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Cybershark

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Ed wolfe91: /* Toys */

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

[[Image:BWCybersharkJapan.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just when you thought it was safe to go back into... the clouds?]]
'''Cybershark''' is a skilled tracker and expert in undersea combat. More, he's renowned throughout the galaxy as a swashbuckling hero. Brave, adventurous, kind, and good-humored, he has fought for freedom across a hundred alien seas and left behind stories and legends wherever he passed. Though not particularly bright in a general sense he can be quite calculating when it comes to tracking down his prey, and is a fearless fighter in the cause of good. He honed his skills as a bounty hunter spending centuries tracking down a rogue group of [[Seacon (BWII)|Cybertronian space pirates]]. Though dedicated to the Maximals, and quite adept at rallying others to join the fight for a good cause, Cybershark is more of a lone adventurer than a team player. Ironically this often puts him at odds with his commander, the likewise independent [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]].

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[Image:Bboomomegapoint.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We're gonna need a bigger apocalypse...]]
During the final battle with [[Shokaract]], several realities converged into a single, apocalyptic timestorm. Beast Warriors from alternate realities emerged, including Cybershark, [[B'Boom]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Transquito]], [[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]], [[Polar Claw]], and unidentified others, though all of them were summarily defeated. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:Gathering4-Cybershark.jpg|left|250px|thumb|You yell "Cyberbarracuda", everybody says, "Huh? What?"]]

Cybershark hunted the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]] for centuries. Along the way, his underwater activities have spread legends of his heroism to the alien populations on the planets he visited. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

Cybershark was one of the [[protoform]] [[stasis pod]]s jettisoned from the Maximal survey vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' when it was forced to crash-land on prehistoric [[Earth]]. The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] general [[Magmatron]] led a small group (that included the Maximal agent [[Razorbeast]]) back in time to place these protoforms into [[chronal phase]] and reprogram them into Predacons, and lead this army against the Maximals in the present. However, Razorbeast placed a viral code in Magmatron's Predacon [[shell program]], allowing a number of the protoforms to retain their Maximal identity. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

[[Image:BWTheGathering2_ClawJaw_Cybershark.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I'm a shaaaaaaaark, I'm a shaaaaaaaaaaaark, suck my [[Anatomic euphemism|diode]], I'm a shaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!]]

Accompanied by [[Claw Jaw]], Cybershark sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} He and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. In the subsequent battle, Cybershark tangled with [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]] before the united Maximals drove off the Predacons. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

A [[Units of time|deca-cycle]] after the marooned Maximals sent their distress call, help still hadn't shown up. Cybershark was one of those on hand when their makeshift base was attacked by the entire Predacon militia. He was on the front line of the defense and was the first to notice that it was, indeed, an all-out assault. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} Later, Cybershark and the other wounded Beast Warriors remained behind on ancient Earth after [[Lio Convoy]] took the rest of their forces into the future to battle [[Shokaract]]. He rallied the Maximals and Predacons to stop the threat of the [[Blentron|Blendtrons]], but the final fate of these lost warriors is unknown. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

He was badly damaged in battle and, in an emergency procedure, his [[spark]] was transferred to a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. This blank had been exposed to the [[Transmetal driver]] and so he emerged as a [[Transmetal 2]] great white shark and found himself gifted with more powerful weapons and the limited ability to fly at low altitude. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cybershark was part of [[Lio Convoy]]'s [[Resistance]], believing that the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] would only ever respond to violence. He was part of a plot to raid the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus prison]]. As two previous attempts had been obliterated by [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s psychic attacks, they hit on a plan to send in a patsy who Cerebros would psychically hack; when the patsy was then killed, Cerebros would fall.

Cybershark found such a patsy in one-time game winner [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] and lied to him and [[Ser-Ket (BW)|Ser-Ket]] that the resistance wanted them as ''leaders''. He led a team into Maximus, all of whom knew the real plan except the newbies, and as soon as Buzzclaw was compromised Cybershark took him out. Later, he expressed confusion that Ser-Ket was so angry and didn't understand why they had sacrificed Buzzclaw. {{storylink|Head Games}}

As the war pressed on, Cybershark remained one of Lio Convoy's chief advisors and coordinators. He retained his cold dedication to winning the war at all costs. When the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] first began and Lio Convoy proposed [[Operation Amputation]] to completely wipe out and cauterize the infected cities, Cybershark was the only member of High Command to immediately agree.

With the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] imposing on Resistance territory to an insurmountable degree, Lio Convoy ordered an immediate push towards Iacon itself and the [[Builder Assembly]]. Cybershark and [[Scylla]] coordinated the Resistance navy in passing the Yuss Straits, in hopes of bringing the fleet up the Great Rust Sea to the shores of Iacon itself. Using the [[Beast Upgrade]] to work above and below the waves, they devastated the Builder fleet. A kamikaze strike by the Builder flagship ''[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]]'', however, destroyed Scylla and the flagship ''[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]''. Scylla handed command of the fleet to Cybershark and charged him with locating any survivors. The fleet provided artillery support to the marching [[Army of the Resistance]] as they followed the [[Trannis Fork River]] to Iacon. Cybershark was missing and presumed dead when the fleet fell to the Vehicon advance. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Ten thousand years later, "Ciphershark" was remembered as a ruthless black-ops director with no regard for his enemies or those under his command. Sounds about right. {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

