimus Prime ordered Jazz and some others to get the neighboring humans to safety before imminent flooding destroyed the area. Jazz and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] raced each other as they carried some younger humans away from the nearby town.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}}

After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], upon his sudden return from being snared in a tar pit for the past 4 million years, destroyed the Autobots with one blast, the Decepticons moved into the Ark, and Jazz's lifeless body was hung with the other Autobots' from the ceiling. {{storylink|The New Order}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], the only surviving Autobot, heard of the fate of his peers and snuck into the Ark to investigate. Sadly, Jazz and the others were still being kept in this sad state. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}

[[Image:DisintegratedCircuits-JazzBlackrock.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Seriously, Jazz, you've really got to stop kidnapping every single person you need to talk to.]]

After Ratchet reclaimed the Ark from the Decepticons, Jazz and the other Autobots were rebuilt and repaired. Ratchet briefly worried about Jazz during a diagnostics run when the Autobot didn't transform like the others. Jazz explained that he stayed transformed because he was listening to a [[Madonna]] song, and it would be rude to interrupt it. After the Autobots returned home, it was Jazz who had a solution to their fuel problems: telling [[G.B. Blackrock]] that with the Decepticons around, owning an oil industry was ''dangerous'' work, and it'd be a ''shame'' if something happened, when for just a bit of fuel, the Autobots could ensure he had "protection". Jazz was given authorization to present Blackrock with this deal, which he did after kidnapping the poor industrialist and driving off a cliff. Despite this rocky beginning, Blackrock knew a good deal when he saw one, and he agreed.

Soon after, Jazz and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] hid behind the stage in their [[alternate mode]]s while Blackrock unveiled his [[Anti-Robot Photonic Multi-Cannon]] to the press. Unfortunately, not only was the cannon sabotaged by the demented and powerful human villain [[Circuit Breaker]], but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were there as well to destroy it. The violent efforts of both Circuit Breaker and Starscream put Jazz out of the fight. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

Blackrock was invited to tour the Ark and was disconcerted by the sight of the Jazz's arm being repaired and reattached while he was still conscious. Jazz assured him this was normal. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Meanwhile, the head of Optimus Prime had been held captive by the Decepticons all this time, but surveillance by Prowl revealed that the Decepticons were planning to ditch the head in a swamp. Prowl led Jazz and the other Autobots to that swamp to retrieve it, but there was a slight problem: When they returned the head to Prime's body, they quickly learned that this was an impostor head controlled by Shockwave. Jazz and the other Autobots were torn down by both the impostor Optimus Prime and a group of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Their lives were spared at the end of this battle once Prime's real head was retrieved. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:G1 Jazz ChristmasBreaker.jpg|left|150px|thumb|She's not a material girl.]]

''Jazz later was [[Christmas]] shopping with [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] when he was again attacked by Circuit Breaker. However, Buster's pleas (and the spirit of Christmas) prevented her from killing him.'' {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}} ''After this, Jazz took the side against building Autobot [[Ultimate Autobot|super-warriors]] in a heated debate ''{{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''and was part of the team retrieving [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] in the Dinobot Hunt.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

Sans a leg, Jazz was seen once again in Ratchet's repair bay with several others. Because of these drastic losses to the Autobot ranks, Optimus Prime began building additional warriors. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

''Later, Jazz took part in a mission in England to find a power source that reversed Transformers' personalities. Jazz eventually ended up destroying the core of [[Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence|PARD]] during a battle with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].'' {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

''Jazz spent three weeks in a shipping container in order to get to Skagway, [[Alaska]] unnoticed by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] then became stuck while scouting the local base, and Jazz suffered brain damage while coming to his aid. Hoist was forced to drag the uncooperative, bewildered Jazz through hostile territory to safety. The damage was repairable.'' {{storylink|The Mission}}

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] time-jumped to 1986, Jazz was sent to scout out Decepticon territory and was captured. He was then [[Variable voltage harness|tortured]] and used as bait to draw the Autobots into an ambush and was told of Galvatron's origin before his brain was operated on to turn him into a murderous [[zombie]]-soldier. He was used against his fellow Autobots and needed severe repairs afterward.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[Image:DarkStar-Jazz.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Shot in the crotch, and lore's to blame!]]

Jazz was among the dozens of Autobots who gathered on the Moon to watch Blaster and Grimlock battle for Autobot leadership, and subsequently came under Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream attacked [[New York City]], Jazz was part of the team sent to ambush him. Although most of the team was easily defeated, Jazz managed to hit him with a photon blast from behind, and while Starscream retaliated with a fatal blow, Jazz's attack was still enough to throw him off the Brooklyn Bridge and into the jaws of the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[Image:Autobotclassicpretenders-us58.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Jazz likes humans so much, he wears one as his skin.]]

Later, exhausted from the workload of fixing all the Autobots Starscream damaged, Ratchet began having nightmares of being attacked by his deactivated comrades. The Decepticon [[Sports Car Patrol]] took advantage of this mental breakdown and took control of Jazz and others' circuits to [[Zombie|"zombify"]] them and torment him. When this failed, the [[Sports Car Patrol]] passed themselves off as Autobots and convinced Ratchet to come with them to Cybertron to get medical supplies. Ratchet took Jazz, along with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], with him, only to find [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] waiting for him! {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} While Ratchet was forced by Megatron to revive Starscream using [[Pretender]] technology, he had an idea of what to do with three discarded Pretender shells... {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} which turned out to be repairing Jazz, Grimlock and <s>Goldbug</s> Bumblebee! {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}

While the others dealt with Megatron, Jazz had more than his hands full fighting off the Sports Car Patrol, who were definitely tougher than they appeared. Finding out from Ratchet that he could remotely control his shell, Jazz managed to turn the tide against his smaller opponents, but Megatron realized two heads weren't necessarily better than one when he bashed Jazz's head against his shell's and tossed them out of [[Megatron's base|his base]], where Jazz was safe from the explosives Ratchet teleported back from the Ark. {{storylink|Skin Deep}} After the explosion, Jazz searched the detritus for their bodies, but with no success. Ratchet and Megatron were assumed to have been atomized. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

Along with Bumblebee and Grimlock, he remained on Cybertron for a while, ''and would be sent to investigate a brutal group-killing'' {{storylink|Demons!}} ''that saw him and several Decepticons battle the ferocious [[Demon]]s.'' {{storylink|Dawn of Darkness}}

[[Image:PrimalScream Jazz fights Bludgeon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|We knew Jazz was badass, but ''damn''.]]

The [[Classic Pretender|Classics]] emboldened the Autobot resistance, leading eight successful raids on [[Decepticon fuel store|Decepticon fuel]] and ammunition depots before getting reassigned to Earth. However, the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] attacked the [[Autobase]] and accelerated the dimensional interface, sending Jazz, Bumblebee, Grimlock and the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] to the heart of Cybertron and face to face with their creator, [[Primus]]! {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} Despite the objections of Grimlock, Jazz and the others prostrated themselves before their creator and listened to the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]'s story of how Cybertron came to be. Interrupted by an assault from the Mayhem Attack Squad, Jazz quickly traded blows with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] but was overmatched. Thankfully, he was rescued by Bumblebee before Bludgeon could deliver the killing blow. After recovering, he cleverly introduced [[Stranglehold]] to a very hard wall. Unfortunately, a stray shot from [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] awakened Primus, just as the dimensional interface was repaired. Emirate [[Xaaron]] ordered Jazz and company sent to Earth. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

Along with his Pretender mates, Jazz was part of the team sent to [[VsQs]] to retrieve the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] during the [[Matrix Quest]]. Unfortunately, all they found on VsQs was a creepy, abandoned science station with a closet full of dead scientists. Despite being "scared oil-less," Jazz implored his team to not give up on finding the Matrix, as the fate of their race hung in the balance. They weren't the only mechs looking for the Matrix, however, and Jazz and the others soon found themselves surrounded by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and his Decepticons. Thunderwing proved too powerful even for all three Autobots put together, but thankfully(?), the battle was interrupted by the [[Matrixspawn]], the frightening creature responsible for the death of the science team. The three Autobots escaped, and when Jazz fell through the floor, the Autobots luckily found the Matrix hidden under there, presumably where the Matrixspawn had stashed it. The fuel-challenged Autobots grabbed the Matrix and ran for it. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

It was not Jazz and the others who returned to the Ark with the Matrix, however. It was Thunderwing, who had managed to best the Matrixspawn, defeat the weary Autobots, and secure the Matrix for himself. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} After Thunderwing and the Matrix were defeated and shot into space, Optimus Prime sent the [[Powermaster]]s back to VsQs to retrieve Jazz and the others. Jazz and Bumblebee were worse off than Grimlock by then, and had to be carried away on hoverbeds. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

Eventually, Jazz fought in the battle against Unicron and was briefly rear-ended on his [[sky-sled]] by a speeding [[Siren]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

[[Image:Furmanismsrod.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Jazz is a [[Furmanism]] machine!]]

In an alternate future of 2009, Jazz was one of the last seven Autobots left alive in the universe. After the destruction of Cybertron and the death of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[North America]] was left completely under the control of [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons. With the rest of the world united as a [[European Crisis Coalition]], Jazz and the human leader, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], were left with a 24-hour deadline to show the world America was still fighting. If they didn't, the remaining human governments were going to unleash nuclear armageddon in a last-ditch effort to eliminate the Decepticons. With little time to spare, the few Autobots left staged an assault on the Decepticon powerbase. [[Getaway]], [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]] and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] made a suicidal play to keep the most powerful Decepticons, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], occupied, while [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] sacrificed his life to let Jazz and the others in through the base's force field. Forced to fight Galvatron himself single-handedly, Jazz held out long enough for Spike to scale the base's tower and unfurl an American flag, showing the world outside that there was still fight left in the U.S. of A. As if to punctuate that point further, the heralds of Unicron known as [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]] suddenly arrived from cross- and down-time, disabling Galvatron in moments and then vanishing with him in a flash of light. Shocked by his sudden good fortune, Jazz led his two remaining comrades, Prowl and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], in a renewed effort to save the human race. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:Jazz life in the slow lane.jpg|left|thumb|Earthforce Jazz likes to wear his pants high.]]
''When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] took the Ark out into space and named [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] as Autobot Commander of Earth, Jazz chose to remain on Earth under his Dino-buddy's leadership as part of [[Earthforce]].'' {{storylink|Break-Away!}} ''His first mission was to recover the poison gas [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had planned to seed in Earth's atmosphere by [[Global warming satellite|rocket]]. He and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] raced to the site where [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had forced the rocket to crash, hoping to beat the two Decepticon factions to it before they could recover the poison. They failed, as both the [[Battlecharger]]s and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] got there ahead of them. Jazz was ready to risk fighting through the 'Cons, but Prowl showed up and pulled him aside. It seemed Prowl had already had plenty of time to render the rocket harmless, and now the Decepticons were fighting over a useless contraption!'' {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}

[[Image:BadGuysBall-Jazzparty.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's party time! It's party time! Hey, everybody, it's party time!]]

''On another occasion, Jazz joined Sunstreaker, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in infiltrating the Decepticon [[Enclave]]. They arranged a fake assassination attempt against Megatron and framed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s men for it. The feuding that followed carried the Decepticons out of the cave where they were holding their detente, and so Jazz and the others took the opportunity to listen to their music and eat their munchies. Partee!'' {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} ''Later, he also joined Earthforce and the [[Survivors]] in bringing down the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. He scored an impressive hit against [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], paying him back for [[The Primal Scream|past indignities]] that probably did not or would not happen in this timeline.'' {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

''When [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] unveiled his new defense system for the Autobot Earthbase, he forgot to keep track of the little details, like how it wasn't a good idea to bring everyone outside for a demonstration when the defense grid could only be turned off from ''inside the base.'' As Prowl ran the gauntlet to reach the shutdown control center, Jazz and Bumblebee ran interference for him, drawing the fire from some of the defensive cannons to clear his path.'' {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} ''Soon after, Jazz helped repel a Decepticon attack on the Earthbase, while their defenses were still down from the earlier incident.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

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''As time passed, one Decepticon named [[Octane]] began making even more trouble among the humans than his fellow soldiers. A bully by nature, Octane enjoyed "playing" with humans, scaring them on the highways before ultimately driving them off the roads. Fed up with the Decepticon's antics, Jazz posed as a human vehicle and presented himself as bait. By eluding Octane's attempts to run him down, Jazz enraged the Decepticon to the point where he chased his "prey" without paying attention to where they were going, and so Octane ended up stranded in the middle of a military testing ground, chock-full of inflammable fuel and running the risk of exploding at any second. As Jazz watched from a nearby hilltop, the icing on the cake came when Octane radioed his fellow [[Triple Changer|Triple Changers]] for help, and instead they abandoned him after hearing how he got himself into the mess.'' {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

''After training in the Combat Room with Ironhide, Jazz was called into action when the Stunticons kidnapped the Autobots' reporter friend, [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]], and he joined his fellow cars in chasing down [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]. Jazz managed to get close enough to transform and shoot out the Stunticon leader's rear tires, but this gave [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] a chance to ram Jazz's legs out from under him as well. Still, Bumblebee and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] managed to catch up to the slowed Motormaster and recover Spoon.'' {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

''Jazz, along with [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] and the remaining [[Magnificent Six]], was sent in 1990 to recover any traces of the Underbase in [[Yuss]], where they'd run afoul of [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]]. They re-encountered their old enemy and were tortured by their memories, and it was up to Silverbolt to convince them to fight on. Jazz helped beat Megadeath to death, exorcising his demons.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[Image:Jazz primes rib.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
''Jazz was present in 1995 at the California football stadium where Optimus Prime unveiled [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to a [[Feminist mob|group of human feminists]] as the "first female Autobot". Observing Prime's misguided efforts to placate the interest group, Jazz tried to explain to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] the difference between human men and women, but only ended up offending one of the women while describing her "upper chassis".'' {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

''In 2007, after the defeat of [[Unicron]], the Autobots were trying hard to defend their territory from Shockwave's Decepticons. Jazz was seen working with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], ambushing a [[Airborne hunter squad|team of Decepticon flyers]] when they made an assassination attempt on Rodimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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The Autobot [[Classic Pretender]]s were part of [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]'s squad of Pretenders who helped to rescue an oil tanker captured by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime ordered that Jazz, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] be given the power and abilities of Pretenders and sent to defeat the Decepticons. They arrived outside the Decepticon base, but were attacked by Pretender Starscream! Jazz didn't do too well, and needed his electronic self-preservation system in his shell to reactivate him. He then battled Dreadwind and Darkwing inside the Decepticon base, leaving Bumblebee to take on Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Before the Autobots broke off into micro-units after [[Klo]], they had another encounter with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons on a long abandoned world. Jazz was part of that unit alongside Prime and the others. He separated from the rest of the Autobots for a time but, when Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Jazz. He was first seen as part of the rescue squad Grimlock assembled to pull Prime out of Decepticon clutches on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Jazz remained involved, if peripherally, in the conflicts with the Cybertronians on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and Earth over the coming days. {{storylink|Total War!}} When Autobots and Decepticons alike joined forces to defend against the coming [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], Jazz worked with [[Rotor Force]] member [[Powerdive]] to assemble the shield generators that would protect their position. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
When Bludgeon began his assault on Earth, Optimus Prime was summoned back to the planet by Grimlock and brought Jazz, [[Skram (G2)|Skram]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] with him. While Prime confronted Bludgeon directly, Jazz and his operatives engaged another detachment of Decepticons. Despite their small numbers, Jazz's team defeated their more plentiful opponents thanks to the fact that the 'Cons were operating on reduced power levels. Too much prolonged death and destruction takes its toll. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}} They then joined up with Optimus and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to drive off the returning Megatron as well. {{storylink|War Zone}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
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===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
Jazz liked [[human]]s and their culture so much, the other Autobots suspected he'd probably stay on Earth when the time came to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} He was part of a mission to [[South America]] to look for energy sources. While they were examining [[Mount Sheelah]], Jazz spotted the Decepticons incoming, giving the Autobots time to defend their position. Thanks to their human friends, they avoided being caught in the volcano's eruption. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} When the Decepticons started kidnapping humans as slaves, Jazz despaired at how they would deal with the problem. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

The Decepticon conquest of [[Stanley Lake]] dam did not go unnoticed by the Autobots. When they encountered the dam's [[senior engineer]] by the lake, Jazz accompanied him back into the control room after the Autobots lured the Decepticons out, and they flooded the valley below the dam, washing away the Decepticons. When [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] tried to corner them, Jazz used his [[sound and light show]] to dazzle the Decepticon until the other Autobots got back. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to defect, Jazz thought the Decepticon wasn't his style at all. The defection was a trick, but the Autobots were too wily to fall for it and while they had Starscream send the other Decepticons on a wild goose chase, Jazz and the others leveled the Decepticon fortress. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
[[Image:Jazz day of the decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"What, these G1 faction symbols? Ignore 'em. G2 all the way, baby!"]]
Jazz served as Optimus Prime's second-in-command on Cybertron. He was instrumental in the defence of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and saved his leader's life after a surprise attack rendered Prime non-functional. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Jazz's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

Jazz, along with the rest of the Ark crew, crash-landed on Earth and awoke millions of years later to find that the war continued there. As part of a plan devised by Optimus Prime's new second-in-command Prowl, Jazz and the other Autobots were stationed at [[Table Mountain]] in [[Africa]] to defend a newly discovered spaceship with the power to return them to Cybertron. When the Decepticons arrived to take the ship by force, Jazz was easily swatted aside by Megatron, and the Autobots retreated to let the victors claim their prize. The doors of the ship slammed shut, and it began to hurtle uncontrollably away from the planet, leaving the Decepticons to realise they had walked into a trap and leaving Jazz back on Earth to ponder: If they'd conned the Decepticons, did that make them ''Deceptibots''? {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

Jazz was on duty at the Ark when one of its automatic sensors picked up a Transformer power emission emanating from [[Brazil]], and he, Optimus Prime and [[Fizzle|Blaze]] drove there to investigate. Upon arrival in Brazil, Jazz was immediately knocked offline by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and played no further part in the proceedings. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[Image:Agenda3-AutobotsonArkattack.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's fallen and he's not getting up.]]
Four million years ago, Jazz, Ratchet, Optimus Prime, Prowl, and Ironhide were on the bridge of the Ark when it was suddenly attacked by the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. It crashed in a dormant volcano for untold years until it was disturbed by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], who had traveled from the far future. Jazz's body was sprawled across a section of the navigation controls. Frozen in [[stasis lock]] as he was, Jazz was unable to stop the Predacon from assassinating the equally comatose Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} This act would have rewritten history from that moment forward, but the ensuing time storm was stopped by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and some time-traveling [[Maximal]]s. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
8.2 million years ago, Jazz and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] met [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in the remains of [[Praxus]]'s [[Helix Gardens]] to discuss the worthiness of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] to lead the Autobots. Jazz later attended the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-transfer ceremony at the [[Chamber of the Ancients]]. He attempted to save Optronix—now Optimus Prime—when Prime was attacked by [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], but was restrained by Grimlock. When Prime defeated the assassins, Jazz was convinced of his worth. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

[[Image:Jazz war within.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Exits to the sides and rear, dig?"]]
Soon afterward, Jazz questioned Prowl's decision to allow Prime to explore the depths of the planet alone, but was prevented from pressing the issue any further when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with an army of Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Jazz helped direct the battle from the [[Decagon]], but the defenders were soon overwhelmed. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Jazz was forced to begin evacuating important artifacts and hardware from the city, but was unable to finish before the Decepticons overran the Decagon. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} He and a handful of Autobots made a desperate last stand, {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} but were saved from extinction when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] activated the planetary engines, devastating the city and forcing Shockwave's army to retreat. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

7.4 million years ago, Jazz witnessed the [[space bridge]] explosion that seemingly killed Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. After the subsequent fragmentation of the Autobot faction, Jazz remained with the Prowl-led Autobots, though he longed for the days when the Autobots were a united force. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} He accompanied a group of Autobots to investigate a [[Trypticon (G1)|new mobile battle base]] at the [[Praetorus Wharf]], only to learn that the base was fully operational. {{storylink|Devastation}} Despite the arrival of reinforcements, the titan was too much for Jazz and his cohorts; only when Shockwave recalled Trypticon to the [[Neutral Territories]] were they saved from certain doom. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

Battered, Jazz and the others limped back to Iacon, only to be forced to repel an attack on [[Autobase]] by [[The Fallen]]. Although Jazz, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] fought valiantly, the mysterious entity defeated them and achieved his objective: freeing [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] from captivity. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

Jazz was among the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he awoke in 1984 to battle the Decepticons. After years of fighting, Jazz and the other Autobots took part in [[Operation Liberation]] in 1998, a joint human/Autobot operation that defeated and captured the Earth-bound Decepticons. However, the ''[[Ark II]]'', which was meant to convey the Autobots, the captured Decepticons, and a number of humans back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]], sending Jazz and his comrades to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

[[Image:Jazz prime directive.jpg|thumb|right|...you're still not BOOGIEING!!!]]
A few years later, Optimus Prime awoke Jazz and a number of other Autobots to combat the sinister [[Lazarus]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} He aided in the cleanup of Lazarus's latest target, the SmitCo oil refinery, and then moved on to Lazarus's base, which had been taken over by a revived Megatron and his deadly "metal virus". Jazz and the others briefly battled the Decepticons, but were stopped in their tracks when Hallo dropped a nuclear bomb on them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} The virus absorbed most of the blast, leaving the Transformers unharmed, but continued to expand across the countryside. Jazz remained behind with a team to combat the virus, while Optimus Prime took a contingent of warriors to combat Megatron in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} Armed with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]-designed blasters to combat the virus, Jazz and his squad fought bravely, despite the blasters draining their energy and the well-meaning interference of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Army. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} But soon the virus overwhelmed them, forcing Wheeljack to sacrifice himself to destroy it. Jazz mourned over Wheeljack's fallen form. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

Some time later, Jazz participated in a battle in Alaska over possession of an escape pod containing [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], only to be forced to flee with the other Autobots when Shockwave arrived from Cybertron, proclaiming a new era of peace. As the other Autobots bickered over what to do, Jazz told them to shut up, as they were making his head hurt. {{storylink|New World Order}} Jazz couldn't believe [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] working as Shockwave's lieutenant, and almost got into a fight with Grimlock over the matter. Though he wasn't confident about his abilities, Jazz was left behind on Earth to command a small team of Autobots while Optimus and the rest of the Autobots surrendered to Magnus. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} After Magnus and Prime had departed, Jazz, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] returned to the battlefield, but found no trace of the pod or Scourge. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

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When Starscream returned to Earth with a small unit of Decepticons, Jazz and his team fought back against them and managed to capture most of the invaders. Starscream's enforcer [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], however, proved to be too much for them to handle, and Jazz was deactivated and left to rust at the bottom of a lake by the mighty super-robot. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} He was eventually fished out by [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (who had arrived from Cybertron with Bumblebee with supplies), but they were waylaid by [[Earth Defense Command]]. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} The EDC completed the repairs on Jazz, Sunstreaker and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] themselves, and asked a favor in return: for the Autobots to accompany their agents in investigating [[San Desto|a small town]] which had mysteriously gone off the grid a few days before. With [[Marissa Faireborn]] and some [[EDC Night Force Unit|EDC soldiers]], they explored the deserted town, only to find the cause of the problem — a swarm of techno-organic [[Insecticon clone|Insecticlones]] which rose out of the ground and surrounded them. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}} Jazz and Marissa [[Crothers Auto-Body|escaped]] the swarm and found the hatching facility beneath [[Aztec Theatres|a theater]]. Jazz torched the eggs, only to confronted by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], who were mighty annoyed that he'd destroyed the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s' work. Back on the streets, the Autobots were confronted by the towns people, rendered zombies by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]]s, and the Autobots were unwilling to fight against human foes. [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] was able to use a spare shell to disable Bombshell's control, saving them all. {{storylink|Extermination}}

Afterward, Jazz farewelled Marissa at the EDC base in Nevada, as the Autobot forces departed for Alaska in the ''[[Orion]]''. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} In Alaska, they found Prowl's forces constructing [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|...And then Dreamwave went bankrupt.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers''===
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Jazz was aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on Earth several million years in the past. The vessel was eventually discovered by the human terrorist organization [[Cobra]], who decided to use its deactivated occupants for their own needs. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Jazz was reprogrammed to serve Cobra and rebuilt to transform into a three-wheeled Cobra [[Stun]] vehicle. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

When the reprogramming was undone by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Jazz joined [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and continued the battle against the Decepticons, who had also been freed. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Jazz warned a damaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] about attacking [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] head-on, but was rebuffed, as there was no other option. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} The Decepticons on Earth were eventually defeated with help from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], and the Autobots returned to Cybertron aboard a new ''Ark''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[Image:GIJoeTFJazzPimpmobile.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Number 5, Pimpmobile.]]
Unfortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had all but conquered the planet in their absence, and the Autobots became little more than a team of resistance fighters. After a successful mission to steal [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons, Jazz was suddenly sent to 1970's Earth when a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]] cracked the timestream. As complicated issues with time travel threatened to destroy Earth, a number of G.I. Joe and Cobra members followed Jazz into the past in order to retrieve him. Finding Jazz trapped in the form of a car owned by a [['70s pimp|local pimp]]: a 1970s [[Wikipedia:Cadillac Eldorado#1971-1978|Cadillac Eldorado]], [[Snake-Eyes]] planted a [[disruption unit]] on the Autobot, allowing him to reboot and help them find other trapped Transformers. Together the group located [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] before returning to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

However, this mostly meant that Jazz had to sit tight inside a force field surrounded by the entire Decepticon army. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} The Autobots were captured when the force field went down, but were soon saved by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The following day, Jazz joined Bumblebee and Optimus Prime in saying goodbye to the Joes and Cobras. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[Image:DWTFJoe2_Jazz_Prowl.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Jazz was among the Autobots that lay dormant and buried somewhere on the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years until [[1939]], when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] accidentally awakened them. After getting reformatted into a military jeep, Jazz voiced his gratitude to the humans for bringing him and his friends back online. {{storylink|Transformed}}

Though not clearly seen again during the following conflict with Cobra and the Decepticons, Jazz was presumably deactivated with all the other Transformers when [[Snake-Eyes]] shattered the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When a badly-damaged Starscream was brought to the Ark, Jazz was firmly of the opinion that it was a trap. He later spoke up in favor of fiddling with the helpless Decepticon's logic centers. Though the amnesiac Starscream seemed to side with the Autobots for a while, once he regained his memory, he promptly rejoined the Decepticons, which Jazz decided proved his earlier theory. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightJazz-promise.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Don't give up hope! We're from 1984!]]
Millions of years ago, Jazz was a member of the Kaon Security Services prior to the Decepticon uprising and the subsequent civil war. He spent many an hour being bored to death by Prowl. How little things change. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

During the war, Jazz was part of a team taking part in a rescue mission. He managed to find the blinded lone survivor, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], but before the two could be extracted, their transport was destroyed by the Predacons. Though Tracks was rightfully frightened to face [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] most elite troops, Jazz convinced him to not give up hope. Jazz's first attempt to ambush the Predacons met with some success, but Jazz was heavily damaged as a result. The two fled, but they wouldn't escape the Predacons for long. Finally, after Jazz dressed down Tracks for giving up hope, they were surrounded. Jazz fought the Predacon leader, [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], in a one-on-one battle that would have ended badly for Jazz if a second extraction team hadn't found them. Tracks and Jazz were lifted away and sent off for repairs. Tracks never did learn Jazz's identity, but he did learn a strong lesson from his mysterious helper. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

Four million years ago, Jazz was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots halted a major Decepticon energon convoy. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[Image:SpotlightBlaster Jazz Smokescreen Landfill.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Let's see if there's anything on that screen. I hope it's CMTV!]]
Shortly after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s rampage across Cybertron, Jazz was holed up in a bunker with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] while they awaited a rousing, morale-boosting broadcast from [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], a transmission that was never made. Shortly thereafter, their position, along with every other Autobot position on the planet, was hit by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

In modern times, Jazz was the first Autobot to be stationed on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Police Action: Part 1}} His detachment of Autobots operated covertly on the planet for at least four years, attempting to foil a Decepticon insurgency. He was present when Prowl gave [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] a dressing down for risking their secrecy by saving [[Verity Carlo]], [[Hunter O'Nion]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] from the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration team]]. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} When Ratchet and Bumblebee's unauthorised sojourn to the abandoned Decepticon bunker in [[Nebraska]] uncovered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s plans for [[Ultra-Energon|Ore-13]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s arrival on Earth, Jazz and the rest of the Autobots moved out to the Decepticon Siege Armature in [[Oregon]] in the hopes of containing the confrontation between the Decepticon leaders. Fortunately for all concerned, Megatron downgraded the Infiltration status of the mission and left the Autobots alone. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

Jazz went with the Autobots to investigate Decepticon activity in the country of [[Latveria]]. There they discovered a heavily shielded "array" that the Decepticons were using as a base. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} They skirmished with the humans that were assembled outside who were under the influence of the Decepticons' mind-altering [[Psycho-Prism]]. Bumblebee used his holomatter avatar in a "damsel in distress" ruse. While [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] was distracted trying to tell [[Luke Cage]] that the projection had no scent, Jazz was able to run him over, pinning him to the ground. Jazz got his tire slashed with adamantium claws for his trouble. Ratchet was able to attach an inhibitor device to [[Captain America]] which nullified the effects of the Psycho-Prism. He gave Captain America enough devices for everyone on his team. Now calmed down, the two groups teamed up to destroy the Psycho-Prism. They began attacking the array's defenses which caused the Decepticons to attack. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}}

As they fought, Ratchet, Prowl, and Luke Cage were able to slip into the array. Outside, Bumblebee, Jazz, and Prime gave a power-boost to [[Iron Man]] in his Transformer-sized armor. After the battle quieted down, Megatron communicated via hologram from inside the array with his new ally [[Doctor Doom]]. They showed their captives, Ratchet, Prowl, Luke Cage, and [[Spider-Man]]. Megatron ordered their surrender or the captives would die. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered the quick destruction of the array. After a brief discussion, they all attacked the array. Megatron turned on Doctor Doom for being incorrect about them surrendering. Megatron didn't go through with his threat to kill his captives, instead he went outside to face his opponents and carrying Luke Cage. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}}

While Megatron was attacking, Bumblebee, Jazz, and [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] [[orbital jump|orbital bounced]] into the array. They found that Doctor Doom switched sides and freed Spider-Man, so they went to find the Psycho-Prism. They found it guarded by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], who wasn't in the mood to fight for Megatron's cause and left. Wolverine destroyed the Prism. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[Image:Escalation2 Jazz transform.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Whoops! I better wind down my woofers!]]

Shortly after the arrival of Optimus Prime on Earth, Jazz received a crash course on Earth culture by Hunter, Verity and Jimmy, and was surprised to find the emotionless, dead-eyed fixed smile on his [[holomatter]] avatar creeped people out. However, the humans were forced to leave the ''[[Ark-19]]'', ostensibly for their own safety. Jazz observed how unhappily the humans took their eviction, so he later thanked them for their help. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} After Ironhide and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] were ambushed (and the latter thought to have been destroyed) by [[Machination|a highly skilled and organized human group]], Jazz and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] were attacked by the clandestine organization's agents when trying to locate (Sunstreaker's remains, but fortunately survived. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}} He was later deployed to [[Brasnya]] with the other Autobots to investigate Megatron's meddling in the fragile region's politics. He remarked that [[orbital jump|orbital bounces]] scrambled his circuits, to which Prowl told him to shut up. Prowl is a jerk. {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}} He was forced to engage the Decepticons when they tried to stop the Autobots from capturing the [[Georgi Koska]] [[facsimile construct]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}} After Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|seemingly killed]] by Megatron, Jazz didn't think even their best efforts could stop the Decepticon leader. Fortunately, Optimus Prime returned from the brink of death and Megatron was forced to retreat. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

[[Image:Devastation4 Sixshot Jazz armrip.jpg|left|250px|thumb|[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|He's had worse.]]]]
After it was decided to move the ''Ark-19'' due to the Machination's knowledge of their whereabouts, Jazz brushed off Verity and Jimmy when they pointed out that the Autobots were doing very little to find out about Sunstreaker and Hunter's disappearance. Jazz was tasked with monitoring the engines when the ''Ark-19'' lifted off from [[Lake Michigan]] and subsequently shot down by the Decepticon "living weapon" [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} He fought Sixshot alongside the other Autobots, but was seriously injured when the Decepticon tore off his right arm with apparent ease. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} He was still injured when Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots to leave Earth for [[Garrus-9]] due to the liberation of the prison's [[Pretender Monster|newest inmates]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

Jazz soon returned to Earth with the other Autobots, only to be lured into a Decepticon trap due to a traitor among the Autobot ranks. They were summarily defeated by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and thrown in a portal leading to Cybertron, where the [[Insecticon swarm]] was waiting for them. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} With Optimus Prime severely injured, Jazz took command of the Autobots. At one point, Prowl brought him some bad news which left him despondent. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

The Autobots had begun to despair due to their situation, but Tracks told the story of how he was rescued by a mysterious Autobot from the Predacons. His peers' spirits lifted, Jazz thanked Tracks for giving them hope. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

Jazz then had to sort out an argument between Prowl and Ironhide that ended with Ironhide punching Prowl after he told Ironhide that he might be the suspected Autobot traitor that put them in this predicament. Prowl wondered why Ironhide wasn't afraid of him, but was of Jazz, to which Jazz replied "tone", after which they discussed their situation. Later, Jazz and Ironhide talked about the good old days, with Ironhide getting upset that Jazz was hiding something from him and the Autobots. Ironhide also believed that [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] was the one who'd sold them out, but Jazz told him to leave Mirage alone. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}

[[Image:AHM4-Jazztone.jpg|right|thumb|300px|His tone is "I'll kick your ass."]]

Not long afterwards, the ''[[Trion]]'' crashed on Cybertron, and Jazz met with the commander of the vessel, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Kup wasn't too impressed with Jazz's supposed "special ops" skills, but changed his mind after seeing Jazz shove a gun in his face after taking out [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] in mere seconds. After Jazz had proved himself to Kup, he showed Optimus's comatose body to the older Autobot. Kup easily figured out what it was Jazz was keeping secret from the other Autobots: Megatron had seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

Jazz and Kup subsequently combined their forces, with Kup offering Jazz the position of his second-in-command. However, Jazz didn't approve of the way Kup's team worked, and was none too happy about becoming "another of Kup's little soldiers". Kup retorted that Jazz's hands weren't exactly clean either—he had read files on the top secret missions Jazz had carried out in the past. While at first speechless, Jazz quickly realized that arguments would get them nowhere, and accepted the position at Kup's side. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} Later, he gave Kup a detailed story about how his team had ended up on the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

[[Image:AHM10 ProwlandJazz.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Never tell me the odds!]]

After [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] revealed himself as the traitor, and subsequently killed himself, Jazz told [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] not to confront Ironhide about it. Drift didn't listen. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} When Optimus Prime recovered from his injuries, Jazz stood by his side. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} Shortly afterwards, he asked Prowl what he thought about an incoming swarm attack. When told that there was only seven scenarios out of over 6,000 with an Autobot victory, he suggested that Prowl keep that little calculation to himself. Luckily, Prowl hadn't anticipated that [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] would appear out of nowhere and save them. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

Omega carried Jazz and the others back to Earth, where they confronted the Decepticons in [[New York City]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} They won, but were left knowing the Decepticons were dropping a nuclear bomb on the city. Jazz stated the obvious in that they needed someone who could fly in order to take it out. Thankfully, the Decepticon [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] offered to do it, and Jazz and the others celebrated as the nuke was diverted and the Decepticons left Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} When Bumblebee went missing in one of the human disaster areas after the Decepticons evacuated, Jazz was part of an Autobot squad who went in to retrieve him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16|Hidden}}

[[Image:EnemiesoftheSystem-Jazz.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hot Rod stole [[:Image:GIJoeTFHotRod70s.jpg|my chest]], so I stole [[:Image:Alternators Rodimus toy.jpg|his!]]]]

Jazz was still on Earth two years later, hiding in a cave system along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} After Bumblebee was elected to be their new leader, Jazz listened to his speech about how they would stand up to their treacherous ally, the [[Skywatch]] Colonel [[Gordon Horiuchi]]. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] learned that [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s splinter faction of Autobots had joined forces with the Decepticons to build an illegal spacecraft, Jazz was one of the Autobots recruited by Magnus to arrest Hot Rod and the others. These Autobots escorted Ultra Magnus to the construction site, where it was discovered that the Decepticons who Hot Rod had taken under his wing had double-crossed him, and in a very bad way. Jazz watched as the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s merged for the first time into [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], a recent creation of the treacherous [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}}

After the Autobots and Skywatch had unofficially formed an alliance, Jazz was one of several Autobots sent to [[South Korea]] when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] invaded under the command of [[North Korea]]. Because the [[President of the United States]] had unwittingly declared that nations using Cybertronians as mercenaries would be considered to be using weapons of mass destruction, the Autobots and Skywatch were forced to operate in disguise, fighting in vehicle mode with Skywatch weapons bolted onto their bodies. During the ensuing battle, Jazz fought [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], but at a disadvantage in vehicle mode, failed to prevent the Decepticon's escape. {{storylink|International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|"Ranks of Bronze"}} After their initial failure to apprehend the Combaticons, the Autobots formulated a new strategy that would allow them to fight in robot mode whilst spy satellites monitoring the situation would be none the wiser. Now, without needing to be stuck in vehicle mode, Jazz helped Prowl fight Brawl by holding his tank turret in place while his comrade blasted at the gap between the turret and hull. Then the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] showed up. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|"Hawk Among the Sparrows"}}

Thanks to some aggravating from the Combaticons, a battle broke out between the Autobots and Predacons, but it was cut short when the spy satellite plan failed and the conflict was revealed to the world. [[Russia]] immediately attempted to nuke the Transformers, causing the Predacons to flee while the Autobots figured out a plan to stop the incoming warhead. Jazz was hoping that their temporary ally Thundercracker could do his nuke-aversion-trick again, but dismissed the Decepticon as a coward upon hearing that he had already flown off somewhere. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|"All My Sins Remembered"}}

After the day was saved once again, the Autobots began to return home on a Skywatch plane. During the trip, Jazz began feeling like something bad was going to happen, and sure enough, a pilot soon reported that something was approaching them at high speeds. Jazz shouted at the humans to hurry into their [[crash suit]]s, and moments later, the plane was shot down. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} The Autobots and suited-up humans survived their impact with the Pacific Ocean and made it to shore. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

[[Image:BurningChrome_Jazz_kills_human.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Damnit Jazz, you've got to stop kidnapping ''and'' shooting at people.]]
As it turned out, Megatron had returned to Earth and defeated the Autobots who didn't go to Korea. Prime's team learned that Megatron had dumped the injured Autobots in the city, and that they were being threatened by civilians with Megatron-guns. Prime sent Jazz to transport [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Campolongo]] into the city to take control of the situation. Although Prime incapacitated Soundwave and stopped the signal inciting the humans, a [[John Powell|lone cop]] threatened to shoot the Autobots just the same. While Bumblebee attempted to reason with the officer and began to have some success, Jazz's special ops training kicked in and he leapt into action to save his friends, killing the officer point blank with his photon gun. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}}

Jazz was later dressed down by Optimus Prime, being relieved of duty until Bumblebee was well enough to deal with him. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} He was present when Hot Rod (now "Rodimus") returned to Earth with news that Cybertron was now healed but had come under the control of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Most of the Autobots wasted no time in leaving Earth to liberate their home planet. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

A few of them, including Jazz, were chosen to remain on Earth under Bumblebee's command. He disapproved of Bumblebee focusing on an investigation of Spike instead of tracking down the Decepticons on the planet, and even offered to do it all by himself, but Bumblebee refused to let him out into the field after his killing of a human. Jazz tried to explain that he was more horrified than anyone over his actions, but his words fell on deaf ears, and he stormed out. {{storylink|Police Action: Part 1}}

When Ultra Magnus assembled a team to capture [[Ben Simpson]], he too ordered Jazz to remain behind, telling him he was a liability. Once it was revealed that Spike had been lying to the Autobots and purchasing Cybertronian technology for Skywatch's use from Swindle since the beginning, Jazz had had enough of the whole thing. Together with [[Kyle Pennington|Pennington]] he traveled to Skywatch's abandoned [[New Mexico]] base, where he contacted [[Allenby|General Allenby]], informed him of Spike's crimes and declared the alliance between the Autobots and humans to be over. He went on to record the conversation for the news media, then erased as much information on Cybertronian tech as he could by setting off an EMP in the base before burning it down. {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden}}

The Autobots returned to Cybertron, which had been pacified after the "Chaos War" with Galvatron and [[D-Void]], but so did a lot of neutral Cybertronians who blamed their war for ruining everything. When these "[[NAIL]]s" started a riot, Jazz tried to pacify them alongside other Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} He then witnessed the disastrous launch of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} Later he wandered around in a crowd of NAILs. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} Jazz was at the Autobot base when he and the others received word of an arriving [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

Jazz was later performing a musical/poetic duet with Sky-Byte at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. He's probably good at the guitar. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
Jazz was part of the new Autobot military created to be led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] by the [[Autobot High Council]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} The team was assigned the mission of finding and stopping [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], which Jazz posited would be a piece of [[oil cake]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} A week later, he was part of the Autobot forces at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s city walls as the Decepticons broke through with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. He possibly regretted his earlier suggestion. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} They managed to fight off the Decepticons, albeit with the loss of several of their number. Much later in the war, Jazz reported the lack of energy in the north side of Cybertron to Optimus, and the Autobot leader decided to lead a mission off the planet to look for more. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Jazz was back on Earth in 2010 after [[Moonbase One]] got gobbled up by some gi-normous planet. At [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], he got word that some Auto-buddies were having Decepticon trouble in Switzerland, so he assembled a team to respond. Using the Geneva [[space bridge]] nexus, the Autobots soon rolled onto the scene and joined the fight against the Syndicate. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, he could chance upon Jazz to navigate inside the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (1985)===
Jazz was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
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In 2003, Jazz accompanied [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to the planet [[Zel Samine]]. A spacetime anomaly had recently occurred in the area, and an Autobot research team had lost contact with home base. Optimus and his lieutenants arrived to assess the situation. They soon learned that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons were also on Zel Samine looking for the anomaly, and willing to help themselves to the planet's power supplies in the meantime.

Jazz and the Autobots thwarted Decepticon efforts to steal energy from the Zel Samine wind, geothermal and hydroelectric power plants. During the conflict, they were joined by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] of the research team, who provided them with more information about the UFO that fell to the planet after the spacetime anomaly.

While mulling over the new information, the Autobots received an SOS call from elsewhere on the planet, and raced to answer it. After fighting through the forces of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Decepticon of the future, Jazz and his compatriots met up with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the Autobot leader of 2010, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus explained that in their time, the Decepticon military commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] acquired a source of infinite power called [[Zel Quartz]]. It drove him to madness, and he destroyed Cybertron while threatening to lay waste to the rest of the galaxy. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots desperately coordinated with the [[Quintesson]]s to use a timeslip device and travel back in time, preventing Shockwave from ever getting his hand on Zel Quartz. Unfortunately, Galvatron and the remaining Decepticons learned of the mission, and intercepted the Autobots on the way through the timeslip. Crashing in 2003 on Zel Samine, Rodimus was separated from his full team. Rodimus, Kup and Arcee joined up with Jazz and the present day Autobots to search for the Zel Quartz before the Decepticons could find it.

Wheeljack searched the planet for any records or power signatures that might be Zel Quartz. After three false leads, they finally located Zel Quartz at the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. After fighting through numerous Decepticon lieutenants, and facing the might of Megatron and Galvatron united, Jazz and the Autobots secured the Zel Quartz and ultimately disposed of it so that it could do no further harm. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:1986 Comm Jazz and Thundercracker Party.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Not cosplay—cos'''work'''.]]

[[Image:PretenderJazzModel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dag! My visor's all outta whack!]]

[[Image:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Jazz has appeared in numerous [[Commercial|television commercials]] over the years:

* He appears in the first Transformers appearance ''ever'', an animated advertisement for [[The Transformers (issue)|the first issue]] of the Marvel Comic. The animation features [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] attacking a power plant; Jazz, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] drive out from their headquarters to counterattack. When Megatron joins the battle, the three Autobots fly away. The cover of Marvel #1 is shown, with a note that it's "Coming Soon". Non-speaking role.

* In an advertisement for the 1985 Autobot cars, Jazz is briefly shown fighting alongside Optimus Prime in Earth's ubiquitous rocky deserts. Non-speaking role.

* Jazz is featured in a 1986 commercial for the [[Prizes in Disguise]] contest. When some humans approach an Autobot base, Jazz orders to Cosmos to shine their headlights on them, to reveal their allegiance. Jazz then declares that it's okay, since they humans are wearing Transformers [[Iron-on patch|reflective patches!]] Jazz is voiced by [[Scatman Crothers]], his usual voice actor on the cartoon. One of the contest prizes was a party with "life-size" Transformers! Among the "life-size" Transformers shown were Jazz and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. If you actually did party with Jazz and Thundercracker, please let us know.

* Jazz next appears in a 1988 commercial for the [[Classic Pretender]]s, emerging from his shell alongside Bumblebee and running up to help Optimus Prime in a darkened city. Prime gives them both a hug. Non-speaking role. This marks a rare use of his Pretender Classics animation model; for his Pretender appearances in the Marvel Comics, his original design was used.

* He appears ''very'' briefly in an ad for the Micromaster base; he can be glimpsed alongside Bumblebee as they pull two Micromaster vehicles into an Autobot base.

* Jazz returned a year later in the first [[Action Master]] commercial. When Prime challenges a group of Autobots to give up their transforming powers to become "faster stronger more alive", Jazz is the first to volunteer. He's voiced by a sound-alike doing a passable Scatman Crothers imitation.

* Jazz appeared soon afterwards in an ad for the [[Hot Rod Patrol]], telling Optimus Prime to check them out. The same voice actor provides his one line.

* Jazz appeared in one of the first ''Generation 2'' commercials; he was depicted in CGI driving down a ramp in a city and transforming. Victor Caroli noted that he came equipped with a "robot ripping rocket launcher".

==Toys==
{{main|Jazz (G1)/toys}}

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==Notes==
[[Image:UnicronTrilogy jazz.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Fire, Heart, Wind and Rock n'Roll]]
*Jazz's preliminary name was '''Jazzz'''.
* In recent years, toys sporting the name "Jazz" require an additional prefix to make it easier to defend as a [[trademark]]. The most common prefix is "Autobot", hence making the toys' official name "'''Autobot Jazz'''". Other variants, most of them used for [[Jazz (disambiguation)|different-universe counterparts]] of Jazz, include "Final Battle Jazz", "Battle Jazz", "Stealth Ninja Jazz", "Freeway Jazz" and "Special Ops Jazz". For his ''Alternators'' toy, meanwhile, Hasbro used his traditional Japanese name, "Meister", which is the German word for "master" (used mostly in the "someone who excels in his field" sense). Ironically, [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original version of the character's name had it spelled "Jazz'''z'''", with three "z"s, which might or might not have made it easier to defend as a trademark in recent years.
* Early in development, Bob Budiansky's original profiles for the Transformers characters also included nicknames by which they were known; Jazz went by "'''Coolsville'''". These nicknames were removed from the profiles when they were published as Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' series, but some of them saw publication in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]''.
* An actor in a Jazz costume was among "live" Transformers one could meet at the 1985 [[Universal Studios Tour]].
* Jazz is in the unusual position of appearing a few times in season three of ''The Transformers'' without having a toy on the shelves at the time (the only other such characters were the iconic Optimus Prime, and a handful of [[Windcharger (G1)|probable]] [[Brawn (G1)|animation]] [[Huffer (G1)|errors]].) He had no spoken lines, however; fans often claim that he was planned to have a larger role in the season which was cut following the death of his voice actor [[Scatman Crothers]], but no real evidence exists to support this notion. Jazz is given speaking lines and more on-screen time, however, in the Japanese-exclusive ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'', a cartoon far less concerned than ''The Transformers'' about what toys were on the shelves.
* Scatman Crothers (as Jazz) is often credited as having coined the term "ginormous" (a portmanteau of "gigantic" and "enormous") when using it to describe [[Unicron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', a term which was officially added by the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary in 2007<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/info/newwords07.htm Merriam-Webster adding the word "ginormous]</ref>; however, the term has actually been around for much longer, being listed in the Oxford English Dictionary as a "British informal" word that has existed since at least the mid-20th century. <ref>[http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=ginormous&branch=13842570&textsearchtype=exact Oxford dictionary entry for "ginormous"]</ref>
* Like a lot of other Generation 1 characters, Jazz's character model was subject to a few re-uses in the [[Unicron Trilogy]], first apppearing as a hapless victim of Unicron who had been absorbed into the chaos-bringer's body in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode, "[[Portent]]". Later, in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode, "[[Balance]]", Jazz turned up in a less-generic capacity, as one of the [[ancient]]s who began the [[space bridge]] program—although he seemed a little like the odd 'bot out in the group, given that the others were Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime. Curiously, neither appearance adheres strictly to his original character model—"Portent" gives him individual eyes, rather than a visor, and "Balance" outfits him with [[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]] shoulder-doors.
* Jazz's original form is the basis for the non-toy character [[Kawasaki Prime]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Meister''' (マイスター ''Maisutā''), '''Jazz''' (ジャズ ''Jazu'')
*''English:'' '''Marshall''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Saxo''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Jazz''' (ג'אז, "Jazz")
*''Italian:'' '''Tigre''' ("Tiger"), '''Folgore''' (Set Commandos four-pack), '''Bionic''' (Action Master)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Lero-Lero''' (Brazil comics)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Dzhaz''' (Джаз)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Autobot+Jazz ToyBin Jazz Toy Gallery]
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Jazz/jazz.htm Jazz at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Jazz Jazz's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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The [[Bumblebee (G1)|little yellow midget]] was very busy in the [[Marvel Comics]] continuity. He made so many appearances that he gets a page for them.

==Generation 1==
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[[Image:Bumblebeemarvel1.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Bumblebee's first appearance... anywhere.]]
Four million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] led a crew of [[Autobot]]s including Bumblebee aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pass through. Once their objective was completed, they were attacked by [[Decepticon]]s and both their ships crashed in a volcanic mountain on a primitive planet known as [[Earth]]. In 1984, [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] erupted, awakening their ship, which rebuilt them. Bumblebee was reconfigured to transform into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:Bumblebeeg1earlymodels.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Early on, Bumblebee suffered a few wardrobe malfunctions.]]
[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a mission into a human city to investigate their new world. Bumblebee, anxious to be the first to meet the planet's inhabitants, rear-ended a car full of teenagers watching ''[[A Kiss for Us]]'' at the [[Community Drive-In]]. Before he could introduce himself, he was under attack by Decepticons and damaged badly. One of the teenagers, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], brought the car back to his father's auto repair shop. Bumblebee weakly pleaded to them to fix him, for he was dying. Buster's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], fixed Bumblebee and offered to help the Autobots convert their native fuel resources into a form that Transformers could use. Bumblebee took Buster with him back towards the Ark to relay this message. {{storylink|Power Play!}}

After a seemingly final battle with the Decepticons, the long-lost Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived and reversed the Autobots' victory with a single blast. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were kept captive aboard the Ark until [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] managed to free the Ark from Decepticon control and repair them. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} However, Buster had been entrusted with safeguarding the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], which the Decepticons discovered, so Bumblebee and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] were sent to protect him. Buster was attacked by the Decepticons' newly-built but lifeless [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. Bumblebee and Bluestreak did their best to defend Buster, but it was Buster's use of the powers of the Creation Matrix which saved them all, disassembling Jetfire in mid-air. Bumblebee removed Jetfire's brain so Buster could reassemble and remote-control the body with his mind. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebluestreakbrainstorm.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Kid-appeal guys may seem annoying at first, but wait until we put them next to Bluestreak!]]
''After the Creation Matrix was returned to a restored Optimus Prime, he was still somewhat disconcerted by his ordeal. When the Decepticon spy [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was briefly captured, only to escape again, Bumblebee saw how much this troubled his already upset leader and took it upon himself to chase down and capture the fleeing spy. Unfortunately, he got in over his head and was captured by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons after being led into a box canyon. In order to show the Autobots they meant business, Soundwave had [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] deliver Bumblebee's severed arm to the Ark as a message. Soundwave had learned from Ravage how low Prime's self-confidence was at that juncture, and planned to lure the despondent Autobot leader to his death. Instead, kidnapping Bumblebee just pissed Prime off, and he single-handedly bashed and battered his way through the entire Decepticon front, rescuing Bumblebee and restoring his confidence in the process.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}

''During the Dinobot Hunt, Bumblebee went to Alaska with Optimus and Ratchet to reinforce the unit trying to overcome the rampaging [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. While scouting the perimeter, Bumblebee was shocked to discover a cloaked [[Ark shuttlecraft|Autobot shuttlecraft]] and three of his comrades who had gone missing earlier in the Hunt. He also discovered a Decepticon-issue sonic lance (that was being used to drive Sludge "berserker mad") installed in the ship. Rightly suspecting a booby trap, instead of just turning the device off, Bumblebee instead evacuated his comrades and got a good distance away from the ship before using his gun to blow up the sonic lance. Good call—the shuttlecraft exploded violently the moment he did so.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

[[Image:Bumblebeeplight.jpg|right|100px|thumb|RARR BUMBLEBEE SMASH]]
When the Autobots took steps to fill out their ranks, Bumblebee was charged with giving four new recruits ([[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]) a tour of the planet. Bumblebee decided a [[Brick Springhorn]] concert would be a good destination, but the Decepticons had sabotaged the event to harvest [[energon]]. Bumblebee disobeyed orders and led the four into battle, saving the concert. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} When [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] appeared on television and claimed to control the Transformers, it was Bumblebee's job to ask their human business partner, [[G.B. Blackrock]] what the deal was. Robot-Master broadcast next in a coal mine next to a de-energized [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], but before Bumblebee and several other Autobots could investigate, they were pushed away by overwhelming Earth military forces. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}}

This event caused Bumblebee to question his usefulness to the Autobots, and he abandoned them without a word. The Decepticons, however, saw much use for him and attempted to apprehend him. Hiding in a used car lot, he was stolen by [[Ernest|two]] [[Waldo Dobbs|humans]], whom he adopted for a while. The Decepticons did not relent, and Bumblebee was ultimately rescued by the rest of the Autobots, an act which reminded him how valuable he was to them. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

Later, the Autobots decided to create combiner robots of their own, to match the power of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and their united form, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. To accomplish this goal, Optimus Prime staged a frontal assault on the [[Wyoming base|Decepticon quarry base]] as a cover for Bumblebee to infiltrate the area unnoticed. When the Decepticons inevitably unleashed Devastator to counter the Autobot offensive, Bumblebee was on hand to take a sensor recording of Devastator's transformation sequence, giving [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] a blueprint to start from and improve upon. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were soon created as a result of Bumblebee's heroic efforts. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

On [[Christmas]] Eve, Bumblebee and the Autobots investigated the loss of electricity in [[Midville]]. Discovering the source of the problem was [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and their [[power siphon|energy siphon]], Bumblebee helped confront the Decepticons and shoo them away. The human child [[Megan Perry]] asked if he'd help them get to town so they could deliver presents to the needy, and Bumblebee did them one better: he wired the town's Christmas tree to his car's engine to power its lights. {{storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}

Optimus Prime ordered Bumblebee to [[Fort Lewis]] to keep an eye on [[Power Station Alpha]] in case the Decepticons attempted to steal it. Sure enough, Bumblebee spotted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and contacted headquarters. Bumblebee then revealed himself in order to help save a [[Anthony Duranti|a boy]] from getting crushed. The [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] did not know what to make of the robot, so [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] ordered him destroyed, just in case he was there to sabotage the power station. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} The Joes collected the pieces for inspection by [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] and [[Crankcase (G.I. Joe)|Crankcase]], {{storylink|Power Struggle}} who got a visit from [[G.B. Blackrock]] who told them Bumblebee was one of the good guy robots. Mainframe thought Bumblebee's personality might still be intact and began rebuilding him. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} Having established an alliance with the Autobots, Ratchet arrived to help with the finishing touches. When he was completed, Bumblebee requested to be called the more mature name "Goldbug". Goldbug, [[Scarlett]], and the [[Baroness]] were sent on a successful mission to mission to plant explosives on Power Station Alpha. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

{{note|The above [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers|G.I. Joe]] related information is only part of the US continuity. In the UK, Bumblebee was destroyed by [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]]<ref name="wanted">[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!]]</ref> and rebuilt by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].<ref name="hunt">[[Hunters]]</ref> [[#Conflicting Goldbug origins|See below]] for more information.}}

[[Image:Goldbugmechanicaldifficulties.jpg|left|200px|thumb|In his earlier appearances, Goldbug kept Bumblebee's body and color scheme.]]
Goldbug and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were ordered by the new Autobot leader, Grimlock, to track down the [[Mechanic (G1)|Mechanic]], who had stolen Autobot technology from the Ark. Grimlock was a terrible leader and had no regard for human life, so both Goldbug and Blaster exiled themselves from his command. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}} Goldbug and Blaster found themselves in the desert of the American Southwest and, thanks to a run-in with the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s, were infested with the disease known as [[Scraplet]]s. Goldbug and his human friend [[Charlie Fong]] left to get help and possibly a cure, but Blaster believed Goldbug had abandoned him to die. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} Near death himself, Goldbug arrived with Charlie at a gas station, where they met up with the [[Throttlebot]]s, sent from Cybertron by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and armed with acid to contain the disease. Goldbug narrowly escaped extermination when it was discovered that the cure for Scraplets was none other than ordinary [[water]]. Goldbug called industrialist G.B. Blackrock (on a pay phone), and Blackrock trucked in tanks of water himself. Blaster was cured and his trust in Goldbug was restored. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[Image:Goldbugthecure.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Goldbug finished his evolution into his own character model by the time the Throttlebots showed up. He kept Bumblebee's colors, though.]]
''With the Throttlebots joining Goldbug and Blaster on their travels, the group discovered that the bodies of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had been found. While they initially intended to let the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] destroy Galvatron, they were forced to intervene to save human lives.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}} ''This unfortunately attracted the wrath of the Combaticons. ''The group found refuge in a used car lot owned by [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve]]. However, they were all badly in need of fuel. They attempted a deal with Big Steve, but he double-crossed them, filling them up with soda pop instead of gasoline. It was then that the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] caught up with them, followed by the Combaticons. During the ensuing battle, the immobilized Throttlebots (including Goldbug) were carted away by the humans' anti-robot organization, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

Goldbug and the captured Throttlebots were interrogated by [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]], who eventually had their bodies crushed in a pointless threat to stop Decepticon raids. However, their brain modules were transplanted by [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] into remote-control cars owned by his son, who sought out Goldbug's old friend Buster at Goldbug's suggestion. After being attacked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and separated from the others, Goldbug and Buster traveled to Mount St. Hilary and found the Ark gone. Using equipment left behind, Goldbug and Buster sent a distress call, just before Ratbat revealed he'd tagged along and crushed the Autobot's toy car body. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Arriving in response to his distress call, the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] rescued Goldbug's shattered form, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] patching into his circuits to ease the pain of retelling the attack and capture of Buster. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} Taken back to their ship, [[Brainstorm]] built him a new body identical to his Throttlebot form. Goldbug used it on a mission that led to the discovery that Optimus Prime's mind was recorded on [[floppy disk]] and served as his leader's eyes in commanding the Autobot [[Pretender]]s. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

Goldbug championed the reconstruction of his former leader's body, until his present allies suggested contacting the Ark to seek the resources to do it. Goldbug was quickly imprisoned by Grimlock, but this allowed him to convince Blaster to fight the Dinobot. After the Decepticons attacked during the pair's duel, Fortress Maximus ordered Goldbug to take the ''[[Steelhaven]]'' and its skeleton crew back to [[Nebulos]] to rebuild Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Arriving on Nebulos, Goldbug and the others were successful in rebuilding Optimus Prime despite the planet's now-toxic fuel. Goldbug avoided having to undergo the [[Powermaster]] process to survive like the other Autobots due to his high fuel efficiency. {{storylink|People Power!}} On the journey back, Optimus and Goldbug investigated word of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] starring in the [[Cosmic Carnival]], eventually rescuing the Autobot and his [[Spacehikers|young human companions]]. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival}}

[[Image:Bumblebeeskindeep.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Ratchet cares not for your maturation and wishes you were more like 1984...]]
Goldbug was later destroyed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] in [[New York City|New York]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}, but spent only a limited time out-of-action before he was repaired by Ratchet using Pretender technology... sort of. Instead of simply restoring Goldbug, Ratchet rebuilt him as a much larger Bumblebee, {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} explaining that he'd always preferred Bumblebee's original form. Before they could discuss it further, Bumblebee had to help [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and Grimlock against Megatron and his minions. While the new Pretenders defeated the other Decepticons, Ratchet seemingly sacrificed himself to destroy Megatron and [[Megatron's base|his base]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Afterward, the three Pretenders briefly joined the Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron. Thanks to his increased stature, Bumblebee experienced a big boost of confidence as he and the others rejuvenated the resistance. In response, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] ordered the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to assassinate them. As Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock and the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] prepared to teleport to Earth, the three Decepticons attacked [[Autobase]], sabotaging the [[trans-time dimensional portal]]. All nine Transformers found themselves teleported into the heart of Cybertron, where the Autobots discovered the resting place of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

There, they encountered the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] and learned the secret origin of the Transformers, as well as of Primus's never-ending battle with [[Unicron]]. As the Keeper's tale ended, the Mayhem Attack Squad found the Autobots. Their initial attack destroyed the Keeper, but Bumblebee and the others handily defeated them. However, a stray blast woke Primus seconds before the repaired portal sent the Transformers back to Earth. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

[[Image:Bumblebeedarkcreation.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...just like Thunderwing, who killed your gimmick.]]
With Unicron undoubtedly on his way to devour Cybertron, Bumblebee and his fellow Pretenders embarked on a quest to find the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. The three traveled to [[VsQs]], the last known location of Optimus Prime's funeral barge, to search for clues. Finding an abandoned science station, Bumblebee searched through its computer records. He confirmed that the scientists had found Prime's body and the Matrix, but also a [[Matrixspawn|strange creature]] that promptly attacked one of the scientists. Before they could investigate further, Thunderwing attacked, also seeking the Matrix. Bumblebee used his Pretender shell to combat the Decepticon, only for Thunderwing to destroy it. The feedback temporarily knocked Bumblebee unconscious, and it seemed Thunderwing would destroy all three Autobots, until the Matrixspawn attacked. While Thunderwing pursued the creature, Bumblebee and the other Autobots searched the science station for the Matrix. They recovered it, but were so low on Energon that they were becoming unable to compensate for the moon's heavy gravity. While they were attempting to reach their shuttle, Thunderwing overtook them, seizing the Matrix and leaving them for dead. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} Fortunately for Bumblebee, the Autobots sent a shuttle to rescue him and the others before they entered final shutdown. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

{{note|Although it was not expressly stated on panel, the Classic Pretenders apparently lost their shells on VsQs.}}
Bumblebee survived the war with Unicron, and was one of many Autobots left on Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Exodus!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
In [[2007]], Bumblebee was stationed on Cybertron after [[Unicron]] destroyed [[Moonbase Two]]. Under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], he helped ambush a [[Airborne hunter squad|group of Decepticon attackers]], catching them in a pre-planned crossfire. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:Earthforce.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]
When Optimus Prime left Grimlock in charge of protecting Earth, Bumblebee signed up for the new "Earthforce" along with many of his long-time comrades. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} After Prowl disappeared while riding an atmosphere-destroying missile through the stratosphere (long story), Bumblebee and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] went looking for him. They picked up a set of Transformer lifesigns on a small island in the Bahamas, and took some speeder bikes to investigate. Instead of Prowl, what they found was a massive reconstructed version of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], half-finished as the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attempted to recreate their combined form as an independent super-warrior. Luckily, Bumblebee had Ironhide along to disable the automated defense ring protecting the Devastator project, and they were able to destroy "him" before the Constructicons could activate their creation. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}}

Later, Bumblebee joined Jazz, Ironhide and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] in infiltrating the Decepticon [[Enclave]]. Fearing an alliance between the two Decepticon factions would be bad news for the Autobots, Ironhide conceived a plan to throw a spanner into the proceedings. Using an unconscious [[Headstrong]] as a patsy, the Autobots staged a sniper shot at Megatron. When Megatron and his Decepticons unleashed their firepower at the rocks where the shot supposedly came from, Jazz and Bumblebee tossed down Headstrong's body, leading Megatron to conclude Shockwave had tried to have him killed. The peace talks quickly went downhill from there. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Bumblebee was present when Wheeljack showcased his brand-new defense grid to successfully protect Autobot Earthbase. Unfortunately, Wheels forgot that, once activated, the defense system could only be deactivated from inside the base... behind the various laser cannons and heat-seekers and Acidbats he had turned on. While Prowl ran the gauntlet to reach the control center, Bumblebee and Jazz watched his back, drawing fire and disabling what defenses they could. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} Later, Bumblebee and several other Autobots went in pursuit of [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], who had kidnapped their human ally, [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]]. Weaving their way through the various Stunticons who got in the way, Bumblebee and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] finally managed to trick two of Motormaster's own thugs into running him off the road themselves, giving Bumblebee a chance to rip off his cab door and retrieve Spoon. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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Bumblebee was present when Powermaster Optimus Prime led the Autobots against the joint Decepticon leaders Shockwave and Megatron, who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] accidentally shot a Minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Bumblebee argued that the Autobots should turn their targeting computers off because while they would be less accurate, they would be faster and more agile. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Transformers in Action: Attack at Dawn}}

He attended a meeting in which Optimus Prime lectured the Autobots on the basics of their mission and existence, and applauded Slapdash's call for a one-world Autobot government. He notes that if the Autobots were like the Decepticons, they wouldn't have had to drift through space for an eternity and be entombed on Earth for four million years. Later, the Decepticons attack an oil tanker, and he helps the rescue effort as a Classic Pretender. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}} He was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|Transformers — Transforming Robots in Action: New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime ordered that Bumblebee, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] be given the power and abilities of Pretenders and sent to defeat the Decepticons. They arrived outside the Decepticon base, but were attacked by Pretender Starscream! Beating Starscream, they then chased off the Firecons in their Pretender shells, leaving Bumblebee to defeat Megatron one-on-one and stop the missile countdown. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}}

Following a vicious battle he was rebuilt into Goldbug by a cosmic Transformer, but the process had scrambled his mind as he forgot that he had ''been'' Bumblebee. While dozing on security duty, Goldbug accidentally caused the Ark's computers to create a training simulation out of mashed-up footage of previous battles. He was left distraught and confused, trying to send real communications, before realising both the truth and that the constant presence of this "Bumblebee" meant something weird was going on. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|The Cosmic Adventure: Memories of Bumblebee}}

====Conflicting Goldbug origins====
[[Image:Goldbugorigins.jpg|left|200px|thumb|One of these things never happened. You choose which! (left: US; right: UK)]]
In ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'', Bumblebee was destroyed by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] due to a misunderstanding. They later rebuilt him as Goldbug with help from Ratchet. However, Marvel UK did not initially print the crossover, so an alternate origin for Goldbug was conceived. In the pages of the UK comic, Bumblebee was destroyed by a time-traveling [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], yes?<ref name="wanted" /> Then he was repaired by a time-traveling [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].<ref name="hunt" /> (The Marvel Joe/TF crossover was published in the UK towards the end of the series.) The conflicting origins for Goldbug is the single largest difference between the American and British Marvel Transformers comics; ''most'' everything else kinda sorta meshes together, if you squint.
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==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[Image:Fangrybumblebeeghosts.jpg|left|150px|thumb|A friendly game of Bumblebowling, honest]]
Years after the battle on [[Klo]], and the Autobots had returned to a renewed Cybertron, Bumblebee received a distress signal from G.I. Joe on Earth, notifying them of Megatron's return. He passed this information on to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Goin' South}} He also accompanied Prime and a team of Autobots to an unnamed planet home to an ancient civilization which reportedly stored a cache of superweapons, and battled the Decepticons there until a monstrous native scared them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

Bumblebee was among the Autobot/Decepticon forces battling the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] on [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}}
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==Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[Image:G2BumblebeeFleetwayWarWithoutEnd.jpg|thumb|Hey, look, it's G2 Elite Guard Bumblebee.]]
Millions of years ago, before the Transformers' war left Cybertron, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime participated in a furious battle against the forces of the Decepticons. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}
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==''Classics''==
{{noteclassics}}
Bumblebee was among the Autobots who returned to Earth with Optimus Prime once word of Megatron's re-emergence reached them on Cybertron. They established a headquarters at [[Autobase Prima]] in the Pacific Northwest. Bumblebee remained behind at headquarters when Optimus and the Autobots helped [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] on his quest. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} He was present when they returned from the battlefield with injured soldiers. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Robo-Capers characters]]
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Conflagration

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' #6
|prev=Confrontation (issue)
|next=The Age of Wrath
|title="Conflagration"
|image=DW WW2 6.jpg
|caption="AH! A waterspout! Keep it away from me!"
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[April 14]], 2004
|coverdate=April 2004
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inks=[[Erik Sander]]
|additional inks=[[Rob Armstrong]]
|colors=[[Alan Wang]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|The Dark Ages]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Deus ex machina.'''

==Synopsis==
In the [[Polities of Cybertron|Orbital Torus State]] of either [[Protihex]] or [[Altihex]] ([[#Errors|see errors]]), [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] announces the arrest of the [[Chaos Trinity]] for their role in [[The Fallen]]'s evil plan. The three [[Dark science|dark artists]] use their martial arts abilities to fight back, but Shockwave is supported by the rest of the [[Decepticon]] army.

Below, in the [[Well of All Sparks]], energy from the four captives is funneled to open the [[Seal of Primus]]. The Fallen curses [[Primus]] theatrically. Wired into the machine, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] struggles to comprehend the dark arts involved in the ceremony.

Above, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], and [[Bugly]] continue to defend against the Decepticons trying to disturb the [[Unbinding]]. In the sky, [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] films the battle and transmits the footage to [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the [[Autobot]]s. Investigating the reason for the conflict, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] scans the incredible energy inside the Well. Prowl and Swoop agree to meet there, as the Autobots want to find the missing Jetfire, and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] want to retrieve [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].

The Fallen explains to nobody in particular how the energies of the four captives have the genetic potential to form the "angles of the geometry of dissolution", which form a key that unlocks the seal of Primus. Jetfire blathers while Grimlock, using sheer force, breaks free of his bindings.

[[Image:Wellofallsparks.jpg|left|300px|thumb|WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?]]
Above, Mindwipe suggests to Bludgeon that it's time to fall back, but Bludgeon is already retreating. Shockwave disables Mindwipe. With the battle over, Swoop reveals himself to the Decepticons while the retreating Bludgeon falls victim to [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and Shockwave agrees to a temporary truce. Together, the L.S.C. and the Decepticons enter the facility that Bludgeon was protecting. Reaching the end of the corridor, they discover a door marked with unknown symbols which Swoop guess means "do not disturb". Shockwave orders [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to "disturb" with full force. On the other side, The Fallen hears the blast but declares it too late.

On the other side, finally listening to Jetfire's reason, Grimlock breaks free the still-deactivated [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and carries them outside. Jetfire radios the Autobots and requests they erect a containment field around himself and the Seal of Primus. The Fallen thinks Jetfire wanted to contain him, and realizes the true plan too late as the seal cracks open, and Jetfire is witness to a radiant hand forming from the energies unleashed by The Fallen. The glorious finger points at The Fallen, causing the evil Transformer to burst apart and get sucked into the seal which forms anew.

Later, Prowl and Shockwave meet outside the Well. It's agreed that a lock is to be placed on the doorway, which won't be opened until Cybertron stands united. Grimlock sort-of apologizes to Jetfire, who feels [[Unicron|something terrible]] looming on the proverbial horizon.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (13)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (14)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (14)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (16)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (17)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (18)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (19)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (20)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (21)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (22)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (23)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (24)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (25)

|c2=
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (1)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (2)
* [[Bugly]] (3)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (4)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (5)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (6)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (7)
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (8)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (11)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (15)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (26)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[The Fallen]] (12)
* [[Primus|A glowing hand]] (22)
* [[Unicron|An approaching threat]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"I don't know how you survived our last encounter...But you should '''never''' have come alone." 
"Uh... alone? That would be illogical."
:'''—Bludgeon''' and '''Shockwave''', right before the Decepticon army appears.

"Never mind. Look, whatever's happening here is '''beyond''' even me. Theoretical, metaphysical, stuff I'm...just '''not''' quite ready to accept. But something's '''started'''. Something ancient and '''primal'''. And we're at '''underground zero!'''"
:'''—Jetfire'''

"And then there's that...'''incident''' , with the '''cerebro''' shell. And, well... the less said about that the better. But here, now, we have to-" 
"Oh, sorry. '''Missed''' that... On account of whole '''breaking free''' thing!"
:'''—Jetfire''' and '''Grimlock'''

"PUH-RIMUUFHHHEEEEUERR—"
:'''—The Fallen''''s last words... such as they are.

"Whatever's in there '''stays''' buried until... until..." 
"...all are one?" 
"'''Catchy'''. Yeah, something like that."
:'''—Prowl''' and '''Shockwave''' prove that an emphasis on logic leads to a lack of imagination.

==Notes==
* Jetfire mentions some sort of incident with a [[cerebro-shell]] involving him and Grimlock. Could that possibly have a connection to Grimlock's irregular grammatical problems?
* The Fallen's plan was apparently to release Primus, but The Fallen works for Unicron. The easiest explanation is to consider this issue the Dreamwave equivalent of "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]" and The Fallen didn't expect Primus to attack him through the portal.
* A teeny tiny Unicron is visible in the final panel as Jetfire talks about some oncoming threat.
* Did Trypticon [[Scale|shrink significantly]] since last issue?
* The "Declarations of War" page has reader mail answered by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and a rendering of Megatron in his ''War Within'' mode by Chris Tordesillas.
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" section contains an article from the desk of Megatron.

===Errors===
* Shrapnel is mis-colored when Slag abruptly sucker-punches him.
* On the first page, it is established that Shockwave's troops are fighting the [[Chaos Trinity]] in [[Protihex]]. A few pages later, Prowl states the two groups are fighting in [[Altihex]].

===Cover===
* The Fallen attempts to open the Seal of Primus; pencils by [[Don Figueroa|Don Figueroa]].

===Advertisements===
* ''[[20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special]]'' (double-page centerfold)
* [[Original Sin|''Generation 1'' #5]]
* [[What Lies Beneath, Part Four|''Energon'' #23]]
* ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Transformers Armada: More Than Meets The Eye]]'' book 3 (interior back cover)
* ''[[Transformers (PS2)|Transformers: Armada]]'' Playstation 2 video game (back cover)

===Reprints===
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[[Category:War Within issues]]

Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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[[Image:Grimlockg1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock draw self-portrait.]]

Me '''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]''' play a big, major, and important role in [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics]]!

==Generation 1==
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{{note|The comic Dinobots had average, functional intellects. Grimlock spoke normally for most of the early issues, but by [[King of the Hill!|Marvel US issue #27]], Grimlock began affecting a caveman-esque speech pattern to mask his intelligence,<ref>Grimlock possesses a brilliant mind but considers intellectuals weak. He chooses to talk dumb rather than be thought of as weak. ''Marvel UK #200 "Secrets of the Transformers" booklet.''</ref> leaving his fellow Autobots to think he has a glitch in his speech processor. The other Dinobots speak normally.}}

Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Grimlock and four other warriors who would later become the Dinobots snuck into a [[Decepticon]] spaceport and stole a number of ships and hid them in the [[Rad Zone]], suspecting that one day they might become fed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership and strike out on their own. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

[[Image:Arkshuttle3.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Countless kids were left wondering what "cur leader Grimlock" means.]]
While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the Ark learned that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but their battle reached a stalemate when all combatants became trapped in a tar pit and buried under a collapsing cliff side. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

Information on this battle were stored on the Ark's memory banks and were discovered four million years later by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] {{storylink|The Last Stand}}, and Ratchet, at the moment the last Autobot on Earth that remained functional, tempted [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] with details of Shockwave's alleged defeat as currency for a deal with him. Promising Megatron that he would find the Dinobots and use them to defeat Shockwave on Megatron's behalf, {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet traveled to the Savage Land and retrieved the bodies of the Dinobots. Ratchet faked this defeat using video of [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]'s memories and when Megatron doublecrossed him, he ambushed Megatron with the Dinobots. However, Grimlock and the others were no match for Megatron, and they were knocked aside. Ratchet managed a victory regardless, and he and the Dinobots returned to the Ark. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

[[Image:Grimlocktestsnewhand.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Now that's a bedside manner.]]
''On the way back to the Ark, Grimlock had his first encounter with a [[human]], which didn't end well. Ratchet sought to explain why humans feared them with a story about the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons at [[Sherman Dam]]. At story's end, they reached the Ark, but it was guarded mercilessly by [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]]! After Guardian disposed of [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]],'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''the Dinobots attacked Guardian together, but they were defeated and were forced to regroup. Grimlock was furious when Ratchet said Swoop's injuries were not top priority, as he had an Ark full of Autobots in need of care. While Ratchet was tending to [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], Grimlock led the remaining Dinobots on a second attack against Guardian. This time they were successful, though they didn't realize that Guardian was hardwired with a bomb that threatened them all.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''Thankfully, Wheeljack was able to control Optimus Prime's headless body by remote and seize Grimlock's arm before he could deliver the blow that would destroy them all. Ultimately, their lives were saved by Swoop, who carried Guardian up into the sky as the bomb detonated. With Swoop believed dead, Grimlock took his Dinobots elsewhere.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

''After Swoop returned in a berserker rage, it became apparent that the Dinobots had reverted to their base instincts due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out from millions of years stuck in tar, so the Autobots plotted to round them up. Grimlock and Sludge were the final targets, and as the two tore through a snowy part of [[Canada]], Optimus Prime vowed to stop them even if it cost him his life. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] discovered that the source of the rage was coming from a Decepticon-crafted signal, but when the signal was destroyed, the Dinobots entered a deep hibernation stat from which there may not have been any return.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''While Grimlock sat comatose, he dreamed of slaying Megatron, though he subsequently died at the hands of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity||Starscream]].'' {{storylink|Victory!}} ''Grimlock and the other Dinobots were eventually reawakened, and ''they attended the unveiling of the Autobots' last line of defense, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Jointly, Optimus Prime detailed a plan to attack the Decepticon base and immediately retreat after stealing data from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Grimlock was displeased at this, and refused to fight a war in which he was unable to fight. He seceded his Dinobots from the Autobots, and they struck out on their own. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''Grimlock and the other Dinobots met up with Sludge's human friend, [[Joy Meadows]], and agreed to help her expose the truth about the Robot Master cover-up. (Grimlock was bemused about Sludge's obvious crush on Joy) That was fine when they were fighting the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] but then the Decepticons got involved, and despite the Dinobots' best efforts Joy was blackmailed by Soundwave into dropping the investigation.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''When Optimus Prime caught up with them and demanded to know what was going on, Grimlock walked off.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''Along the way, the Dinobots had picked up an ally: [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], an archaic mechanoid who'd helped them against the Decepticons.''

''While wandering the countryside, Grimlock and the other Dinobots found that Centurion, who'd gone on ahead, had been ripped to bits by the time-traveling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Pissed off, Grimlock went after him and the Dinobots found Galvatron as he was beating up on a small group of Autobots who had recently arrived from Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} ''The Decepticon bested Grimlock in hand-to-hand combat, and Grimlock was about to receive a deadly blow from his own sword when he was rescued by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. The combatants were scattered when Shockwave's Decepticons fired upon Galvatron and allowed the time-traveller to leave.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[Image:Grimlockkingofthehill.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Blah blah Grimlock thinks in real English, but dude, check out that creepy grin on Slag.]]
Paleontology student [[Rachel Becker]] found Grimlock's footprints in the [[Cascade Mountain Range]], so she, [[Robert Paaswell|her professor]], and [[Marty Cooper|his assistant]] pitched tents to observe the area overnight. The Dinobots were indeed hiding nearby, and when Swoop brought Grimlock news of Optimus Prime's death, Grimlock prepared to take leadership of the Autobots for himself. The Dinobot Commander interrupted a committee of high-ranking Autobots attempting to nominate a replacement, and he rudely nominated himself. Unsurprisingly, the Autobots were not impressed, and Grimlock was turned away. Grimlock got a chance to prove himself when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked the Ark. At first his plan was to hide in the forest, let Trypticon "soften up" the Autobots, remove the Decepticon, and impose leadership over the weakened faction, but Grimlock's doubts increased as the Autobots were pummeled. Additionally, he was surprised when Rachel Becker approached Grimlock with no fear, since he was certain that all humans were cowards. When Rachel's life was threatened by Trypticon, Grimlock attacked Trypticon himself, which signaled the other Dinobots to follow his lead. In the aftermath of his victory against the Decepticon intruder, the high-ranking Autobots decided that Grimlock had displayed all the desired traits of a great Autobot leader—wisdom, compassion, courage, charisma, and military skill. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[Image:Variablevoltageharness.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Time it took for power to corrupt Grimlock: Approximately 3 seconds.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, Grimlock set about immediately picking out a [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership|crown]] for himself and affecting an unintelligent way of speaking. His first point of order was to steal back the assorted equipment and tools that the [[Mechanic (G1)|Mechanic]] had stolen from them shortly before his assumption of command. To his dismay, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] and Blaster refused to harm humans if necessary to complete the mission. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}} The two Autobots deserted. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} ''Grimlock declared them traitors and sent Autobots out to look for them; the rest of his army were tied up with pointless tasks and Wheeljack was ordered to repair Centurion above all others. In pursuit of the deserters, Grimlock and Centurion went to join [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] in [[London]], but the Transformers that Blades had found was actually Megatron!('s clone) Grimlock took a beating but got back up, and was quite impressed to see the human [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]] soldiers were trying to fight Megatron as well: it challenged his assumptions about weak stubbies. He almost died against Megatron, saved only by Centurion, who died holding Megs in place for an airstrike.'' {{storylink|Ancient Relics!}}

''Now that the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] were on Earth, they began terrorizing Swoop, who had a dark history with the Predacon [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. The other Dinobots fought the Predacons in defence of their mate. Swoop was afraid to admit that he had lost his name to Divebomb millions of years ago after losing a fight with the Predacon, but when Divebomb revealed this to Grimlock, the Dinobot admitted that he had known ever since he had taken command of the Autobots and had access to Optimus Prime's files... and didn't care! Grimlock then tried to murder Divebomb in order to cover up Swoop's secret shame, stopped only by Swoop calling an end to the fight.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

With Blaster and Goldbug still out there, Grimlock ordered the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to bring them in. Grimlock had in the meantime completed repairs on the Ark itself, and with Wheeljack's new [[Geothermal Generator]], they were no longer dependent on humans for fuel. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Expecting Blaster and Goldbug's forced return, Grimlock had a [[variable voltage harness]] constructed to serve as their punishment. He ordered the Ark to launch into Earth orbit. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Immediately the Ark overtook the Decepticon [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], who was being taken for a ride by Blaster and the [[Spacehikers|Spacehiker children]]. Fearing Grimlock's growing megalomania, Wheeljack had called his old friend [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] for help. Before Grimlock could capture Blast Off, the children threw Blaster from the airlock into space. Grimlock used the children as bait, threatening to end their lives if Blaster did not show up. Blaster returned himself to the Ark to the welcome arms of the other Autobots, who had grown tired of Grimlock's tyranny. Despite Sky Lynx's intervention outside the Ark, he was surrounded by the Dinobots, and Blaster was forced to give himself up to protect the safety of the children. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[Image:Grimlockokeydokeyblaster.jpg|right|300px|thumb|We've replaced ruthless early-to-mid Marvel Comics Grimlock with Season 3 cartoon Grimlock. Let's see if Blaster notices.]]
Blaster was placed in the variable voltage harness for his treason. Some time thereafter, Grimlock's Autobots stationed on the Ark met up with Autobots from Nebulos stationed on the ''[[Steelhaven]]''. Grimlock was furious that the ''Steelhaven''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Autobots were led by a human, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], and he challenged Spike's [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] partner, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fruitloop Multipuck]], to a duel for ultimate Autobot supremacy. Forktongue Maxiface was in no condition to fight, as he had suffered terrible damage recently at the hands of Shockwave, so Grimlock offered Blaster to fight in his stead. Both ships' crews unloaded onto Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch the fight, but Blaster and Grimlock's grudge match quickly rumbled past the horizon line. After exchanging blows, Grimlock and Blaster noticed explosions back at the ships' landing site, and agreed to a short truce to investigate. Indeed, Ratbat's Decepticons had ambushed the Autobots in their absence, but with the introduction of Blaster and Grimlock to what had been up to that point a massacre, the tide quickly turned. Grimlock's sword pierced the forcefield of the Decepticons' [[Club Con|flying island base]], and the Decepticons retreated. In the wake, Fortress Maximus admitted that he had sent Goldbug and the ''Steelhaven'''s skeleton crew to Nebulos to rebuild Optimus Prime, their true leader. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Optimus Prime returned from Nebulos as a [[Power Master]] and took back the reins of command, ''easily sweet-talking Grimlock into going along with it'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}, though both Grimlock and Fortress Maximus kept high-profile positions in the ranks. The trio watched a commercial for [[Club Con]], a tropical resort suspiciously helmed by Decepticons. Grimlock wanted to bust some heads, but Optimus thought a more subtle approach was needed. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Meanwhile, Earth was coming apart at the seams due to a timestorm caused by the displacement of Galvatron, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] from Earth's future. Optimus, Grimlock, and Fortress Maximus held court, and decided an attack on the future Decepticon's undergrund base was due. During the battle, shockingly, Optimus and others were displaced to [[limbo]] by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and other Autobots from the future. Believing these future Autobots were imposters, responsible for the apparent deaths of Optimus Prime and the other displaced Autobots, Fortress Maximus and Grimlock led a vengeful charge. By the time the truth was learned, the stakes had shifted, and the future and present Autobots, including Grimlock, teamed up to face the combined might of Galvatron and a [[Straxus (G1)|clone of Megatron]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[Image:Grimlockdarkstar.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Yeah, those Pretenders are ''real'' sorry.]]
Answering a distress call in the [[Arctic]], Grimlock and the Autobots found [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]... and a Decepticon ambush! After a number of casualties, a brittle truce was forged when it was discovered that this was all a setup by Starscream to divert attention away from his grab at the [[Underbase]]. Both factions found Starscream about to meet the Underbase in space, but Starscream was able to absorb enough Underbase energy to throw his ship into theirs. Starscream departed for Earth, to conquer the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]], and Optimus had thoughtfully kept the Ark nearby to help ship everyone back to Earth. Grimlock and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] led a team sent ahead to Tokyo to await Starscream. After the Underbase-powered Decepticon destroyed the Dinobots, Grimlock was quick to fire upon Starscream and scored one of the few consequential hits on the fearsome traitor. Grimlock hunted him down and bit at Starscream's leg, but Starscream was able to grab the Dinobot commander and place him between himself and "friendly" fire from the Decepticon [[Pretender]]s. {{storylink|Dark Star}} Grimlock perished, and was next seen undergoing futile repairs onboard the Ark. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}}

[[Image:Grimlockyesterdaysheroes.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Wait, if Grimlock still looks like his original [[character model]], whose tail-gun is that?]]
Grimlock was brought back on-line by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] using [[Pretender]] technology stolen from Megatron. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} While Grimlock, along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], handily defeated Megatron's minions, he was unable to save Ratchet when [[Megatron's base]] exploded. {{storylink|Skin Deep}} Afterward, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee briefly joined the Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron before attempting to return to Earth via [[trans-time dimensional portal]]. [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], seeking to crush the resistance's momentum, sent ''the latest incarnation of'' the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to destroy the three Autobot Pretenders. Infiltrating [[Autobase]], the three Decepticons sabotaged the portal, teleporting all six Transformers (and the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]]) deep into the heart of Cybertron, where the Autobots discovered the resting place of their god, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

Grimlock at first thought it was all a Decepticon trick and was [[Atechnogenesis|skeptical]] that the Transformers even had a god. When the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] appeared, Grimlock demanded the ancient Transformer "prove it" by telling them the story of the Transformers' origin. The Keeper's story (complete with holographic slide-show) was suitably convincing, but unfortunately gave the Mayhem Attack Squad time to sneak up on the Autobots, and another battle ensued. The outnumbered Decepticons were no match for Grimlock and company, but [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]'s last-ditch shot ricocheted off the Dinobot's back, waking Primus. A few seconds too late, the Autobots in Autobase repaired the portal, sending the lost Transformers to Earth. Grimlock immediately demanded they find the Earth-based Autobots to warn them of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

[[Image:Grimlockdarkcreation.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Like cartoon Grimlock, Grimlock's shell has beautiful, soulful blue eyes.]]
After rejoining Optimus Prime's forces, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee formed a team in the search for the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Traveling to [[VsQs]], where Optimus Prime's funeral barge had crashed, the three began to search an abandoned science station for any clue as to the Matrix's whereabouts. While Bumblebee searched the computer logs, Grimlock went looking for the science team—only to discover they had all been killed. Before the Autobots could formulate a plan, Thunderwing attacked. Grimlock's first reaction was to attack, but not even all three of them could defeat the Decepticon leader. Instead, they were "saved" by the [[Matrixspawn]], which became Thunderwing's new target. The three Autobots searched the wrecked station independently and recovered the Matrix. Low on [[energon]], the three attempted to return to their shuttle, but the moon's heavy gravity slowed them down, allowing Thunderwing to overtake them, defeat the three weakened Autobots and claim the Matrix for his own. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

After Thunderwing's defeat, the Autobots sent a shuttle to VsQs to rescue Grimlock and the others, who were low on energon and on the verge of [[stasis lock]]. Grimlock was none too grateful for his rescue, instead berating himself for failing to destroy Thunderwing and guilty that he was alive while the other Dinobots were still deactivated. However, without Ratchet or the Matrix, the Autobots knew of no way to bring back their fallen. Grimlock sought Optimus's permission to travel to [[Hydrus Four]] and investigate the rumors of the substance [[Nucleon]]. When Optimus refused, Grimlock stole a shuttle and the bodies of the Dinobots and went anyway, which everyone really should have seen coming. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

[[Image:Grimlockpriceoflife.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Grimlock never looked like his inner Pretender robot.]]
Once on Hydrus Four, Grimlock sought out the medi-center on the island of [[Farooth]], where the well of Nucleon was kept. Along the way, he encountered the substance's [[Nucleon guardian|three guardians]], zombie-like mechanoids who attempted to bar visitors from tapping the Nucleon. Two engaged him in combat, but Grimlock dispatched them easily. Unlike destroying Decepticons, he could take no pleasure in his victories, which seemed pointless. He began to question his motives: Was he really trying to save the Dinobots, or just prove himself a better leader than Prime? By the time he reached the island of Farooth, Grimlock simply wanted the grim business done with.

At the well, Grimlock encountered the final guardian. The Hydrusian didn't want to fight, but instead warned him that Nucleon always came with unexpected side effects. To quell the doubts that had plagued him since his arrival, Grimlock decided to test the Nucleon on himself, plunging a hand into the well. Feeling a surge of power and no immediate side effects, Grimlock decided it had to be safe and went to work reviving the other Dinobots, ignoring the Hydrusian's parting words, "Time will tell." {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

With the Dinobots revived, Grimlock loaded up as much Nucleon as he could and returned to the Ark. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The Dinobots found it empty, as Primus had teleported the Earth-bound Transformers back to Cybertron. Electing not to waste time looking for the others, Grimlock ordered [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] to set course for Cybertron while Sludge and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] pumped the Nucleon into the Ark's life-support pods. The Dinobots were unaware that the life-support pods also held Megatron, as Grimlock had departed before Ratchet's rescue. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[Image:G1 Grimlock vs demons.jpg|left|250px|thumb|They brought claws to a sword fight.]]
Grimlock was the first Transformer to begin feeling the Nucleon's effects. Before he even left Hydrus Four, he began suffering erratic joint locks. He tried to hide the symptoms as long as he could, but after Unicron's defeat, they began to worsen, until his entire body seized up during a battle. [[Hi-Q]] came to his rescue, recognizing that the Nucleon was still transforming Grimlock's body. Hi-Q accelerated the process, as the Nucleon granted Grimlock a new, more powerful body, but at the cost of [[Action Master|his ability to transform]]. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[Image:Grimlockendoftheroad.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Octopunch: "I see what you did there."]]
Optimus Prime died from injuries sustained in the war, and named Grimlock his chosen successor (although Grimlock still had to put up with Dumb Prowl as his self-appointed advisor and conscience). While Prowl began naive negotiations with the Decepticons for continued peace, Grimlock had his Dinobots arrange precautionary measures against any treachery. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Sure enough, the new Decepticon leader [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] sabotaged the Autobot ships on Cybertron and took off to loot and plunder with his army. Thanks to Grimlock, though, the Autobots not only had a set of ships held in reserve, but the Dinobots had also placed tracking devices on the Decepticon shuttles, leading the Autobot pursuit force right to the planet [[Klo]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} Unfortunately, Grimlock's knack for forward-thinking ran a little short here, and he led his Dinobots into a trap as soon as the troops arrived on Klo. It seemed the Decepticons had discovered Grimlock's tracking device and anticipated their arrival. One massacre later and the only Autobots left alive were Grimlock, Prowl, Slag, Kup and Blaster. Despite their misfortunes, they managed to overcome the Decepticon hunting party sent after them, and carried the battle back to Bludgeon and his men. Luckily, a miracle arrived in the form of a resurrected Optimus Prime and his new friend, the awesomely powerful [[Last Autobot]], who began spontaneously reviving all the Autobots who fell in battle with the Decepticons. Facing an ever growing number of fully recharged Autobots, Bludgeon fled with his remaining Decepticons, and Grimlock and the Autobots stood victorious. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
Following their adventures on [[Quintessa]] and the war with Unicron, {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Grimlock and the Dinobots were stationed on Cybertron during the Autobot war effort to consolidate control over the planet. In 2008, the Decepticons staged a brazen and unprovoked attack on the Autobot location, prompting an incredible battle. Grimlock led the charge of his Dinobots, and literally began to "munch metal". When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned to Cybertron from the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] with information, Grimlock exited the battle to attend a war room meeting with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], Kup and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. They learned from Smokescreen that Unicron had survived their last encounter, and his head had been drawn to Junk, where he then took over the minds of the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] and began forcing them to rebuild his lost body out of their planet. Realizing that the Decepticons were just pawns being used by Unicron to distract them, the Autobots realized the true battle awaited them on Junk. Rodimus Prime questioned whether he could pull enough troops away from the battle at hand to be of any use on Junk, but Grimlock reminded Roddy who he was talking to, and assured that his Dinobots would be more than enough firepower. Rodimus agreed, and brought Grimlock, [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Smokescreen and the rest of the Dinobots with him to confront Unicron. While Scattershot and Smokescreen distracted Unicron in the shuttle, Grimlock brought the Dinobots down to the planet and stopped the mind-warped Junkions from making any further repairs on Unicron's body. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

Later, Grimlock was part of Rodimus Prime's crew who came to Earth to free Autobot City from Quintesson occupation. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

===Earthforce===
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[[Image:Primevsgrimlockbreakaway.jpg|left|250px|thumb|The clumsy, awkward fight you've been waiting for!]]
In one alternate timeline, Grimlock found a way to revive his fellow Dinobots after their destruction in the Underbase Saga. This method may or may not have involved Nucleon, as it did in the main timeline, and Grimlock apparently did not or could not bring back the means for restoring all the Autobots in the Ark's life pods. With the Dinobots back together they came on strong, battling a new splinter group of Decepticons that had sprung up on Earth under Shockwave's command. Grimlock personally brought down both [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s himself. Despite their victory, Optimus Prime harangued Grimlock and his team for their brutal tactics, flying in the face of the "[[Autobot Code]]". {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This led to a shouting match between the two Autobots where Grimlock threatened to take his Dinobots and quit the Autobot army altogether. The situation deteriorated further into a physical brawl, but ultimately Prime and Grimlock knocked some sense into each other. With Unicron inching ever closer to Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided that the Autobots aboard the Ark were needed elsewhere, yet Earth still needed defenders. Therefore he promoted Grimlock to Autobot Commander: Earth. Grimlock was given his Dinobots, his fellow (former) Classic Pretenders, and the five Autobots recently reawakened by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] as troops. In return for their autonomy, all Optimus Prime asked for was to show some restraint.

He was probably kidding. Or concussed. Whatever. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

[[Image:Earthforce.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Charrrge!]]
From the beginning, Grimlock made it clear to his troops that they would not be fighting the war Prime's way. To get things done right, they'd have to toss the Autobot Code out the window. To demonstrate what he meant by this, Grimlock picked up a copy of the Autobot Code and tossed it out the window. Grimlock isn't big on metaphors. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

Shortly after Earthforce started up, Grimlock received a transmission from Shockwave, challenging him to a duel leader-to-leader. Grimlock vigorously accepted, and traveled 300 miles away to the coordinates Shockwave transmitted, deep in the [[Canada|Canadian]] wilderness during a snowstorm. Only problem was... he couldn't find Shockwave. Grimlock wandered around in the snow and ice for awhile until he found him, or rather, he found a snowman shaped like Shockwave with a sign out front saying "April Fools! — Slag, Snarl, Sludge, Swoop". Two [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] patrolling the area had the misfortune of coming across Grimlock right at that moment. What happened next was censored by the Comic Code Authority, Mothers Against Violence, and viewers like you. He later headed back to the base with the biggest snowball he could carry. (Wonder what he was going to do with it?) {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

Later, Grimlock made a deal with the [[Survivors]], lending them aid to rescue their Decepticon comrade [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] in exchange for them joining Earthforce under his command. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

After Wheeljack finished the construction of Autobot [[Earthbase]], Grimlock gave him a hearty slap on the back as congratulations on a job well done. After they learned Wheeljack had effectively locked them out of the base with the defense grid fully active and hunting for targets, Grimlock hung Wheeljack upside-down by his ankle and smothered his face in the snow. (Centuries later, the good guys are apparently [[A Better Mousetrap|still this dumb]].) {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} As if that weren't enough, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] staged a full-scale Decepticon assault before the grid could be repaired, putting Earthforce on the defensive. Grimlock took his Dinobots out to kick butt, and threw his energo-sword right through [[Octane]]'s wing. They soon drove off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

[[Image:MakinTracks-Tracks.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Grimlock, that's probably a hate crime.]]
It was just one annoyance after another for Grimlock when Optimus Prime came to inspect the newly finished Earthbase. First, he and the Dinobots had to hide the fact that Slag was an [[Emotional damper|unbridled killing machine]] unfit to wear the Autobot symbol. That wacky Slag—always killin' folk. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}} Then Dumb Prime wanted to use Wheeljack's Bodyshop to revive one of the most obnoxious Autobots on Grimlock's hit list—the vanity-obsessed [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Grimlock tried to sabotage the revival process several times, but eventually Tracks was brought on-line anyway, while Grimlock got forcibly and painfully dragged through the auto-restoration machine. To make things worse, Prime assigned Tracks to Earthforce, meaning Grimlock had to put up with him permanently. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}}

When Snarl was diagnosed with the fatal disease [[Corrodia Gravis]], Grimlock and Earthforce had to seek out Starscream, the only Transformer capable of giving his Dinobot comrade a compatible systems boost. {{storylink|Assassins}} To make things even more complicated, they found the Decepticons at war with each other at their Louisiana headquarters, with Megatron, Shockwave and their [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]] assassins trying to take out Starscream and Soundwave. Forced to choose sides, Grimlock sent Sludge and Swoop to protect Starscream from the assassins while he and the others dealt with the two former Decepticon leaders. After Slag charbroiled Megatron and Grimlock plunged his energo-sword through Shockwave's chest, they gave up the fight and took off. Starscream then agreed to the systems boost in exchange for Grimlock's promise to help if Megatron tried to assassinate him again. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

After [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] went crazy due to a [[cerebro-shell]], Grimlock and the Autobots were forced to give an interview and a guided tour of their base to the reporter [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] in exchange for his help removing the shell from their friend. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} Grimlock was less than thrilled. He probably was relieved when the nosy human got kidnapped and brainwashed by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]—at least Grimlock got to skip his interview! {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

==="Another Time & Place"===
{{note|The "Another Time & Place" text story was meant to be a conclusion to the Marvel continuity, but its events were ignored by [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]. It was [[Withered Hope|later labeled]] a "dead end" [[splinter timeline]].}}

[[Image:TFAnnual1991rip.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Break off me Grimlock piece of that Kit Kat bar!]]
In the months that followed the war on Klo, as more and more Autobots began to succumb to the Nucleon's effects and lose their ability to transform, Grimlock's guilt over his actions grew. When he heard the medical facilities on Hydrus-Four had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleon's effect, he jumped at the chance. Taking his fellow Dinobots back there, Grimlock and his comrades ran smack into a Decepticon trap. Bludgeon and his crew had followed the Dinobots to Hydrus-Four and cut in ahead of them, taking control of the med-facility and installing a [[Holocaust Trigger]] device, which totally overwhelmed the Dinobots' equilibrium as they entered, knocking them out. Grimlock awoke hours later to find Bludgeon's sickly-skullhead grinning at him, as the Master of [[Metallikato]] planned to use the Nucleon to revitalize his warriors and bring the Great Megatron himself back to life. Luckily, Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived with a rescue party in time to stop the macabre resurrection ceremony from being completed. Bludgeon was destroyed, and Prime and Grimlock personally ripped apart the half-reanimated Megatron. Normally, [[Furmanism|it never ends]], but this time it truly did. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
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The Autobot Classic Pretenders were part of Crossblades's squad of Pretenders who helped to rescue an oil tanker captured by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime ordered that [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and Grimlock be given the power and abilities of Pretenders and sent to defeat the Decepticons. They arrived outside the Decepticon base, but were attacked by Pretender Starscream! Starscream wasn't a match for Grimlock, who ate one of his wings and knocked him out in three hits. The Classic Pretenders then chased off the Firecons, before Grimlock took on all the Decepticon Pretenders in their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}}

===''Generation 2''===
[[Image:WarWithoutEnd-Grimlockdino.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Autobot re-enactment of Jurassic Park took a lot of liberties.]]
After the coming of the [[Last Autobot]], much of the Autobot army scattered. Grimlock took command of a small commando team, leading strikes against [[Cybertronian (faction)|Decepticon outposts]] across the galaxy.

After encountering seventeen conquered worlds, cyberformed into "[[Eco-structuring|little Cybertrons]]", Grimlock realized the problem was greater than he had originally imagined and contacted Optimus Prime. After comparing notes in an abandoned base, the base was attacked by the flagship [[Twilight (G2)|''Twilight'']] and captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. Jhiaxus told Optimus and Grimlock in no uncertain terms that the war had been practically over for millions of years; the Autobot/Decepticon war was just a sideshow while Jhiaxus's Decepticons had conquered the greater galaxy. While Optimus took Jhiaxus's description of their insignificance to heart, Grimlock refused to give up, bolstering the Autobot leader's spirits. Grimlock and Optimus subsequently burst free from their cell and led an escape from the ''Twilight''. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Grimlock was part of a group of Autobots led by Optimus Prime when they clashed with the Decepticons on an alien world. There was word of a weapon of great power on this planet, and both sides struggled for supremacy over it. Autobot and Decepticon alike eventually fled the planet when the weapon's titanic [[Guardian (G2)|guardian]] awoke. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

Grimlock clashed with Jhiaxus's Decepticons once again when the Autobots met them in battle in a planet amidst the [[K'tord Nebula]]. The fighting reached a fever pitch when it was discovered that their warrior natures were being manipulated by the [[Shadow parasite|parasitic organisms]] that lived on the planet. Though both sides carefully lowered their weapons, Grimlock did so with more reluctance. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

[[Image:DevicesandDesires-Grimlocktickedoff.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Many scientists believe that despite their size, Tyrannosaur arms were surprisingly functional.]]
Despite his loyalty to Autobot ways, Grimlock still chafed under Optimus' leadership. Disobeying his orders (which somehow still surprised Optimus), Grimlock led a raiding party against Jhiaxus, seeking to destroy the ''Twilight''. Unfortunately, the Dinobot failed to anticipate Jhiaxus' increased security measures, and the mission cost [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] their lives. Their deaths forced Grimlock to question his methods and his attitude toward Optimus Prime. He admitted that he envied Prime for the loyalty he inspired in the Autobots, and that this, not the leadership of the Autobots, was what he'd truly desired. Thus, no one was more surprised than Grimlock when Optimus Prime placed the Dinobot in command while he traveled back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

[[Image:Prowlg2muzzle.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Megatron wants to muzzle him...now if only he had a mouth.]]
While Optimus Prime communed with the Matrix to learn more about Jhiaxus's origins, Grimlock, his Dinobots, and some other Autobots played war games on an Autobot base situated on a remote asteroid. The Dinobots' team won against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]' team. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

Grimlock's command status proved invaluable when Optimus met Megatron on Earth alone, intending to form an alliance against Jhiaxus. Megatron beat Optimus half to death, and Prime only lived because Grimlock disobeyed orders and led an Autobot brigade to Earth. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} After Megatron was beaten and humiliated by Jhiaxus, what was left of the Decepticon leader returned to Earth to reconsider Prime's alliance offer. Grimlock, seeing the Decepticon leader in their base, immediately attacked him, though Megatron was able to easily repel the Dinobot even in his sad condition. As Megatron asked Prime whether the Autobots had a muzzle for Grimlock, Prowl was forced to restrain Grimlock from further attacks. {{storylink|Escalation!#"Tales of Earth Part Five"|Tales of Earth #5}}

Grimlock joined Optimus Prime and the Autobots again on the planet [[Ethos]], where Jhiaxus's [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] had recently enacted genocide on the local population. Grimlock coordinated their search and rescue efforts with a headset. The Cybertronians were quickly upon them, and the Autobots found themselves greatly outclassed. Only the arrival of the Decepticons, much to the Autobots' embarrassment, helped turn the tide. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

Grimlock accompanied the Autobot/Decepticon alliance to the moon [[J'asik]], where they found another ravaged world. This time, the Cybertronians' involvement was in doubt; the late inhabitants had been destabilized at a molecular level. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[Image:Biggrim.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock work hard!]]
Eventually, the Cybertronians attacked Autobase on Earth, with Grimlock gunning down scores of its troops. As Optimus Prime and Megatron prepared to investigate elsewhere, Optimus put Grimlock in charge during his absence. The alliance between Autobots and Decepticons gave Grimlock a chance to work alongside two new Rotor Force members, [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]], both of whom were impressed with Grimlock's style. {{storylink|Total War!}}

As the battle continued, Grimlock and Razorclaw stopped for a moment to witness a mushroom cloud from a great distance as the ''Twilight'' nuked [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

But the Cybertronians were the least of Grimlock's worries. Soon the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] was upon them, a living bi-product of the Cybertronians' dark origins, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock and the Predacon [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. They utilized a combination of shield generators, sky snipers, thermal mines, but nothing stopped the Swarm. However, their plans allowed the Autobots to hold out just long enough —barring a few casualties — for Megatron to arrive with the [[Rheanimum]] that ensured their survival.

During this operation, Manta Ray deliberately ignored Razorclaw's orders in favor of Grimlock's and, when the Predacon attempted to execute him for treason, Leadfoot cut Razorclaw in two, securing them as new recruits for the Autobots. In the end, Optimus Prime united with the Swarm and cleansed it of its dark impulses. The Swarm was dispersed, and Grimlock celebrated a victory with Prime's united forces. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

===''Classics''===
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After the Autobots' victory on Klo, Grimlock wasn't interested in "reconstruction" or a new "Golden Age of Cybertron". He knew from bitter experience that any Decepticon talking "peace" or "exile" was just biding their time to strike. So he gathered a like-minded crew and set off aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' to make sure Bludgeon and his ilk never darkened Cybertron with their presence again. Naturally, the Dinobots came along with him, but so did many other Autobot warriors such as [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Elita One]], [[Strongarm (Classics)|Strongarm]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

The crew of the ''Graviton'' spent over a decade patrolling the outer reaches of the cosmos, hunting down Decepticons wherever they raised their ugly heads. Although Optimus Prime openly disagreed with Grimlock's mission, he never raised a servo to stop him. Then, one day, a transport signal reached the ''Graviton'' near the planet [[Vaine]]. Megatron had resurfaced on the planet Earth. Optimus Prime ordered Grimlock to join him on Earth opposing Megatron, and that was one order Grimlock would eagerly follow. Leaving the ''Graviton'' under Ultra Magnus's command, Grimlock made his way to Earth with all due speed. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|Grimlock's ''Classics'' bio}}

Grimlock, Prime, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] encountered Megatron just as he was smashing his way through the human [[Armored Robot Hunters|RUNTs]] and a mysterious extra-dimensional arrival named [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1|Crossing Over #1}} Working off of some information from their new arrival, the Autobots tracked Megatron and his small band of Decepticons to a newly discovered power source in the Southern Hemisphere. Facing off against their foes, Grimlock eagerly lept into battle with the newly reconstructed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3|Crossing Over #3}}

[[Image:CrossingOverGrimlockConstructicons.jpg|thumb|right|350px|And it's in from half-court!]]
He beat the combiner back into his individual pieces and then rumbled with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] until they desperately scattered to seek a better tactical position. Like, far away from Grimlock. Always eager to help, Grimlock grabbed the fleeing [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and gave him a flying toss into the distance, where he landed atop of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. The remaining Constructicons did their best to dogpile Grimlock into submission, but if even Devastator could not stop him, [[Furmanism|what chance did they have?]] None—Grimlock broke free and made another Constructicon shotput toss, sending [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] careening into Megatron. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5|Crossing Over #5}}

[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]] finally managed to score a decent blow against Grimlock, but it didn't last. As the battle ended and the Decepticons departed, Grimlock was seen back on his feet, carrying Hightower's severed crane arm in his grasp. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6|Crossing Over #6}}

[[Image:Classics Ultramagnus Springer Grimlock comic.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock like to make self look smart by hanging around bots who no hold binoculars correctly.]]
Shortly afterwards, Grimlock and the ''Graviton'' crossed paths again, as Magnus and the crew had tracked some of Bludgeon's Decepticons to Earth, led by his lieutenant [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]]. Grimlock's sudden departure from Autobase Prima for a rendez-vous didn't go unnoticed, and Mirage followed him to where Magnus was surveying a meeting between the two factions of Decepticons. Unfortunately, Mirage got noticed by [[Weirdwolf]]'s nose, and the surveillance became a rescue op. Swoop tracked the Decepticons to the Ark's latest crash site in the Yukon. Grimlock and his hunters rescued Mirage and eliminated several of the Decepticon targets in the process. He then rejoined the crew of the ''Graviton'' full time, and took off in pursuit of Bludgeon once more. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}
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===''Regeneration One''===
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The final Hydrusian guardian's warnings bore bitter fruit for the other Dinobots, as the Nucleon had devastating side effects on them, forcing Grimlock to have them placed in stasis. He left Cybertron without orders, determined to find a cure for Nucleon. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] used Grimlock's actions as justification for taking a more proactive approach to matters - namely, taking the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1|Loose Ends #1}}

Grimlock decided to try his luck on [[Nebulos]], even though Optimus Prime had declared the planet off-limits. As he approached the planet, Grimlock reviewed a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", recorded by the Nebulan scientist [[Borx]], which documented their attempts to reconnect the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]' original heads (left behind when the Transformers first left Nebulos {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}). After initial failures, reports had shown promising progress in this area, and Grimlock hoped that the Nebulans would be able to construct new bodies for himself and his Dinobots in order to free them from the effects of Nucleon.

Unfortunately for Grimlock, when he arrives at the spaceport at [[Koraja]], he finds the city deserted... until he's attacked by Nebulan jet fighters. The Nebulan pilots appear mesmerized; however, despite their hostile actions, Grimlock can't bring himself to fire on them, and is defeated and knocked out. Something with green, spindly legs prepares to take him away. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2|Loose Ends #2}} Grimlock wakes up to find himself suspended in the air by chains on his arms, and that his captor is none other than the original [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], having gained a duplicate of his original body. Scorponok decides to make Grimlock an offer - join him, and he will restore the Dinobots, and provide Grimlock with a new copy of his original, transforming body (which Scorponok has conveniently prepared). {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}
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==Notes==
*According to [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|Marvel UK #107]]'s letters page, Grimlock considers [[August 23]], [[1986]], his birthday. It's the date he took over the Transformers letters page.
*Grimlock had the words '''Big Grim''' scrawled on his right shoulder in "[[Dark Shadows!]]".
*[[Bob Budiansky]] made Grimlock the Autobot Commander mainly because he would contrast with Prime's leadership: Grim had no empathy for humans, he just wanted to fight Decepticons and was ruthless at it. "I thought his different approach would shake up the direction of the book in an exciting way and confound readers’ expectations."<ref>[http://www.metalmachine.net/blog/2009/11/21/todds-take-with-bob-budiansky-the-architect-of-the-transformers/ Metal Machine interview with Bob]</ref> In practice, Grimlock didn't fight the Decepticons during his leadership (apart from the UK's "[[Ancient Relics!]]" and "[[Grudge Match!]]", neither written by Budiansky) until the end of it and instead focused his ruthlessness on rogue Autobots, but Furman would later try out the same idea.

==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
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Cybertron (planet)

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[[Image:Cybertronplanet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The planet Cybertron, as seen in the original series. Not pictured: Realistically sized buildings.]]

'''Cybertron''' is the home planet of the [[Transformer]]s and (usually) the body of their creator, [[Primus]]. Cybertron is ([[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|almost]] [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|always]]) a shining metal, technological world; a planet of towering future cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Battling over control of Cybertron and its resources is frequently the motivation for, or origin of, the Transformers' epic wars. Beyond these facts much about Cybertron can differ between continuities, see individual entries below.

{{bigquote|This world is older than you can imagine. It has sailed the starscape...tending budding galaxies...forever a buffer to [[Unicron|the approaching darkness]]. And now its fate...is in your hands.|A voice to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]|[[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]]}}

==Generation 1 / Beast Era==
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image: Marvel issue 1 Cybertron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just another Alpha Centauri sunrise.]]
Cybertron was the adopted form of the lord of the light gods [[Primus]], who trapped himself and [[Unicron]] in barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a vast Saturn-sized machine-world, home for a [[Transformer| robotic race]] he created to fight Unicron with similar [[Transformation| transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

{{note|A Saturn-sized metal world like Cybertron is an impossibility under our current understanding of the laws of physics. Then again it was created by and infused with the power of a “space god” so, well, if anyone’s gonna bend those laws…}}

It has been suggested that the [[Demon]]s in the darkness were the world’s original inhabitants, locked away beneath the world by Primus, though this remains unconfirmed.
Aside from the Transformers, the world seems to possess the mechanical equivalent of plant and animal life, though the exact nature and origin of this lower "life" has never been examined in detail. This version of Cybertron has rough hewn [[Manganese Mountains|mountain ranges]] and great [[Rust Sea|seas]]. (Though of note these seas are not made of water. Liquid water is so rare on Cybertron as to be thought a mythical substance. Alternative substances these bodies are filled with are mercury {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and liquid helium {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}/{{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Darn 'n' Blast #303}}) The atmosphere and temperature on most of the surface is such that human life can survive unaided.

In its earliest recorded era Cybertron orbited [[Alpha Centauri]], and the Transformers were at peace. But the avaricious [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] sought to rule the planet and turn it into a "cosmic [[wikipedia:Dreadnought|dreadnaught]]". This plan would find a kind of fruition, but not what Megatron intended: The cataclysmic forces of his [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|wars]] eventually sent the planet careening through deep space.

Its aimless journey brought it near [[Earth]] four million years ago. When our [[asteroid belt]] threatened it, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] led an expedition to clear the way. They were successful, but they were ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s led by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

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[[Image:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Don't worry, if Unicron eats this Cybertron, Marvel can xerox another copy of the model sheet.]]

In the modern day, Prime and Megatron's troops were reactivated, and they eventually found their way back to Cybertron. The world had changed little in the intervening eons, but the return of the old legends helped bring about the fulfillment of the planet's destiny. Deep below the surface, a small group of the once-lost Autobots fought the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location. When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], which destroyed both deities. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear the world apart. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by a [[Neo-Knights|band of humans]] who awakened the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} He was, it turned out, a safeguard put in place by Primus to guide the planet's reconstruction after the god's “death.” Cybertron was healed and for a time there was peace.

====Significant locations====
*Cybertron has two moons. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

*Cybertron was historically organized into city-states, the largest and most important being [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Others have included [[Kalis]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], and [[Vos]]. Within the province of [[Polyhex]] was the Decepticon stronghold called [[Darkmount]].

*Beneath the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]] filled sewers, the [[Demon|Demons in the Darkness]] were locked away.

*At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing the [[Last Autobot]].
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[Image:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|And that, my friends, is when you say "Look out below!"]]
Cybertron appeared [[Scale|considerably smaller than the planet Earth]]. Entirely metallic on the surface, some of the [[Organic core| lowest levels]] of Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough that [[Human|humans]] were able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} [[Water]], or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|War Dawn}} Many levels below the surface was the energy-furnace, the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], {{storylink|The Rebirth}} and at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer, [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[Image:G1 Cybertron's galaxy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!]]
Cybertron was orbited by at least three unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in [[1984]], it was clearly shown to exist outside of the [[Milky Way]]; on the cusp of an entirely different galaxy, in fact. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Nine million years prior, however, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] had been able to fly from their home planet to Earth under their own power, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} suggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Sol System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennia.

If the assorted colourful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host to [[:Category:Cybertronic wildlife|a vast array of fauna]], including but not limited to: [[Antroid]]s, [[bolt-bat]]s, [[cyber-duck]]s, [[dynametal duck]]s, [[electro-toad]]s, [[glitch mouse|glitch mice]], [[guinea pig-o-tron|guinea pig-o-tron]]s, [[helio-hamster]]s, [[hydro-weasel]]s, [[photovoltaic pussycat]]s, [[pidgeonoid]]s, [[retrorat]]s, [[robo-rat]]s, [[sheepacron]]s, [[titanium moosebot]]s, [[turbofox]]es, [[zap-mouse|zap-mice]] and [[robotopossum]]s.

Twelve million years ago, the [[Quintesson]]s used Cybertron as a factory to manufacture their robot creations. Notably, the origins of the planet are never explicitly stated—the Quintessons may have built it, terraformed an organic world, or colonized an existing metal planet. Whatever the case, after a million years, the Quintessons were forced to abandon Cybertron when their robots evolved true sentience and feelings, and knew they were being used as slaves, rebelling in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|First Cybertronian War]]. The second war was soon to come, however, when the robots splintered into two factions, the peace-loving [[Autobot]]s and the war-mongering [[Decepticon]]s—and began fighting amongst themselves. With the Autobots' innovation of transformation, they were able to win—or at least stalemate—the war, and a period of peace descended on Cybertron, which shone with a healthy golden glow, distinguishing the period as the "[[Golden Age]]". {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

Eventually, however, Decepticons adopted transformation as well, along with robot-mode flight, and around nine million years ago, the creation of the Decepticon [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] re-ignited the war on Cybertron. Megatron rallied like-minded individuals to his cause, and brainwashed others into his service, quickly killing the current Autobot leader in a strike on one of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer cities. With this act kept out of the public knowledge, rumors circulated as Autobot machinesmith [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] worked diligently on a new process to reconstruct Autobots into battle-hardy configurations for the war he knew was coming. That war finally erupted in full when Megatron fatally injured a naive young dock worker, Orion Pax, and Alpha Trion made him the first subject of his new process, reconstructing him into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who would lead the Autobots in the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]]. {{storylink|War Dawn}}

[[Image:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
After a further five million years of war, during which many Autobots fled the planet, the Decepticons had acquired a large hold on the planet, with the majority of it under their control. The main Autobot force continued to operate from the capital city-state of Iacon, but Cybertron's energy levels were depleted to a dangerous low, necessitating a space mission to locate a new planet with new sources of energy that the Transformers could harness. Optimus Prime led his best and brightest on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], but they were pursued by Megatron's elite troops, and all were stranded in stasis on Earth for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Image:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards3.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The white zone is for blasting Autobots only.]]
In the ensuing four million years, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who Megatron had left in charge as guardian of the planet, maintained the Decepticon hold on the planet, though he was unaware of the continued guerrilla efforts of [[Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots]] to undermine him as they raided his energy supplies. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} Eventually, Cybertron's energy level dipped so low as to put the planet in immediate, mortal danger. Reestablishing contact with Megatron, who had awoken with the other Transformers on Earth in the year 1984, Shockwave co-designed the [[space bridge]], an intergalactic transport system that could transport [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]] from Earth to Cybertron, abating the planet's impending doom. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}}

[[Image:UltimateDoom2 Cybertron Earth.JPG|right|180px|thumb|I see a Cybertron a-risin'. I see trouble on the way.]]
Cybertron's place in the universe was forcibly altered in 1984 when the Decepticons constructed a colossal space bridge that actually transported the entire planet into the [[Solar system|Sol system]], into Earth's orbit,{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} where its gravity wreaked havoc with the planet's natural balance, unleashing an unending torrent of energy created by natural disasters. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The energy acquired re-energized Cybertron enough to put it out of the danger zone, but the planet was soon knocked out of orbit by a massive energon explosion, and set drifting off through the solar system.{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} At this closer range, Cybertron remained easily accessed throughout 1985 at least, with the Autobots now able to reach it by conventional transportation ([[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]), rather than having to constantly hijack use of the spacebridge. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

By the Earth year 2005, Cybertron had exited the Sol system, but, remaining within the Milky Way, was still relatively easily accessible by shuttlecraft from Earth. By this time, the Decepticon forces had succeeded in conquering the entire planet, forcing all the Autobots off it, leading them to relocate to [[Autobot City]] on Earth, and to two staging ground bases on two of [[Moonbase One|Cybertron]]'s [[Moonbase Two|moons]]. It was at this time that Cybertron came under attack from the world eater, [[Unicron]], who consumed the two moonbases and assaulted Cybertron itself, only to be destroyed by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]]. His deactivated, decapitated head fell into orbit around Cybertron, a grisly new satellite to replace those he had destroyed. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} With the Decepticon forces in disarray after Unicron's attack, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and his troops succeeded in driving their foes off Cybertron, reclaiming the planet for the Autobots, and restoring and re-energizing much of the planet by 2006, {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} when the world came under frequent attacks from the returning Quintessons, whose previously-secret history with the Transformers came to light. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

In the year 2007, Cybertron was once again wrenched from its place in space when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons invaded the planet and constructed a massive [[planetary engine]] that propelled Cybertron back into Earth orbit once more. Once there, Galvatron opened the Plasma Energy Chamber, intending for the energy release to drive the Sun supernova, consuming Earth, Cybertron and everything else in one final destructive blow. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and the Autobots' [[Nebulan]] allies were able to stop this plan by reversing the rocket engine, which drained off the excess solar energy and channeled it straight into Vector Sigma, which used it to fully re-energize Cybertron. Its rich golden hue restored, Cybertron entered a new Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====

{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese cartoon continuity as detailed above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline, including an extensive 2007 retcon that revealed the complicated origins of Cybertron in this continuity.}}
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[[Image:OracleMatrix.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree."]]
12 billion years ago, the ancient genius [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] and his assistant, the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] were attacked by Primacron's renegade creation Unicron. The Oracle's body was destroyed, but his essence, encased within a protective shell, fled to a dead planet at the center of the universe, which he proceeded to transform into a verdant, living world.

In time, the Quintessons discovered the Oracle's world and invaded, taking control of the Oracle and his powers. The Oracle was transformed by the Quintessons into the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] and also obtained the shell that had held his essence, which went on to become the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Using the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], the Quintessons transformed the Oracle's green planet into the metallic Cybertron. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====

In 2011, it was discovered that the release of the energy of the Matrix by Optimus Prime to cure the [[Hate Plague]] had much more far-reaching consequences that anyone suspected. With the Matrix's energy depleted, Vector Sigma's balance—permanently tilted in favor of the Autobots by the existence of the Matrix—was reset to neutrality, allowing the Decepticons, bolstered by their new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] troops, to freely invade Cybertron. Eventually, this forced Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life by merging with Vector Sigma in order to stabilize the computer before it destroyed Cybertron from within.{{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma developed a new metal alloy dubbed [[Cybertonuron]], which enticed Galvatron into another raid on the planet. However, the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Zarak]], feared the power that Galvatron would gain from the alloy, and so, to prevent either him or the Autobots from obtaining it, arranged for his Headmasters to plant bombs at the core of the planet, within Vector Sigma's chamber. The Autobots were unable to stop the countdown and the bombs detonated, tearing Cybertron apart and leaving it a charred uninhabitable ruin drifting in space. {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

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When the Autobots and Decepticons finally laid down their arms and forged the [[Cybertron Alliance]], they rebuilt and restored Cybertron, using the energy known as [[Nucleon]], which Optimus Prime recovered from the core of a [[black hole]].

===Beast continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Image:CybertronBW Transwarp.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Sunny with an 80% chance of lens flares. If you're traveling, watch out for transwarp waves.]]
[[Image:CybertronBW SolarSystem.jpg|right|150px|thumb|At least it's finally trying to keep an orbit.]]
Three hundred years after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots and Decepticons had faded into obscurity while their descendants, the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], dominated Cybertron. The planet had found a star to orbit (eccentrically, but still), which reflected the relative stability that had come upon Cybertronian culture at last. The Maximals, inheriting the [[Pax Cybertronia]], ruled over the Predacons in a time of uneasy truce. Peacetime diversions had sprung up, such as the [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] amusement park. Or for more "mature" amusement, one could find joints where the servers went around without their torso plates on.

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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[Image:CybertronBM Season1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Amidst Megatron's spark collection, a little pocket of validation blossomed.]]
The tranquility of that age would come to a rapid end when [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and set a [[Transformation virus|virus]] loose on the world that incapacitated the population and paved the way for [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule.

As [[Optimus Primal]] and his Maximals fought back, several facts about the planet became apparent. It had at least two moons, one with big gashes in its surface. The Maximal city of [[Cybertropolis]] had been built over the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and was home to billions of Transformers. And this was just the latest example of an eons-old trend of vertical expansion. In fleeing from the Vehicons, the Maximals found many layers of abandoned civilization, all the way down to the rocky crust of the world. There, fossils existed of bats, dinosaurs, and birds (which were well-preserved enough to harbor DNA). A few plants, such as trees and flowers, were seen growing underground or even occasionally breaking through to the surface. And stranger yet, drilling through the rock revealed the planet's green, oozing "organic core".

[[Image:CybertronBM Season2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Times were so dark, the sun had a shadow.]]
Another previously-unseen feature of the planet—but one that went unremarked upon—was its heavy cloud cover. Across dimensions and timeframes, Cybertron has been conspicuously devoid of visible weather systems. But when the Maximals returned from the Beast Wars, their view from orbit showed extensive, unmistakable clouds (which were also seen from the ground). This wouldn't last forever, though: By the time [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] arrived, the clouds had vanished again. The only major planetary event in the meantime was the doomsday energy storm that occurred when Primal and Megatron pitted the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] against the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. However, it is unclear whether this actually caused any meteorological effects.

Finding a chamber of fossils, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] drew the conclusion that Cybertron's animals had been driven extinct by colonizing robots, a theory mildly supported by Primal's conviction that a balance between organic and mechanical needed to be "restored" to the planet. In the end, Primal's dream became a reality when he applied his "[[reformatting]]" power to the organic core and converted the entire world to a [[technorganic]] state.

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Tens of thousands of years into the future, in the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], Cybertron was reigned over by Vector Sigma itself, who handed down orders through the ruling body known as the [[Convoy Council]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} When Unicron attempted to engineer his rebirth following his destruction eons beforehand, his [[Angolmois|lifeforce]] possessed Vector Sigma and briefly transformed Cybertron into his new body before he was defeated by [[Big Convoy]].

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===3H comics continuity===
According to the [[Al-Badur]], the Quintessons had once served Unicron, and in so doing, they found the "dimensional landing" of Primus: Cybertron. Rather than alert their master, however, they decided to capitalize on their discovery for their own purposes. They attempted to subvert Primus's creations via the Plasma Energy Chamber, but the [[Trans-Organic|results]] were disastrous. Success came when they placed a shell program over [[Vector Sigma]] and channeled the divine power into creating a subservient race. That race would one day rebel and become the Transformers, but the Quintessons' influence remained in the form of the Vector Sigma shell program—otherwise known as the Oracle. Primus could nonetheless sometimes send messages from Vector Sigma through the Oracle, but it is difficult to tell the difference. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
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{{note|The only continuity in which Cybertron has been mapped to some extent. A map of one hemisphere of the planet appears in the DK Transformers Ultimate Guide.}}

===Devil's Due comics continuity===
There aren't many details revealed in regards to Cybertron's past, but it involved the [[Quintesson]]s creating both [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the gladiator and slave races that would evolve into the Decepticons and Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1}}

Following Optimus Prime and Megatron's crash on Earth, Cybertron was conquered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. The planet was also the location of [[Teletran 3]], which accidentally transported members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] to the alien world. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1}}

Shockwave was eventually defeated and the Decepticons were driven back to the [[Gladiator Zone]], allowing Cybertron to be at peace for the first time in millennia. A [[warp gate]] was set up between Cybertron and [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1}} The peace was interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] warped to Cybertron and took control of the Decepticons, but he was eventually defeated. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5}} Notable locations on Cybertron included [[Capitol City]] and the large junkyards where the [[cannibalizer]]s would reside. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3}}

After the death of Serpent O.R., Cybertron was peaceful yet again, and seemingly stayed that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
The Transformers' homeworld is located around [[wikipedia:Lambda_Scorpii|Shaula]] which can be seen from Earth as the second brightest object in the constellation [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpius]] located in its tail. <ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=705 Simon Furman Q&A]</ref>

It is possible that Cybertron was originally an organic world with organic lifeforms, and that they deliberately made the evolutionary jump to cyborgs and, eventually, to fully mechanical lifeforms. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} In fact, the world of [[Gorlam Prime]], a massive experiment by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in evolutionary science, gradually changed into a metal world full of transforming robots. The inhabitants forgot its old name and existence, and renamed it... Cybertron. This raises interesting questions about the planet's origin... {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

According to Cybertronian legend, the first inhabitants of the planet were the [[Knights of Cybertron]], who left ten million years ago. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Cybertron originally had two moons, [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] and [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]], but 1 disappeared over six million years ago. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

Cybertron is the only known world with naturally occurring [[energon]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} This resource occurs deep beneath the surface and was initially mined by hand, before the mines became automated, and the labourers lost their livelihoods. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

Some 1500 years ago, the constant fighting and the stripping of Cybertron's natural resources by both Autobot and Decepticon to feed their age-long war led to a terrible [[Thunderwing (G1)|cataclysm]] that rendered Cybertron uninhabitable. With no atmosphere, Cybertron's surface was unprotected from cosmic radiation and was wracked by plasma storms. Transformers had to divert energy to their personal shielding in order to remain on the surface for short periods; the surface was presumably immediately lethal for humans. Gravity was also weaker than normal and Transformers needed [[magno-tread]]s to walk on the surface. The Transformer race abandoned the planet (save for occasional scientific surveys from orbit) and began conducting its conflict across the galaxy.

According to Autobot command directives, landing on Cybertron was forbidden. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} However, with the resurrection (and subsequent defeat) of Thunderwing, this directive was lifted due to the unusual circumstances. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Around the year 1997, the wise [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] returned to Cybertron with a plan to revive the planet. Through years of work, he began to repair Cybertron's atmosphere and rid it of radiation, though the planet remained dead and resourceless. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

Many years later, the Decepticons created the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Cybertron, which had the side effect of also creating thousands of mindless monsters dubbed the [[Insecticon swarm]] whom they left to their own devices on the planet. After the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth, they sent their battered enemies through a portal to Cybertron, where the swarm would finish them off. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} By this time, Alpha Trion's hard work had eliminated much of the radiation and electromagnetic storms, so the Autobots survived their stay on the planet with only minor pains. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Later, the Autobot starship ''[[Trion]]'' was shot down over Cybertron, and its crew joined the rest of the survivors on its surface. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} They were eventually rescued by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

Most of the Insecticon swarm survived their brushes with the Autobots and stayed on Cybertron, which interfered with Alpha Trion's plans. In order to make Cybertron habitable again, he first needed to get rid of the swarm, and thus he revived [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to take care of them. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}} Trion then left again, with only Ironhide, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and a few hundred swarm members remaining on the planet. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Shortly thereafter, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] made Cybertron his first line of defense against [[D-Void]], a malevolent entity set on devouring all Transformers. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} By the time his army arrived on the planet, the swarm had seemingly been exterminated. The arrival of Galvatron caused Ironhide and Sunstreaker to flee on [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]'s newly arrived ship, after which they traveled to Earth to alert the rest of the Autobots to Galvatron's occupation of their swarm-free and (almost) habitable planet. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

Led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Autobots on Earth returned to Cybertron and confronted Galvatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} During the battle, Galvatron inserted his [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] into the remains of Vector Sigma in the belief that this would stop D-Void from entering the universe. In reality, the Heart of Darkness was an aspect of D-Void, and doing so would allow the entity to turn the dead planet of Cybertron into a giant portal to the Dead Universe. To stop this from happening, Optimus Prime opened the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} By a process that nobody could explain with science, this restarted Vector Sigma and caused the entire planet to be "reset" into an primordial, alive state. Everything old on its surface was wiped out, geographical landmarks and Cybertronian cities alike, and the only Transformer-made structure remaining was the crashed remains of [[Kimia Facility]]. Simultaneously, Cybertron itself sent out a signal to all Cybertronians out in space, telling them to come home. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

With Cybertron restored, most Decepticons captured and thousands of neutrals returning to repopulate their planet, the war was considered over. When the planet came alive again, it began transmitting energy to its two moons, reviving Luna 2 as well. Since Luna 1 was missing, its share of the energy ended up in the atmosphere instead, supercharging it and causing "ball lighting" effects to strike the planet's surface until [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] got a temporary satellite in orbit. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

==Robots in Disguise==
[[Image:RID Cybertron.jpg|right|thumb|Well, it's... uh... it's green!]]
Cybertron was located near or orbiting a larger ringed world,{{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} and had an [[asteroid prison colony]] in which dangerous Decepticon and Predacon prisoners were interred.{{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}} At one point there were a series of civil wars, in which [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], both creations of [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]], fought side-by-side. Following the wars, Magnus was honored, but [[Vector Sigma]] selected Optimus as Autobot leader and bestowed on him the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}} The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s on Cybertron were ruled over by a [[Predacon Council|council]], of which [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was a subordinate,{{storylink|Mystery of the Ultra Magnus}} though he once claimed to be "leader of the Predacons and future ruler of the galaxy" and that he was already "ruler of many worlds".{{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}
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==Unicron Trilogy==
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[[Primus]], a "unique digital entity", came to exist eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was on a planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

[[Image:PlanetCybertron Armada.jpg|left|165px|thumb|Flaky crust.]]
Cybertron is the body of Primus. Much like the versions of Cybertron before it, it is a metallic planet that is damaged by conflict. Cybertron existed in an unnamed system until the ''Energon'' series, where it was pulled from orbit and pushed into another part of space (or universe) that [[Alpha Quintesson]] had created.

In ''Energon'', Cybertron was equipped with a system of [[energon tower]]s that could surround the planet with a protective field, which has since been disabled due to Decepticon attack.

Cybertron had at least one known moon in the ''Armada'' series, but this moon turned out to be Unicron. It is unknown whether it was always Unicron's depowered body, or if the moon somehow became a new "host" body for him.

[[Image:PlanetCybertron Energon.jpg|right|165px|thumb|I can see my house from here!]]
Through the ages, Cybertron has had many repairs, causing new "layers" to be added to the surface of the planet. Deep within the core is a pool of [[Super Energon]] that was once guarded by the four ancient combiners, [[Constructicon Maximus]], and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]], [[Superion Maximus]], and the latter's unnamed brother.

At the end of the ''Energon'' series, Cybertron was granted a new sun when Primus trapped Unicron's spark within a ball of Super Energon, igniting it. This sun would eventually collapse, becoming the [[Unicron Singularity]].

[[Image:PlanetCybertron GalaxyForce.jpg|left|165px|thumb|You DENTED it!]]
It is unknown how large Cybertron is in this continuity, but it is most likely [[Scale|the size of Earth or smaller]]. Cybertron has an atmosphere, but it was unbreathable by Earth life forms as when [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] visited the planet in 2010, they required spacesuits to operate on the surface; by 2020, however, humans were capable of surviving without specialised suits, indicating that an oxygen/nitrogen-based atmosphere may have somehow been generated by the planet or created by Transformers or humans artificially.

In the ''Cybertron'' series, much of the planet had been repaired, including the construction of a "[[Sky Dome]]" headquarters where important meetings are held. This structure housed the artifacts that were used to mount the [[Omega Lock]], which unlocks the robot form of Cybertron.

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==Live-action ''Transformers'' movie continuity==
[[Image:DOTMCybertronopeningscene.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The Allspark was clearly inspired by ''Honey Nut Cheerios'' advertisements.]]

Cybertron was a world created by a device known as the [[AllSpark]]. With its power, it created a race of dimensional travelers, the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], and made Cybertron suitable for their habitation. The Primes soon discovered that while the AllSpark's power was vast, it was also finite, needing to be recharged. The universe soon provided the answer, for a nearby star went nova, recharging the AllSpark. Though the Primes could travel dimensions, they needed help locating stars and harvesting their energy. The AllSpark responded by creating two things to help the Primes. The first gift was the second race of Cybertronians, the [[Transformer]]s, who could change their forms. The Thirteen Primes ruled over the Transformers with their descendants, forming the [[Dynasty of Primes]], to protect the AllSpark and Cybertron, while seeking out stars to harvest. The Dynasty even shared their dimensional traveling abilities with the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s, those tasked with finding stars. Once they found a star, the Dynasty would follow with [[Constructicon (ROTF)|builders]] to forge a [[Star Harvester|harvester]] to drain a star of its energy and send it to the AllSpark to form [[energon]]. The second gift the AllSpark gave the Dynasty was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a key which contained the essence of the AllSpark and powered the harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes recognized the potential for destruction the harvesters presented, so they decreed that any star system which supported life was to be spared.

One day, the Dynasty of Primes and their attendants came to [[Earth|a world]] to harvest its [[sun|star]]. Just as the harvester was completed, the Primes discovered [[human|primitive but sentient creatures]]. Twelve of the Primes upheld the sanctity of life, but the thirteenth despised the creatures as insects and sought to steal the AllSpark's power for himself. What followed was the very first battle of Transformer against Transformer, as the rogue Prime and his loyalists waged war against the Dynasty of Primes and their loyalists. The rogue Prime murdered eleven of his brothers, but the twelfth stole the Matrix and hid it a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] forged from the bodies of his brothers, sacrificing his own spark to seal the Tomb. The rogue Prime, now known as [[The Fallen]], dispatched the Seekers to find the Matrix. When he returned to Cybertron, he brought his war there as well, killing the rest of the Primes and destroying his brothers' [[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] to prevent them from returning. However, he expended much of his power in this process and withdrew to his own sarcophagus to heal. It was there that he learned that he'd made two mistakes: First, the spirits of his brothers were able to seal him in the sarcophagus, preventing him taking over Cybertron. Second, the warriors of the Dynasty had managed to save a single orphan, hiding him from the Fallen. The Dynasty of Primes passed into the realm of legend. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}

[[Image:Movie Cybertron surfaceconcept.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hell on Cybertron. Image taken from New York skyline.]]
Eventually, what little the Transformers knew of their origins would be lost to time. A new society arose, known as the [[Autobot]]s. The Autobots were a peaceful people, led by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], head of the [[Science Division]], and [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]], head of the [[Defense Force]]. The two leaders created a balance; Optimus was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Their world's main cities included [[Tyger Pax]], [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], [[Simfur]], and the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]]. Another area of importance was [[Burthov]], where the Science Division had many facilities. In time, the Autobots began work on a dig near the [[Simfur Temple]], discovering the remains of the Twelve's sarcophagi and the intact sarcophagus of The Fallen. At the same time, unknown [[Ejoornian|alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron had Optimus remove the intact artifact to his quarters to better protect it, allowing him to come under the influence of The Fallen. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[Image:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|250px|Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah.]]
As Megatron began to grow more aggressive, Optimus discovered that he was the orphaned Prime hidden away when the Dynasty fell. Megatron raised an army, the Decepticons, and sought to take the AllSpark to conquer the universe. However, most of the early Decepticon forces left on the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] with The Fallen and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to seek out the harvester. With the number of Megatron's Decepticons now diminished, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and raised his own army of Autobots. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated. Prime eventually sent the AllSpark through a wormhole into deep space, and Megatron pursued it. Both were lost. Without the AllSpark's power, Cybertron became a dead world. The Autobots and the Decepticons scattered across the galaxy, hoping either to create a new world or locate the AllSpark and restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A number of Transformers remained, with the Decepticons centered in Trypticon (now a ''Decepticon'' capital), but this didn't last long. {{storylink|Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream}}

[[Image:DOTM space bridge collapse.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Attempts to replicate the giant gash from ''Generation 1'' have gone horribly wrong.]]
Cybertron's upper layers seem to have a lot of interlocking hexagonal shapes, and several battles near the end of the war took place there. [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] used these geographical features to his advantage when he attempted to escape Cybertron aboard the ''Ark''. Later on, Sentinel Prime attempted to teleport Cybertron via the space bridge-forming pillars from his ship, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] in order to acquire Earth's resources to re-energize Cybertron. However, Bumblebee destroyed the master pillar and Cybertron collapsed as it was going through, presumably destroying Cybertron forever. Although, you never know, it could have just put a huge crater in it. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

Geography-wise, the surface of Cybertron is a mystery. Large rivers of liquid criss-cross the planet, though whether this is lava, molten metal, or possibly [[energon]] is anyone's guess. In more urbanized areas, such as the city of [[Tyger Pax]], the stone and lava seem to be covered over with steel or other refined metal. However, these incidents took place during the war, so it may have been the result of the devastation Cybertron saw. This liquid is even on the tops of ''buildings''! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

Internally, Cybertron has similar features to the inside of a ''Transformer'', including gyroscopic joints. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron, Part: 4}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While everyone had abandoned Cybertron, the twin Autobot [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] hung out there for a while, and Starscream began organising [[Purple generic drones|an army]] there in secret. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

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Cybertron's status was unknown, with everyone abandoning it as it began to die. However, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by using [[Nucleon]]. Stockade believed they could renew Cybertron by summoning a new power source, one related to the AllSpark. They succeeded in summoning such an energy being, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} which did enter Cybertron to renew it...

[[Image:Unicron Titan19.JPG|right|200px|thumb|The Beast Planet!]]
...and to everyone's horror, announced itself as [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]]! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

The possessed Cybertron was swiftly altered into a scarier-looking form with a large mouth and grasping prongs, turned hostile to those on it, and warped to the Sol system. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The Autobots and Decepticons were able to destroy Unicron, but Cybertron was left in its transformed state and seemingly in the Sol system, as well as continuing to be dead and powerless. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

When the Autobots were ordered off American soil, they regrouped ''under'' Cybertron and began working on the teleportation engines that Unicron had left there when he transformed the planet. Using these, they were able to make a decisive strike by teleporting the entire Decepticon army to Cybertron, then teleporting ''Cybertron'' to the far reaches of space. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}
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==Shattered Glass==
Cybertron was a peaceful planet whose inhabitants pursued only science and social harmony until the obsessive researcher [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] rose from the ranks of civilization and began a civil war. This Cybertron never broke free of its orbit and continues to revolve around a sun. True to its backwards universe, Cybertron can be a frightening and arbitrary place whose natives are born from [[Omega Terminus]] and possess [[ember]]s instead of sparks. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

==Animated==
[[Image:Animated Cybertron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pointier than most.]]
In an interesting turn of events, the Decepticons have been driven entirely from the planet. Autobot mastery of [[space bridge]] technology, and their strategic relocation of the [[AllSpark]] led to ultimate victory, and a Cybertron where an entire generation has seen neither [[armor-plating]] nor transistor of a Decepticon.
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Eventually, the Decepticons started an uprising and fought the Autobots once more in an attempt to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

According to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], it doesn't rain liquid on Cybertron. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

The Decepticons never made it, as Megatron called off the attacks to wait for him. {{storylink|TransWarped}} As Megatron himself was captured, the future of the Decepticons was uncertain. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

After Megatron's defeat, a group of Decepticons attempted to free him by disguising themselves as Autobot performers. However, they were discovered by Sideswipe and Cheetor, who imprisoned them in Trypticon with their leader. Following this defeat, a group of Decepticons launched an assault on the Energon Farms...{{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

==Aligned==
[[Image:WFCCybertron.jpg|200px|thumb|]]
[[Image:DarknessRising4-Cybertron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Well, at least there's ''one'' consistency.]]
Cybertron is orbited by three "near-Cybertron" objects: [[Moonbase One|Moon Bases One]] and [[Moonbase Two|Two]] and the [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon Asteroid Belt Station]], each on opposite hemispheres of the planet (presumably the [[Iacon (polity)|Iaconian]] and [[Kaon]]ian sides). Beyond the moons and asteroid belt floats the last of the great [[Space bridge|space bridges]], the long-abandoned interstellar transportation system that once connected Cybertron to its colonies [[Velocitron]], [[Gigantion]] and the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]] elsewhere in the galaxy.

[[Unicron]] attacked this Cybertron early on in its history, but was defeated by the [[Thirteen]]. After their squabbles escalated into murder, the [[Covenant of Primus]] decreed only one [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] could rule at a time, with the thirteen members of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. The Quintessons seized control but an [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] named [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel]] led the revolution, and with the High Council and the [[Guilds of Cybertron|Guilds]], he led the Transformers to a [[Golden Age]] of expansion. As the space bridges became less reliable and contact with the colonies was lost, Sentinel and the Guilds instituted the [[caste system]] to slow their civilization's decline. The High Council and their Guards were in charge of law and order, but each state controlled its own militia.

But as the nameless miners resorted to [[gladiatorial combat]] as an outlet for their misery, a champion named [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] rose to seize the title of Prime for himself. Unwittingly, his Iaconian ally was appointed [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] instead, and their anti-caste movement became a civil war for Cybertron's future. The [[AllSpark]] was lost to space, whole regions of the planet were laid waste, and the [[core]] of Cybertron was poisoned by [[Dark Energon]], the remnants of Unicron's attack, prompting the Autobots to evacuate on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Megatron and his elite forces left on Trypticon too, now modified into the ''Nemesis'', leaving [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]] to deal with the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

In the present, Megatron raised a [[zombie]] [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] army from Cybertron's dead by hurling solidified Dark Energon at it through a space bridge. His plan to have them sack Earth was foiled, when the Autobots turned the Energon pump on the space bridge and caused it to implode. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

When Optimus lost his memories, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] sent [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to Cybertron to find [[Vector Sigma]]. Arcee told Jack to watch out for vermin.{{Storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They were attacked by an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]], left behind as a sentry, and a swarm of [[scraplet]]s, but managed to get the information they needed from Vector Sigma, deep under [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Seeking to gain an advantage over Optimus Prime and his newly acquired [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], Megatron and Dreadwing used a space bridge to travel to Cybertron to acquire the hand of an unnamed [[dead Prime]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

In one [[Rescue Bots Roll Out|micro-continuity]], Cybertron is still a living planet.
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==Toys==
===Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers===
[[Image:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|350px|thumb|]]
*'''Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-00'''
**''Accessories:'' Omega Lock, special silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Planet Key

:[[Primus]] transforms into the planet Cybertron as seen in the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon series]]. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than [[Unicron]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'' line]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon]] as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying [[Omega Lock]] accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into his back and pushed, a transforming sound is heard. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up to reveal his head, his eyes glow red and a laser-type sound effect is heard. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

:In robot mode, Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry, including two shoulder-mounted cannons that can fire missiles, two forearm blasters that raise and extend when a Cyber Power Key is inserted, and several banks of Gatling guns, lasers and missile launchers in his shins and legs revealed by the Omega Lock.

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—an intergalactic world-ship, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact.

:Primus comes with two accessories, the aforementioned battery-operated Omega Lock that lights up red when inserted into any of the four Omega Lock ports, and a special silver Cybertron-Planet Cyber Power Key with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. Any four Cyber Planet Keys can be inserted into the four key slots at the base of the Omega Lock, though doing this does not activate any feature. There are also nine inactive [[Mini-Con]] [[powerlinx]] ports on the Primus figure, including two on the claws on his legs.

:Primus was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint ''Cybertron/Galaxy Force'' toylines, but was released in Japan in the ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' line a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

===Cybertron===
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Omega Lock, special silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Planet Key

:Cybertron Primus is the North American version of Primus, released a few months after the Japanese release. Both toys are identical.

:In North America, limited early-run versions of Cybertron Primus came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" [[Unicron]] head based upon the planet eater's ''Armada'' appearance.

:A later version, [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart|Wal-Mart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, included four Mini-Cons; [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]].

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===Transformers 2010===
[[Image:Primus_2010.jpg|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Creator Primus''' (2010)
**''Accessories:''
:To celebrate the year [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|2010]], Takara [[redeco]]ed the previous Primus toy. It is primarily silver and gold in planet mode, with blue robot parts. A blue [[Omega Lock]] is also included.

:Primus includes the retooled Cybertron style Cyber Key which was originally available with both [[:Image:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[:Image:Cybertron-toy Demolishor.JPG|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolisher]]. The Cyber Key features a "blank" central area (so any faction symbol could be tampographed on) and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the tampographed Autobot symbol.
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==Notes==
*The name "Cybertron" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 48 of the original ''X-Men'' title (released in September 1968), a computer named Computo created a race of robots named the "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/computoxm.htm Computo and the "Cybertrons" at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]</ref>
*Cybertron's "gashed" moon, often glimpsed during the course of Beast Machines, is heavily based on one side of a modern sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Sphere with Sphere" ("Sfera con Sfera"), that can be found in the Vatican City's Courtyard of the Pinecone.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/pomodoro/0003.jpg Photo of ''Sfera con Sfera'']</ref> See, kids? Transformers IS educational.
*The size of the Planet Cybertron varies between different continuities. In one, the diameter of the planet is around 6,300 km, while the Marvel comics describe it as "Saturn-sized," placing its diameter at around 120,000 km.<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/wottf.html World of TRANSFORMERS]</ref> We can probably lay these at the feet of Primus, who is god after all, and can decide to be whatever size he wants.
*Towards the end of the original comic run, Blaster was asked in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK Letters Page]] whether Cybertron would be turned into a Transformer. His response was "No. More likely it will turn into a rapidly expanding ball of component molecules, the way things are going at the moment". [[Primus|Oh, what fools time makes of us all]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2242 Letters page for Marvel UK Issue #323]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (セイバートロン ''Seibātoron''),<ref>For decades, Western fans have typically opted to render the Japanese pronunciation of the planet's name as "Seibertron" (pronounced "Say-ber-tron") in order to distinguish it from the Japanese name of the Autobots, the "Cybertrons" (pronounced "Sigh-ber-tron"). However, several Japanese sources actually spell it as "Cybertron" in English, including the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Headmasters'' video game]], the covers of the ''"Planet of Cybertron Guide"'' books included with Takara's mid-90s laserdisc sets of the original cartoon, a ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_2/img/043.jpg trading card], and the packaging for ''Galaxy Force'' toys. Sources beyond these are surprisingly scarce, although [[A Birth of Planet Saybertron|an article]] in the December 1985 issue of ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' did render the planet's name in English as, of all things, "Saybertron".</ref> '''Cybertron''' (サイバトロン ''Saibatoron'')
*''English:'' '''Cyberton''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kibertron''', '''Kájbertron''' (first ''The Movie'' dub), '''Mesterséges bolygó''' (''Energon'', "Artificial planet")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Cybertron''' (賽博坦 ''Sài Bó Tǎn'' / 賽博創 ''Sài Bó Chuàng'' /賽博宙 ''Sài Bó Chòu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=447 Transformers #303 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Doubleheader

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

[[Image:Doubleheader MTMTE1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Two heads are better than one...I think.]]
Some warriors, even the most seasoned veterans, have been known to collapse under pressure. '''Doubleheader''', however, has developed a unique solution to that particular dilemma: divvy up the duties with a second noggin. His right head sees, smells and overall analyzes his surroundings, while his left head listens, speaks and makes all the decisions. By dividing his workload between two separate heads, Doubleheader always remains cool and collected in the tightest situations.

He also likes to burn things.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
{{noteukonly}}

[[Image:PrimalScream-Doubleheader.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Guess they got fleshy faces later.]]

Doubleheader was stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], working out of [[Autobase]] under [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron's]] command. He oversaw the repairs to the trans-dimensional portal which had been damaged when the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] ambushed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee's]] Pretenders at their headquarters. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

''Later, Doubleheader was working with [[Pincher]] and [[Longtooth]] in a raid on a Decepticon prison camp. They were recalled back to Autobase, where Xaaron explained their latest mission—a search for the long-lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]].'' {{storylink|Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?}}

[[Image:DeadlyObsession-Doubleheader.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Quick, let's cram in—" "—All my modes!" ''"HUUUH!"'']]

Doubleheader accompanied Pincher and Longtooth on the [[Matrix Quest]], which took them to a harbor on [[Gottlieb]]. Hearing about the supposedly miraculous resurrection of the last of a race of whale-like creatures known as the [[Klud]], Doubleheader (and Doubleheader) believed it could be a sign of the Matrix's life-giving properties at work. During the search, however, the Klud crippled Longtooth, which drove him into a killing-frenzy to find the beast and exact his evenge on it. Pincher and Doubleheader chased after their deranged comrade, but were intercepted by a new group of Mayhems, who were trying to get to the Matrix before them. Doubleheader held off the Decepticon flyers—[[Needlenose]] and [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]—while Pincher attempted to reason with Longtooth. After determining the Matrix itself was long gone, the Mayhems pulled out, and Longtooth ultimately left the Klud alive. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In an alternate future 2009, Doubleheader was one of the Autobots withdrawing from Cybertron to [[Earth]]. During the journey, he and Pincher uncovered murder and sabotage in [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|Engine Room Two]]. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} The Autobots eventually crashed to Earth and uncovered [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] himself as the saboteur, possessed by the evil of [[Unicron]]. Doubleheader and [[Hosehead]] fired on their crazed leader, but couldn't penetrate the evil aura surrounding him. They only ended up drawing his attention and were shot down themselves.'' {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1toy doubleheader.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Look out, Newt! It's '''Double Mitt Romney!''']]
* '''Doubleheader''' (Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Double helmet, [[rust-ray rifle|rust-ray gun]], [[acid pellet]] pistol, wings/backpack

: Doubleheader's inner robot transforms into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. When folded up into his Pretender shell, the red wing-section of the jet forms a jetpack for the shell. Even though he has two heads on his shell, the helmets for said heads are a single piece.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Doubleheader/doubleheader.htm More information on Doubleheader at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:Doubleheader-boxart.jpg|right|thumb|200px|WHY DO I HAVE THESE DRILLS???]]
*[[José Delbo]] draws Doubleheader with the weird-ass drills on his shoulders that his box art has (apparently the result of misinterpretation or stylization of his winged backpack) but his toy doesn't. [[Geoff Senior]] does not draw those weird-ass drills on Doubleheader. Doubleheader's [[character model]] probably had those funky drills, as a likely character model swipe occurs in "[[Deadly Obsession]]", but it'd be interesting to know why Senior didn't draw them. Did he work from the toy?

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Fixit (G1)

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{{disambig3|Fixit}}
:''Fixit is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Fixit cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Dammit, I'm a doctor, now give me your purse!]]

'''Fixit''' approaches life with a never-say-die, never-quit attitude. His unwillingness to give up on even the most hopeless of causes earned him the leadership of the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]], a position that came as something of a surprise to him. When then-leader [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]]'s overly-aggressive, rule-breaking methods had gotten the Patrol into trouble with Autobot command one too many times, Fixit took it upon himself to counsel his commander. Stakeout eventually ceded command to Fixit, realizing it was for the betterment of not just the Patrol, but for the Autobot army in general. It certainly helped his decision that Fixit is not only one of the best medical minds [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has ever produced, but he's also quite handy with a laser rifle when the chips are down.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #2</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Fixitpriceoflife.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Fixit: big fan of euthanasia.]]
''Fixit and the Rescue Patrol were one of the first Micromaster teams, and were part of a three-team mission to destroy the [[Battle Patrol]] so the Decepticons couldn't gain Micromaster technology. They disobeyed orders and rescued their comrades instead.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

''When his comrade [[Seawatch]] was traumatised to the point of going offline after a grisly murder, Fixit was tasked to bring him back online to find out what happened. He did this reluctantly, worried about possible long-term effects.'' {{storylink|Demons!}}

He and his team-mates were sent to [[Earth]] alongside the [[Classic Pretender]]s as reinforcements, but their journey via Trans-time portal was disrupted by the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] and they instead ended up at the center of Cybertron. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} Here, they saw the face of [[Primus]], witnessed a retelling of Cybertron's creation, and fought the Mayhems before arriving on Earth - but Primus had awakened and Unicron was coming... {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

''He was part of a mission to capture Decepticon assassin [[Whisper (G1)|Whisper]], but [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] called it off to prevent damage to the environment.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

Fixit later served as medical officer on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in the absence of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], and was tasked with repairing those injured by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. He was instrumental in [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s self-proclaimed "Leg Quest". {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

It was Fixit who carried out a diagnosis on the fused Ratchet-[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] being, and despite his warning that to save Ratchet, he would also have to save Megatron, Fixit carried out the operation at Optimus Prime's insistence. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

He was last seen on Cybertron, listening as Primus revealed the origin of the Transformers. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} How he fares in the subsequent battle with [[Unicron]] isn't shown, but he is not seen again.
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Fixit was one of several Micromasters who joined up with the Autobot cause after the Micros chose sides in the war. He was present in the Autobot barracks when [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]] and [[Sidetrack]] had their scuffle, and saw the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] walk out on the army. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Later, in [[Little Iacon]], Fixit had a ring-side seat to a brawl brewing between [[Trip-Up]] and [[Roller Force]]. On the sidelines, Fixit showed himself to be a little more naive than his fellow Micros: when he pointed out it was against the rules for Roller Force to have a weapon in the bar, the others just stared at him incredulously. {{storylink|The Gray Race}}

The point was driven home again a few hours later when [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] and his Decepticons attacked the Micromasters. Fixit was all, like, "Oh no! None of us are armed!", and the other Micros just laughed at him and drew out scrap-loads of weaponry from hidden places on their bodies. It didn't prove to be enough, however, and the Decepticons corraled the Micromasters together, demanding they choose sides then and there against the Autobots. When the Decepticon Micromaster known as [[Blaze Master]] tossed in his purple badge at these heavy-handed tactics, [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] blasted the turncoat, and Fixit tended to his injuries. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} The Autobot Micromasters were taken back to Decepticon headquarters and imprisoned, but [[Groundshaker]] and the Hot Rod Patrol managed to break Fixit and his buddies out of the holding cells. After reaching the site of the latest battle between the [[guzzler]] factions, Fixit started triage work on the injured Autobots. Tragically, there were still casualties, including Sidetrack of the [[Battle Patrol]]. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:StickTogether-Fixit.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] came to Fixit complaining about feeling "hollow", and was examined for any signs of [[Corrodia Gravis]]. When he failed to find anything, Fixit suggested it was more likely an emotional issue, one which Guzzle later recognized as mourning. {{storylink|Bullets}} He and [[Kaput]] repaired [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] after his battle with [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], though they were unable to wake him up from his coma. {{storylink|Zero Point}} Fixit assisted the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] on Cybertron after a massive explosion mysteriously went off, killing nine Transformers and injuring several others. Later, when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] interrupted his medical care with an argument, he pleaded with them to leave, but he was shoved aside. Then he assisted the Protectobots again after the second explosion which killed thirty-five Transformers. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Fixit later reported to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] about [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]'s medical condition after the latter crash-landed. {{storylink|Night and the City}}

{{spoiler|City on Fire|January 12, 2013}}
Fixit kept [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] on life support after he sustained serious damage in a bombing. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] was taken to his medbay after getting injured in an attack on the Decepticon pen, only to vanish from his [[CR chamber]] without a trace shortly thereafter. A confused Fixit contacted Wheeljack and let him know about his patient's disappearance. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

{{Note|In the IDW continuity, Fixit is not a Micromaster.}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-Zone-toy Fixit-Pipo.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Could someone redirect me to Busytown?]]
*'''Rescue Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

: Fixit transforms into an ambulance of undetermined model. He was only available as part of a Micromaster Patrol set with [[Seawatch]], [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] and [[Red Hot]].

: This toy was released in Japan with no changes as [[Pīpō]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Fixit/fixit.htm More information on Fixit at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Fixit is gang molded with his teammate Red Hot, sharing the same plastic colors.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Médic''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Delta'''

==References==
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Apeface

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:''Apeface is a [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1 Apeface boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I will not hesitate to beat you to death with my own arm.]]
'''Apeface''' is a strong presence in any situation. He's loud, rude, obnoxious, and intimidating to everyone he meets. He dominates those around him with his attitude and fearsome countenance. There's some debate among his fellow Decepticons about how much of his behavior is an act, a gruesomely effective psychological tactic to control others and force them to fold under his demands. Others just think he was built that way. Whatever's going on inside Apeface's cerebral-circuitry, he's not saying. The only one he really gets along with is [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]].

As a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], he is [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spasma]]. Sucks to be Spasma.