==Commercial appearances==
Cybershark emerged from the water, transforming in mid-air to land in robot mode on the shoreline. He then launched his shark head from his chest cannon, before advancing and brandishing his tail/switchblade menacingly. {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Cybershark and Inferno|Cybershark and Inferno commercial}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWCybersharktoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This broadcast is for [[Transformer]]kind. Cybersharks now occupy every landmass on [[Cybertron (planet)|this planet]]. But you need not fear. Cybersharks will remove fear. Cybersharks will remove [[Female Transformer|sex]] and [[Caste system|class]] and [[Redeco|colour]] and [[Primus|creed]]. You will become identical. You will become like us.]]
*'''Cybershark''' (Deluxe, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, hammerhead-missile, 2 missiles

: Cybershark transforms into a silver-blue and green hammerhead shark and incorporates two spring-loaded gimmicks; the "hammer" portion of the shark head fires like a missile, and the tail includes a spring-loaded switchblade weapon. Both weapons are usable in robot mode; the tail-blade becomes a hand-held weapon, while the missile launcher flips up from his chest. His shark-head missile can be held as a melee weapon. Two "normal" missiles for his launcher are stored in his back behind his head. These projectiles have molded, but unpainted, shark face decoration on their warheads, and can be hand-held like the shark-head missile.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Overbite (G1)|Generation 1 Overbite]], and retooled separately to make [[Sharp Edge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Cybershark/cybershark.htm More information on Deluxe Cybershark at TFU.info]''

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*'''Cybershark vs Inferno: Hell Showdown''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, hammerhead-missile, 2 missiles

: In Japan, Cybershark was available both separately and in a "Hell Showdown" vs. pack with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Both toys are identical to their individual Japanese releases.

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[[Image:Transmetal2Cybershark.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|"And ''everywhere'' I go, I hear kids asking me why I'm ripping off Sky-Byte, rasserfrassing..."]]
*'''Cybershark''' (Transmetal 2 Mega, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Twin launcher, 2 missiles

: [[Transmetal 2]] Cybershark transforms into a silver, grey, moss-green and chrome turquoise shark. Unlike the rest of the Transmetal 2's whose beast mode species are ambiguous, Cybershark's beast mode is clearly based on the great white shark. Two panels flip out to reveal a "flight mode", and his tail has a gear system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned. This system becomes his right arm, forming a spinning claw weapon, named the [[Spin-Drive Tail]] by his packaging. He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth that doubles as a hand weapon, known as his jaw-mounted [[Tracer Torpedo]]es. These can be fire simultaneously by pulling back the shark's nose in beast mode. Many of his ball-jointed parts are prone to popping off, particularly during transformation.

: This toy's packaging featured a character quote in the [[bio]] profile — the first time this popular feature had returned to the packaging since the end of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]] four years earlier.

: This mold was also used to make [[Sky-Byte (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Sky-Byte]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Cybershark/cybershark.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Cybershark at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)|Hammerstrike]]'s ''Beast Machines'' bio shares similarities to Cybershark's ''Beast Wars'' bio, implying that the two might be the same character. Subsequent fiction has not taken this as the case.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybershark''' (サイバーシャーク ''Saibāshāku'')
*''French:'' '''Cybersquale''' (Canada, "Cybershark")
*''Italian:'' '''Squalo Tigre'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Ciberón'''

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Sky-Byte (RID)

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Ed wolfe91: /* Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001) */

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{{disambig3|Sky-Byte}}
:''Sky-Byte is a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] originally from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SkyByteAnime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Who's the greatest shark around?]]
Deep within '''Sky-Byte''' beats the [[spark]] of a poet, a scholar, a brilliant and cultured military general who can command armies capable of conquering worlds. But without aptitude and patience, that means jack squat, and Sky-Byte lacks both. Still, he soldiers on, for he is driven...by a desperate need for approval. He ''needs'' the blessings of his commander, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], quite possibly more than he needs [[energon]]. And Megatron, being Megatron, doesn't dole out praise much, so Sky-Byte tries harder and harder, getting more and more desperate.

This drive is the root of all his problems. He's actually quite intelligent and physically powerful, but he pushes himself to extremes to impress his leader. When he's in control of a situation, he's a deadly, effective foe. But as soon as the situation begins to slip even the smallest bit, he starts to panic and usually ends up doing something to mess things up and lose the upper hand, which makes him panic ''more'', so he overreacts, and gets in ''more'' trouble, etc., etc., etc. It doesn't help that while he's ruthless towards [[Autobot]]s, [[human]]s seem quite safe from his ire. Maybe he sees a little something of himself in these underdogs. After all, they developed his new favorite form of expression, the haiku. And they ''do'' seem rather impressed by him...

Sky-Byte is in charge of the Predacon lackeys [[Dark Scream]], [[Gas Skunk]], and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], not that they give him any modicum of respect. In fact, they're more likely to try and shuffle the blame for their failures onto the shark, a gambit that's actually moderately successful, since Sky-Byte is so very ''good'' at making things worse for himself. He has a hate-hate relationship with the new [[Decepticon]]s, especially [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], whom he sees (rightly) as being a huge threat to his position as Megatron's second-in-command.

:''Poor frustrated shark.''
:''Megatron is a dumbass.''
:''Why do you bother?''

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{{quote|Who's the baddest shark around? Who's the smartest shark in town? Sky-Byte, that's me! Who'll drive Scourge into the ground? And never let old Megatron down Sky-Byte, that's me!|Sky-Byte, that's him!}}</center>

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Spellos]] (English), [[Konta]] (Japanese)|[[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian, till [[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]), [[Vladimir Gerasimov]] (Russian, from [[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]), [[Vittorio Guerrieri]] (Italian), [[Hwan Jin Kim]] (Korean), [[Alejandro Villeli]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

{{bigquote|Come back, please, little dot! Please don't go away now.... That little red dot meant so, so much to my promising career. I'm just chum. Optimus! Optimus Prime! I'll find you! I'll find you! I swear! You're mine! I'll get you! You're mine! I'm...much better now.|Sky-Byte|"[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]"}}

[[File:Explosive Situation Skybyte book.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Finding the O-Parts was no challenge compared to finding Waldo.]]
As Megatron was dressing down the Predacon trio for their latest failure, Sky-Byte suddenly appeared—demonstrating a skill for either invisibility or teleportation that he would never display again. Scoffing at the other Predacons' energy-gathering abilities, Sky-Byte revealed his own plan—to recover a bomb hidden in a red sports car somewhere in [[Metro City]]. He quickly tracked down the sports car in question, startling [[Kelly (RID)|its driver]] as he retrieved the bomb from its trunk. Before he could return to the ''[[Megastar]]'' though, the bomb was taken from him by [[X-Brawn]]. He tried his best to get the bomb back, but just as he was about to get hold of it, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] blasted it and him into space with a Blizzard Storm. He survived the subsequent explosion, and returned to the ''Megastar'' to recuperate and research human culture. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

[[File:Spychangers Rescue Skybytegenerator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Senpaiiiiii~]]
After the other Predacons destroyed some goods trains, Sky-Byte came up with a loftier plan to destroy the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train. Though his mission succeeded in blowing up a bridge ahead of the train, [[Team Bullet Train]] saved the Linear RFG, and Sky-Byte was left trying to justify himself to Megatron. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} When the [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]] intercepted the Predacon trio in the process of stealing the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]], Sky-Byte came to their aid. When the situation seemed unsalvageable, Sky-Byte unleashed a [[Tsunami Blaster]] attack on the generator to destroy it, but hit the Spychangers instead. The Predacons took the generator back to the ''Megastar''... only to find it had been switched for a fake. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

{{quote|The cobalt ocean roils 
zephyrs blow cold, 
and another hapless foe is crushed beneath my heel.|Sky-Byte|"[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]"}}

[[File:SecretoftheRuins Sky-Byte with casket.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
While the Megastar was parked on the [[Black Pyramid]] in an attempt to extract power, Sky-Byte and Dark Scream were sent out to protect it against a civilian ship. The Autobots soon came to help the ship, and while fighting underwater, Sky-Byte was able to hold his own against Optimus Prime. Once the ship was righted, Sky-Byte found Prime a much more formidable opponent, and what's worse, the Autobot leader critiqued his poetry. The Predacons beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} Megatron and the Predacon trio distracted the Autobots while Sky-Byte went to the [[Payuma ruins]] to find information hidden by [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. Unfortunately he was spotted by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi]], who alerted Optimus to the shark's presence. Prime was unable to prevent Sky-Byte making off with a casket containing [[Doctor Onishi's microchip|a microchip]], however once out of the ruins, the Predacon was confronted by [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and X-Brawn, who blasted him. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[File:SecretWeaponD5 Sky-Byte sticks his face in.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|So much clogging!]]
Sky-Byte concocted another plan, to capture Side Burn and use him as bait to draw Prime into a trap. Though it was successful in ensnaring Prime, the rest of the Autobots turned up to rescue their comrades. Sky-Byte later successfully deflected the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} The Predacons extracted information from a stolen disk belonging to Dr. Onishi, leading them to believe that the steam engine "[[Grandpa]]" was a weapon of extraordinary power. Megatron sent Sky-Byte and the other Predacons to capture it. Sky-Byte made an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate the engine via the smoke stack, and the other Predacons didn't have any better luck, though they temporarily gained possession of the steam engine after it had offloaded its passengers. The mission was ultimately a failure. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