{{quote|Yuck! Noble Autobots make me wanna puke!|Apeface is ever-eloquent|"[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Dick Gautier]] (English), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1''), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 2'')

[[Image:Rebirth1 Apeface jumps Wide Load.jpg|left|150px|thumb|I'm gonna bearhug this guy to death!]]
Apeface appeared to be the leader of the "animals" under [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s command. Apeface and the other Decepticons then attacked Autobot Headquarters to get the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber| the key.]] He then attacked the Autobots with some other Decepticons for the key later on in [[Nebulos]] and managed to get it.{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[Image:G1 cartoon Apeface Cyclonus.JPG|right|150px|thumb|I would normally say dull surprise, but this really isn't surprising.]]
Apeface was binary bonded to [[Spasma|Spasma]] and fought the Autobots again but stopped at the arrival of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok.]]{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} He then went back to Cybertron aboard the city robot and helped the Decepticons fight the remaining Autobots. However, the situation became overwhelming and Apeface and the other Decepticons fled aboard Scorponok. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'': [[Yūji Mikimoto]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Horrorcons first app.jpg|thumb|]]

Apeface and Snapdragon were loyal followers of Scorponok on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. Before the Headmasters of Evil abandoned Master to join the Decepticons, the duo were captured and banished into the depths of space by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and his allies for their crimes. Sometime later, they were found and contacted by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who brought them into the Decepticon ranks. Apeface and Snapdragon accompanied "[[Sixshot|Galvatron]]" to [[Shangri-La Island]] for the peace talks with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. Fighting broke out after the Autobots traveling with Spike learned Galvatron was a fake, and the Decepticons were planning to attack other energy storages in the universe. Despite his fierce chest-pounding, Apeface was defeated by the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

[[Image:Horrorcons Daros.jpg|thumb|left|]]

Apeface and Snapdragon joined Galvatron on his trek throughout the universe for more energy, and quickly became his favorite warriors. When they invaded the beehive world of [[Hive (planet)|Hive]], Galvatron took Sixshot and the Horrorcons with him, and just told the other Headmasters to keep a light on for them. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} They were also active on the [[Twin Star]] planets, searching in vain for more energy on Sperity when the Autobot Headmasters arrived. Apeface managed to get in a little brawling, though, so the trip wasn't a total waste. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} On [[Daros]], Apeface and Snapdragon were Galvatron's guests as he met with the corrupt governor, and later joined Sixshot in a fight with the Headmasters. They were doing okay until [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and friends pulled out a 50 foot gun. It...didn't go well after that. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} On the [[Pirate Planet]], the Horrorcons helped the [[Clone (subgroup)|Decepticon Clones]] recover the skull key from [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. Apeface was also involved in Galvatron's efforts to use the key and raid the pirates' pyramid. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[Image:Horrorcons Doublecross.jpg|thumb|]]

As the Decepticons returned to Earth, Apeface and Snapdragon began working for Sixshot on Earth. They were assembled alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Miami]]. The duo fought the [[Monsterbot]] named [[Doublecross]], although he was almost too busy arguing with himself to notice. They later traveled to Autobot City and picked a fight with [[Raiden]], preventing him from entering the battle between Sixshot and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that led to the Autobot City Commander's death. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Sixshot continued to employ Apeface and Snapdragon's services on Earth, as the Decepticons unleashed five simultaneous attacks on Autobot outposts on the planet. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[Image:Horrorcons are bad guards.jpg|thumb|left|]]

As Scorponok abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Apeface was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. After the Autobots arrived on Master, Apeface and Snapdragon were triple-teamed by the new [[Targetmaster]]s. Perhaps not considering the Horrorcons worthy of exerting their new powers, [[Pointblank]] and the Targetmasters spent the whole battle unarmed and in vehicle mode, and still royally smacked the chips out of the two Decepticons. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} When the Decepticons kidnapped [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Horrorcons stood guard outside the [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] base. In vehicle mode, Chromedome and Danny zoomed right past them and up the ramp into the headquarters. Considering the rescue mission continued unmolested from then on, apparently Apeface and Snapdragon decided it was just a sudden wind that knocked them on their skidplates. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} Later, while Scorponok was finishing the final touches on his [[Zarak Shield]], Apeface and Snapdragon went with Sixshot on a diversionary patrol to keep the Autobots busy. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} They also battled the Autobots on the asteroid [[Pallas]] while MegaZarak was undergoing repairs. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

[[Image:Horrorcons Trio Formation.jpg|thumb|]]

Apeface and Snapdragon returned to Earth with Scorponok for his final scheme to annihilate the planet using towers made of [[crysmagnetal]]. As the Decepticons finished preparations for their fourth tower in Egypt, Apeface received a communication from Soundblaster, who had spotted the Battleship Maximus approaching them from the Alps. Weirdwolf's trio was the first to intercept the battleship and engage the enemy, but Apeface and Snapdragon were quick to follow. Unfortunately, [[Weirdwolf]] was leading his men in [[Trio Formation|a rather bizarre and unstable totem pole maneuver]], which only got worse after the Horrorcons hopped on top of [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. At that point, Fortress simply hit the gas, causing the "tower of power" to topple over the side. Apeface was also present at the final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons at the North Pole. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''The Headmasters'' comic====
Apeface and Snapdragon searched for a weapon of unbelievable power known as the [[Charge Arrow]]. Equipped to fire only a single shot, the Charge Arrow was still highly coveted due to its ability to harness countless amounts of energy. They located it at the [[Tower of Omega]] on a distant planet, but were opposed by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. Chromedome tried to wield the Charge Arrow against the Horrorcons, but to their delight he failed to make it work properly. Filled with a sense of triumph, Apeface and Snapdragon mercilessly beat the Autobot Headmaster before advanced on Daniel. Seeing his friend in trouble, Chromedome summoned the [[burning justice]] necessary to wield the Charge Arrow, and used it to blast Apeface between the eyes. The backwash of energy consumed the two Horrorcons, and they fell to a burning crash off the side of the tower. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 5|The Headmasters #5}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
{{Storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}
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===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
{{noteukonly}}
On Cybertron, Apeface was among Scorponok's crew of Decepticons. When their Autobot foes left for the planet [[Nebulos]], {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} the Decepticons followed when [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] sent out a subspace call to the Autobots' enemies. Once they arrived, they met with the [[Nebulan]]s, who were beneath their notice. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} ''{{Storylink|Doomsday for Nebulos}}'' ''Apeface joined his leader in his demand to the Nebulans for them to turn over the Autobots' heads. When the Autobots unleashed their new creations, the Headmasters, Scorponok was forced to call his troops to retreat. {{storylink|Stylor's Story}}'' Apeface and his pal Snapdragon had fun terrorizing the natives in the city of [[Splendora]], until they were easily dispatched by two Autobot Headmasters. Though Scorponok berated the two for their failure, this latest defeat proved enough for him to reconsider the merits of the Headmaster process. Soon, Apeface was one of six Decepticons who underwent binary-bonding with the organic Nebulans to become a Headmaster. He became bonded to [[Spasma]]. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} Apeface and the others continued to terrorize Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} ''When the Autobot Headmasters attempted to rescue the Autobot Targetmasters from the Decepticons, the Decepticon Headmasters faced off against them, but were all defeated. {{Storylink|Worlds Apart!}} Apeface later joined Scorponok and watched his faux duel with Fortress Maximus, which was a diversion so that the Decepticons could acquire a fuel convertor. {{Storylink|The Final Conflict}}'' The Decepticons soon left for Earth, pursuing Fortress Maximus's Autobots yet again. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} The Decepticons met the Autobots on Earth and were defeated in battle. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

''Apeface and Snapdragon were utilized by Scorponok in a trap for [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]. Apeface ended up severely damaged and Scorponok's head was stolen by the Autobot. {{storylink|All in the Minds!}}''

[[Image:Apeface smackdown.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He'll beat you with the oily end.]]

Scorponok's crew later entered conflict with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew over the potential ownership of the [[Underbase]]. During the battle, Apeface learned a valuable truth about himself: while he isn't ''quite'' willing to rip off his own arm and beat someone to death with it, he's also not one to ignore an opportunity when it presents itself. [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] learned that the hard way. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Apeface later attacked the Autobots who joined the battle; the Horrorcons went off to attack [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], only to be shot off by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{Storylink|Dark Star}}

Apeface stood in a Decepticon audience demanding an explanation for Scorponok accepting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] back into the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s surrendered to Scorponok on Earth, Apeface was quite amused, considering it a regular comedy show. Until Kup punched him in the face. That shut him up. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Apeface was teleported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] along with countless other Transformers, where he somehow found a tasty [[banana]] to keep himself occupied while [[Xaaron|some stupid Autobot]] yammered on about [[Unicron|dark gods]] and [[Primus|creators]] and stuff. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When the aforementioned dark god showed up at Cybertron a short while later, Apeface wasn't so amused. Like countless others, he fled in a panic. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} After the apocalyptic battle, Apeface's ruined form was seen among the dead. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

===''The Transformers in 3-D''===
[[Image:ApefaceGrunk01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|GRUNK!]]

Ape Face {{sic}} was one of the last few Decepticons remaining behind on [[Tau-Ursa]] when the Autobots arrived. He was investigating a crashed spaceship when he found a voice recording. Deducing that if the tape spoke it must be important, he resolved to take it to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

At this moment he was attacked by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] who were intent on keeping him from escaping with the information. The triple changer loudly declared his intention to smash them (with a mighty cry of "GRUUUNK!"), and after knocking them to the ground similarly announced he was transforming into jet mode. He was too slow however, and Blurr seized his arm, prising the tape from his hand before escaping. This made him mad. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Ladybird Generation 1 books===
{{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}

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===''TransTech''===
Apeface was one of countless "offworlders" residing in [[Axiom Nexus]]. He was enjoying a nice banana. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===IDW comics continuity===
After the [[Great War (G1)| Great War]], Apeface was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure Prowl into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}}

{{spoiler|City on Fire|January 12, 2013}}

When Megatron returned from the wild, Apeface and the Decepticons started to riot in the streets in celebration. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
:''Voice actor:''

====Autobot story====
While searching for the [[Gem of Mystery|Jewel of Mystery]] in the [[Lazalt Ruins]], the Autobots were ambushed by Apeface. Stating that while the Autobots were clever to have gotten so far, he was going to give them a welcoming party they would not forget. Apeface then jumped down from a stone wall, landed in front of the Autobots, and transformed from gorilla mode to robot mode. The Headmaster told the Autobots to come closer, promising to be nice. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] told him that the Autobots had no time for play, a fight broke out. When it was over, Optimus could see that Apeface had been clearly defeated and stated that it was enough. Apeface could see that he was in a bad situation and decided to flee, Apeface transformed to jet form and flew off. He had a rematch against the Autobots before they reached [[ELTA]], taking them on after [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. He lost again.

====Decepticon story====

{{Note|Apeface was available as a playable character in the Decepticon campaign during the second playthrough.}}

{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Apeface toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Not a bad toy for a guy whose Spanish name is "Wimpus".]]
*'''Apeface with Spasma''' (Headmaster Horrorcon, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-99'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, shield, Spasma Headmaster partner

:Apeface turns into both a cybertronic jet and a robotic gorilla. Unlike [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], Apeface's fighter jet mode only looks vaguely like an Earth jet, with his robot limbs hanging off the back of the vehicle in an obvious fashion. His Headmaster partner, Spasma, can ride inside the jet's cockpit. He can mount guns on either side of his vehicle mode, but for some reason only comes with one gun while Snapdragon came with two.

:As Apeface is a triple changer, Spasma similarly has triple functions, forming both the robot mode face and the gorilla mode face. This beast mode has a relatively wide range of articulation for a ''Generation 1'' beast, but has some minor problems with balance, which limits poses. Apeface's gorilla mode can be placed on all fours, but that results in his head staring at the ground.

:In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Apeface has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Spasma (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Apeface is very back-heavy due to most of the fighter jet mode ending up on his back. The jet's vertical stabilisers detach to form a shield that can be held in Apeface's hands or attached to his shoulder.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Apeface/apeface.htm More information on Apeface at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
* One of the many confusing glitches in ''[[The Rebirth]]'' is the fact that, while Krunk and Spasma were clearly designed to transform into both the robot and animal heads of their partners, the Horrorcons retained their beast mode heads even when their Nebulan partners were separated from them.
* In the Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' series, Spasma does not exist as a separate entity from Apeface; like all Headmasters, the large robot is just a lifeless [[Transtector]] body controlled entirely by the head unit. However, Apeface's head unit is ''still'' called "Spasma" when separated from the larger robot body, even though it's the same guy!
*Apeface was the only character to use the word "puke" in the entirety of the original ''Transformers'' cartoon. That's got to be some kind of feat, right?
*In the Latin American Spanish dub, he calls himself "El gorila invencible" (the invincible gorilla).
*Apeface's creature mode was based on [[King Kong]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Apeface''' (エイプフェイス ''Eipufeisu''), '''Spasma''' (スパズマ ''Supazuma'', see above)
*''French:'' '''Gorillo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Majompofa''' ("Ape Jaw")
*''Italian:'' '''Tagor'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yúan Mìen''' (Taiwan, 猿面, "Ape Face"), '''Yuanhou''' (China, 猿猴, "Ape")
*''Spanish:'' '''Wimpus''' (America)
*''Russian:'' '''Gorill''' (Горилл ''Gorilla'')

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

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Soundwave (G1)

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:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

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'''Soundwave''' is one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s most reliable troops, and he has positioned himself comfortably and irreplaceably in the Decepticon upper command structure. Though "only" Communications Officer, Soundwave stands at Megatron's side as a confidant, comparable in rank to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], but unlike them, entirely loyal to his leader. Though stoic and possessed of little outward personality (as evidenced by his monotone computer-style speech), Soundwave is not without drives: he has worked hard to get where he is, and he guards his place in the Decepticon hierarchy fiercely. On top of hearing all in his role as Communications Officer and Decepticon spy-master, he is actually capable of "reading minds" by scanning and decoding the electrical impulses that comprise "thoughts" in both organics and Cybertronians, and he will not hesitate to use what he learns as blackmail to keep himself high in Megatron's esteem. As such, Soundwave is not popular among the rank-and-file Decepticons, who see him as a two-faced snake and wouldn't mind abandoning him on the battlefield—if they thought Megatron would let them get away with it.

Soundwave commands an ever-growing legion of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette troops]] to carry out tasks big and small. Stored within his signature chest compartment and called forth on Soundwave's whim with a push of a button, these miniature menaces are most commonly employed as spies for either the Decepticon cause or Soundwave's personal objectives, but are just as effective as warriors, and are entirely devoted to their master. They are also not Soundwave's only diminutive partners: as an [[Action Master]], he is [[Action Master partner|partnered]] with [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]].

In various universes, Soundwave is upgraded into '''Soundblaster''' (サウンドブラスター ''Saundoburasutā'').

{{quote|As you command, Megatron.|Soundwave, eternal loyalist|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Contentedfools.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ravage, Megatron, and Soundwave, the first Decepticons.]]
Millions of years ago, Soundwave was one of the first members of the Decepticons; after sowing discontent amongst the masses, he, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] began the war that tore the planet itself out of its orbit. The Decepticons, including Soundwave, attempted to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep for four million years. In 1984, the detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. Learning the [[Human|inhabitants]] of this planet had access to its vast energy sources, Soundwave joined the Decepticons in raiding a drive-in movie theatre. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Soon after, Soundwave participated in a raid on [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], and after helping the Decepticons make off with large chunks of its machinery, helped use their bounty to build a [[Fortress Sinister|new headquarters atop a cliffside]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} After returning from [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service]] with [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], a human the Decepticons kidnapped to help them convert human fuel to Transformer fuel, the Decepticons' headquarters were infiltrated by a rescue party of [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and the human superhero [[Spider-Man]]. While Spider-Man caused a diversion in front of Soundwave, Gears was able to suckerpunch him. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Fly, my pretties, fly!"]]
''When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] nearly caused the death of Ravage, Megatron rallied the other Decepticons, including Soundwave, to enact vengeance for his treason.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''Later, the Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack on the Ark. After Soundwave defeated [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], the battle was halted when [[Aunty]], the Ark's computer system, turned rogue. After the crisis was averted, Soundwave and the others were able to retreat.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}} Due to Sparkplug's efforts during his kidnapping, the Decepticons were able to refuel, and Soundwave and his comrades attacked the Autobots. However, Sparkplug had poisoned the fuel, and Soundwave shorted out along with the others. As Soundwave lay deactivated, it was only the surprise arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] that turned the tide. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Shockwave assumed command, and immediately began restoring Soundwave and the other poisoned Decepticons. Soundwave was ordered to prepare the bodies of the fallen Autobots to serve as spare parts for Shockwave's new army of Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Order}} Megatron objected to this new order and rebelled, but Shockwave quelled him quickly, and paraded Megatron's broken body in front of Soundwave and his peers as a warning to those who would cross him. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} Under Shockwave's command, Soundwave attacked the [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]] and secured it for Decepticon use. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} The plant's facilities were used to create the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who built a massive radio dish that Soundwave used to beam a message back to Cybertron. However, the radio dish was destroyed when Soundwave was defeated by [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

[[Image:Soundwavedinobothunt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"And you—YOU!—no longer exiiii... oh, wait."]]
''A short time later, during a brief period when both Megatron and Shockwave were missing in action, Soundwave assumed leadership of the Decepticons, happily slagging off [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s ambitions of leadership. His first attempt at manipulating Autobots into a trap failed.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''The second, taking advantage of the "Dinobot Hunt", was a major success—six Autobots were badly injured, not counting two of the Dinobots, and a large amount of fuel was stolen while the Autobots tried to stop a Dinobot rampage in a human town. On the way out, Soundwave proudly declared their victory, a turn of events that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] did not enjoy.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

When Megatron resurfaced, rendered immobile in a [[Wyoming]] [[Wyoming base|coal mine]] due to lack of fuel, Soundwave sped to his rescue, re-energizing him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} ''Using the splintered state of the Decepticon forces to his advantage, Soundwave worked both sides of the field, reporting to both Megatron and the returned Shockwave, each without the other's knowledge. When Shockwave learned that the human [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] had begun to suffer [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced visions of the [[Combiner|next leap in Transformer evolution]], Soundwave reported this to Megatron, prompting him to battle Shockwave for leadership. The Decepticons' human ally, [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]], televised the battle, much to Soundwave's distaste, and in order to prevent the Decepticons from looking like fools, he interrupted the duel and insisted that they agree to a joint leadership.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[Image:Soundwavetarget2006.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You find: Insanity!]]
''When the Robot-Master hoax the Decepticons were perpetrating was threatened by the investigative work of [[Joy Meadows]], Soundwave was instrumental in ending the conflict that ensued between the Decepticons and the Dinobots by holding the reporter hostage and destroying her footage, and making it clear she'd be dead if she tried this again.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''Not long thereafter, when the deranged future Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], traveled back in time, Soundwave was intrigued by the fact that he was unable to scan his mind to discern the truth of his identity. Siding with Megatron when conflict erupted, Soundwave and his leader were buried under an avalanche by Galvatron and then rescued by the Autobots in the name of forming an alliance to defeat their common enemy.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''Soundwave's loyalty to Megatron was shaken when the latter became increasingly paranoid. Consequently he manipulated his leader into summoning the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to Earth as part of a scheme by Shockwave to ensure a weaponless Megatron was destroyed by Optimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Prey!}} ''However Megatron survived and soon returned to the Decepticon leadership, albeit with his memories of the events lost.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}} Soundwave ''again'' served as co-conspirator when Shockwave once more used the Predacons to destroy Megatron. In the process a deranged Megatron seemingly committed suicide on the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

''Soundwave was now once again under Shockwave's command, and, while patrolling on the Decepticons' mobile island base, he found himself attacked and subdued by the time-traveling freelance peace-keeping agent, [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], and tricked into giving up information on the whereabouts of Galvatron.'' {{storylink|Hunters}} ''Although Death's Head's attempts to track down the Decepticon met with failure, Galvatron was ultimately entombed in lava, where he was later discovered by [[Susan Hoffman]]. Soundwave observed a televised broadcast of her discovery, and he and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] attempted to destroy Galvatron with explosives planted around the volcano in question. After a battle with the [[Throttlebot|Throttlebots]], Soundwave found that he was unable to remote-detonate the explosives thanks to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] jamming his signal.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

[[Image:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg|left|300px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, ''tape'' commands ''you''!]]
When Shockwave was removed from power, Soundwave smoothly transitioned to serving under the new Decepticon leader, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and helped to operate his [[Realvision]] playback system to decode data from Autobot tapes [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}} The tapes, it was discovered, contained information on the [[Underbase]], the power of which was desired by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] so badly he sparked off a Decepticon-Decepticon war to cover himself. Soundwave ended up having his fuel pump torn into by [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} When Starscream gained the Underbase's power and targeted the Earth, Soundwave co-led the defense of [[Buenos Aires]] alongside [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], but was temporarily deactivated by a blast of cosmic power from Starscream. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

''He was back on his feet by the time that Starscream, now a [[Pretender]], was busy doubting his self-worth. Soundwave was extremely scared of Starscream by this point.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}} He continued to operate under the command of the new Decepticon Earth commander, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], though like the other troops he was very unhappy about Starscream being allowed back in after trying to kill everyone. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} He was put in charge of guarding Optimus Prime after the Autobot leader surrendered his troops to Scorponok, hoping to elicit an alliance against the coming of [[Unicron]]. When Prime changed his mind about meekly waiting in a cell for Scorponok to make time for him, however, Soundwave provided little resistance in keeping him there. {{storylink|Surrender!}} After the Decepticon auxiliary army bombed Scorponok's base in New Jersey, Soundwave assumed temporary command of the active Decepticons in fighting back against the traitors, led by Starscream and Shockwave. This "[[Decepticon Civil War]]" didn't last long, though, as all the Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were summoned to Cybertron by [[Primus]] to deal with Unicron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

[[Image:TreadshotMarvel.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's found a new gunformer to toady up with.]]
Soundwave survived the battle with Unicron, and attended a meeting between the briefly-allied Autobots and Decepticons with [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]]. There Blaster announced the imminent end of their world, and an evacuation was called for. Soundwave was still hanging out with Treadshot when he witnessed a fight break out between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Fangry]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who had assumed command of the Decepticons, doublecrossed the Autobots by sabotaging their ships. Soundwave was last seen beside Bludgeon as the Decepticons left their self-destructing homeworld. {{storylink|Exodus!}}

In an alternate future of 2006, Soundwave was briefly seen participating in a battle on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. He didn't do much except retreat. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" are a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
In 2008, Soundwave was under the command of Shockwave on Cybertron. When the bounty hunter named [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] arrived with the deactivated bodies of the renegades [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and demanded an audience, Shockwave had Soundwave wait nearby as a precautionary measure. Sure enough, Soundwave's monitoring abilities alerted Shockwave that the two Decepticons were not as dead as they seemed, and the three invaders began an assassination attempt on Shockwave. Soundwave summoned the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], hoping that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] could breach the sealed doors of the audience chamber in time, but wasn't swift enough. Death's Head killed Shockwave, and together the trio demanded that the Decepticons accept Scourge and Cyclonus as their new leaders. Faced with superior firepower and a hefty dose of explosives, Soundwave was reluctantly forced to accept on behalf of the Decepticons.

[[Image:SpacePiratesSoundwaveLeader.JPG|right|400px|thumb|Or, in short, "Soundwave: Superior".]]
Wasting no time, Scourge and Cyclonus commanded the Decepticons to begin a full-scale assault on [[Autobase]]. This was effectively suicide, as the two armies were just about evenly matched. That, of course, was the point—Scourge and Cyclonus's true master, Unicron, wanted the children of Primus exhausted and depleted in number by the time of his glorious resurrection. After [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and Death's Head took the fight straight to the recuperating Unicron on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], however, he summoned his two minions back to his side. Seeing their "glorious leaders" abandon the battle, Soundwave and [[Hun-Gurrr|Hun-Grrr]] sounded a retreat. In the absence of Unicron's spawn, Soundwave became the new permanent leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

Aching to make a name for himself in Decepticon military history, Soundwave soon fell into a [[Quintesson]] trap. A lone Quintesson arrived at Decepticon headquarters, seeking an alliance against the Autobots, who supposedly had assembled most of their fleet and were on their way to [[Quintessa]]. Instead of helping the Quintessons, Soundwave saw this as an opportunity to invade and destroy the Autobot territory on Cybertron, when most of their warriors were off-world. He assembled his various sub-commanders and set out aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to claim a glorious victory.

[[Image:Soundwaveconsiders.jpg|left|250px|thumb|It's funny, this situation. It reminds me of a joke...]]
Instead, Soundwave and the Decepticons walked right into an ambush. There were no Autobots on Quintessa: it was a ruse to draw them out of their base, where legions of [[Allicon]]s and [[Trident Attack Craft]]s waited to overwhelm the Decepticons. Seeing the danger his troops were in, Soundwave was forced to call in the Autobots. Sending a garbled distress beacon to Autobase, Soundwave hoped to draw a suitable fighting force of Autobots to their location. He was successful, as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his men remained to fight even after learning who the distress call came from. Autobot and Decepticon fought side-by-side until the Quintesson invaders were either destroyed or driven off-world. In a moment of introspection, Soundwave realized how effective the two armies were when fighting as one instead of as enemies... but quickly brushed aside the idea. Simply too much had happened between the Autobots and Decepticons to ever hope for a peaceful end to the war. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In 2009, Soundwave and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were on Earth, prepping a new energy extraction system to leech the planet dry. A surgical strike led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and Ultra Magnus destroyed all their equipment, however, leaving their power cells empty of [[energon]]. Looking for revenge, the Decepticons pursued the Autobots back to Autobot City, only to find an open [[Time-jump mechanism|trans-time dimensional portal]]. Realizing the Autobots had fled back to 1989 on a mission of unknown purpose, the vengeful Terrorcons wanted to pursue them. Giving in to popular opinion, Soundwave led his troops back through time and right into the midst of the Time Wars.

Recognizing that the uncontrolled timestorm could conceivably destroy all of existence, Soundwave chose to put aside vendettas for the moment, and added his men to the alliance of Autobots and Decepticons from two time periods against the unmatched power and evil of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] combined. Still, the alliance was far from perfect: Soundwave was more than willing to allow the Autobots to charge in first, letting them die in order to "soften up" the resistance. When things turned ugly, Soundwave and the Terrorcons then fled back to 2009, apparently without ever getting their hands dirty. Their final fate after reality restructured itself and the timestorm abated is unknown. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:Secrets Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Decepticons never got the hang of Internal Affairs.]]
In an alternate timeline, Soundwave left [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s army and returned to serving at [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s side during the [[Decepticon Civil War]] against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], helping him with the launch of a [[global warming satellite]]. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} He was not above exploiting the conflict for his own ends, however. When an energon shipment was hijacked by Shockwave's forces thanks to information Soundwave had given them, Megatron came to suspect the presence of a traitor in his ranks, but ironically assigned Soundwave to identify the culprit. To keep his own duplicity a secret, Soundwave set up [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] to take the fall, and Megatron destroyed the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]. Soundwave not only got away with his treachery, he went on to happily blackmail everyone he'd mind-scanned. Eat your heart out, Starscream! {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}

Approached by Starscream with a plan to make them both Decepticon leaders, Soundwave joined forces with the schemer and lured Megatron and Shockwave to an airport, tipping off the Autobots to their location. With the two leaders thus occupied, Soundwave and Starscream took control of both factions. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}} Subsequently, Soundwave led an all-out attack on the [[Earthbase|Earthforce base]] as a diversion, while Starscream attempted to plunder an oil tanker. Starscream met with failure, however, leading Soundwave to withdraw his forces and hint to them that maybe be should have sole command... {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Starscream was aware of Soundwave's goals, and when he was attacked by a [[Louisiana bounty hunters|group of alien assassins]], he suspected that Soundwave had ordered the hit and struck back at him. Soundwave was able to convince Starscream he was not responsible and that in actuality, it was the work of Megatron and Shockwave. {{storylink|External Forces!}}

Soon afterward, Soundwave learned that human reporter [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] had secured an interview with the Autobots that could potentially resolve the public view of the Transformer war. Seeking to prevent this, he had the Stunticons capture the journalist. Although the Autobots were able to rescue him, a carefully planted [[cerebro-shell]] ensured that the story Irwin wrote was anything but accurate. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
{{TransformersComicMagazin}}
Soundwave was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York and helped Megatron and Shockwave to set up a mine belt around the harbor. However Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|Transformers — Transforming Robots in Action: New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Soundwavemarvelg2.jpg|left|125px|thumb|He gave the "complete sentences" thing a decent go, but he never really got the hang of commas.]]
After Megatron deposed Bludgeon and reassumed control of the Decepticons, Soundwave once again served Megatron as a close adviser. One of his first acts was to ask, "Why revive Starscream?". Megatron shared Soundwave's concerns, and assured him the on-again-off-again traitor would be dealt with once Megatron had regrown his army. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}}

Megatron immediately drew his Decepticons to the moon of [[Tykos]] to violently acquire [[Rheanimum]] from the natives. However, things soured when Soundwave received a distress call from [[Skullgrin]]. In moments, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] was upon them. After several casualties, and Megatron missing in action, Soundwave led a party to discover if Megatron had survived and recover him if he had; when Mindwipe expressed doubts about the mission, Soundwave told him to shut up. He appeared to assume command when Megatron appeared dead, but ceased when Megatron turned out to still function. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

He was in command of the ''[[Warworld]]'' while Megatron was on Earth. When the Empire boarded the ship (thanks to Starscream's treachery) he and his bridge crew fled to Earth in escape pods. {{storylink|Total War!}} He was later seen standing by in the final battle against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Classics''====
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Soundwave was apparently one of the first Decepticons to return to Megatron's side after the Decepticon leader re-emerged. He helped Megatron rebuild his power base on Earth in secret, using human proxies to covertly recover the remains of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and other Decepticons lost on Earth during the Underbase Saga. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Astrotrain's ''Classics'' profile}}

After the arrival of the mysterious Decepticon [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], Soundwave ran a neural scan on the Transformer to confirm his story of alternate dimensions and [[Unicron]] singularities. Soundwave confirmed that, at the very least, Landquake believed he was telling the truth. The Decepticons took off aboard Astrotrain to explore a new energy signature in the Southern Hemisphere...one which materialized at the same time as Landquake and possessed a similar resonance pattern. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} In [[South America]], Soundwave engaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s troops alongside Megatron and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the ground. At Megatron's command, he dispatched [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to intercept the Autobot scouts who had been sent after the energy source. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}}

The Cassettes soon reported back that the energy had been discovered, and Megatron rallyed the Decepticons behind Soundwave to break for the source's location. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] interferred with the Decepticons' progress, however, by hurling Constructicons like shotputs until he knocked Soundwave down. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}}
Soundwave and Astrotrain got caught exchanging fire with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] until the latter Autobot turned invisible and snuck around behind the Decepticons, getting the drop on Soundwave. An explosion from below rocked the battlefield, however, and the Decepticons withdrew from combat. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

When [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] tried to assassinate Megatron, he used [[cerebro-shell]]s to take control of Soundwave and several other Megatron loyalists. The shells' effects were soon jammed by an attacking Autobot team, and in the chaos that followed, Soundwave noticed that the Autobots were targeting their [[Ark (G1)|base]]'s computers, but failed to stop them. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Soundwave was stationed aboard Starscream's warship when Megatron orchestrated the downfall of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his splinter faction. After their [[Seacon (G1)|inside men]] terminated Bludgeon, Soundwave informed Starscream he had received a transmission of surrender from the forces below. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[Image:Soundwave Insecticons.jpeg|right|130px|thumb|Tapes are ''so'' last century.]]
Twenty-one years after the return of the [[Last Autobot]], Soundwave had taken charge of what Optimus Prime dubbed the "Neo-Decepticon" insurgents. After rallying his troops at [[Fort Scyk]] he led a strike force on the [[Kalis]] [[Baird Beaming Transmitter]], killing the guards and taking control of the facility. He then used it to direct one of Cybertron's orbital defence satellites back towards the planet itself, targeting Iacon and destroying the Last Autobot! {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

Soon afterwards, the insurgents [[Windrazor (G2)|Windrazor]], [[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]], [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]] and [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] had blundered while trying to steal warheads from a weapons-decommissioning facility and were engaged in a siege with Ultra Magnus's [[Cybertronian Civil Defense]]. Soundwave seized upon the opportunity to turn the [[Skyscorcher]]s into martyrs for the Decepticon cause and had [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Chop Shop]] assassinate them. Unfortunately for Soundwave, the [[Wrecker]]s were also on the case and they easily captured the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] inside a [[detention sphere]].

Back at Fort Scyk, Soundwave was contacted by Bludgeon, who had apparently gathered almost all the resources he needed to take revenge on the Autobots. Only one element remained and if Soundwave could procure it for him, Bludgeon agreed he would provide troops and firepower for the insurgency campaign. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[Image:Soundwave and company.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]
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Soundwave was one of the first Decepticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s most loyal soldier. Denoted by his eerie, echoing monotone, Soundwave regularly gathered vital intelligence for Megatron's numerous schemes with the aid of his faithful and ever-growing team of cassettes, but despite his primary role as a spy and communications officer, he never shied away the battlefield, and would regularly clash with the Autobot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] before finding a true rival in his Autobot opposite number, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]. He survived the perilous events of 2005 that took the lives of many of his contemporaries, and continued serving under [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in the 21st century.

In a future timeline that branches off from this one, Soundwave ultimately met his end at the hands of Blaster, but even death could not stymie his loyalty to the Decepticon cause, as he was reborn as '''Soundblaster''' through the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]].
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' Unknown

According to Megatron, Soundwave is a "blundering, tape-filled idiot." While the veracity of this statement is subjective, Soundwave ''does'' whine a lot. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}

===Colorforms audiobooks continuity===
Soundwave recorded a broadcast of Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]] receiving an award from the [[President of the United States]] and reported it to Megatron. Megatron dubbed him a "King of Communication". {{storylink|Sun Raid}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
Soundwave was among the Decepticons who followed the Autobots to [[South America]] and attacked them atop [[Mount Sheelah]]. The Decepticons were caught in the volcano's erupt and became trapped in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} Despite his ability to hear a fly sneeze, he completely missed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] infiltrating the Decepticon base to find out where the humans the Decepticons had been kidnapping had gone. He later discovered that the Autobot had stolen their [[global crystal]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Soundwave was part of a Decepicon mission to take over [[Stanley Lake]] dam, which ended in the Decepticons being washed away in a torrent of water by the Autobots. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] planned to infiltrate the Autobots, Soundwave supplied him with a midget radio transmitter with which to report back. Unfortunately while the Decepticons were acting on the information Starscream gathered, the Autobots destroyed their base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
{{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Soundwave's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

{{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

{{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Image:BW Agenda Pt3 Soundwave.jpg|right|180px|thumb|With one stroke I shall free my tiny dinosaur brethren, yesssss!"]]
Soundwave was among the many Transformers strewn about the bridge of the Ark when the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] infiltrated the ship on his mission to destroy Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}
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====3H comics====
Soundwave was one of the ancient warriors who appeared from [[J'nwan]] to help battle the warlord [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Soundwavewarwithin.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Sound and ([[Ravage (G1)#3H Universe_comics|eventually]]) Furry.]]
Soundwave was chosen by Megatron to lead his second assassination team against the new Autobot supreme commander, Optimus Prime. With the aid of Soundwave's cassette troops, most notably [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], as well as [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], it was assumed he would have no problem with a young, peace-loving Autobot. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Soundwave, like many others, underestimated Prime's resolve and was quickly incapacitated. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He was still out cold when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] came by, {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} but recovered in time to rescue Megatron after the latter's own battle with Prime. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

When Megatron and Optimus Prime vanished in a [[space bridge]] accident, the Decepticons were fragmented and Soundwave joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s faction. He participated in the attack on [[The Fallen]]'s minions in an attempt to stop the [[Unbinding]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Eventually, Shockwave attempted to call a truce with the Autobots for the good of the Transformer race, but the initial ceremony was interrupted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s faction, the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. Soundwave was quite mad about this, telling the Predacons to perish for their crimes against Cybertron as he attacked them alongside several Autobots. Shortly after the Predacons were defeated, Megatron returned to Cybertron with his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and reunited the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} After falling back under Megatron's command, Soundwave reported the progress on his leader's plan to dig a hole to the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the present day, Soundwave was among the Decepticons defeated by the Autobots and their human allies on Earth. The ''[[Ark II]]'', the spacecraft that would have taken the Transformers back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], and it exploded upon liftoff, scattering the robots across the Arctic Ocean. Soundwave and the others were recovered, Autobot and Decepticon alike, and reprogrammed by Rook to accept commands and were leased to terrorist organisations and military juntas as powerful weapons of war. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} After Megatron freed himself and the other Decepticons, Soundwave developed a 'metallic virus' that cyberformed Earth organics into cybertronic materials. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} During the subsequent battle with the Autobots in [[San Francisco]], Soundwave warned Megatron that a nuclear missile launched by Hallo was headed for the city. The Decepticons used the distraction to escape. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

[[Image:Soundwaveg1vol2.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Leader's pet.]]Soundwave was among the Decepticons who joined Shockwave's forces when the new ruler of Cybertron appeared on Earth. {{storylink|War and Peace}} When Shockwave brutally deposed Megatron, Soundwave stood by in silence and did nothing to help his former leader. Soundwave worked his way quietly into Shockwave's good graces, earning the ire of Starscream. However, it didn't take many words to bring Soundwave around to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]'s point of view. Later, when interrogated by Shockwave, a single, silent look from Soundwave stopped [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] from revealing that Starscream was behind Megatron's disappearance during their voyage to Cybertron. As the battle between the Autobots and Shockwave's forces intensified, Soundwave followed Starscream's lead without a word, and helped him prepare for a return trip to Earth aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Starscream rewarded him by giving him a [[Ratbat (G1)|present]]. Soundwave silently approved.

Though Soundwave feigned subservience to Starscream, it was later revealed that he had been serving Megatron the entire time in secret. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I.Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:Soundwavedevilsdue.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"Eject. Operation: Dynamic Group Shot."]]
Soundwave was among the Transformers on the ''Ark'' when it crashed long ago, and was discovered and reprogrammed by the human terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] in the present. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Arms dealer [[Destro]] made a visit to [[Cobra Island]] where [[Doctor Mindbender]] introduced him to Soundwave and his cassettes, who were under the complete control of Cobra's scientists. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} While Destro liked what he saw, he wanted to run a test, and personally operated Soundwave's controls during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]].

Meanwhile, a picture of Soundwave was secretly sent out to hundreds of email boxes. The message turned out to be a [[Defense Matrix|secret signal]] from Optimus Prime, which alerted [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and Bumblebee to the location of Cobra's secret base where the rest of the Transformers were being held. When the two Autobots appeared to stop Destro's attack, the human brought Soundwave and himself back to Cobra Island. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Soundwave was released from Cobra control thanks to Wheeljack and attacked his former human masters. With Megatron and the other Decepticons freed, Soundwave went to work making energon cubes. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Just as things were going their way, Optimus Prime arrived, powered up using the energon, and punched his fist right through Soundwave's chest, taking him out of the battle. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} After the Autobots left on a return voyage to Cybertron, Soundwave's head and remains were taken in secret by human scientists for study. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Several years later, the scientists managed to use Megatron's technology to create the organic weapon [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who plugged himself into Soundwave's deactivated head after getting free and downloaded data on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s history. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the rest of the Decepticons, Soundwave was buried in the [[Fera Islands]] until 1938, when [[Cobra]] accidentally awakened them and used them to conquer most of [[Europe]]. He sent Laserbeak to spy on the [[United States of America|United States]]' reaction to this, and learned that [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] had been created to battle the Cobra threat. Soundwave later helped Megatron and Starscream get rid of some Royal Air Force fighters above the English Channel, allowing Cobra to attack the [[United Kingdom]]. {{storylink|The Line}}

When G.I. Joe attacked the Fera Islands, Soundwave infiltrated [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]'s unit in the form of a radio transmitter carried by a disguised [[Zartan]]. Flint noticed that it wasn't their radio, but that didn't stop Soundwave from capturing him and taking him back to Cobra HQ. {{storylink|Wolves}} However, the Joes had managed to awaken the Autobots also buried on the island, and Soundwave soon found himself facing down [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. He lost the fight, and either died at the hands of Grimlock or when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] was smashed to pieces. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{note|According to solicitations for ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'', Soundwave was set to return by unknown means years later, but [[Dreamwave Productions]] bankrupted before the issues could be produced.}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Soundwave was extremely amused by the footage Laserbeak and Ravage gathered of Starscream falling on his head. He let Megatron know, and they went to pick up Starscream, only to find him gone, taken by the Autobots. The discovery that Starscream appeared to be working with the Autobots only amused Soundwave more, and the Decepticons went to retrieve their former comrade. When it turned out that Starscream wanted to stay with the Autobots, Megatron was enraged, and Soundwave reflected that it was the most fun he'd had in years. Starscream eventually returned to the Decepticons, claiming it was all an act, and Soundwave suggested he should be more careful while mountain climbing in future. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

Puzzled by the loss of much of their stock of weapons, Megatron assigned Soundwave to investigate. Using Laserbeak's spying abilities, Soundwave determined that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling the weapons on the black market, much to Megatron's outrage. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity===
Millions of years in the past, Soundwave was among the Decepticons who took on organic modes in order to battle the Autobots on prehistoric Earth. When an ice age approached, the Decepticons survived by powering down under what would eventually become the [[San Francisco]] Bay. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Soundwave woke up in the mid-19th century, where he came under the command of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Along with several other Decepticons, he stood by Starscream as he and [[Tobias Muldoon]] discussed where they would build their headquarters. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[Image:MegatronOrigin4 Soundwave humbles Ratbat.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Ratbat, you shall be repurposed as the greatest mix tape ever to be given to Megatron."]]
Long before the war began, Soundwave was the personal assistant to Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. When [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] caught Ratbat's eye as a champion of the illegal underground gladiatorial matches, Ratbat sent Soundwave to offer Megatron funding and weapons technology. When [[Bumper (G1)|two]] [[Fastback (G1)|Autobots]] were discovered listening in on their conversation, Soundwave dispatched [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to capture them. After their capture, he read Bumper's mind to see if there was any immediate threat to Megatron's activities. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} Some time later, Soundwave was assigned to find a warrior with flight capabilities. He found the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]: Starscream, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. During a recruitment rally in which Megatron attempted to kill [[Decimus|Senator Decimus]], a raid by the Autobots under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] resulted in the participants being arrested. Soundwave, however, was freed under [[Senate]] directive, something which greatly angered Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Soundwave had apparently switched loyalties at this time, becoming one of Megatron's own in not only helping Starscream exterminate [[Kaon]] senators but also to the extent that he destroyed Ratbat's original body, placing his spark into a relatively weak cassette form and thus forcing him into the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

After [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] was made leader of the Autobots, Soundwave was sent to spy on him and gather information on what he planned to do about the growing Decepticon movement. Smuggled into a Senate security meeting by Starscream, he overheard Zeta announce his plan to drain civilians of their energy in order to power the [[Guardian robot|Omega Destructors]]' [[vamparc ribbon|weaponry]], but was forced to make a break for it when Starscream revealed his presence in order to ease suspicion against himself. Fearing what would happen if the populace found out about his plans, Zeta Prime sent [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] to hunt Soundwave down. {{storylink|Parasites}} As Soundwave fled towards the safety of Kaon, he was continuously set upon by Orion Pax's Autobots, but got away every time by ejecting one of his many cassettes to defeat or distract them. When he finally reached the border of Kaon, Orion himself caught up and put a stop to his minions by crushing his chest window before defeating him in hand-to-hand combat. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} Luckily, a squad of Decepticons showed up before the Autobots could arrest Soundwave, and his findings were delivered to Megatron. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}}

Soundwave was present when Megatron and Orion Pax formed an alliance to overthrow Zeta Prime. {{storylink|Choices}} He then participated in their troops' combined assault on Zeta's [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}} After Megatron betrayed Orion and declared himself the new ruler of Cybertron, Soundwave stood by him as he attempted to recruit [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Rise}} Soundwave tracked down the location of the anti-Decepticon pirate news broadcaster, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and had [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] sent to assassinate him. He was then present when the Autobots made an assault on the Decepticon-held Citadel. {{storylink|Broadcast}} Megatron was defeated by Orion, now Optimus Prime, but Soundwave swept past on [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and rescued his leader before he could be captured. {{storylink|Endgame}}

Four million years ago, Soundwave and [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] were leading a Decepticon offensive to cover for [[Octane|Tankor]]'s convoy of energon. When Optimus Prime slipped away to intercept the convoy, Soundwave went after him and got the drop on Prime from behind. Prime's bodyguard [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] turned the tables on him, though, taking out both Soundwave and his Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

During the war, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] contacted various scientists on both sides to discuss his startling findings that the conflict would create such devastation that would render the planet uninhabitable, and that the only way to survive was to adopt the [[Pretender|organic carapace]] idea he had come up with. Soundwave was among those scientists who refused to accept Thunderwing's findings and his proposal. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

After the end of the cataclysm brought by Thunderwing, as part of a plan to assassinate Blaster, now a motivational speaker for the Autobots, Soundwave had [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] captured and used [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to implement a [[cerebro-shell]] into him. While Beachcomber didn't outright kill Blaster, his motivational broadcast failed to air at precisely the moment the Decepticons began the big push. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[Image:SpotlightSoundwave infoispower.jpg|left|180px|thumb|He's just too busy being an eighties guy.]]
Centuries later, after [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] disappeared, Megatron assigned [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to delve into Shockwave's research and relay all the information back to him. As the Decepticon leader did not fully trust Bludgeon, Megatron also assigned Soundwave to spy on him. Soundwave followed Bludgeon and his team as they left for Earth in 1984 and established a base within [[Mount St. Helens]], eventually discovering that they intended to resurrect [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. Though Soundwave tried to stop them, [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] used an experimental cannon from Shockwave's arsenal to lock him in his alt mode while they instigated a volcanic eruption. He was eventually recovered by a team of unwitting humans who sold him to a pawn shop. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Soundwave was purchased by a human teenager named [[Jimmy]] and taken to his home. When Ravage and Laserbeak were reprogrammed by the American government agency [[Skywatch]] to find the other Transformers, Skywatch's control signal was blocked by a signal emanating from a functioning Soundwave, still in cassette-player mode. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} Sometime later on, Ravage and Laserbeak located the signal and reclaimed their master from Jimmy. Relocating to Mount St. Helens, Soundwave told them that he could barely keep blocking Skywatch's hold on them, due to his weakening state in cassette mode. Shockwave suddenly appeared from a cave entrance and said that the four could make a deal together. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} Shockwave knew how Soundwave could unlock his robot mode, but would only tell him if he did Shockwave a favour in return, something which Soundwave agreed to. He was told that Skywatch had placed a bomb in Shockwave's head, and that he needed to intercept and copy its disarm code. The plan went off without a hitch, and after transmitting the code to Shockwave, Soundwave was finally freed from his alt mode. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

After returning to his position as Megatron's right hand, Soundwave helped defeat the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} He was present during the attack on [[New York City]], and detected the incoming human military jets. The planes fired, and on Megatron's orders, Soundwave calmly detonated the arsenal. He then launched Laserbeak to take out the human resistance. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

Soundwave reported that the humans had sent a sizable ground force after the Decepticons. Following Megatron's orders, he released [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and set him loose on the humans. The only being immune to Frenzy's infrasonic manipulation, he silently observed his minion's work. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} With the conquest of New York complete, Soundwave listened to Megatron's victory speech. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}} When a group of humans led by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Cmdr. Spike Witwicky]] deactivated [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] with an experimental weapon which originated from Shockwave, Soundwave, sensing this, found Rumble's lifeless body, grieved, and took him away. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}}

During [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempt to take control of the Decepticons, Megatron revealed that Soundwave had been watching him all along, reporting his planned rebellion to Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The infighting amongst the Decepticons stopped when jets from [[Europe]] arrived to take them all on, soon followed by the return of the Autobots. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} Megatron was defeated, and Soundwave escaped alongside the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} Whilst traveling away from Earth onboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Soundwave and his cassettes took care of their heavily injured leader. Starscream attempted to dissuade him from wasting energon on Megatron, all the while buttering him up with compliments about his loyalty, but all Soundwave said in response was "Negative. Megatron functions." {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Three years later, Soundwave was still dutifully attending to Megatron's reconstruction. {{storylink|All His Engines}} He eventually came to the conclusion that his leader's body was beyond repair, and instead recruited Shockwave to build a new body for him. Once Megatron returned in a new and upgraded form, he hatched a plan to use parts of his old body to make Megatron gun replicas that would subconsciously influence humans. Alongside his cassettes and Shockwave, Soundwave helped produce these weapons. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} He was later present when Megatron got rid of Hot Rod and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and was ordered to gather everyone in the base so that their leader could address them. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}}

[[Image:BurningChrome Prime shoots Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
As part of Megatron's master plan, the Decepticons subsequently returned to Earth, where Soundwave led Rumble and Frenzy in an attack on the [[Skywatch]] base where several Decepticons were being held captive. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}} Soundwave was then responsible for holding [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] hostage while Megatron explained to Optimus Prime that he was the one turning the humans against the Autobots. In an attempt to throw off Megatron's concentration, and with it his influence over the gun-wielding humans, Prime fired on Soundwave, blowing off a large portion of his head. The plan worked: seeing his loyal soldier fall sent Megatron into a rage, and he picked up the barely living Soundwave and flew off. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome}} With his body in [[stasis lock]], Soundwave was brought to Shockwave, who was unsure if he could repair such an extensive injury with the limited resources at his disposal. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine}}

Soundwave was mostly repaired by the time Megatron had surrendered himself to the Autobots, although half his face remained exposed and damaged from Optimus Prime's attack. The damage caused to his vocal processors rendered him completely mute. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} Once on Cybertron and having freed himself, Megatron used the [[space bridge]] technology built into his new body to summon Soundwave and the rest of the Decepticons to him. At first, Soundwave and the others did battle with the Autobots, but were soon entranced by [[D-Void]]. The Decepticons along with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s army of [[Sweep]]s combined into an [[Deceptigod|enormous monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}}

Following the defeat and fracturing of this "Deceptigod", Soundwave and the rest were left in a weakened state from the ordeal. This allowed the Autobots to round the Decepticons up, stick [[inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]] in them, and place them in a holding pen. Prowl was eventually forced to sanction their release to quell a riot, leaving Soundwave and the others with a limited sort of freedom. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} [[Needlenose]], fed up with working as an enforcer for the Autobots, accused Soundwave, Shockwave and [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] of just sitting around instead of doing something about the Decepticons' situation. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} Little did Needlenose know that Soundwave and Shockwave had actually been working together to take control of the I/D chips on the orders of Ratbat, who was trying to reassert his authority in Megatron's absence. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}}

{{note|The events of "Spotlight: Mirage" possibly take place in an alternate/unknown continuity.}}

[[Image:SpotlightMirage Soundwavescorpse.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Not so superior now, are you?]]
In a dream set in an alternate universe wrapped in an enigma surrounded by a soft taco shell dreamt by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Soundwave was part of the Decepticon strike force who attacked the last stronghold of the Autobots. Soundwave was attacked by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], who snapped his head off, killing him. But it was just a dream, so it didn't matter. Right? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}
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===''TransTech''===
Soundwave—[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|in his Laser Cycle body]]—was seen among the inhabitants of the multiversal hub city of [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}}

===Timelines===
Soundwave was present with Megatron, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] when the topic about finding new ultimate weapon ideas changed to [[BotCon 2010]]. As Breakdown mentioned that one of the things he was looking forward to was the debut of the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]], Soundwave turned to Counterpunch and pointed to himself. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}

===''Wings Universe''===
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] captured [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s base, Soundwave was by his side. After defeating Deathsaurus in single combat, Megatron ordered Soundwave to check the computers for information on [[Combiner]] technology, and sent [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with him. A week later, Soundwave was part of the Decepticon forces who entered [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] after [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] breached the city walls. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} He was still by Megatron's side when Devastator fell and took part in the subsequent retreat. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Say hello to my leetle friend!"]]

Soundwave's [[commercial]] appearances include:

* An appearance in his very own 1984 commercial. This early animation featured a Soundwave model colored in lavender, versus the dark blue used later. Also, instead of the cassettes ejecting themselves from his chest, he reached into his chest compartment with his own fingers and threw the (tiny) tapes into the air. He wasn't properly introduced.
* He's more on-form in a commercial for the Dinobots, where he, Ravage and Laserbeak are driven back by the robotic monsters amid a thunderstorm.
* Soundwave has a speaking part in the commercial for Blaster. When Rumble strolls into his base carrying a radio, Soundwave immediately identifies it as an "Autobot intruder" and dispatches Ravage and Laserbeak to attack the Autobot. Soundwave is given his correct voice and modulation.
* He's seen grappling with Springer in a 1987 commercial for the ''Headmasters'' comic.

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Soundwave could intefere with Optimus Prime's progress, diverting him into areas of the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[image:TF PS2 Soundwave.jpg|thumb|250px]]
:''Voice actor'': [[Robert Belgrade]]

====Decepticon story====
Soundwave and Starscream were sent to investigate strange reports of space-time warps and UFOs on the planet Zel Samine, bringing a space bridge with them on their shuttle that they would use to transport Megatron to the plant once they had landed. Inexplicably, their ship wound up crashing, and when they attempted to use the space bridge, it malfunctioned, dumping Megatron some distance away. After reuniting with his leader, Soundwave deduced that powerful electromagnetic rays from Zel Samine's sun, Paradius, were responsible for scrambling the systems of the shuttle and the space bridge, and that the Decepticons themselves would be subject to similar catastrophic system disruption if they tried venturing off the planet without a ship. The Decepticons immediately set about raiding local energy sources for energon to repair their craft, starting with a wind power plant on [[Mount Jaad]]. Then, after successfully draining the [[Ranpas geothermal plant]]—in part thanks to Soundwave deploying Laserbeak to locate any Autobot guards around the facility—Megatron chose the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]] for their next target. Soundwave pointed out the heavy Autobot fortifications that had been set up around the station and suggested a different target, but Megatron dismissed his concerns, and when the Decepticons did indeed emerge victorious, Soundwave apologized for speaking out of turn and doubting his leader.

Via Laserbeak, Soundwave soon discovered that the Autobots on the planet had made contact with the occupants of one of the strange UFOs, and suggested to Megatron that they send a task force to intercept them. In the process, the Decepticons wound up allying themselves with the ''other'' UFO's passengers: Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, a trio of Decepticons from the future who had traveled back in time to locate and destroy the powerful [[Zel Quartz]], a weapon that threatened Galvatron's rule in their home time. Soundwave was teamed with Cyclonus to seek out possible locations of the quartz across the planet, and the communications officer stoically carried out his task, all the while struggling to keep Megatron and Galvatron from fighting with each other.

After failing to find the quartz at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], the Decepticons next decided to search the [[Karzite mine]]. Cyclonus informed Soundwave that he saw both him and Megatron as "worthless scrap", and warned the communications officer the mine yielded a similar lack of results, then he would be taking the blame, not Cyclonus. Soundwave agreed, but have a warning of his own: he charged a high price for being spoken to with disrespect. As it turned out, the quartz was not in the mine, and Soundwave accepted the blame as promised, only to then reveal his price: he had recorded his conversation with Cyclonus and played it back for Megatron, who did not take kindly to the future Decepticon's insults. At Megatron's command, Soundwave recorded Cyclonus's screams as the Decepticon leader subjected him to a vicious punishment.

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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

====Autobot story====
Megatron had Soundwave send out a fake Autobot SOS transmission in an attempt to trick the Autobots into leaving their base. The plan was a success and Optimus Prime and his crew were lured out. When the Autobots realized that they had been deceived, Megatron sent a message through Soundwave's transmitter, gloating how he had tricked Prime and announced that his crew was going to steal the energon the Autobots had on their shuttle. When Megatron had finished his message, Soundwave returned to base. On the way back to their shuttle, the Autobots encountered Soundwave again, this time leading a hoard of Decepticon troops, and fought them. Despite his best efforts, Soundwave was overwhelmed and left to rejoin Megatron. Later, Soundwave fought the Autobots again while they were dealing with another swarm of enemies. He lost again, and left to fight another day.

Later on, Soundwave teamed up with his future self, Soundblaster, and with [[Full-Tilt]] as the final defense against the Autobots before they reached Megatron and Galvatron. When the Autobots arrived, Soundblaster started by expressing [[dull surprise]] at how the Autobots managed to survive up until the current point. Soundwave continued, warning the Autobots that he would not let them stand in Megatron's way. Both the present and future versions of the Communications Officer we all know and love put up the best fight they could, but even with Full-Tilt's help, the Autobots overpowered them.

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
:''Main article: [[Soundwave (G1)/toys]]''
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==Merchandise==
:''Main article: [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave (G1) toys#Merchandise]]''
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==Notes==
* The Decepticon faction insignia appears to be roughly based on Soundwave's head.
* Though Soundwave's toy is a microcassette recorder, his fictional appearances depict him as a stereo cassette deck or Walkman. (Likewise, his microcassette tapes are depicted as regular audio cassettes.)
* The Marvel U.S. comics chose a purple scheme for Soundwave. This could have been an attempt to distinguish him from the other Decepticons, who were mostly blue (especially since blacks also ended up as blues in the industry's then-limited color palette). Or it could have been a simple error. But very likely, it had something to do with his early animation model, which appeared lavender, rather than blue. (See Commercial Appearances.) Compounding this error, Marvel US Soundwave was drawn without a mouthplate by artist [[José Delbo]]. The Marvel UK comics colored him blue like everywhere else (partially due to using a more sophisticated coloring system) and always included his faceplate.
* Soundwave was in charge of the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK letters page]] from issues #22 to #78, barring a few interruptions.
[[Image:Bm soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Soundwave gets slagged by Vehicons, and Nightscream escapes. How's that for injustice?]]
* Soundwave's computer model was used for one of the [[generic]] Transformers in Beast Machines. It is seen in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]" during [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream's]] flashback being cornered by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] just before Nightscream flees into the lower levels of Cybertron. Though the model was recolored, it was still really 'Soundwavey,' causing much confusion among fans. His computer model as well as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s continued to show up for the rest of the series, used to represent deactivated Transformer shells.
* Later, Soundwave's character model showed up numerous times in various color schemes as a generic background character in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] listened to music using a tape deck resembling Soundwave in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Memory]]". Later, after a new [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] was found, ''Cybertron'' [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] held tape deck Soundwave in his arms. This caused a great disturbance in the [[force]]...
[[Image:Unused AHM Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What? You mean we don't use brick-sized microcassette recorders anymore?]]
* IDW Publishing seems to be undecided on Soundwave's speech pattern. In ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', he speaks in his classic cartoon-based monotone. However, in "[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]", he speaks in a normal fashion. Which is once again reverted to the classic speech in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.
* [[Guido Guidi]] made a concept drawing of Soundwave with a modern microcassette recorder as an alt-mode (which are still used by reporters and doctors today) for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' maxi-series. This was also unused. Consequently, Soundwave may go down as the Transformers character with the most unused designs.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Jam Bo''' (音波, "Voice Wave")
*''English:'' '''New Soundwave''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub Soundblaster)
*''French:'' '''Radar''' (Canada), '''Sonore''' (Canada Action Master, "Sound")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Gal Kól''' (גל קול, "Sound Wave")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener")
*''Italian:'' '''Memor''', '''Vizar''' (Soundblaster)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēng-bō''' (Taiwan, 聲波, "Sound Wave"), '''Shēng Bàu''' (Taiwan Soundblaster, 聲爆, "Sound Blast")
*''Polish:'' '''Dźwiękofalowiec''' (''The Movie'', "Soundwaver")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Onda-Sonora''' (Portugal comics), '''Microonda''' (Brazil comics, "Microwave")
*''Russian:'' '''Barkhan''' (cartoon, Бархан, "Dune")<ref>Dubbers thought his name was "Sandwave".</ref>
*''Spanish:'' '''Sam''' (America ''The Headmasters'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zvukohvyl''' (Звукохвил, "Soundwave")

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

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Scorponok (G1)

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:''Scorponok is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Scorponok-Annual.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Scorponok's American look… taken from a British publication.]]
'''Scorponok''' is frequently in a position of Decepticon leadership and is usually the arch-foe of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. He is often partnered in some way with a being named [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]].

In some universes, he becomes '''BlackZarak''' (ブラックザラック ''Burakkuzarakku'').

{{note|Other than these base facts, much about him differs by continuity; from personality to [[Scale|size]]. See separate character notes in the sections below.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Scourge scorponok cyclonus marvel uk 151.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Scorponok was a Decepticon commander on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and was a rival of the [[Autobot]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. ''Some time in the past, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] were displaced from the year [[2008]] and fell under his command.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} In the modern day, Scorponok led his troops in a raid on an Autobot city on Cybertron, leveling the city and leaving its remnants in flaming ruins. A long line of captives was taken from the battle; as they marched to their doom in the [[smelting pool]], Scorponok took a sadistic glee in ordering them to move faster or feel his sting. He wasn't so gleeful when Fortress Maximus led an ambush on his squadron; his troops were overwhelmed by the Autobots' righteous fury, and Scorponok ordered a retreat so that they might live to fight another day. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

Soon after, Fortress Maximus and his followers quit the war and left for the planet [[Nebulos]]. Scorponok invaded the Autobots' abandoned base, but found nothing, not even the obligatory trap that Scorponok expected. They did receive a communication from Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] on Nebulos, who informed them of the Autobots' arrival there and requested their help. Scorponok happily led his troops there, vowing to conquer the new planet.

[[Image:Loveandsteel-scorponokispissedoff.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not having a good day here.]]
Upon reaching Nebulos, Scorponok immediately confronted Zarak and obtained the location of Fortress Maximus, learning that he had surrendered himself and four of his followers to ensure peace for the Autobots. Scorponok decided to attack there first, ignoring Zarak's protests. Scorponok and his troops laid siege to the capital city of [[Koraja]], demanding the surrender of the Autobots and blasting away at its newly erected defensive walls when they were refused. It seemed the Decepticons would capture the city, until the gates opened to reveal the Autobots. They had not come to surrender, but to fight. With their newly enhanced [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] powers, they easily overwhelmed the more numerous Decepticons; Brainstorm and Chromedome effortlessly penetrated Scorponok's defenses, blasting him. Faced with this unexpected development, Scorponok ordered a rather ignominious retreat.

Scorponok and his troops began investigating ways to dispose cleanly of the Nebulans, such as dumping them into space inside anti-gravity-powered [[polymer alloy]] bubbles. In the midst of this research, Apeface and Snapdragon returned from a failed mission, defeated by two of the Autobot Headmasters, and Scorponok gave them a good smacking around. When the captive Lord Zarak suggested that there might be something to this whole "working with fleshlings" thing, Scorponok nearly smacked ''him'' around too, before conceding that perhaps sharing his power might indeed be in his best interest.

And so, Scorponok underwent the Headmaster process, along with five of his troops; Zarak became his binary-bond partner. Using Zarak's daughter [[Llyra]] as bait, the Decepticons lured the Autobots into a trap. During the ensuing battle, the Decepticons trapped a group of Nebulans inside the floating polymer bubbles. When Scorponok noticed Llyra was inside one of the bubbles, he found himself conflicted, his feelings as Zarak the father battling against his legacy as Scorponok the Decepticon. The Decepticon won out, and plan went forward: While the Autobots were busy saving the nebulans, Scorponok and his troops defeated them and took them captive. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

[[Image:Terrorcons-rollout1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|The Terrorcons are too dumb to notice that they're hanging out with a headless dude.]]
Scorponok continued to dominate Zarak's personality more and more, driving him to a battle lust at the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], and again at [[The Nursery]]. Zarak broke free of Scorponok's influence long enough to free the captive Autobots, but the Nebulan was soon back atop his partner, urging his troops onward to destruction. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''Apparently having difficulty perfecting the [[Targetmaster]] process, Scorponok kidnapped [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and their respective partners to study. When the Autobot Headmasters attempted to free their comrades he revealed that it had been a trap and promptly abducted [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], as it was the Headmaster process that he couldn't perfect. Scorponok was dismayed to find that Highbrow and [[Gort]]'s mental disunity matched that of his own Headmasters, but realised that the process was sound—the issue lay with the compatibility between the Headmaster partners themselves. Before he could eliminate the now-useless Highbrow, Scorponok was driven off by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

''Scorponok and Zarak challenged Fortress Maximus and Galen (here called "Kord") to a duel to settle their differences. Kord/Maximus won by cheating, but it didn't matter because the duel was a ruse to distract the Autobots while [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] stole Autobot fuel converters. The Deceptions had bugged the Autobot base and learned of Earth. They needed the converters to travel there. The Decepticons left for Earth and the Autobots followed.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}}

{{note|The events in this UK story differ in significant ways to the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.}}

When [[Galen]] decided to leave Nebulos for [[Earth]], Scorponok and his forces again followed, leaving the war-torn Nebulos behind. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Scorponok's first action upon arriving on Earth was to track down the signal that had led Fortress Maximus's crew there. At first, he found only an [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|impudent fleshling]], but soon Fortress Maximus and the Autobots returned to the cave from which the signal had been sent. In the ensuing battle, Scorponok nearly took the human hostage, and he used him as a tool to kill Zarak's old nemesis, Galen. At first, he thought this would leave Fortress Maximus helpless, but the human took Galen's place, and Fortress Maximus drove the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

[[Image:Scorponokpretendertothethrone.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Nya ha ha!]]
Scorponok took his time establishing a beachhead on Earth. First, he covertly seized a genetics lab and created the Decepticon [[Pretender|Pretenders]], hoping to disguise his troops' robotic natures. It was during this operation that he first crossed paths with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], within a computer-simulated world. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} Scorponok then sent [[Skullgrin]] to the planet to establish a fuel depot for the Decepticons' eventual landing. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}} Scorponok used his human component to head up a covert operation by the [[Z Foundation]], in an effort to get humans to destroy the Autobots for him. When the plan failed, Scorponok himself attacked [[Roadjammers|some of the same humans]] in a brutal battle in a parking garage. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

''When Scorponok sought to have [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] brainwash the Autobot [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], his plans couldn't have gone more wrong. Mindwipe neglected to hypnotise Highbrow's partner [[Gort]], and the Nebulan managed to regain enough control of Highbrow's body to rip Scorponok's head clean off his shoulders. The sudden separation without any mental command caused both Scorponok and Zarak to black out, and Highbrow returned to base with Scorponok's head in his grip.'' {{storylink|All in the Minds!}} ''Highbrow found himself unable to kill Scorponok in cold blood despite his desire to end the threat he posed, but as he ruminated on the matter outside the Autobot base, he was attacked by a group of Decepticons who had come to reclaim the head of their leader. The chronal crisis known as the "Time Wars" soon erupted, during which Scorponok was reunited with his head and reactivated, at which point he joined with the various Transformers of two worlds, two factions and two eras against the fighting-mad [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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Not long afterwards, Scorponok was contacted by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], representative of another faction of Decepticons operating on Earth under the command of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. Scorponok immediately brought his ship to this group's location in the [[Arctic]], only to find his vessel under attack by [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. Starscream soon arrived to smooth things over before any damage could be done, but relations were off to a rocky start. Things got worse when Scorponok revealed his partially fleshling nature to Ratbat's group, worse still as a tour of Ratbat's base seemed to be a pointless delaying tactic, and even worse when he learned of Ratbat's plan to seize the legendary power source known as the [[Underbase]]. Furious that Ratbat had clearly never intended to cooperate with his group, Scorponok attempted to lead his troops away, only to find his path barred by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Seeing their leader besieged, the rest of Scorponok's troops stormed to the attack. A battle soon erupted between the two sides, with Scorponok mercilessly ripping, tearing, smashing and blasting his way through Ratbat's soldiers. Only the sight of Starscream stealing his ship in the midst of the battle caused him to call a cease-fire. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

The arrival of the Autobots caused another battle to break out, this time with the Decepticons united against a common foe. But Ratbat and Fortress Maximus called for a cease-fire so they could unite against Starscream. The group was unable to stop Starscream from uniting with the Underbase, and he destroyed Scorponok's ship. Optimus Prime saved the allied groups, bringing them all aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Scorponok found the proposed alliance "detestable" and was eager to take action against the traitor; he was disgusted by Optimus Prime's apparent cowardice in refusing to join the attack teams against Starscream on Earth.

[[Image:Ratbatdarkstardeath.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Sorry, no, I'm a $40 toy. I am NOT getting upstaged by a cassette.]]
Scorponok was co-commander of an attack team in [[Tokyo]], where an offhand comment by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] caused him to realize what Optimus Prime must be up to. Abandoning the fight, Scorponok returned to the Ark aboard the Autobot shuttle that had ferried him to Earth. He found that Ratbat had the same idea; the two confronted Optimus Prime, who had just launched a rocket into space to bring the Underbase to Earth. Seeing the Autobot leader's apparent treachery, Scorponok blasted him. When Ratbat stated his intention to take the Underbase himself, Scorponok blasted him, too, taking him out of the picture permanently. Rocketing into space, Scorponok was nearly in range of the Underbase, when Optimus Prime—now recovered and with his [[Powermaster]] partner back in place—pushed them both out of its way. The two leaders watched in horrified fascination as Starscream arrived, absorbed the entire Underbase, and promptly self-destructed.

Impressed by Prime's actions, Scorponok agreed to a temporary truce, long enough for both sides to gather up their fallen. With Ratbat and Starscream out of the way, Scorponok's command of the Decepticons on Earth was assured. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

The truce at an end, Scorponok attempted to assassinate his old foe, Fortress Maximus, by having [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Snarler]] try to kill his human partner, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}} ''In return, Scorponok granted Pretender shells to them, as well as [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]], who was monitoring the mission.'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}

Scorponok finally made a permanent landing on Earth, establishing [[New Jersey base|a base in New Jersey]] as part of a plan to gather energy. The plan failed, but Scorponok kept his base there. {{storylink|King Con!}}

Zarak continued to function as a covert human for Scorponok, allowing the Decepticons to counter the growing popularity of [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] in [[New York City]]. {{storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}

[[Image:Scorponok all the familiar faces.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Scorponok found himself drawn into a battle at [[MacDill Air Force Base]] by his newest recruits, the [[Air Strike Patrol]]. Announcing his arrival in no uncertain terms, he attacked the Autobots who were harassing his troops, only to have those same troops cut and run. Optimus Prime, meanwhile, tried talking to him about alliance and cooperation, of them both being manipulated by some unknown player. Scorponok wasn't very interested in listening, but his memories of Prime's selfless actions during the [[Underbase Saga]] finally got the better of him. Just as he was ready to compare notes, the [[Classic Pretender|Pretender-enhanced]] Starscream arrived. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} The Autobots and Decepticons eventually overpowered him, and Starscream begged Scorponok to take him back. {{storylink|Skin Deep|Skin Deep}} Badly in need of additional troops and firepower, Scorponok agreed, but this decision proved to be very unpopular with his troops. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} It eventually cost him the loyalty of [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], who deserted him after Starscream went missing again. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

In [[1991]], Scorponok made Decepticon history as Optimus Prime formally offered his surrender in hopes of making a new force to combat the Dark God [[Unicron]]. Scorponok initially planned to betray Prime's trust to bolster his own leadership position, but Prime eventually convinced him of the Chaos-Bringer's threat and persuaded him to unite their forces—just as a contingent of rebel Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command attacked Scorponok's base. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

[[Image:Allthisandcivilwar-arethey.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Wildman and Baskerville, pretty well summed up in one panel.]]
Scorponok arose from the wreckage of his base and quickly put down most of the rebels. He then went mano-a-mano with Shockwave, in a protracted battle which spilled into New York Harbor and across the river into the city's Battery Park. Optimus Prime and Nightbeat interrupted the fight, as did the arrival of the human mutant squad the [[Neo-Knights]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Though initially scornful of the humans' efforts, Scorponok was downed by two of them and was nearly killed by [[Circuit Breaker]]. The battle came to a conclusive end when Circuit Breaker used all her power to knock out Shockwave, and Scorponok agreed to stop fighting.

In a sign of the growing alliance, Scorponok was actually inquiring as to Prime's well-being, when they, along with every other Transformer on Earth, were transported by Primus to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

Faced with Armageddon, Scorponok confessed his fears of dying to Optimus Prime, who reassured him that there was no shame in it. Scorponok vowed that he would be proud to go down fighting alongside Optimus... which he nearly did, when the two came under attack from a group of [[Unicron cultist|Unicron cultists]]. Though Scorponok had the option of leaving Prime to his fate, the Decepticon portion of him wouldn't hear of it, and he attacked the cultists in a rage. With the battle won, Scorponok spared one of the cultists at Optimus Prime's behest. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

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Unicron arrived at Cybertron mere seconds later, and the final battle began. Scorponok was at first paralyzed by the sheer size of their foe, and later further terrified when Optimus Prime was batted aside with ease. But he rose to the challenge, calling on his Decepticon heritage, and attacked Unicron viciously. While he was tearing into the giant's foot, Unicron blasted him with a stream of fire, mortally wounding him. Optimus Prime knelt over him as he lay dying, providing solace in the final moments of his life. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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Mindwipe attempted to hypnotise Scorponok but failed, and was thrown out of the Decepticons for his trouble. {{storylink|The Living Nightlights!}}

{{note|Scorponok does not appear in the Earthforce stories himself, and is only ever referred to once.}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In an alternate [[1991]], near the end of the [[Decepticon Civil War]] between the forces of Scorponok, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], and Shockwave, Scorponok found himself separated from his troops and hounded by Megatron's [[Air Strike Patrol]]. He attracted the attention of the Autobots by rampaging through a human settlement, and immediately surrendered to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], leader of the Autobot unit. As Autobot ethics require the protection of prisoners, Scorponok had maneuvered Hot Rod's team into fighting his battle for him. With the frustrated Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons focused on each other, Scorponok was free to walk away. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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Scorponok was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|Transformers — Transforming Robots in Action: New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

====''Classics''====
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Scorponok and Zarak's remains on Cybertron were discovered and studied by the [[Mini-Con]] [[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]]. {{storylink|The New World}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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The Headmasters' original heads had been left behind on Nebulos, and Nebulan scientists led by [[Borx]] began experimenting with rebuilding the Autobot Headmasters' bodies, under the aegis of "[[Project Lazarus]]". Though early attempts failed to work, the reports that [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] reviewed were promising, as he sought to cure himself and his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] from the effects of [[Nucleon]]. However, Grimlock was ambushed at [[Koraja]] Spaceport, and taken away by something that strongly resembled Scorponok's scorpion alt form. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2|Loose Ends #2}} As it turns out, it was indeed Scorponok - the original - who had captured Grimlock. He decided to make the Dinobot commander an offer - if he and his Dinobots were to join Scorponok, not only would they be spared, but they would be given new bodies. As an incentive, Scorponok even had a duplicate of Grimlock's original body prepared.{{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}

{{spoiler|Natural Selection, Part 1|January 5, 2013}}
As Scorponok studied the effects of Nucleon on Grimlock, the Dinobot commander questioned his captor's sudden scientific bent - a stark contrast to the hard warrior he had faced millenia ago on Cybertron. Scorponok revealed that his [[binary bonding]] with Lord Zarak had provided him with this new expertise, which he embraced fully; he went on to mention that had Zarak shared as equally in Scorponok's warrior nature, he would have survived longer. Scorponok revealed that Zarak had left behind a ghost protocol which reactivated Scorponok's head when the Nebulans attempted to decrypt his database, and he was able to take control of the scientists' minds, ordering them to construct his new body. He once again offered the new body to Grimlock.

Grimlock attempted to escape, only to be beaten down by his fellow Dinobots - except that it turned out to be a simulation provided by Scorponok. Grimlock, shaken by the experience, relented, agreeing to serve Scorponok in exchange for new bodies for his Dinobots. Scorponok then revealed that his Nucleon research has produced a [[Gene Key]], a program capable of rewriting the genetic code of a Transformer. With this key, Scorponok intended to awaken the "warrior gene" of every inhabitant of Cybertron, turning the entire population into Decepticons! {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part 1|Natural Selection #1}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German)

Scorponok was a gigantic Headmaster robot built from scratch by Lord Zarak, the secret ruler of Nebulos, upon learning of the Transformers. Working from the Headmaster process designed by the Autobot [[Brainstorm]] and later applied to his allies in the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] and the Decepticons, Zarak used his mental powers to reconstruct the Hive's entire city into a robotic body for him to binary bond with. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} With Scorponok under his command, Zarak was able to retrieve the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber from the Autobots and carry the Decepticon forces back to Cybertron to reunite with Galvatron. In the end, a bolt of [[plasma energy]] zapped Scorponok in his city mode, launching the massive Headmaster (and the collected Decepticons inside) far out into space. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

{{Note|Like Fortress Maximus, it is unclear if Scorponok has a life of his own or is simply a large machine that Zarak can control. There is no explanation of how Zarak could've brought him to life and his one line of "Autobot Die!" isn't exactly the most sophisticated of expressions.}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
{{note|In this continuity, in a reverse of the standard western naming, Scorponok is the name of the being who becomes the ''head'' of the giant robot, taking the place of Lord Zarak in Japanese fiction. The giant robot's name is '''MegaZarak''', but it's simply a lifeless [[Transtector]] that serves as a larger body for Scorponok. Scorponok's size varies over the series, from human-sized to full Transformer-sized.}}
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Banjō Ginga]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Scorponok headmasters shadows.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Well-manicured eeeeevil.]]
Scorponok was one of a group of diminutive Transformers who left Cybertron four million years ago to escape the Great War and took up residence on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. To survive the harsh environmental conditions on Master, the Transformers built large, lifeless robotic bodies called [[Transtector|Transtectors]], to which they could connect as heads, increasing their size and power. Scorponok underwent the training to become one of these "Headmasters," but he chafed under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], and he led several like-minded Headmaster warriors in a rebellion that ultimately ended with their defeat and exile from Master. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

By the year [[2011]], Scorponok had teamed up with Galvatron and the Decepticons, and his three minions, [[Weirdwolf]], Mindwipe and [[Skullcruncher]], joined Galvatron's forces in an attack on Cybertron in 2011. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Scorponok himself, on the other hand, refrained from making appearances on the battlefield, sticking to the shadows (in the most preposterously literal way imaginable) and emerging only to lure the Autobot Headmasters into a trap on the planet [[Praum]]. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Not long thereafter, when Galvatron discovered that [[Vector Sigma]] was in the midst of developing a powerful [[Cybertonuron|new alloy]], Scorponok advised against attacking the planet, suggesting instead that they destroy the alloy, rather than risk the Autobots gaining control of it. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} In truth, Scorponok was more concerned about ''Galvatron'' obtaining the alloy's power, and determined to stop anyone from acquiring it by taking out Cybertron itself. He had Mindwipe plant powerful bombs in Vector Sigma's chamber, which went off and devastated the planet, ostensibly taking Galvatron with it. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[Image:Scorponok headmasters smallrobot.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"Mine is an evil laugh! Moo hoo ha ha!"]]
Scorponok subsequently took control of the Decepticons, falsely claiming that Galvatron was alive and commanding him from afar. He immediately put a series of far-reaching plans into action, starting with the creation of a massive Transtector for himself, which would put him on equal footing with Fortress and his Transtector-scum-battleship, the ''Maximus''. Enslaved [[Beastformer|Beastformers]] were put to work on the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]] to construct this Transtector, and to provide it with power, Scorponok had the Decepticons steal [[Sol 1]], a human solar-energy-gathering satellite, which beamed its power reserves to Zarak. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} While the construction was going on, meanwhile, Scorponok focused his attention on harnessing the power of the [[plasma energy]] released in the destruction of Cybertron. Seeking to generate even more of the energy for his plans of universal conquest, Scorponok used the energy he had already obtained to create bombs that were planted beneath the surface of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], which would rip the planet apart. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} While the Autobots were busy fighting the Decepticon contingent on Mars to prevent the planet's destruction, Scorponok unveiled his completed Transtector to the rest of the Decepticons on [[Chaar]], stepping from the shadows for the first time as he brought all his troops aboard his new battleship-body and flew to Mars. Once there, he transformed into robot mode and spitefully attacked the immobile Maximus before fleeing into space just before his plasma bombs detonated and blew Mars to cosmic rubble. The Maximus was able to absorb some of the energy released in the initial stages of the explosion, and Fortress was able to transform into Fortress Maximus and escape the blast. Fortress Maximus cleaved Scorponok's shoulder with his [[Master Sword]], forcing the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[Image:Scorponok headmasters megazarak.jpg|right|225px|thumb|"Hello? My visor seems to have fallen down over my face. Little help?"]]
Believing that his deeds had cemented his position of power, Scorponok arranged to be coronated the new Decepticon emperor on Earth's moon, but in the midst of the ceremony , Galvatron returned alive and well and retook leadership. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Galvatron's return saw Scorponok relegated to the insulting position of interplanetary short bus as the Decepticons traveled from world to world, pillaging copious amounts of energy. Scorponok transformed to robot mode only once on the journey, to battle Fortress Maximus on [[Hive (planet)|Hive]]. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} When the Decepticons returned to Earth, diminishing Scorponok's immediate usefulness to Galvatron, the wicked Headmaster returned to this own schemes, ignoring Galvatron's orders {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} and planting more plasma energy bombs along the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Everything turned around for Scorponok when Galvatron faced the Autobot Headmasters alone in a battle in Alaska, and was finally destroyed when they collapsed an iceberg on top of him. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} This allowed Scorponok to once again seize leadership of the Decepticons, appointing himself the "Emperor of Terror" and resuming his plan for the destruction of Earth by attempting the detonation of his plasma bombs. During the previous interplanetary quest, the Autobots had made contact with [[Tekna]], one of the Beastformers who had worked on the construction of Scorponok's Transtector, and he was able to provide them with encrypted data that pinpointed the location of the Transtector's weak spot. After [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] decoded the data, he raced to Earth where the battle was already in progress and gave Fortress Maximus the information, allowing the Autobot leader to perforate Scorponok's weak spot, and send the critically wounded Decepticon fleeing off into space. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

[[Image:Scorponok headmasters scorpionmode.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Claws...check. Stinger...check. Multiple gun turrets...check. Giant, vulnerable weak spot dead center on the chest...check mate.]]
Moving his attentions away from Earth for the time being, Scorponok led the Decepticons back to planet Master in search of a weapon to counter the power of Fortress's Master Sword. The Autobots pursued them, which unfortunately resulted in [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] being captured by the villains and ransomed for the secrets of the Master Sword. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} Using this information, Scorponok forged the [[Zarak Shield]] out of [[G-Metal]], and when the two weapons clashed, the Zarak Shield emerged triumphant. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} Emboldened by this victory, Scorponok led the charge back to Earth, intending to finally destroy it, pausing only in the asteroid belt to effect repairs on his Transtector, and to betray and dispose of [[Sixshot]], whom he had never trusted. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Upon his return to Earth, Scorponok promptly had the Decepticon launch an energy-gathering satellite into orbit, and then withdrew to the sunken continent of [[Lemuria (G1)|Lemuria]], where already had numerous Decepticons working to mine the legendary [[crysmagnetal]]. Scorponok raised "Death Towers" of this metal in five strategic location all over Earth all, which proceeded to generate waves of energy that were gathered by the satellite. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} For the final part of his plan, Scorponok lured the Autobots to the North Pole, where he clashed with Fortress Maximus for the last time atop a sixth dais of crysmagnetal. As soon as the two combatants were upon the dais, Scorponok had the satellite beam its stored energy down into his Transtector, and through it into the dais, creating an exponential loop that threatened to tear the Earth apart. Scorponok disconnected from his Transtector and retreated into space with the Decepticons to watch the Earth's destruction, only for Fortress Maximus—supercharged with the combined energy of the Autobot army united in a [[Head Formation]]—to destroy his Transtector, breaking the circuit and saving the Earth. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Super-God Masterforce Master File''====
With the Decepticons at last forced off of Earth, the Autobots also left the planet, and Transformers' war transitioned into a series of space-based exchanges between Chaar and [[Athenia]], which became known as the [[Master Wars]]. To rejoin the fight, Scorponok had a new Transtector constructed, much smaller than his old one (comparatively speaking – it was still taller than a [[combiner]]), but outfitted with hyper-dense armor. Before he could connect with this new body, Scorponok was captured by the mysterious alien entity [[Devil Z]], who had been in hibernation on Earth until recently, and saw a use for Scorponok in his plan to create the ultimate lifeform. Devil Z brainwashed Scorponok, placing him, and by extension the entire Decepticon army, under his control, and then allowed him to link up with his new Transtector. Rather than forming the head for his Transtector, however, Scorponok controlled it from within its chest cavity, wired directly into its systems from there, with a new "decoy" head placed between its shoulders. Now, Scorponok was '''BlackZarak'''.