[[File:Skid Z's Choice Skybytecar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|No one could possibly see through my ingenious disguise!]]
After Dark Scream planted a bug in [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]], the Predacons overheard him breaking up with [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]]. Mirage's words moved Sky-Byte to tears. He later suggested that they try and persuade Mirage to defect to their side. Although it seemed for a time that they'd succeeded, even to the point where Sky-Byte showed off the new [[Mega-Laser Cannon]], it was a ruse. Mirage and the Spychangers destroyed the cannon. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}} Sky-Byte tried a similar trick on the rogue Autobot [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] with no success. When the Predacons discovered that the Autobots had entered the [[International Grand Prix]], Sky-Byte cunningly disguised himself as a red racing car and entered as well. After being chatted up by a suspicious Side Burn, Sky-Byte was inadvertently fragged by Megatron in the early moments of the race. Then when he was able to catch up with the Autobots, he was mistakenly blasted by Megatron ''again''. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[File:Sky-byte eye.gif|thumb|I spy, with my telescopically enhanced robot eye... a [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|giant Buddha]]?]]
Still believing he could convert an Autobot into a Predacon, Sky-Byte captured new recruit [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]]. After suffering through the other Predacon's attempts to hypnotise the Autobot, he used a special CD to brainwash Tow-Line. Unfortunately it was only partially successful—Tow-Line started towing away the other Autobots, but he took them to the wrong place. By the time Sky-Byte worked out what was happening, the rest of the Autobots were alerted, and promptly battled him into retreat. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}} Investigations into reports of a transforming statue took Sky-Byte to the [[Cave of the Dragon]] in China. Luckily the Autobots were able to save the cave via an elaborate deception involving Prime and Team Bullet Train disguising themselves as a statue and dragon. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Despite these indignities, he was still viewed as "sneaky, clever and dangerous" by the Autobots. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

[[File:Commandos Sky-Byte as Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Freedom is the right of... LINE!]]
Sky-Byte led a mission to dig up some Autobot [[protoform]]s, and took them to [[McKinley Army Base]] with the other Predacons while Megatron kept the Autobots busy. There, they reformatted the protoforms into the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]]. Sky-Byte created [[Movor]] when he fell, aiming the [[stasis pod]]'s scanner at a space shuttle in orbit. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s proved much more competent than the Predacons, and Sky-Byte was driven to desperate measures to try and regain his lost status in Megatron's eyes. He and the Predacon trio disguised themselves as Optimus Prime in an attempt to ruin the Decepticons' mission to destroy [[Sherman Dam]]. Though Sky-Byte attempted to gain Megatron's favor by blowing up the dam himself, he was unsuccessful. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Disappointed at the failure, Megatron assigned Sky-Byte and Scourge to guard a location on [[Montrose Island]] while the Predacon trio dug in search of an [[O-Part]]. After Prime showed up with the Spychangers, Sky-Byte took advantage of the chaos in battle to try to slag Scourge. {{storylink|Volcano (episode)|Volcano}} While the Decepticons put another plan into action, they distracted Sky-Byte by getting him and the Predacon trio to mark out a rendezvous location. When the four Predacons finally tried to get in on the action, Sky-Byte barely had time to transform before Movor blasted him from orbit. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[File:The Fish Test Skybytepose.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Another happy Charles Atlas customer]]
Sky-Byte trashed an oil rig on Megatron's orders, only for Scourge to show up and attack him. After reporting to Megatron, the shark eavesdropped on [[Mega-Octane]] meeting with Prime as a prelude to defection. He continued to spy as the Decepticons attempted to prove themselves sincere to the Autobots, and eventually could stand it no more. Although his attack on the traitors was futile, he inadvertently caused Scourge to expose the entire ruse. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}} Sky-Byte's self-esteem was soon nonexistent (especially after an on-line Fish Personality Test told him he was a jellyfish), and he became desperate to gain Megatron's approval. He and the Predacon trio disguised themselves as Autobots and interfered in a Decepticon mission to raid a storage plant. Unfortunately this went disastrously wrong, resulting in him being chewed out by Megatron. His next attempt to set the real Autobots on the Decepticons went awry when he sent them to the wrong power plant. As he moped on a seaside cliff, the other Predacons talked him into attacking a power plant in an attempt to outdo the Decepticons. When this went badly as well, Sky-Byte took his frustrations out on the computer, only to get electrocuted for his troubles. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

[[File:Wedge's Short Fuse Skybyteplan.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|He's going Jellyfishing!]]
Determined to discredit the Decepticons, Sky-Byte came up with a new plan, having his henchmen attack a diamond mine in the Antarctic to lure the [[Autobot Brothers]] into a trap. When the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] turned up instead, Sky-Byte took [[Wedge (RID)|Wedge]] hostage, and [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] bargained for the young 'bot's return with a disk containing a map of the Autobot [[Global Space Bridge]]. Despite interference from the Decepticons, Sky-Byte and his cohorts used the map to enter the tunnel indicated on the map, only to discover that the disk only contained a map of the sewers. They were subsequently drenched by Optimus Prime's Blizzard Storm. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[File:Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|[[John DiMaggio|I call it... Aquaman's Rousing Song of Heroism!.]]]]
Eventually, to get attention, Sky-Byte led the Predacons in the attempted destruction of the new [[CGA Tower]] This plan would've worked, except the Autobots, thinking the humans in the tower were the Predacon's hostages, asked what demands he wanted met for their safety. Wanting to seem like he knew what he was doing, Sky-Byte made up a random demand on the spot that by sheer chance was interpreted as a demand for O-Parts. He'd achieved accidental success, only to take out the tower's last support by mistake and be forced to ''stop'' it collapsing so he'd still have his hostages. This single-minded desire to keep the tower up was interpreted by the hostages and TV news crews as the Predacon trying to save them for altruistic reasons, and when the hostages started to cheer him on, Sky-Byte gave his all to keep them safe out of an increasingly genuine desire to save them. ("My hostages need me!") It was only hours after the tower was saved and the Predacons were nursing their damaged backs that they remembered about getting the O-Parts... {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

Some time later, while spying on the Decepticons, this accidental heroism came back to haunt him, as he was pestered by a group of kids led by Koji Onishi, who wanted his autograph. A proud Predacon, Sky-Byte was bewildered by this attention, although he briefly thought of using it as a way to get his haikus published.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]], the pilot.]]
Despite all his failures, Sky-Byte was still regarded as extremely loyal. As a result, Megatron sent him to get the remaining O-Parts...with Sky-Byte unaware he'd been fed false info and was being used by the Decepticons to draw the Autobots into an ambush. Poor Sky-Byte spent ages digging, finding only the detritus of Humanity and [[Rubber Ducky|war surplus]] {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}}, and was still digging long after Megatron thought he'd have stopped. In a stroke of luck, though, this allowed him to notice Optimus Prime was wounded and track him to where he was being repaired. He could now kill Optimus when he was weak and Megatron would reward him! Unfortunately, the Decepticons, Megatron ''and'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] had all tracked him, and poor Sky-Byte was left [[Furmanism|surplus to requirements]] once again. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Sky-Byte made an attempt to persuade Ultra Magnus to join the Predacon cause. When the Autobot Brothers interceded, they were promptly captured by the Decepticons, and Ultra Magnus continued to feign interest in Sky-Byte's offer. After extracting the location at which the Autobot Brothers were being held, Ultra Magnus turned on him along with Team Bullet Train. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} He and Megatron joined the Decepticons during another battle with the Autobots, though after Magnus and Prime formed [[Omega Prime]], he quickly ran and hid. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

Sky-Byte joined Scourge, Megatron, and the Commandos in watching archival footage of Ultra Magnus in order to get a better understanding of their newly arrived enemy. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ultra Magnus}}

[[File:FortressMaximus a delicious cake.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|''Robots in Disguise'' referenced Portal not just before it was cool, but also before it even ''existed!'']]
More information extracted from Doctor Onishi led the Decepticons to venture into the subway system under Metro City. Sky-Byte followed them, but soon lost track of his quarry, and instead came upon a giant cake. Though it turned out to be stale (and actually a subway car), he caught up with the Decepticons and continued spying, only to be washed away by a torrent of water. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}}

[[File:Koji Gets His Wish Skybyteonishi.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Sky-Byte does his best impression of a football team logo.]]
Sky-Byte took Dr. Onishi out of the Predacon base to help search for [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], in an attempt to find it before Scourge. In the process, he ran into Koji, who appealed to him to help rescue his father or at least to pass on a birthday present. The Predacon actually felt bad for Koji and was reduced to a blubbering wreck by the boy's appeal, but was mortified to find Koji didn't believe he was a threatening villain any more. Sky-Byte later became so preoccupied with battle that he tossed Dr. Onishi to Koji, leading the youth to believe Sky-Byte had deliberately rescued his father out of the goodness of his heart. The Autobots believed this too and apologized to Sky-Byte for fighting him (after they'd already blown the tar out of him). {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[File:PerilfromthePast Sky-Byte run over.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|Sky-byte's little known "Roadkill" mode.]]
When the Autobots and Decepticons set about finding the rest of the O-Parts, Sky-Byte came up with a series of cunning plans, including fake O-Parts, to ensure that he and Slapper would get to them first. Unfortunately the plans all backfired, and a last-ditch attempt to swap the fake O-Parts for the real ones left them all in Autobot hands. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Despite this failure, Megatron allowed Sky-Byte to take part in a mission to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] to find the artifact that the Autobots were after—the [[Orb of Sigma]]. His attempts to prevent Side Burn escaping with the Orb only resulted in him being run over by both the Autobot Brothers and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} With Megatron gone, Sky-Byte and the Predacons found that Scourge was even more unpleasant to work for than their former leader. They attempted to get into Scourge's good graces by snatching [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] from the Autobots and greasing up to the Decepticon. In the following battle for Fortress Maximus, Sky-Byte was delighted by the arrival of his former leader, resurrected as Galvatron. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[File:Mistaken Identity Skybytesack.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
During another attempt on Scourge's part to control Fortress Maximus, Sky-Byte watched nervously, as he knew every one of the Decepticon's victories would mean Galvatron ignoring him even more. During the fight after the arrival of the Autobots, Sky-Byte accidentally saved Koji's life and was horrified at the idea Galvatron would find out. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Later on, while talking to himself, he would admit to having a friendship with Koji, though it was nothing to getting into Galvatron's good books, and he still attempted to kidnap the boy to help control Fortress Maximus (being Sky-Byte, he grabbed the wrong person). He accompanied Megatron and Scourge as they attempted to get the boy [[Carl (RID)|Carl]] to control Maximus. When Scourge finally showed his true colors, turning on Galvatron, Sky-Byte unexpectedly found himself back in Galvatron's good books. His leader tasked him with carrying Scourge's stasis-locked body back with them. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[File:Skybyte discovers.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Streetsharks!]]
Galvatron remarked the Predacons had always been trustworthy and gave Sky-Byte command of the Decepticons. Proud to finally be where he belonged again, Sky-Byte even managed to locate the Autobot base by following Koji and led an assault on it. He and the Predacons pursued Optimus Prime into an Autobot trap. The array of Autobot firepower caused him to cower behind rocks, crying for his "blankie". {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

[[File:Skybyte happy at last.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|No, not the final scene from ''Free Willy''.]]
During the final battle, Sky-Byte was almost killed when he led the Predacons into the [[Global Space Bridge]] after the Decepticons—not realising Galvatron intended to kill them. Sky-Byte was left on his own {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} and escaped certain death just in time to be ordered to hold off the entire Autobot army. This did not go well for him, oh no.