The former Decepticon ninja, [[Sixshot]], learned what had befallen Scorponok, and alerted the Autobots to the existence of Devil Z on Earth. The news of this shadowy controller reached the Autobots just as the [[Trainbot|Trainbots]] reported the first sighting of BlackZarak in the shadows of a meteor cluster, and the concerned Autobots decided to send a collection of Transtectors to the small Autobot group under the command of [[Metalhawk]] that was still on Earth, which he used to transform human beings into Autobot warriors to aid in the battle against Devil Z's forces. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}}

{{note|Following ''The Headmasters'', Japanese continuity branches off in two similar but distinct directions: one is depicted in the ''Super-God Masterforce'' animated series, leading into the ''Zone'' cartoon, while the other is told through the ''Super-God Masterforce'' manga, which leads into the ''Zone'' manga and story pages. However, Scorponok's activities ''between'' the end of ''The Headmasters'' and the beginning of ''Super-God Masterforce'', told through his own packaging [[bio]] and [[TV Magazine]] articles, apply to both continuities.}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon continuity====
=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Banjō Ginga]] (Japanese), [[Hidekatsu Shibata]] (Japanese, when merged with Devil Z)

[[Image:Blackzarak robotmode.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Also known as "African-Alien" Zarak.]]
After numerous failures by Devil Z's forces on Earth resulted in multiple [[Godmaster]] warriors joining the Autobot ranks instead of the Decepticons, the incensed alien summoned BlackZarak to Earth. Observing BlackZarak's activities, Fortress Maximus's younger brother, [[Grand Maximus]], raced to Earth ahead of him and warned the Autobots of his coming. In preparation for BlackZarak's arrival, the Autobots worked to construct a power-up drone named [[Godbomber]] for their most powerful member, [[Ginrai]]. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} While they worked, the approaching BlackZarak bombarded the Earth with meteors as part of a complicated scheme by Devil Z's ambassadors, [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] to publicly discredit the Autobots, which was ultimately foiled. {{storylink|Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!}}

Giga and Mega combined into their robot form of [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and headed to Earth's moon to rendezvous with BlackZarak, but before BlackZarak arrived, Ginrai merged with the completed Godbomber, and pursued him into space. BlackZarak showed up in the midst of their battle, and promptly impaled Ginrai with his Tyrant Spear, sending him crashing to the moon's surface. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}} BlackZarak and Overlord followed him down to the moon, and hunted the wounded Autobot, who was in dire straits until the timely arrival of Grand Maximus. With the sides now more evenly matched, the two Decepticons attempted to break off the battle and head for Earth, but Ginrai and Grand brought them back down to the moon with a bump. BlackZarak instructed the damaged Overlord to flee the battle, and although he was furious at being ordered around by this newcomer, Overlord could do little to argue, and left BlackZarak to face the two Autobots alone. Grand and Ginrai double-teamed BlackZarak, and eventually, Ginrai was able to decapitate the Decepticon with his God Fire Guts attack. Although Ginrai thought his opponent was done for, BlackZarak's headless body hauled itself back up, and retreated off into space, with Grand Maximus hot on his tail. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon}}

[[Image:Blackzarak scorpion mode.jpg|left|215px|thumb|The scorched remains of two fans who wouldn't stop asking why Devil Z made so many Autobot Transtectors.]]
During this extended stay in space, BlackZarak mastered localized gravity manipulation and gained the ability to open black holes, which he could use to teleport himself across the galaxy at will. After trapping Grand Maximus inside one of these singularities in order to keep him out of the way, BlackZarak teleported directly to Earth and immediately tore through [[New York City]] as part of Devil Z's "Operation M-1". He proceeded to attack [[Tokyo]] alongside Overlord, but was foiled when Ginrai freed Grand Maximus, and the two Autobots stopped the villains by tricking them into blasting each other. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}} With the failure of this scheme, Devil Z initiated "Operation M-2" and had BlackZarak withdraw to the far side of the moon, where he would unleash the atmosphere-destroying [[Death Para-Machine]] against the Earth. Thankfully, BlackZarak was only able to get off one shot from the deadly weapon before Ginrai destroyed it with his God Fire Guts attack. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}}

[[Image:Blackzarak dakatsu mode.jpg|right|215px|thumb|A dog chasing its own tail has nothing on Hydra Mode.]]
BlackZarak returned to attacking cities around the globe, and soon struck in a city where [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] went to, with a trio of [[Sparkdash]] drones to back him up. Luckily, Autobot Godmaster [[Road King]] was on patrol in the area, and soon called him Ginrai to help him take BlackZarak down. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}} Later, after battling Grand Maximus in [[Moscow]], BlackZarak was present at the Decepticon base when the Autobots attacked it. During this clash, Devil Z took his brainwashing to the next level, and actually merged his consciousness with BlackZarak, entering his body and taking control of it himself. For his first act in BlackZarak's body, Devil Z collapsed the Decepticon base in a failed attempt to destroy the Autobots {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}} and then led the Decepticons in an attack on North America, bombarding the country with his [[Devil Power]] from a strategic staging point in the heart of the [[Grand Canyon]]. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}}

Devil Z next took the Decepticons to the peak of the Matterhorn, where he unleashed his Devil Power upon Europe until God Ginrai arrived to challenge him. The battle was fierce, and Ginrai thought he had won when he once again cleaved BlackZarak's head from his shoulders, but the decapitation of his host meant little to Devil Z, who simply transformed BlackZarak's body into a new, twin-headed serpent form, and kept the fight going. Uniting his Chōkon Power with that of the [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]], Ginrai unleashed his most powerful God Fire Guts yet and dove through BlackZarak's body, finally destroying the giant Decepticon in a huge explosion that left only ash and shrapnel. Although Devil Z survived the blast, he now no longer had BlackZarak's body to enclose him, and was wide open for Ginrai's finishing move: the Final Fire Guts, which utterly obliterated the evil alien. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
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=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japanese)

[[Image:ZarakZone1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Aye aye aye—sharpen your boot, and bludgeon your eye]]
Several years after the conclusion of the [[Masterforce War]], when the supernatural entity [[Violen Jiger]] seized control of the Decepticons, one of his first actions was to recruit "[[Nine Great Demon Generals]]" from Decepticon history. Using his mysterious powers, Violen Jiger resurrected BlackZarak to serve as his "Evil Spirit General," and outfitted him with new armor and weapons to make him more deadly than ever before. It was never explicitly stated if he possessed the consciousness of Scorponok or Devil Z, but he seemed to have a serious ''pirate''-vibe going on, now sporting a hook for a hand and an eye-patch.

[[Image:Zone blackzarak.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Aye aye aye—the blarney stone brings a tear to me eye]]
BlackZarak was part of the team of generals who attacked planet [[Micro|Zone]] in order to steal its precious [[Energon Z]] for Violen Jiger's schemes, but BlackZarak refrained from participating in the assault, hanging back on the fringes of the planet's atmosphere to cover his allies' rear. As his fellow generals made good their escape with the Energon Z in hand, BlackZarak barred the way of the [[Super Car Patrol Team]] and [[Battle Patrol]] as they attempted to pursue in the [[Rocket Base|Galaxy Rocket]]. The Demon General managed to trap the rocket in a crackling field of electricity, and then departed to rejoin his fellow Decepticons, leaving the electric net to slowly destroy the rocket. Luckily for the Autobots, the [[Jet Patrol Team]] arrived to destroy the net, and [[Sunrunner]] proceeded to use his radar to track BlackZarak back to the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic continuity====
=====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====
[[Image:Blackzarak manga.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Black-and-WhiteZarak]]
When it became apparent that the small force under his command on Earth lacked the manpower to handle the Autobots, Devil Z chose to unite them with the Decepticons in space, and ordered the combined army to attack Athenia. Ginrai (who was on the planet at the time to be appointed Supreme Commander of the Autobots) was able to win the battle by defeating [[Scramble 7]], but after the fight, BlackZarak made his first appearance before the Autobots, carrying Hydra, Buster and the Decepticon Headmasters, who announced that they were returning to Earth. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

BlackZarak joined the Decepticons in travelling to Earth, battling [[Raiden]] and the Autobot Headmasters outside the planet's atmosphere while Ginrai confronted Overlord for the first time down on its surface. After defeating his opponents, BlackZarak turned towards Earth, only to find Ginrai streaking towards him, with Overlord in close pursuit. At the last moment, Ginrai spun out of the way, causing the two Decepticons to accidentally strike each other, and damage one another quite badly. While the wounded Overlord returned to Earth, BlackZarak limped back off into space. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!}}

BlackZarak later battled Grand Maximus and the Autobot Godmasters in space, with the aid of [[Darkwings]], {{storylink|The Earth Family of Good and Evil}} after which Devil Z spirited him away to carry out some upgrades. {{storylink|Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}} These upgrades complete, BlackZarak was soon returned to Earth, and joined Overlord in attacking another city, where he wound up battling Grand Maximus and the Autobots Godmasters once more. {{storylink|Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination}} Later, BlackZarak attacked China with a trio of [[Sparkdash|Sparkdash drones]]. Decepticon Headmaster Junior [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] happened to be in the city at the time, and when the Autobots arrived to battle BlackZarak, he displayed his disdain for humans—even comrades—by seizing Cancer and using him as a shield to keep the Autobots at bay. It was then that Overlord arrived, and surprised everyone by viciously attacking BlackZarak, disgusted by his treatment of Cancer. While the two Decepticons were fighting, the Autobots exploited their conflict to attack and force them to retreat. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Autobots}}

[[Image:Devilz head on%21.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Head? I don't need a head. Heads are for wimps!]]
Overlord's betrayal proved to be the last straw for Devil Z, and he took matters into his own hands by connecting himself to BlackZarak's Transtector as a new head of sorts. Now in control of the Decepticon's body and mind, he transformed BlackZarak into a new serpentine form, and attacked Overlord, the Headmaster Juniors and Ginrai, intending to absorb their [[Chōkon Power|Jinchōkon]], in order to transform himself into the ultimate lifeform. His Jinchōkon-absorbing beam was blocked by the wholly-robotic Autobot [[Pretender|Pretenders]], and the Autobots and Decepticons united to destroy Devil Z and BlackZarak for good. Uniting their powers in the "Perfect Transform Attack", all the Autobots and Decepticons boarded Grand Maximus, who collided with BlackZarak, destroying the Decepticon and his alien passenger in an explosion of pure Chōkon Power. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Lifeforms}}
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=====''Zone'' comic and story pages=====
[[Image:Blackzarak zone manga.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]

Years after the end of the Masterforce War on Earth, the creature known as [[Violen Jiger]] took control of the Decepticon forces and created an elite fighting force by recruiting "[[Nine Great Demon Generals]]" from throughout Transformer history. BlackZarak was selected to be one of these generals, and Violen Jiger used his strange, supernatural powers to bring the Decepticon back from the dead, dubbing him his "Evil Spirit General" and increasing his strength with new armor and weaponry. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

BlackZarak was part of the contingent of generals sent to planet Zone to steal its super-energy, Energon Z, for Violen Jiger. After his fellow Decepticons succeeded in purloining the Energon Z, BlackZarak covered their escape, seizing the Galaxy Rocket carrying the pursuing Autobots in an unbreakable grip. He proceeded to coat the rocket in a cocoon of strange energy webbing and then departed to join his fellow generals, but fortunately for the Autobots, the Jet Patrol Team arrived to cut them free before they lost BlackZarak's trail. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

BlackZarak later attacked Earth, and met resistance in the form of [[Landshaker]] and [[Sky Hyper]]. BlackZarak seized Landshaker, easily shrugging off Skyhyper's blasts, but was suddenly stunned by a barrage from [[Sonic Bomber]], as he and Dai Atlas came swooping onto the battlefield. Exploiting the opening, Dai Atlas fired on BlackZarak, proving once again that the Autobots' desire to save their comrades would always best the Decepticons' evil. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 5}}

Along with the other Generals, BlackZarak schooled [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them formidable oponents for the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[Image:Decepticonsatthepole.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Put me on the Naughty List, will you?!"]]
Scorponok was originally a large, mobile Decepticon base on [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} Through means unknown, he became a Transformer, as well as smaller and sentient, and took command of the Decepticon forces from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]].

He matched wits with Optimus Prime himself, at one point trying to lure him into surrendering in exchange for a hostage's life. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}} Eventually, the Autobots became too big a nuisance, and Scorponok had the Decepticons move en masse to a secret underground city in the Nebulos Triangle, but this backfired when the Autobots sealed him and his army underground for good. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Seeking a new [[Energon]] source, the Decepticons flew Scorponok to an out-of-the-way asteroid, where he served as a base of operations. When a fight inevitably broke out, Scorponok flew to the battle scene. After he pucked up [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and tossed the Autobot into the distance, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] angrily bodyslammed him, and the pair began grappling. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Scorponok, accompanied by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Octane]], intercepted [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], as the Autobot was heading for [[Andellor]]. Scorponok threatened to destroy the Autobot unless he revealed where he was headed. Cosmos complied, but Scorponok was keen on destroying him anyway. Cyclonus insisted they investigate, and recalled the history of Andellor. Scorponok realised that the [[Prism of Power]] which Cosmos sought was the only thing that could stop the Decepticon's new weapon, the [[suspension-ray beam]]. Down on the planet, the three Decepticons ventured into a cave and were attacked, first by some tentacles from a pool, and finally by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Ironhide shrugged off Scorponok's mightiest blast, and defeated both him and Cyclonus. {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2|Transformers in 3-D #2}}

After the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s failed to obtain the coordinates to [[Metascan Alpha]], Zarak mocked Galvatron's skills and, combining with Scorponok, reasserted that he was leader of the Decepticons now. While the pair were still in disagreement, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] broke into their base with the intention of destroying Galvatron's [[Nullification Cannon]]. During the battle, Scorponok took a swing at Prime which accidentally connected with the Cannon, causing it to explode. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Transformers PD Type===
Scorponok and Fortress Maximus met in battle, with Scorponok vowing to crush Maximus with his bare hands. Unfortunately the two giant Transformers, engrossed in their fight, began to topple over, sending their smaller comrades fleeing for their lives. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##14 "Watch Out! Mega Zarak!"|Watch Out! Mega Zarak!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===
[[Image:DestinedforNothing_Scorponok.jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Universal greeting| Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong]], you have reached Decepticon Headquarters, your call is important to us, please hold.]]
Shortly before the [[Great Shutdown]], Scorponok attended a teleconference with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], where he criticized the latter for "thinking like a calculator instead of a warrior". {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightUltraMagnus Scorponok.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If you insist on sticking your olfactory sensors where they don't belong, I'm just going to have to take them from you!]]
Long ago, Scorponok once robbed an installation that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] were guarding—it was something [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] wouldn't forget. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}
Scorponok was under Deadlock's command at some point.{{storylink|Drift issue 3}}
After the destruction of Cybertron, Scorponok became a criminal known for his flagrant violations of the [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]]. His traditional modus operandi was to make contact with ambitious non-Cybertronians on a developing world, work with his contacts to develop advanced weaponry using Cybertronian technology, then eliminate his partners when he had what he wanted. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had been seeking him for some time.

On the planet Nebulos, Scorponok was in league with [[Zarak (G1)|Mo Zarak]], head of the [[Zarak Consortium]], a cabal of really smart scientists. Presumably with input from Scorponok, the Cranium had created hybrid Nebulan/Cybertronian beings. Unfortunately for Scorponok, Ultra Magnus had tracked him down. Claiming to be on the verge of something "breathtaking", Scorponok proceeded to beat the snot out of Ultra Magnus, before transforming into beast mode to finish him off. Unfortunately, Zarak ran out, begging Scorponok not to fire, or risk destroying what they had built. Unable to abort his shot, Scorponok killed Zarak (revealing to Magnus that the Nebulan had also been infused with Cybertronian technology). Shocked at his actions, a furious Scorponok turned to Ultra Magnus, and Magnus shot Scorponok in the head. However, Scorponok managed to escape through an artificial wormhole generator. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

Shortly after the [[Brasnya]] conflict, Ultra Magnus contacted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], saying that he had a new lead on Scorponok's whereabouts, but he did not elaborate on the specifics. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

At some point over the last twenty years, Scorponok chose [[Earth]] as the location to continue his experiments. Making contact with a man named [[Abraham Dante]], Scorponok established an underground organization of human agents known as the [[Machination]], based out of [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. With their assistance, Scorponok began further developing the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] technology he had begun on Nebulos, designing the means for cybernetically-enhanced humans to bond with mechanoid bodies. This technology now had great personal value to Scorponok, as he had been reduced to little more than a disconnected head without a body, apparently due to the head shot Ultra Magnus gave him in their last encounter.

{{note|It is unclear whether Scorponok pre-dated the Decepticon infiltration unit on Earth or not.}}
[[Image:Devastation6 Scorponok liveagain.jpg|left|200px|thumb|That must have been one hell of a stag night.]]
The Headmaster process was completed shortly before [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] initiated Phase Two on Earth—all it needed was a test subject. To accommodate this, Scorponok and Dante sent agents out into the field to locate the Autobot and Decepticon bases, and conceived tactical scenarios for forcibly acquiring a Transformer as a "guinea pig" before Scorponok underwent the process himself. When the discovery of [[Ultra-Energon|Ore-13]] accelerated the conflict on Earth, the Machination accelerated their plans as well. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}}

When the Autobots [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] next left the ''[[Ark-19]]'' in [[Lake Michigan]], Machination agents surprised them on the highway and kidnapped Sunstreaker, leaving behind a heavily-scrapped replica to throw any pursuers temporarily off the scent. As a bonus, they picked up Sunstreaker's passenger as well, [[Hunter O'Nion]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} Taking advantage of the situation, Scorponok and Dante attempted to have Hunter brainwashed and subjected him to the same bio-mechanical engineering as their own agents, creating a small squad of [[Sunstreaker clone|Sunstreaker clones]], each with their own human cyborg controller modified to act as the head in robot mode. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

With the Headmaster process a success, Scorponok proceeded to the next stage: revitalizing himself. Abraham Dante underwent the Headmaster process and donned an exo-carapace of his own. The two of them binary bonded just in time to test-drive their union against Hunter O'Nion, who had managed to shake off their brainwashing attempt and was trying to escape the Machination compound. Despite his renewed size and power, Scorponok failed to prevent Hunter from binary-bonding with one of the Sunstreaker drones, and escaping the Machination. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[Image:SpotlightGrimlock punch KLUNG.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Oh come on, I just got this head!]]
The Dante/Scorponok merge went well; even Dante considered them one being. He planted a mole named [[Kloss]] into [[Skywatch]], who planted a virus into Grimlock, freeing him from Skywatch's control. When Grimlock escaped, Scorponok met Grimlock with an offer of an alliance for world conquest. Grimlock refused and they battled, with Grimlock losing. Before he could be killed, Grimlock teleported to his still-functional ship. Dante/Scorponok later planned to take control of the other Dynobots and use them to destroy Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

While continuing his search for the real Sunstreaker, Hot Rod came upon a wrecked Sunstreaker clone; he deduced that its destruction was "the price of failure". {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[Image:ScorponokHotRodMaxDino02.jpg|left|200px|thumb|No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to listen.]]
Following his bonding with Dante, he became a lot chattier and willing—nay, ''desperate''—to monologue his evil schemes.

Once his agents had ensured Skywatch had reprogrammed the Dynobots (reprogramming ''he'' could remotely control) and an army of Sunstreaker clones had been built, Scorponok arranged for Grimlock to be orbital-bounced to [[Fallon]], [[Nevada]]. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}

When Skywatch turned up with the Dynobots, he ensured a massive, destructive fight took place, all a set-up so Skywatch would be discredited and his Headmasters could "save the day"... intending his puppet companies would get all the lucrative anti-Transformer defense contracts from a panicked US government. While his attempt to exploit the Dynobots' internal divides failed, he ''did'' get to beat Hot Rod half to death and yell a lot. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

When Scorponok's control of the Dynobots was lost, he sent in an army of Headmasters to annihilate everyone. They might have succeeded if not for the timely arrival of the [[Monsterbot]]s. This bemused Hot Rod, and Scorponok ordered him terminated, but Hot Rod managed to set his guards ablaze and escape the compound. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

As Hot Rod broke out, Sunstreaker broke in to find his real head. Scorponok caught him and blasted him through the chest, but Hunter was able to escape. Before Scorponok could find Hunter, the Monsterbots began blasting the compound, taking out the defenses. Scorponok ordered a recall of all Headmasters to attack the Dynobots, but Hunter was able to sever the connection to Sunstreaker's head, disabling all the Headmasters. A furious Scorponok began to take revenge but was thrown into battle with [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who wanted the same thing. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

Shockwave eventually gained the upper hand but allowed Scorponok to retreat gracefully. Scorponok caught Hot Rod trying to sever the connection with his real head, so he thought he'd take out his frustrations by squeezing the life out of Hot Rod. The timely arrival of the Dynobots prevented that, and Swoop severed the connection himself, rendering Scorponok helpless. Just then, Ultra Magnus arrived, responding to an S.O.S. from Hot Rod. He wouldn't allow Scorponok to be killed, but took him into custody. He also ordered the Machination stripped and all technology removed. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Scorponok-Rebirth.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Not [[Elton John]]."]]
Scorponok has an odd history of [[Commercial|television commercial]] appearances:

*Like any proper flagship toy, he appears in a 1987 commercial largely devoted to him. As Galvatron narrates, the Technobots attack his base mode, prompting him to transform and counterattack, bashing Computron with a boulder. Notably, the commercial identifies Scorponok as Galvatron's "[[Triple Changer]] Headmaster base". Some of the animation was recycled for the Season 4 cartoon opening.
*In [[1989]], a [[Giant Decepticon Soldier|Frankenstein Decepticon]] appeared in one of the first Micromaster commercials, getting swarmed and overwhelmed by hordes of Micromasters. While not using the same character model, this character was partially based on Scorponok's appearance, including his distinctive head antennae and some of his color palette.
*In [[1990]], a Scorponok toy painted white and gray appeared in the stop-motion animated toy segment of a commercial advertising the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] and [[Construction Patrol]]. Like his cel animated counterpart, he gets overwhelmed by his smaller foes, who blow up a bridge beneath him, sending him tumbling into a ravine with an amusingly unthreatening cry of "RAWRRR."

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
As the Decepticons rampaged over Earth, Cybertron, and some place called "Jail", Scorponok waited on the Last planet (seriously, THE last planet) for Fortress Maximus to show up and challenge him. And Fortress did. And he won. Yay. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Scorponok toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If a camel is a horse designed by committee, then Scorponok is… er…]]
*'''Scorponok''' (Headmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-93'''
**''Accessories:'' Lord Zarak Headmaster unit, helmet, Scorponok's rifle, rifle cover, Scorponok's shield, [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Fasttrack]], Fasttrack's 2 guns, 2 ramps, 4 double cannons, 4 antenna, 2 leg shields, 1 claw arm, 1 side gun arm and 1 elevator.

:The largest Decepticon toy in Generation 1, Scorponok's beast mode is a robotic purple, green and orange scorpion. The pincers have multiple points of articulation, and the ratcheting joints are strong enough to grasp a smaller Transformer. His eight legs are also independently jointed. There are two wheels with rubber grips underneath Scorponok's beast mode body, and pushing him along will cause the scorpion legs to move, simulating the motion of walking. Lord Zarak can sit inside the scorpion head/cockpit while in robot form, or he can be stored inside the chest compartment.

:Like many large Generation 1 Transformers, Scorponok has a base mode, with various ramps and towers for smaller Transformer toys to interact with, though it is quite out of [[scale]] for larger toys, such as his fellow Decepticon Headmasters. The central ramp (formed out of his beast tail) is designed with Fasttrack in mind and features a minor gimmick — placing Fasttrack on the orange panel and pressing the small black button will cause the back of the orange panel to rise, sending Fasttrack rolling down the ramp.

:Scorponok's robot mode is impressively large, and still remains one of the largest Decepticon toys in the ''Transformers'' franchise. As with all Headmasters, Scorponok has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Lord Zarak (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket while in head mode. As Lord Zarak is about the same size as the Headmaster units of smaller Headmaster toys, Scorponok would thus have a pretty small noggin if not for the large helmet (that was the beast mode scorpion head) that is placed over the Headmaster. The helmet also features a flip-down visor, which was homaged in ''Energon'' [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. The 2-part rifle and shield plug into Scorponok's pincers.

:Also, he has a [[die-cast]] ass.

:Fasttrack transforms into a small six-wheeled attack vehicle. He comes with two small, easily lost orange guns.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm More information on Scorponok at TFU.info]
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===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:Blackzarak toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Stingin' and blingin']]
*'''BlackZarak''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-311'''
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok Headmaster unit, face cover, two-piece "Tyrant Spear", "Black Hole Cannon", cannon cover, "Shield Tower"/"Plantium Shield", four "Blacking Cannons", two "Combat Ramps", two "Maintenance Arms", four "Radar Sensors", elevator, [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Black Roritchi]], Black Roritchi's two lasers

:This Japanese-exclusive [[retool]] of the original Scorponok figure [[Redeco|redecoes]] the figure in black, gold and red, and equips the figure with a new helmet/scorpion head that features a better-proportioned face sculpted directly into it. As such, it's not really necessary to plug the Scorponok Headmaster unit between the shoulders, since the new helmet-head conceals it completely, but it does fit. The figure includes a small red visor-like mask that clips over the robot mode face, hiding it from view for scorpion mode.

:BlackZarak comes with one major new accessory—his red, two-piece "Tyrant Spear", which he can hold in robot mode—and also includes all of Scorponok's original accessories, appropriately redecoed, including a gold redeco of [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Fasttrack]] named "Black Roritchi". BlackZarak is notoriously difficult to find complete, due to many of his accessories, and even body parts, suffering from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]. Even sealed box samples have horrified owners who opened the toys for the first time to discover broken parts on their previously-untouched toys.

:Like [[Sixshot]] and Overlord, with their respective "Wingwolf" and "space jet" alternate modes, BlackZarak's instructions do not feature the additional two-headed serpent mode, created as it was by the production staff after fiddling around with the toy and dubbed the "dakatsu" mode. As such, it's entirely possible to transform the toy into this form, but if you try, be aware that it was seriously streamlined for animation, and doesn't look nearly as good in plastic as it does on the screen or comic page. (Also, if the toy hasn't shattered yet due to GPS, putting the toy into dakatsu mode will probably finish the job.)

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Destron/BlackZarak/blackzarak.htm More information on BlackZarak at TFU.info]
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==Merchandise==
===Parody Deformed===
[[Image:Scorponok pd model.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Sets a new standard for "mega"]]
*'''MegaZarak''' (1990)

:A small white and red, non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Scorponok was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of [[Candy toy|candy toys]]. The fourteenth figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformers PD Type]]" comic about himself, "Watch Out! MegaZarak!", and something that could charitably be described as "gum".
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===Super Collection Figure===
*'''BlackZarak''' (2001)

[[Image:Scorponok scf.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me and myself]]
:BlackZarak was the "Build-A-Figure" from the fifth, ''Masterforce''-centric wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s line of ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' PVC figurines, available in eight out of every ten cases. He was divided into six parts, each one packaged with one of the silver metallic "pewter" versions of the other six figurines in the line (the regular, color versions of the figures didn't come with BlackZarak parts): his head and torso came with Ginrai, his left arm with [[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]], his right arm with Metalhawk and [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]], his waist and tail with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], his left leg with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and his right leg with Overlord. BlackZarak's parts were available in both full-color and smokey translucent plastic (in an equal ratio of 4 out of every 10 cases each), meaning that there were two versions of the figure to collect.

*'''MegaZarak''' (2002)

:Like BlackZarak before him, this version of Scorponok was the Build-A-Figurine from the line's eighth wave. His six components were packaged with the regular color versions of the other figurines in the line: his head and torso came with Fortress, his left arm with Dai Atlas, his right arm with Star Convoy, his pelvis with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], his left leg with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and his right leg with [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Like BlackZarak, there was both a regular full-color figure to collect (available in 6 out of every 10 cases) as well as a rarer variant version, this time in metallic silver (available in 4 out of every 10 cases).

==Notes==
*Scorponok's colors are distributed differently in [http://www.botchthecrab.com/gallery/catalog_1988_b.jpg the 1987 and 1988 toy catalogs] as compared to the finished product.
[[Image:Rebirth3-legdoor.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Have fun crawling through the joints.]]
*Both Scorponok and Fortress Maximus suffer from the writers struggling to reconcile the characters' high rank with their size. In their comic appearances, they are portrayed as commanders in some capacity but are shrunk down to interact with other Transformers, and their city modes pretty much don't exist. Conversely, the cartoons have opted to portray them as giant city Transformers, though they seem to be merely extensions of the smaller beings that bond with them, with no real life or will of their own.
*When Scorponok prepares to leave [[Nebulos]] in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]," he opens a ramp for the other Decepticons to board him. Curiously, the ramp leads up into one of his scorpion-mode legs.
[[Image:Zazorigun.jpg|thumb|300px|His name is about as clever as his progenitor's.]]
*The [[Action Master Elite]] [[Double Punch]]'s mold looks just like an [[Action Master]] version of BlackZarak, right down to the molded details, including the head. The coloring (black/red/purple) is similar to BlackZarak's coloring (black/red/gold) as well. This is very strange, considering that Japan never got Action Masters, and Europe never got BlackZarak.
*Scorponok served as the basis for the evil "Zazorigun" (ザゾリガン ''Zazorigan'', a play on サソリ, ''sasori'', meaning "scorpion") mecha in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave of Gold Goldran]]'' series. Unlike fellow ''Goldran'' baddie Deathgarrygun (who was derived from [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]]), no toy or merchandise of Zazorigun was ever released. At least one enterprising Japanese fan, though, has [http://mamao2.cside.com/contents/toys/gd/zazorigan.html created a custom one] for himself.
*The Latin American dub of ''The Headmasters'' displayed some inconsistencies with Scorponok's name. On his first appearance, Galvatron calls him "'''Lok'''". Later, Skullcruncher calls him '''"Gronko"''' (episode 7 only), later in the series, he's named "'''Scorponok'''", and during the space travel event, he's called "'''Chandler'''", the last two names being the most used during the ''Headmasters'' series. It should be noted that no name makes a distinction between Scorponok and his Transtector.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scorponok''' (スコルポノック ''Sukoruponokku''), '''MegaZarak''' (メガザラック ''Megazarakku''), '''Zarak''' (ザラック ''Zarakku'', see above), '''Scorpion''' (スコーピオン ''Sukōpion'', "The Rebirth")
*''Italian:'' '''Scorpion'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Skorpiy''' (cartoon, Скорпій, "Skorpiy")
*''Russian:'' '''Skorponog''' (cartoon, Скорпоног, "Scorpoleg")
*''Spanish:'' '''Lok''', '''Gronko''', '''Chandler''', '''Scorponok''' (all America, see above)

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Light God

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[[Image:Primus original.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The one that left ''to'' become famous.]]

:''The Light Gods are [[Primus]]-allied deities from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|continuity family of the same name]].''

[[Primus]] is Lord of the '''Light Gods''', "the eternal counter-force" to the army of [[Dark God]]s that [[Unicron]] led in the early days of the universe.

==Fiction==
===Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' comics===
When [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] psychically invaded Unicron's mind, Unicron immediately captured and threatened to destroy him. But, impressed with his daring, the [[god]] granted his captive's "last request" to know Unicron's true nature and history. He told Death's Head about the days of the universe's infancy when he was a force of nature, a being of pure evil with a dark army that only Primus and his Light Gods could stand against. Their titanic battles threatened the existence of life itself, so Primus tricked Unicron into battling on the astral plane and then jumping back to the physical universe, where both were imprisoned in asteroids. As Unicron told the rest of his tale, he made no further mention of the Light Gods or his own army. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===3H comics===
Primus was recognized as the "last of the Light Gods" by his creations, the [[Covenant]]. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Paradox}}

==Notes==
* What Unicron tells Death's Head is, in the real world, the first description of the Primus/Unicron myth. [[The Primal Scream|The next one]] mentions other gods but doesn't give them names or allegiances, saying only that their era was ending, and they were joining the [[Omniversal Matrix]]. [[The Void! (US)|Subsequent]] [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|retellings]] don't bring them up at all.

==See also==
* [[Child of Primus]]

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Deadly Obsession

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #64
|prev=Kings of the Wild Frontier.
|next=Dark Creation
|title="Deadly Obsession"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #286–289
|prev2=External Forces!
|next2=The Lesser Evil!
|image=MarvelUS-64.jpg
|caption=Longtooth Ahab.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=January [[1990]]
|coverdate=March 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[José Delbo]]
|inker=[[Al Williamson]] (pages 1-4) & [[Dan Reed]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Jim Massara]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''Simon Furman rewrites Melville, as the Matrix Quest continues.'''

==Synopsis==
On the mercury seas of [[Pequod]], the one-legged [[Autobot]] [[Longtooth]] is closing in on his prey, the whale-like creature known as the [[Klud]] that tore away his leg. As he aims his harpoon gun at the creature, his fellow Autobot [[Pretender]]s [[Pincher]] and [[Doubleheader]] are racing to stop him in another craft. As they near their destination, Pincher thinks back on how things became so desperate...

Two weeks earlier, the trio had begun their leg of the [[Matrix Quest]], leaving the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and eventually arriving at the harbor town of [[Gottlieb]] on Pequod. Only a little while ago, the Klud were believed to be extinct, and yet now one had turned up again, attacking boaters. The Pretenders decided to check it out, believing the creature's sudden return to life could have been caused by the Matrix's power.

Back in the present, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and his [[Decepticon]]s have found the creature as well, and open fire on Longtooth to prevent him from killing it. Ruckus sees fit to make a few jeering remarks about how Thunderwing seems more interested in saving a dumb creature than killing a dumb Autobot, and so Thunderwing knocks him across the bridge for his insubordination.

As Longtooth falls into the water after taking missile fire, his addled mind recollects the events after the Autobots began their quest for the Klud. They had come across [[The Orca|the latest of the ships]] torn apart by the creature and, while Longtooth was making a forensic analysis of the remains, the Klud itself shot out of the water and took Longtooth's leg with it. As he fell into shock, Longtooth experienced a mental break, and began associating the Klud with "the destroyer of worlds". After some repairs, he stole a craft and went out hunting the Klud in the name of justice and vengeance. And now he had found it.

Thunderwing sends [[Needlenose]] and [[Spinister (G1)|Spinster]] out to deal with the Autobots while he attempts to make contact with the Klud. Exhibiting some unique mental powers, Thunderwing reaches out and makes contact with the beast's mind. He sees the creature swallow [[VsQs Exploration Team|an explorer]] and his escape pod that were adrift at sea, and charged with Matrix energy. That lingering energy was enough to completely revitalize the Klud. Thunderwing also sees the escape pod is from the moon [[VsQs]], elsewhere in the system.

With the Autobots and Decepticons engaged with each other, Longtooth has beaten down the Klud and is ready to pull the trigger on the creature, when Pincher comes forth and makes a last ditch attempt to save his fellow Autobot's soul. Pincher pleads at Longtooth to remember what he was, and what the Autobot code meant to him.

Thunderwing, content in the knowledge that the Matrix should be on VsQs, abruptly calls off the attack and demands his flyers return to the ship at once. Pincher watches them go, and also watches the Klud swim away, alive and well. In that, at least, he finds a victory.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Longtooth]] (1)
*[[Pincher]] (3)
*[[Doubleheader]] (4)
*[[Xaaron]] (5)

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*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (7)
*[[Windsweeper]] (6)
*[[Needlenose]] (9)
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (10)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (11)

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*[[Klud]] (2)
*[[Harbor master]] (6)
}}

==Notes==
*Thunderwing's affinity for the Matrix is first mentioned here.
*This may be the most flashback-intensive Transformer story ever; 6 of 20 pages are flashbacks—including at one point a flashback within a flashback within a "several minutes earlier" which could technically be considered yet another flashback.
*In addition to the obvious ''[[wikipedia:Moby-Dick|Moby-Dick]]'' homage, the story also heavily references the movie ''[[wikipedia:Jaws (film)|Jaws]].''
*''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profiles for [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] and [[Needlenose]] are found after the main story.
*The [[letters page]] declared ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' and Marvel Universes to be separate. It also politely asked the readers to forget about [[Prisoner of War!|issue #3]] (which guest-starred [[Spider-Man]] and had other Marvel cameos).

===Errors===
*The first page announces this as "PART FOUR" of ''Matrix Quest'' instead of part 3.
*José Delbo apparently lost track of what was or wasn't a Pretender shell—Pincher's robot mode is repeatedly drawn and colored with a human face.
*Pincher and Doubleheader's Pretender shells aren't seen again after they exit them, begging the question of why they didn't use them in the battle.

===References===
*Xaaron refers back to Primus's awakening from "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]" in his mission briefing.

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-64.jpg|'''US issue #64''' - Hop to it Longtooth!
Image:MarvelUK-286.jpg|'''UK issue #286''' - ...and a million fangirls cried out.
Image:MarvelUK-287.jpg|'''UK issue #287''' - Thanks Springer, what would we do without you?
Image:MarvelUK-288.jpg|'''UK issue #288''' - Grimlock shows off his new dancing human toy.
Image:MarvelUK-289.jpg|'''UK issue #289''' - That's a mighty big truck there!
</gallery>
*'''US cover:''' Longtooth Ahab by [[Ian Akin]].
*'''UK issue #286 cover:''' Starscream and Grimlock defeat Bludgeon by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''UK issue #287 cover:''' Springer and Superion by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]].
*'''UK issue #288 cover:''' Grimlock holding Irwin by [[Pete Knifton]].
*'''UK issue #289 cover:''' Irwin trapped in Motormaster by Pete Knifton.

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

===Reprints===
*[[2002]] — ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]''
*[[2008]] — ''[[Best of Transformers: Eye of the Storm]]''
*[[2009]] — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 5]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Octopunch (G1)

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:''Octopunch is a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Octopunch-mtmte.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just between you and me, it was a blast which ricocheted off Grimlock.]]
There is no greater scourge of the seas than '''Octopunch'''. Though plundering the depths for forgotten treasure is well-suited to his expertise, his real love is the terror he can bring to those who breach his territory. There is no cruise ship so large that he can't find an appropriately-sized iceberg to push in its path. The thought of bringing its hull beneath the waves with his slimy tentacles is what sustains him in his private moments.

And unlike other robots with [[Scavenger (G1)|similar]] [[Nautilator|functions]], Octopunch is very good at what he does. While in his [[Pretender]] shell underwater, his strength expands several fold, and his electrically-charged, razor-tipped harpoon gun can stop anything in its tracks. Though often seen with fellow [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] members [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Stranglehold]], Octopunch is a fearsome warrior in his own right, either above or beneath the waves.

His only weakness is his overconfidence in his abilities. It may seem like a small one, but get back to us on this after he [[The Primal Scream|shoots God in the face]].

{{quote|Give it up, Autobot! You cannot defeat me; I have survived the Unicron war... I am one of Gigatron's personal guards, you have no chance of defeating '''Octopunch!'''|Octopunch|"[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:HuntingParty-Mayhem Attack Squad small.JPG|left|thumb|250px|I'm with fashionable →]]
''Looking to recruit a new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to go after the traitorous former members, [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]], Snarler hired Octopunch and his comrades [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Stranglehold]] for the squad. For training purposes with their fellow recruits [[Needlenose]] and [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], they engaged in a [[Solid light simulation|solid light simulated]] combat session set in [[Slaughter City]], and Octopunch managed to destroy the sim versions of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] AND [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in the first few minutes (mmmmaybe it was still set on 'Easy' mode).'' {{storylink|The Hunting Party}} ''On Earth, the Mayhems caught up with Carnivac on the outskirts of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and their fight soon carried across the border into the [[Mexico]] deserts. After Carnivac caught Needlenose flat-footed, Octopunch forced him to disengage and leave his [[Pretender]] shell by threatening some nearby humans. Infuriated at seeing a fellow Decepticon surrender simply because of some fleshlings, Octopunch prepared to deliver the death-blow to Carnivac.'' {{storylink|Survival Run}} ''However, those self-samed fleshlings came to the rescue of their savior, driving a transport truck at full-speed into the Mayhems' backside, giving Carnivac a chance to scramble clear. The resulting explosion took Octopunch out of the rest of the fight. His fellow Mayhems eventually dragged him clear when the rest of the [[Survivors]] arrived and they retreated, but not before Bludgeon managed to execute the traitor Catilla with his blade.'' {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}

[[Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If you ever wanted to see his [[character model]], this is probably it.]]
Octopunch was part of the Mayhem Attack Squad (alongside Bludgeon and Stranglehold) sent by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] to assassinate the [[Autobot]] Pretenders [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], Grimlock, and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], after their revival on Cybertron stirred the spirits of the Autobot rebellion and threatened Decepticon supremacy. After a [[trans-time dimensional portal]] accident cut short their first assassination attempt, Octopunch and the rest of the Squad followed the Autobots into the core of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Surprisingly, Cybertron's core contained none other than [[Primus]] himself! {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} [[Image:PrimalScream-Octopunchshootsgodintheface.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The most important thing Octopunch ever did was sadly also the stupidest.]] The Mayhems made a second attempt to destroy the Autobot Pretenders, but Octopunch found out that Grimlock is much harder to kill in real life than in a simulation. After the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander headbutted Octopunch, shattering his faceplate, the [[Micromaster]]s [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] and [[Red Hot]] tripped him over the edge of a railing, sending him crashing to the floor below. Blacking out, Octopunch made a final attempt to fire at Grimlock, which ended up ricocheting off the Dinobot's armor-plating and striking Primus right between the eyes. Upon being shot, Primus awoke and unleashed a [[Primus#War of the balance|scream]] that eventually drew [[Unicron]] to the Transformers' homeworld. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

Thanks a LOT, Octopunch.

Octopunch and the other Squad members ended up on Earth, and joined forces with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered his Autobots to the Decepticons under the pretenses of facilitating an alliance against the threat of [[Unicron]], Octopunch helped place the Autobots into holding cells. Like many of the other Decepticons, Octopunch had grown dissatisfied with Scorponok's leadership, and viewed a potential alliance as a weakness. {{storylink|Surrender!}} The alliance was temporarily put on hold when a small subfaction of Decepticons led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked the base. Octopunch joined Scorponok's Decepticons in repelling the insurgents. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

[[Image:EndoftheRoad-FangryQuakeWeirdwolfOctopunch.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Apparently, octopus is above dog in the natural pecking order.]]
The second Decepticon Civil War came to a halt when [[Primus]] himself brought all of the Earthbound Transformers to Cybertron to counter the imminent arrival of Unicron. Primus spoke to Octopunch and the others through [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], catching them up on the history between the two cosmic beings. Though Octopunch still had his doubts about an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, they were mostly dispelled when [[Unicron cultist]]s raided their camp—anything that gave him the opportunity to kill this many dudes was fine by him! {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

When Unicron arrived, Octopunch did the wise thing and made a run for it. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Unicron was defeated, and with Scorponok also dead, Bludgeon assumed command of the Decepticons. Bludgeon led Octopunch and the other Decepticons off Cybertron to [[Klo]], a peaceful world which they could conquer quickly and easily without interference from the Autobots. The Decepticons found a tracer on one of their spaceships, and waited for their adversaries to arrive, intending to spoil their surprise attack. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} Wiping out nearly all the Autobots in the battle that followed, Octopunch led a squad consisting of [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], [[Fangry]], and [[Weirdwolf]] to pick off the stragglers. Octopunch located them, but the Autobots' desperation helped them overwhelm their hunters. When Grimlock and the others joined the main battle elsewhere, he was carrying Octopunch's trident. Octopunch was not seen fleeing with the Decepticons following their defeat. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Image:ShutUp-Octopunch.jpg||thumb|left|200px|"How many Octopunches does it take to make a hentai film?"]]
Although their last target, Carnivac, was still at large, the Mayhem Attack Squad reasoned that he would inevitably come to them, seeking revenge for the death of his comrade, Catilla. Therefore, they set up a heavily defended island base in the Bahamas to wait out the traitor's arrival. Sure enough, Carnivac did arrive, and took out Needlenose before anyone even knew he was there. {{storylink|Cry Wolf!}} Things got more complicated after that, but while he lost his Pretender shell, Carnivac also killed Spinister and Snarler. Octopunch and his colleagues were planning to go down fighting against Carnivac's back-up, the combined Autobot Earthforce and Survivors, but instead Carnivac insisted they let them live, denied a warrior's death. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

Sometime later, Octopunch, Bludgeon and Stranglehold managed to escape captivity at the Earthbase. {{storylink|Shut Up!}} They hooked up with the deposed Decepticon leaders, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], taking an assassination contract for the usurpers, [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Problem was, the Autobots needed Starscream alive for their own reasons, and so Grimlock sent [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] in to fight against the Mayhems. It was surely a brutal battle, but Octopunch and the others were defeated, their contract unfulfilled. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[Image:AspectsofEvil4-Octopunch.jpg|right|thumb|300px|HE PUNCHED A LADY BEE!]]
In [[1990]], Octopunch was working for [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] on Cybertron along with Bludgeon, Stranglehold, and [[Warmonger]]. After some Autobot captives temporarily escaped, Megatron determined there was a traitor in their midst, and singled out Bludgeon. When the Pretender demanded a trial by combat, Megatron set him loose to face his fellow Decepticons on the field of battle. In the fight, Bludgeon scored first blood against Octopunch, but the salvage expert caught his "once friend" off-guard by popping out of his shell with a flying punch. The punch did little against Bludgeon's armored shell, though, and he knocked Octopunch out. Bludgeon was eventually proven innocent when Warmonger caught him napping but couldn't pull the trigger, thus proving to Megatron that HE was the weak-willed Autobot in disguise. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
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=====Another Time & Place=====
[[Image:BludgeonStrangleholdOctopunch-AnotherTimeAndPlace.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]
After the war on Klo, Octopunch and the Decepticons lay in wait for [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to do something stupid, and so he did. Tracking the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander and his troops to [[Hydrus Four]], Octopunch and his fellows caught Grimlock off-guard and managed to take control of the medical facility where Nucleon was being produced. Bludgeon had plans to use the super-energy to bring [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] himself back to life. Octopunch was later seen worshipping at the altar of Megatron's corpse alongside Stranglehold and Bludgeon. When the Autobots attacked, Octopunch charged into battle with his electro trident like the others, but was ultimately defeated. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Octopunchtalesofearth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wasn't he on ''[[Don Messick|Scooby]]-[[Frank Welker|Doo]]''?]]
Octopunch was one of countless Decepticons under Bludgeon's command when they fought the Autobots over ownership of a cache of weapons on an unnamed barren world. The Decepticons were easily overpowering the Autobots; Octopunch, in particular, was strangling [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] with his tentacles. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a gigantic, monstrous creature who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

Later, Octopunch and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get Optimus Prime's attention. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)#"Tales of Earth Part One"|Tales of Earth Part One}} Their "work" was interrupted when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] returned in a powerful new body with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] in tow. Megatron challenged Bludgeon for leadership of the Decepticons, and when Bludgeon lost, Octopunch and the other Decepticons switched their allegiance to the victor. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory#Tales of Earth Part Two|Tales of Earth Part Two}}

[[Image:NewDawn-whatarethey.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey Octopunch, try using that blaster that ricochets off Grimlock.]]
Soon after, Megatron's forces clashed with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. Megatron declared war against them as Octopunch and the other Decepticons cheered him on. Their feelings changed, however, when the Warworld was attacked. Octopunch and the others fought the Cybertronians on the surface of the Warworld, but they were getting massacred. Octopunch was shot in the chest, presumably killed. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Classics''====
[[Image:CheapShots-mayhemattacksquad.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I lost a lot of yellow in the past 15 years.]]
{{classicsnote}}
[[Ruckus (G1)|A complete idiot]] and his [[Needlenose|dumb surfer friend]] hired Octopunch and Stranglehold as part of a new Mayhem Attack Squad. They took a [[Phyrion|hostage]] as bait to capture [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren]]. When Nightbeat's crew showed up, Octopunch took one look at [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and promptly said that his price went up. Slag beat him up badly, and Octopunch beat himself up worse when he saw that Ruckus brought the hostage ''with'' him. Needless to say, Octopunch left saying that he will contact Ruckus about payment. {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}

[[Image:Invasion-OctopunchvsOctopunch.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The SG matchup you've always wanted to see! Hopefully!]]
Some time later, Octopunch and Stranglehold had fell in with [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] on Earth, and were present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

While observing Ironworks with Gigatron and the rest of his troops from afar, Octopunch and the others received word from [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] that strange Transformers from another dimension had invaded the Autobot base. Gigatron decided the time was ripe to make another play for the Rarified Energon while the Autobots were distracted, and the Decepticons moved in. Octopunch and [[Skullgrin]] tried to sneak into Ironworks from underground, but encountered two Autobots instead. [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] proved more than a match for Skullgrin, but Octopunch was more evenly paired against the other interloper. Octopunch realized too late that he was not fighting an Autobot at all, but [[Octopunch (SG)|a heroic version of himself from another dimension]]. With one final sock to the jaw, Octopunch was down. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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====''Regeneration One====
{{noteRG1}}
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Octopunch was still a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces, and helped torture the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Octopunch toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Yo, where the [[Kiss Player|Japanese schoolgirls]] at?]]
*'''Octopunch''' (Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, small gun, helmet, 2 crab legs (left & right)

:Octopunch's inner robot transforms into a crab, though you need the two sets of legs which attach to his sides to complete it. By attaching the small "acetyene torch gun" to his robot mode arm, an "Attack Robot" is formed. Octopunch's Pretender shell is a bipedal octopus creature in a scuba outfit, with four octopus-like tentacles extending from his shoulders. While the robot is inside, the crab legs can attach to the back of the shell, and there's a place for the small gun to attach inside the shell. The helmet can be removed revealing a monstrous face. The shell's arms, head and helmet are all made from a softer plastic than the rest of the shell. Though Octopunch's Marvel Comics appearances give him a trident weapon, the toy does not come with one; instead, he has this harpoon gun thing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Octopunch/octopunch.htm More information on Octopunch at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*The Pretender shells of Octopunch and [[Longtooth]] both possess human skull belt buckles. The significance of this shared detail, if any, has never been revealed.
*It was bad enough when Octopunch's ricocheted shot alerted [[Unicron]] to [[Primus]]'s location, resulting in countless deaths and the persisting threat of the Planet Eater. It was later [[Retcon|retconned]] in "[[Vector Prime: In the Beginning]]" that Octopunch's ricocheted shot not only doomed his own universe to Unicron, but every single Transformers universe in the entire multiverse as well. Better hope there's no [[wikipedia:karma|karma]] in ''Transformers'', or he's got some serious comeuppance due.
*At [[BotCon 2008]], it was revealed that the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' crew originally planned to use a human villain patterned after Octopunch (with the addition of boxing gloves on his tentacles) in the opening scenes of "[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]". He was eventually replaced with the [[Angry Archer]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] also stated in an interview that he and [[Matt Youngberg]] had been trying to make him a character for a long time.
*He only used the toy's blasters once. And it was when ''Ruckus'' employed him.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Octocoup''' (Canada)

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Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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[[Image:ClubCon flyme.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Starscream had tried to get the others to name it "Club Scream!", but no game. For more than one reason.]]
He might have spent about a third its run asleep, but that didn't stop '''Starscream''' from being a big player in the Marvel Comics continuity!
{{TOC}}
==Generation 1==
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Glassgas.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
''Millions of years ago, on the troubled planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Starscream acted as the figurehead leader for the controlling dictators of the city-state of [[Vos]]. Following a botched attempt at igniting war between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], Vos itself went to war with Tarn, and both cities were destroyed by an exchange of [[Photon missile|photon missiles]]. The survivors of both cities—presumably including Starscream—were gathered together by the ex-gladiator [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who used their bitterness towards Iacon to unite them under his control as the [[Decepticon]]s.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

Four million years ago, Starscream was part of Megatron's attack raid on the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], which ended catastrophically when the ship crashed on [[Earth]], knocking all aboard offline. In 1984, a volcanic eruption jarred the ship's [[Aunty|computer]] back online, and it reactivated and rebuilt Starscream and all others aboard with new Earthly [[alternate mode]]s. The Decepticons were quick to begin hostilities on this new world, and during a battle at a drive-thru movie theater, Starscream was sent fleeing when a dose of [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'s [[glass gas]] shattered his chassis. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:PrisonerofWar starscream and sparkplug.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
As the Decepticons sought new sources of fuel and power, Starscream attempted to undermine Megatron's decision to attack the [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] by proposing that [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] scout it first. Seeing the wisdom in the idea, Megatron sent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to do the job, and the effective strategies that the Decepticon leader formed based on the information retrieved reminded Starscream never to underestimate his commander's shrewdness. After the plant was seizing and its machinery use to construct a [[Fortress Sinister|base of operations]] for the Decepticons, the villains attacked the auto repair shop of the Autobots' new human ally [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], and Starscream abducted the human in order to pry from him the method he had created of converting earth fuels into a form Cybertronians could consume. {{storylink|Power Play!}}

[[Image:EnemyWithin brawn vs starscream.jpg|left|thumb]]
While Sparkplug was put to work, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp were dispatched to [[United Kingdom|England]] to investigate a Cybertronian signal that was discovered to be emanating from an spaceship that had crashed there centuries before. Reports of this mission are contradictory, but at least one account identified Starscream as the killer of the ship's occupant, the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}} Returning to America, the three jets were then unleashed upon the human military forces who attempted a hopeless attack on the Decepticons' base. Under cover of the attack, however, the Autobots were able to rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} ''Starscream was soon to advocate pursuit, but Megatron refused, preferring caution, and the frustrated Starscream immediately began plotting against him. Intending to rally the Decepticons behind him by attacking humans in order to orchestrate a confrontation between the Autobots and Decepticons, Starscream was caught monologuing by Ravage, and was forced to try and kill the spy in order to keep his plans secret. Both his attack and his attempt to murder Ravage met with failure, however, and when caught, Starscream demanded a trial-by-combat. He was pitted against [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and won, but was then shot down by a revenge-seeking Ravage, who blamed the Autobots.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}

[[Image:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He'd better get used to this.]]
Powered up using the fuel Sparkplug had created for them and readying for a renewed attack on the Ark, Starscream berated Megatron for allowing Sparkplug to have been rescued, since the human would likely have shared his fuel with the Autobots. A blast from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]], along with the confirmation that Sparkplug had failed to convert fuel for the Autobots, led Starscream to meekly acquiesce to the attack plan. Battle ensuing, but just as the Decepticons appeared victorious, Starscream and the others doubled over in pain, victims of poisoned fuel courtesy of Sparkplug Witwicky. If not for the sudden appearance and intervention by the long-lost [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], the Decepticons surely would have been defeated. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} Besting the weakened Autobots, Shockwave repaired Starscream and the others, {{storylink|The New Order}} establishing himself as leader by humiliating the weakened Megatron and parading him in front of Starscream and the Decepticons as a warning. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

[[Image:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's allowed to have thought balloons.]]
Under Shockwave's command, the Decepticons seized control of one of human [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s oil rigs, prompting the industrialist to build a super-weapon to fight back. Starscream convinced Shockwave to let him and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] destroy the weapon to boost morale, intending to steal it and use it to destroy Shockwave and take command. Attacking the unveiling ceremony at the Blackrock speedway, the two Decepticons were confronted by the Autobots [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and the robot-hating super-human [[Circuit Breaker]], whose electrical powers caused Starscream to lose control of his jet-mode engines, forcing him to rely on robot mode flight as he dragged Frenzy's body away in retreat. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

''After Shockwave and Megatron both went missing, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] assumed command, rejecting Starscream's leadership aspirations by labelling him a guileless, tactless "missile with a mouth". These insults notwithstanding, Starscream still proved pivotal in Soundwave's plan to capture [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], cutting off the Autobot scout's escape. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was subsequently challenged to fight his way through the Decepticons to rescue him, and although Starscream loudly boasted of being a "leader killer", his resolved was lost when he faced Optimus Prime alone, and he was quickly defeated.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}
[[Image:RocknRollOut seekers.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
Returning to the Blackrock Industries oil rig, Starscream and his fellow jets soon found their makeshift base surrounded by government forces, leaving them trapped for weeks. Shockwave returned to help them make their getaway, and charged them using a [[power siphon]] he had built during his absence to convert sound energy from a [[Brick Springhorn|Brick Springstern]] concert into [[energon cube]]s, but they were bested in the attempt by Bumblebee and a group of new Autobot recruits. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} Soon after, Shockwave determined to brainwash Bumblebee and add him to the Decepticon ranks, and Starscream agree, joining him and the other Decepticons in relentlessly hunting the small Autobot when he was alone. It wasn't until human authorities and the Autobots arrived to rescue Bumblebee did the Decepticons abandon their hunt. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

Starscream was among the Decepticons who joined Megatron on a mission to the [[space bridge]] to welcome reinforcements from Cybertron, only to discover that Autobots had arrived over the bridge instead. Before they could attack, Megatron was alerted to an Autobot raid on the Decepticons' base, but rather than return to aid in the defense, Megatron instead ordered an assault on the underguarded Ark. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they had no reckoned with the newest Autobot, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who deactivated almost all the Decepticons present, Starscream included. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

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''The Autobots recovered the bodies of Starscream and the other deactivated Decepticons and placed them in life support capsules within the Ark, holding them imprisoned in stasis. Not long afterward, the Autobots were plunged into a state of disarray by the violent arrival of the enigmatic time-travelling Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and [[Grapple]] was in such a rush to depart the medical bay and attend a mission briefing that he failed to notice an alert signifying the malfunction of Starscream's capsule. Starscream awoke and punched his way out of the capsule, and proceeded to steal out of the medical area and listen in on the Autobots' briefing. He was shocked to overhear that the Autobots had teamed up with Megatron to defeat Galvatron, and Starscream immediately decided to sneak off to join forces with this powerhouse from the future. Galvatron went along with Starscream's toadying, as the irony amused him; Galvatron was, in fact, a recreated future incarnation of Megatron, and would go on to kill Starscream twenty years in the future! When Galvatron and his men faced Megatron once again, Starscream shot Megatron in the back, but had to be stopped short of killing him by Galvatron himself, who knocked Starscream unconscious in order to secure his own future existence. Starscream's body was placed back into its stasis capsule by the future Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], who then tricked Galvatron into returning to the future through a complicated plan that involved painting Skywarp to look like Starscream, and then duping Galvatron into destroying him. After killing "Starscream", Galvatron rationalized that he must have travelled back to a parallel timeline, since Starscream was not supposed to die until 2006, and returned to the future with his men.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[Image:Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg|right|thumb|150px|His heart grew three sizes that day.]]
''Rather than do the smart thing and return Starscream the Ark, the future Autobots rather unwisely left his capsule lying in the middle of a field. As happenstance would have it, Starscream lay there, undisturbed, until he awoke at [[Christmas]] the following year. Desolate, he wished he could go home again, and was in mid-mope when he was chanced upon by a [[Christmas kid|a human]] who sought to inform him of the meaning of Christmas. Urged to help a busload of elderly humans who had become stuck in a snowdrift, Starscream wanted to know what would be in it for him. As Starscream debated this good deed, he was suddenly attacked by [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], who suspected him to be up to his usual do-baddery. After a brief battle, the human intervened to chastise Streetwise, and Starscream proceeded to show up the Protectobot by saving the bus, purely out of spite.'' {{storylink|Stargazing}}

{{note|Starscream never awoke in the American stories—his deactivated body remained captive within the Ark for years, and was not rescued until the events of "[[Totaled!]]", when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces saved all the Decepticons aboard the craft. When this story was reprinted in the UK, Starscream's name was erased from the artwork. As far as the UK stories were concerned, Starscream sought out Ratbat's Decepticons to join up with them.}}
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Starscream quickly ingratiated himself with Ratbat and became the manager and public face of [[Club Con]], a human island resort that covered their attempt to uncover subterranean information on the legendary [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}} When a pair of Autobot audio and video tapes recording the loss of the Underbase were found, Starscream convinced Ratbat to let him watch the tapes with him. In the "[[Realvision]]" playback, he witnessed a young Optimus Prime thwart Megatron's early attempts to possess the Underbase by shooting the legendary database into space. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}} Starscream then set about a chain of systematic betrayals in order to gain access to that power. He set loose [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], whom the Decepticons had been holding prisoner, with equipment that would lure the Autobots to the Decepticon's Antarctic base. The ensuing battle served to distract his fellow Decepticons as he then stole a ship from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to look for the Underbase. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

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Upon finding the ancient database, Starscream began absorbing its power but was unable to finish the task as he was blasted by Ratbat's ship, piloted by a temporary Autobot/Decepticon alliance. However, while the light of the Underbase had only shone on Starscream for a moment, that moment had been enough to fill him with its awesome power, and the now-cosmically-powered Air Commander survived the attack. Growing to monumental proportions, Starscream hurled his ship at Ratbat's craft, and promptly headed for Earth with the intention of proving his power by destroying [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]] and [[Buenos Aires]]. The Autobots and Decepticons traveled to those locations to try and stop Starscream, but they ultimately failed, as a massive amount of the Transformers active on Earth were badly damaged and incapacitated by Starscream's Underbase-powered rampage. Starscream only stopped after intercepting a radio transmission between [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Optimus Prime, and realized that the great Autobot leader was elsewhere, plotting against him. Starscream fled back out into space to find Prime, and rediscovered the Underbase. Starscream attempted to finish absorbing its power, only to have the absolute knowledge overwhelm him, which resulted in his destruction. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[Image:ZombieScream1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Braaaiiiinnnssss!]]
''Starscream's corpse crashed in [[South America]], but the Decepticon still clung to some semblance of life, as his shattered husk was reanimated by the residual energy of the Underbase that still saturated it, and driven by Starscream's own murderous impulses into an insane rampage. After nearly killing [[Susan Hoffman]] and [[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|her Assistants]], the [[zombie]]-like Starscream was confronted by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]], who had been sent by Megatron to recover Starscream's body, and the Autobot [[Triggerbot|Triggerbots]]. Triggerbot [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] was able to appeal to the fraction of the Underbase that was still within Starscream and convinced it to try and regain control of itself, but as soon as it did, Dreadwind and Darkwing had their [[Powermaster]] partners [[Hi-Test]] and [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] siphon all the Underbase's remaining power from the walking cadaver. Starscream's corpse returned to being an inanimate pile of scrap, which the pair quickly collected.'' {{storylink|Race with the Devil}}

Starscream's remains were delivered to Megatron [[Megatron's base|in his Cybertronian base]], who kidnapped [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and forced him to rebuild Starscream with a powerful [[Pretender]] shell. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} After the shell had finished healing the body inside, Megatron sent the resurrected, supposedly mind-wiped Starscream to Earth, where he attacked in the middle of a tense meeting between the forces of Scorponok and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}[[Image:Starscreamskindeep.jpg|right|350px|thumb|These are the Delboest panels ever.]] Starscream's new form was powerful, but what gave him his true edge was how much he spooked his victims. He was believed to be a ghost, an invincible force of revenge, and most of Scorponok's troops quickly fled the battlefield. It wasn't until Hot Rod manned up and shot their attacker did they realize that this was no ghost at all, but rather a physical being that could [[Furmanism|feel pain and be destroyed.]] This was further sold by Starscream's sudden display of cowardice: Ratchet had arranged for Starscream's true personality to eventually surface, and Hot Rod's blast had knocked it free. Completely outmatched, Starscream surrendered and begged Scorponok for forgiveness. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}
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''Although permitted to join Scorponok's Decepticons, Starscream began to wallow in self-pity, believing that all the other Decepticons considered him a joke for his many failed takeover attempts and defeats. His self-esteem crumbled every time the other Decepticons refused to speak to him or spoke about him behind his back. In reality, the other Decepticons were terribly frightened of Starscream (thanks to that whole Underbase thing) and were avoiding him so they wouldn't be killed. Starscream sulked about it for a while until he defeated and captured a few Autobots and his confidence began to return.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}}

Starscream was a source of dissension among the Decepticons, who were angry with Scorponok for letting him back in. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}—and it ''was'' pretty dumb, as Starscream tried to capture the mutant [[Dynamo]] and use him as a [[Powermaster]] so he could challenge Scorponok. He failed, but was then approached by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], believed to be dead at the time, with the proposition of declaring war on Scorponok and taking leadership for themselves. {{storylink|The Human Factor!}} Naturally viewing Shockwave as a stepping stone to claiming sole power, Starscream agreed and helped press-gang [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] into their group. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} After strategizing in Shockwave's sub-oceanic staging base, they launched their attack on Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] base, levelling it from above. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Starscream was first into the wreckage to dig out and finish off any survivors, but he had the bad luck of coming upon Scorponok first, who crushed his leg and took him out of the fight. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The intervention of the human superhero team the [[Neo-Knights]] ended the conflict, {{storylink|Out of Time!}} after which all Transformers present were teleported to Cybertron by [[Primus]] in advance of the coming of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ooooh, better leave this one off the resume.]]
When Unicron appeared, Starscream and Shockwave opted for the better part of valor, leaving the rest of their armies to take up the fight. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Although the chaos-bringer was defeated, mysterious tremors began to tear Cybertron apart, so the pair set about repairing the Ark {{storylink|Still Life!}} and used it to escape the planet. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Partway into their journey, the sudden appearance of life signals on the supposedly deserted ship prompted Starscream to investigate, and he was horrified to discover that Megatron was on board, having been in a life-support pod. Starscream immediately prostrated himself before his original leader, but Shockwave ordered him away to check the other pods while he dealt with Megatron. Starscream discovered that [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] had also awoken and thought the fight would be an easy one, but his callous jokes about the enjoyment he would derive from killing the medic earned him a merciless pummeling. Starscream attempted to shoot Ratchet in the back, but the Autobot doctor jostled his shot, deliberately causing the detonation of a tank of [[Nucleon]]. The explosion caused enough of a chain reaction to send the Ark into a crash-landing on Earth. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
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===Earthforce===
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In an alternate series of events, Starscream and Shockwave's army grew much larger, and their main competition was not Scorponok, but a revived Megatron and his group of Decepticons. As Shockwave's second-in-command, Starscream had few responsibilities, and even less power. The final indignity came when he was assigned to mere monitor duty at their undersea base. Still, even that ignoble assignment presented an opportunity, as Starscream caught Megatron's spies, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], trying to tune in to Shockwave's war room. After incapacitating the bugs, Starscream surprised them by offering to let them go free, if they would report back to Megatron that Shockwave would be alone at a certain spot the next day, ensuring that Megatron would go out to battle him alone. {{storylink|Bugged!}} With the trap baited, Starscream contacted his opposite number, Megatron's second-in-command Soundwave, and proposed an alliance. Soundwave had already been playing both sides by feeding information to him, and so the two of them conspired to join the Decepticon factions under their joint rule. Sure enough, after Megatron and Shockwave's private battle came under Autobot fire (Autobots who had been anonymously tipped off by Starscream), they radioed their respective bases only to hear that the Decepticons no longer considered the two of them leaders. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}}

Starscream's first major action as Decepticon leader was the ol' "bait and switch"—sending Soundwave and a Decepticon strike force to keep the Autobots busy at their Earthbase, while he personally attended to stealing a supply of oil from a tanker in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It seemed, however, that Starscream's plan hadn't accounted for Earthforce's newest recruits: the [[Survivors]]. A quick 1-2-3 by [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] took the fight out of Starscream, and so he retreated, radioing his troops to do the same. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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Sometime later, returning to the [[Decepticon Louisiana bayou base|Decepticon base in the Louisiana bayous]], Starscream suddenly found himself fighting for his life against [[Louisiana bounty hunters|several mismatched bounty hunters and mercenaries]]. Believing his co-commander Soundwave must have been responsible for the contract, Starscream stormed back to their headquarters to confront him. {{storylink|Assassins}} He wasted no words in confronting his "treacherous" partner, but fortunately Soundwave had had the foresight to prerecord an explanation. While trading blows and dodging laser fire in person, Soundwave's recording outlined how the situation was clearly a set-up to make them fight each other. Fortunately, Starscream believed him. Unfortunately, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] stormed in at that moment, having been paid by the true contractors, Megatron and Shockwave, to eliminate anyone left standing. {{storylink|External Forces!}} The two Decepticons would have been overwhelmed if they hadn't received aid from an unlikely source: Earthforce. It seemed the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] was dying of [[Corrodia Gravis]], a wasting disease which required an energy transfer from a compatible Transformer, and Starscream fit the bill. After driving off Megatron, Shockwave and the Mayhems, Starscream made a deal with Earthforce to help Snarl in exchange for their aid against any future uprising by the former Decepticon leaders. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

Soon afterwards, Starscream and Soundwave engaged in Project: Smear, a campaign to ruin the Autobots' good name among the humans, and ensure they received no additional aid in the war. A straight-forward attempt to brainwash [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] into wrecking a human settlement didn't pan out, {{storylink|Inside Story!}} so a more subtle plan was engineered. Starscream had [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] use his [[Cerebro-shell|cerebro-shells]] to subvert the will of a human reporter, [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]], and compel him to write a story bashing the Autobots and portraying them as kidnappers, or worse. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}
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==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
{{Note|Starscream first appeared, in silhouette, in the [[G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'' issue]] "[[Unfoldings!]]", in which he and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] were seen talking about the [[Silent Castle|possibility that there was another Decepticon left]] on [[Earth]]. Starscream would not reappear during the ''G.I. Joe'' crossover, and when the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]] proper began, Megatron was seen repairing his deactivated form, [[retcon]]ning his ''G.I. Joe'' appearance away.}}

[[Image:TalesofEarth2 megatron and starscream.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Who have you been talking to, Starscream?]]
Starscream was deactivated by the Ark's crash to Earth and remained offline for several years. Eventually, Megatron, who had survived the impact and spent the time repairing the ship and now required troops to stage his comeback, grudgingly elected to repair and reactivate him, questioning his good judgement in the process. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}} Rescued from the destruction of the Ark at the hands of Fortress Maximus and back in one piece, Starscream flew Megatron to a confrontation with current Decepticon leader [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)#"Tales of Earth Part One"|Tales of Earth #1}} but wisely kept out of the battle for leadership, instead betting [[Fangry]] five triliters of [[evergon resin]] that Megatron would win. Unsurprisingly, Starscream won the bet. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory#"Tales of Earth Part Two"|Tales of Earth #2}} Although back in command, Megatron continued to enact the late Bludgeon's last plan, attacking Earth in order to drawn out Optimus Prime. Starscream joined the Decepticons in assaulting [[Washington, D.C.]], jovially chatting all the way through, and radioed to Megatron when Prime appeared on the scene. Starscream then watched as Megatron defeated Prime and tore the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from him. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Starscream was among the Decepticons who raided [[Tykos]] to steal its [[Rheanimum]], where he grew increasingly aware of the fact that his usefulness to Megatron was rapidly coming to an end. Following the success of the mission, the Decepticons were attacked by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], but Megatron ignored Starscream's plea for retreat. {{storylink|New Dawn}} To combat this new threat, Megatron allied the Decepticons with the Autobots, a move that was the last straw for Starscream. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Stealing away, he approached Jhiaxus and led his army to the allied Autobot/Decepticon forces at [[Autobase|Autobase Earth]] in return to the promise of an eminent position in his empire. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

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This, of course, was also a feint: while the three factions were battling, Starscream led a small squad of Cybertronians to seize of the Decepticons' [[Warworld]], where he used the Creation Matrix to fuse himself with the giant ship, transforming it and himself into a living weapon. {{storylink|Total War!}} As Optimus Prime and Megatron entered the possessed ship to try and stop him, Starscream exhibited a startling control over the physical nature of the vessel, turning the ''Warworld'' into an ever-shifting maze of horrors to torment the two leaders. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} Starscream was soon to find, however, that merging with the Matrix cut both ways: when Jhiaxus turned his fleet against the Earth, Starscream was suddenly compelled to protect the planet, and was horrified to discover that the inherent purity of the Matrix was prompting him to be "good". {{storylink|Dark Shadows!#"Tales of Earth Part Eight"|Tales of Earth #8}} Unable to override the heroic compulsions and with no desire to be a hero, let alone a dead one, Starscream returned the Matrix to Optimus and reverted to normal. Fortunately, he was able to avoid any major repercussions for his deceit thanks to the arrival of a much larger threat in the form of the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. Megatron put Starscream to work loading the Rheanimum into a shuttle so it could be distributed among the Autobots and Decepticons to protect them from the Swarm's destructive touch, after which, he left him on the Warworld. Starscream then used a tractor beam to rescue Prime from the Swarm and gave him a canister of Rheanimum before departing for parts unknown, reflecting that his final actions had been highly uncharacteristic and worrying that the Matrix might have done him some permanent damage. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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==Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic==
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Starscream waited nearby as Megatron confronted Optimus Prime in [[London]]. When the former Decepticon leader was overwhelmed by Grimlock's Dinobots, Prime's Autobots and Bludgeon's Decepticons, Starscream flew in and rescued him. {{storylink|War Zone}} Some time later, they travelled to confront Bludgeon once again {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)#"Tales of Earth Part One"|Tales of Earth #1}} and Starscream bet [[Fangry]] five triliters of [[evergon resin]] that Megatron would win. Fangry (and Bludgeon) lost. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory#"Tales of Earth Part Two"|Tales of Earth #2}}
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==''Classics''==
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Through unknown means, Starscream was able to escape the Ark before the ship crash-landed in the Arctic. Venturing out of his own, Starscream soon found himself at a total loss: with no troops to command, he found that he lacked the ability to accomplish anything without a leader to organize things for him. He fell off the grid, eventually resurfacing years later after news reached him that Megatron had also re-emerged on Earth. Left genuinely humbled by his experiences, Starscream simply walked up to the front of the Decepticon base in the remains of the Ark and begged to be allowed entrance, which Megatron permitted. However, once he was upgraded into a new body and feeling himself again, Starscream soon fell back into his old scheming patterns, albeit with much greater patience than before. Now that he had Megatron to reunite the Decepticons, Starscream would bide his time until all their enemies were destroyed, and then he would make his move. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|''Classics'' Starscream profile}}

When Megatron returned to the Ark with a mysterious new Decepticon named [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], who claimed to have come from another dimension, Starscream dismissed his story as lies, earning a backhand from the his leader. Soon after, the Decepticons departed to investigate a mysterious new energy signal, and Starscream led the attack against the human forces who got in their way. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2|Crossing Over #2}} When the Autobots arrived to join the flight, Starscream and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] engaged in a dogfight; Starscream called on [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] for help, but he was busy following other orders. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6|Crossing Over #6}}

[[Image:GamesofDeception-Seekers.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Popular Marvelverse term, "the Seekers."]]
Not long after the battle's end, Starscream surreptitiously took Skywarp and Ramjet to meet with a squad of new Decepticon arrivals on Earth—representatives from the larger Decepticon army operating out in space under the command of Bludgeon—with a view to forming an alliance with the rival group against Megatron. Unfortunately, their leader [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] proved to be as duplicitous as him: when they were distracted by the discover that [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] had been spying on them, Starscream and his fellow jets were tagged with [[cerebro-shell]]s that put them under Bug Bite's control. At his new master's command, Starscream led Bug Bite and his men back to the Ark, where he turned them on Megatron until Autobot intervention jammed the cerebro-shells and set them free. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

When Megatron prepared his final strike against Bludgeon, he sent out three warships to menace the skeletal warrior, commanded by Starscream, Thundercracker and [[Octane]]. Somewhat reluctantly, Starscream did nothing but languish in his command chair in space above Bludgeon's headquarters, as the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]]s acted on Megatron's order to betray and eliminate Bludgeon from within. Starscream just waited for Astrotrain and Soundwave to inform him the deed was done, and the Decepticons below were surrendering and powering down their weapons. A bit cleaner than he would've liked it, but Starscream still had to admire Megatron's skill at deception. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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==''Regeneration One''==
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[[Image:Battle sled loose ends 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|WHEEE!!!!!]]
Twenty-one years after Starscream had been taken offline by the second Ark crash, he was once again drafted into Megatron's service as part of his [[zombie]] army. Unlike the other mindless conscripts—most of whom were Starscream's victims during the Underbase saga—Megatron allowed him to retain a sliver of individuality within him so that he would always suffer the knowledge of his diminished position, though he was at least allowed to ride on the back of the [[battle sled]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2|Loose Ends #2}}

Despite Megatron's best efforts, the bit of sentience in Starscream fought to get out, in an attempt to say just two words. All he could manage initially was a choked "kllrtch!", which Megatron dismissed as he assigned Starscream to prepare to ambush the approaching [[Wrecker]]s, as they sought to rescue the [[Scraplet]]-stricken [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. However, even as Megatron was able to get the best of [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], Starscream managed to make his way over to Kup. Just when Optimus Prime showed up to confront Megatron, Starscream was able to force out those two words, just intelligible enough so that Kup could understand their meaning: "kill Ratchet!" {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4|Loose Ends #4}}

All Starscream could do then was watch as Kup struggled to reach his gun. Eventually, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] reached Kup and provided him with an antitoxin. As Kup regained his strength, he demanded First Aid's weapon, took aim at Ratchet's head on the battle sled, and did what Optimus Prime couldn't bring himself to do all those years ago, despite Ratchet's plea then. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} By fulfilling Starscream's request and destroying Ratchet, Kup gave Optimus the opening he needs to terminate Megatron once and for all.{{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}

{{spoiler|Natural Selection, Part 1|January 5, 2015}}
Starscream's body was the last to be dumped into the pit in West Virginia where the remains of Megatron's army had been gathered, to be incinerated from orbit. However, Starscream was not quite dead yet, and flew out of the pit just before the blast came. He made his way back to the Yukon, where he snuck by [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] to enter the Ark. Unknown to Starscream, he was followed... by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron!]]{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part 1|Natural Selection #1}}
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==Notes==
[[Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Confusing Nelson Yomtov since 1984.]]
*For the first half of the American [[Marvel Comics]] series, Starscream's chest was colored dark blue, versus the red seen on the toy and in the cartoon. The apparent reason for this discrepancy is hinted at in animated segments in early [[commercial]] footage (see right), where Starscream's chest and forearms are black. Lack of color depth in comic books at the time required black to be represented by dark blue. Starscream's "true" colors began appearing in the American Marvel Comics when he made his return in issue 47, "[[Club Con!]]"