Following Autobot victory, every Decepticon and Predacon was rounded up to be incarcerated, but the Autobots hadn't captured Sky-Byte. (Whether they'd forgotten about him or he was hiding well is unknown.) He was left to spend the rest of his life on Earth, a fate the other Predacons seemed to view as worse than death, though his own attitude as he swam off into the sunset singing suggests he felt quite differently... {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
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====Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?====
[[File:UltraMagnustotheRescue SkyByte haiku.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Where the heck is the ''rest of him?'']]
Sky-Byte and Scourge were sent on a joint mission, although they did nothing but bicker until Optimus and Ultra Magnus showed up. While Scourge battled them, Sky-Byte took advantage and made off with the goods, leaving Scourge with a haiku to keep him thinking. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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====''TransTech''====
Sky-Byte somehow ended up at [[Axiom Nexus]] and was "processed". {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}

[[File:Ask Shark Sonnets.jpg|thumb]]
This Sky-Byte or another one was given [[Vector Prime]]'s old column {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Shark Sonnets|Shark Sonnets, 2015/10/21}} in the hopes a charismatic ex-baddie would recapture the popularity of [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s run but without using it to recruit a terrorist army. {{storylink|Axiom Nexus News Editor|Axiom Nexus News Editor, 2015/10/21}}

Sky-Byte was really eager to please and tended to waffle until he was encouraged to do more haikus. Among other answers, Sky-Byte told us:

*In peacetime, he lived a life of "unfilled yearning". Megatron gave him a chance to change that!
*Predacons have "too delicate a temperament" to become a [[combiner]] and have their minds hardwired together.
*He doesn't recognize the name Vector Prime (perhaps there's some relation to Optimus?).
*Arriving at [[Axiom Nexus]] left him disoriented, and it got worse when he went to a Predacon bar to recover and learned [[Predacon (BW)|it wasn't the right Predacons]], and he'd have to crouch to fit. "They served me energon, but I felt distinctly unwelcome." There aren't many [[Viron|true]] Predacons around and he feels lonely.
*Every Marxsol, Sky-Byte's down at [[Destron Pizza]]'s open mic night. His dream is to perform at [[the Blue Deployer]] ([[Cobratron]] can get him an in!).
*He thinks calling Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream "stooges" is hardly a fair characterization. They have skills and Dark Scream is a great tenor!
*He's seen both ''Finding Nemo'' and ''Jaws'' (and swears he didn't cry during the former).
*He thinks of himself as a strong warrior behind his more gentle poet facade.
*He's encountered a [[Klud]] before, and thinks of them as "magestic".
*He loves a nice glass of [[Old Corroder]].
*Even he doesn't know who's in the [[Predacon Council]] or their main agenda.
*The bad things he's done do weigh on him but "Second chances are most rare / I shall do my best"

He likes a ''massive'' list of poets, including (deep breath): [[Keats]], [[Tennyson]], [[Bashō]], [[Shiki]], the Brontes, [[Homer]], [[Ovid]], [[Emily Dickinson|Dickenson]], [[Hughes]], [[Bai]], [[Lord Byron]], [[Abī Sūlmā]], [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Shelly]], [[Verlaine]], [[Rimbaud]], [[Victor Hugo|Hugo]], [[Hölderlin]], [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]], [[Mayakovsky]], [[Poe]], and the immortal bard, [[William Shakespeare]].

He quit the position when his haikus were insulted by the very audience that had asked for them, commenting that he had been hired by [[The Blue Deployer]]. He left with one last sonnet after thanking the audience for their (mostly) praise. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Shark Sonnets|Shark Sonnets}}

====Hall of Fame bio====
Sky-Byte devoted his time to attacking illegal fishing vessels. Go, Sky-Byte! {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
Sky-Byte was grateful to Optimus Prime for allowing him to remain on Earth. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/04}}
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====''Legends''/''Unite Warriors''====
[[File:SkyByte AOE Prime Cosplay.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.08|Who's the ''prime-est'' shark around?]]
In the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], a tiny Sky-Byte appeared in the hands of a bathing T-AI in a risqué TV show. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

[[2004|Four years]] after being left on Earth, Sky-Byte reemerged in a new body and attacked the Autobot base where [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[R-Blade]] were working with [[solitarium]] ore. When he blasted them with his Maser Storm, however, the explosion of the solitarium sent him to [[Legends World|another dimension]] inhabited by cartoony talking animals and where Transformers were but fictional characters. Initially assuming himself to be the #1 popular character, Sky-Byte was angered when the native [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] told him his popularity couldn't compete with that of another [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and set out to ruin the Prime's reputation by doing evil dressed as him. This scheme didn't last long: the local children were just so gosh-darn ''happy'' to see "Optimus Prime" that Sky-Byte quickly realized he couldn't bring himself to stomp all over their dreams. Instead he settled down in this world and began working odd jobs, including a stint as a scary shark attraction. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

Hired to act in a ''Transformers'' show at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2015, Sky-Byte ran into his not-so-good old friend, Scourge, who had ended up in the Legends world after escaping from prison. Though Scourge suggested they team up again, Sky-Byte was outraged to find that the Decepticon was holding [[Optimus Minor|one of the children]] in the audience hostage and challenged him to a fight to save the kid. He lost, but Scourge was impressed by his bravado and let the hostage go, then told Sky-Byte he was planning to return to the prison and save Gigatron and the others. Mention of his beloved leader was enough to convince Sky-Byte, and he tearfully left the children he'd befriended and returned to his home dimension with Scourge. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

[[File:BaldigusChapter2 BlackConvoyGelshark.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Not shown: Sky-Byte cheering to himself over Scourge falling off.]]
While in the process of reformatting the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] back to their original programming, the Autobots of the post-[[Cybertron Alliance]] era recounted how they were corrupted by Gigatron and his Predacons. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}}

Following their departure from the Legends Universe, Sky-Byte and Scourge traveled to Cybertron in [[2021]] where Sky-Byte blasted [[Grand Scourge]], who was impersonating Scourge, just as he was about to kill [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. After he was done helping defeat [[Unicron]], Ruination joined the duo on their quest, and together they departed for the future era in which Gigatron was imprisoned. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}} Their journey to rescue their leader was put on hold while the Commandos enjoyed their baths, to Scourge's annoyance. {{Storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Strategy Meeting in an Earth Bath?!|Strategy Meeting in an Earth Bath?!}}

Sky-Byte and the rest attacked [[Neo Brave Maximus]] where Gigatron was being held, only learn from the 'bot himself that he had given up on his evil ways and joined the [[Dimensional Patrol]]. When Scourge refused to join the side of good and attacked his former leader, the ever-loyal Sky-Byte intervened and held him back, allowing Gigatron to extract his evil essence. {{storylink|LGEX Scourge Prologue}} Sky-Byte subsequently joined the Dimensional Patrol himself, convincing them the Legends World wasn't the threat they thought it was and to release Dark Scream, Slapper and Gas Skunk, who also joined up. When the Legends World was attacked by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], Sky-Byte and the rest of the Patrol traveled there to defend it from the Zamojin army. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

Sky-Byte continued serving with the Dimensional Patrol, and marveled at Devil Gigatron and God Fire Convoy's new combination technique during a battle in space. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Legends Final Chapter}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:G2Redux-SkyByte.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Here to you Dantes! This is for Pushkin!]]
Created as an agent of the [[Quintesson]]s, Sky-Byte was the commander of the new generation of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. Unlike his dim-witted troops, Sky-Byte exhibited a scientific and creative nature, whether it be by making new advances in technology or writing haiku to express himself during tense and exciting moments.

In [[2010]], Sky-Byte was sent to Earth by the Quintessons as part of an alliance with the Decepticon outlaw [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. His army of next-generation Sharkticons successfully empowered Clench's Decepticon Syndicate, and they were able to take control of the Large Hadron Collider in [[Switzerland]].

There, Sky-Byte worked with Clench to realize the potential of the low-grade fuel [[forestonite]]. He determined that bombarding the forestonite with high-energy particles allowed it to alter Transformers, granting them extraordinary power. Pyro teased Clench for hanging around with Quintesson flunkies, and Sky-Byte responded with pride about how his new forestonite fuel would tip the balance of power. Sky-Byte may have oversold the stuff, however, as Clench impulsively fed some to [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]]—''and it wasn't meant to be taken orally!''—and then insisted that Sky-Byte himself be one of the next round of test subjects.

[[File:G2Redux-SkyBytealtmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right]]
When the Autobots burst into the facility in an attempt to rescue [[Pyro (G1)|Spark]], Sky-Byte taunted them with a haiku and, when that was poorly received, then tried to zap them all with his "[[Tsunami Blaster]]", a new and deadly ability bestowed upon him by the forestonite. The battle was ultimately decided when a nervous Breakdown shot the canisters of forestonite, thinking they would explode. Instead, the chemical spread out in gaseous form all over the remaining Transformers, equaling the balance of power for the Autobots. [[Rapido]] gained the power to outrun Sky-Byte's shark missile attack, and soon the Decepticons were thoroughly routed. At this point, Sky-Byte fled the scene with his Sharkticons and a sample of forestonite. Without his additional muscle, Clench was forced to retreat as well.

And, yes, even while running for his life, Sky-Byte had the frame of mind to write a pretty haiku. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

Two years later, Sky-Byte teamed up with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], providing the Decepticon with large quantities of forestonite. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} His duties included preparing the ship for takeoff to [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} [[File:Sky-ByteRampageandTantrum-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left]] He was almost run down by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] as the latter drove through the base, prompting him to shoot a furious haiku at the Autobot. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following the destruction of Jhiaxus's base on [[Qre]], Sky-Byte and his associate watched the Autobots leave with several of the clones, and Jhiaxus confided in him that the whole experience had been a test. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

At some point, Sky-Byte secretly joined forces with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|A Common Foe}} After the construction of a massive clone army and its prolonged siege on Cybertron, Sky-Byte accompanied Jhiaxus when he arrived on the planet to offer the native Autobot-Decepticon resistance and [[Megaplex|his wayward clone commander]] a final choice. {{storylink|Termination}} Despite Sky-Byte's assistance, the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] invasion lost the following battle. The Predacon fled and raided Jhiaxus's secondary laboratory of its stasis pods before the laboratory could be discovered by the Autobots and the Decepticons. The stasis pods were brought to the other Predacons so they could create [[Predacon (BW)|their own army]] in the aftermath of the [[Pax Cybertronia|peace treaty]] between the Autobots, Decepticons, and Jhiaxus's clones. Included in the batch were four mysterious capsules, one of which included [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. {{Storylink|A Common Foe}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[A Better Tomorrow|''Robots in Disguise'' #5]]}}

[[File:ABetterTomorrow-reputation.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Who's the most moderate shark in town?]]