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Transformers Generations (guidebook)

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[[Image:TakaraTransformersGenerationsCoverDeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|All the G1 Autobot leaders. Well, from the Japanese animated continuity anyway. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view...]]

Published in July 2001, '''''Transformers Generations''''' is a Japanese-exclusive book featuring a wealth of information on [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]], ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' and ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'', including product photos of all Transformers toys released in Japan, Europe and the United States during the original releases of these generations. Unfortunately, the book is ''entirely'' in Japanese...

==Content==
The main selling point is the book's exhaustive photography of the entire Generation 1 and ''Generation 2'' toylines. Including not only all American releases (which were mostly all also released in Japan), the guide includes all Japanese-exclusive toys from Japanese-only lines such as ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]]''.

In fact, the book is somewhat American-centric, despite being created for the Japanese market. Product lines are listed by year and present American assortments with Japanese exclusive characters in separate "Japan" sections by year. The only English text in the book are character names and designated function titles, subtitled below the Japanese heading. European/Australasian-exclusive releases are also features in similarly separate "EU" sections, by year.

Small sections on additional items are dotted randomly throughout the book, covering oddities, rarities, unreleased items and unused concepts, such as: [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], "[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]", an unreleased [[Godbomber]] prototype, [[Block Town]], the [[Super Hybrid Model]]s, the unreleased ''Generation 2'' ATB [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Laser]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Cycles]], promo items like [[Mini-spy|Mini-Spies]], [[Powerdasher]]s and [[Decoy]]s, the [[BotCon]] exclusives from the period, ''Generation 2'' [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], and lots more. Separating the sections on 1986 and 1987 is a page of unused design concepts, featuring items such as a fire-truck version of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] in the style of Powermaster Optimus Prime, a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style dinosaur combiner, and the famous [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]-as-[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]-[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] repaint.

Were it not entirely in Japanese, this book would surely be the definitive toy guide to pre-[[Beast Era]] toys. Even so, it's a contender, being far more exhaustive (albeit less detail-oriented) than the next best English-language equivalent, Antarctic Press's ''[[Cybertronian: The Unofficial Transformers Recognition Guide]]''.

[[Image:Bookopen.JPG|left|180px|thumb|More pics than you can shake an ion blaster at!]]
After the toy guide section of the book ends, the book includes a gallery of Japanese-market promotional art, including images from sources such as ''[[TV Magazine]]''. Following this, the paper stock switches from glossy color-printed to uncoated black and white for the remainder of the book; the black-and-white section begins with a gallery of [[character model]] sheets featuring most of the model fronts from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]], including the Japanese-exclusive anime series ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'', ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'', ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', and the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' OVA]]. Most of the [[Studio OX]] model sheets are also featured, as well as designs for manga such as "[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|The Battlestars]]".

Finally, the book closes with a selection of primarily-text features (Japanese, of course); features on ''[[Beastformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers PD Type]]'', an interview [[Masumi Kaneda]], an article on the ''TV Magazine'' manga, a full listing (with English titles and artist credits) for the American and British Generation 1 and ''Generation 2'' comics, a multi-page table listing the various Japanese ID numbers of all the Generation 1 and ''Generation 2'' toys, and finally, a complete episode listing for all the Generation 1 animated shows (with English titles where appropriate).
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== Editions ==
[[Image:ConvoyVsMegatronYoshioka1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Back cover (of AWESOMENESS) by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]]]]
The preceding text refers to the original release of the book. An update, entitled ''Transformers: Generations Deluxe'' (pictured at the head of this article), released in March 2004, added an extra eighteen pages to the book, consisting of a massive gallery of design sketches and various unused concepts for the Transformers toyline.

Among the scores of images, some of the most notable include a proposed "[[Vintage Horror Movie Series]]" of Transformers based on famous movie monsters such as the [[Fly]], [[Dracula]] and the [[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]; a fifteen-figure Micromaster combiner; a figure that worked with an interactive video game, including "Duck Hunt" style light-gun antics; concepts for [[Action Master]] versions of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and a tricked-out [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]; and designs for ''Battlestars'' characters Super Megatron, Ultra Megatron and [[Dark Nova]] (who would have transformed into Star Giant). There are particularly large numbers of unused designs for [[city-bot]]s, [[Six Changer]]s and [[Pretender]]s.

Both editions are out of print, making them very hard to find. The Deluxe edition is particularly sought after by fans (even by those that owned the original edition) because of the massive amount of additional unused concept designs.
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== Primus Contest ==
[[Image:GodPrimus2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|This is what he looks like if he gets possessed by the God.]]
Although it's probably unknown to most English-language fans, the first official [[Primus]] toy was not the Supreme-class figure that debuted in the [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron''/''Galaxy Force'']] line. It was a gold-chrome vacuum-metallised reissue of the G1 [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] mold. Dubbed "Primus", it no doubt was created based on the god's rather Rodimus-esque astral form shown in "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]". This [[Lucky Draw figure]] was a contest prize given away to 100 winners through the Deluxe edition of ''Generations''.
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==Notes==

*There were a lot more Generation 1 Transformers than you ever owned as a kid.

*There were a lot more Generation 1 Transformers than you even ''knew existed'' as a kid.

== Vital Statistics ==
'''Transformer Generations - Welcome to the world of Transformers!!''' 
ISBN 4766938003 
ISBN 978-4766938005 
'''Pagecount:''' 143 
'''Publisher:''' [[Keibunsha]] 
'''Date Published:''' [[July]] [[2001]]

'''Transformer Generations Deluxe''' 
ISBN 4813010946 
ISBN 978-4813010944 
'''Pagecount:''' 159 
'''Publisher:''' [[Million Publishing]] 
'''Date Published:''' [[March 25]], [[2004]]

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A timeline for the events of the ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics universe(s)]].

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==The Dawn of Time==
The universe is created. According to [[Primus|one source]], it was born from the remains of the old universe which [[Unicron|some greedy bugger had eaten]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

===Prehistory===
Life gradually evolved throughout the cosmos, eventually and miraculously bringing forth sentient beings. Organic life evolved through carbon-bonding while mechanical life (including Transformers and [[Quintesson]]s) evolved through the interaction of naturally occurring gears, levers, and pulleys. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

{{note|The above origin story has been effectively [[retcon]]ned into obscurity. See below.}}

[[Image:Primusoriginal.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Now this part, they all agree on.]]
At some point, the beings Primus and Unicron have a punch-up.

Accounts differ on the background and the entities involved. ''One account is they were leaders of the [[Light God]]s and the [[Dark God]]s respectively, leading their forces into battle with each other; {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!|The Legacy of Unicron!}}'' another that they were the last of their pantheons (''Unicron's being the [[Lord of Chaos|Lords of Chaos]]''<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2201 Letters page] from [[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|Marvel UK issue #282]]</ref>) and Primus needed to beat Unicron to join the [[Omniversal Matrix]]; {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} another that Primus was called forth by the universe itself as a unique entity to prevent Unicron from destroying it. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

In any case, Primus could only win by tricking Unicron into trapping his spirit in a barren asteroid—Primus was trapped in a second. Unicron turned his into a new body, while Primus turned his into the planet Cybertron and birthed the Transformers to battle Unicron in his place. The Transformers were led by [[Prima]], the first bearer of the Primus-born [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]].

At some point, [[Demon]]s inhabited Cybertron, but they were eventually imprisoned by Primus in the planet's depths.

{{note|Simon Furman intended that the Demons were botched attempts to create Transformer life, but it was never clarified in-universe.<ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/sfurman_3.php Altered States Magazine interview with Furman]</ref>}}

==Overlords==
''From an unknown point of time, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], a governing council of absolute rulers. Over time, their power and number dwindled, until Cybertron was composed of multiple city-states who were constantly clashing with each other; the key three powers were [[Vos]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]].''

===State Games===
[[Image:State games 1.JPG|left|150px|thumb|They think it's all over... it is now!]]
''In an attempt to lessen growing hostilities caused by the splintering governments and the dwindling resources on Cybertron, the last Overlord started the State Games: an inter-city athletics tournament. This allowed the population to exorcise their hostilities, and soon the vicious athlete [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had a cult of personality based around him and his feats.''

''Vos — ruled by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-headed criminal syndicate — sent its athletic team to bomb Tarn (ruled by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]) and finger Iacon as the culprit. As with all plans by Starscream, this cocked up — Tarn realised Vos had attacked it, and war broke out that devastated both cities. Iacon happily let its rivals beat on each other. During the conflict, Megatron ensured the death of the Overlord; once it was over, he used his fame and charisma to convince the war's survivors that Iacon was at fault for not stepping in to prevent the war, and that Iacon was the enemy. This angry mass became the first Decepticons.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

===War on the Horizon===
[[Image:Megatrong1marvelarmy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Caaaaan yoooooou dig it?!]]
''The Decepticons were considered harmless cranks to be humored, but ultimately ignored. Megatron crafted the malcontent group into a more formidable organization {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!|Legion of the Lost!}}'', and they soon had bases in Autobot cities. In secret, the Decepticons armed themselves and were given the ability to transform into war machines — and then hit an unprepared Cybertron without warning! {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers (comic issue)}}

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==Early Great War==
''[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] leads the Decepticons, gaining more and more ground while the Autobots continue to fall; simultaneously, his opposite number [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] rises in the ranks from squad leader to [[Elite Flying Corps]] head to a general, and the two first clash in battle over the powerful [[Underbase]].''

[[Image:Optimusprimeg1marvelfirst.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Prime rallies the troops by firing at nothing.]]
''Eventually Megatron has pushed the Autobots to Iacon itself, and Optimus Prime leads a successful defensive that turns him back. During that battle, [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] has the Iacon government grant Optimus full control of the armed forces and the ability to do what he wants without needing to go to them — which he was doing anyway! {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}''

''The war becomes a battle between two evenly matched sides. Megatron, desiring to turn Cybertron into a cosmic dreadnought, builds planet-engines and triggers one that sends the planet off its orbit. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}''

===''1st Cycle 931'' (Cybertronian dating)<ref>[[The Quest!]]</ref>===

This eventually takes it far too close to an asteroid belt, which will destroy it utterly; Optimus leads a team of the Autobots' finest in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to clear the path of rocks. Following this, he intends to make peace gestures to the Decepticons... who then attack in force and board the ''Ark'', causing Optimus to crash the ship into [[Earth|some uninhabited planet]] to end Megatron's threat. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

==Post-Arklaunch==
The Autobots are left distraught and leaderless by the loss of the '' Ark '', and send [[Navigator]] to find it (''he'' gets lost). {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}} ''The Decepticons quickly gain a new leader in the brutal [[Trannis]], and the war begins going their way once again. Eventually Trannis just gets bored and has Iacon bombed to slag. The Autobots only survive due to Emirate Xaaron having prepared for the army to go underground, and a long-lasting insurgency begins. The commando group [[Wrecker|the Wreckers]] kill Trannis, but this just leaves [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] in charge {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}'' to start chucking all Autobots, neutrals, [[empty|empties]], failed Decepticons and the postman into the [[Smelting pool]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[Image:Budding.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Hope you weren't eating when you looked at this page...]]
Meanwhile, a bunch of Decepticons unlock the key to [[Reproduction|biomorphic reproduction]], a pre-Matrix way of reproducing. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} This new second generation of Decepticons, including [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], happily throw themselves into the war but eventually become bored with it; they leave Cybertron behind to colonise space (exterminating any organic life on said colony worlds in the process) under the aegis of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. Neither the Autobots nor Straxus's Decepticons notice this, carrying on a war Jhiaxus and Co believe is irrelevant. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

The [[Quintesson]]s rule [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They were driven off "centuries ago". {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

==Current era==
===1984/5===

[[Image:Combat deck marvel 1.jpg|right|thumb|280px]]
A volcanic eruption reactivates [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], the internal computer of the '' Ark ''. The Autobots and the Decepticons awaken, and restart the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

The Decepticons kidnap the mechanic [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], and force him to adapt their systems to earthen fuel. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''After some battles'', {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}} {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}} the Decepticons launch a final attack on the Autobots. When the Decepticons have the upper hand, they fall due to Witwicky making the fuel poisonous for them. However, the Autobots' victory is short-lived, because of the arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who defeats the remaining Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Shockwave assumes command of the Decepticons (beating the snot out of Megatron to cement this) and deactivates all of the Autobots except [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], who was absent at the time of the attack, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], who is kept alive as a disembodied head. Prime secretly passes the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], a life-giving power, onto human ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. {{storylink|The New Order}} {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

Ratchet retrieves the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] from the [[ Savage Land ]] and, with their help, takes down Megatron. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}} ''With their help, the Ark is secured and the Autobots reactivated (sans Prime who's a prison of Shockwave), but at the seeming cost of [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop's]] life. The Dinobots go AWOL.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] secures a mutual-benefit alliance with [[G.B. Blackrock]], solving the Autobot fuel concerns. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Shockwave uses Optimus's [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to give life to the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} but later the Autobots recover their commander despite severe injuries. Shockwave is left MIA, and the Matrix returned to Optimus; he uses it to bring life to Decepticon construct [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who joins the Autobots. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Buster Witwicky introduces the recovering Autobots to the concept of Christmas, which Prime takes ''[[:Image:Arkchristmastree.jpg|a bit too far]]''.'' {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}}

===1986===
[[Image:Soundwavedinobothunt.jpg|thumb|left|260px|''EPIC WIN.'']]

''Optimus briefly suffers from doubts and second-guessing due his ordeal, recovering in time to end Autobot divisions. Soundwave assumes Decepticon command.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''Swoop is recovered and reactivated by disgruntled scientist [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]], leading to the discovery that the Dinobots are suffering mental deterioration.'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''The Autobots begin a Dinobot Hunt, in which Jetfire proves himself as an Autobot, but Soundwave's interference leads to multiple Autobots being injured and an unopposed fuel raid—a major Decepticon victory.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] almost makes a deal with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] out of desperation over the wounded,'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''and the Dinobots remain offline even when repaired.'' {{storylink|Victory!}} Meanwhile, small-time criminal [[Joey Slick]] finds Megatron (locked in gun-mode) and briefly becomes a notorious super-criminal. Megatron is reactivated. {{storylink|Shooting Star!}}

Shockwave returns and retakes command. The Autobots, desperate to bolster troop numbers due to the mass of injuries, activate five new warriors. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} Government agency [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] attempts to calm public fears by creating a "Robot-Master" figure who they pretend really controls the Transformers. Megatron, now backed by Soundwave and his cassettes, captures the Robot Master ([[Donny Finkleberg]]) and uses him to spread anti-Autobot propaganda. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} Soon after, Shockwave attempts (and fails) to capture Bumblebee. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

''Buster Witwicky tries to prove his worth to the Autobots by trying to fight the Decepticons in robot armour, and is nearly killed by Shockwave.'' {{storylink|Robot Buster!}} ''Shockwave determines that affection for Buster is an Autobot weakness to exploit, but an attack on Buster is called off when it becomes clear the lad is having visions from the Matrix he once carried.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby !}} ''The Autobots try to decipher the visions, with the Decepticons tapping in; both sides see the Matrix's vision of [[Special Teams]]. This prompts Megatron to make a play for Decepticon command again; Soundwave is forced to step in, getting Megatron and Shockwave to share command. A new [[ Wyoming base|Decepticon base]] is established in [[ Wyoming ]]. The Dinobots are reactivated.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

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On Cybertron, both an Autobot resistance cell and Decepticon leader [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] pick up a signal from Earth, becoming aware of the war there. Straxus builds the space bridge to link the two planets, using information taken from scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]], but the Autobots prevent the Decepticons crossing in force and destroy Straxus's body, at the cost of being stuck on Earth. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} {{ storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} They are rapidly captured by [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], and Circuit Breaker. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''Meanwhile, the Earth Autobots and Decepticons deal with the effects of the [[Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence|PARD]] device.'' {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}} Deciding to go on the offensive, Optimus has [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] built and steals combiner technology from the Decepticons; the Decepticons suffer heavy losses, though Megatron regains full command, while the Autobots lose [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} He is tempted to remain AWOL and avoid the war, but eventually rejoins—taking Finkleberg with him to inform the Autobots about the arrivals from Cybertron. {{storylink|Showdown!}} ''The Dinobots, bored from lack of action, assist journalist [[Joy Meadows]] in blowing open the Robot Master hoax; both Triple-I and the Decepticons attempt to prevent this. While the Dinobots are helped by [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] (really controlled by Professor Morris), the Decepticons still succeed.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''The Dinobots go AWOL with Centurion.''

===Original future timeline===

====1990====
Megatron was in command of a large number of Decepticons. He undercovered and executed Autobot deep-cover agent [[Warmonger]]. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

A [[Decepticon Civil War]] - between Megatron, Shockwave and Scorponok - kicks off here. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====1991====
The Civil War raged on before ending with Megatron victorious. While Shockwave would be absorbed into Megatron's army, Scorponok was left wounded, alone and hunted; he only survived by forcing the Autobots to intervene against his [[Air Strike Patrol|pursuers]]. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====1992====

Snarl has contracted the wasting disease [[Corrodia Gravis]] at some point. The Dinobots head for the Savage Land , where (due to no other option) they have to transfer Snarl's mind into a real Stegosaurus. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}

====2003====
Plans are drawn up for an [[ Autobot City ]] on Earth, funded with help from Earth's governments. Ultra Magnus is commanding the Ark at this point. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}

====2004====
Autobot City is completed. Shockwave attacks the opening ceremony, intending to shatter Autobot-human relations and use this victory to usurp control from Megatron. It fails badly. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====2006====
By this point, the Decepticons rule Cybertron; the Autobots reside in moon bases and Autobot City . Time travel technology is possessed by both factions. Earth has weather control systems.

Megatron starts the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. As a result, Optimus Prime is killed and Ultra Magnus becomes the new [[Supreme Commander|Autobot Commander]]; the monstrous Unicron turns up, reformatting a dying Megatron into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Deciding he doesn't want to work for Unicron, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge time-travel back to 1986 inadvertently creating a new parallel timeline. Unicron mentally steers Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr to bring him back, and tortures Galvatron back into obedience when they have. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Unicron attacks Cybertron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix and becomes Rodimus Prime, who hurls Galvatron into space, destroys Unicron, and leads the Autobots in reclaiming Cybertron. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Shockwave takes command of the shattered Decepticons, while Galvatron is missing (he crosstime-jumped to 1986 at the moment of defeat). Rodimus, concerned about Galvatron, sends the Autobots searching across space to find the guy. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

{{note|The UK version of The Big Broadcast of 2006 is given as a fiction made up by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] based losely on real events.}}
The Autobots, under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] have made their base on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Decepticons are now under the leadership of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] have a base on [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

Unicron's severed head goes on to crash on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], where he mind-controls the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] into building him a new body... {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

====2007====
With the Autobot army stretched, Shockwave was able to re-organise the Decepticon army and retake half of Cybertron. Stalemate ensured; Rodimus, out of desperation, puts a dead-or-alive bounty on Galvatron's head, something that backfires when it causes [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] to crosstime-jump to 1987 looking for the bounty. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} Rodimus, Kup, Blurr and (accidentally) Wreck-Gar went after him {{storylink|Burning Sky!}} and brought him back, but failed to secure Galvatron.

Shockwave, wanting to cement his power, set it up so Death's Head would kill Rodimus, Cyclonus and Scourge. All three lived, but the latter two would be fleeing Death's Head for the rest of the year. {{storylink|Headhunt}}

====2008====

Death's Head catches up with Cyclonus and Scourge on Junk in the New Year, but all three end up mentally enslaved by Unicron. He has them kill Shockwave and send the ''entire'' Decepticon army at the Autobots, a pointless battle that'll decimate both sides in advance of his arrival. Rodimus, however, has been alerted of Unicron's presence, and leads a strike-team to stop him. Thanks to Rodimus, Wreck-Gar, and Death's Head, Unicron's head is destroyed and his mind trapped in the Matrix, while Scourge and Cyclonus end up sent back in time. Soundwave takes command of the Decepticons and ends the battle. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

A [[Time Wars|time rift]] appears in 2008, causing the destruction of the [[Quintesson]] homeworld. They investigate many mechanical planets for emergency colonisation, eventually settling on Cybertron; Wreck-Gar comes into possession of these plans. The Quintessons launch a devastating attack on Autobot City on Earth, drawing out Rodimus so they can steal the Matrix; simultaneously, they trick the Decepticons on Cybertron into heading into an ambush. The Earth forces are slaughtered by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the Cybertron force undone by Soundwave calling in the Autobots to help. Wreck-Gar broadcasts the Quintessons plans to ''every'' planet on their list, forewarning them and ensuring the surviving Quintessons will be hunted fugitives. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

The rift gets worse, now threatening Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

====2009====

On New Year's Day, the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] attack Earth with the intention of draining its energy before it was destroyed; the Autobots wrecked that plan. The Autobots also became aware that the source of the time rift was 1989, and a small team was sent back to that year to end the crisis. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

==Marvel UK future timeline==

====1986====

[[Image:MagnusVGalv2006.jpg|thumb|left|190px|]]

''The Cybertron resistance, led by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], plan [[Operation: Volcano]]—a major strike on the Decepticon. But the arrival of time-travelling Decepticons [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], which causes Optimus, Ratchet and Prowl to be sent to [[Limbo]] and Megatron to be offlined, throws the Autobots into a command crisis and has Volcano upset as Xaaron sends [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to Earth to investigate. The confused Autobots suffer a humiliating defeat and turn to Megatron and Soundwave for leadership. Despite this, they lose again and Ultra Magnus has to step in to assist. Galvatron is eventually tricked into returning to the future by other time travellers, and Magnus goes home; a number of Autobots remain wounded. Volcano is called off when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] are seconded to Earth under Megatron's orders, ruining Volcano's first strike; Autobot [[Wrecker]]s leader [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] is killed, however.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''The six Transformers stuck in Limbo, fall prey to the [[Limbo parasite|native parasites]]. They eventually escape them.'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}}

Optimus oversees the creation of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] Special Team, who battle the Insecticons and new Decepticon jets over the [[Hoover Dam]]; it's a near failure due to failures with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}, so Optimus ''kills and remakes their minds'' (bloody hell!) to fix them. [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] lands a cerebro-shell in Prime's wound, and channels Matrix energy from him to make the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] Special Team. Skids and Finkleberg are sent to investigate the lost "[[Cybertron Seven]]", getting caught in an Aerialbot-Stunticon-RAAT battle. Finkleberg betrays Skids to RAAT for money. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} ''The Aerialbots are sent on another mission to test them once more—their phobias and flaws cause disaster, but Jetfire didn't witness this and so they're forced to struggle with their problems on their own.'' {{storylink|The Return of the Transformers}}

RAAT continues to hunt down Autobots while Megatron enlists the Battlechargers to Earth. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Optimus Prime works with Wheeljack to boost the Autobot morale. However Megatron becomes increasingly paranoid about Optimus Prime and enlists the Predacons to Earth to help him finish off the Autobot Leader. Little does Megatron know, the Predacons are working with Shockwave and Soundwave to finish off both leaders.''{{storylink|Prey!}}

''After two tricky missions over the Christmas holidays, Jetfire visits Buster for some advice.'' {{storylink|The Gift}}

===1987===

===1988===

===1989===

Megatron - well, his [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] clone - seizes control of a large number of Decepticons. Knowing he will become Galvatron, he decides to work more patiently. {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.}}

A [[Decepticon Civil War]] - between Megatron, Shockwave and Scorponok - kicks off, with all factions having an Earth-bound presence. Megatron is actively working with his future-as-Galvatron in mind. {{storylink|Trigger-Happy!}}

Carnivac's comrade Catilla is killed by the Mayhem Attack Squad. {{storylink|A Savage Place!}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] does something to bring the Dinobots back from the dead, the Constructicons lose the power to combine.

Following the Underbase debacle, Megatron makes his big play involving the Classic Pretenders.

An incident at the centre of Cybertron causes the [[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]] that alerts Unicron to Cybertron's whereabouts.

===1990===

Megatron ends up on Earth, joining a splinter group of Decepticons; Shockwave makes his move as well, also on Earth. Scorponok at some point leaves the planet.
The Ark is deserted for reasons unknown; Galvatron II breaks in to find a number of Underbase-killed Autobots that he can rejuvenate and turn evil. Prowl, Ironhide, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, and Silverbolt are awakened, and go on to take him down. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} Sometime after this, the other Aerialbots are also brought back online.

Shockwave attempts but fails to force Grimlock to reveal how he brought the Dinobots back. A disagreement between Optimus and Grimlock {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} cause Grimlock to threaten to leave the Autobots, believing Optimus (concerned with Unicron) is not doing enough for Earth. It's decided to put Grimlock in charge of a separate [[Earthforce]] (numbering the revived Autobots, the Dinobots, and the Classic Pretenders) to handle the Decepticons here. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Meanwhile, Megatron attempts to deploy a satellite that will alter Earth's temperature, but Prowl and Wheeljack intervene{{storylink|Starting Over!}}, calling for back-up from the other Autobots. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} After an initial pep talk to his new troops, Grimlock orders them into battle. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

Prowl is left MIA after personally trying to bring the satellite down. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Bumblebee and Ironhide, while looking for him, destroy the Decepticon's new [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}} The Autobots ''and'' Megatron and Shockwave's two Decepticon groups eventually find the satellite, and a battle over it starts a [[Decepticon Civil War]]; Prowl, alive, has in fact disarmed the satellite ages ago though. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Prowl goes on to become Grimlock's second-in-command.

At some point, Wheeljack sets up a [[Body Shop]] based around an [[Automated Construction Unit]]: a top-of-the-line facility for repairing Autobots. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}}

Various minor incidents occur: The Dinobots inflict [[April Fools' Day]] on Grimlock, while Shockwave's Decepticons fail to find the Autobot base. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}} Prowl prevents Megatron from bolstering his forces by using time travel to alter the events of the Underbase battle. {{storylink|Flashback!}} The Aerialbots are brought back online somehow, and both Wheeljack and Skydive act really dumb. {{storylink|Mystery!}} The warring Decepticon groups call an [[Enclave]] to stop the struggle, but the Autobots sabotage it by faking that Shockwave tried to kill Megatron. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} The Decepticon Mindwipe, gone rogue from Scorponok's crew, is prevented from conquering the Earth by two Earthforce members. {{storylink|The Living Nightlights!}}

Carnivac gets brutal revenge on the Mayhem Attack Squad for killing Catilla, taking down three of them. The [[Survivors]], trying to rescue Carnivac, unify with Earthforce in return for aid; as a result, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], and [[Stranglehold]] are taken prisoner. {{storylink|Cry Wolf!}} {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}} {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

Meanwhile, Soundwave is playing both sides of the civil war against each other, and frames Wildrider for it so as to avoid detection. {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} Starscream finds out and uses that to get Soundwave to help him in a master plan: get both Shockwave and Megatron to fight each other and sic Earthforce on them, then seize command of the two Decepticon factions themselves, and unite them. (Both, of course, plan to backstab the other and seize sole command) {{storylink|Bugged!}} {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}} The Autobots complete their new base, but are forced to deactivate its security system {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}}, at which point the full Decepticon army attacks. Starscream carries out the second objective of seizing an oil tanker while the Autobots are occupied, but Prowl had the Survivors out on patrol and Starscream is driven off. Soundwave uses the defeat to rally support for him being sole commander. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

Optimus Prime inspects Earthforce, unfortunately at the same time Slag has gone insane; the Dinobots barely cover it up. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}} During Prime's stay, he oversees the rebuilding of Tracks, not knowing Grimlock is desperately trying to keep him from being rebuilt; of course, Grimlock fails and Tracks is placed under his command. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}} The remaining Mayhems escape from their cells. {{storylink|Shut Up!}} Jazz takes action to stop Octane endangering humans for fun. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

Megatron and Shockwave try to regain control of their armies by putting hits out on Starscream and Shockwave. Their attempt is defeated by Earthforce, who are forced to keep Starscream alive after Snarl contracts [[Corrodia Gravis]] and only the Seeker is a suitable transplant donor. Starscream agrees to donate, but only if Earthforce keep Megatron and Shockwave off his back. {{storylink|Assassins}} {{storylink|External Forces!}} {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

Soon after that, the Decepticons take control of Superion and send him on a rampage; he's only stopped thanks to human journalist [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]]. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} In exchange, the Autobots let Irwin do a big report on the Earthforce. In order to prevent the Autobots being seen as human allies, the Decepticons abduct Iriwn {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}; the Autobots rescue him, but don't realise Irwin has had a cerebro-shell planted in his mind and will now only write smears about them. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

===1991===

With the Matrix irrecoverable and alliance impossible, Optimus sends six of the Earthforce - Prowl, Jazz, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Inferno, and Siverbolt - to [[Yuss]] to locate the former Underbase site, hoping to use it as a weapon as a last-ditch defence against Unicron. There, they came into conflict with the mad Decepticon known as [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]], who tortured and humiliated all bar Silverbolt in times past. Facing up to personal demons, they defeated him and continue on to the Underbase site. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

During all this, the main Autobot force tries to retrieve the Matrix and form alliances with the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

To improve relations with human feminists, Optimus Prime creates [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], the first [[Female Transformer]]. It... doesn't work very well. Note: wrong date. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

With the help of the [[Last Autobot]], the Autobots force the Decepticons into exile. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

===1992===
===1993===
===1994===
===1995===
===1996===

===2009===
[[Image:EdgeofImpact-EvilRodimus.jpg|thumb|right|280px|''I've got your Touch RIGHT HERE!'']]
Rodimus Prime and his team return home from the [[Time Wars]] to find the ‘present day’ is altered. Galvatron II has conquered Cybertron. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}.
They either join or establish a resistance group on Cybertron, which is quickly defeated; Galvatron II uses Rodimus's rage to give the Matrix-trapped Unicron an opening. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} The Autobot forces - numbering 430 - flee Cybertron to the stronghold of [[Autobot City]] on Earth, with a goodwill gesture of Energon. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} {{storylink|Edge of Impact}}

===2010===

On New Year's Day, as the Autobots are in transit to Earth, Unicron uses the Matrix to possess Rodimus's body. The possessed Rodimus first sabotages the ship and then tries to kill all the Autobots; Prime is able to defeat Unicron within the Matrix, but it is taken from him before he can exorcise the being. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} {{storylink|White Fire}} As a result, Unicron later possesses Rodimus again-this time he recreates his old body and tears through Cybertron (seemingly killing Galvatron) before being stopped. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

===2356===
The war is over, but Rodimus and the Matrix still contain Unicron. Rodimus has physically decayed and is kept in a medbay in [[Autobot City]]. Rodimus is visited by a [[student]], whom Unicron's presence is able to corrupt towards evil; Prime realises the Chaos-Bringer is making another bid for freedom. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

{{note|This story was never resolved, so tens of thousands of kiddies last saw the hero Rodimus infected and dying due to possession by SATAN, who is WINNING. Bloody hell, [[Simon Furman]]!}}

===2510===
The war continues into the early 26th Century, when the penultimate Decepticon is finally killed. Rodimus Prime is in charge of a much reduced Autobot force (only the Wreckers, Ultra Magnus, and the Technobots are in evidence). When Prime tries to stand down, the actions of a Decepticon double agent and underlying tensions & friction among the Autobots spark off an Autobot civil war. {{storylink|Peace}}

==Rhythms of Darkness timeline==

Due to the space time rift repairing itself a new time line is created. ''This'' time, Galvatron II ''doesn't'' go back in time but sticks around to remain being Decepticon Commander after Unicron's destruction.

===2006===
Megatron starts the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. As a result, Optimus Prime is killed and Ultra Magnus becomes the new [[Supreme Commander|Autobot Commander]]; the monstrous Unicron turns up, reformatting a dying Megatron into [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Hot Rod gains the Matrix and becomes Rodimus Prime, but not in time to stop Unicron from devouring Cybertron. Unicron grants Galvatron freedom to command the Decepticons and conquer Earth. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

===2009===
By this point, the Americas are under Decepticon control and much of them have been wiped out; the Autobots are mostly extinct, reduced to a mere handful, and Rodimus is dead. The European Crisis Coalition almost launch a nuclear assault (not realising the Decepticons will absorb the resulting energy) but the American human-Autobot resistance make a defiant public gesture, getting the attack called off. Galvatron is abducted by [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|three unknown figures]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

==References==
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The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5

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'''''The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5''''', the fifth in [[IDW Publishing]]'s reprint series, reprints [[Marvel Comics]] ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' issues 51–62.

==Issue manifest==
===="[[The Man in the Machine!]]"====
Original date: April 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?]]"====
Original date: May 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Recipe for Disaster!]]"====
Original date: June 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[King Con!]]"====
Original date: July 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!]]"====
Original date: August 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: [[Jim Fern]]

===="[[Back from the Dead]]"====
Original date: September 1989 
Story by: [[Simon Furman]] 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Resurrection Gambit!]]"====
Original date: October 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[All the Familiar Faces!]]"====
Original date: November 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Skin Deep]]"====
Original date: Mid November 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Yesterday's Heroes!]]"====
Original date: December 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"====
Original date: Mid December 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Art by: [[Geoff Senior]]

===="[[Bird of Prey!]]"====
Original date: November 1989 
Story by: [[Simon Furman]] 
Pencils by: [[Geoff Senior]]

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Stranglehold

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:''Stranglehold is a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Stranglehold boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Must.... Reach... Inner robot!]]
A brainless brawler of a bot, '''Stranglehold''' is the [[Decepticon]] equivalent of the stereotypical wrestler, which is rather appropriate, seeing as how he is the reigning Intergalactic Cybertronic Wrestling Federation Champ. Stranglehold has absolutely no qualms about cheating and will do anything to win. Stranglehold turns into a rhino, has a shell that resembles a giant human gladiator, and carries a gun that saps the strength of its targets, making them too weak to fight back. Just how he likes them.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:HuntingParty-Mayhem Attack Squad small.JPG|left|thumb|200px|]]

''After the [[Time Wars]], Stranglehold was chosen to be part of the Decepticon elite and join the newly reformed [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], led by [[Snarler]] and [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]. Their first mission: hunt down and execute the traitors [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]], who had joined forces with the Autobot [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] on Earth!'' {{storylink|The Hunting Party}} ''They caught up with Carnivac in Texas, but the wolf scored first blood by clawing [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s shoulder. Stranglehold and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] were about to step in for their turn when the National Guard arrived, giving Carnivac time to flee while the Mayhems were distracted.'' {{storylink|Survival Run}} ''Eventually it was Catilla, not Carnivac, who fell before Stranglehold and the Mayhems, and the Decepticons chose to flee with one kill under their belts rather than confront all the [[Survivors]] at once.'' {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}

[[Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|For one shining moment, Stranglehold was modest enough to wear something.]]

Stranglehold grew a mustache and, along with Octopunch, remained a part of the Mayhem Attack Squad when Bludgeon took command, when it was sent by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] to assassinate the [[Autobot]] Pretenders; [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. After tracking the Autobots to their secret base, the Mayhems interrupted the [[Classic Pretender]]s and [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]]'s trip through the [[trans-time dimensional portal]], with all three groups transported to the core of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Surprisingly, Cybertron's core contained none other than [[Primus]] himself! {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

[[Image:PrimalScream-RUUNCH.jpg|left|thumb|250px|RUUNCH!]]

Stranglehold and the others were teleported further away from the core than the Autobots, so it took them a short while to close the gap. When they arrived, they interrupted none other than the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] of Primus as he was attempting to tell them the story of Primus and his arch-nemesis, [[Unicron]]. Despite their location on holy ground, the Mayhems attacked the Autobots, who were reluctant to return fire in case a stray shot might awaken Primus. This unsurprisingly tipped the odds in the Decepticons' favor. Emerging from his shell, Stranglehold rampaged through the Autobots in his rhino alt-mode, until eventually Jazz tricked Stranglehold into crashing into the wall. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

Stranglehold and the other Squad members ended up on Earth, and joined forces with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} After Stranglehold shaved his mustache, [[Primus]] himself brought all of the Earthbound Transformers to Cybertron to counter the imminent arrival of Unicron. Primus spoke to Stranglehold and the others through [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]], catching them up on the history between the two cosmic beings. Though Stranglehold still had his doubts about an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, they were mostly dispelled when [[Unicron cultist]]s raided their camp -- he didn't mind the new opportunities for violence! {{storylink|The Void! (US)}}

When Unicron arrived, Stranglehold did the wise thing and made a run for it. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

[[Image:EndoftheRoad-Stranglehold.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]

Unicron was defeated, and with Scorponok also dead, Bludgeon assumed command of the Decepticons. Stranglehold grew a mustache. Bludgeon led Octopunch and the other Decepticons off Cybertron, stranding the Autobots behind on their dying home planet. Stranglehold helped Bludgeon randomly pick a new planet to rule, choosing [[Klo]], a peaceful world which they could conquer quickly and easily. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} During the subsequent carnage on Klo, Stranglehold shaved his mustache. The Decepticons found a tracer on one of their spaceships and, realizing the Autobots may have survived after all, waited for their adversaries to arrive, intending to spoil their surprise attack. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

After growing another mustache, Stranglehold helped the Decepticons kill nearly all the Autobots once they arrived. However, when victory seemed finally in their grasp, Stranglehold and the other Decepticons were suddenly visited by the [[Neo-Knights]], the [[Last Autobot]], and a resurrected Optimus Prime. Stranglehold tried to attack [[Thunderpunch]], but [[Rapture]] caused him to momentarily dream of being surrounded by beautiful robo-ladies, and Stranglehold's attack landed on Bludgeon instead. The Last Autobot began resurrecting the fallen Autobots, and soon the tide of battle was turning. Stranglehold got a tooth knocked out of him by Grimlock, and soon it became apparent that the Decepticons had been defeated. Bludgeon announced to the Autobots that they had been beaten, and the Decepticons withdrew, but not before Bludgeon took Stranglehold aside and told him that the Decepticons would regroup and some day rise again. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[Image:AspectsofEvil4-Stranglehold.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Stranglehold struggles for a moment to remember his own name.]]
''In 1990, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] accused Bludgeon of being a traitor to the Decepticon cause. Allowing him a trial by combat, the Decepticon leader sent Stranglehold, Octopunch, and [[Warmonger]] out to face him in battle. After Octopunch struck first, Stranglehold attempted to ram Bludgeon in his rhino mode, but ended up knocking himself out when Bludgeon nimbly stepped aside. Eventually, Megatron identified Warmonger as the true traitor, and executed him instead of Bludgeon.'' {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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''Expecting Carnivac to make an ill-conceived attempt at retribution, the Mayhem Attack Squad bunkered down on a small tropical island to wait for their prey to come to them. Carnivac turned the tables on them, however, and managed to kill half the Mayhems before it was all over. To add insult to injury, Stranglehold, Bludgeon and Octopunch were taken into custody by the Autobot Earthforce at Carnivac's insistence, instead of being allowed to die gloriously in battle.'' {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} ''Guarded over by the Autobot [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], Stranglehold staged a distraction in their cell which gave Bludgeon enough time to telekinetically retrieve his katana, stabbing the guard in the back and gaining them their freedom.'' {{storylink|Shut Up!}} ''The Mayhems were then hired by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to assassinate their usurpers, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. They ultimately failed when [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] joined forces with the Decepticons because they needed Starscream alive for their own reasons.'' {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

=====''Another Time & Place''=====
[[Image:BludgeonStrangleholdOctopunch-AnotherTimeAndPlace.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]
In the Decepticons' next venture, Stranglehold shaved his mustache and joined Bludgeon in an attempt to bring Megatron back to life. Tracking the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to [[Hydrus Four]], and the miraculous energy source known as [[Nucleon]], Stranglehold and the Decepticons captured the Autobots and made ready to restore Megatron to his full glory. Stranglehold was seen worshipping on bended knee before Megatron's slowly recuperating body. When the Autobots attacked, Stranglehold charged into battle in rhinocerous mode (he's really the only Mayhem who LIKES transforming, isn't he?). However he fared personally, though, the Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:NewDawn-droppinsomekindaacid.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Also they're melting us!"]]
Stranglehold shaved his mustache and joined Bludgeon and his troops in raining destruction on Earth, hoping to draw out Optimus Prime and the Autobots. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} He was later ordered by the revamped Megatron to attack [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s troops, which resulted in the Pretender being reduced to a puddle of [[Slag (slang)|slag]] by acid bombs. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====Classics====
[[Image:CheapShots-mayhemattacksquad.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
{{note|Classics follows the original Marvel G1 continuity, ignoring the events of Generation 2 and Marvel UK}}

Stranglehold grew a beard. He and Octopunch were hired by two [[Ruckus (G1)|'''''REEEEEALLY''''']] [[Needlenose|stupid Decepticons]] to smash up [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren]]. Ruckus should have told them that [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] were with Nightbeat. Sludge beat Stranglehold so badly that he was begging for [[Amory|reinforcements]]. Then they saw that Ruckus was stupid enough to bring their [[Phyrion|hostage]] with him. {{Storylink|Cheap Shots}}

[[Image:InvasionPrologue-Decepticonspushforward.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Skullgrin wishes ''he'' could grow a mustache.]]

Some time later, Stranglehold shaved his beard, leaving only a mustache, and had joined [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] on Earth. He and Octopunch were present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

Stranglehold immediately grew the rest of his beard back. While observing Ironworks with Gigatron and the rest of his troops from afar, they received word from [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] that strange Transformers from another dimension had invaded the Autobot base. Gigatron decided the time was ripe to make another play for the Rarified Energon while the Autobots were distracted, and the Decepticons moved in. However, they discovered that Ironworks was under siege from extradimensional evil Autobots, and that just would not do. Stranglehold and the other Decepticons did their best to subdue these would-be conquerors. Ultimately, their efforts were mostly for naught. Earth was cast into the invaders' dimension as their entire native universe was destroyed.

A heroic [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] tried to smooth things over with a poem. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Stranglehold toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was, but the gun shoots death, and purifies the Earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth... and kill!"]]
*'''Stranglehold''' (Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, large gun, helmet, backpack

:Stranglehold's inner-robot transforms into a rhino with an orange body and green limbs, while his shell resembles an intergalactic sci-fi wrestler/circus strongman. Like the other smaller humanoid 1989 Pretenders, Stranglehold's shell includes an accessory that is an integral part of his inner robot: the combined back and tail of his rhino alt-mode (in a delightful shade of lavender), which attaches to the upper left arm of his outer shell as a small shield. Stranglehold also includes a small orange gun for his inner-robot to hold or plug into his alt-mode backpiece, and a large white rifle and helmet for his shell.

:Stranglehold's shell is not Burt Reynolds. He also does not come with the spiked-ball-and-chain weapon he consistently carried in the Marvel comics.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Stranglehold/stranglehold.htm More information on Stranglehold at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Stranglehold's mustache comes and goes. He never has a mustache in any of the Marvel UK material, and usually has it in the Marvel US material, with exceptions. For example, Stranglehold lacks his mustache when [[Andrew Wildman]] first draws him in American material in "[[The Void! (US)|The Void!]]," but Wildman usually remembered to draw it in subsequent appearances. Usually. The mustache is gone completely in ''Generation 2''. Years later, in "[[Cheap Shots]]," Stranglehold has graduated to a beard.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Prisegorge''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Demon'''

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mayhem Attack Squad]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]

User:SanityOrMadness/test

2013-01-08T03:16:32Z

Deceptitran: BOT: replacing (1) links to "Primal Scream" with "The Primal Scream"

==Marvel US #1 - [[The Transformers (issue)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Transformers_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Transformers (issue) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Introdump decepticons marvelus01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Generic decepticons marvel 1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Generic autobots marvel 1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Combat deck marvel 1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:AuntieTransmitsSignals.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Prowlg1marvelfirst.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Generics marvel 1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Marvel issue 1 Cybertron.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Optimusprimeg1marvelfirst.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Jazzg1marvelfirst.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Pulleys.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Odisengage.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Megatrong1earlymarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Contentedfools.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Autobotline.gif]] (c.f. [[:Image:AuntieTransmitsSignals.jpg]])
*[[:Image:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Glassgas.jpg]]
*[[:Image:M01 tomaandi.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Huffermarvel1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Alphacentauri.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bumblebeemarvel1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bigred.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Brawnmarvel1.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
None.

==Marvel US #2 - [[Power Play!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Power_Play!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Power Play! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:LamboTwinsSwitch.jpg]]
*[[:Image:PowerPlay-Optimustransforms.jpg]]
*[[:Image:PowerPlay Rummmble.JPG]]
*[[:Image:M02 dazzler.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Buster.jpg‎]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #3 - [[Prisoner of War!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Prisoner_of_War!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Prisoner of War! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Nicholas.jpg]]
*[[:Image:JoeRobertson.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Spider-man.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
None.

==Marvel US #4 - [[The Last Stand]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Last_Stand?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Last Stand (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Laststand-autobotsarenomore.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Reflectormarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Mus04 decepticonmedic.jpg]]
*[[:Image:M04 decepticonmedic grin.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thelaststand-prepare.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Buzzsawlaststand.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #5 - [[The New Order]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_New_Order?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The New Order (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:NewOrder-OptimusPrimehead.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Television.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Charlenewelles.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thehoneymooners.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Josiebeller.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #6 - [[The Worse of Two Evils!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Worse_of_Two_Evils!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Worse of Two Evils! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Megatrong1marvelhumiliation.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Blackrockmustache.jpg]] (''also'' [[Repeat Performance!]], [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!]], [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!]])

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #7 - [[Warrior School!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Warrior_School!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Warrior School! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Olisten.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ferdygabe.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratchetwarriorschool.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #8 - [[Repeat Performance!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Repeat_Performance!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Repeat Performance! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Repeatperformance-preparedtheprisoner.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Arkshuttle1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Arkshuttle3.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #9 - [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/DIS-Integrated_Circuits!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/DIS-Integrated Circuits! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Ames.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Frenzyhahaha.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Buzzsawyikes1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Circuitbreaker.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Wheeljack-disintegratedcircuits02.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Anti-robotphotonicmulti-cannon.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Autobots-disintegratedcircuits1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #10 - [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Next_Best_Thing_to_Being_There!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Next Best Thing to Being There! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Constructiconsbornmarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hufferbomberbill.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #11 - [[Brainstorm!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Brainstorm!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Brainstorm! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Coneheadsblackrockaerospace.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Brainstorm-welcomeboost.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hardtoexplain.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Jessieapologize1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Jetfireconstruct.jpg‎]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #12 - [[Prime Time!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Prime_Time!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Prime Time! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:PrimeTime Rumble sweat.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Jetfireg1marvel1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:PrimeTime-Primewantsyou.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Buzzsawyikes2.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

*[[:Image:Stokesswipes.jpg]] [NB: Also includes Marvel UK panels]

==Marvel US #13 - [[Shooting Star!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Shooting_Star!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Shooting Star! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Jakelomax.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Charlenepoolgirl.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Slickjoey.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Joeyslicklivinglegend.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #14 - [[Rock and Roll-Out!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Rock_and_Roll-Out!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Rock and Roll-Out! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:MarvelUS14-Jetfire-RiteOfTheAutobrand.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Energoncubesrockandrollout.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Skidsnatives.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #15 - [[I, Robot-Master!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/I,_Robot-Master!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/I, Robot-Master! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Megatronmarvelteeth.jpg]] (also #25, [[Gone but Not Forgotten!]])
*[[:Image:Donnyfinklebergsmoking.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Donnyfinklebergwriter.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Laserbeakravageirobotmaster.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Robotmaster.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Robotmastercomic.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Triple-iboardroom.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Triple-ibuilding.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Triple-istudio.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #16 - [[Plight of the Bumblebee!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Plight_of_the_Bumblebee!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Plight of the Bumblebee! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Bumblebeeplight.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #17 - [[The Smelting Pool!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Smelting_Pool!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Smelting Pool! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:BlasterUS17.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Darkmount.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hunter seekers.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Powerglidereadytoblastoffrightnow.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scroungealtmode.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scroungedisarmed.jpg]]
**[[:Image:MissingPiece2.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scroungefullbody.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scroungespecialhand.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Smeltingpoolminivehicles.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Straxusholdscourt.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Tellus rotorbolt.jpg]]
*[[:Image:TheSmeltingPoolUS17.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Wheezel scrounge yay.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Harvester unit.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Straxusholdscourt.jpg]]

*[[:Image:Cosmosisakillingmachine.jpg]] (also #18, [[The Bridge to Nowhere!]])

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #18 - [[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Bridge_to_Nowhere!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Bridge to Nowhere! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Spanner2.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Crosscut-aahboom.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Spanner.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Corkscrew borebit.png]]
*[[:Image:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Straxusaltmode.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #19 - [[Command Performances!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Command_Performances!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Command Performances! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:CommandPerformances-Autobotsattack.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Laserbeakdeterminescommand.jpg]]
*[[:Image:OmegaSupremeintro.jpg]]
*[[:Image:CommandPerformances RumbleFrenzy explode.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #20 - [[Showdown!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Showdown!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Showdown! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Charleneskids.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Charlenecowgirl.jpg]]
*[[:Image:JakeDarymple01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:JakeDarymple02.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Showdownskidsdream.jpg]]
*[[:Image:GB-SkidsG1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Wendel bagboy.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #21 - [[Aerialbots over America!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Aerialbots_over_America!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Aerialbots over America! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Aerialbots marvel 21.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Aerialbots disassemble marvel 21.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Jetfireisafunnyguy.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thetorquerifle.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Silverbolt aerialbots over america.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS21 RamjetSlingshotBONK.JPG]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS21 firefogmissiles.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Bombshell marvel-21.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ricky vasquez marvel 21.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Maria vasquez marvel 21.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Vasquez family marvel 21.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #22 - [[Heavy Traffic!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Heavy_Traffic!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Heavy Traffic! (Image:*)]

===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Aerialbots minds wiped marvel 22.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS22 Stunticons.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #23 - [[Decepticon Graffiti!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Decepticon_Graffiti!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Decepticon Graffiti! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:MarvelUS23 Battlechargers defeated.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Soundwave gets it in the face.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Marvel Issue 23 Page 09 Graffiti.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Battlechargers-marvel23b.jpg]]
*[[:Image:M23 noahacionrecycles.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #24 - [[Afterdeath!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Afterdeath!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Afterdeath! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Protectobots-marvel24.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Groove-savemyself.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Afterdeath Vortex BlastOff.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Ethanzachary.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #25 - [[Gone but Not Forgotten!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Gone_but_Not_Forgotten!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Gone but Not Forgotten! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Megatrong1marveltooclever.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Spacebridgemarvelcomic.jpg]]
*[[:Image:GonebutNotForgotten Brawlheadcrush.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Megatronmarvelteeth.jpg]] (also [[I, Robot-Master!]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #26 - [[Funeral for a Friend!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Funeral_for_a_Friend!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Funeral for a Friend! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Powerboosterrod.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Protectobots-marvel26.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Firstaid-g1issue26.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratchetmechanic.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #27 - [[King of the Hill!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/King_of_the_Hill!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/King of the Hill! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Biggrim me king.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS27 DinobotsVsTrypticon.JPG]]
*[[:Image:M27 sonicscramblermines.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #28 - [[Mechanical Difficulties!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Mechanical_Difficulties!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Mechanical Difficulties! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Wheeljack-mechanicaldifficulties.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Human.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Powerboosterrodbonk.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Tfreprod marvel28.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Goldbugmechanicaldifficulties.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #29 - [[Crater Critters]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Crater_Critters?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Crater Critters (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Scraplet swarm Marvel US issue 29.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scraplets duplicate Marvel US issue 29.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg]]
*[[:Image:OctaneMarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:ScrapletMarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Blitzwingg1mvl.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #30 - [[The Cure!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Cure!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Cure! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Throttlebots-marvel32.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Water.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Goldbugthecure.jpg]]
*[[:Image:TheCure Chaseface.JPG]]
*[[:Image:TheCure Searchlight.JPG]]
*[[:Image:TheCure WideLoad.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Scraplets combined mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scraplets robot mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #31 - [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Buster_Witwicky_and_the_Car_Wash_of_Doom?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Gbblackrock.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Jessieapologize2.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:2Blackrocks.jpg]] (also photo)

==Marvel US #32 - [[Used Autobots]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Used_Autobots?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Used Autobots (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Throttlebots-capturedbyraat.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Skates.png]]
*[[:Image:Bigsteve.jpg]]
*[[:Image:UsedAutobot BlastOff Groove.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #33 & #34 - [[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Man_of_Iron_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Man of Iron (issue) (Image:*)]

==Marvel US #35 - [[Child's Play (issue)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Child's_Play_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Child's Play (issue) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Protectobots-marvel35a.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hotspot-g1issue35.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Streetwise-g1issue35.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Variablevoltageharness.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #36 - [[Spacehikers!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Spacehikers!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Spacehikers! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Wheeljack-spacehikers02.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg]]
*[[:Image:SklLynxG1mvl02.jpg]]
*[[:Image:SklLynxG1mvl03.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Dinobots-rollout.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #37 - [[Toy Soldiers!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Toy_Soldiers!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Toy Soldiers! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Razorclawshootsahuman.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Freeway-crushed.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Throttlebots-toycars.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Throttlebots-brainremoval.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #38 - [[Trial by Fire!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Trial_by_Fire!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Trial by Fire! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Durosgoatee.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Steelhaven.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Arcanastylortrialbyfire.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Brainstormtrialbyfire.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Fortressmaximus-trialbyfire-rollout.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Trialbyfire-headmaster-rollcall.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Trialbyfire-fortmax-disassemble.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Trialbyfire-cerebros-headpitch.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #39 - [[The Desert Island of Space!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Desert_Island_of_Space!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Desert Island of Space! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Clubconpalmtreespear.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Kupdesertisland.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Clubconartillery.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Atttfortmax.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Allterrainturbotransport.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Shockwaveburnsup.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #40 - [[Pretender to the Throne!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Pretender_to_the_Throne!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Pretender to the Throne! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:MarvelUS40 Submarauder.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Pretendertothethrone-landmine.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scorponokpretendertothethrone.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hyper-fax.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Decepticonpretenders-behold.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Finbackg1mvl.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ethanzacharypretendertothethrone.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #41 - [[Totaled!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Totaled!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Totaled! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Arksteelhavenmoon.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bomshell marvel-41.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Totaledarkdisembark.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS41 ScrapperScavenger.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Jetfireyourehit.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Omegasupreme-blasterandgrimlock.jpg]]
*[[:Image:M41 bahgrimlocksenergosword.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Snarladjustscrown.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Grimlockokeydokeyblaster.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Totaled-goldbugsurrenders.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Onslaught Marvel41.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:Broadsidetotaled.jpg]] (also UK #175)

==Marvel US #42 - [[People Power!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/People_Power!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/People Power! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Prime has a huge head.jpg]]
*[[:Image:PeoplePower-reprogrammed.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Dreadwing g1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Dreadwinddarkwingpeoplepower.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Kari1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Kari2.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Restaurantnebulos.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hiqcannotletthemdie.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Powermasterspeoplepower.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hi-test.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Throttle rebound.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #43 - [[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Big_Broadcast_of_2006_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Big Broadcast of 2006! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Crambo1a.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Crambo1b.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #44 - [[The Cosmic Carnival]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Cosmic_Carnival!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Cosmic Carnival (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Mrbigtop.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Rorzatherocket-cycleracerfromrigeliii.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Rorzatherocket-cycleracerfromrigeliii2.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Berko.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Berkoflashbacks.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #45 - [[Monstercon from Mars!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Monstercon_from_Mars!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Monstercon from Mars! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Mrfriendly.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Brademory.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS-45.jpg]]
*[[:Image:CarissaJakeCreep01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Carissa02.jpg]]
*[[:Image:JakeColton01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MitchKeno01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MonconMars01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MonconMars02.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Creepozoid01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:SkullgrinMonconMars.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #46 - [[Ca$h and Car-nage!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Ca$h_and_Car-nage!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Ca$h and Car-nage! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Zarak superman.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Krebbriskolokos.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Roadjammers.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Felix.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:Z Foundation.png]] (??? - "cleaned up from" or "based on")

==Marvel US #47 - [[Club Con!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Club_Con!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Club Con! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Jessieclubcon.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Club Con! Seacons.JPG]]
*[[:Image:ClubCon Raindance GrandSlam.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Clubconsubmerged.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Clubconresort.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #48 - [[The Flames of Boltax!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Flames_of_Boltax!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Flames of Boltax! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Overrideg1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Underbasebath.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Underbasekrakow.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Boltax.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Boltaxexpectingyou.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Boltaxpermission.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Disciplesofboltax.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Painandsufferingwillbeyours.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Clubconwires.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #49 - [[Cold War!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Cold_War!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Cold War! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Starscream earmissing.png]]
*[[:Image:Apeface smackdown.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Buzzsawyikes3.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Fortmaxboat.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Coldwar-slurpyoutastegoodsoundwave.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

*[[:Image:Delbostarscreamears.jpg]] (also TFU model sheet from ?)

==Marvel US #50 - [[Dark Star|Dark Star (issue)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Dark_Star_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Dark Star (issue) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Newyorkunderbase.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Buzzsawyikes4.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Underbase.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Underbaseallmine.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratbatfortmax.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Clubcongreatshot.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Clubconexplodey.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Nyc-brooklynbridge.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hiqshelmetismadeofsteel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Underbaseusernotice.gif]]
*[[:Image:Grimlockdarkstar.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Aerialbots buster marvel 50.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Beachcomberdarkstar.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratbatdarkstardeath.jpg]]
*[[:Image:DarkStar Throttlebots die.JPG]]
*[[:Image:Buenosaires.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Tokyounderbase.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #51 - [[The Man in the Machine!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Man_in_the_Machine!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Man in the Machine! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Carnivac and snarler us51.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Carnivac and snarler us51-2.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Cliff.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:Carnivac mugshots.jpg]] (also ''many'' UK issues)

==Marvel US #52 - [[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?target=Guess+Who+the+Mecannibals+Are+Having+for+Dinner%3F&offset=0&limit=250&title=Special%3AWhatlinkshere&namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner? (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:MarvelUS52 Joh1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS52 Joh2.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Chromite.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Urtuskian.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Marvel52 concentratedenergoncubes.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Berkodrunk.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #53 - [[Recipe for Disaster!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Recipe_for_Disaster!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Recipe for Disaster! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Firstone.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Nomates.jpg]]
*[[:Image:SklLynxG1mvl01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Humansize.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #54 - [[King Con!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/King_Con!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/King Con! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Nyc-fromjersey1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:TFUS KingCon Iguanus.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #55 - [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Interplanetary_Wrestling_Championship!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Micromastercoats s.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #56 - [[Back from the Dead]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Back_from_the_Dead?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Back from the Dead (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Zombiesbackfromthedead.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Nightflightreactorlinkage.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Sportscarpatrol-backfromthedead.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #57 - [[The Resurrection Gambit!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Resurrection_Gambit!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Resurrection Gambit! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Tailwindreactorlinkage.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Resurrectiongambit-bombburst.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #58 - [[All the Familiar Faces!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/All_the_Familiar_Faces!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/All the Familiar Faces! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Autobotclassicpretenders-us58.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Atttatff.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #59 - [[Skin Deep]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Skin_Deep?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Skin Deep (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Bumblebeeskindeep.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratchetbroughtthemhere.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Starscreamskindeep.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #60 - [[Yesterday's Heroes!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Yesterday's_Heroes!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Yesterday's Heroes! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Xaarondelbo.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg]]
*[[:Image:YesterdaysHeroes-Whyyyy.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Markv guardian.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Quickochet.jpg]]
*[[:Image:PrimusG1.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #61 - [[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream (issue)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Primal_Scream_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Primal Scream (issue) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Primusoriginal.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thekeeper.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Prima.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bludgeon messagebox.png]]
*[[:Image:Omniversalmatrix.png]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #62 - [[Bird of Prey!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Bird_of_Prey!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Bird of Prey! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:ThunderwingComic.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Nightbeatincontrol.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Sirengeethanks.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Toosnarky1.png]]
*[[:Image:Pz-zazz.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hosehead2.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:Nightbeatsirenswappedheads.jpg]] (+two toy pics)
*[[:Image:Hosehead1.jpg]] (TFUniverse entry, not story)

==Marvel US #63 - [[Kings of the Wild Frontier.]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Kings_of_the_Wild_Frontier.?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Kings of the Wild Frontier (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Backstreetg1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Triggerbots-us67a.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thunderwingmindleech.jpg]]
*[[:Image:KingsofWildFrontier-Dogfight.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #64 - [[Deadly Obsession]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Deadly_Obsession?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Deadly Obsession (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Longtoothdeadlyobsession.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #65 - [[Dark Creation]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Dark_Creation?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Dark Creation (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Bumblebeedarkcreation.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thunderwing with matrix.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Thunderwingwhereisthecreationmatrix.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Creation Matrix 65.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #66 - [[All Fall Down|All Fall Down (issue)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/All_Fall_Down_(issue)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/All Fall Down (issue) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Hooklineandsinker.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Allfalldown-blurr.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Arkshuttle7.jpg]]
*[[:Image:AllFallDown-andweshallwin.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #67 - [[Rhythms of Darkness!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Rhythms_of_Darkness!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Rhythms of Darkness! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Furmanismsrod.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Decepticonpowerbase.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Slog-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Pretendermonsters-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Icepick-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Scowl-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Wildfly-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:GalvatrondeadrodimusUS67.jpg]]
*[[:Image:GalvatronII.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS67 Crossblades dies.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Chainclaw guzzle marvel 67.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Cyclonus scourge marvel 67.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Lisa marvel us 67.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #68 - [[The Human Factor!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Human_Factor!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Human Factor! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:HumanFactor-RaptureThunderpunch.jpg]]
*[[:Image:HumanFactor StormCloud.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #69 - [[Eye of the Storm]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Eye_of_the_Storm?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Eye of the Storm (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Nightbeateyeofthestorm.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Merge megratchet.gif]]
*[[:Image:Megs ratch.jpg]]
*[[:Image:US69EyeofStorm.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #70 - [[The Pri¢e of Life!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Pri¢e_of_Life!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Pri¢e of Life! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Kuppriceoflife.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Fixitpriceoflife.jpg]]
*[[:Image:PriceofLife-Icannot.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Grimlockpriceoflife.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #71 - [[Surrender!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Surrender!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Surrender! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Surrender-Kuptruck.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Arkshuttle8.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Surrender-bombburst.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Surrender-recoil.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Marvel71 neversurrender.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS71 Shockwaves troops.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #72 - [[...All This and Civil War 2]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/...All_This_and_Civil_War_2?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/...All This and Civil War 2 (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Nyc-skyline.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Neo-knights.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Georgebushsr.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Shockwavefightmoretalkless.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Allthisandcivilwar-arethey.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #73 - [[Out of Time!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Out_of_Time!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Out of Time! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Jhiinhabitants.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Jhi.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #74 - [[The Void! (US)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/The_Void!_(US)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Void! (US) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Matrixbearingdude.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Acolyte of unicron.jpg]]
*[[:Image:DEATH.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Metallikato.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Siestacron.gif]]
*[[:Image:G1thunderwingthevoid.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #75 - [[On the Edge of Extinction!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/On_the_Edge_of_Extinction!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/On the Edge of Extinction! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:EdgeofExtinction-sothatallmaylive.jpg]]
*[[:Image:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Edgeofextinction-hardheadbombburst.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Tastybrainstorm.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Dreadwinddarkwingunicron.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Blackrockwomanbeater.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Circuitbreakervsunicron.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hoverscooter.jpg]]
*[[:Image:OntheEdgeofExtinction-Primus.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Rapture marvel 75.jpg]]
*[[:Image:MarvelUS75 Runabout Demon.JPG]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #76 - [[Still Life!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Still_Life!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Still Life! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:RadMarvel01.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hosehead3.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Wheeljack-stilllife.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Pmoptimusprimedeath.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Stilllife-deadbombburst.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #77 - [[Exodus!]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/Exodus!?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/Exodus! (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:Prowlg1exodus.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Fangrythousandterribledeaths.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hiqthinkshesoptimusprime.jpg]]
*[[:Image:RolloutSunstreaker.jpg]]
*[[:Image:TreadshotMarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Marvel77-Blaster.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #78 - [[A Savage Circle]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/A_Savage_Circle?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/A Savage Circle (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:GalvatronII.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Gravitonmarvel.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Klolandscape.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Klo.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg]]

===Unfixed===

==Marvel US #79 - [[The Last Autobot?]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?target=The+Last+Autobot%3F&title=Special%3AWhatlinkshere&namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/The Last Autobot? (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:LastAutobot.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Kloattack.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Galvatroniiteeth.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bludgeonlastautobot.jpg]]
*[[:Image:RaptureMarvel79.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:Cog MarvelTFUniverse.jpg]] (TFUniverse profile, not main story)

==Marvel US #80 - [[End of the Road! (US)]]==
[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/End_of_the_Road!_(US)?namespace=6 Special:Whatlinkshere/End of the Road! (US) (Image:*)]
===Fixed===
*[[:Image:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Lastautobottransform.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Nightbeatsnapdragon.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Hiqprimemerge.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Sirenendoftheroad.jpg]]
*[[:Image:EndOfTheRoad-itcanitis.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Bludgeon-youlie1.jpg]]
*[[:Image:Wheeljack-endoftheroad.jpg]]

===Unfixed===
*[[:Image:Primalprimetheborrower.jpg]] (swipe example with three non-Marvel images)

Dark God

2013-01-08T03:11:29Z

Deceptitran: BOT: replacing (1) links to "Primal Scream" with "The Primal Scream"

:''The Dark Gods are [[Unicron]]-allied deities from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|continuity family of the same name]].''

In the early days of the universe, the '''Dark Gods''' were an army led by [[Unicron]], a destructive force sweeping through the cosmos.<ref>"[[Transformers: The Facts]]"</ref> [[Primus]] and the [[Light God]]s were "the eternal counter-force" to their evils.

==Fiction==
===Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' comics===
When [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] psychically invaded Unicron's mind, Unicron immediately captured and threatened to destroy him. But, impressed with his daring, the god granted his captive's "last request" to know Unicron's true nature and history. He told Death's Head about the days of the universe's infancy when he was a force of nature, a being of pure evil with a dark army that only Primus and his Light Gods could stand against. Their titanic battles threatened the existence of life itself, so Primus tricked Unicron into battling on the astral plane and then jumping back to the physical universe, where both were imprisoned in asteroids. As Unicron told the rest of his tale, he made no further mention of the Light Gods or his own army. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===3H comics===
Unicron was recognized as a Dark God by the [[Covenant]]. {{Storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Paradox}}

==Notes==
* What Unicron tells Death's Head is, in the real world, the first description of the Primus/Unicron myth. [[The Primal Scream|The next one]] mentions other gods but doesn't give them names or allegiances, saying only that their era was ending, and they were joining the [[Omniversal Matrix]]. [[The Void! (US)|Subsequent]] [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|retellings]] don't bring them up at all.

==See also==
* [[Minion of Unicron]]
* [[Herald of Unicron]]
* [[Unicrons]]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Generation 1 gods]]
[[Category:Generation 1 species]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Unicron]]

User talk:Repowers

2013-01-08T03:06:30Z

Deceptitran: BOT: replacing (1) links to "Primal Scream" with "The Primal Scream"

==Commercials==
Hey, had a few questions/thoughts regarding the [[Commercial]] page and wanted to see what you thought about them.

1. The narrator for most of the RID commercials sounds like Neil Kaplan. Would you agree? I think we could email him about that through his website, but would an unpublished e-mail be good enough for confirmation?

2. Along the same vein, I'm really starting to think Even Keel is none other than David Kaye. Again, do you think it's him? We could probably get someone to ask him at BotCon this year (I'd do it myself but I'm not able to attend).

3. Found some interesting info here: http://www.kwcc.com/house/credits/lead.html
But I'm not sure just how to integrate it into the wiki, or if there's enough there to justify it.

4. Thinking about the non-network cartoon promos, what would constitute enough evidence to show it was a nationally used promo. Would clips of the same promo on two different stations be sufficient, or do we need more?

5. Came up with one more, regarding the Energon Optimus/Scorponok commercial. The static, "Each sold separately", shot of the toys doesn't just have the two featured toys. It also has Energon Unicron! I can't find any reference to a longer version of this commercial anywhere online. Is it possible a longer version of such a recent commercial could completely escape the fandom's notice? Or was it left on the cutting room floor and the end shot is all that made it to air?

6. On the subject of movie trailers, I'm not finding any evidence to support what you have listed for #2 and #3. #2 appears to be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF4mv891Nk which is a fan-made trailer. As for #3, I can't find any example of it. The description seems to be the same as that of "Hidden". What were you basing those entries on? On a related note, the menu on disc 2 of the DVD special edition as well as the file name for the same content on the HD-DVD version refers to the teaser trailer as Teaser Trailer #1. So I think that's why the first full length trailer is listed as #2. What #3 is or was, I've no idea.

--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 22:19, 4 May 2009 (EDT)

:Sorry I haven't addressed any of these... just haven't had time. I don't know much about the post-G1 commercials, only what I've been able to dig up online, and it's been a long time since I put some of this together. I'll try and put in some time on this next week. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 12:17, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::Not a problem. I'm sorry about going overkill with my messages. The lack of response for so long gave me the impression you didn't know the list was here. I'll be more patient in the future.

::As for the list, take all the time you need. I'd prefer the movie trailer entry to be looked at first, if possible. I have one minor addition in that I found a third Dinobot commercial: http://www.retrostatic.com/videos/p803_sectionid/999999/p803_js_on/1/p803_fileid/483
::I'm wondering if this one ever made it to air? Some of the aesthetics are so different from other G1 commercials that it seems like a test version or something. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:28, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

:::Looks like you were right about the two 2007 movie "trailers". I think those are all pretty well sorted out now... unless somebody wants to start a list of Japanese ads, which would open a huge can of worms since it would mean going back to G1 as well. (that'd probably need to be a separate page.)
:::I don't have enough grasp on Neil Kaplan or David Kaye's "natural" voices to figure out if they were narrating those ads, though I'll have a listen when I have time. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 11:20, 4 June 2009 (EDT)

::::Ok, cool. Since you've been going through the 2007 Movie tv spots I thought you might want to see this list: http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2007/STUVWXYZ/Transformers/trailer.php Several of the spots you have listed appear to have actual "names" (not just according to the list but Michael Bay's MySpace account and other seemingly official sources) instead of being the "Nickelodeon spot version A". I believe there's even some that aren't currently listed.
::::Funny you should mention the Japanese ads, as I had thought about that myself. But given the can of worms as you said, plus the need for translation help, I don't know if I'd try tackling it anytime soon.
::::On a almost unrelated note, why did you remove the Micromasters commercial entry? I don't think it was redundant and I did find a video of it (Just hadn't gotten around to updating the Wiki): http://www.retrostatic.com/videos/p803_sectionid/13/p803_fileid/675/p803_js_on/1 --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 22:49, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::That's the same one listed as "Micromaster Patrols", far as I can tell. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:20, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::Holy crap, that movie spot list is AMAZING. I'm not sure what to do with all those clips... I guess they should go in their own section? Or are they even worth full entries? Dunno. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:57, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
::::::Ah, you are correct about the Micromaster commercials. Nice catch sir.
::::::I think for the clips we should have a section saying something to the effect of "Preview clips of the movie were released to various TV shows and websites" followed by a list of the clips with brief descriptions. They're really just single scenes shown as is, so the only things to note about them are the when and where of the release and what scene. It probably goes without saying that only clips that were released as part of Paramount's/Hasbro's promotional strategy (or through a rogue Bay) should be included. I don't particularly trust that list in regards to the descriptions of the clips. Looking through the list, I found at least one of those is actually just the final trailer. Could be other issues where the site or TV show they link to isn't where the clip originated. The other sections look like they're accurate, but I would double check the clip descriptions to be safe. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 19:05, 7 June 2009 (EDT)

I was going through [[Commercial]] again and had two sets of questions. First, I noticed that someone named the narrator for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sxMlvn3Dsw Autobot Cars plus Thrust and Dirge] as You're Gonna Get It. That edit was lost to the Bookworm crash, so I'm hoping you might know where that name came from. Related to that, I think that narrator is the same as the one used for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5GGZ3we68 Mini-Spies] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwV818LuA Omega Supreme]. Do you agree?

The second set of questions is about the "Original cartoons on VHS". Is this referring to the promos that were on the tapes themselves or a spot that actually aired on TV? If it's the latter, should we add an entry for the former? --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:14, 17 September 2009 (EDT)

:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Nudge* Just wanted to see if you had an answer to the VHS question above. The other is just for personal curiosity so you could forget that altogether. Also want to point out my musings at [[Talk:Commercial#International Spots]] --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:23, 22 November 2009 (EST)
::IIRC the "cartoons on VHS" was a TV spot I found somewhere at some point. The promos on the tapes themselves is definitely worth a mention.
::I didn't add the name for the Autobot Cars spot... no idea where it came from. It's been so long since Iworked on this stuff that I don't remember much of it anymore.
::International spots? Go for it! I'd say a whole separate section at the bottom of the commercials page, rather than appending them to each franchise section. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:39, 22 November 2009 (EST)
:::<facepalms> I just plugged "Transformers VHS" into YouTube and the VHS TV spot was the second video listed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_VcOThVZM]. And I have the RetroJunk link in my list of TF ad links. I have no clue why I didn't write it up when I found it or how I completely forgot I found it. Sorry for bugging you about that. Regarding the international, I'm compiling a simple list of any non-Japanese spots so I can see how much volume there is. The combined total is 29 currently. Enough for an 'international' subpage I would think. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:41, 23 November 2009 (EST)

==Rob's Big To-Do List!==
An ever-changing list of stuff that needs taking care of. I'll get to it eventually, but if anyone else wants to pitch in, go for it!

===Season 2 eps===
* Probably by [[Toei]]:
** The Immobilizer
** Autobot Spike
** Traitor
** Atlantis, Arise!
** Enter the Nightbird
** Day of the Machines
** The Insecticon Syndrome
** Dinobot Island 1 & 2
** The Master Builders
** Auto-Berserk
** Microbots

* By the other studio:
** Attack of the Autobots
** A Prime Problem

===Fun things!===
* [[Scorponok (G1)]] - comic pics

===Six teams - main pics?===
* Sixbuilder:
**[[Digger]] the excavator.
**[[Gran Arm]] the front-end loader.
**[[Iron Lift]] the crane.
**[[Mixing]] the cement mixer.
**[[Treader]] the dump truck.

* Sixturbo:
**[[Circuit (OC)|Circuit]] the F-1 race car.
**[[Neo-Wheel]] the Lamborghini.
**[[Sireen]] the ambulance.

* Sixtrain:
**[[Converter]]
**[[San D-Go]]
**[[Windy (OC)|Windy]]

* Sixwing:
** [[Chain Gun]] the AH-64 Apache helicopter.
** [[Falcon (OC)|Falcon]] the F-16 Falcon jet.
** [[Flanker]] the Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker" jet.
** [[Missile Run]] the B-1B Lancer bomber plane.
** [[Raker]] the Space Shuttle.
** [[Supersonic]] the Super-Sonic Transport plane.

===Subgroup pages===
Needs work:
* [[Micromaster]] - images and fiction (DW:MM, SL:Nightbeat, SL:Hardhead), subgroup pages

As done as I can make them:

* [[Auto Roller]] - needs pics and better writeup than I can provide.
* [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]] - needs pics and toy writeup.
* [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] - needs pics and toy writeup
* [[Spy Changer]] - needs writeup for redecos

Mostly done:

* [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]
* [[Transmetal 2]]
* [[Transmetal]]
* [[Junkion (species)]] - pic
* [[Dinobot (G1)]]
* [[Omnicon]]
* [[Predacon (G1)]]
* [[Terrorcon (Energon)]]
* [[Duocon]]
* [[Horrorcon]]
* [[Insecticon (G1)]]
* [[Triple Changer]] - **STILL NEEDS FICTION WRITEUP**
* [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]
* [[Laser Cycle]]
* [[Cyberjet]]
* [[Fuzor]]
* [[Rotor Force]]
* [[Powermaster]]
* [[Pretender]]

===Additions===

* Production info for Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Robots in Disguise.
* Pack-in flyer - cleanup? Split? additions? Find "Can One Boy, Alone..." and do page.
* Find a better front image for toy - something with a lot of toys from different franchises. Find a BotCon and/or eBay shot for the Secondary Market section. Find more prototype/test shot photos.
* Packaging needs a ton of work and lots of images. Keep an eye out for MISB toy photos.
* Coloring books - new pages, template box

===Cleanup===

* Universe (comic) issues are still a mess. They should all look like this page when all's said and done.
** Overview page looks awful.
** Most issue pages look awful.
* UK Annual text stories -- which ones fit with the mainline comic?
** Trigger-Happy - has Megatron and Scoop on Earth, so, no.
** The Quest! - one of those recap-the-storyline ones.
** The Return of the Transformers
** To a Power Unknown
** Headmasters retelling trio
** Plague of the Insecticons!
** Hunted!
** Missing in Action
** The Mission

Toyline pages: Most of these are just straight lists of toys. They need overview writeups: what common elements did the toys have, standard gimmicks, packaging notes, sub-lines, items of special note, reception by fans and general public, images of some sample toys.

* Movie (toyline) -- main line has writeup & images. Many sublines have nothing. Add cross-sells.
* Beast Machines (toyline) - needs images/cross-sells.
* Robots in Disguise (toyline) - needs images/cross-sells.
* Beast Wars (toyline) - cleanup, more pics/cross-sells
* Universe (toyline) - Needs more write-up, and images. Purple Silverbolt would be ideal. Or catalog.

Standard format:

* Armada (Panini comic)

==Questions to ask of official-type people==

* Furman:
** Was "Tales of Earth" designed to work around Yanniger's slow production pace?
** What was the Transformer life sign "in two parts" in US #74?
* Budiansky: was the US #5-12 written with the possibility of the series ending at #12 in mind?
* Hasbro team: can you talk a bit about "play patterns" and how they affect toy design? (word this so it doesn't sound so dumb)
* G1 crew: Were there any intentional efforts to reduce the use of certain toys in one particular media if they were heavily used in other media? Skids, for example, hardly shows up in the cartoon at all, but gets heavy promotion in the Marvel Comics. Shockwave also plays a much diminished role in the cartoon compared to his comics role.

==Comic series organization project==

MARVEL GENERATION ONE
Marvel Comics - publisher page. Short overview of the series, and links to:

The Transformers (Marvel comic) - Series overview page. Covers the US series and the UK series. Needs more images -- UK comic covers in particular.
Generation 2 (Marvel comic) - Series overview page.
G.I. Joe and the Transformers
Headmasters (comic)
Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)

Marvel_Comics_continuity - page about the continuity. Still need to link more stuff back to this page.
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Marvel_US_issues - not so critical now that everything's got nav boxes.

DREAMWAVE GENERATION ONE
Dreamwave - publisher. Lists issues but is mostly about the company.
Dreamwave timeline
Dreamwave continuity

IDW GENERATION ONE
IDW Publishing - publisher page. Intro to rebooted continuity and list of issues ordered by date of publication.
IDW timeline
IDW continuity

DEVIL'S DUE
Devil's Due - publisher page. Short history, list of miniseries.
Devil's Due timeline - No timeline page at present.
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity - Continuity overview page. Also lists the four miniseries. They should all link back to it.

G1 CARTOON
Generation 1 (cartoon)
Generation 1 cartoon timeline
Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)
Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)/src
No continuity page at present.

BEAST ERA CARTOONS
Beast Era - short overview page, links to main franchise pages.
Beast Wars (cartoon)
Beast Machines (cartoon)
Beast Era timeline - page doesn't exist yet.
No continuity page at present.
==Something to help your Energon recaps==

I recommend referring to NTFA for the japanese episode names and airdates of both series:

* Superlink names and airdates
* Energon names and airdates

I've added the info into the pages you've already done, so to simply follow what's already been written I recommend placing the Japanese SL airdate before the US Energon airdate in the Stats section, given that SL aired first and Energon suffered horrible gaps in episodes aired ;) --FFN 15:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Very late, but I just wanted to say how useful this info has been. -- Repowers 05:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

==Were you looking for this the other day?==

http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/Energon%20-%2017%20-%20Return%20of%20Demolisher.avi

Yeah, somebody found it for me, somewhere or other. I haven't gotten around to it yet; I've had to slow down on the Energon in general to preserve my brain cells. Thanks! -- Repowers 21:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that was me, and I linked you to the wrong episode marked as Return of Demolisher on Veoh. -Derik 22:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

==Sorry==

Sorry for overreacting. Thanks for fixing my userpage, much appreciated.--Detour 05:02, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
==Avast all-powerful Admin!==

Go port the contents of the MediaWiki:Recentchangestext talk page over to the page itself. I wants me logs back! -Derik 06:18, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure how to do this thing you speak of. You want me to move this page to this page? -- Repowers 06:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

So is it easier for an admin to clear out the contents of a category than to just go item-by-item? (I'm a bit unclear on how this works.) -Derik 08:10, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

If there's a way to delete multiple items, it's not showing up on my screen, and I did just spend a few minutes looking around for it. I'm just going one-by-one down the list. -- Repowers 08:11, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

The category list, or the file list? (I'm trying to figure out if there's any point to me flagging these images with a speedy deletion 'cat.) -Derik 08:19, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Category list. I didn't know there was a file list. Maybe I need to look harder. (I have a bad habit of never going to the Special Pages list.) -- Repowers 08:22, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Interrobang pointed it out, except you can't just delete blind, because a certain part of the way down it switches into real files. Is it any more convenient to have 'em in a category than this? -Derik 08:34, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Arg, no, there's no mass-delete function there either. I dunno if Suki or Walky might have such an option, but I do not. Unfortunate, 'cause there's a ton of these things, and the click-click-click-back button method of deleting them is slow and painful. -- Repowers 08:38, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Given my choices I'd just have Deceptitran do it direct-- (he's already got all the problem files scaped to his database) but he doesn't have deletion privileges. :p -Derik 08:52, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

==Sorry for that..==

Was not looking at where I was posting. Sorry again. --KyleMD03 19:01, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
==Thanks for the Transmutate finishing summary==

Thanks for finishing Transmutate. But now I'm curious...not all the episode headers are standardized or link to the next/previous ones. Should we fix that? Speedball 01:23, 25 September 2008 (EDT)

Yeah, i don't know what's up with that. Some kind of new template that they were fooling around with. -- Repowers 01:40, 25 September 2008 (EDT)

==That Nightbeat GO! box==

Those white edges are pretty raw and ugly there. I put up a PSD template [1] here for all to use, much cleaner. Give it a retry. --M Sipher 10:13, 26 September 2008 (EDT)
==Micromaster base articles, especially the Gas station==

You are the wind beneath my wings. --FFN 13:24, 26 September 2008 (EDT)

You have any idea how goddamn freezin' cold it is here in your shadow?! -- Repowers 14:49, 26 September 2008 (EDT)

Too bad. Take it up with Bette Midler. --FFN 16:10, 26 September 2008 (EDT)

==Golden One's pupil==

Identified in the dialogue script as "Old Man"; the Red Wizard in his form, meanwhile, is identified as "Monk". Kinda funny when you consider they identify the Red Wizard's PET with a name... --Monzo 13:46, 29 September 2008 (EDT)

Does the script actually call the winged thing "sweet pet", like a name and not just an abstract term of 'affection'? -- Repowers 14:34, 29 September 2008 (EDT)

==Can I get you anything?==

Cold flannel? Chicken soup? Stomach pump? You must be a physical and mental wreck after that horrifying effort. Summarizing the whole of Energon should be the dictionary definition of taking one (or fifty-one) for the team. - Chris McFeely 21:09, 1 November 2008 (EDT)

You can find someone to take on Armada in its entirety, thereby ensuring that any lingering notions I might have of taking it on myself are well and truly squashed. Oy! -- Repowers 21:20, 1 November 2008 (EDT)

==A heads up==

Particularly unobservant people on TFW2005.com are discussing creating articles on TFW Funnies or whatever the hell they are on this wiki. So yeah, just a heads up in case anybody decides it would be a good idea to create articles on TF webcomics and fan fiction. --FFN 13:57, 17 December 2008 (EST)
==Flyer scans==

Hey Rob, I've added some flyer pages and brought a bunch of others up to speed, so I hope your friggin' happy. One that I don't have, though, is "The battle is far from over!", and I was wondering if you can make more scans of it. I'd like to see... well, basically all of it, but I'm thinking the front, folded up (to match the others) and the S.T.A.R.S. recruitment blurb in particular. Basically, whatever content is different from Reinforcements from Cybertron!, since I think this would be the very first mention of S.T.A.R.S., and I'd like to know exactly how it was initially presented. Thanks! - Jackpot 22:47, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Well it's about damn time!! :P I'll try and scan that one this evening and post it up somewhere. -- Repowers 14:28, 29 December 2008 (EST)

* Outside fold
* Inside fold

Go nuts! -- Repowers 00:13, 30 December 2008 (EST)

Nuts gone! Thank you muchly, sir. - Jackpot 04:27, 30 December 2008 (EST)

==US/UK navboxes==

From this earlier revision of your talk page: "Looks like the proper way to do it, but seeing Headmasters chopped up like that hurts my head."

Yeah, the slicing and dicing of headmasters was kind of a headache for me too, but looking through the issues and usch, it seems that this crazy wrongheaded order is the best way to do it. I'll stop futzing with the nav link chains on my UK re-formatting efforts. -- G1MarvelBlaster 08:58, 30 December 2008 (EST)

It's definitely screwy, but then, so was the original publication format. I console myself by remembering that if someone wants to thumb through the full sequence of Headmasters issues, there's the US nav links right above the UK ones. -- Repowers 14:25, 30 December 2008 (EST)

Heaven forfend we should have an alternate set "reading order" links when publication order doesn't measure up. No, that would be just silly. What kind of drunken fool would propose such a thing when the navbox template was being developed? "If we have a reading order function it'll save a lot of angst and headaches over peopel who want the forward-and-back publication order links to represent a reading order." Utter poppycock! -Derik 18:16, 6 January 2009 (EST)

*wonders if this is a good time to mention that, while going through and reformatting lots and lots of comic pages, she has thought about how awesome it would be to set up reading order lists for the various series and have the infoboxes automatically call them somehow instead of futzing with manual prev/next links*
I even know a way to possibly auto-prev and next comic series that are "Name issue #" thanks to something I had to cook up for my own personal wiki... --Jeysie 18:47, 6 January 2009 (EST)

==CamelCase variants==

The search function doesn't care how many capital letters you put in your search term, it'll take you to "BotCon", even if the "Botcon" page does not exist. —Interrobang 18:09, 6 January 2009 (EST)

Fer real? I've had lots of case-based search problems in the past, thought that was with multiple search terms. -- Repowers 18:12, 6 January 2009 (EST)

Yeah. "CRACK", "crack", "CrAcK", and "cRaCk" all take you to "Crack" if you enter them into the search box. —Interrobang 18:21, 6 January 2009 (EST)

...And it turns out this doesn't work on articles with CamelCase titles. Urgh. —Interrobang 18:24, 6 January 2009 (EST)

==Er...?==

Not that I think they're needed, but is there a reason you're deleting all the redirects Siph and Monzo created over the past few days? It's just kind of weird seeing their creation clogging up the recent changes, and now they're all deleted again.--RosicrucianTalk 16:42, 17 January 2009 (EST)

cur) (last) 18:22, 2 July 2006 M Sipher (Talk | block) (24 bytes) (Shortround (UT) moved to Shortround)
2006 is "the last couple of days"? -- Repowers 16:48, 17 January 2009 (EST)

Maybe I'm misjudging. Was all the recent activity on those marking them for deletion, then?--RosicrucianTalk 16:51, 17 January 2009 (EST)

Yeah. We stopped using (UT) ages ago (almost none of them are linked from anything -- I've been checking and fixing as needed.) I'm kinda shocked that there are this many still hanging around. -- Repowers 16:52, 17 January 2009 (EST)

I could also be going crazy, because I can't find the edits in question. Of course, that's likely because you've just deleted them :P--RosicrucianTalk 17:01, 17 January 2009 (EST)

I think you're confusing Monzo and Sipher labelling them for deletion as them creating the redirects. Since they put the delete template below the redirect code, the edit summaries automatically come up as "Redirected to X". —Interrobang 17:04, 17 January 2009 (EST)

Ah, so THAT is why some of them automatically redirected and others didn't. Innnnnteresting.
And yeah, last night in IRC Siph is all "Monz why don't you just nuke that (UT) junk" and Monz is all like "OMG DUDE LOL I'm totally not an admin." -- Repowers 17:07, 17 January 2009 (EST)

==Quote purging?==

Just out of curiousity, what's with all the quote deletions on the Animated episode pages? I don't really see any reason to delete them. It seems to be a shame, really. --Nightshade83 15:41, 28 January 2009 (EST)

It's come up many times that these sections are longer than they need to be. Most of the ones I'm cutting aren't particularly noteworthy or interesting or good or even comprehensible out of context. If anything, I'm being extremely lenient in what I cut. -- Repowers 15:44, 28 January 2009 (EST)

The quote sections are growing out-of-control . . . pruning them is a valuable service, IMO. --Jimsorenson 15:45, 28 January 2009 (EST)

Ah okay. I was just wondering, that's all. --Nightshade83 15:49, 28 January 2009 (EST)

Also -- a lot of these aren't really even quotes in a functional sense. They're transcriptions of entire scenes (which, like the first quote on Megatron Rising I, may be fun or memorable scenes, but not feature especially noteworthy dialog), or descriptions of action which happen to have some words in the middle of them, or attempts to transcribe a moment of particularly memorable voice acting, or totally mundane quotes that are only there because someone thought of a cute commentary to put after it (or worse still, a really-stretching OMG G1 cross-reference.) But that's not what a quote is really supposed to be. A quote should be memorable or clever or character-defining even out of context, even without scene descriptions, even if a person's never seen the episode. It should be relatively short and succinct, require minimal description, and not rely on prior knowledge to make sense. -- Repowers 16:01, 28 January 2009 (EST)

==Categories in Preview mode==

They're still there. You just have to scroll waaaaay down to see 'em.--RosicrucianTalk 20:03, 3 February 2009 (EST)
==Other Books

* Bunch here

* More here

I'd never even heard of some these before, like the Decepticon Camp one. --Monzo 00:35, 12 February 2009 (EST)

EDIT: Actually, this looks like this is the full gallery for that first page. Oops. --Monzo 00:38, 12 February 2009 (EST)

Aw man, just when I thought I was starting to get a grip on all this stuff. I both love and hate you for this. :D -- Repowers 00:39, 12 February 2009 (EST)

==Rob's Big To-Do List!==
An ever-changing list of stuff that needs taking care of. I'll get to it eventually, but if anyone else wants to pitch in, go for it!

'''General cleanup:'''
* Production info for ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', ''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'', ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
* [[Pack-in flyer]] - cleanup? Split? additions?
* Find a better front image for [[toy]].
* [[Universe (2003 comic)]] issues are still a mess. They should all look like [[G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_2|this page]] when all's said and done.
** Overview page looks awful.
** Most issue pages look awful.
** The caption "The universe is very large place." has not been used. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.
* UK Annual text stories -- which ones fit with the mainline comic?
** [[Trigger-Happy!]] - has Megatron and Scoop on Earth, so, no.
** [[The Quest!]] - one of those recap-the-storyline ones.
** [[The Return of the Transformers]]
** [[To a Power Unknown!]]
** Headmasters retelling trio
** [[Plague of the Insecticons!]]
** [[Hunted!]]
** [[Missing in Action]]
** [[The Mission]]

* UK Future Autobot stories -- cross-link somehow?
** [[Ark Duty]]
** [[Prime's Rib!]]
** [[Ark Duty]]
** [[Target: 2006]]
** Death's Head / Legacy of Unicron / Space Pirates
** [[Time Wars]]
** Dystopic future saga
** [[Aspects of Evil!]]
** [[Peace]]

'''Toyline pages:''' Most of these are just straight lists of toys. They need overview writeups: what common elements did the toys have, standard gimmicks, packaging notes, sub-lines, items of special note, reception by fans and general public, images of some sample toys.
* [[Generation 1 (toyline)]] -- Just about perfect.
* [[Generation 2 (toyline)]] -- needs re-writing, and images.
* [[Movie (toyline)]] -- main line has writeup & images. Many sublines have nothing. Add cross-sells.
* [[Beast Machines (toyline)]] - needs images/cross-sells.
* [[Robots in Disguise (toyline)]] - needs images/cross-sells.
* [[Cybertron (toyline)]] - cleanup, images.
* [[Beast Wars (toyline)]] - cleanup.
* [[Machine Wars]] - needs a few images.
* [[Universe (2003 toyline)]] - Needs more write-up, and images. Purple Silverbolt would be ideal. Or catalog.

'''Standard format:'''
* [[Armada (Panini comic)]]

==Comic series organization project==
MARVEL GENERATION ONE
 [[Marvel Comics]] - publisher page. Short overview of the series, and links to:
::[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)]] - Series overview page. Covers the US series and the UK series. Needs more images -- UK comic covers in particular.
::[[Generation 2 (Marvel comic)]] - Series overview page.
::[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]
::[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters (comic)]]
::[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)]]
 [[Marvel_Comics_continuity]] - page about the continuity. Still need to link more stuff back to this page.
 http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Marvel_US_issues - not so critical now that everything's got nav boxes.

DREAMWAVE GENERATION ONE
 [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] - publisher. Lists issues but is mostly about the company.
 [[Dreamwave timeline]]
 [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]]

IDW GENERATION ONE
 [[IDW Publishing]] - publisher page. Intro to rebooted continuity and list of issues ordered by date of publication.
 [[IDW timeline]]
 [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]

DEVIL'S DUE
 [[Devil's Due Press]] - publisher page. Short history, list of miniseries.
 [[Devil's Due timeline]] - No timeline page at present.
 [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]] - Continuity overview page. Also lists the four miniseries. They should all link back to it.

G1 CARTOON
 [[Generation 1 (cartoon)]]
 [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline]]
 [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)]]
 [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)/src]]
 No continuity page at present.

BEAST ERA CARTOONS
 [[Beast Era]] - short overview page, links to main franchise pages.
 [[Beast Wars (cartoon)]]
 [[Beast Machines (cartoon)]]
 [[Beast Era timeline]] - page doesn't exist yet.
 No continuity page at present.



==Testing Comics nav template for mini-series==

'''''The Transformers: Infiltration''''' is the first in a line of miniseries by [[IDW Publishing]] set in a "re-boot" of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] continuity, bringing the presence on [[Earth]] of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s into the present day and placing the "robots in disguise" concept firmly in the forefront of its narrative. Infiltration is set in the same time period as ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' and both are followed by ''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]''.

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...man, that doesn't really work, does it. What comes next -- ''Stormbringer''? ''Escalation''? One of the ''Spotlight''s?
:IDW's timeline is epochal, with each successive era marked by it's G1 miniseries. There may be other events that take place between the minis-- even (in the case of Stormbringer) major events but the G1 minis are the 'core' of the brand. We need a markup that recognizes this. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, that makes sense... so long as they all also link back to a continuity page so the complete picture is available as well. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 15:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I know I'm really late, but the IDW TPBs are numbered. Volume 1 is Infiltration, 2 is Stormbringer, and 3 is Escalation. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Ah, handy! Will adjust accordingly. I kinda gave up on the mini-series nav box idea anyway -- it seems a bit like overkill. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

==Images==
Hi, as the self-appointed pics guy (as I probably upload the most pics here), I'd suggest that you use Photoshop to edit out the backgrounds of the MTMTE scans you upload, so we're left with a nice, white background that matches the default colour of the wiki.

I'd also advise you to use copyright tags when uploading images such as:

<nowiki>{{hastak}}</nowiki> for Hasbro/Takara-owned images such as stock toy photos or screencaps.

<nowiki>{{comicinterior}}</nowiki> for comic page scans (which apply for the MTMTE series).

<nowiki>{{comiccover}}</nowiki> for comic covers.

<nowiki>{{fairuse}}</nowiki> for general pictures relating to Transformers but not exactly owned by Hasbro, or its a legal grey area. This can be used when you upload toy photos that you didn't take yourself.

A tip for recognising artists - [[Don Figueroa]] is VERY prolific in the MTMTE series, and you can tell which works are his by by their big hands with vents on the back of them, which are his trademark. Another trademark of his is cyclindrical piping on the edges of limbs, particularly the thighs. Also, most artists tended to be assigned all the art for a particular subgroup or team.

If in doubt, use <nowiki>{{artist?}}</nowiki> and it will be added to the category of art by undetermined artists.

Finally, I would advise caution in using so many pictures from a single source, as it would be hard to argue fair use. -[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:12, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for the tips. I may not have time to follow up on 'em all today but I will soon. Ish.

:The toy photos, FYI, are all my own. Isn't there some "I hereby release into public domain blah blah blah" template for that sort of thing? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

::I don't believe we do, at least to my knowledge. You can just say something like 'Photos by [[User:Repowers]], released to the public domain.'

::I've started adding tags to the pictures you've uploaded, but I'll leave the toy pics alone now. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:39, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

===Slog===
Can you scan a picture of Slog's MTMTE robot mode? I prefer to use some kind of uncluttered 'profile' pic if possible for the main article picture, and comic panels for the fiction section (since there isn't anything there in the Marvel section anyway). Assumign the scan of is good quality, I suggest using the magic wand tool in photoshop to cut out the background, leaving a nice, white crisp background behind the character.

I'm going to request the deletion of the beast mode picture because we can't fit it anywhere in the article, and we should only have one picture up at the start.

Formatting tip - when you don't want images to jut into other article sections or mess up the formatting, use <nowiki>{{-}}</nowiki> instead of a bunch of return key strokes :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:53, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

==US/UK Navboxes==
Following is the sequence that should be used for the remaining UK stories as their pages are created. See also:
[http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Repowers&oldid=128717 older list] rationalizing the order of pages already created.

232-235: King Con, Small War, Prime's Rib, Deathbringer

236-239 Wrestling, Way/Savage/Survival

240-242 Back from Dead, Out to Lunch, RAge, Assault

243-245 Resurrection Gambit, Mind Games, Two MEgs, Underworld

246-248 All the Familiar, Demons, Dawn of Darkness, Fallen Star

249-251 Skin Deep, Whose LIfeforce, Greatest Gift, The Void.

252-255 Yesterday's Heroes, Edge of Impact, Shadow of Evil, White Fire

256-261 Perchance, Primal Scream, Starting Over

262-264 Bird of Prey, Two STeps BAck, Break away, Desert Island risks

282-285 Kings of the Wild Frontier, Shut Up, Maneuvers, Assassins, External Forces

286-289 Deadly Obsession ,Lesser Evil, Frontline, INside Story, End of the Road

==Older Discussion==
I'm bringing this up to you since you seem to be the main person integrating them. It seems unelegant, but at the same time the simplest solution. Could their simply be two navboxes on each (relevant) issue page? One for the US comic, and one for the UK?

It looks like the shared stories are summarized under their US issue numbers, using [[Deadly Obsession]] as a single example. It wouldn't be much to edit these pages to make their UK numberings a bit more prominent; a navbox would actually take care of that fine.

It would also require some minor edits to link seperate second-story-only pages to the stories which they share books with. Just something like "UK issue #254 also contained [[White Fire]]." I think that could be fit into the UK navbox, or worked in with the initial information block containing the reprint notice is.--[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 02:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:If possible, putting it in a single navbox would be best allowing for as many listings as needed for the various reprints, as well as a "printed with" below the next and previous links. I don't think anything has been reprinted more than three times in a comic series. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 02:57, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
::Oh lordy lordy, the whole thing's such a headache I don't wanna think about it just now. But you're right, we do need to address it sooner or later, somehow. Someone who knows something about setting up nav boxes should probably decide how it's best done, though.
::There aren't any UK issues with *two* original stories in them, right? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 06:16, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I dunno about the Titan comics, but there was only one Marvel UK comic with more than two TF stories period (issue 232, which had a US story, the end of a UK reprint and the start of a new UK story. I've thought it over, and figured it would be best for one navbox per series instead od one with every comic series the story was printed in. That way, there would only be at most two sets of "next" and "previous" links, which could be done by adding some optional parameters to the current template.
The one problem is how to deal with stories printed in the same issue. Few of the B&W UK strips are multi parters, so some US reprints have three or four UK backup strips. Not to mention the ''Transformers Magazine'' of the current Titan comics. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:Got it made up. The real beauty is no change need to be made for issues not reprinted in the same series.

{{User:FortMax/Template:Comicnav | The Transformers (Marvel comic) | Issues #s 13 - 17 | seriesname=Marvel UK | prev=Man of Iron (story) | next=Raiders of the Last Ark | issuenumber2=Issue #s 308 - 317 | prev2=In the National Interest | next2=The Big Shutdown! }}

{{User:FortMax/Template:Comicnav | The Transformers (Marvel comic) | Issues #s 13 - 17 | seriesname=Marvel UK | prev=Man of Iron (story) | next=Raiders of the Last Ark }}

--[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:24, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

::Hrm. I'm not sure why we even need to worry about the reprinted stories -- they're just straight reprints of previous stories, right? The chain of links should just run straight through the set of stories once, in the order it was published. Why not just skip the reprints? If we want to record the info, it should just go as a note as on the story's page. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:03, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

:::I was thinking the same thing. The main Marvel Comic page lists everything as issue numbers, but the actual individual pages are made for stories, not issues. So we take Story X. In the UK, Story X is followed by Story Y. In the US, Story Y wasn't printed and story X is followed by Story W. A UK Navbox would, from X's page, link "Y" as "Next->", and the US would link W as "Next->".

:::Now, I'm not very familiar with the original printing format, so this may be all hypothetical. Given what I just pointed out about the organization of the pages... standalone backup strips can either be "pooled", set aside, and then inserted into the "navbox stream" after the main story they backed up. Or, they can (more simply) share story pages with their appropriate main story. My first solution would allow for shorter, more concise story pages, the second would better preserve the issue sequence of the "<-prev/next->" links.

:::I feel like I might not be communicating my ideas properly, so please tell me if I need to clarify! --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 21:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
::::I think I gotcha. It looks like we've already got a precedent, with (for example) "[[Perchance to Dream]]" having its own page. I don't know what else was in those 6 issues, but presumably it was something that's already covered in the US issues.
::::I suppose someone could come into the list link for, say, UK #259, looking for "[[Perchance to Dream]]", only to find "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]". ("Perchance" ran #255-260; on our list, it's linked from #255-258.) But anyone with that specific a knowledge of the UK stories will probably be able to figure it out... especially if there's a handy nav box to lead them to the previous and next story.
::::The contents of each UK issue could maybe be summarized along with the "also printed in..." note for the UK, though that's maybe getting a bit unwieldy. Not having a big list of what's in which issue hurts. Does such a thing exist on the net anywhere? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:58, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:::::If one isn't found by late tonight I'll take a stab at compiling one. I didn't find much on a (very brief) Google search for "transformers uk issue list". The best possible chance I can think of for finding one would... be on Iggy's old links page, and I wasn't able to pull that up on Internet Archive immediately. Like I said, though I'll have more time later tonight. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 22:19, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
::::::Heck, come to think of it? We should just have that list as a wiki page. Then the story pages can just be story pages, instead of trying to describe what parts of what are in which issue (ie, Perchance is spread across 6 issues. Are we gonna have 6 notes on the Perchance page? "#255 had Part 1 of Perchance and the second part of blah blah whichever story". Sounds messy and to be avoided.) Not sure how the issues would link back to it... maybe from the Marvel G1 page. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 22:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Got your list [http://tfarchive.com/comics/marvel/index.php?s=storylist here] --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:05, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

==To-do-list==
Oh, I thought the to-do list was for yourself. You know, like a list of New Years Resolutions. ...you're not one of THOSE people, are you? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
:It is, mostly, yeah. But if anybody wants to pitch in, that'd be nice too. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 03:41, 20 November 2007 (UTC), one of THOSE people.

== Good job ==

Hey nice edits man. You fix grammar too. Also I like the way you always edit things because what you did was impressive.([[User:76.195.186.73|76.195.186.73]] 00:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC))

You're doing a heckuva job, Powersy. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I just went to fix the 1992 Annual entry after realising my mistake, and you've already done it! Quick work. --[[User:Specimen-17|Specimen-17]] 20:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

== Carnivac ==
The deletion of your paragraph wasn't intentional. This is the third time this has happened to me, twice today alone. I initiate an edit, go through all the text carefully to check for spelling, punctuation, etc., and by the time I'm done, someone else has already made another edit. However, when I submit my edit, I get no "out of date version" warning; it's simply processed as normal. As noted on [[User_talk:Apcog|my Talk page]] in a discussion with [[User:M Sipher|Sipher]], the wiki response was very sluggish for me this afternoon, which may or may not have had anything to do with it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
:Ah, okay, fair enough. Sorry if I seemed like I was jumping down your throat. :] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 03:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
::No need to apologize; you weren't harsh at all. I'm annoyed with the situation, not the people bringing it to my attention.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 06:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

== Package art ==

[http://www.botchthecrab.com/gallery.asp?gallery=7 This'll help] with the back-of-package art info! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:53, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

==Template names==
Hey, Rob -- you might be done creating nav templates now anyway, but just in case you are planning to do more: I recommend using all lowercase letters in the name of any template you create. It looks like there was already a mixture of cases in the nav templates when you started making yours, but, if template names are always all-lowercase, that just makes it easier to remember. Like all wiki pages with initial capital letters, something like [[Template:Nav-armada]] can be called with <nowiki>{{nav-armada}}</nowiki>, ignoring the initial capital. But if there's a capital letter in the middle somewhere, you ''have'' to match it or the link doesn't work. I'll put it on my todo list to go through all the templates and remove extraneous capital letters... But for future reference, please stick to lowercase. :) --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 05:19, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
:If it comes up again, I'll stick to lower case. I was just following what seemed to be the precedent, but what you say about linking makes a lot of sense. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 06:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

==Screencaps==
You've got some fantastic screencaps from the G1 cartoon on your blog. Any chance we could use some for episode/character pages? -- Repowers 19:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
:Why, thanks. The site is a little obsession of mine. I'd post more pictures on this wiki, but I haven't had the time. Do have some specific ones in mind you want? --[[User:Suzyprime|Suzyprime]] 19:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
::None in particular at the moment -- I was just skimming. Some of the group shots would be good for the main G1 cartoon page. Other than that, every episode page ought to have a couple of screencaps; likewise for character pages. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

== Protoform Toys ==

Awww...after all I went through to be sure the parallel versions were all accurate, too. Oh well, at least one of my captions survived, and the individual toy pages are fixed.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:47, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:My sole purpose in life is to torment you thus! BWAAHAHAHA.
:Seriously... I almost purged the whole section before realizing it is a good idea to at least have some mention of toy incarnations. But IMO it's asking for trouble to have the same info repeated in two places like that. They'll inevitably drift apart. Anyways, what with this whole "World Wide Web" thing, we can just link from one location to the other and save ourselves the trouble! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
::Ehn, I wasn't objecting to the deletion on principle or anything, just expressing disappointment that I'd expended some effort for nothing. As noted, the fixes still exist on Prime and Starscream's toy pages, so it's not like ''all'' the work was for naught.
::I kinda miss my revised Starscream caption, but I'll live.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

==Show bible==
... came "much, much later"? What, exactly, the ''hell''? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
:Who on ATT in 1994 had read the show bible? NOBODY, that's who! It was not a consideration until years later. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

== "error" in Prime spotlight ==

''Bristleback asks a question ("Which is?"), and Birdbrain starts to answer it ("SMASH our way in..."). However, in the following panel, Bristleback is shown finishing Birdbrain's sentence ("...and kill WHOEVER and WHATEVER we find inside!")''

: Not an error, here's why... In the panel before, one of them (not pictured) says "It it him?" [referring to Omega]. Then someone says "Only one way to find out." Then, as above, Bristleback says "Which is?" [referring to how they would find out]. Birdbrain says "Smash our way in" and Bristleback finishes the sentence, "...and kill WHOEVER and WHATEVER we find inside!" In other words, Birdbrain started to answer the question and Bristleback decided to add his 2 cents in.
:I really don't think it's an error, it makes sense to me. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 17:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::So Bristleback doesn't know what they're going to do, and asks, and after three words from Birdbrain he suddenly answers his own question? Given IDW's propensity for screwing up their speech balloons, combined with the obscurity of the individual Pretender Monsters, I think it's an honest error. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:::No biggie. However, they didn't correct it in the TPB. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 22:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Y'know, I was thinking that'd be a good litmus test, actually. In light of that, I'm gonna re-write the note in a more neutral tone. I still think it ''could'' be an error, again owing to the obscurity of the characters, but the lack of a correction makes it a less solid case than I thought it was. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::seems fair. cheers! --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 04:37, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

==Boxart copyright==
If the boxart belongs to either Hasbro or Takara (as boxart generally does), then we normally use the <nowiki>{{hastak}}</nowiki> tag, since it mentions the fair use provision of United States copyright law. But I guess the fair use tag is fine, too :) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:Ah, thanks for the heads-up. I wasn't aware of the difference. Will adjust accordingly! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

==Something to help your Energon recaps==
I recommend referring to NTFA for the japanese episode names and airdates of both series: 
*[http://www.ntfa.net/ntfa/japan/SLeplist.php Superlink names and airdates]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/ntfa/energon/eplist.php Energon names and airdates]

I've added the info into the pages you've already done, so to simply follow what's already been written I recommend placing the Japanese SL airdate before the US Energon airdate in the Stats section, given that SL aired first and Energon suffered horrible gaps in episodes aired ;) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

:Very late, but I just wanted to say how useful this info has been. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 05:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

== How does a plot NOT conclude successfully? ==

I of course feel that the platonic ideal of a plot not concluding successfully in any meaningful fashion whatsoever, a comic that just leaves you scratching your head and wondering why they even roused Rob Ruffolo out of whatever alcoholic haze he was in prior to drawing it, would have to be [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Micromasters]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
:Hahahahaha. I was thinking nearly the same thing even as I wrote it. XD -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

=="Worthless piece of stupid trivia?"==
Buddy, I've seen a ''lot'' of "worthless pieces of stupid trivia" on here, of the irrelevant, personal canon, and/or just plain inaccurate kind. A while back, I had a huge debate with some editors on here over a trivia post I made on Blackarachnia's article stating how her telekinesis ''may'' have originated from her mind link with Tarantulas, with them saying that was wrong and had no basis in fact when it was "obvious" that she got it from the Transmetal driver, an opinion that was just as much speculation as they claimed the mind-link thing was. The editors here are mostly idiotic hypocrites that like to toss out anything that doesn't fit into their own "personal canon" as invalid for this wiki. I know for a fact that quite a few RiD fans joke about Scourge having Kelly's DNA in him makes him a transgender (as I said in Scourge's article's discussion, Ben Yee's TF forum made quite a few cracks about that), so it's valid. [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] 00:28, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
:It is valid to discuss Scourge having Kelly as part of his biosignature, since he actually does according to the show. Notice the great contrast between that and, say, Blackarachnia's telekinesis being caused by Tarantulas, which is something you just made up. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 00:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
:You're not listening to me. Go do something useful. This isn't it. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hosehead ==

Your caption fu is mighty. [[User:JW|JW]] 19:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

== Selling toys Sandbox ==

Good work. A few comments/suggestions, mainly on bits imported:

''The Hasbro-induced need to show all the toys can also cause stories to suddenly focus on a new character, sometimes dropping ongoing plot threads about older ones. Examples include:
* ''The comic issue [[Pretender to the Throne!]]''

This isn't clear for anyone unfamiliar with the comic and even if one is it's not really clear how this one jars too much, particularly as it does pick up on Goldbug and Fort Max getting new bodies and leads into the next battle with Ratbat's Decepticons. I'd say the disjointed narrative problems the comic story had in 1988 are more down to having two Autobot factions and two Decepticon factions all running around on or in orbit around Earth, requiring each to take a back seat from time to time (and the UK comic makes it worse by throwing in a third earthbound Decepticon faction, the Autobots on Cybertron, the Transformers in the future and various mavericks) and the need to tie up loose ends (and cartoon adaptations) than the requirement to sell toys.

* ''Mainframe planned to use [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] in ''Beast Wars'', but [[Tigatron]] appeared instead because he had an upcoming toy (and to save money as his cgi model was only a slight tweak of Cheetor's).''

That didn't really involve dumping any old characters. Scorponok taking a backseat to Inferno might be a better example but it's been a while since I've seen the first season of Beast Wars to be sure if that was the case.

* ''In the Marvel comics, the simultaneous introduction of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], and the introduction of the Pretenders, saw a lot of rigamarole involved in explaining why both the Autobots and the Decepticons had new members with identical gimmicks at the same time.''

True in the UK comic but I can't recall any talk at all in the US one about Megatron explicitly copying the Aerialbots' combining ability for the Stunticons. The Head, Target and Power masters may be better examples.

''Power levels''

If you need a comic example, Omega Supreme annihilates six Decepticons in his first appearance over just a few pages (and would have got two more if they hadn't flown away). But in a later issue he's shown losing the return battle with just Buzz Saw!

* ''Megatron is turned into Galvatron three times - at the end of each series, he's turned back into Megatron but with a different body. This is due to Hasbro wanting to keep the [[trademark]]s "Megatron" and "Galvatron" as well as to sell more toys.''

Which era does this refer to?

* ''Numerous characters are killed in the Marvel UK comics saga [[Time Wars]]. The Grim Reaper seemed to spare either popular characters (Megatron and Shockwave) or newer characters ([[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], for example.)''

Erm the Terrorcons in Time Wars were from the future and there were enough problems with future characters dying in the present day already. And their contemporary versions ''were'' killed off in the Underbase Saga.

Otherwise the piece looks a good rewrite/slim down so far.

[[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] 19:36, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the feedback. Some of that's just stuff that I didn't quite finish writing out as well, or didn't give additional context after pulling it from its original fiction section. Ironically, I think the page is actually a little bit ''longer'' than the pre-revision version. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

== Were you looking for this the other day? ==

http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/Energon%20-%2017%20-%20Return%20of%20Demolisher.avi
:Yeah, somebody found it for me, somewhere or other. I haven't gotten around to it yet; I've had to slow down on the Energon in general to preserve my brain cells. Thanks! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah, I think that was me, and I linked you to the wrong episode marked as Return of Demolisher on Veoh. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Stuff That Exists and How to Find It ==

[[Special:AllMessages]]

...not the most user-friendly organized list out there, to be sure, but it is a full list. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 15:03, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Magazine ==

According to my issue, the 3H club magazine was called "The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine". The "the" is on the front outside cover but is not capitalized in the notes on the inside cover. --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 14:05, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

== Micromaster catalogues? ==

Hey Rob, seeing as wot you're uploading pics of the two teams that this question relates to - do you happen to have the instructions/catalogs for the MC reissues of the Train Team and the Turbo Team? Cause those are the only two that we need a picture from to complete the [[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster Collection]] page's story section, all illustrated-like. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:59, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
:See if any of these are what you need: [http://www.builtstlouis.net/journal4/sixteams/ Core dump of my MM reissue scans] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 13:16, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

== Amory's Page ==

Mrr. Sorry about that, I usually am instead writing out issue/episode synopses that use the present tense, and didn't even realize this time that I'd goofed. 
On that note, the likely reason it read similarly to the Cheap Shots synopsis is because I wrote that too, and you picked up on my writing style. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 13:25, 15 June 2009 (EDT)
:Ah, gotcha. No problem - stuff happens! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 13:26, 15 June 2009 (EDT)

== It should be noted that... ==

... Rob hates it when others tell him to take note things. Seriously. He will kill you. Probably to death. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:26, 16 June 2009 (EDT)

==Micromaster Squad prices==

For what it's worth, there's a list of G1 prices here: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021205162625/www.geocities.com/pdpool/1990.html] I can't really speak to the validity of the list, however.--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 10:51, 24 June 2009 (EDT)
:Interesting... I'm little leery of it, though. I remember the Battle Patrol costing me $5 at ToysRUs, and subsequently thinking to myself, wow, each of these little guys is only $1.25! It seems unlikely that the Patrol price jumped to $7 in just one year. I wonder where they got those numbers? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 11:08, 24 June 2009 (EDT)

::Heh, you'd probably be less confused had I linked you to the main page for that list like I'd intended. Sorry about that. On the [http://web.archive.org/web/20021205063120/www.geocities.com/pdpool/prices.html main page] it mentions that the prices were verified from catalogs and price tags. Catalog pricing could explain the why it seems high. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:09, 25 June 2009 (EDT)

== Jazz vs Frenzy ==

Optimus instructed Jazz to take on Frenzy two times in [[Ghosts of Yesterday]], leading Jazz to complain that he always fights the little ones. He only fought him once, though, but knocked him out cold in a matter of minutes. So they have encountered each other, just outside of the films and comics. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 17:02, 14 July 2009 (EDT)

== Bad version purging ==

By going to [[Special:Undelete/Nemesis_(SG)]], you could have selectively restored the history (i.e., including Blackout & McFeely, but not you-know-who). Just FTR - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:18, 25 August 2009 (EDT)

== You, sir, are a god. ==

I've read your near-total revision of the [[Death]] page, and it is GLORIOUS, sir. I'm deeply regretful that you don't receive some kinda recognition or payment for all the work you've done -- you've made a list of horrible slaughter and toy-based genocide fun and interesting to read, for which: KUDOS.

So, um, I can only hope that one day they name a toy after you. You deserve it.

== That's me! ==
Excuse me for the beginning on the very top, but your page is so great… Well, I'll try to consider your advices in my mind. Thank you. But tell me why there were no signs to illustrations in "Armada" almost at all till I began to add them? And now everybody tries to take part in name-giving… Excuse my poor English.--[[User:He-l-en1959|He-l-en1959]] 11:01, 29 November 2009 (EST)
::* Thank you VERY MUCH!!!--[[User:He-l-en1959|He-l-en1959]] 12:26, 29 November 2009 (EST)

== And who's the god that Beohort calls upon? ==

[[Tyrwas]]! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:25, 22 December 2009 (EST)

== Alex Karras prime time spot ==

It seems the owner of Scratchbomb has seen fit to bestow upon Transfans a holiday gift. In his latest batch of commercials uploaded to YouTube, he has included the [http://scratchbomb.com/2009/12/holiday-triumphs-more-adtacular-halloween-1985.html Alex Karras prime time spot]. I was mucho excited as I had figured we'd probably never find a recording of it. I'm posting it on your talk page first, in case you'd like to be the one to write it up proper. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:47, 23 December 2009 (EST)
:Last call on writing this spot up. I'll do it next week unless you call dibs. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:34, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
::Heh, naw, go ahead. If it's a privilege, you've totally earned it by this point. Most of my energies are directed toward cartoon bloopers these days, anyway. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:41, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
:::Ok, cool. I wasn't thinking privilege so much as I was thinking you might want to finish what you started. On a related note, I found the audio for the Pretenders comic commercial on Bigbot. I wish Renaud would've credited the provider so I knew who to ask about possibly getting the video. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:58, 15 June 2010 (EDT)

== Thanx for blocking the account ==

Thanks. If that "Fuck DEtour" account worked, it was clearly a personal attack at DETOUR. [[Special:Contributions/86.147.177.207|86.147.177.207]] 07:56, 19 December 2010 (EST)

== Flagging ==

Good to know! :P [[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 19:16, 16 January 2011 (EST)

== Blaster Blues ==

From "Animation or technical glitches": Red Alert's "horns" flash orange. Last time, they flashed blue. 
From the "Gadgets and Powers" section of "Continuity notes": Red Alert's "horns" flash to indicate Decepticon activity, just like in "Auto Berserk". This time they're orange, though. 
I don't know which place is the best for it, but both is overkill. I simply removed the less detailed write up. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:00, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:It's not overkill. One is noting an ability. The other is noting a technical glitch/inconsistency within the animation. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 22:05, 17 June 2011 (EDT)

== Question ==

Noticed you pretty much created the whole page of the [[OTFCC Live-Action Drama]]. You wouldn't happen to have a copy of the performance's script, would you? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 14:35, 16 April 2012 (EDT)

Mindwipe (G1)

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:''Mindwipe is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. Blah!''

[[Image:G1Mindwipe boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"You're feeling very sleepy..."]]
No one knows the dead quite as well as the Decepticon hypnotist, '''Mindwipe'''. A mysterious and mystical one, Mindwipe claims to have the powers to commune with [[Transformer]]s who have long since left this plane of existence. From Black Sabbaths to seances to super-conductive antennae, Mindwipe knows of many methods to reach those who now rest in peace.

Well... not really. He desperately ''wants'' to speak with the departed [[spark]]s of dead Decepticons, but all his labors to create antennae and receivers for the departed have had... "limited" success. In reality, all he's picking up are radio broadcasts of old [[Earth]] sitcoms, which he's actually become quite fond of. Still, some day, Mindwipe hopes to finally bridge the gap between the realm of the living and the [[Allspark|realm of the dead]]. Despite those shortcomings, Mindwipe is a formidable opponent, able to hypnotize and control both organic and mechanical lifeforms just by making eye contact, and with an eerie and potent precognitive "sixth sense". But sometimes he forgets this and, when the odds look stacked against him, Mindwipe's more than happy to turn tail and get while the getting's good. His loyalty lasts exactly as long as his bravery.

He is [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulan]] [[Vorath]], a scientist. Yes, a scientist. They disagree on pretty much everything.

{{bigquote|The powers of darkness are a more powerful weapon than all the toys your science can muster.|Mindwipe, talking all spooky to [[Vorath]]|"[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:LoveandSteel-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Bring me the lamp! The rest of the treasure is yours, but the lamp is mine.]]

Mindwipe was one of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s soldiers on Cybertron. After [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s unit abandoned Cybertron, Scorponok received word they had come to the planet called [[Nebulos]], and brought a strike team to that world in order to exact revenge. After kidnapping the Nebulans who called them to this world, Scorponok gave them to Mindwipe to use for his experiments. Mindwipe removed [[Monzo]] from his cage and placed him in front of a machine that enclosed the Nebulan in a [[polymer alloy]] bubble. After a shot from [[Skullcruncher]]'s anti-gravity gun, Monzo went floating up through an opening in the roof, but the bubble popped, prompting Mindwipe to catch Monzo so as to not waste a "good laboratory animal".

But before further experiments could be performed, Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], one of their Nebulan prisoners, suggested that the Decepticons [[binary bonding|binary bond]] with them to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], so that they could match the power of the Autobots who had recently gone under this process themselves. When the Decepticons next met the Autobots in battle, Mindwipe was now bonded with Vorath, and the two sides were evenly matched. To tip the odds, Mindwipe hypnotized members of the [[Council of Peers]] and Zarak's daughter, [[Llyra]], into getting enclosed in the same polymer bubbles that Monzo had previously. After the Autobots saved the Nebulans, Mindwipe and the other Headmaster Decepticons shot the Autobots in the backs. Lord Zarak presented himself, Mindwipe, and the others are Nebulos's true heroes. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

[[Image:WorldsApart-Mindwipe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Surprise, Mindwipe hypnotizes a lot.]]

The Decepticon Headmasters struck next at the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where they faced the [[Monsterbot]]s. Once the Nebulan partners combined with their Decepticon bodies, the Monsterbots were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. Vorath detached from Mindwipe again when the [[Nebulan News Network|media]] arrived, while Zarak explained that even though the Gardens were destroyed in the process, this was a victory for Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''At some point during their stay on Nebulos, the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters fought each other. Mindwipe hypnotized [[Brainstorm]], causing him to crash into [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. When Mindwipe found the defeated bodies of his peers, however, Mindwipe staged a panicked retreat. {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}''

However, Zarak didn't believe his own lies and ultimately led Mindwipe and the other Decepticons offworld to follow the Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[Image:TrialbyFire-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Well, that's randomly toyetic.]]

Mindwipe detected the signal that the Autobots were drawn to on Earth, and found that it originated from an [[Ark (G1)|abandoned Autobot headquarters]] inside a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] cavern. But Fortress Maximus's Autobots weren't far, and the Decepticons fought them once again. Mindwipe and the others were stampeded out of the volcano when Fortress Maximus picked up a new Headmaster partner, the Earth human [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

While his scientifically inclined partner Vorath helped Scorponok create [[Pretender]] technology, Mindwipe watched silently in bat mode, probably muttering to himself about how magic is totally better. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

''Scorponok put Mindwipe's hypnotic powers to use setting a trap for [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], by having him mesmerize some humans who then led the Autobot Headmaster into a deep wood. The trap sprung, Highbrow attempted to flee, but Mindwipe pursued and used his powers to give him a severe case of amnesia. Scorponok tried to convince the brainwashed Highbrow that he was really a Decepticon, but Highbrow remained ill at ease, so the Decepticons tried to defuse the tense atmosphere by transforming their heads into Nebulan mode. Unfortunately, it was at this point that they discovered Mindwipe's fatal mistake: He had neglected to also blank the mind of Highbrow's partner, [[Gort]]. Gort knocked out Vorath, taking Mindwipe out of the fight, and then recombined with Highbrow, restoring his memory. He proceeded to rip Scorponok's head from his shoulders, the mental shock knocking the Decepticon leader offline. {{storylink|All in the Minds!}} Not long thereafter, amidst a time storm that threatened to end all reality, Mindwipe helped hunt down Highbrow in order to reclaim Scorponok's stolen head. Once Mindwipe retrieved the head and restored it to Scorponok's shoulders, the rest of his team was shunted to [[Limbo]] and replaced by a group of Decepticons from 2009 led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. After some misunderstandings were ironed out, Mindwipe and the two other Decepticons not limboed away formed a temporary alliance with the Autobots, the future Autobots, and the future Decepticons against the time-traveling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. But the alliance was short-lived; when the future [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] accidentally shot Scorponok, Mindwipe joined his fellow present-day Decepticons in tearing Ultra Magnus apart. They retreated with Scorponok's wounded body just before Galvatron was thrown into the time storm, sating it and saving the universe. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''

[[Image:Beachcomberdarkstar.jpg|right|thumb|150px|And then I conveniently disappear for that whole Underbase massacre.]]

Inevitably, Scorponok's band of Earthbound Decepticons met with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s band of Earthbound Decepticons, and a group including Mindwipe was given a really boring tour by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] of Ratbat's [[Club Con|island headquarters]]. When the tour's star attraction, the kidnapped [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], unwittingly let slip that Ratbat was searching for a powerful artifact called the [[Underbase]], Scorponok was enraged. Scorponok took Mindwipe and the others to confront Ratbat for hording such information, and a civil war broke out between the two Decepticon camps. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Soon the Autobots as well were drawn to the island base, and the Decepticons put aside their differences to fight the surprised Autobots. Mindwipe was quick to maul the hapless [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In the wake of the [[Underbase Saga]], Scorponok took command of the remnants of the Decepticon army and established a headquarters under a garbage dump in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]], across the river from [[New York City]]. He had Mindwipe engineer an energy conversion machine to convert power into [[Energon]], and all he needed was for a cable to be laid across the river, connected to an [[electrostator]] placed at the top of the [[Empire State Building]]. Unfortunately, [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] failed at this and seemingly perished. {{storylink|King Con!}}

The Decepticons scrambled once again when the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]] summoned them to [[MacDill Air Force Base]] after the wayward new recruits, facing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the entire Autobot army, were seemingly over their heads. Though both Optimus Prime and Scorponok privately suspected someone had arranged for this altercation, a fight broke out regardless. Mindwipe got punched in the batface by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], while the Air Strike Patrol made their quiet retreat. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Mindwipe recuperated and joined Scorponok in advancing on the Autobots, just as Optimus Prime, strangely, called all his troops other than himself to return to the Ark. Scorponok was suspicious, and Mindwipe suggested that some powerful weapon was hidden inside the Autobots' [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|shuttlecraft]]. Mindwipe and the others rushed Optimus Prime as he tried to stop Scorponok from firing on the shuttlecraft, but Prime, who was quickly becoming frustrated with the day's events, was able to overpower all of them. As Optimus pleaded to Scorponok to stop fighting and determine the mastermind who was pulling their strings, they were interrupted by a huge hint: Starscream had arrived, reborn as a Pretender. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Curiouser still, Mindwipe was shocked as Starscream claimed he had been sent by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], also believed to be dead! As Starscream's Pretender shell trounced Optimus Prime, Scorponok half-heartedly ordered Mindwipe and [[Weirdwolf]] to help him. Mindwipe learned the hard way that his hypnotic power had no effect on the new Starscream, just before Starscream suddenly reverted to his classic cowardly self and begged for mercy. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[Image:PrimalScream-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|150px|And though you can't see the bottom, believe me it's a long way down.]]

Scorponok reluctantly allowed Starscream back into their ranks, a decision that began to turn his troops against him. Mindwipe was one of the most vocal members of this retaliation, and pointed to the hole Starscream had put in his chest. He reminded Scorponok that Starscream was a chronic traitor, but Scorponok rebuked him, noting that Starscream was a powerful warrior needed to bolster their ranks, and was better kept close so they could monitor his actions. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} But when Starscream went missing, Mindwipe and [[Triggerhappy]] decided they'd had enough and left Scorponok's command. Ironically enough, they ran into Starscream himself and joined his small band of Decepticons against Scorponok. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Mindwipe and Triggerhappy returned with Starscream, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to Shockwave's underwater headquarters, where they learned that their forces also included the [[Battlecharger]]s. With only seven on their team, Mindwipe was not impressed and expressed doubts, but when Starscream told him that they'd either fight for them or be executed, he quickly changed his mind.

[[Image:OutofTime-hypnotism.jpg|right|thumb|300px|How much more hypnotism can we cram into this page?]]

Immediately, the seven flew to Scorponok's base and fired into it from the air, collapsing it on an Autobot/Decepticon alliance that had been forming. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Once again, Mindwipe was the designated worrier. Though the collapsed base showed no signs of life, if Scorponok had survived, he said their best bet was to get while the getting was good. Triggerhappy agreed, and Starscream silently pitied their cowardice. Unfortunately for Starscream, Mindwipe was right, and Scorponok burst out of the ground to deal with them. Shockwave ordered Mindwipe and the others to rush Scorponok, an idea that was not popular with Mindwipe, and for good reason. Scorponok shrugged off their attacks. Mindwipe and Starscream subsequently concerned themselves with Scorponok's troops while Scorponok battled his equal, Shockwave. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Mindwipe put his magic powers to good use and hypnotized Field Commander Soundwave with the intention of controlling the troops through him. It was a good plan! And [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] agreed! At gunpoint, Mindwipe told Soundwave to tell all the other Decepticons to lay down their arms in service of the Autobot/Decepticon alliance against [[Unicron]] — just in time for every Transformer on Earth to be warped to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by their creator, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Mindwipe watched with the other warped Transformers as Primus explained to them the history between himself and Unicron, and that the Transformers' destiny was to defeat him. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[Image:EdgeofExtinction-Mindwipedies.jpg|left|thumb|250px|He doesn't look ''that'' bad, he's — oh, he's ''not'' in bat mode? Oh. Oh.]]

Once the massive planet-sized Unicron arrived, Mindwipe and the other Transformers froze in terror. After watching [[Brainstorm]] get eaten by the Chaos Bringer, Mindwipe regained enough of his faculties to be able to run away. The Transformers did eventually come around and face their destined adversary, but it did not end well for Mindwipe. As Unicron tore an avatar of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to pieces, the resulting shockwave sent what was left of Mindwipe's body flying. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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=====Earthforce=====
[[Image:Uk271 mindwipe nightlights.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]
{{earthforcefiction}}
After having been thrown out of the Decepticon army for trying to hypnotize Scorponok into making him leader, Mindwipe devised a master scheme of his own. He manufactured thousands of thought-sensitive [[Sleepfast]]™ night lights, selling them to humans on the novelty that they actually turned on or off just by thinking at them. Little did the humans know, however, that repetitive use of the night lights had a subliminal mind-control effect. Over time, Mindwipe would have gained an army of human slaves! Luckily for Humanity, the Autobots [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] came to investigate, and they confronted Mindwipe in his storage facility. He was beaten by his own night lights when the Autobots suddenly thought "Lights on!" in a darkened room, turning on thousands of Sleepfasts™ at once and temporarily blinding the Decepticon.

Mindwipe was, to coin a phrase, bat-sh*t nuts. {{storylink|The Living Nightlights!}}

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====Generation 2====
[[Image:NewDawn-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Mindwipe: All magic, no pluck.]]
Mindwipe was still a part of the Decepticons after [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] took back control of the army from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. He was involved in the disastrous first encounter between Megatron's troops and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. After Megatron was literally knocked out of orbit by Jhiaxus and plummeted to the planet below, Mindwipe joined [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Weirdwolf]] in looking for their fallen leader. He was in the midst of voicing the selfish but sensible idea of abandoning Megatron to his fate and gettin' the slag outta there when Drag Strip found their commander. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 2'')

[[Image:Mindwipe in altmode.jpg|right|thumb|220px|I'd do anything this picture told me to.]]
After an all-too-brief period of peace following the resurrection of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], Mindwipe was one of the many Decepticons who attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in 2007, creating a huge distraction to cover for [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]'s theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. During the battle, Mindwipe used his hypnotic powers to seize control of [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]'s mind, forcing him to back away, over the edge of a nearby cliff and into the lake below. The Autobots were able to steal back the key, but not before it was used to briefly open the Plasma Energy Chamber, releasing a bolt of energy that hurled a group of Autobots, and the key, across the galaxy to the planet Nebulos. Mindwipe was among the Decepticons sent to Nebulos in pursuit of the key, and he participated in the first battle on the planet. When the Decepticons were forced to retreat, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] instructed them to gather the fallen Autobots so they could torture them for information on the key's location, but Mindwipe went one better, seizing the not-fallen-at-all [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and dragging him off. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[Image:Rebirth2_mindwipe_hive_machines.jpg|left|thumb|220px|And we wonder why he hates science.]]

In order to rescue their allies, the Autobots became [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to a group of Nebulan rebels as powerful "Headmasters". Defeated in battle by this new breed of Autobot, Mindwipe and the Decepticons were sent fleeing into the Nebulan wilderness, where they were then accosted by the mentally-controlled machines of Nebulos's evil ruling council, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Decepticons were brought to the Hive's underground city, where their ruler, Lord Zarak, proposed that they join to become Headmasters as well. Naturally, the Decepticons were not responsive, until Zarak forced them to agree by attacking them with more of their machine servants. Mindwipe's head was subsequently removed and re-engineered to become an exo-suit for the Hive scientist Vorath, but the partnership had immediate teething troubles when Vorath bemoaned that fact that someone of his rank had been paired with a "mangy night-scavenger". Warning him that his mystic powers could trump anything science had to offer, Mindwipe mesmerized Vorath and forced him to combine with him.

[[Image:Rebirth2_mindwipe_and_vorath.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Sure, make fun of Vorath's tiny guns, but, unlike magic, at least they're real.]]

The newly-empowered Decepticons proceeded to attack the Autobots, and in the midst of the fighting, Mindwipe used his extra-sensory powers to deduce that the Autobot Brainstorm was carrying the Plasma Energy Chamber key. Mindwipe tried asking forcefully, but when that did work, he just let Vorath shoot the Autobot so they could steal the key from his fallen body. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

With the key recovered, the Decepticons and their new Hive allies all returned to Cybertron to help [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] overcome the Autobots on the planet. Mindwipe personally took down [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight, with a little help from [[Weirdwolf]] and [[Apeface]]. Galvatron then used the key to open the chamber with the intention of destroy Cybertron and Earth; although his plan was foiled, as Mindwipe and the Decepticons were escaping aboard [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], a stray tendril of plasma energy sent them hurtling off into the depths of space. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Mindwipe is a small robot who transforms into a head and controls a larger, lifeless [[transtector]] body. The ''Headmasters'' toyline referred to the small robot as "Vorath", with "Wipe" (the character's Japanese name) being the name of the combined small robot/transtector form, though this distinction of nomenclature is very rarely made in fiction.}}
====''The Great Transformer War''====
[[Image:Greattfwar_mindwipe_beaten_up.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
In the closing days of 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged on Earth and across space, Mindwipe and the other Decepticon Headmasters were running from their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. The Decepticons appeared to flee by leaping into a chasm, but moments later, they burst up through the ground to catch their pursuers unaware. Unfortunately for the villains, the Autobots were able to sneak away under cover of the dust cloud their emergence created, leaving [[Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher]] to mistakenly beat up Mindwipe. The Decepticons soon realized their error, but the Autobots then crashed into them in vehicle mode, ending the fight. At that point, the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot]] arrived and instructed them to follow him back to [[Chaar]]. The Decepticons fled into space, but the Autobot Headmasters quickly gave chase aboard the battleship Maximus, heading for Cybertron rejoin the larger Transformer war. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Naoki Tatsuta]] (Japanese)

[[Image:MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg|right|thumb|225px|"Blah! Try my new chocolatey cereal! Blah!"]]

Four million years ago, Mindwipe was among a group of [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronians]] who departed Cybertron under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], seeking to escape the eternal war that had consumed the planet. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their craft to crash land on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], an inhospitable world whose murderous environments and wildly changeable atmospheric conditions threatened the lives of the Cybertronians. Fighting against the odds, the Cybertronians made several technological quantum leaps to survive on Master, including the creation of larger, lifeless Transformer bodies called [[transtector]]s. Mindwipe and many of his comrades underwent rigorous physical and mental training to master the art of [[transformation]], learning to transform into heads that connected to the transtectors and placed them under their control. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Mindwipe was one of ten warriors who became one of these "Headmasters", but he and several other warriors soon began to chafe under Fortress's leadership, and ultimately rebelled against him, siding with a traitor named [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Via the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot]], Scorponok soon forged an alliance with the Decepticon leader, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

{{note|The events of the ''Great Transformer War'' manga occur at this point.}}
[[Image:Hmep1 mindwipe magic spell.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Kōmori amamori oritatande WIPE!"]]
In the year 2011, Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters [[Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher]] joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on Cybertron, seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Mindwipe's hypnotic powers proved instrumental in the battle, as he put [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to sleep, but Galvatron was less than impressed, since he also accidentally knocked out Skullcruncher with the technique. Undeterred, Mindwipe put his powers into play again a short time later, taking out Grimlock (again!), [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s, and leaving the entrance to the computer base wide open. Before the villains could enter, however, Fortress's Autobot Headmasters arrived on Cybertron to stop them. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In ensuing battle, Mindwipe tried using his powers on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Brainstorm]], but the Decepticons were soon forced to retreat when faced with the power of Fortress's Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Mindwipe accompanied Galvatron to Earth to help interfere in the Autobots' search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], which could restore balance to Vector Sigma. The villains caught up to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] just as he located the Matrix, and Mindwipe tried using his hypnotism to stop him, only to be beaten down by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. Hot Rod and the Autobot Headmasters quickly pulled out, heading for Cybertron with the Matrix, and Mindwipe and the Decepticons gave chase, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber. When Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again, he and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] proceeded to double-team Galvatron, and Mindwipe and his fellow Decepticons fled rather than face the combined might of the two Primes. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[Image:Hmep4_mindwipe_vs_throttlebots.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Bring him...[[Furmanism|''DOWN TO EARTH!'']]]]

Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], when it was unleashed upon Cybertron, and used his hypnosis to make [[Wide Load]] and [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] fight each other. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] helped his team-mates over come the effect, and he and Rollbar tried to haul Mindwipe out of the sky. The Decepticon Headmasters retreated when the Madmachine was destroyed by the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} After helping the Decepticons enslave planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Mindwipe again clashed with the Throttlebots, this time on Earth, as the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy there while their newest evil creation, [[Metamorphose]], headed towards Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[Image:Hmep7_mindwipe_cross_head_on.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Why talk funny I do now?]]

Under the orders of Scorponok, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters attacked an Autobot energy outpost on Earth and killed all those stationed there. Before slaying [[Autobot operator|the last one]], Mindwipe hypnotised him into sending a message to Rodimus Prime, summoning him and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] there with news of a new energy discovery. The two Autobots discovered the deception immediately upon arrival, but it was too late: Mindwipe and his partners in crime had already departed to the planet [[Praum]], where they watched as Scorponok sprang a trap on the Autobot Headmasters. The Autobots overcame the trap by switching heads to boost their power, so the Decepticons tried doing the same (with Mindwipe taking over Weirdwolf's transtector), but they still got thrashed. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} After this defeat, Mindwipe and his chums decided to sit out the next mission, and played cards instead. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[Image:Hmep10_mindwipe_and_bomb.jpg|right|thumb|225px|I did it! I programmed a VCR!]]

When Vector Sigma developed a powerful new alloy named [[cybertonuron]], Mindwipe was among the Decepticons who invaded the planet seeking to take possession of it for Galvatron. Scorponok, however, disliked the idea of seeing the alloy in Galvatron's hands, and so resolved instead to destroy Cybertron, and the cybertonuron with it. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Mindwipe was given the unenviable task of transporting a clutch of bombs into Cybertron's depths, but even with the Autobot Headmaster nipping at his heels, he succeeded in his task, setting up the explosives in Vector Sigma's chamber and activating their timers. He taunted Chromedome with the fact that the bombs could not be deactivated, then transformed to bat mode and made himself scarce with all due speed. The Transformers all abandoned Cybertron with minutes to spare, save for Galvatron, who attempted to remove the bombs, and was caught at ground-zero of the planet-shattering explosion. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[Image:Hmep12_mindwipe_and_pipiro.jpg|left|thumb|225px|For the last time, you little brat, stop peeing on my roses!]]

With Galvatron apparently destroyed, Scorponok seized command of the Decepticons, and as his first order of business, had Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} As part of Scorponok's plan to keep the Autobots' attentions focused on Earth, Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] in menacing [[Pan|a small Peruvian village]]. To defeat the Autobots, Mindwipe threatened the life of a local boy named [[Pipiro]], but was thwarted by the heroic actions of his sister [[Alyssa]]'s pet donkey [[Dodo]]. Embarrassing. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} A little later, still distracting the Autobots from Scorponok's bigger scheme with attacks on Earth, Mindwipe joined in a Decepticon attack on [[San Francisco]] with [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Scorponok's plans came to a head when he plotted to destroy [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and sent the Decepticon Headmasters to the planet to place a series of [[plasma energy]] bombs beneath its crust. After doing so, the villainous trio engaged the Autobot Headmasters on Mars's surface, and fooled the heroes with an elaborate trick: during the fight, Hardhead managed to get Mindwipe to "accidentally" hypnotize Skullcruncher, so that he would reveal the location of the bombs. Following Skullcruncher's co-ordinates, the Autobots were actually caught in a pre-prepared trap, and when Fortress arrived to save them, Mindwipe and his fellows got particularly crafty, blasting him with a plasma energy bomb in mid-transformation! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Mindwipe and the Decepticons then withdrew to the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]], where Scorponok unveiled his secret project: a giant transtector of his own! The Headmasters boarded Scorponok's giant new body and returned with him to Mars, putting the finishing touches to the bombing set-up while he battled Fortress. Mindwipe and his pals completed their task quickly, and withdrew with Scorponok as Mars was destroyed. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[Image:Hmep17 mindwipe nards.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Ooooh, right in the belfry!]]

Mindwipe subsequently attended the coronation of Scorponok on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]], but during the event, Galvatron abruptly returned, alive and well, and retook leadership. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Soon after, when Galvatron had him try to interfere with an Autobot energy run to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Mindwipe got kicked around by the Autobots pretty badly. Literally. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[Image:Hmep18_mindwipe_pull_my_tail.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

The appearance of two unknown robots in the vicinity of Chaar set off alarm bells for Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters, and they immediately attacked the newcomers. Mindwipe tried hypnotizing the one with a dragon alternate mode, but was promptly swatted out of the sky by its tail, at which point Galvatron arrived to inform them that these were actually their old allies from Master, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher subsequently went to Earth with the two new arrivals to serve as bodyguards for Galvatron while he negotiated a potential peace with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. When the negotiation was discovered to be a Decepticon ruse to cover their preparations for an interplanetary energy raid, a fight broke out, and Mindwipe got smacked around by [[Kaen]]. The Decepticons were able to escape and join up with their fellows to carry out the planned raid, destroying the [[space bridge]] to delay the Autobots' pursuit. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

The Decepticons' started their energy gathering by attacking the planets [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} and [[Twin Star]] for energy, but Mindwipe didn't really have much to get up to, and entertained himself on the journey between planets by watching asteroids fly by. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} When the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], however, Mindwipe and the Headmasters were given a special task by Scorponok: hunt down the [[Beastformer]] [[Tekna]], who had helped build his transtector and who was currently imprisoned in a penal colony on the planet, and kill him. Mindwipe and his foul fellows took pleasure in massacring every inmate in the prison, but Tekna managed to escape their wrath long enough to give the Autobots information on the secret weak spot of Scorponok's transtector. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

[[Image:Hmep22 mindwipe shoots.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

On the Decepticons' next target planet, [[Paradise]], Mindwipe was able to get the drop on Highbrow and tried to subdue him with his hypnotic powers. Highbrow fought off the effect long enough to take to the air, so Mindwipe simply shot him down and allowed Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher to beat him into submission. When Highbrow's fellow Autobots came to rescue him, Skullcruncher seized Brainstorm so Mindwipe could punch him, but of course, Brainstorm ducked, and Mindwipe wound up clocking Skullcrunching instead. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} Mindwipe then participated in the battle on [[Pirate Planet]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[Image:Hmep24_mindwipe_small_robot.jpg|left|thumb]]

Upon returning to Earth, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters were assigned a secret mission by Scorponok, sneaking into an Autobot outpost in their small robot mode and planting explosives that wiped out the base personnel. With the base now in their clutches, the trio planet one of a series of explosives beneath it. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} They then helped Scorponok plant another explosive in Alaska, though their activities were briefly interrupted by a wide-ranging battle between Galvatron and the Autobot Headmasters that concluded with the Decepticon leader's destruction. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} This allowed Scorponok to take control of the Decepticons once again, and he dispatched Mindwipe and the Headmasters to plant the final explosive on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. When detonated, this string of explosives would trigger every volcano on the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]] and tear the Earth apart. Luckily, before the bombs could be triggered, Chromedome deduced the location of Scorponok's weak spot, and Fortress Maximus exploited it to critically damage the Decepticon leader. Scorponok withdrew, and Mindwipe and all the other Decepticons fled Earth with him. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

[[Image:Hmep24_mindwipe_bat_mode.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

Mindwipe and the Decepticons withdrew with Scorponok to their old home of planet Master, where they terrorized the locals until the Autobots arrived to stop them. Mindwipe tried hitting Highbrow with his hypnotic waves again, but Brainstorm stepped in to take him down. The Decepticons sought revenge by capturing Chromedome's friend [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]], planting a bomb in him, and having Mindwipe hypnotize him into walking into the heart of the Autobot camp. Chromedome was able to break Mindwipe's control over his friend, but alas, it did not save Jack's life. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher observed as Scorponok processed [[G-Metal]] from ore found beneath Master's surface, which he would use to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's [[Master Sword]]. The three Headmasters then captured [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and ransomed for information on the Master Sword, allowing Scorponok to counter its powers. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

[[Image:Hmep31_mindwipe_goofs.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Upff...hot dog burp."]]

With this data in their hands, the Decepticons briefly withdrew from Master to throw the Autobots off their tail, hiding in a field of space debris where Mindwipe and Weirdwolf teased Skullcruncher for confusing the space rocks with aliens. Their trail suitably cold, they then returned to Master and headed underground so Scorponok could build his "[[Zarak Shield]]". {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} A mighty battle against the Decepticons followed, with the Autobots backed up by the young warriors of Master, during which Mindwipe took a shot at hypnotizing Chromedome, only to once again accidentally put Skullcruncher to sleep. Luckily, Mindwipe's mistake did not adversely affect the fight, and with the battle won, the Decepticons quickly departed Master, heading back to Earth. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} On the way, they were separated from [[Sixshot]] {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} and when they set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, Mindwipe opined that they wouldn't be seeing the ninja again. No sooner had he voiced this opinion, of course, than Sixshot returned. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

[[Image:Hmep35_trio_formation.jpg|right|thumb|The Brementown Mutations]]

Once back on Earth, Scorponok immediately had the Decepticons begin setting up "Death Towers" at strategic points around the globe, forged from the [[crysmagnetal]] of the lost continent of [[Lemuria (G1)|Lemuria]]. Attempting to defend the tower set up in Egypt, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher unveiled their newest technique: the "Trio Formation", an odd move that involved them stacking on top of each other like a totem pole. The mode was not exactly a success, as Apeface and Snapdragon thought to get in on the action and wound up toppling it over. The Headmasters' tomfoolery notwithstanding, the Egyptian Death Tower was successfully raised, creating an energy-channelling circuit of towers around the Earth that threatened to rip the planet apart. To stop the Decepticons' plan, the Autobots faced their whole army down in a massive final battle at the North Pole, during which Mindwipe turned his hypnotic powers on Chromedome and Hardhead, but was stopped by [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] and his [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]. The conflict came to a close when the Autobots all channeled their energy into Fortress Maximus, enabling him to destroy Scorponok's transtector and the circuit, saving the planet and forcing Mindwipe and all the other Decepticons to flee Earth for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

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====''The Headmasters'' comic====
[[Image:Hmmanga chromedome snatches bomb.jpg|left|thumb|300px|That's some real nice work, there, Mindwipe.]]

Shortly after their failure to seize control of Vector Sigma, Galvatron led Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters in a rather direct plan to destroy Battleship Maximus: They would lure it into space, and then Mindwipe would, uh, just throw a bomb inside. Unsurprisingly, this plan met with failure when the speedy Chromedome was able to snatch the bomb right out of Mindwipe's hands before he even had the chance to hurl it. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

Mindwipe and the Decepticons later made a return to planet Beast, where they were able to capture Highbrow and Brainstorm. Mindwipe and his partners wanted to take the two Autobots' transtectors for themselves, but their evil scheme was foiled by the Beastformers' human ally [[Kane]], who threw rocks at them and got them to chase him, thereby giving the Autobots time to escape. During his flight, Kane tripped, and Mindwipe swooped into finish him off, but the Decepticon was abruptly blasted out of the sky by Hardhead. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

[[Image:Hmmanga mindwipe bombs highbrow.jpg|right|thumb|225px]]

After attacking an Alaskan power plant, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher were prepared for the arrival of the Autobot Headmasters. Catching their heroic foes unawares, the three villains were able to stop them from combining with their transtectors, leaving them seemingly helpless before the vicious animal modes of the trio's own bestial transtectors. Mindwipe and his allies proceeded to hunt the Headmasters through the Alaskan wilderness, until they were tricked into making a pounce that allowed the Autobots to leap over them and rejoin with their transtectors. Mindwipe and company could only watch and hug each other for support as the four Autobots blasted the everlovin' bejeezus out of the Decepticons' unmanned transtectors. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

In addition to all their other faults, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters proved themselves to be a bunch of Scrooges when they attacked a Christmas party the Autobots were attending at a Japanese childrens' hospital. Mindwipe viciously blasted Highbrow as the Autobot was attempting to protect a crippled boy named [[Masato]], and while he did injure Highbrow, his evil deed did have a good side-effect: Masato was so consumed with emotion at the sight of Highbrow's wounding, he found the strength of will to walk again! This didn't mean anything to Mindwipe, who came zeroing back in to finish the fleshie off, but Chromedome quickly leapt into action and shot Mindwipe down. The three Decepticons were then sent packing, hurled off into the snow-flecked night by the united power of the Autobot Headmasters' "Hell's Great Wheel" technique. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Several years after the Decepticons' departure from Earth, Mindwipe appeared on Athenia with the other Decepticon Headmasters, working with the new Decepticon [[Godmaster]]s to disrupt the coronation of [[Ginrai]] as [[Supreme Commander]] at the behest of their new secret ruler, [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:WarWithin_Confrontation_Mindwipe_Streetwise.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Turns out Mindwipe doesn't actually have any hypnotic powers. First Aid's pacifism had finally gotten on Streetwise's nerves.]]

During the [[Dark Ages]], when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were believed to have been killed in a [[space bridge]] test, Mindwipe was part of the [[Chaos Trinity]] that attempted to use [[dark science]] to manipulate events in their favor. When the mysterious, frighteningly-powerful being known as [[The Fallen]] arrived and offered them dark powers in exchange for their services, they agreed. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} The three managed to initiate a serious surge in factional engagements, in an attempt to isolate the [[Angles of Dissolution]] that the Fallen needed. During their attempt to secure [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Mindwipe managed to put the [[Autobot]] scientist into a trance, while [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Bugly]] put [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] out of commission. When [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], another target, surprised them, Mindwipe was confident he could do the same to Grimlock.

He got thrown into a wall for his troubles. The Fallen had to pull their [[exhaust port]]s out of the fire. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

When they went to secure [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], Mindwipe turned several of the Protectobots against their teammates. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} However, Shockwave tracked the Chaos Trinity down, bringing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as well. Mindwipe believed that it was time to retreat, but found that Bludgeon had already fled. Mindwipe was then [[Slag (slang)|slagged]] by Shockwave. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Mindwipe appeared among the Decepticons imprisoned on Cybertron after the war with [[D-Void]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} He was part of an angry Decepticon crowd who demanded answers from the Autobots for Ratbat's death. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Jon Umaki]]

====Autobot story====
Mindwipe ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew at the [[Mount Jaad]] wind power plant. He appeared in his alternate mode and taunted them about going through so much trouble to reach their destination. He then transformed to robot mode, expressed annoyance at the Autobots' constant meddling in the Decepticons' activities, and threatened them with imminent death now that he was there to deal with them. Optimus Prime brushed off this attempt at intimidation, telling Mindwipe to get out of his way. This resulted in a battle between Mindwipe and Optimus Prime's entire team, which resulted in a sound thrashing for Mindwipe. Thoroughly beaten, Mindwipe reverted to bat form and fled. Much later, Mindwipe fought the Autobots again in the Atalstan gem mine. Despite fighting with the home field advantage (a dark cave), Mindwipe still lost.

====Decepticon story====
{{Note|Mindwipe was available as a playable character in the Decepticon campaign during the second playthrough.}}

{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1mindwipe toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Went to the same hypnotism class as [[Blood]] and [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]].]]
*'''Mindwipe with Vorath''' (Headmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-87'''
**''Accessories'': "Vorath" Headmaster trainer, "Viper Pistol"

: Mindwipe transforms into a robotic bat. In this mode, Vorath fits into his chest compartment. The tail gets in the way and prevents the bat from standing in an upright position, unless one swings the tail to the front (as seen in the picture), which, while hilarious looking, isn't the correct orientation. One solution is to unscrew the toy and flip the tail over so it angles upwards. Doing this doubly benefits the beast mode in that the tail now acts as a sort of third leg for stability.

:In robot mode, Vorath forms his head; attaching him activates a tumbler mechanism that displays an abbreviated set of [[Tech Spec]]s behind the robot-mode chest panel. Mindwipe and Vorath are both cross-compatible with any other Generation 1 Headmaster body/head.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Mindwipe/mindwipe.htm More information on Mindwipe at TFU.info]
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[Image:Caramel_mindwipe.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Wipe''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of a wingless Mindwipe was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Mindwipe's face and name on its underside.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:Kabaya_mindwipe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|What is a Transformer?! A miserable little pile of secrets!]]
*'''Wipe''' (1987)
**''Accessories'': Headmaster unit, "Viper Pistol"

:Released in the sixth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this simplified incarnation of Mindwipe is a snap-together model kit constructed of black, red and cream plastic. Standing at about four inches tall, Mindwipe features no paint applications, but has some stickers for decoration. He retains most of the features of his larger toy, including his transforming Headmaster unit, opening cockpit, and Tech Spec meter. As a ''Transformers Gum'' kit, he came with a plank of rock-hard sugar-wood.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1621/Kabaya/Vorath.html More information on Transformers Gum Wipe at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:G1MindwipeOriginalHead.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I loved it. It was much better than ''Cats''. I'm going to see it again and again.]]
* In the television [[commercial]] for [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series, the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters are shown having different head designs than the ones their Nebulan partners would later turn into. These designs were seemingly never used in any other piece of ''Transformers'' media. The [[Character model|models]] for most of them, however, turned up in the excellent ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook... ''except'' for Mindwipe's. Damn it.

* Throughout Mindwipe's [[Bob Budiansky]]-penned appearances, he was [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s indispensable and loyal right-hand man. Once [[Simon Furman]] took the reigns, Mindwipe became a rambling coward who'd run if the wind blew the wrong way.

*The most distinguishing elements of Mindwipe's silhouette are the bat-mode wings arcing out from his back, but on Mindwipe's toy, they actually wind up upside-down in robot mode, and folded back. As upside-down wings would look fairly rubbish when spread out, his [[package art]] and American [[character model]] fudge the details on them just enough to make them seem as if they fan out in both directions from the middle of his back. His Japanese character model, however, just renders the wings right-side up, as in bat mode, fanning out over his shoulders. To accomplish this little real-world toy impossibility, his in-show transformation has his wings detach from his body, then reconnect, staying right-side up all the way through.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wipe''' (ワイプ ''Waipu''), '''Vorath''' (ボラス ''Borasu'', see above)
*''French:'' '''Amnésiak''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Agymosó'''
*''Italian:'' '''Pipistrello'''
*''Russian:'' '''Durman''' (Дурман, "Drug" )
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Obduriy''' (Обдурій, "Deceiver" ) (ICTV)

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

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[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Red Hot

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:''Red Hot is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Redhot cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Always look on the bright side of life. ''*whistles*'']]

'''Red Hot''' is in it for the thrills. A confirmed action junkie, he's happiest where the action is hottest, be it fighting a towering inferno or mixing it up with Decepticons. Thankfully, he's not so far gone into thrillseeking that he'll neglect his duty as part of the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]]. As soon as lives are in danger, Red Hot's first and only priority is to roll out and save the day. This drive does have its disadvantages though, since he's prone to exhausting his fuel supply and pushing his frame harder than it can take.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #5</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:YesterdaysHeroes-ScoopQuickmix.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Guess who's super-huge for no reason?]]
After a successful raid on a [[Decepticon fuel store|Decepticon fuel depot]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Red Hot and the Rescue Patrol attempted to journey to [[Earth]] with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], but the intervention of the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] resulted in the [[trans-time dimensional portal]] malfunctioning. The Autobots were flung into the depths of Cybertron, where they found the resting place of their god, [[Primus]]! {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} Red Hot and the others listened to the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]'s tale of Primus and [[Unicron]], and the origins of the [[Transformer]] race—until the Keeper was slain by the Decepticons, who had also been transported there by the malfunctioning portal. Red Hot and [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] assisted Grimlock in taking down [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], but were unable to prevent him from accidentally shooting Primus in the face. As the awakened Primus let loose with a Unicron-summoning "primal scream", the [[Autobase]] staff completed repairs on the dimensional portal, sending the Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

''On Earth Red Hot and the rest of the Rescue Patrol were assigned to capture Decepticon assassin [[Whisper (G1)|Whisper]], and on [[Christmas]] Day 1989, they cornered him. Their battle against the [[Air Strike Patrol]] was called off by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] to prevent damage to the environment.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-Zone-toy RedHot-Fire.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wanna bet he's keen on Hot House's position?]]
* '''Rescue Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

: Red Hot transforms into a red fire engine of undetermined model. He was only available in a four-pack with his teammates [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]], [[Seawatch]] and [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]].

: This toy was sold in Japan without changes as [[Fire]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1989/Autobot/RedHot/redhot.htm More information on Red Hot at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Red Hot is gang molded with his teammate Fixit, sharing plastic colors.
* Interestingly, his head strongly resembles that of fellow fire truck-bot, Inferno.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Rougeaud''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Gamma'''

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]

Keeper (Transformer)

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{{disambig2|the Transformer|the species|Keeper (species)}}
{{noname-designation}}
:''The Keeper is the guardian of Primus from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Thekeeper.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Where's your Primus now, Keeper?]]
'''The Keeper''' is a tremendously ancient Transformer, tasked with guarding the sleeping [[Primus]] for all eternity. How he does this with no apparent weaponry or altmode is a mystery.

He tells a damn good story, though.

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===
When the [[Autobot]] [[Pretender]]s [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] were accidentally sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s core by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], they met The Keeper, and (more surprisingly) Primus Himself!

Though Grimlock was skeptical that he was facing the real Keeper of Primus, his doubt was put aside when the Keeper revealed Primus' origin (and by extension the history of the Transformers and [[Unicron]]).

Shortly thereafter, the [[Decepticon]] [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] found the Autobots and launched an attack. The Keeper was killed early in the fight, and Primus was woken up shortly after. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

[[Category:Clerics]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
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Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?

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{{comicstory
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #249
|prev=Fallen Star!
|next=The Greatest Gift of All!
|title="Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?"
|image=MarvelUK-249.jpg
|caption="Whoa. Shiny."
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[December 17|17th December]] [[1989]]
|coverdate=[[December 23|23rd December]] 1989
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Staz]]
|letterer=[[Stuart Bartlett]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''Can Longtooth finally do the right thing?'''

==Synopsis==
[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]—to the annoyance of [[Doubleheader]] and [[Pincher]], [[Longtooth]] is doing another death-defying charge on the [[Decepticon]]s! The "fearless Longtooth" is beginning to grate on them, with Pincher stating he thinks Longtooth doesn't care if he's hit.

After the mission, they're called back to [[Autobase]] by [[Xaaron]] to be briefed on a mission involving the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Longtooth is suddenly terrified, as he's not brave at all, but is secretly a selfish coward. Long ago, before the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] launch, he was left alone after a battle that saw thousands die. He desperately tried to keep a comrade alive solely because he was too scared to be on his own, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] saw this and believed Longtooth was being altruistic. With considerable effort, Prime broke off a fragment of Matrix energy and gave it to Longtooth so he could save his friend.

Instead, Longtooth gave in to temptation and kept the fragment, ensuring he would always have an "extra life" in case he was badly injured. His comrade survived purely by luck. Longtooth has since constantly thrown himself into battle out of guilt and with an in-built "out".

He barely listens to the mission briefing—[[Matrix Quest|to search for the lost Matrix]]—and on the way out, he sees a group of [[Autobot]]s, fresh from battle and mourning the death of their comrade, who had sacrificed himself. Unable to live with his actions anymore, he sends the Matrix fragment to [[Earth]], where it can help the many deactivated there. "I can ''never'' undo what's been done—that shame is mine to bear..." but now he has a chance to start over.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Doubleheader]] (1)
*[[Pincher]] (2)
*[[Longtooth]] (3)
*[[Longtooth's comrade]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]] (6)
}}

==Notes==
*Apparently, Xaaron didn't mention they wanted the Matrix back because of '''Unicron, killer of worlds'''. Surely Longtooth would've paid attention to ''that''.
*Longtooth has a Pretender shell four million years ago, despite organic life being a shocking new concept in the first Transformers issues. This is one of several stories that includes this contradiction, including "[[The Magnificent Six!]]"
*This is Longtooth's debut, and he's presented as a selfish, cowardly loser—quite an odd thing for a character debut, but it's certainly more striking and memorable than his later hunting-a-whale.
*The issue title seems to be a nod to the British telefilm and play ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whose_Life_Is_It_Anyway%3F Whose Life Is It Anyway?]'' (Another possibility is the British-then-American improv series ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', but this is remote as it had only been on television for a year when the issue was released, and the title more closely mimics the telefilm.)
*With this issue the cover logo changes from ''Action Force'' to ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]''. This had been explained as a merger between the European and American groups in a mini-comic given away with issue [[Underworld!|#245]] and reflected a change in the toyline packaging.
*This issue featured ''[[Transformers AtoZ]]'' profiles for [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]].

===References===
*The heavy number of deactivated on Earth follows on from "[[Dark Star]]" as well as "[[Time Wars]]" and "[[Totaled!]]".
*This is set immediately after "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]", which would not be reprinted in Marvel UK for a few more issues, and sets up "[[Matrix Quest]]".

===Covers (2)===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUK-249.jpg|'''Issue #249'''
Image:Titan B&W Compilation-Way of the Warrior.jpg|'''Titan TPB'''
</gallery>
*'''Issue #249 cover:''' Longtooth looks at his fragment of Matrix energy, by [[Mario Capaldi]].
*'''''Way of the Warrior'' TPB cover:''' [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] stand victorious over a [[Limbo]] nightmare creature, by [[Simon Coleby]].

===Generics===
As with most stories set on Cybertron (particularly those featuring flashbacks) this issue features some notable [[generic]]s, not least Longtooth's unnamed friend.

<gallery>
Image:Longtooth generics marvel uk 249.jpg|Longtooth attends to his injured friend amidst a slew of dead generics.
Image:Generic autobots marvel uk 249.jpg|A squad of generic Autobots mourn their fallen comrade.
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*[[2005]] — ''[[Transformers: Way of the Warrior]]''

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Omniverse

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The '''Omniverse''' is.... ''something'' that has to do with the [[Transformer]]s, but we'll be darned if we know what! It sure sounds cool, though. [[Primus]] wishes to join the [[Omniversal Matrix]] when he has completed his cosmic mission,<ref>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Generation 1'' comic]] "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"</ref> and [[The Fallen]] has been classified as an "Omniversal Tyrant".<ref>''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]''</ref>

==Notes==
* In the real world, the concept of "the [[Wikipedia:Omniverse|Omniverse]]" originated from analysis of comic-book continuities. As coined by [[Wikipedia:Mark Gruenwald|Mark Gruenwald]], it meant the collection of all [[Wikipedia:Multiverse#Other fictional uses|multiverse]]s; for example, [[Marvel Comics]] had one multiverse, [[Wikipedia:DC Comics|DC Comics]] had another, and the Omniverse encompassed both.<ref>[http://www.chrisroberson.net/2007/07/mark-gruenwald-father-of-modern.html Blog post detailing Gruenwald's Omniverse-related work]</ref> This extended to all fiction, and in today's usage it is sometimes meant to include the real world as well.<ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/forums/battles/7/multiverse-vs-omniverse/545023/ Comic Vine forum discussion about the meaning of "Omniverse"]</ref>
* Obviously the [[Multiverse|''Transformers'' multiverse]] would fall under the above umbrella, but it's unclear if the usage of "Omniverse" within ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fiction actually corresponds to that definition. While there have been crossovers between ''Transformers'' and non-[[Hasbro]] properties, such as [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] and some Marvel superheroes, the term "Omniverse" has never been specifically used around or within them.
* In the story treatment that [[Simon Furman]] originally presented to [[IDW Publishing]] for their comic series, he described a [[Unicron]]-driven, simultaneous threat to ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' universes, as well as others unnamed. He called this "an omniverse in chaos".<ref> ''Transformers, a New Direction'', Simon Furman's Transformers proposal printed in [[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman|The Best of Simon Furman]]</ref>

==References==
<references />

[[Category: Stories]]
[[Category: Continuities| ]]

User:Derik/The One

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{{disambig2|the catchphrase|the music CD set|'Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola}}

[[Image:RodimusTFMMarvel.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I SAID that already!]]

"'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Til all are one'''" is a phrase knit through [[Transformer]]s mythology and legend, often used as a rallying cry by Transformers, most frequently the [[Autobot]]s.

{{quote|The peace of one planet will become the peace over the universe and the peace of the universe will become the peace over all universes, 'til all are one!|[[Primus]]|"[[Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming]]"|width=500px|center=true}}
{{quote|That which does not become part of the one shall become '''void'''.|[[Vok|The Vok]]|"[[Other Voices, Part 1]]"|width=500px|center=true}}
{{quote|Maintain the balance, until all are one.|[[Primus]]|"[[Trap]]"|width=500px|center=true}}
{{quote|Until the Day, 'til all are one.|Cybertronian maxim|"[[The Transformers: The Movie]]"|width=500px|center=true}}
{{quote|For The One is power ultimate. And there are those who would divert its creation to their '''own''' ends.|[[Vok|The Vok]]|"[[Primeval Dawn Part 1]]"|width=500px|center=true}}

==Meaning==
It's been translated as either until the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], when all Transformers shed their factional affiliations, or until all are rejoined into the [[Allspark]] of [[Primus]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 Animated Continuity===
The phrase was first introduced as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s deathbed mantra, and it would then be repeated regularly by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], and many of the other Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|It even appears in the movie's closing theme: The last verse ends with a declaration that although the stand has been made and the immediate battle is over, the war with the powers of darkness will continue "'til the day when all are one."}}

Having seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] gloated that "all shall be one" under his rule. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

===Beast Wars===
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] refers to the [[Allspark|Matrix dimension]] as a place "where all are one." {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

===Beast Machines===
As [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] consumed the captured sparks of every Cybertronian, he urged "let us all become one!" {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}

===Robots in Disguise===
[[Omega Prime]]'s [[Matrix Blade]] had this phrase written across the hilt. {{storylink|Omega Prime#Car_Robots|Omega Prime toy}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cybertron====
When communicating with the Autobots, [[Primus]] would intone the phrase in reference to their quest to restore his Allspark. Later, when he created the ''[[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]]'' out of the four Cybertronian starships signifying the unity of the Transformers, he said that all were finally one. {{Storylink|End}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Ancients.jpg|thumb|right|You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Prime.]]
The Autobot [[Council of Ancients]] held court in a chamber embossed with the same logo that had appeared on Omega Prime's sword. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

The [[Seal of Primus]] also had "'til all are one" written on it. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

===IDW comics continuity===
The Decepticons seem to have a much darker use for the phrase. During a gladiatorial death match between Megatron and an [[Cy-Kill (G1)|unnamed opponent]], the crowd begin to chant the phrase, apparently attempting to goad Megatron into finishing off his opponent. It is unknown why the crowd would choose this chant to encourage a gladiator to kill someone. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}}

===Shattered Glass===
The evil [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] sports a mocking juxtaposition of the famous saying on his alternate mode, reading "'Til all are gone!" {{storylink|Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}

==Notes==

* The phrase has its roots in early script drafts of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Rather than feature the [[Matrix of Leadership]], early versions of the movie's story instead had "[[Life Spark]]s", Transformer life-forces very similar to the [[spark]]s that would later be introduced in ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''. Upon his death, Prime transfers his own Life Spark to Ultra Magnus, and then utters a prototypical version of the phrase clearly derived from this practise: "Til all Life Sparks are one!" The [[authorial intent|original intent]] of the phrase, then, was clearly to reference a time when all Transformer life would become one either in the afterlife or passed down into one final being, alla Highlander. This was of course ''long'' before the idea of a [[Allspark|singular afterlife for the entire race]] was independently created by other writers.

==See also==
*[[Darkest hour]]



[[Image:SentientCore.jpg|right|thumb|400px|So it's ''your'' fault! You know, for Carrot Top.]]

'''The One''', also known as the '''Source'''<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]]</ref> and the '''sentient core of the universe''',<ref>"[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"</ref> is an extradimensional entity from before time, in whom Order and Chaos exist in perfect harmony. It created [[Unicron]] (boo!), then cut him in half to make [[Primus]] (yay!). The [[Vok]] claim to be guardians of The One and followers of its will. They also seem to think that either it created the multiverse, or it ''is'' the multiverse. Details are fuzzy.

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics===
After the Big Bang, the sentient core of the universe noticed that Unicron was eating everything, and so it birthed Primus to destroy him. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} It promised that Primus could return to his reserved place within the [[Omniversal Matrix]] once he was victorious. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

{{note|This "sentient core" wasn't called The One, and it didn't seem to create Primus ''from'' Unicron, but, well, [[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] and all that.}}

===3H comics===
The Vok were the first known source of information about The One, whom they tended to describe in relation to themselves, or vice-versa. {{note|Capitalization of Vok quotes is at editor's discretion; their lines were printed in all caps.}}

{{quote|We are the Vok. Guardians of The One. Defenders of the ultimate — of that which must be. [...] For The One is power ultimate, and there are those who would divert its creation to their own ends. These enemies must be detected and destroyed — wherever and whenever they appear.}}

The enemy in question at the time seemed to be the resurrected [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who in fact had captured the power of two Vok and was preparing to wreak havoc upon prehistoric, post-[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] [[Earth]]. The Vok sought to protect "the sleepers," by whom they meant the stasis-locked [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. They believed this to be "the will of The One". {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

Later, they explained themselves again to their creation, [[Primal Prime]]:

{{quote|We are the Vok, the guardians of The One. We are of the source, the core, forever committed to safeguard the plan. [...] We saw the entirety of the creator's vision. The One... and The All. A unity of worlds, timelines, and dimensions. A multiversal confluence, harmonized and organized. In perfect synchronicity.}}

That time, they seemed to be referring to The One as not the creator, but the creation. Notably, they never referred to Primus by name (nor Unicron, for that matter), though they did fear "the enemy of all creation," to whom Tarantulas was attempting to deliver the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}} As Tarantulas would later be seen inside Unicron during the [[Universe war]], Unicron is likely that enemy. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}} This raises the question of how Primus fit into their cosmology, and in fact whether ''he'' was what they meant by the creator-One. Answers remain unclear.

===DK ''Ultimate Guide''===
[[Image:Theone.png|right|300px|thumb|Yes, you read that right.]]
The One existed before time itself, witness to the birth of the universe. The One was curious about this new realm and created a new being, Unicron, to explore it. For some reason, The One then split its creation in two, one half still being Unicron while the other became Primus. In keeping with their creator's nature as a perfect balance of Order and Chaos, the twin "exploratory heralds" became the embodiments of those two principles, but separated. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}

===Wings of Honor===
When [[Landshark]]'s boring mission aboard the ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'' was cut short due to complications at home, he quietly thanked the One. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

During an [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] mission briefing, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] noted that all Transformers believed that the One—or the Ones—created them equal. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
The Core was one of ten figures that made up the Cybertronian zodiac. Its associated aspect was "unity" and assigned [[orbital cycle]] was [[Chōkoneon]]. Its constellation forms a familiar spiral. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* The One's method of creating Primus from the substance of Unicron mirrors Primus's creation of the Transformers, whose [[spark]]s are fragments of his own being, as stated in "[[Abduction]]". This process was explored in slightly more detail in [[Simon Furman]]'s apocryphal text story "[[Alignment]]".
* He seems to be kinda similar to [[God|this guy]]. No [[canon|known]] relation between the two, though.

==References==
{{Reflist}}



==Key notes==
* Emanation and Reconciliation
* [[Wikipedia:Gnosticism#The_main_features_of_Gnosticism]]

Classic Transformers Volume 4

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In July, 2009, [[IDW Publishing]] continued their quest of reprinting old issues of Marvel's original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|G1 comic]] in full-color trade paperback omnibuses. Volume 4 sports issues 47 to 61. Unlike previous editions, this volume has no issues that required text summaries due to copyrighted characters.

This edition also contains a "character gallery" which reprints character profile pages that were included at the end of these comics.

==Issue manifest==
===="[[Club Con!]]"====
Original date: December 1988 
Story by: [[Bob Budiansky]] 
Pencils by: [[José Delbo]]

===="[[The Flames of Boltax!]]"====
Original date: January 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Cold War!]]"====
Original date: February 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Dark Star]]"====
Original date: March 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Man in the Machine!]]"====
Original date: April 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?]]"====
Original date: May 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Recipe for Disaster!]]"====
Original date: June 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[King Con!]]"====
Original date: July 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!]]"====
Original date: August 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: [[Jim Fern]]

===="[[Back from the Dead]]"====
Original date: September 1989 
Story by: [[Simon Furman]] 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Resurrection Gambit!]]"====
Original date: October 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[All the Familiar Faces!]]"====
Original date: November 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Skin Deep]]"====
Original date: Mid November 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Yesterday's Heroes!]]"====
Original date: December 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"====
Original date: Mid December 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Art by: [[Geoff Senior]]

==Character profiles==
{{collist|4|
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
*[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Wide Load]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]
*[[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
*[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]
*[[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]]
*[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
*[[Nautilator]]
*[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]]
*[[Skalor]]
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]]
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]
*[[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]
*[[Misfire]]
*[[Pointblank]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
}}

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Cataclysm (GoBots)

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{{disambig3|Cataclysm}}

:''The Cataclysm is an event from the [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]] [[Continuity family|universe]].''

The '''Cataclysm''' threatens the entire [[GoBots (franchise)|''GoBots'' universe]], bringing [[Guardian (GoBots)|old]] [[Renegade|enemies]] together to find a solution. It begun when [[Transformers: Classics|one universe]] split off from [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|another]], which began to replace the Gobots' dimension.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
With the end of the universe looming over him, [[Thadius Braxis|Doctor B]] used his [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to trace the source of the Cataclysm to another [[Transformers: Classics|universe]]. A team of GoBots composed of Guardians and Renegades was sent to investigate that universe.

However, the team was waylaid in the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] city of [[Axiom Nexus]], snatched from their inter-dimensional travels. [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]], the city's Minister of Higher Dimensional Sciences, was able to partially explain the Cataclysm. He stated that [[universal stream]] [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]] has split off several tangent universal streams. This was caused by the appearance and subsequent destruction of [[Unicron]], the destruction of [[Primus]]'s [[Xaaron|avatar]], as well as a tainted [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. One such tangential universe, [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]], was guilty of overwriting the GoBots' home dimension. This new, destructive universe, Rhinox claimed, split off from Primax 984.0 Gamma ''before'' the event that caused the other tangential universes, but from the TransTech's perspective, it happened 16 years ''after'' the splitting event. The TransTech's explained that they cannot aid the GoBots in their quest.

Shortly after, one member of the team, [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]], spirited off. He traveled to the originally intended universe, arriving before the Cataclysm started, hoping to prevent its creation. He discovered that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was the previously-unknown factor that sparked the Cataclysm, and so hoped to usurp the tyrant and use his resources to continue with the GoBots' plan. Alas, he was unable to locate Megatron, finding only an abandoned [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|ship]] in [[Canada]]. He then went into space with the [[Decepticon]]s for a number of years, researching, until he learned of Megatron's return. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Bug Bite went back to Earth, but was again unsuccessful in his plan to defeat Megatron. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

A week later, from Bug Bite's perspective, the rest of the GoBot team finally made it to Earth in the desired dimension. Bug Bite explained what he'd been up to in intervening 15 years, and that he'd detected a second team of GoBots who'd arrived just a few hours ago. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

==Notes==
* In other words, the Classics universe, which split off from the US Marvel Comics universe, is replacing the GoBots universe.
* Rhinox described three events that lead to the splintering of the US Marvel Comics universe:
**The tainted Matrix refers to [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing's]] time with the Matrix, a story begun in "[[Bird of Prey!]]".
**The destruction of Primus' avatar refers to Emirate Xaaron (whom Primus was using as a willing puppet) being killed by Unicron in "[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]".
**The appearance of Unicron was caused by the accidental awakening of Primus in "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]". The destruction of Unicron comes in "On the Edge of Extinction!", after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] recovers the Matrix from Thunderwing.
* Rhinox says that the Classics universe has already consumed universal stream 1291.0 Zeta, which is the story "[[Another Time & Place]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hametsutekina Kiki''' (破滅的な危機, "Catastrophic Crisis")

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Timelines]]

Omniversal Matrix

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[[Image:Omniversalmatrix.png|right|250px|thumb|Sorry Primus, the princess is in the other castle!]]
:''The Omniversal Matrix is a (see note) from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Omniversal Matrix''' is where [[Primus]] would like to take his place within.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
According to the version of the [[Primus]]/[[Unicron]] backstory told by The [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]], at the end of the era of the Gods, Primus could not take his place with the others of his pantheon in the Omniversal Matrix until he had completed his final task of defeating Unicron, last of the dark gods. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

==Notes==
*The exact nature of the Omniversal Matrix is not spelled out, though in context it sounds similar to the [[Human|human]] mythical concepts of [[wikipedia:Asgard|Asgard]] or [[wikipedia:Mount_Olympus|Mount Olympus]], the home and resting place of the gods.

==See also==
*[[Matrix (disambiguation)|Other Matrices]]
*[[Omniverse]]

[[Category:Dimensions]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]

Bird of Prey!

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #62
|prev=The Primal Scream
|next=Kings of the Wild Frontier.
|title="Bird of Prey!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #262–264
|prev2=Starting Over!
|next2=Two Steps Back!
|image=MarvelUS-62.jpg
|caption=Call me if you see this.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=November 1989
|coverdate=January 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|artist=[[Geoff Senior]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Jim Massara]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Matrix Quest begins, and dime novel detective stories make a comeback.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Autobot]] leaders of [[Earth]] and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] have sent several teams to search one cluster of the galaxy for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], in the hopes of using it against the coming threat of [[Unicron]].

[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren]], and [[Hosehead]] have journeyed to the planet [[Pz-Zazz]], a planet apparently covered with seedy metropolitan areas and filled with lowlifes and mobsters. While interrogating some of those mobsters as to whether they've seen the Matrix, Nightbeat's conversational skills get the three [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] into hot water. Siren is belted through a nearby storefront window while Nightbeat and Hosehead are preparing to be "plugged" when thugs from a rival gang drive by and begin firing on their tormentors. The firefight hits a passing alien, who collapses into the storefront on top of Siren, passing on a mysterious [[Bird|bird statue]] to him with his dying breath.

[[Image:Hosehead2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Despite appearances, the one called "Hosehead" is on the left.]]
Though Nightbeat's first instinct is to follow up on the textbook detective story that literally dropped into their laps, his comrades convince him to put the bird away in storage and focus on their primary mission to find the Matrix. Still, Nightbeat is frustrated, citing their historical database which claimed Pz-Zazz was a lush and prosperous world once, nothing like the cesspool they've been searching through. His detective's instincts assure him the bird has something to do with that discrepancy.

[[Image:Toosnarky1.png|right|200px|thumb|Touche, gunman.]]
In the meantime, their conversation is overheard by Miss [[Fatale]], who is willing to deal with the Autobots. She tells them of a legendary font of life that once sat atop a nearby mountain and, in exchange for leading them to that abandoned temple, she only asks for the return of the bird statue, which she claims is her property. Thinking that this healing object might be the Matrix, the Autobots agree—Siren and Hosehead go on ahead with Fatale, while Nightbeat goes to retrieve the bird from lock-up. While picking it up, though, he is confronted by the mobsters the Autobots met earlier, who also want the bird. Nightbeat clubs his way through the goons with the bird, only to get caught red-handed by another thug when he races outside. Moments from death, Nightbeat is saved by a mysterious energy blast that levels the thug before he can kill the Autobot.

Hosehead and the others reach the top of the mountain, but find the second gang-leader waiting there for them, interested in acquiring—you guessed it—the bird. Nightbeat races up then, revealing that the bird is a life-giving source of power, much like the Matrix itself. He discovered this when a piece of the statue's outer enamel was chipped off in his bar skirmish. After disabling the mobsters, Nightbeat makes a move to place the bird back in its special cradle on the temple. Fatale tries to stop him, pleading with him that they can keep the bird for themselves: she can stay forever young, and he can use it in place of the Matrix to restore his fallen comrades. Nightbeat admits having considered it, but ultimately decided that Pz-Zazz needs the bird to sustain itself, and however noble his motives, it would be selfish to keep for himself.

Nightbeat returns the bird to its proper place, and a wave of light and greenery spreads over the mountain. Pz-Zazz is given a second chance, but the Autobots are not: [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and his [[Decepticon]]s shoot Nightbeat and the others in the back, taking them captive to find out just why so many Autobots are searching this neck of the galaxy...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (1)
*[[Hosehead]] (2)
*[[Siren]] (3)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Xaaron]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (8)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (9)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)

|h2=[[Decepticon|Robot Mob]]|c2=
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (16)
*[[Needlenose]] (17)
*[[Windsweeper]] (18)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (19)
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (21)

|c4=
*[[Louie (G1)|Louie]] (4)
*[[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] (11)
*[[Primus]] (12)
*[[Unicron]] (13)
*[[Fatale]] (14)
*[[Gutt]] (15)
*[[B'hgdad]] (20)
}}

==Notes==
*This story is an ode to the hard-boiled detective genre, a favorite of [[Simon Furman]]. In particular, many references are made to ''[[wikipedia:The Maltese Falcon (1941_film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'':
**Nightbeat's initial encounter with B'hgdad's thugs occurs beneath a billboard featuring what appears to be [[wikipedia:Humphrey_Bogart|Humphrey Bogart]], who played the detective [[wikipedia:Sam Spade|Sam Spade]] in the 1941 movie.
**An alien dying of gunshot wounds gives Siren the [[bird]] (heh) wrapped in paper. Likewise, Spade receives the wrapped-up Falcon from a bullet-riddled man who stumbles into his office and dies.
**The bird sculpture bears a heavy resemblance to the Falcon, the principal difference being that the former's wings are partly outstretched instead of lying flat against its back. Well, and that it's ''enormous,'' as it's scaled up to be proportionate with the robots and aliens handling it.
**The immensely fat ganglord, Gutt, is an echo of Kasper Gutman, ''Falcon's'' rotund antagonist.
**Gutt's counterpart, B'hgdad, seems to be a more oblique parallel to Gutman's associate Joel Cairo. The name is certainly reference enough, though B'hgdad is a more authoritative and independent character than Cairo. The homage does get reinforced when Nightbeat tells him, "If you're its real owner, I'm [[Peter Lorre]]!" (referring to [[wikipedia:Peter_Lorre|the actor]] who played Cairo in the Bogart film).
**That conversation occurred while Nightbeat was retrieving the bird from a storage service. Spade similarly stowed the Falcon away in a bus terminal's lost-and-found.
**And that ''line'' occurred while Nightbeat was clobbering B'hgdad with the bird, chipping a piece of enamel coating off and revealing its true, luminous nature. The jewel-encrusted Falcon's true worth was also concealed beneath an enamel coating.
*This issue is the first US appearance for Nightbeat, Siren, Hosehead, Needlenose and Spinister.
*The people of Pz-Zazz knew Thunderwing's crew as the "Robot Mob", but they still preferred to be called "[[Decepticon]]s".
*In the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Dread Tidings]] for issue [[Two Steps Back!|#262]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] supplies the missing motto for [[Micromaster]] [[Battle Patrol]] member [[Flak (G1)|Flak]], while expressing his dislike of the smaller guys, and debates what [[Pincher]]'s level 5 endurance rating means<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/popup.php?id=2181 Issue #262's Dread Tidings at transfans]</ref>.
*''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profiles for [[Hosehead]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren]], and [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] are found after the main story.
*"Timely", the apparent publishers of the book shown on the cover, was the original name of [[Marvel Comics]].
*Optimus Prime's belief that the Matrix could be used to revive dead Transformers is fairly ironic given that it technically causes the death and injury of several Autobots at the end of the Matrix Quest.
*Miss Fatale told Nightbeat that she wanted the Bird for eternal youth, because unlike Nightbeat, she was finite. She didn't know she was also talking to [[Muzzle]].

===References===
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] recap the relevant events, including the encounter with [[Primus]] and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] from US issue [[The Primal Scream|#61]], and the unwitting loss of the Matrix when Prime's original body was shot into space in US issue [[Funeral for a Friend!|#26]].

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-62.jpg|'''US issue #62''' - Seen THIS?
Image:MarvelUK-262.jpg|'''UK issue #262''' - Why having an arm shaped like a drumstick is a bad idea.
Image:MarvelUK-263.jpg|'''UK issue #263''' - Grimlock - Autobot union leader.
Image:Desert island risks.jpg|'''UK issue #264''' - No, it's a giant Constructicon gameshow!
</gallery>
*'''US issue #62 cover:''' Dime store novel of the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, by [[Rodney Ramos]] and [[Eliot Brown]] (penciler and inker, respectively).
*'''UK issue #262 cover:''' Grimlock chewing on Shockwave, by [[Stephen Baskerville]].
*'''UK issue #263 cover:''' Grimlock quits on Optimus Prime, by Stephen Baskerville.
*'''UK issue #264 cover:''' Bumblebee and Ironhide, by [[Pete Knifton]].

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

===Reprints===
*[[2002]] — ''[[Transformers: Primal Scream]]''
*[[2007]] — ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]''
*[[2008]] — ''[[Best of Transformers: Eye of the Storm]]''
*[[2009]] — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 5]]''

== Footnotes ==
<references />

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Trans-time dimensional portal

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:''The trans-time dimensional portal is a technology from the [[Marvel Comics]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]''.

The '''trans-time dimensional portal''' allows instant transport across light-years of space, and even time itself. It operates with a minimum of physical equipment, making it much less cumbersome than the [[space bridge]], its predecessor. It also inflicts much less system disruption on its travelers.

When used for [[time travel]], it is subject to the same [[mass substitution|mass displacement]] requirements as other kinds of [[time-jump mechanism]]s.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
''In [[2009]] the Autobots discovered that a rift in the structure of space-time had destroyed [[Quintessa| Quintesson]] and would soon destroy both Cybertron and Earth as well. The rift originated in [[1989]], so [[Hot Rod (G1)| Rodimus Prime]] led a team through the trans-time dimensional portal in an attempt to reverse the effects. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)| Terrorcons]] arrived shortly after and followed them through the portal. Both groups returned to 2009 using a remote control device.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

In 1989 the [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road]] and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car]] Patrols traveled from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]] using "trans-dimensional warp." The technology was new and untested, but they all made it through just fine. {{storylink|King Con!}}

As part of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron's]] plans for revenge on both the Autobots and Decepticons he used a trans-time dimensional portal to send the [[Sports Car Patrol]] to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to kidnap [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and blow up the Autobot ship. The bright light caused by the portal almost ruined the plan to disguise the [[Micromaster]]s as Autobots. They did however convince Ratchet of their good intentions and persuaded him to transport back to Cybertron with them. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Unfortunately for Megatron the portals targetting was not very specific and also transported [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Jazz (G1)| Jazz]]. While Megatron had Ratchet work on re-animating [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] as a puppet to use in his plot, the medic was able to foil his plans by using the trans-time dimensional portal to transport the bombs back from the Ark to Megatron's base, allowing Starscream's cowardly personality to emerge and also re-animating his fellow Autobots. With the bombs meant for the Ark now in Megatron's base the tyrant tried to use the open portal to get to the Ark but was prevented from escaping by Ratchet. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Later when Bumblebee, Grimlock and Jazz tried to return to Earth with the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]], their transport was interrupted by an attack by the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)| Bludgeon]] accelerated the dimensional interface which resulted in them all being transported to the centre of Cybertron rather than Earth. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} The Cybertron based Autobots were able to repair the damage to the device and complete the transport but not before a battle had rudely awakened [[Primus]]. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

Months later [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] gave [[Nightbeat (G1)| Nightbeat]] an investigational assignment to look into the disappearance and supposed deaths of Ratchet and Megatron. After review witness statements and making a few leaps of deductive logic, Nightbeat reached the hypothesis that Ratchet may have been cast into the trans-time dimensional portal they knew had been active at the time of the explosion, and then been caught between space as the explosion destroyed the delicate portal mechanism. To test his theory, Nightbeat arranged for an inter-dimensional probe to search for and retrieve Ratchet's spark signature in [[unspace]], assuming it was anywhere to be found. The probe did find its target and transported Ratchet back. Unfortunately he had been fused into a monstrous mechanical hybrid with Megatron. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Time travel devices]]

The One

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[[Image:SentientCore.jpg|right|thumb|400px|So it's ''your'' fault! You know, for Carrot Top.]]

'''The One''', also known as the '''Source'''<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]]</ref> and the '''sentient core of the universe''',<ref>"[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"</ref> is an extradimensional entity from before time, in whom Order and Chaos exist in perfect harmony. It created [[Unicron]] (boo!), then cut him in half to make [[Primus]] (yay!). The [[Vok]] claim to be guardians of The One and followers of its will. They also seem to think that either it created the multiverse, or it ''is'' the multiverse. Details are fuzzy.

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics===
After the Big Bang, the sentient core of the universe noticed that Unicron was eating everything, and so it birthed Primus to destroy him. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} It promised that Primus could return to his reserved place within the [[Omniversal Matrix]] once he was victorious. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

{{note|This "sentient core" wasn't called The One, and it didn't seem to create Primus ''from'' Unicron, but, well, [[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] and all that.}}

===3H comics===
The Vok were the first known source of information about The One, whom they tended to describe in relation to themselves, or vice-versa. {{note|Capitalization of Vok quotes is at editor's discretion; their lines were printed in all caps.}}

{{quote|We are the Vok. Guardians of The One. Defenders of the ultimate — of that which must be. [...] For The One is power ultimate, and there are those who would divert its creation to their own ends. These enemies must be detected and destroyed — wherever and whenever they appear.}}

The enemy in question at the time seemed to be the resurrected [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who in fact had captured the power of two Vok and was preparing to wreak havoc upon prehistoric, post-[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] [[Earth]]. The Vok sought to protect "the sleepers," by whom they meant the stasis-locked [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. They believed this to be "the will of The One". {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

Later, they explained themselves again to their creation, [[Primal Prime]]:

{{quote|We are the Vok, the guardians of The One. We are of the source, the core, forever committed to safeguard the plan. [...] We saw the entirety of the creator's vision. The One... and The All. A unity of worlds, timelines, and dimensions. A multiversal confluence, harmonized and organized. In perfect synchronicity.}}

That time, they seemed to be referring to The One as not the creator, but the creation. Notably, they never referred to Primus by name (nor Unicron, for that matter), though they did fear "the enemy of all creation," to whom Tarantulas was attempting to deliver the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}} As Tarantulas would later be seen inside Unicron during the [[Universe war]], Unicron is likely that enemy. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} This raises the question of how Primus fit into their cosmology, and in fact whether ''he'' was what they meant by the creator-One. Answers remain unclear.

===DK ''Ultimate Guide''===
[[Image:Theone.png|right|300px|thumb|Yes, you read that right.]]
The One existed before time itself, witness to the birth of the universe. The One was curious about this new realm and created a new being, Unicron, to explore it. For some reason, The One then split its creation in two, one half still being Unicron while the other became Primus. In keeping with their creator's nature as a perfect balance of Order and Chaos, the twin "exploratory heralds" became the embodiments of those two principles, but separated. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}

===Wings of Honor===
When [[Landshark]]'s boring mission aboard the ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'' was cut short due to complications at home, he quietly thanked the One. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

During an [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] mission briefing, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] noted that all Transformers believed that the One—or the Ones—created them equal. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
The Core was one of ten figures that made up the Cybertronian zodiac. Its associated aspect was "unity" and assigned [[orbital cycle]] was [[Chōkoneon]]. Its constellation forms a familiar spiral. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* The One's method of creating Primus from the substance of Unicron mirrors Primus's creation of the Transformers, whose [[spark]]s are fragments of his own being, as stated in "[[Abduction]]". This process was explored in slightly more detail in [[Simon Furman]]'s apocryphal text story "[[Alignment]]".
* He seems to be kinda similar to [[God|this guy]]. No [[canon|known]] relation between the two, though.
* The One's method of splitting off portions of its lifeforce all have a strong correspondence with Emanationism, specifically the Gnostic flavor, wherein an all-powerful God known as "The One" responds to the unresolvable conflicts in the world by "emanating" polarized aspects of itself to fight them out until they achieve resolution and then return to enlighten The One with their findings.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:One}}
[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 gods]]
[[Category:Wings Universe characters]]

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One day I'll get round to putting something interesting here.

==Articles created==

===Comic stories===

*[[Missing in Action]]
*[[Hunted!]]
*[[Under Fire!]]
*[[Distant Thunder!]]
*[[Resurrection!]]
*[[Burning Sky!]]
*[[Hunters]]
*[[Fire on High!]]
*[[Doomsday for Nebulos]]
*[[Stylor's Story]]
*[[The Final Conflict]]
*[[Grudge Match!]]
*[[Legion of the Lost!]]
*[[Meltdown!]] - in my humble opinion the best story ever!
*[[Deadly Games!]]
*[[The Wind of Change!]]
*[[Firebug!]]
*[[Dry Run!]]
*[[All in the Minds!]]
*[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]
*[[Way of the Warrior]]
*[[Survival Run]]
*[[A Savage Place!]]
*[[Underworld!]]
*[[Demons!]]
*[[Dawn of Darkness]]
*[[Fallen Star!]]
*[[The Quest!]]
*[[Trigger-Happy!]]
*[[Starting Over!]]
*[[Two Steps Back!]]
*[[Break-Away!]]
*[[Once upon a Time...]]
*[[Life in the Slow Lane]]
*[[Snow Fun!]]
*[[Flashback!]]
*[[The Bad Guy's Ball!]]
*[[The Living Nightlights!]]
*[[Cry Wolf!]]
*[[Wolf in the Fold!]]
*[[Where Wolf?]]
*[[Bugged!]]
*[[Internal Affairs!]]
*[[The House that Wheeljack Built!]]
*[[Divide and Conquer!]]
*[[The 4,000,000 Year Itch!]]
*[[Makin' Tracks!]]
*[[Shut Up!]]
*[[Manoeuvres!]]
*[[Assassins]]
*[[External Forces!]]
*[[The Lesser Evil]]
*[[Inside Story!]]
*[[Front Line!]]
*[[End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!]]
*[[Dreadwind's Xmas!]]
*[[War Without End (issue)|War Without End]]
*[[War Zone]]

===Creators===

*[[Stuart Bartlett]]
*[[Sheila Cranna]]
*[[Gary Gilbert]]
*[[John Grant]]
*[[Steve Parkhouse]]
*[[Tim Perkins]]
*[[Euan Peters]]
*[[Stuart Place]]
*[[John Ridgway]]
*[[Mike Scott]]
*[[Helen Stone]]
*[[Lew Stringer]]

===Miscellaneous===

*[[Action Master Elite]]
*[[Combat Colin]]
*[[Robo-Capers issue 74]]
*[[Rustbug hoop]]

==A note on Marvel Comics dating==

There is often a lot of confusion over exactly when some of the issues of both the US and UK comics went on sale. The cover dates can sometimes add to the confusion. This note aims to explain things as best as possible.

===US comic===

When the comic began in 1984, Marvel issues were normally cover dated four months ahead of their going on sale. This was partially a hangover from the days of fierce newsstand competition when each company tried to make its comics look newer than its rivals and partially a mechanism to compensate for slower distribution on newsstands and overseas sales.

As a result of this although [[The Transformers (issue)|issue #1]] is cover dated September it went on sale in May. This is supported by the [http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/msg/1cdaf7df610e0376?dmode=source&hl=en first Usenet post about Transformers] which was posted by Ted Nolan to net.comics on May 22nd 1984.

In 1989 Marvel decided to rationalise things by moving to a system where the cover date was only two months in advance. In order to achieve this issues released in August 1989 have the cover date "Mid November", those in September 1989 have "December" and those in October "Mid December". The relevant ''Transformers'' issues were [[Skin Deep|#59]], [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]] and [[The Primal Scream|#61]].

===UK comic===

The date on a British weekly during ''Transformers''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s run was normally the ''off''-sale date when it would be replaced by the next issue. For example [[Manoeuvres!|issue #283]] has a cover date of 18th August 1990 but was released on the 11th August 1990. During at least most of the run the norm was for weekly comics to come out on a Saturday.

Occasionally an issue was seen arriving on the Friday before it was "due", with such sightings usually during the Christmas/New Year period when distribution can be unsettled and overcompensated for, but it is hard to verify individual sightings.

Primal (disambiguation)

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The term '''Primal''' can refer to several different things:

;Characters
{{disamb|y=1995|[[Optimus Primal]], the [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=1996|[[Onyx Primal]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] turned Maximal from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2000|[[Primal Prime]], the Maximal and living [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Primal Major]], the [[Autobot]] starship captain from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}

;Comics
*"[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]", issue 61 of [[Marvel Comics]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1]] series.
*"[[Transformers: Primal Scream]]", a collection of seven issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|original comics]] published by [[Titan Books]].
*"[[Primal Fear!]]", issue 3 of Marvel Comics's ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' series.

;Cartoon
* "[[Primal]]", an episode of the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' television series]].

The term '''Primal''' should not be confused with '''[[Prime (disambiguation)|Prime]]'''.

{{disambig}}

Carnivac (G1)

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the evil Decepticon|the heroic Decepticon|Carnivac (SG)}}
{{picsneeded|toy}}
:''Carnivac is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:G1 Carnivac MTMTE.jpg|right|320px|thumb|The only thing more awesome than a wolf is a wolf with a robotic transforming wolf inside it!]]
'''Carnivac''' is always smiling, even when he’s ripping another robot to shreds for no apparent reason. Savagely brutal yet oddly jovial, he is an unpredictable Decepticon who’s a danger to his teammates as much as he is to the [[Autobot]]s. Some say he was once a proud and honorable warrior, with a code of military ethics second to none. Whether or not this is true, that Decepticon certainly doesn't exist anymore.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Uk203 cover detail.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I've got just the thing to take care of that headache.]]
''As part of the Decepticons' [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], Carnivac was dispatched to Earth to deal with the threat posed by the deranged future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Carnivac was under orders to team up with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], but to kill any Autobots left standing after the battle was over. But the Mayhems were decimated by Galvatron, who had allied himself with a [[Straxus (G1)|clone of Megatron]], until only Carnivac and [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]] remained. During the course of the battle, Carnivac and Springer each saved the other's life, and a warrior's bond began to form between the two foes.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

''After the chaos of the [[Time Wars]], the pair joined up with [[Snarler]] and made contact with Earth's local Decepticon commander, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who outfitted them with synthoplasmic Pretender shells in return for taking on a mission from him. Monitored from a distance by Catilla,'' Carnivac and Snarler were sent to track down and destroy [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], the human [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] component of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], tracking him to a ski slope where Spike was enjoying a vacation with his friend [[Cliff Dietz|Clifford Dietz]]. Spike was able to summon the body of Fortress Maximus from the orbiting [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] by mental command, and once rejoined with the massive Autobot, he sent the two Decepticons running. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}}

[[Image:Carnivac and snarler us51.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Scorponok also spilled a bucket of gold paint on him.]]
''Left on Earth with no contact from the Decepticons on Cybertron, Carnivac and his companions realized that they had been abandoned by their own kind. At the same time, much the same problem was being faced by the remnants of the Wreckers. Remembering the bond they'd established, Carnivac sought them out with the possibility of another alliance. Snarler, however, was disgusted by the entire affair and vowed to see Carnivac hunted down and killed if he should fraternize any further with the Autobots.''

''When an array of monstrous creatures conjured up by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] threatened to cause the destruction of the [[Hudden Nuclear Power Plant]], Carnivac and Catilla both defied Snarler and united with Springer's crew to stop the monsters. Springer extended an offer for the two to join the Autobots, and while Catilla accepted, Carnivac said that he would only join Springer's group on his own terms, as a Decepticon. Together, the mismatched group formed the [[Survivors]].'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}

''Snarler re-established contact with Cybertron and put together a new Mayhem Attack Squad for the express purpose of hunting down the traitorous Carnivac and Catilla. Carnivac, meanwhile, was already finding it difficult to fit in with the other Autobots and chafed under Springer's leadership. Departing for some alone time, Carnivac stumbled across a Decepticon [[Hellhound]] mechanoid attacking [[Dallas]], Texas and destroyed it, but this proved to have been a ploy to expose him to the Mayhem Attack Squad.'' {{storylink|Way of the Warrior}}

''When the army intervened in the ensuing conflict, Carnivac used the distraction to flee into the desert, but was tracked by the Mayhems and wound up in another conflict in the small village of [[Los Gravos]], [[Mexico]].'' {{storylink|Survival Run}}

''Carnivac held his own, and though he ultimately proved no match for all of the Squad at once, he was saved by the sudden appearance of the other Survivors. As Catilla pounced upon [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] to prevent him from finishing Carnivac, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] impaled Catilla on his sword, killing him. Carnivac swore revenge.'' {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}

====Earthforce====
{{note|Earthforce doesn't really fit into post-"[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]" continuity without some heavy beating. This means the last part of the Survivors story didn't take place - though unless Carnivac suddenly mellowed out over the murder of his friend, it can be assumed he did something similar to "Wolf in the Fold!" in regular continuity. Somewhen.}}
[[Image:Carnivac-uk comic shell.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Nice doggie... cute little pooch... maybe I got a Milk Bone or something...]]
''Some time later, after the formation of the Autobot [[Earthforce]], Carnivac tracked down the Mayhem Attack Squad and took out their weakest link, [[Needlenose]], first, using his target's tendency to "cry wolf" to his advantage.'' {{storylink|Cry Wolf!}}

''Next, he targeted Bludgeon, but he underestimated his foe's abilities and allowed the fight to go on too long, allowing the rest of the Mayhems to arrive on the scene. Escaping into the compound, Carnivac separated from his Pretender shell and allowed it to be destroyed by a blast from Spinister, leaving the Decepticons to believe he had been destroyed.'' {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}}

''As Snarler inspected his remains alone, Carnivac struck, crushing him with debris. The Autobot Earthforce soon arrived and were met in battle by Bludgeon, [[Stranglehold]] and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. Spinister watched from afar, and when he attempted to depart, Carnivac killed him with a single blast. With Bludgeon's team defeated, Carnivac revealed his deception to the Earthforce and stayed them from killing the remaining Mayhems. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] was impressed by his merciful action and welcomed him into the Earthforce, but Carnivac merely laughed, saying that it was not mercy, but rather torture, by denying them the warrior's deaths they desired. He may have been an Earthforce member, but he was, after all, still an "Evil Decepticon."'' {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

''Carnivac remained with Earthforce, however, joining them to attack Starscream as he attempted to steal an oil tanker for fuel. Starscream commented that Carnivac's attack was pathetic and easily avoidable, but Carnivac was merely acting as a distraction for a follow-up attack by Skids, which nailed Starscream and drove him off.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

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====Classics====
[[Image:InvasionPrologue-Decepticonspushforward.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

Twenty years after the battle of Klo, Carnivac and Snarler had joined [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]]'s Decepticons on Earth, and were present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

They were plotting a second assault when invaders from another dimension complicated the plans. The Decepticons found themselves allied with the forces of good, defending their hunting ground on Earth from [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Evil Autobots]] who wanted to destroy the entire world. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}{{-}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Predaconstww.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's that pink and gold guy in the back.]]
Carnivac and his partner Snarler were members of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s faction of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]], named after the great [[Predacon (G1)|Decepticon warlords of times past]]. Carnivac participated in the assault on the [[Tyger Pax]]. He was disappointed that their first [[Defunct|victims]] died so easily, but his disappointment was cut short when [[X-Warlock]] was killed and their opponents were able to quickly regroup. Carnivac himself was subdued by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], while the combined might of the Autobot, Decepticon, and [[Ultracon]] factions proved too much for the Predacon forces. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Stormbringer4 DCon groundforces.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I wouldn't wanna be off-panel.]]
Carnivac was stationed on board the ''[[Thanatos]]''. When [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] returned to decimate Cybertron once more, Carnivac joined the battle under [[Headstrong]]'s command, serving as ground forces backing up [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Wreckers in their struggle. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Carnivac''' (Pretender Beast, 1988)
**''Accessories'': Wolf Pretender shell, tail, left & right shell shoulder armor, "anti-thermal cannon"

: Carnivac transforms into a robotic wolf. His bestial outer [[Pretender]] Shell is modeled after a gray, organic timber wolf with robotic armor attachments. His "[[anti-thermal cannon]]" accessory can be used as a hand-held weapon or mounted on the shell's back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Carnivac/carnivac.htm More information on Carnivac at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[Image:Carnivac mugshots.jpg|right|180px|thumb|That's [[Leader-1 (Armada)|the way]] we became the Pretender Bunch.]]
[[Image:Carnivacinstructions.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The mystery of the crazy Marvel UK head revealed!]]
* Carnivac's [[character model]], such as it was, varied a ''lot'' during the course of the Marvel comics, even when accounting for the widely variable styles of the UK book's many artists. (see right) Sometimes he changed appearances under the same artist and even in the same issue. Although virtually no rendition of him bore any resemblance to his toy's head, often his head is derived from his instruction booklet art. (see left)

* His personality is likewise at odds with the crazed lunatic portrayed by his [[bio]]; though he originally plans to kill Springer and the Wreckers "smiling", in practice he is more of an honorable warrior, eventually taking up an Autobot-like role of protecting the innocent.

===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''Ghigno'''

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Predacons]]
[[Category:Mayhem Attack Squad]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Trackers]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]

Religion

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As in human cultures, in many continuities the Transformers have possessed religion to help them explain and cope with their place in the universe. There are various [[god |gods]] and religious figures the Transformers are known to believe in. In continuities where they exist, Transformer spiritual and religious beliefs are usually specifically illustrated to be truth rather than legend or superstition.

The [[Covenant of Primus]] is a compilation of prophecies that can be regarded as the Transformers bible.

== Generation 1 cartoon==
In the original Generation 1 Cartoon, despite their witnessing supernatural occurrences such as [[magic]] and [[ghosts]] on a number of occasions without any apparent amazement or surprise there is little direct evidence for general Transformer spiritual or religious beliefs. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] recommends praying before battle, but does not specify to whom. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}

It is known that the spirits of [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leaders]] past dwell within the [[Matrix of Leadership]] even after their deaths, but the mechanism of this is unknown. A living Autobot leader can journey within the Matrix to commune with them and receive visions of the past. (Rodimus needed to be near death to achieve this, but Optimus could instigate it at will.) It is unknown how spiritual or how mechanical this whole process is.

The best, if not only, other evidence we have comes from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' with the apparent prophecy that "one day an Autobot shall rise from our ranks, and use the power of the Matrix to light our [[darkest hour]]" and the repetition, prayer-like, of the phrase "[['Til all are one]]."

== Marvel Comics continuity ==
[[Image:Primus original.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No resemblance to Hot Rod whatsoever, no siree, no foreshadowing here!]]
This is where the concept of Transformer religion and spiritual beliefs really took form and spread. Nearly all subsequent uses of Transformer religion derive from the foundation laid in these stories.

=== Primary beliefs ===
The story of the gods [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]] went through several iterations as they were retold by different speakers over the course of the US and UK comic run. The most distinct difference across these revisions was the fading out of their respective pantheons. When first told, by Unicron, Primus and Unicron were each merely part of a whole pantheon of other light and dark gods respectively. In the next version, by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]], they were the last of their pantheons, the others already having been destroyed or passed on to the [[Omniversal Matrix]]. Finally, in the version told by Primus, they were each unique beings with the existence of other gods ignored or refuted. This final version is the most frequently borrowed by later material. (The [[BotCon]] "Reaching the Omega Point" story being the notable exception, see below.)

One legend surrounding Primus is that of the [[Last Autobot]], Primus' final guardian who would come after the god's passing and the defeat of Unicron.
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=== Sacred artifacts ===
[[Image:Creation Matrix 65.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is the strangest Pokeball I've ever seen.]]
The [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] is the living essence of Primus' life force and considered a sacred artifact. The bearer of it is gifted with the power to create new Transformer life. Each Matrix bearer, known as a Prime, takes a derivation of the name Primus as part of his own. Five have existed: [[Prima]], [[Prime Nova]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Optimus Prime, and Rodimus Prime. Though its existence was well known, the manifest physical nature of the Matrix was not, thus it was ignored by Shockwave when he captured Optimus and, following his death, was launched into space with Optimus' body by his fellow Autobots.

[[Image:Matrixflame.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Noooooo! Someone blew the candle out!]]
The [[Matrix Flame]] on Cybertron is set in a golden brazier on a green altar, and tended by a [[Matrix Flame priest|red tabard clad acolyte]]. It is the living embodiment of the sacred Creation Matrix. Its status indicates that of the Matrix and its bearer.

Several scriptural texts were recorded in the [[Covenant of Primus]], believed to be prophetic. Only two copies existed.

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=== Believers ===
After millennia of war, many Transformers regarded Primus and Unicron as mere legends or disregarded them entirely. On hearing the name Primus spoken Bumblebee claims to have almost forgotten the Transformers ever had a God. Even when confronted with a giant head at the center of their planet Grimlock does not at first accept the myth of Primus and Unicron as true.

On the other hand, [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] appears to have believed, and Optimus Prime, likely due to his being Prime, was quick to accept Primus and Unicron. Interestingly, though he is bearer of Primus's life force, Optimus was not one to unthinkingly and zealously follow his god, harboring, at times, serious misgivings and distrust about the use to which Primus was putting his children.

One of Primus' most devoted warriors was without a doubt [[Sunstorm_(G1)| Sunstorm]]. Due to an accident in the lab where he was created, data from Cybertron's core itself got written into his software, bestowing him with vast knowledge about his race, their planet and maybe even Primus' future plans. Sunstorm himself believes to be a supernatural being and his god's holy prophet, whether this is closer to truth or misguidance stays unknown. [[Jetfire_(G1)| Jetfire]], though being an atheist, admitted that he would never be sure about him.

There were likely still some number of true believers, even prior to Primus' reemergence, as the tender of the Matrix Flame and the purple cloaked monk-like elders who aid Prime in the Generation 2 comics attest.

==Reaching the Omega Point==
The only other Transformer God, aside from Primus and Unicron, to appear in any story shows up here: The [[Chronarchitect]]. He is presumably of Primus' pantheon (see Marvel Comics above) given his alliance. He is the god of time.

==Beast Wars/Machines==
The Transformers have a belief in "the Matrix", where the sparks of the dead go and exist together. It would turn out this is an actual dimension, the [[Allspark]], where all sparks that exist, have existed, or ever will exist originate, existing as a collective whole.

==Unicron Trilogy==
While exploring Cybertron's interior [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]] was transported to an long-abandoned temple where offerings of [[energon]] had been left for the legendary "[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|guardian of energon]]" who had protected Cybertron long before the current generation of Transformers was created. Prior to witnessing [[Ancient Guardian]]'s reactivation, Jones believed these stories were just myths. {{storylink|Crash Course}} ''The Japanese version of this episode describes the Energon offerings as happening 'tens of thousands of years ago.'''

==Aligned==
While Primus and Unicron are generally accepted to exist, especially since [[Energon]] is the emanation of the former, the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]] and the artifacts surrounding them were a matter of belief. [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] didn't believe the 13 existed, though he felt there were great lessons to be learned from the stories surrounding them, while [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] saw little use in [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] gaining the Matrix of Leadership. Many Cybertronians were pious enough to be offended when the [[Decepticon]]s bombed the [[Sonic Canyons]], which they incorrectly believed to be the entrance to [[Vector Sigma]] (which was actually located in [[Kaon]]).

==IDW Generation 1 comics==

Religion is barely mentioned in the present day, with the exception of [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]]'s name being an oath to some Autobots. However, their pre-war society had an elaborate theology around the deities of Primus, [[Mortilus]], and [[Adaptus]]; of the "[[Primal Prophecies]]" and the [[Underbase]]; and of trying to channel the Matrix when in doubt. The [[Knights of Cybertron]], which did exist, had themselves become figures of myth to some. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

== The multiversal mythos ==
Beginning around the time of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', a new version of the Primus/Unicron story began to take shape. This new mythos was most notable for its multiversal nature: it applied not just to the new [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]] but also to the new iterations of Generation 1 being created by [[Dreamwave Productions]] and to the multiversal ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' spin-off [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Transformers: Universe]]. In fact, by its very nature the new Multiversal Mythos attempted to apply itself to everything, even retroactively to past continuity where it was often a not-so-easy fit.

The basics of this new version of the myth are that both Primus and Unicron were created by "The One," an original God-being, and sent out into the universe as emissaries/explorers. Unicron goes bad and Primus must stop him. For some unexplained reason Primus exists in all possible continuities simultaneously (picture a single string stretching through many rooms) and his destruction in any one of them would destroy all creation, while Unicron, on the other hand, exists in only one Universe at a time ever. There are no "alternate reality" multiversal versions of Unicron, he's just one single God who leaps between universes (picture a ball of yarn thrown from room to room).

Needless to say this is a tricky bit of [[Retcon|retconning]] that is hard to mesh with the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] (where there was no Primus and Unicron was only a robot made by [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]]) or the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]] where Primus is stated to have died and the multiverse doesn't implode.

== Alternate beliefs ==
===Cult of Unicron===
[[Image:Acolyte of unicron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Trick or Treat?]]
Some Transformers have willingly (or unwillingly) come to serve the dark god Unicron. [[The Fallen]] was the first of these.

In the Marvel comics, before their long sleep Unicron was able to bury a powerful compulsion in the minds of a number of Transformers causing them to form a secret cult of Unicron, which attempted to slay Optimus Prime upon his being named the leader of Primus' forces.

===Decepticon religion?===
The Decepticon myth of the [[Last Autobot|Ultimate Warrior]] appears to be a corruption of the [[Last Autobot]] story. In the Marvel Comic the mystically inclined Decepticon [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] dedicated his life to the "teachings" of the Ultimate Warrior, a path that may be taken as a possible alternate Cybertronian religion.

In Dreamwave's second ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' miniseries Bludgeon and other like-minded Decepticon mystics are shown to commune with and worship [[Dark science|"dark" mystical forces]] in attempt to gain power.

The Japanese Generation 1 series present two characters that might also factor in to a Decepticon religion. [[Devil Z]] is described alternately as 'the god of the Destrons' and a guardian angel who's looked after/been worshiped by them. After Devil Z's destruction a new supernatural being arises to lead the Decepticons: [[Violen Jiger]]. A demon-like being said to be born from many angry Decepticon sparks, V.J. possessed the supernatural ability to raise the dead.

===The Covenant's Megatron===
The name "[[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]]" appears in the Covenant of Primus, referring to a dread figure that brings great destruction and is spread throughout time: verses refer to Megatron as "the beginning and the end", and the figure himself declare he's "that which is, which was, and is yet to come". {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

We don't know what link this has to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron the ''person'']], but the [[Megatron (BW)|Predacon Megatron]] explicitly states that he took his name from the Covenant figure. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

===Xal===
The [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] [[Mindset (G2)|Mindset]], in a moment of great fear, screamed "Great [[Xal]] protect me!". {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}} The nature of Xal is unknown, though the Cybertronians appear familiar with the concept of Primus which indicates Xal is a separate entity.

In the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' continuity, Xal appears to be a principal deity believed in by Cybertronians; those heard swearing by Xal's name include [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. The deity's name is also one of the ten star signs Cybertronians are born under. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===[[Atechnogenesis]]===
[[Image:Wellofallsparks.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Em..., I think I need a stiff drink now.]]
[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] is often portrayed as being a Transformer atheist due to his scientific worldview. In IDW's comic series he swears by [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]] rather than Primus. (Although what that implies about said continuity beyond being a cute in-joke is unknown. [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] swears by him later on in the same issue.)

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==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
When the Transformers first woke up on [[Earth]], the [[Autobot]]s mistook vehicles and other machines for life forms. When driving past a drive-in, they could not figure out why the Earthlings were all lined up staring at moving pictures on the large screen. [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] suggested it might be a religious ritual. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] wondered why they would be worshiping the strange images ([[human]]s [[kiss]]ing) that appeared on the screen. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:Muk97-guardianspirit.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

''While being hunted by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime's]] thoughts turned to whatever guardian spirit watches over him and how his current predicament probably stretched the spirit's grace to the limit.'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

While the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] and the Autobot [[Classic Pretender]]s were preparing to travel to Earth from [[Autobase]], [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]] called on [[Primus]] to watch over them on their return journey. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] thanked him for reminding him that the Autobots had god. Nobody had mentioned that legendary figure to Bumblebee in recent memory, and he had completely forgotten about him.

As the seven Autobots entered the [[trans-time dimensional portal]] for return to Earth, the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] appeared, messed with the control panel, and followed them through the portal, which sent them to the center of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. At the end of the tunnel they were walking in, they stumbled on Primus's chamber. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

The [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] was there and yelled at them to bow in their unworthiness before their creator, their living god. Bumblebee, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and the Rescue Patrol complied, but [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] thought they were fools for falling for such trickery. He demanded proof in the form of the story how he was created.

The Keeper explained that the age of the gods of light and darkness was almost at an end. Life, in many forms was spreading through the cosmos. Primus had one more job to do before taking his place within the [[Omniversal Matrix]]—destroy [[Unicron]]. They fought, but Primus was not faring very well, so he fled. Unicron followed and they were both imprisoned within asteroids. Over time, both beings transformed their asteroid prisons. Unicron changed his asteroid into a transforming planetoid body. Primus built a [[Transformer]] army to fight Unicron for him, and instilled his life essence into the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Primus slept, waiting for the time when his creations would be ready for the epic battle. The Mayhem Attack Squad interrupted, killing the Keeper. A battle ensued which resulted in Primus getting shot in the face. The blast did no damage, but woke Primus long enough to be detected by Unicron over their psychic link. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

Later, Optimus Prime was feeling uncomfortable with the mystical aspects of the Creation Matrix and so paid a visit to the altar on board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] there he reached out to the Matrix, only to find that it was tainted by evil. He foresaw a future of oblivion for the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}}

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Stakeout (G1)

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{{disambigr|Stakeout|the Power Core Combiner Commander|Stakeout (PCC)}}
:''Stakeout is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Stakeout cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Frag the Miranda rights.]]

'''Stakeout''' ''used'' to be the leader of the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]]. His overzealous attitude and willingness to break the rules he's supposed to enforce began to get the entire Patrol in trouble with Autobot command. It didn't help that he was contemptuous of non-combat units.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' #2</ref> However, it was his discussions with his non-combat teammate [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] that opened Stakeout's optics to his faults as a commander. He soon ceded leadership of the Patrol to Fixit, much to the medic's surprise. Now a much more reasonable officer, Stakeout works hard to support the Patrol's current leader.<ref>''More Than Meets The Eye'' #6</ref>
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==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===
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''Stakeout and his partners were some of the earliest Micromasters—tough go-getters who got things done. That pencil-pusher [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] wanted them to destroy the captured [[Battle Patrol]] so the Decepticons couldn't gain Micromaster technology, but Stakeout and his crew disobeyed those orders.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

The Rescue Patrol were later sent to clean up [[Earth]] alongside the [[Classic Pretender]]s, but by accident they ended up inside Cybertron staring at the face of [[Primus]]. They fought those [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] punks but were unable to stop Primus being woken up (noise pollution - three month sentence!) & Unicron heading towards the planet. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

''Stakeout later led a catch-team to get that murdering creep Whisper—no [[Christmas]] peace & goodwill for crime!—and took on those [[Air Strike Patrol]] punks. But [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|City Hall]] got their panties in a bunch over the damage being caused and called Stakeout back to base.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}

====Earthforce====
{{Earthforcefiction}}
''Stakeout was among the "new age" Autobots who attended [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s meeting with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] about their more brutal methods. When Grimlock threatened to quit the Autobots, Prime seemed all too willing to let him, and the two of them actually came to blows. After beating some sense into each other, however, Optimus Prime agreed to allow Grimlock his autonomy, to lead "Earthforce" while he and the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew took off for space.'' {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Stakeout was watching security monitors at [[Autobase]] when he noticed that the [[Battle Patrol]] wouldn't let the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] enter and report crimes taking place in [[Little Iacon]]. He took the Hot Rods' side on the matter, and while he couldn't convince the Autobots to let them in, he could at least support them by providing them with weaponry. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-Zone-toy Stakeout-Holi.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Half machine. Other half machine. All cop.]]
*'''Rescue Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

: Stakeout transforms into a black Ford Taurus police car. He was only available as part of the Rescue Patrol, along with his teammates [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]], [[Red Hot]], and [[Seawatch]].

: This toy was sold in Japan without changes as [[Holi]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Stakeout/stakeout.htm More information on Stakeout at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Stakeout's vehicle mode appears to be inspired by the [[Detroit]] police department's Ford Taurus patrol cars as depicted in the movie ''RoboCop''.
* Stakeout is gang molded with his teammate Seawatch, sharing the same plastic colors.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Embûche''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Beta'''

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]

The Transformers (Marvel comic)

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{{disambig2|the [[Marvel Comics]] series|other uses of ''The Transformers''|Transformers (disambiguation)}}
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{{bigquote|Four million years ago, they came from '''Cybertron''', a world composed entirely of machinery... a world torn by an age-old war between the heroic '''Autobots''' and the evil '''Decepticons'''. These incredibly powerful living robots, capable of converting themselves into land and air vehicles, weapons and other mechanical forms, continue their conflict here on '''Earth'''. They are...'''THE TRANSFORMERS'''|Marvel US introductory blurb}}

[[Image:MarvelUS-01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The heroic Autobots fight to crush Earth's highways, Dr."Bones" McCoy is very happy.]]
'''''The Transformers''''', the monthly comic book published in the U.S. by [[Marvel Comics]], was the very first original fiction to feature the famous robots in disguise, as well as the longest-running. It started life as a four-issue, bimonthly limited series in 1984, but proved so popular that it continued publication as an ongoing monthly until spring of 1991. The series ultimately reached 80 issues and spun off several miniseries.

The series established the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], which would form the basis for several successor stories over the years, including the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' series]] published by Marvel themselves only two years later, and the [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|''Regeneration One'' series]] which would reunite the creative team from the latter days of this series.

Nearly all of the U.S. stories were later published by Marvel UK, along with new stories that fit between the gaps of the U.S. tales. See [[#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] below.

==Marvel U.S.==
{{chapters|title=''The Transformers'' US issues:|content=
*[[The Transformers (issue)|#1]]
*[[Power Play!|#2]]
*[[Prisoner of War!|#3]]
*[[The Last Stand|#4]]
*[[The New Order|#5]]
*[[The Worse of Two Evils!|#6]]
*[[Warrior School!|#7]]
*[[Repeat Performance!|#8]]
*[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#9]]
*[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]]
*[[Brainstorm!|#11]]
*[[Prime Time!|#12]]
*[[Shooting Star!|#13]]
*[[Rock and Roll-Out!|#14]]
*[[I, Robot-Master!|#15]]
*[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#16]]
*[[The Smelting Pool!|#17]]
*[[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#18]]
*[[Command Performances!|#19]]
*[[Showdown!|#20]]
*[[Aerialbots over America!|#21]]
*[[Heavy Traffic!|#22]]
*[[Decepticon Graffiti!|#23]]
*[[Afterdeath!|#24]]
*[[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#25]]
*[[Funeral for a Friend!|#26]]
*[[King of the Hill!|#27]]
*[[Mechanical Difficulties!|#28]]
*[[Crater Critters|#29]]
*[[The Cure!|#30]]
*[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#31]]
*[[Used Autobots|#32]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#33]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#34]]
*[[Child's Play (issue)|#35]]
*[[Spacehikers!|#36]]
*[[Toy Soldiers!|#37]]
*[[Trial by Fire!|#38]]
*[[The Desert Island of Space!|#39]]
*[[Pretender to the Throne!|#40]]
*[[Totaled!|#41]]
*[[People Power!|#42]]
*[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|#43]]
*[[The Cosmic Carnival|#44]]
*[[Monstercon from Mars!|#45]]
*[[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#46]]
*[[Club Con!|#47]]
*[[The Flames of Boltax!|#48]]
*[[Cold War!|#49]]
*[[Dark Star|#50]]
*[[The Man in the Machine!|#51]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#52]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#53]]
*[[King Con!|#54]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#55]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#56]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#57]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#58]]
*[[Skin Deep|#59]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#61]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#62]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#63]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#64]]
*[[Dark Creation|#65]]
*[[All Fall Down|#66]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#67]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#68]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#69]]
*[[The Pri¢e of Life!|#70]]
*[[Surrender!|#71]]
*[[...All This and Civil War 2|#72]]
*[[Out of Time!|#73]]
*[[The Void! (US)|#74]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#75]]
*[[Still Life!|#76]]
*[[Exodus!|#77]]
*[[A Savage Circle|#78]]
*[[The Last Autobot?|#79]]
*[[End of the Road! (US)|#80]]
}}

===Related mini-series===
*''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Headmasters]]''
*''[[The Transformers Universe]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|Transformers: The Movie]]'' (Though published by Marvel in the US and UK, is only related in the UK canon)

===Successor series===
{{note|None of these are in-continuity with one another, and the latter two also disregard the Marvel UK continuity, though RG1 takes copious ''characters and concepts'' from both the UK and G2 material}}
*''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' ([[IDW Publishing]])
*''[[Transformers: Classics]]'' ([[Transformers Collectors' Club]])

===Overview===
[[Image:Autobotline.gif|left|250px|thumb|After watching traffic reports for an hour, they finally decided to just stay home.]]
The story begins with a brief history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and its [[Great War (G1)|civil war]], which eventually causes the planet to become lost in space. Battling aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the original 28 characters crash-land on [[Earth]] four million years ago and awaken in the (then-) present day of 1984. The quest for [[Transformer fuel|fuel]] becomes their initial goal, driving the first several issues.

As the first fiction in the entire [[Generation 1 (franchise)|franchise]], the initial issues of ''Transformers'' were breaking completely new ground. Early issues contain a variety of plot points and conventions, some of which would go on to shape the very mythos... and others that would fall by the wayside, forgotten and hilariously quaint. The concept of the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] is a good example of the former group; "[[Atechnogenesis|naturally occurring gears, levers and pulleys]]" comes to mind for the latter.

[[Image:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|right|150px|thumb|With a single wave of Starscream's hand, Hound, Bluestreak, Mirage, Hoist, Brawn, and Gears cease to occupy valuable page space!]]
The book soon built its own elaborate and wide-reaching universe, including hundreds of characters—[[Transformer]]s, [[human]]s, [[alien]]s—on Earth, Cybertron, and beyond. Late in the series, a long-running plot brought in the sinister menace of [[Unicron]], giving him a backstory and build-up that for many fans surpassed his original appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' for storytelling and gravitas. This backstory would eventually go on to eclipse the origin given in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]].

Because it was a book intended [[to sell toys]], ''Transformers'' featured an ever-rotating cast. New Transformers were often hastily brought in to meet the demands of [[Hasbro]], and older "product" was often swept aside or killed off ''en masse'' in [[Dark Star|epic, climactic battles]].

After some troubled times and steadily declining readership, the series was finally canceled at issue #80. A combination of factors was likely responsible: the Transformers toyline had become yesterday's fad, the core readership had grown older and moved on, and Hasbro seems to have pulled the plug.

Several subsequent series would build upon the series; see [[Marvel Comics continuity]] for more information.

===Creative team===
[[Image:MarvelUS-75.jpg|left|150px|thumb|He's authorized to devour anyone not in the current product line.]]
The book featured two primary writers: [[Bob Budiansky]] edited the original 4-part limited series and wrote the book from issue #5 to issue #55. After that, [[Simon Furman]], already heavily experienced from his work on the UK book, took up the reins until the book was cancelled at issue #80.

''Transformers'' is a bit notorious for wild swings in writing quality, as serious plots alternated with such strange concepts as [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|Micromaster wrestling]] and [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|ridiculous bounty hunters]]. Some of this may be attributed to Bob Budiansky's eventual burn-out; after years of having to wrap his stories around to meet the latest toy-appearance demands from Hasbro, his later writing on the book showed a decline in quality. Among Transfans, he is sometimes remembered unfavourably because of this period, perhaps unfairly so considering his fundamental role in shaping the Transformers universe and most of its characters, as well as some of the book's [[Warrior School!|most gripping early stories]]. Still, even such oddball stories as "[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom]]" and "[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?]]" have both their merits and their fans.

Budiansky himself proposed that Simon Furman take over as the U.S. series writer.<ref name="steveo otfcc2004">[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/otfcc2004.txt Steve-o's OTFCC 2004 notes]</ref> With the changeover, the stories took on a more serious tone, relying on character conflict more than outlandish plot devices. Many fans regard Furman's run on the original book as one of the high points of all Transformers fiction.

The comic was written in "Marvel Style", where the writer gives the artist a plot outline instead of a full script. The artist then lays out the pages himself; afterward the writer comes back in and scripts the dialog based on the artist's work. This approach gives the artist a larger role in telling the story than simply drawing what the writer tells them to.<ref name="steveo otfcc2004" />

A number of artists worked on ''Transformers'', but the most frequent pencilers included [[Frank Springer]], [[Don Perlin]], [[José Delbo]], [[Geoff Senior]], and [[Andrew Wildman]]. Also of particular note is colorist [[Nelson Yomtov|Nelson "Nel" Yomtov]], who colored every single issue of the book, as well as all of the related mini-series.

===Publication and format===
As ''The Transformers'' title began life as a limited series, it was subject to the conventions Marvel had established for limited series at the time of its publication. "Standard" Marvel comics released concurrently in 1984 cost 60 cents and were printed on newsprint; in contrast, ''The Transformers'' sold for 75 cents and was printed on a whiter, higher-quality stock (for the time) known as "[[Mando paper]]".

Evidently considered a "deluxe format" book by Marvel, ''Transformers'' continued to be printed on Mando paper even after it became an ongoing series. <ref>''Marvel Age'' #23, November 1984</ref> It also remained at 75 cents—at least until [[King of the Hill!|issue 28]], when the price of the book rose to 1 dollar. With the exception of the double-sized [[Dark Star|issue 50]] and [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue 75]], which were both priced at $1.50, ''The Transformers'' would remain at 1 dollar for the remainder of its original run.

===Cover dates===
There is some confusion over when issues first appeared, due to changing practices regarding the cover dates. When the comic began in 1984, Marvel issues were normally cover dated four months ahead of their going on sale. This was partially a hangover from the days of fierce newsstand competition when each company tried to make its comics look newer than its rivals and partially a mechanism to compensate for slower distribution on newsstands and overseas sales.

As a result of this, although [[The Transformers (issue)|issue #1]] is cover dated September, it went on sale in May. This is supported by the first Usenet post about Transformers which was posted by Ted Nolan to net.comics on May 22 1984.<ref>Ted Nolan, "[http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/msg/1cdaf7df610e0376?dmode=source&hl=en Year's worst?] in net.comics, 22-May-84 02:07:22 EDT</ref>

In 1989, Marvel decided to rationalize things by moving to a system where the cover date was only two months in advance. In order to achieve this, issues released in August 1989 have the cover date "Mid November", those in September 1989 have "December" and those in October "Mid December". The relevant ''Transformers'' issues were [[Skin Deep|#59]], [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]] and [[The Primal Scream|#61]].

==Marvel UK==
'''Marvel UK''' produced a G1 comic which ran for 332 issues, reprinting the American stories and adding in many new stories built around them.

{{chapters|title=''The Transformers'' UK issues:|content=
*[[The Transformers (issue)|#1]]
*[[The Transformers (issue)|#2]]
*[[Power Play!|#3]]
*[[Power Play!|#4]]
*[[Prisoner of War!|#5]]
*[[Prisoner of War!|#6]]
*[[The Last Stand|#7]]
*[[The Last Stand|#8]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#9]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#10]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#11]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#12]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#13]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#14]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#15]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#16]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#17]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#18]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#19]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#20]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#21]]
*[[The New Order|#22]]
*[[The New Order|#23]]
*[[The Worse of Two Evils!|#24]]
*[[The Worse of Two Evils!|#25]]
*[[Warrior School!|#26]]
*[[Repeat Performance!|#27]]
*[[Repeat Performance!|#28]]
*[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#29]]
*[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#30]]
*[[The Wrath of Guardian!|#31]]
*[[The Wrath of Grimlock!|#32]]
*[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#33]]
*[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#34]]
*[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#35]]
*[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#36]]
*[[Brainstorm!|#37]]
*[[Brainstorm!|#38]]
*[[Prime Time!|#39]]
*[[Prime Time!|#40]]
*[[Christmas Breaker!|#41]]
*[[Crisis of Command!|#42]]
*[[Crisis of Command!|#43]]
*[[Crisis of Command!|#44]]
*[[The Icarus Theory|#45]]
*[[The Icarus Theory|#46]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#47]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#48]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#49]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#50]]
*[[Shooting Star!|#51]]
*[[Shooting Star!|#52]]
*[[Rock and Roll-Out!|#53]]
*[[Rock and Roll-Out!|#54]]
*[[I, Robot-Master!|#55]]
*[[I, Robot-Master!|#56]]
*[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#57]]
*[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#58]]
*[[Robot Buster!|#59]]
*[[Robot Buster!|#60]]
*[[Devastation Derby!|#61]]
*[[Devastation Derby!|#62]]
*[[Second Generation!|#63]]
*[[Second Generation!|#64]]
*[[Second Generation!|#65]]
*[[The Smelting Pool!|#66]]
*[[The Smelting Pool!|#67]]
*[[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#68]]
*[[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#69]]
*[[Command Performances!|#70]]
*[[Command Performances!|#71]]
*[[Showdown!|#72]]
*[[Showdown!|#73]]
*[[In the National Interest|#74]]
*[[In the National Interest|#75]]
*[[In the National Interest|#76]]
*[[In the National Interest|#77]]
*[[Target: 2006|#78]]
*[[Target: 2006|#79]]
*[[Target: 2006|#80]]
*[[Target: 2006|#81]]
*[[Target: 2006|#82]]
*[[Target: 2006|#83]]
*[[Target: 2006|#84]]
*[[Target: 2006|#85]]
*[[Target: 2006|#86]]
*[[Target: 2006|#87]]
*[[Target: 2006|#88]]
*[[Aerialbots over America!|#89]]
*[[Aerialbots over America!|#90]]
*[[Heavy Traffic!|#91]]
*[[Heavy Traffic!|#92]]
*[[The Gift|#93]]
*[[Decepticon Graffiti!|#94]]
*[[Decepticon Graffiti!|#95]]
*[[Prey!|#96]]
*[[Prey!|#97]]
*[[...The Harder They Die!|#98]]
*[[Under Fire!|#99]]
*[[Distant Thunder!|#100]]
*[[Fallen Angel|#101]]
*[[Fallen Angel|#102]]
*[[Resurrection!|#103]]
*[[Resurrection!|#104]]
*[[Afterdeath!|#105]]
*[[Afterdeath!|#106]]
*[[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#107]]
*[[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#108]]
*[[Funeral for a Friend!|#109]]
*[[Funeral for a Friend!|#110]]
*[[King of the Hill!|#111]]
*[[King of the Hill!|#112]]
*[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|#113]]
*[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|#114]]
*[[Burning Sky!|#115]]
*[[Burning Sky!|#116]]
*[[Hunters|#117]]
*[[Hunters|#118]]
*[[Fire on High!|#119]]
*[[Fire on High!|#120]]
*[[Mechanical Difficulties!|#121]]
*[[Mechanical Difficulties!|#122]]
*[[Crater Critters|#123]]
*[[Crater Critters|#124]]
*[[Ancient Relics!|#125]]
*[[The Cure!|#126]]
*[[The Cure!|#127]]
*[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#128]]
*[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#129]]
*[[Worlds Apart!|#130]]
*[[Worlds Apart!|#131]]
*[[Kup's Story!|#132]]
*[[Headhunt|#133]]
*[[Headhunt|#134]]
*[[Grudge Match!|#135]]
*[[Grudge Match!|#136]]
*[[Ladies' Night (issue)|#137]]
*[[Ladies' Night (issue)|#138]]
*[[Used Autobots|#139]]
*[[Used Autobots|#140]]
*[[Child's Play (issue)|#141]]
*[[Child's Play (issue)|#142]]
*[[Spacehikers!|#143]]
*[[Spacehikers!|#144]]
*[[Stargazing|#145]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#146]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#147]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#148]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#149]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#150]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#151]]
*[[Enemy Action!|#152]]
*[[Enemy Action!|#153]]
*[[Toy Soldiers!|#154]]
*[[Toy Soldiers!|#155]]
*[[Trial by Fire!|#156]]
*[[Trial by Fire!|#157]]
*[[The Desert Island of Space!|#158]]
*[[The Desert Island of Space!|#159]]
*[[Salvage!|#160]]
*[[Salvage!|#161]]
*[[Pretender to the Throne!|#162]]
*[[Pretender to the Throne!|#163]]
*[[City of Fear!|#164]]
*[[City of Fear!|#165]]
*[[Legion of the Lost!|#166]]
*[[Legion of the Lost!|#167]]
*[[Meltdown!|#168]]
*[[Meltdown!|#169]]
*[[Deadly Games!|#170]]
*[[Deadly Games!|#171]]
*[[Wrecking Havoc|#172]]
*[[Wrecking Havoc|#173]]
*[[Totaled!|#174]]
*[[Totaled!|#175]]
*[[People Power!|#176]]
*[[People Power!|#177]]
*[[The Cosmic Carnival|#178]]
*[[The Cosmic Carnival|#179]]
*[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|#180]]
*[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|#181]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#182]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#183]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#184]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#185]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#186]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#187]]
*[[Firebug!|#188]]
*[[Dry Run!|#189]]
*[[Monstercon from Mars!|#190]]
*[[Monstercon from Mars!|#191]]
*[[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#192]]
*[[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#193]]
*[[Club Con!|#194]]
*[[Club Con!|#195]]
*[[The Flames of Boltax!|#196]]
*[[The Flames of Boltax!|#197]]
*[[Cold Comfort and Joy!|#198]]
*[[Time Wars|#199]]
*[[Time Wars|#200]]
*[[Time Wars|#201]]
*[[Time Wars|#202]]
*[[Time Wars|#203]]
*[[Time Wars|#204]]
*[[Time Wars|#205]]
*[[Cold War!|#206]]
*[[Cold War!|#207]]
*[[Dark Star|#208]]
*[[Dark Star|#209]]
*[[Dark Star|#210]]
*[[The Man in the Machine!|#211]]
*[[The Man in the Machine!|#212]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#213]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#214]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#215]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#216]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#217]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#218]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#219]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#220]]
*[[Survivors!|#221]]
*[[Survivors!|#222]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#223]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#224]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#225]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#226]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#227]]
*[[(Double) Deal of the Century!|#228]]
*[[The Hunting Party|#229]]
*[[The Big Shutdown!|#230]]
*[[The Big Shutdown!|#231]]
*[[King Con!|#232]]
*[[King Con!|#233]]
*[[King Con!|#234]]
*[[King Con!|#235]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#236]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#237]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#238]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#239]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#240]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#241]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#242]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#243]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#244]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#245]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#246]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#247]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#248]]
*[[Skin Deep|#249]]
*[[Skin Deep|#250]]
*[[Skin Deep|#251]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#252]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#253]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#254]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#255]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#256]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#257]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#258]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#259]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#260]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#261]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#262]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#263]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#264]]
*[[Once upon a Time...|#265]]
*[[Life in the Slow Lane|#266]]
*[[Snow Fun!|#267]]
*[[Flashback!|#268]]
*[[Mystery!|#269]]
*[[The Bad Guy's Ball!|#270]]
*[[The Living Nightlights!|#271]]
*[[Cry Wolf!|#272]]
*[[Wolf in the Fold!|#273]]
*[[Where Wolf?|#274]]
*[[Secrets (G1)|#275]]
*[[Bugged!|#276]]
*[[Internal Affairs!|#277]]
*[[The House that Wheeljack Built!|#278]]
*[[Divide and Conquer!|#279]]
*[[The 4,000,000 Year Itch!|#280]]
*[[Makin' Tracks!|#281]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#282]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#283]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#284]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#285]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#286]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#287]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#288]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#289]]
*[[Dark Creation|#290]]
*[[Dark Creation|#291]]
*[[Dark Creation|#292]]
*[[Dark Creation|#293]]
*[[All Fall Down|#294]]
*[[All Fall Down|#295]]
*[[All Fall Down|#296]]
*[[All Fall Down|#297]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#298]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#299]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#300]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#301]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#302]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#303]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#304]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#305]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#306]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#307]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#308]]
*[[The Pri¢e of Life!|#309]]
*[[The Pri¢e of Life!|#310]]
*[[Surrender!|#311]]
*[[Surrender!|#312]]
*[[...All This and Civil War 2|#313]]
*[[...All This and Civil War 2|#314]]
*[[Out of Time!|#315]]
*[[Out of Time!|#316]]
*[[The Void! (US)|#317]]
*[[The Void! (US)|#318]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#319]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#320]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#321]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#322]]
*[[Still Life!|#323]]
*[[Still Life!|#324]]
*[[Exodus!|#325]]
*[[Exodus!|#326]]
*[[A Savage Circle|#327]]
*[[A Savage Circle|#328]]
*[[The Last Autobot?|#329]]
*[[The Last Autobot?|#330]]
*[[End of the Road! (US)|#331]]
*[[End of the Road! (US)|#332]]
}}

{{chapters|title=Second stories for issues with two non-reprint ''Transformers'' stories:|content=

*[[Robo-Capers issue 74|#74]]
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*[[Cybertron: The Middle Years!|#83]]
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*[[Robo-Capers issue 87|#87]]
*[[Robo-Capers issue 88|#88]]
*...
*[[Robo-Capers issue 91|#91]]
*...
*[[Robo-Capers issue 97|#97]]
*...
*[[Robo-Capers issue 114|#114]]
*...
*[[Ring of Hate!|#130]]
*[[Ring of Hate!|#131]]
*[[Ring of Hate!|#132]]
*[[Ring of Hate!|#133]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#134]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#135]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#136]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#137]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#138]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#139]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#140]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#141]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#142]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#143]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#144]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#145]]
*...
*[[The Wind of Change!|#183]]
*...
*[[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.|#213]]
*[[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.|#214]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#215]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#216]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#217]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#218]]
*[[Survivors!|#219]]
*[[Survivors!|#220]]
*...
*[[A Small War!|#232]]
*[[A Small War!|#233]]
*[[Prime's Rib!|#234]]
*[[Deathbringer (issue)|#235]]
*[[Deathbringer (issue)|#236]]
*[[Way of the Warrior|#237]]
*[[Survival Run|#238]]
*[[A Savage Place!|#239]]
*[[Out to Lunch!|#240]]
*[[Rage!|#241]]
*[[Assault on the Ark!|#242]]
*[[Mind Games|#243]]
*[[Two Megatrons!|#244]]
*[[Underworld!|#245]]
*[[Demons!|#246]]
*[[Dawn of Darkness|#247]]
*[[Fallen Star!|#248]]
*[[Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?|#249]]
*[[The Greatest Gift of All!|#250]]
*[[The Void! (UK)|#251]]
*[[Edge of Impact|#252]]
*[[Shadow of Evil|#253]]
*[[White Fire|#254]]
*...
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#259]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#260]]
*[[Starting Over!|#261]]
*[[Two Steps Back!|#262]]
*[[Break-Away!|#263]]
*[[Desert Island Risks!|#264]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#265]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#266]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#267]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#268]]
*[[Power Struggle|#269]]
*[[Power Struggle|#270]]
*[[Power Struggle|#271]]
*[[Power Struggle|#272]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#273]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#274]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#275]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#276]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#278]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#279]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#280]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#281]]
*[[Shut Up!|#282]]
*[[Manoeuvres!|#283]]
*[[Assassins|#284]]
*[[External Forces!|#285]]
*[[The Lesser Evil!|#286]]
*[[Inside Story!|#287]]
*[[Front Line! (issue)|#288]]
*[[End of the Road! (UK)|#289]]
*...
*[[Dreadwind's Xmas!|#302]]
}}

{{bigquote|Dear [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], To put it bluntly, the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic is 100% better than the American version we get over here. Your comics have beautiful covers, high quality artwork and very intelligent plots. Here in the States, Transformers comics are monthly instead of weekly and have bad artwork and stupid plots. Thank you for showing us the Autobots and Decepticons of the 21st Century. You guys in Britain are, as always, one step ahead when it comes to [[time travel]] (from Wells' Time Machine to [[Doctor|Doctor Who]] — you always come through)! Bob Newell, Warren, MI.|Dread Tidings, issue #188}}

===Overview===
[[Image:MarvelUK-244.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This is the best Cracker Jack prize ever!]]
Though not without contradiction, the Marvel UK book managed to weave a number of highly complex stories "behind the scenes" of the Marvel U.S. tales. Topics included expanded stories and battles in the early days of the war (before [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] arrival), more intrigue among the [[Decepticon]] commanders on Earth, the [[Autobot]] resistance on Cybertron, and the time-travelling exploits of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who arrives directly from the future world of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

The UK book's weekly schedule and shorter format meant splitting stories into parts, often right in the middle of the action. Like the U.S. book, Marvel UK featured a regular column of letters from readers; however, these were supposedly answered by various Transformers, including Grimlock, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], and others. ''See [[Letters page (Marvel UK)]]''.

===Creative team===
[[Image:Megatron-timewars-comparison.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Change of artists? Eh, who'll notice?]]
Most UK-specific stories were written by [[Simon Furman]], who was later assigned to write for the U.S. comic as well. Curiously, it was from this point that the divergences between the UK and U.S. stories became more pronounced.

Regular artists included [[Will Simpson]], [[Robin Smith]], [[Dan Reed]], [[Jeff Anderson]], [[Lee Sullivan]], [[Geoff Senior]], and [[Andrew Wildman]]. The large stable of artists resulted in some extreme contrasts of style throughout the book, such as Reed's highly organic art being followed by the clean, mechanical precision of Sullivan or Senior. Sometimes these changes occurred within the context of a single story.

===Complexity and contradiction in continuity===
[[Image:Goldbugorigins.jpg|right|200px|thumb|In no continuity was his face damaged. Maybe Bumblebee was just really ugly by Transformer standards.]]
Making the new stories align with the U.S. book occasionally involved some bending over backwards in storytelling terms. [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], for example, winds up with partial amnesia at the end of [[Resurrection!|one story]], explaining why he doesn't remember the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] when he encounters them again in a [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|later U.S. story]]. U.S. reprints were sometimes physically edited as well; for example, a UK story has [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] being transported to [[Limbo]] after the events of U.S. #23, necessitating the removal of his occasional background appearances thereafter.

Another major change was the exclusion of the ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' crossover, which featured [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee's]] destruction and subsequent restoration as Goldbug. UK continuity accounted for the reformatting by showing Bumblebee destroyed by [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] and rebuilt by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] during "[[Hunters]]". Also, the UK comic continued to feature Megatron and Shockwave after their apparent deaths in the U.S. comic. While Megatron's appearance was eventually [[Two Megatrons!|reconciled]] (sort of, if you squint) with the U.S. continuity, Shockwave's was not.

The "[[...Perchance to Dream]]" story in UK #255-260 began the [[Earthforce]] storyline and heralded a nigh-irreconcilable division between U.S. and UK stories. This was in part a deliberate decision to not try to maintain continuity due to past problems,<ref name="furint1">[http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php TransFans.co.uk - Interviews: Simon Furman - Part 1 'The Past']. '''Question''' Why do you feel continuity suffered more instead of less, between Marvel UK and US when you took over the US book? "The problem was, we were badly out of synch with the US material reprints by the time I was also writing the US comic. I was trying my hardest to craft semi-crossover stories (like the [[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer two-parter]] with [[Dark Creation|US #65]]) and then the UK comic would run a batch of old UK reprint material and completely throw it out. I realised I was making matters worse (and more confusing) and not better, and pretty much stopped trying to directly tie the two together. </ref><ref name="furint2">[http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php]; "...because (if I’m brutally honest) I didn't try too hard to make it work in the first place. By that point, I was just trying to tell a bunch of fun UK stories that didn’t necessarily impact on the larger (US) storyline. How was I to know 15 or so years later people would be trying to reconcile it all?"</ref>

===Publication and format===
The Marvel UK book was published fortnightly from #1 to #26, weekly from #27 to #308, and fortnightly again from #309 to its conclusion in #332. These issues used a larger, magazine-sized format, compared to the traditional size for modern U.S. comic books. They contained 24 pages, numbered inclusive of advertising (unlike the U.S. comic). The color and paper quality was better than that of the U.S. comic, resulting in much whiter whites and, in UK-exclusive stories, no ugly dot artifacts in the colored regions.

Typically, 11 pages would be devoted to a U.S. or UK Transformers story, while the remaining pages were divided between a [[Back-up strips|back-up strip]], a letters page, small humorous comic strips (most notably ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''[[Combat Colin]]''), and advertisements. Between issues #213 and #289 the format was changed to accommodate three five-page strips: the US reprint (published in colour), a new UK story (published in black and white) and a back-up strip. Issue #289 was the last to contain new UK Transformers stories.

In issue #290 there was another format change, with the comic returning to full colour throughout and reprints of classic UK stories taking the place of new black and white material. The three-strip structure was then dropped for good with issue #309; issue #310 then returned to the traditional format of an 11-page US reprint and a back-up strip, albeit published fortnightly once more.

UK children's comics typically have a weekly or fortnightly publication schedule, and monthly publication is the preserve of more substantial magazines aimed at older readers. The decision to publish fortnightly necessitated the division of the U.S. storylines between two or more UK comics, otherwise the UK comic would run out of material. The back-up strip then bulked out the issue to an acceptable size. When the comic began to be published weekly, this required still more Transformers material, which led to longer runs of original UK stories.

The Marvel UK series ran for about a year longer than its American counterpart and altogether had about twice as many stories.

===Cover dates===
Similarly to the U.S. comic, there is also some confusion over when issues of the UK comic were published. The date on a British weekly during ''Transformers'''s run was normally the ''off''-sale date when it would be replaced by the next issue. For example [[Manoeuvres!|issue #283]] has a cover date of 18th August 1990 but was released on the 11th August 1990. During at least most of the run, the norm was for weekly comics to come out on a Saturday.

Occasionally, an issue was seen arriving on the Friday before it was "due", with such sightings usually during the Christmas/New Year period when distribution can be unsettled and overcompensated for, but it is hard to verify individual sightings.

===Marvel UK Annuals===
'''Marvel UK Annuals''' were published every year, in summer to autumn in time for the Christmas market, for the life of the comic. Each annual was made up of a combination of a comic strip, text stories and editorial content. Some annuals also contained crossover stories with the main weekly comic in an attempt to boost sales. Due to falling sales, later annuals mainly contained reprinted stories from the comic. (Reprinted stories are not listed below.) These reprints are still of interest, as they present formerly black-and-white works in full colour.

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1986|Marvel UK Annual 1986]]|content=
*[[Plague of the Insecticons!]]
*[[Missing in Action]]
*[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]
*[[Hunted!]]
}}

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1987|Marvel UK Annual 1987]]|content=
*[[In the Beginning...]]
*[[The Return of the Transformers]]
*[[To a Power Unknown!]]
*[[State Games]]
*[[Victory!]]
*[[The Mission]]
}}

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1988|Marvel UK Annual 1988]]|content=
*[[What's in a Name?]]
*[[Doomsday for Nebulos]]
*[[Vicious Circle!]]
*[[Stylor's Story]]
*[[Ark Duty]]
*[[The Final Conflict]]
}}

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1989|Marvel UK Annual 1989]]|content=
*[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]
*[[Altered Image!]]
*[[Prime Bomb!]]
*[[All in the Minds!]]
*[[Peace]]
}}

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1990|Marvel UK Annual 1990]]|content=
*[[The Quest!]]
*[[Destiny of the Dinobots!]]
*[[Trigger-Happy!]]
*[[Dreadwing Down!]]
*[[The Chain Gang!]]
}}

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1991|Marvel UK Annual 1991]]|content=
*[[The Magnificent Six!]]
}}

{{chapters|title=[[Transformers Annual 1992|Marvel UK Annual 1992]]|content=
*[[Another Time & Place]]
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:TransformersGoesMonthly.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Gor strewth kippers chips milk float!]]
* The inside cover infobox in Marvel UK #330 revealed that there were plans for the UK ''Transformers'' comic to continue after #332, albeit with a format change. The book was intended to have become a monthly with issue #333, and would have featured ten pages of recolored Transformers reprints, ten pages of ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'', and a new five-page story per issue. However, by the publication of issue #332, Marvel UK evidently dropped this plan—although the news did not reach ''[[Combat Colin]]'' in time.
* According to the third issue of ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'''s entries on [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], the events of the Marvel UK Generation 1 comics take place on Marvel [[Earth-120185]]. The universe is named after the publication date of the first Marvel UK-exclusive story, "[[Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron]]".
* According to the [http://www.marvunapp.com/master/earthteaz.htm Marvel Universe Appendix], the events of the Marvel US comics take place on Marvel [[Earth-91274]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.oneshallstand.com/articles/overview.html Guide to TF UK by Crespo99]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/browse_thread/thread/4eeba9a9b0fe0817/1cdaf7df610e0376 May, 1984 net.comics review]

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The Void! (US)

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{{disambig3|Void}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #74
|prev=Out of Time!
|next=On the Edge of Extinction!
|title="The Void!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #317–318
|prev2=Out of Time!
|next2=On the Edge of Extinction!
|image=MarvelUS-74.jpg
|caption=Bet I can kill more of them than you can!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=November [[1990]]
|coverdate=January [[1991]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Rick Parker]]
|editor=[[Rob Tokar]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''And lo, it is the time of the Gathering...'''

==Synopsis==
Once again, the origin of the [[Transformer]]s is related, this time by [[Primus]] through his possessed body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]. He has gathered the combined [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s of [[Earth]] and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to their home planet in order to battle [[Unicron]] in his name. As Primus names [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] leader of the combined Cybertronian forces, a lone Autobot slinks away from the rear of the gathering.

Aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are surprised to return to the ship and not only find it completely empty of life, but the planet Earth totally devoid of Transformers as well. As they set course for Cybertron, Grimlock commands [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] to begin pumping [[Nucleon]] into the stasis pods to revive the fallen warriors, unknowing of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s presence among those in inactivity.

Back on Cybertron, [[Circuit Breaker]]'s fragile little mind is about to pop, as she is surrounded by her worst nightmare. [[G.B. Blackrock]] asks Optimus Prime to get Primus to return him and the [[Neo-Knights]] to Earth, but the god teleports away instead of listening to Optimus's plea.

Nearby, the mind-controlled [[Unicron cultist|hordes of Unicron]] have gathered, and are preparing to carry out his will and bring death to Optimus Prime.

As [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] makes an excuse to speak to Optimus Prime alone, he confesses to his opposite number a growing fear of dying. Optimus expresses a similar sentiment, and also confides in Scorponok his growing distaste for being manipulated by their "god", against their will. Still, he is bound and determined to face his death with nobility and resolve, if his time has truly come. As the two leaders grow closer, they are suddenly besieged by Unicron's cultists.

[[Image:DEATH.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Look! DEATH!]]
Scorponok quickly realizes that the cultists are completely uninterested in him, and seek only Optimus Prime's death. After briefly toying with the idea of leaving Prime to his doom, Scorponok vigorously returns to the battle and saves Prime from oncoming death. One cultist prepares to drop a grenade down on the fighters, but is caught by Galvatron, who forces the Cybertronian to eat his own grenade before sending up a signal flare to summon reinforcements for Prime and Scorponok.

Meanwhile... the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] has finished repairing its vessel, the deranged [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. It hungers for a new sensation... revenge!

As the various Autobots and Decepticons rush to their leaders' aid, the battle quickly turns in their favor. Scorponok is slowly torturing the last of the cultists, when Optimus Prime steps in and stops him. He suspects the Cybertronians aren't acting of their own accord, and therefore are innocent victims of Unicron.

Primus confirms Optimus Prime's suspicions, explaining that Unicron managed to place a "sleeper program" in several of Primus's creations eons ago, creating hidden wolves in the fold. Primus deliberately named Optimus Prime leader in order to draw out these cultists, and test the strength of the Cybertronian Alliance.

Just as Optimus Prime is about to give Primus a piece of his mind for all these manipulations, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] points out that Unicron has arrived.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Xaaron]] (2)
*[[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (17)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (18)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (19)
*[[Siren]] (24)
*[[Hosehead]] (25)
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (28)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (31)
*[[Waverider]] (33)
*[[Cloudburst]] (34)
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*[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] (39)
*[[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] (40)
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] (41)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (45)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (46)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (47)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (48)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (49)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (50)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (51)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (52)
*[[Getaway]] (20)
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*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (11)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (12)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (13)
*[[Weirdwolf]] (14)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (16)
*[[Fangry]] (20)
*[[Stranglehold]] (21)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (22)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (23)
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (26)
*[[Darkwing]] (27)
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (28)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (29)
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*[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] (30)
*[[Triggerhappy]] (32)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (35)
*[[Apeface]] (36)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (37)
*[[Skullcruncher]] (38)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (42)
*[[Battletrap]] (43)
*[[Quake (G1)|Quake]] (44)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (53)
*[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] (54)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (56)
*[[Squeezeplay]] (57)
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*[[Thunderpunch]] (5)
*[[Circuit Breaker]] (6)
*[[Dynamo]] (7)
*[[Rapture]] (8)
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*[[Primus]] (3)
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==Notes==
[[Image:Void-UKspread.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The United Kingdom - double the emptiness]]
*The UK version of this story is one page longer. The opening page was expanded into a double-page spread in UK issue 317, incorporating the inside-front-cover of the comic, where a description of the issue's contents usually resided.
*Once again, the origin of the Transformers is different: Primus claims that he and Unicron are the only two deities, that Unicron wiped out the last universe but fragments of it started the Big Bang, and that he was created by the "sentient core" of the new universe to stop Unicron from re-creating a lifeless void. (Why yes! Primus' take ''does'' make him sound more impressive than the previous versions!)
*This issue is the first US appearance for [[Battletrap]] and [[Quake (G1)|Quake]].
*In a nice bit of continuity, after being transported to Cybertron, the Autobot [[Pretender]]s still don't have their Pretender shells. The Decepticons confiscated them when the Autobots surrendered in [[Surrender!|issue 71]]. They will somehow get them back in time for next issue, however.
*Little character moments and jokes can be seen in the page 4–5 splash. Bludgeon is grimly cleaning his sword; Nightbeat has noticed the Neo-Knights helicopter that he brought with him; Dreadwind is ignoring the speech to tell Darkwing a funny joke, which confuses [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and annoys [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Cloudburst]] (who is being held back by [[Waverider]]); an Autobot in the back is pretending to shoot Soundwave; Starscream is looking at his woozy "ally" Shockwave with contempt; [[Apeface]] is peeling himself a yummy banana, much to [[Horri-Bull]]'s amusement; and [[Triggerhappy]] is looking the other way entirely for no reason.
[[Image:G1thunderwingthevoid.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
*The Creation Matrix re-animated Thunderwing's barely alive remains and flew off the planet in a vehicle that matches Thunderwing's [[Mega Pretender]] shell's vehicle mode (see image). The Thunderwing [[toy]]'s robot does not fit inside his shell's vehicle mode. Instead, Thunderwing himself combines with his Pretender shell to form a super jet, which is not present in the artwork. So either comic Thunderwing works differently than toy Thunderwing, or Thunderwing himself was left on the planet and the Creation Matrix took off with his Pretender shell.
*Snarl finds only one Transformer life-sign on Earth, seemingly split into two parts. This seems to be a reference to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], but Fortress Maximus is stored aboard the Ark. Another option might be Spike and his control helmet.
*''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profiles for [[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] are found after the main story.
{{--}}

===Errors===
*Slag "head" the boss, when he should have "heard" the boss.
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is misspelled "Rachet" on his stasis pod door.

===References===
*The history of Unicron and Primus was previously related, in slightly different forms, by Unicron in UK issue [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#150]] and the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] in US issue [[The Primal Scream|#61]].

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-74.jpg|'''US issue #74''' - We hate cosplayers!
Image:MarvelUK-317.jpg|'''UK issue #317''' - Xaaron - now with added chrome
Image:MarvelUK-318.jpg|'''UK issue #318''' - Head-poppingly fun!
</gallery>
*'''US cover:''' Scorponok and Prime vs the hordes of Unicron by [[Andrew Wildman]]
*'''UK issue #317 cover:''' Xaaron as servant of Primus by Andrew Wildman and Robin Bouttell
*'''UK issue #318 cover:''' recolored version of US cover by [[Robin Bouttell]]

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

===Reprints===
*2001 — ''[[Transformers: All Fall Down]]''
*2008 — ''[[Best of Transformers: Eye of the Storm]]''
*2009 — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 5]]''

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Surrender!

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #71
|prev=The Pri¢e of Life!
|next=...All This and Civil War 2
|title="Surrender!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #311–312
|prev2=The Pri¢e of Life!
|next2=...All This and Civil War 2
|image=MarvelUS-71.jpg
|caption=Hey look, a face!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=August [[1990]]
|coverdate=October 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Rick Parker]]
|editor=[[Rob Tokar]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''Prime finds his cajones, and Zarak finds his soul.'''

==Synopsis==
''Four million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] is on the [[Jan-Ja|front line]] defending the [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. [[White flag Autobot|An Autobot soldier]] tries to tell Prime they are being overrun, and have no choice but to surrender. Optimus asks the soldier for the white flag, but only to bind his wound. Optimus Prime then leaps out of the foxhole and charges the [[Decepticon]] battle line shouting "Never Surrender!"''

[[Image:Arkshuttle8.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"We'll take that nice shuttle too!"]]
[[Powermaster]] Optimus Prime kneels in the rain, in the garbage atop [[New Jersey base|the Decepticon base]], surrendering his crew to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Naturally, the [[Decepticon]] leader is all too happy to accept and commands his soldiers to divest the [[Autobot]]s of all weapons and toy gimmicks. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] is in no mood to go quietly, but Prime insists it's the only option. In his own mind, however, Optimus is just as worried about his decision as Kup.

Scorponok, meanwhile, is having a ball. His warriors were less than pleased with his recent leadership decisions, especially taking [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] under his command and then losing him. Now, though, it seems he's once more back on top... as long as he breaks his word to Optimus Prime and reneges on their potential alliance against [[Unicron]].

In the meantime, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and Starscream's insurrection army has grown, and Scorponok's present "victory" over all the Autobots has pushed up their plans considerably. With some leisurely applied peer pressure and threats of death, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and [[Triggerhappy]] are officially inducted into the Decepticon auxiliary group, and the strike plan begins.

Hours later, Optimus Prime is being guarded in his cell by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and dreams of an alliance with Scorponok seem to be turning to ash before his eyes.

Things are doing little better on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] and [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|Unicron's heralds]] have reached the planet and begun sowing discord in his name, starting with [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]'s [[Autobase]]. [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] convinces Xaaron to take the turbo-lift into the sewers and flee for safety, to form another Autobot rebellion one day if need be. Quickmix and the others remain behind to deal with the attackers.

On [[Earth]], Optimus has had enough of waiting in his cell and slams Soundwave through a wall before making his escape. He breaks out Kup and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] for assistance, but Kup has had enough and demands Prime give them a good reason why any Autobot should listen to him now. Still, he wouldn't be Optimus Prime if he couldn't make up an impassioned speech on the spot, and Kup agrees to go along.

Nearby, in his war room, [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] is beginning to regret tarnishing his honor by rolling over on Optimus Prime as he did. His musings are interrupted by Prime and his Autobots bursting in on the scene. Once again, Optimus attempts to get through to Zarak about the severity of their situation, and this time he succeeds. The alliance is about to be sealed with a handshake when Shockwave and his warriors bomb the base, leaving all inside for dead.

On Cybertron, Xaaron is on the run. The sewers provide him no safe passage. The might of Galvatron is on his trail, and there is no escape...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[White flag Autobot]] (3)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (4)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (7)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (8)
*[[Cloudburst]] (15)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (17)
*[[Getaway]] (21)
*[[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] (34)
*[[Xaaron]] (35)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (39)
|c2=
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Apeface]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Misfire]] (13)
*[[Skullgrin]] (14)
*[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] (16)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (19)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (20)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (22)
*[[Fangry]] (23)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (24)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (26)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (27)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (28)
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (29)
*[[Triggerhappy]] (30)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (31)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (32)
*[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] (33)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s|c4=
*[[Recoil]] (12)
*[[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] (25)
|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Unicron]] (18)
*[[Hook, Line, and Sinker]] (36–38)
}}

==Notes==
*The flashback happened relatively early in the Transformer civil war. If it happened before the launch of the [[Underbase]], Optimus Prime might have been a [[Lieutenant Commander]] at the time.
*This issue uses the cartoon design for the Ark, rather than the completly different design usually seen in the comic.
*The Autobots are ordered to give up their weapons, ''Nebulans'' and Pretender Shells. That can't have been fun for the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] in the group. Or the [[Powermaster]]s either, for that matter. (It's notable that Optimus Prime doesn't hand over [[Hi-Q]]. And Bomb-Burst points his gun right at Highbrow's [[Gort|head]] and all Highbrow does is pass over his weapon, realizing that Scorponok was just being a bit silly.)
*''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profiles for [[Punch (G1)|Punch and Counterpunch]] are found after the main story.

===Errors===
*During the flashback at the beginning of the issue, Optimus Prime is shown with the red eyes of his Powermaster body, rather than the yellow eyes his original body had.

===References===
*Bludgeon and his [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] materialized on Earth after US issue [[The Primal Scream|#61]], and would then join up with Scorponok's crew prior to this issue.
*Shockwave's "brush with death" occurred in US issue [[The Desert Island of Space!|#39]]. If you believe in the US/UK combined comic universe, the logic-related nervous breakdown caused by UK issue [[Dry Run!|#189]] and [[Time Wars|#199–205]] could also be responsible for "loosening his circuits", as Mindwipe put it.

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-71.jpg|'''US issue #71''' - That's the last sticker he needs for the album!
Image:MarvelUK-311.jpg|'''UK issue #311''' - Nope, try again!
Image:MarvelUK-312.jpg|'''UK issue #312''' - Now, how are you supposed to shake ''that''?
</gallery>
*'''US cover:''' Prime surrenders to Scorponok by [[Andrew Wildman]]
*'''UK issue #311 cover:''' Recoloured US cover. Still wrong.
*'''UK issue #312 cover:''' Bomb-Burst and Skullgrin by [[Stephen Baskerville]], [[Lesley Dalton]] and [[Robin Bouttell]]

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

===Reprints===
*[[2001]] — ''[[Transformers: All Fall Down]]''
*[[2007]] — ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]''
*[[2008]] — ''[[Best of Transformers: Eye of the Storm]]''
*[[2009]] — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 5]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Category:Marvel UK issues

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{{chapters|title=''The Transformers'' UK issues:|content=
*[[The Transformers (issue)|#1]]
*[[The Transformers (issue)|#2]]
*[[Power Play!|#3]]
*[[Power Play!|#4]]
*[[Prisoner of War!|#5]]
*[[Prisoner of War!|#6]]
*[[The Last Stand|#7]]
*[[The Last Stand|#8]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#9]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#10]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#11]]
*[[Man of Iron (issue)|#12]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#13]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#14]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#15]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#16]]
*[[The Enemy Within!|#17]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#18]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#19]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#20]]
*[[Raiders of the Last Ark|#21]]
*[[The New Order|#22]]
*[[The New Order|#23]]
*[[The Worse of Two Evils!|#24]]
*[[The Worse of Two Evils!|#25]]
*[[Warrior School!|#26]]
*[[Repeat Performance!|#27]]
*[[Repeat Performance!|#28]]
*[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#29]]
*[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#30]]
*[[The Wrath of Guardian!|#31]]
*[[The Wrath of Grimlock!|#32]]
*[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#33]]
*[[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#34]]
*[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#35]]
*[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#36]]
*[[Brainstorm!|#37]]
*[[Brainstorm!|#38]]
*[[Prime Time!|#39]]
*[[Prime Time!|#40]]
*[[Christmas Breaker!|#41]]
*[[Crisis of Command!|#42]]
*[[Crisis of Command!|#43]]
*[[Crisis of Command!|#44]]
*[[The Icarus Theory|#45]]
*[[The Icarus Theory|#46]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#47]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#48]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#49]]
*[[Dinobot Hunt!|#50]]
*[[Shooting Star!|#51]]
*[[Shooting Star!|#52]]
*[[Rock and Roll-Out!|#53]]
*[[Rock and Roll-Out!|#54]]
*[[I, Robot-Master!|#55]]
*[[I, Robot-Master!|#56]]
*[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#57]]
*[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#58]]
*[[Robot Buster!|#59]]
*[[Robot Buster!|#60]]
*[[Devastation Derby!|#61]]
*[[Devastation Derby!|#62]]
*[[Second Generation!|#63]]
*[[Second Generation!|#64]]
*[[Second Generation!|#65]]
*[[The Smelting Pool!|#66]]
*[[The Smelting Pool!|#67]]
*[[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#68]]
*[[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#69]]
*[[Command Performances!|#70]]
*[[Command Performances!|#71]]
*[[Showdown!|#72]]
*[[Showdown!|#73]]
*[[In the National Interest|#74]]
*[[In the National Interest|#75]]
*[[In the National Interest|#76]]
*[[In the National Interest|#77]]
*[[Target: 2006|#78]]
*[[Target: 2006|#79]]
*[[Target: 2006|#80]]
*[[Target: 2006|#81]]
*[[Target: 2006|#82]]
*[[Target: 2006|#83]]
*[[Target: 2006|#84]]
*[[Target: 2006|#85]]
*[[Target: 2006|#86]]
*[[Target: 2006|#87]]
*[[Target: 2006|#88]]
*[[Aerialbots over America!|#89]]
*[[Aerialbots over America!|#90]]
*[[Heavy Traffic!|#91]]
*[[Heavy Traffic!|#92]]
*[[The Gift|#93]]
*[[Decepticon Graffiti!|#94]]
*[[Decepticon Graffiti!|#95]]
*[[Prey!|#96]]
*[[Prey!|#97]]
*[[...The Harder They Die!|#98]]
*[[Under Fire!|#99]]
*[[Distant Thunder!|#100]]
*[[Fallen Angel|#101]]
*[[Fallen Angel|#102]]
*[[Resurrection!|#103]]
*[[Resurrection!|#104]]
*[[Afterdeath!|#105]]
*[[Afterdeath!|#106]]
*[[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#107]]
*[[Gone but Not Forgotten!|#108]]
*[[Funeral for a Friend!|#109]]
*[[Funeral for a Friend!|#110]]
*[[King of the Hill!|#111]]
*[[King of the Hill!|#112]]
*[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|#113]]
*[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|#114]]
*[[Burning Sky!|#115]]
*[[Burning Sky!|#116]]
*[[Hunters|#117]]
*[[Hunters|#118]]
*[[Fire on High!|#119]]
*[[Fire on High!|#120]]
*[[Mechanical Difficulties!|#121]]
*[[Mechanical Difficulties!|#122]]
*[[Crater Critters|#123]]
*[[Crater Critters|#124]]
*[[Ancient Relics!|#125]]
*[[The Cure!|#126]]
*[[The Cure!|#127]]
*[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#128]]
*[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#129]]
*[[Worlds Apart!|#130]]
*[[Worlds Apart!|#131]]
*[[Kup's Story!|#132]]
*[[Headhunt|#133]]
*[[Headhunt|#134]]
*[[Grudge Match!|#135]]
*[[Grudge Match!|#136]]
*[[Ladies' Night (issue)|#137]]
*[[Ladies' Night (issue)|#138]]
*[[Used Autobots|#139]]
*[[Used Autobots|#140]]
*[[Child's Play (issue)|#141]]
*[[Child's Play (issue)|#142]]
*[[Spacehikers!|#143]]
*[[Spacehikers!|#144]]
*[[Stargazing|#145]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#146]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#147]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#148]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#149]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#150]]
*[[The Legacy of Unicron!|#151]]
*[[Enemy Action!|#152]]
*[[Enemy Action!|#153]]
*[[Toy Soldiers!|#154]]
*[[Toy Soldiers!|#155]]
*[[Trial by Fire!|#156]]
*[[Trial by Fire!|#157]]
*[[The Desert Island of Space!|#158]]
*[[The Desert Island of Space!|#159]]
*[[Salvage!|#160]]
*[[Salvage!|#161]]
*[[Pretender to the Throne!|#162]]
*[[Pretender to the Throne!|#163]]
*[[City of Fear!|#164]]
*[[City of Fear!|#165]]
*[[Legion of the Lost!|#166]]
*[[Legion of the Lost!|#167]]
*[[Meltdown!|#168]]
*[[Meltdown!|#169]]
*[[Deadly Games!|#170]]
*[[Deadly Games!|#171]]
*[[Wrecking Havoc|#172]]
*[[Wrecking Havoc|#173]]
*[[Totaled!|#174]]
*[[Totaled!|#175]]
*[[People Power!|#176]]
*[[People Power!|#177]]
*[[The Cosmic Carnival|#178]]
*[[The Cosmic Carnival|#179]]
*[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|#180]]
*[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|#181]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#182]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#183]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#184]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#185]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#186]]
*[[Space Pirates!|#187]]
*[[Firebug!|#188]]
*[[Dry Run!|#189]]
*[[Monstercon from Mars!|#190]]
*[[Monstercon from Mars!|#191]]
*[[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#192]]
*[[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#193]]
*[[Club Con!|#194]]
*[[Club Con!|#195]]
*[[The Flames of Boltax!|#196]]
*[[The Flames of Boltax!|#197]]
*[[Cold Comfort and Joy!|#198]]
*[[Time Wars|#199]]
*[[Time Wars|#200]]
*[[Time Wars|#201]]
*[[Time Wars|#202]]
*[[Time Wars|#203]]
*[[Time Wars|#204]]
*[[Time Wars|#205]]
*[[Cold War!|#206]]
*[[Cold War!|#207]]
*[[Dark Star|#208]]
*[[Dark Star|#209]]
*[[Dark Star|#210]]
*[[The Man in the Machine!|#211]]
*[[The Man in the Machine!|#212]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#213]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#214]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#215]]
*[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?|#216]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#217]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#218]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#219]]
*[[Recipe for Disaster!|#220]]
*[[Survivors!|#221]]
*[[Survivors!|#222]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#223]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#224]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#225]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#226]]
*[[Aspects of Evil!|#227]]
*[[(Double) Deal of the Century!|#228]]
*[[The Hunting Party|#229]]
*[[The Big Shutdown!|#230]]
*[[The Big Shutdown!|#231]]
*[[King Con!|#232]]
*[[King Con!|#233]]
*[[King Con!|#234]]
*[[King Con!|#235]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#236]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#237]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#238]]
*[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#239]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#240]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#241]]
*[[Back from the Dead|#242]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#243]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#244]]
*[[The Resurrection Gambit!|#245]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#246]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#247]]
*[[All the Familiar Faces!|#248]]
*[[Skin Deep|#249]]
*[[Skin Deep|#250]]
*[[Skin Deep|#251]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#252]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#253]]
*[[Yesterday's Heroes!|#254]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#255]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#256]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#257]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#258]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#259]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#260]]
*[[The Primal Scream|#261]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#262]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#263]]
*[[Bird of Prey!|#264]]
*[[Once upon a Time...|#265]]
*[[Life in the Slow Lane|#266]]
*[[Snow Fun!|#267]]
*[[Flashback!|#268]]
*[[Mystery!|#269]]
*[[The Bad Guy's Ball!|#270]]
*[[The Living Nightlights!|#271]]
*[[Cry Wolf!|#272]]
*[[Wolf in the Fold!|#273]]
*[[Where Wolf?|#274]]
*[[Secrets (G1)|#275]]
*[[Bugged!|#276]]
*[[Internal Affairs!|#277]]
*[[The House that Wheeljack Built!|#278]]
*[[Divide and Conquer!|#279]]
*[[The 4,000,000 Year Itch!|#280]]
*[[Makin' Tracks!|#281]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#282]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#283]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#284]]
*[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#285]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#286]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#287]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#288]]
*[[Deadly Obsession|#289]]
*[[Dark Creation|#290]]
*[[Dark Creation|#291]]
*[[Dark Creation|#292]]
*[[Dark Creation|#293]]
*[[All Fall Down|#294]]
*[[All Fall Down|#295]]
*[[All Fall Down|#296]]
*[[All Fall Down|#297]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#298]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#299]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#300]]
*[[Rhythms of Darkness!|#301]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#302]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#303]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#304]]
*[[The Human Factor!|#305]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#306]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#307]]
*[[Eye of the Storm|#308]]
*[[The Pri¢e of Life!|#309]]
*[[The Pri¢e of Life!|#310]]
*[[Surrender!|#311]]
*[[Surrender!|#312]]
*[[...All This and Civil War 2|#313]]
*[[...All This and Civil War 2|#314]]
*[[Out of Time!|#315]]
*[[Out of Time!|#316]]
*[[The Void! (US)|#317]]
*[[The Void! (US)|#318]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#319]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#320]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#321]]
*[[On the Edge of Extinction!|#322]]
*[[Still Life!|#323]]
*[[Still Life!|#324]]
*[[Exodus!|#325]]
*[[Exodus!|#326]]
*[[A Savage Circle|#327]]
*[[A Savage Circle|#328]]
*[[The Last Autobot?|#329]]
*[[The Last Autobot?|#330]]
*[[End of the Road! (US)|#331]]
*[[End of the Road! (US)|#332]]
}}

{{chapters|title=Second stories for issues with two non-reprint ''Transformers'' stories:|content=
*[[Cybertron: The Middle Years!|#83]]
*...
*[[Ring of Hate!|#130]]
*[[Ring of Hate!|#131]]
*[[Ring of Hate!|#132]]
*[[Ring of Hate!|#133]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#134]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#135]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#136]]
*[[Broken Glass!|#137]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#138]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#139]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#140]]
*[[Love and Steel!|#141]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#142]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#143]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#144]]
*[[Brothers in Armor!!|#145]]
*...
*[[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.|#213]]
*[[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.|#214]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#215]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#216]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#217]]
*[[Race with the Devil|#218]]
*[[Survivors!|#219]]
*[[Survivors!|#220]]
*...
*[[A Small War!|#232]]
*[[A Small War!|#233]]
*[[Prime's Rib!|#234]]
*[[Deathbringer (issue)|#235]]
*[[Deathbringer (issue)|#236]]
*[[Way of the Warrior|#237]]
*[[Survival Run|#238]]
*[[A Savage Place!|#239]]
*[[Out to Lunch!|#240]]
*[[Rage!|#241]]
*[[Assault on the Ark!|#242]]
*[[Mind Games|#243]]
*[[Two Megatrons!|#244]]
*[[Underworld!|#245]]
*[[Demons!|#246]]
*[[Dawn of Darkness|#247]]
*[[Fallen Star!|#248]]
*[[Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?|#249]]
*[[The Greatest Gift of All!|#250]]
*[[The Void! (UK)|#251]]
*[[Edge of Impact|#252]]
*[[Shadow of Evil|#253]]
*[[White Fire|#254]]
*...
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#259]]
*[[...Perchance to Dream|#260]]
*[[Starting Over!|#261]]
*[[Two Steps Back!|#262]]
*[[Break-Away!|#263]]
*[[Desert Island Risks!|#264]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#265]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#266]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#267]]
*[[Blood on the Tracks|#268]]
*[[Power Struggle|#269]]
*[[Power Struggle|#270]]
*[[Power Struggle|#271]]
*[[Power Struggle|#272]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#273]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#274]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#275]]
*[[Ashes, Ashes...|#276]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#278]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#279]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#280]]
*[[...All Fall Down!|#281]]
*[[Shut Up!|#282]]
*[[Manoeuvres!|#283]]
*[[Assassins|#284]]
*[[External Forces!|#285]]
*[[The Lesser Evil!|#286]]
*[[Inside Story!|#287]]
*[[Front Line! (issue)|#288]]
*[[End of the Road! (UK)|#289]]
*...
*[[Dreadwind's Xmas!|#302]]
}}

[[Category: Generation 1 issues]]
[[Category:Issues by publisher]]
[[Category: Marvel Comics|UK issues]]

Xaaron (G1)

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{{factions|autobot}}
:''Xaaron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:UK166 Xaaron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You wily old buzzard!]]
[[Emirate]] '''Xaaron''' is the leader of the Autobot underground resistance movement and was the chairman of the [[Council of Autobot Elders]]. He is not a fighter, but his strength is found in his convictions. Xaaron, though physically unimposing, speaks and acts with incredible confidence that grows from his irreverent brand of wisdom. [[Impactor (G1)|A few]] under his command wish he weren't such a "wily old buzzard," since Xaaron's touch is about as subtle as a boulder to the head. It is this heavy-handed approach, however, that makes him extremely valuable to the Autobots as a source of inspiration; some believe he is so important to the cause that most would willingly lay down their lives to save him.

He has a small combat tank as alternate mode,<ref>"[[Transformers: The Facts]]"</ref> but what with the "not really a fighter" thing, he hasn't transformed in hundreds of years. Doing so might very well kill him from the shock!

{{bigquote|I don't know whether to thank him or '''tear his head off!'''|[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] on Xaaron's "methods"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
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[[Image:Xaaroncomealeader.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Tell me, Mr. Anderson... What good is a phone call if you're unable to speak?]]
''Millions of years ago, when the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war was new, Xaaron belonged to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Academy of Science and Technology]], where he dismissed a proposal from his colleague [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] to reattempt [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s scheme to rebuild [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into a mobile battlestation. Flame, who was increasingly mad, was then seemingly destroyed in an explosion near [[Kalis]].''<ref>It is not entirely clear when, relative to other events, Flame disappeared. He must have been dispelled from the Iacon academy before Iacon was destroyed, but it also seems unlikely he worked at his plan for four million years.</ref> {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}

''The war continued, and long after, the capital city of Iacon was under heavy assault, prompting the Council of Autobot Elders to contemplate surrender. Emirate Xaaron refused, suggesting to High Councillor [[Traachon]] that bureaucratic mismanagement of the Autobot army was the real culprit. He nominated a single warrior to take direct control of the Autobot forces—[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]!'' {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}} {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}

''After Optimus Prime, Megatron, and countless other combatants were lost to [[Earth]], the Decepticon warlord [[Trannis]] rose into power. Xaaron created an assault team, the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], to assassinate Trannis, but when they succeeded, one warlord was merely replaced by [[Straxus (G1)|another]].'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}

[[Image:Xaaronimpactor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Impactor and Xaaron versus unfortunate illustration composition.]]

''In 1986, Xaaron hatched a new plan for the Wreckers: [[Operation: Volcano]]. Using himself as bait, he would lure the several of the best Decepticon warriors into a trap. The Wreckers, under the leadership of [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] momentarily reconsidered when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], who was built to aid them in this particular mission, left for Earth to investigate the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Xaaron quickly replaced them with the Autobot [[Triple Changer|Triple Changers]], at first sending them to attack Impactor while pretending to be Decepticons. Though this trick aggravated Impactor, the Wreckers commander grudgingly admitted it proved the three were up to the job. The bait was set, but a turn of events forced the Decepticons to abandon it. However, one disobedient Decepticon fired on Xaaron anyway, and when Impactor jumped in front of the blast, the Wreckers commander was destroyed, dying in Xaaron's arms. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was chosen to replace him.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''A short time later, Springer captured an alleged imposter posing as Optimus Prime. The imposter escaped, and Springer alerted Xaaron. Upon finding the imposter cradling a dying [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], Xaaron heard enough of his passionate words to realize that this was, indeed, the real Optimus Prime. After four million years, Xaaron welcomed his old friend home.'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} ''Xaaron pleaded for him to stay, but Optimus insisted he was needed more back on [[Earth]].'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

''An explosion which rocked Kalis caught the attention of Xaaron and the other Autobots stationed in a subterranean headquarters near there. This caused Emirate Xaaron to recall Flame's old experiments with Megatron's underground fusion reactors, so he filled in Springer's Wreckers on this presumed closed chapter of history, initiating a search for the source of the problem. Unfortunately, three weeks of probing woke up an army of [[zombie]]s, led by the reanimated corpse of the former Wreckers leader, Impactor! Xaaron's attempts to appeal to Impactor failed, and worse, Flame subsequently reintroduced himself, very much alive! Flame's mad plans to activate the fusion reactors had continued all this time, and even though Xaaron again noted that this action would destroy all of Cybertron, he had his zombie army put Xaaron and the Wreckers in bound captivity. The cackling Flame left zombie Impactor to guard their prison cell. After Xaaron encouraged Springer, who was having doubts about the success of his leadership, Springer was able to reach what was left of the old Impactor inside his undead husk of a body.'' {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}

[[Image:Xaaroncannottransform.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Xaaron, the first [[Action Master]]!]]

''Xaaron and the others were freed from their bondage, and so he snuck into Flame's main staging grounds, hoping to stop him personally. Flame, however, had been expecting Xaaron to arrive, having watched him on the monitors. Since Xaaron hadn't transformed in hundreds of years, meaning the shock to his systems may actually kill him, he was hopelessly outgunned. Flame could transform with ease into his heavily-armed flame-tank mode, and so Xaaron was forced to dive for cover. Just like Xaaron predicted, the fusion reactors warned of an imminent meltdown, but Flame's insanity was too great to be deterred. Flame was momentarily knocked out when Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers arrived, but there was bad news. In order to stop the destruction of Cybertron, they would have to isolate the reactor, but doing so would ultimately destroy the Transformer who would make that final, heroic act. Xaaron suggested he do it, but Ultra Magnus wouldn't have it, as Xaaron was too important to the Autobot resistance movement. No, the deed was done by Impactor, who had regained his wits, despite his zombie state. And with Xaaron's blessing, Impactor sacrificed his life once again for all of Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

''Xaaron inspected the remains of [[Chameleon]] following his death.'' {{storylink|Deadly Games!}}

''When the [[Micromaster]] [[Battle Patrol]] were captured by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s Decepticons, Xaaron ordered [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]]'s [[Race Car Patrol]] to destroy them so that Micromaster technology would not fall into Decepticon hands. When Roadhandler failed to do this, partly because of his own misgivings, he returned to Xaaron to submit himself for execution. Emirate Xaaron refused, saying the folly was his own for putting the demands of war over the lives of individuals.'' {{storylink|A Small War!}}

[[Image:Xaarondelbo.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Xaaron's first Marvel US appearance. Sadly, only the yellow passed through customs.]]
After [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] were restored as [[Pretender|Pretenders]], their new might helped turn the tide of Xaaron's underground resistance. ''During their tour of duty, [[Seawatch]] was returned to Autobase, catatonic. Xaaron sent the Classic Pretenders to investigate, and they found the [[Demon|Demons]], relics of Cybertron's past.'' {{storylink|Demons!}} ''From Seawatch's manic ramblings, Xaaron was clued in to the lore of the Demons and their weakness. Arriving on the battlescene with a weapon, Xaaron overloaded them with pure [[energon]], destroying the creatures.'' {{storylink|Dawn of Darkness}} The Classic Pretenders needed to return to [[Earth]], but while Xaaron had opened a transdimensional portal to send them home, the Autobots were suddenly under attack by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. As a result, the Mayhem Attack Squad, the Classic Pretenders, and some Autobot [[Micromaster|Micromasters]] were thrown into the center of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} Xaaron was able to locate them and send them to their intended destination, but not before the combatants had awoken [[Primus]]. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

With [[Unicron]] now nearing Cybertron, Xaaron aided Optimus Prime in their search for the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] by sending out teams into a sector of the galaxy where the Matrix (in Optimus Prime's old body) had likely been jettisoned. {{storylink|Matrix Quest|Martix Quest}} But Unicron had his own plans in mind, sending a [[Galvatron II|Galvatron from a possible future]] to Cybertron to prepare for his arrival. The timelost herald pursued Xaaron specifically, finally cornering him deep below the surface of the planet. Galvatron revealed that he felt betrayed by Unicron and wished to ask Xaaron how to defeat him. Xaaron gasped, recalling an old legend which stated that if the Transformers united as one, Unicron could be defeated. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Galvatron brought Xaaron down into the center of Cybertron, where Primus' chamber lay, and had the resistance leader attempt to pray Primus out of his renewed slumber. Xaaron succeeded, Primus awoke, and all of the Transformers on [[Earth]] were instantaneously transported to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

[[Image:OntheEdgeofExtinction-Primus.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Xaaron is full of the Holy Spirit.]]
Primus spoke through Xaaron's body, causing it to glow and float above the startled Transformers, and he told them the history of their race. After the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces long enough to ward off brainwashed [[Unicron cultist|Unicron cultists]], Primus' avatar nominated Optimus Prime to be their united leader. This union dissipated quickly into chaos and terror once the impossibly huge Unicron arrived. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

Unicron's assault on the planet was halted momentarily when the possessed Xaaron confronted him, but both Xaaron's body and Primus' essence were seemingly destroyed once Unicron realized that this avatar could do him no harm and blasted Xaaron's form to tiny pieces. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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===''TransTech''===
A confused [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] who lived in [[Axiom Nexus]] believed that he was secretly the Emirate Xaaron of [[universal stream]] [[Primax 093.0 Epsilon]]. He's really, really not. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Xaaron was one of the Autobots' chief legal advisors {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} and had been for a long time: when arresting some scumbag in the pre-war era, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] said he had the right to a "Xaaron-approved" attorney. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

[[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers5-atrocityafteratrocity.jpg|left|thumb|300px|''His sentence may be death because I AM THE LAW!'']]

Long ago, he was rescued from a drilling platform within the [[Sonic Canyons]] by the Wreckers' leader, Impactor. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

Later, as [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] was tried by [[Aequitas]] for his crimes, Xaaron watched in disgust alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Tyrest (Autobot)|Chief Justice Tyrest]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], and others. Fearing the potential damage to morale and Decepticon use as propaganda should the trial data be released, these law and order luminaries agreed to keep the trials secret until the final verdict had been passed, then it would be full disclosure. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5}}

Xaaron served on the [[Ethics Committee]] meetings at the [[Kimia Facility]], alongside [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Animus]]. He sat in consideration of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]'s new invention, [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]]s that used onboard computers to ensure a killshot to the head with every pull of the trigger. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[Image:ChaosTheory1-labkimia.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Don't do it, Wheeljack! [[Ironfist (G1)|That]] lab is [[Skyfall (G1)|CURSED!]]]]

When Megatron unexpectedly surrendered, Xaaron was called in to advise on the legal aspects of his detention and possible trial. ([[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] wasn't too happy with the idea of POW rights for Megatron) Xaaron's advice was that Megatron should not be tried by an Autobot military tribunal but by a third party, as the intergalactic community had no time for ''either'' faction in the war and would accuse the Autobots of rigging the result. He also offered [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] a job at Kimia, in Ironfist's old lab. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of the [[D-Void]]'s attack, Xaaron watched on as a viewscreen showed [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] explaining his desire to gather a crew to find the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{Storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} He apparently thought this was a good idea as he was later seen on Rodimus's ship, the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] gathered Xaaron and [[Dipstick]], [[Atomizer]], [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] and [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] to tell a true story, in the hope it'd jumpstart [[Rung]]'s brain: the implication is the five of them had some significant adventure in the past. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}
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==Notes==
*In the Marvel Comics it is not clear if the character's full name is "Emirate Xaaron" or if "Emirate" is a title. Later continuities would use "Emirate" as a title.
*If the 'Emirate' from Xaaron's name is the Anglicised version of a Cybertronian title, then it is a misnomer. ''[[wikipedia:Emirate|Emirate]]'' is not a title, but a word that describes a place. An [[wikipedia:Emir|Emir]] is the leader of an Emirate. At least, that's how it goes on [[Earth]].
*In Xaaron's first appearance, he addresses [[Traachon]] as "High Councillor" of the [[Council of Autobot Elders]]. Later, [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] claims Xaaron was the chairman of the "ludicrously pompous" Council of Autobot Elders. Either Xaaron was later promoted and he changed his job description, or everyone on the council has different, important-sounding titles. Or, uh, Flame is just crazy and confused. Because he is, you know. Very crazy, that is.
*Xaaron was one Marvel UK conceit that writer [[Simon Furman]] quickly brought over when he began writing for Marvel US. In the translation, however, Xaaron lost all his colors except for the yellow.
*Xaaron is one of two Transformers who have served as a yellow-glowing avatar for [[Primus]]. The other is [[Mini-Con]] [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] from [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'']].
*In Xaaron's very first fictional appearance, his head design was clearly based on the Generation 1 Megatron toy, minus the larger grey helmet and the gun kibble. His chest looks a little Megatrony as well.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=474&page=22 Transformers #318 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=475&page=22 Transformers #319 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Mayhem Attack Squad

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{{disambig2|the roving band of stone-cold killers|the team of mirrorverse meddling do-gooders|Mayhem Suppression Squad}}
:''The Mayhem Attack Squad is a [[Decepticon]] subgroup from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:CheapShots-mayhemattacksquad.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Shut up, we like our name.]]

The '''Mayhem Attack Squad''' is the Decepticon answer to the [[Wrecker]]s. The team's lineup is ever-changing, and they recruit the most bloodthirsty and deadly Decepticons to swell their ranks when old members die (or desert).

Unlike the Wreckers, the Mayhems have a ''sweet'' [[Decepticon heavy transport|ship]]. When Megatron isn't stealing it, that is.

The team's known members have included:
{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!1st known lineup
!2nd known lineup
!3rd known lineup
!''Classics'' lineup
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*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (leader)
*[[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]]
*[[Chop Shop]]
*[[Flywheels]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venom]]
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*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]
*[[Needlenose]]
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]
*[[Snarler]] (leader)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]
*[[Stranglehold]]
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*Bludgeon (leader)
*Octopunch
*Stranglehold
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*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (leader)
*Needlenose
*Octopunch
*Stranglehold
|}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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''With [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] teamed up on Earth and a rift in time and space threatening to destroy all reality, the Decepticons on Cybertron were getting desperate. They teamed the Mayhem Attack Squad with the Autobots' Wreckers and sent them to Earth in a Decepticon ship to bring down Galvatron and Megatron. Secretly, the Mayhems were under orders to kill any surviving Wreckers once the threat of Galvatron and Megatron was over.''

''Once on Earth, the two teams joined with the advance scouts [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and moved to attack Galvatron in his lair.''

[[Image:Uk202timewarsMayhems.JPG|left|250px|thumb|Galvatron shows what he thinks of the lesser-known toys.]]
''The battle could have gone... better than it did.''

''Galvatron embedded his hand in Battletrap's chest and cannon-blasted Venom, and by the time the first skirmish was over, only Carnivac, Flywheels and Catilla remained alive.''

''As the battle moved above ground, Carnivac had a change of heart about killing [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] when Springer saved his life.''

''The battle escalated as more and more Autobots and Decepticons joined. Ultimately, it was neither Wrecker nor Mayhem that would destroy Galvatron, but a rift in time and space.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

''With the Time Wars over, the two surviving Mayhem Attack Squad members found themselves stranded on Earth when Megatron stole their ship to return to Cybertron.''

''The surviving Mayhems joined with the surviving Wreckers and the stray Autobots Inferno and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] to form a new team called the [[Survivors]].''

''Shortly after this, Carnivac teamed with Snarler (with Catilla observing) on a mission for Scorponok. The three were given Pretender shells as a reward. Snarler, however, was not impressed when the two former Mayhems refused to rejoin the Decepticons.'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}

''Snarler returned to Cybertron and set about recruiting a new Mayhem Attack Squad to destroy Carnivac and Catilla through training sessions against [[solid light simulation]]s of high-ranking Autobots in a fake [[Slaughter City]]. Despite his abject cowardice, Needlenose was admitted into its ranks, alongside Bludgeon, Stranglehold, Octopunch and Spinister.'' {{storylink|The Hunting Party}}

[[Image:HuntingParty-Mayhem Attack Squad small.JPG|right|250px|thumb|One of these things is not like the others, one of these things does not belong!]]
''While they succeeded in destroying Catilla, they were targeted for vengeance by Carnivac.'' {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}

On Cybertron, the Mayhem Attack Squad—Bludgeon, Stranglehold, and Octopunch—got the assignment of assassinating the Autobot Pretenders [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

After initially failing to kill the Autobots, the Squad accidentally teleported deep inside Cybertron along with the Autobots. The two groups met inside a huge chamber containing a sleeping [[Primus]] and promptly set about trying to kill each other.

After the Squad had been utterly crushed, Octopunch made one final attack against a distracted Grimlock, which was deflected by Grimlock's armor and ended up hitting Primus in the face. Consequently, Primus awoke, drawing Unicron to his ancient enemy's location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}}

====Earthforce====
{{Earthforcefiction}}
''Rather than going out to hunt down Carnivac the Mayhems decided to let the renegade come to them, and so established a base on a tropical island. True to their predictions, Carnivac arrived and managed to dispatch Needlenose fairly easily.'' {{storylink|Cry Wolf!}} ''In response, the Mayhems managed to destroy Carnivac's Pretender shell'' {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}} ''but he recovered from the mental shock and murdered Snarler and Spinister. When the Autobot Survivors and Grimlock's Earthforce arrived, he saw to it that Bludgeon, Octopunch and Stranglehold were captured alive—because he knew that being taken alive and not having a warrior's death would be torment for them.'' {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

''The three surviving members, Bludgeon, Octopunch, and Stranglehold, managed to escape from Earthforce by being vewwy quiet.'' {{storylink|Shut Up!}}

====Classics====
Twenty years after the end of the war, [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Needlenose]] employed [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold|Stranglehold]] in attempt to reform the Mayhem Attack Squad. Despite going to elaborate lengths to get at [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], they were undone by Ruckus' naïveté as leader and eventually received a serious thrashing at the hands of the Autobots. {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}

==Notes==
* Flywheels and Battletrap are the only team members to have appeared prior to the Mayhem Attack Squad's debut in "[[Time Wars]]". It is unknown whether they were part of the team at this earlier time. {{storylink|City of Fear!}}
* Flywheels is not seen to die in "Time Wars", but if you look very hard you can see his corpse among the general carnage.
* However, Battletrap, who had the dubious honor of being the first casualty of the battle, reappears later in both the post-Unicron US issues and in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'', among [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces.
* Some believe that the Triggercons [[Windsweeper]], [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] were also part of the Mayhem Attack Squad. Although this is implied by Windsweeper and Ruckus' proximity to Spinister et al in the [[Matrix Quest]], it is never explicitly stated that they are Mayhems within the text of those US stories.

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Andrew Wildman

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[[Image:AndrewWildman.jpg|right|169px|thumb|<strike>Dale Gribble</strike> <strike>Rusty Shackleford</strike> Andrew Wildman, self-portrait.]]
'''Andrew Wildman''''s artistic association with ''Transformers'' began when he did several covers for the Marvel [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK comic]]. His first strip work came in issue [[Cold Comfort and Joy!|#198]], which was scripted by [[Ian Rimmer]] from a plot by [[Simon Furman]].

After Furman took up writing for the Marvel US version of the ''Transformers'' comic, Wildman came aboard 13 issues later, simultaneously penciling the cover and interior of [[Eye of the Storm|#69]]. He would pencil the book to the end of its 80-issue run, only skipping [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#75]] (which was illustrated by [[Geoff Senior]]).

After ''Transformers'', though the collaborations between Wildman and Furman would continue on and off over their years at Marvel, Wildman would go off on his own for lengthy stints, such as pencilling [[Larry Hama]]'s ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' and Peter David's ''[[Spider-Man]] 2099''.

Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman would be brought together again years later for [[BotCon 1997]]'s convention comic, "[[Ground Zero]]". Wildman was also tapped to do the box art for that year's exclusives, [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Wildman did the package art for [[BotCon 1998]]'s [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] and [[Vice Grip]] as well, and later supplied colors for 2000's "[[Terminus (issue)|Terminus]]".

The two Britons stayed together following their creative reunion, subsequently forming Wildfur Productions as a joint venture.

While Andrew Wildman has not been quite as active as Simon Furman in the recent ''Transformers'' comic revivals, he has still been a visible presence. On the British side of things, he provided the retail covers to all of the [[Titan Books|Titan]] reprints of Generation 1 comic material, and pencilled eight of the nine issues of [[Panini]]'s short-lived ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' comic series. Over in North America, he pencilled the ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries for [[Dreamwave Productions]], and has done several covers for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]''.

In the meantime, Wildman has founded the UK-based charity organization, ''Draw The World Together''.

While at Marvel, Wildman worked extensively with inker [[Stephen Baskerville]], whose talents greatly complemented Wildman's own. After not working together for some time, they briefly reunited for the final issue of the Panini ''Armada'' comic.

Everything old became new again with the production of ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' — IDW's modern-day continuation of the US Marvel comic. Wildman teamed not only with Simon Furman again, but also with Stephen Baskerville for the production.

==Comic art==
===Marvel US===
====Covers/interiors====
*''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1]]'' [[Eye of the Storm|#69]], [[The Pri¢e of Life!|#70]], [[Surrender!|#71]], [[...All This and Civil War 2|#72]], [[Out of Time!|#73]], [[The Void! (US)|#74]], [[Still Life!|#76]], [[Exodus!|#77]], [[A Savage Circle|#78]], [[The Last Autobot?|#79]], [[End of the Road! (US)|#80]]

===Marvel UK===
====Covers====
*''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1]]'' [[Space Pirates!|#183]], [[Space Pirates!|#185]], [[Space Pirates!|#186]], [[Space Pirates!|#187]], [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#193]], [[Cold Comfort and Joy!|#198]], [[Time Wars|#202]], [[Time Wars|#203]], [[Time Wars|#205]], [[Cold War!|#206]], [[Dark Star|#208]], [[Dark Star|#210]], [[The Man in the Machine!|#211]], [[The Big Shutdown!|#230]], [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#238]], [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#243]], [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#245]], [[Skin Deep|#250]], [[The Primal Scream|#259]], [[Life in the Slow Lane|#266]], [[Deadly Obsession|#286]], [[Eye of the Storm|#307]], [[Out of Time!|#315]], [[The Void! (US)|#317]], [[Still Life!|#323]], [[Exodus!|#325]], [[A Savage Circle|#328]], [[End of the Road! (US)|#331]]

====Interiors====
*''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1]]'' [[Cold Comfort and Joy!|#198]], [[Time Wars||#199]], [[Race with the Devil|#215]], [[Race with the Devil|#216]], [[Race with the Devil|#217]], [[Race with the Devil|#218]], [[Aspects of Evil!|#225]]. [[(Double) Deal of the Century!|#228]], [[Prime's Rib!|#234]], [[Out to Lunch!|#240]], [[Rage!|#241]], [[Assault on the Ark!|#242]], [[Fallen Star!|#248]], [[...Perchance to Dream|#255]], [[...Perchance to Dream|#257]], [[...Perchance to Dream|#260]], [[Two Steps Back!|#262]], [[Once upon a Time...|#265]]

===3H Enterprises/Productions===
====Interiors====
*"[[Terminus (issue)|Terminus]]" (colours)

===Panini===
====Interiors====
*''[[Transformers: Armada (Panini)|Armada]]'' [[Friends and Foes!|#2]]–[[Panini Armada issue 9|#9]]

===Dreamwave Productions===
====Interiors====
*''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' [[Fragmentation (G1)|#1]], [[Escalation|#2]], [[Devastation|#3]], [[Revelation (The Dark Ages)|#4]], [[Confrontation (issue)|#5]], [[Conflagration|#6]]

===Devil's Due===
====Covers/interiors====
*''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: Black Horizon|Black Horizon]]'' [[Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|#1]], [[Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|#2]]

===IDW Publishing===
====Covers====
*''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' [[Infiltration issue 1|#1 cover B]], [[Infiltration issue 2|#2 cover C]], [[Infiltration issue 3|#3 cover C]], [[Infiltration issue 4|#4 cover C]], [[Infiltration issue 5|#5 cover C]], [[Infiltration issue 6|#6 Retailer Incentive cover A]]
* [[The Transformers (IDW)|Ongoing series]] Covers B's for issues 2–7 (in production)

====Interiors====
*''[[Movie Prequel Special|Transformers: Movie Prequel Special]]'' "[[Interlude]]", "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]" (pages 10-22)
*''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]''

==Gallery==
*''[[:Category:Images by Andrew Wildman|Extended Andrew Wildman gallery]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.drawtheworldtogether.com/ Draw The World Together]
*[http://www.wildfur.net/ Wildfur Productions], original properties by Andrew Wildman and Simon Furman.
*[http://wildwords.wordpress.com/ Wildwords, Andrew Wildman's blog]

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Dark Creation

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #65
|prev=Deadly Obsession
|next=All Fall Down
|title="Dark Creation"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #290–293
|prev2=End of the Road! (UK)
|next2=All Fall Down
|image=MarvelUS-65.jpg
|caption=Get away from me, you GLITCH!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=February [[1990]]
|coverdate=April 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|artist=[[Geoff Senior]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Jim Massara]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''In space, no one can hear you transform.'''

==Synopsis==
And so, the true history of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] after it left Earth in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s body unfolds. Crash landing on the barren moon [[VsQs]], the Matrix lies inactive until a droid crashes nearby as well, on the edge of death. Revitalized, the mechanoid who once brought death only to the terminally ill becomes willing and able to take all life in its path. The Matrix maintains a psychic link with the [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] after it departs, and experiences new sensations through the being, such as pain, terror, and evil. It becomes... curious.

Next, a [[Matrixspawn|small predatory creature]] crawls into Prime's dead chest and is exposed to the Matrix's power. Recognizing the creature as a predator that kills victims which are neither food nor enemy, the Matrix becomes fascinated by the nature of evil. To experiment with more sensations, it recreates the creature into a larger and more deadly form, something that [[VsQs Exploration Team|curious scientists]] from [[Cameron]] [[Cameron Space Control|Space Control]] learn to their eternal lament.

Cut to the present. The [[Classic Pretender]]s are exploring what remains of the VsQs exploration habitat. As [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] uncovers the survey logs, which end abruptly after the first encounter with Optimus Prime's funeral barge and the [[Matrixspawn]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] returns from exploring the ruins. He's found the research team... what's left of them. While the Autobots are pondering their options, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] suddenly crashes through the window, demanding they hand over the Matrix to him.

Back at Thunderwing's ship, [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] is monologuing to himself about how unfair it is that he's stuck on guard duty. He contends (to himself, still) that being backhanded across the room by Thunderwing should've been punishment enough. Little does he realize that his impact shook loose a circuit, sending an electrical surge through the [[Mind Leech]] technology holding the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] prisoners in stasis.

In the research station, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] makes a vain attempt to reason with Thunderwing before he crushes Bumblebee's neck, but Grimlock just hauls off and slugs him. As Thunderwing's [[Decepticon]] warriors join the fight, [[Windsweeper]] sees how outnumbered the Autobots are and decides to just hang back in the shadows and let the other Decepticons do the work. This strategy works pretty well until the Matrixspawn grabs him from behind with its tail and begins pulling him up to the rafters.

Meanwhile, off the coast of [[United Kingdom|England]], a [[Shockwave (G1)|shadowy figure dressed all in purple, and with only one eye]], emerges from the waters. But WHO could it be...?

On VsQs, the Decepticons notice Windsweeper is missing, and spot the creature about ready to devour him. [[Needlenose]] draws a bead on the Matrixspawn to kill it and save his comrade, but Thunderwing shoves him out of the way when he recognizes the Matrix energy dripping from the creature. Afraid of being separated from its vessel, the Matrix bids it to retreat. Thunderwing takes off in hot pursuit, leaving some very chagrined Decepticon troopers wondering just how far gone their leader is.

As the Pretenders regroup, they realize the moon's heavy gravity is beginning to have an effect on them; it seems they had been burning extra [[energon]] over the last few hours to compensate, which only means that now they're low on fuel reserves. Chasing after the creature as best they can, the [[Autobot]]s are caught between Thunderwing and the Matrixspawn as they battle for the right to possess the Matrix. Bumblebee, all-but dry of energy, reaches slowly towards the Matrix as their enemies fight to the death and...

At the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the Classic Pretenders' [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] is coming in for a smooth landing, and Optimus Prime eagerly goes to meet the conquering heroes and reclaim their prize. The laugh's on him though, as Thunderwing steps forth from the shuttle wielding the power of the Matrix as his own.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Hosehead]] (10)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (11)
*[[Siren]] (12)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (8)
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (9)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (13)
*[[Needlenose]] (14)
*[[Windsweeper]] (15)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shadowy figure]] (17)

|c4=
*[[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] (1)
*[[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] (2)
*[[Matrixspawn]] (4)
*[[Patch (dog)|Patch]] (16)
}}

==Notes==
*This is the first fictional mention of [[Prima]], [[Prime Nova]], and [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], although Prima and Sentinel Prime were previously depicted in "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]" and "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]", respectively, as unnamed characters.
*Bumblebee, Jazz, and Grimlock's Pretender Shells make their last appearance in the comics. Bumblebee's shell gets a hole blasted through it by Thunderwing, but Jazz and Grimlock's just disappear forever without explanation after they exit them to fight.
*The assorted creatures in this story are obviously inspired in part by the critters from the [[Wikipedia:Alien (franchise)|''Alien'' film series]], particularly the "[[Wikipedia:Facehugger|facehugger]]". Given that, the name of the moon, "VsQs," may be an homage to [[Wikipedia:List of characters in the Alien series|PFC Vasquez]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' and the name of the planet it orbits, "Cameron", is certainly an homage to [[Wikipedia:James Cameron|James Cameron]], the director of that film.
*''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profiles for [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Windsweeper]] are found after the main story.
*UK issue #290 featured ''[[Transformers AtoZ]]'' profiles for [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]].

===References===
*The Deathbringer story the Matrix references occurred in "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]", making it one of the biggest references to the UK comic ever made by the US comic.

===Errors===
*Shockwave rises up out of the sea only a few feet away from the beach which is impossible for a Transformer without being seen. Also, why did Shockwave travel to Blackpool and choose to reveal himself? He would have been seen by the whole of Blackpool.

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-65.jpg|'''US issue #65''' - Zoinks!
Image:MarvelUK-290.jpg|'''UK issue #290''' - Brings a new meaning to 'heartburn'
Image:MarvelUK-291.jpg|'''UK issue #291''' - Feed me Seymour!
Image:MarvelUK-292.jpg|'''UK issue #292''' - Windsweeper gets swept off his feet.
Image:MarvelUK-293.jpg|'''UK issue #293''' - Hmm, a floaty green thing. Can't be harmful!
</gallery>
*'''US issue #65 cover:''' Grimlock attacked by the alien by [[Bill Sienkiewicz]].
*'''UK issue #290 cover:''' Optimus Prime's corpse by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]].
*'''UK issue #291 cover:''' Bumblebee about to be attacked by the alien by Stewart Johnson.
*'''UK issue #292 cover:''' Windsweeper attacked by the alien by Stewart Johnson.
*'''UK issue #293 cover:''' Thunderwing with the Matrix by Stewart Johnson.

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

===Reprints===
*[[2002]] — ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]''
*[[2008]] — ''[[Best of Transformers: Eye of the Storm]]''
*[[2009]] — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 5]]''

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[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

The Transformers Universe (Marvel)

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{{disambig3|Universe}}
[[Image:TFUMarvel1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|YELLOW POWER!]]
'''''The Transformers Universe''''' is a four-issue limited series published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986 featuring expanded [[profile]]s for the Transformers that had appeared thus far in the comic and toy lines. The entries were organized alphabetically, with the exception that characters who first appeared in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' were held until Issue 4. Each character had inked and colored versions of the [[character model]]s and lengthy write-up, divided into three sections: Profile, Abilities, and Weaknesses. A header section gave the character's name, allegiance, function, and the issue number of their first Marvel Comics appearance, for those who had appeared in the book (which included the bulk of the entries).

Entries for characters from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' differ greatly in style from the rest, sometimes omitting sections entirely. The writing style for these characters suggests that their profiles are actually pre-production notes from very early in the characters' development, before their character models had actually been designed; [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], for example, is described as a "multi-engine, and perhaps multi-wing" spacecraft, with weapons such as "an incendiary bomb rack" which are clearly not present on his character model.

==Issue #1==
[[Image:TFUMarvel1-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|"Beginning a 4-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons." Well... except Barrage and Camshaft. And Chop Shop and Downshift. And that's just ''this'' issue!]]
* Cover: red background; Bumblebee on the front; Bruticus on the back. "1st Collector's Item Issue! Beginning a ''4''-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons-- their powers and weaknesses -- and ''more!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]
* [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
* [[Grapple]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]
}}

==Issue #2==
[[Image:TFUMarvel2-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|Both leaders are terrible shots.]]
* Cover: yellow background; Optimus Prime on the front, firing at Megatron on the back cover, who returns fire. "''2nd'' sensational issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to everything ''you'' ever wanted to know about the Autobots and Decepticons!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (includes art of his "Cybertron mode" from the cartoon)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
* [[Octane]]
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
* [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
}}

==Issue #3==
[[Image:TFUMarvel3-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|The audience must die!]]
* Cover: blue background; dino-mode Sludge, Snarl and Slag on the front; Shockwave on the back (perhaps a nod to their clashes in [[Repeat Performance!|issue #8]].) "''3rd'' tantalizing issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to the biggest stars of ''TV, MOVIES,'' and ''COMICS!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
* [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
}}

==Issue #4==
[[Image:TFUMarvel4-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|"[[Scale]]"? What's that?]]
* Cover: black background; Arcee and Ultra Magnus on the front; Unicron on the back. "''4th'' final issue! Concluding a ''4''-part guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons! ''BONUS!'' All the new Transformers from the hit movie included in this issue!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
* [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
* [[Arblus]]
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* [[Kranix]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
* [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], with artwork of a Judge, a "Gatekeeper", and a guard.
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Unicron]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], including robot-mode art for "[[Junkyard (G1)|Junkion 1]]" and "[[Scrapheap (G1)|Junkion 2]]"
}}

==Omissions==
* Divebomb's eagle mode is not shown at all.
* Metroplex's entry includes no individual art for Scamper, Six Gun and Slammer.
* Perceptor's third "artillery piece" mode is mentioned but not shown.
* Sky Lynx's combined bird-lynx mode is omitted.
* Tracks' flying car mode is omitted.
* Like Metroplex, Trypticon's entry contains no artwork for Brunt and Full-Tilt (or even [[Wipe-Out]]).
* The "base" modes for the four Scramble City combiner team leaders are neither mentioned nor portrayed.
* Characters entirely missing include the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], the two [[Deluxe Vehicle|Deluxe Vehicles]] ([[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]), the four [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]] ([[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Chop Shop]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]]), [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] and... [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]. This despite Budiansky actually ''writing'' bios for all of these guys with the possible exception of Reflector. Many of them not having character models played a role in this omission.
** Budiansky's unused bios went on the [http://boltax.blogspot.com/ ''Disciples of Boltax'' blog] in two posts in [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/extended-bios.html late 2010] and [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2011/01/extended-bio-whirl.html early 2011].

==Errors==
* Bluestreak's name is parsed as two words: Blue Streak.
* Bluestreak is missing his shoulder-mounted missile launchers.
* Cassette-mode Buzzsaw is colored almost entirely red.
* Cliffjumper's "Weaknesses" are written as if he still has his preliminary nomenclature of 'Blow-Out'.
* Hot Spot's name is parsed as "Hotspot".
* Huffer's art features a rounded hood behind his head, out of keeping with his toy, alternate mode, and usual [[character model]].
* The lower half of Kickback's face is colored the same blue-black as his body, as if he had a faceplate instead of a standard mouth.
* Megatron's art is based on his pre-animation model, including the differently-shaped head and a trigger on his fusion cannon. His pistol mode is mostly colored blue-black.
* Marvel had misplaced the model sheet for the front of Optimus Prime's vehicle mode, explaining why it is shown from behind.
* Ramhorn has a Decepticon symbol on both his rhino mode and his cassette mode.
* Roller and the Combat Deck are likewise not shown in Optimus Prime's entry.
* Perceptor's face gets the same colored-lower-half treatment as Kickback.
* The faces of Shrapnel, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Snarl and Slag are colored the same blue-black as their heads. Most should be white or light gray.
* Sideswipe is missing his shoulder missile launcher.
* Soundwave is drawn as though he has a mouth. He's colored purple instead of blue, but this is consistent with his appearance in the Marvel comics.
* Sunstreaker's entry notes his disdain for his brother Sideswipe's rear-mounted engine... even though ''Sunstreaker'' is the one with said engine.
* Steeljaw's entry is placed out of alphabetical order.
* Trailbreaker's forcefield projector is missing.
* Scourge's alternate mode is shown in the earlier (less toy-like) version which features his head poking out of the top, though his eyes have been replaced with some kind of scanner reading panel.
* The Movie characters' write-ups are incomplete. Arblus, Arcee, the Quintessons, and the Sharkticon are missing the "Abilities" section; Blurr, Cyclonus, Galvatron, Kup, Springer, Ultra Magnus, Wheelie and Wreck-Gar have no "Weaknesses" section.

==Notes==
[[Image:Universe01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Eject? You're not even in this magazine. Let's put you on the cover and on the back. Arcee? Bottom of the back page for you!]]
* The series was later republished in a single volume although a handful of character profiles, such as [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], [[Topspin (G1)|Top Spin]], [[Twin Twist]] and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] were left out (their pictures still appeared on the cover).
* Although cleaned up by artists [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]], all the character artwork was based upon [[Character model|character models]] for the animated series.
* Characters such as Cyclonus who had two different character models generally use the earlier version, showcasing the divide between models used for the cartoon and models used for the comic.
* Issue 4 includes ''The Transformers: The Movie'' characters, including several non-toy characters.
* The profiles were also used as part of the UK comic's ''[[Transformers AtoZ]]'' feature.
* Scans of the series frequently appear on the Internet.
* Although the title on the cover is ''Transformers Universe,'' the title in the indicia is ''The Transformers Universe.''
* ''Transformers Universe'' has essentially been supplanted by the ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye| More than Meets the Eye]]'' guide books, which include profiles for every toy-based G1 Transformer, including the Micromasters.

==Addenda==
A second series was mentioned in the Marvel Comic's letter column but it never appeared. Instead starting with issue [[Club Con!|#47]] of the Marvel Comic, new post-1986 character entries under the ''Transformers Universe'' heading began appearing on a semi-regular basis featuring artwork that was based upon the character models used in the US toy commercials. Although this process continued for the rest of the series, ending in issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]], many 1987 and 1988 characters were ultimately denied a profile of their own.

'''Issue [[Club Con!|#47]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Apeface]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Flames of Boltax!|#48]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Brainstorm]]
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
*[[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]
}}
'''Issue [[Cold War!|#49]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
*[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]
}}
'''Issue [[Back from the Dead|#56]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Wide Load]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#57]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]
*[[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
*[[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
}}
'''Issue [[All the Familiar Faces!|#58]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]]
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
}}
'''Issue [[Skin Deep|#59]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Nautilator]]
*[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]
*[[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]]
*[[Skalor]]
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]]
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]
}}
'''Issue [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Misfire]]
*[[Pointblank]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Primal Scream|#61]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]
*[[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]]
*[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]
*[[Triggerhappy]]
}}
'''Issue [[Bird of Prey!|#62]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]]
*[[Hosehead]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]
*[[Siren]]
}}
'''Issue [[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#63]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Dogfight]]
*[[Override (G1)|Override]]
}}
'''Issue [[Deadly Obsession|#64]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]
*[[Needlenose]]
}}
'''Issue [[Dark Creation|#65]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]
*[[Windsweeper]]
}}
'''Issue [[All Fall Down|#66]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Quake (G1)|Quake]]
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]
}}
'''Issue [[Rhythms of Darkness!|#67]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Getaway]]
*[[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Human Factor!|#68]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]]
}}
'''Issue [[Eye of the Storm|#69]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fastlane]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Pri¢e of Life!|#70]]'''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Powermaster Optimus Prime]]
'''Issue [[Surrender!|#71]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Punch (G1)|Punch]]
*Counterpunch
}}
'''Issue [[...All This and Civil War 2|#72]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]
*[[Skullgrin]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Void! (US)|#74]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Darkwing]]
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]
}}
'''Issue [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#75]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fangry]]
*[[Squeezeplay]]
}}
'''Issue [[Still Life!|#76]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Horri-Bull]]
}}
'''Issue [[Exodus!|#77]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Skullcruncher]]
*[[Weirdwolf]]
}}
'''Issue [[A Savage Circle|#78]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
}}

===1987–1988 Omissions===
{{collist|4|
*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Flywheels]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Sixshot]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]
*[[Fizzle]]
*[[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]
*[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]
*[[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]]
*[[Raindance]]
*[[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]]
*[[Quickswitch]]
*[[Cloudburst]]
*[[Groundbreaker]]
*[[Waverider]]
*[[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]]
*[[Splashdown]]
*[[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]
*[[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]]
*[[Gunrunner (G1)|Gunrunner]]
*[[Cindersaur]]
*[[Flamefeather]]
*[[Sparkstalker]]
*[[Squawktalk]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
*[[Squawkbox]]
*[[Doubledealer]]
*[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]
*[[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]
*[[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]]
*[[Bugly]]
*[[Finback]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Roadgrabber]]
}}

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