More than four million years ago, Sky-Byte was a Decepticon, but atrocities committed by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on [[Varas Centralus]] convinced him to flee the war and his homeworld. Before Sky-Byte's retreat, he had a rivalry with [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} At some point during the war, a statue of Sky-Byte was made by the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]. {{storylink| The Not Knowing}}

In the current era, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was rebooted into a primordial state and [[Vector Sigma]] sent out a signal to its planet's scattered people to return. Sky-Byte heeded this call, but had reservations about the uneasy politics between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and the [[NAIL|nonaffiliated]]. The ex-Decepticon poet pursued some solitude, musing over a decapitated [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]], when he was interrupted by Ironhide. Sky-Byte expected a fight from his old rival, but Ironhide surprised him with his ease and candor. Still, Sky-Byte expressed his suspicions towards the Autobots, and so Ironhide suggested he check out the Decepticons as well to see if they were any better. Sky-Byte followed Ironhide's suggestion and met with the Decepticons, but he was followed by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s Autobots so that they could make arrests. Things quickly got out of hand and a battle erupted until Ironhide settled everyone down.

[[File:InterferencePatterns Jazz and Sky-Byte.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Kids these days and their music!]]
Later, Sky-Byte joined Prowl for a drink at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], which Ironhide and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] had re-opened as a place where Transformers could meet in peace regardless of affiliation. Ironhide explained to them why he had changed—he had seen a vision of the distant future where he was alive but the war was dead... because so were Sky-Byte, Prowl, and the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} Sky-Byte was later performing a musical/poetic duet with [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] at Maccadam's Old Oil House. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}} Some time after sharing some poetry with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], Sky-Byte joined a crowd of neutrals and Decepticons recruited by him in an attempt to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. When they followed Starscream and Prowl into the cave, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}}

When the Decepticon population began rioting in the wake of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s return, Sky-Byte holed up inside Maccadam's alongside Jazz and some other neutrals. {{storylink|City on Fire}} They were eventually forced to abandon their hideout after the rioters burned it down, {{storylink|The Verge}} and relocated to [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]]'s med-center. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} During Megatron's subsequent conquest of the city, the med-center was the attacked by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], and Sky-Byte offered to help his partner Jazz fight the giant. Jazz turned him down, telling him to get the injured to safety instead. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Together with some of his neutral friends, he later prevented [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] from killing [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] for helping injured Autobots. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

After the battle ended with Starscream claiming leadership of the neutrals and banishing both Autobots and Decepticons, Sky-Byte returned to Maccadam's to help rebuild it. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} When the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] unleashed a destructive energy wave upon Iacon, Starscream used his body to shield several of his citizens, including Sky-Byte. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} In the wake of the destruction, the poet listened to [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] accuse Starscream of embodying a dark prophecy that would destroy them all. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} He was then injured during the Necrotitan's assault on the city and had to be carried to safety by Scoop and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} He recovered in time to celebrate the Titan's defeat alongside other survivors. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

[[File:WorldOfTomorrow-WaspySkyByte.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|TURN AROUND BRIIIIGHT EYES]]

Six months later, Sky-Byte was still hanging out at Blurr's bar. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] didn't know what to make of him. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} When Windblade and several neutrals were imprisoned by Starscream, he and Swindle aided [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] in breaking them out. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Around that time, having returned to a life of war, Jazz would fondly remember his duets with Sky-Byte. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}}

Sky-Byte continued frequenting Maccadam's and helped celebrate [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s return there. He and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] shared a song. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} A statue of Sky-Byte was present on the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]'s world when the ''[[Lost Light]]'' stopped there. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} After the establishment of a Decepticon commune, [[Sanctuary Station]], near [[Jupiter]], Sky-Byte traveled there on the ''[[Peace Without Tyranny]]''. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} When [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] came aboard the commune and voiced his anger at [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s plans, Sky-Byte did not join his fellow Decepticons in aiming their weapons at the Autobot and merely looked on. After Soundwave ordered the Decepticons to stand down, Sky-Byte voiced his approval, stating that they would win because of their ideals and not because of their firepower. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} When Sky-Byte learned the ''other'' Decepticons had raided the ''[[Ark-7]]'', possibly killed everyone on board, and pointed it at Earth to begin a new Decepticon invasion, he was...not as approving. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}

[[File:ItsBeginningToAndBackAgain Sky-Byte.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Sky-Byte watched as Soundwave rejected Galvatron once and for all, reminding the former that they had all been duped as he was. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] came to Sanctuary Station to meet with Soundwave, Sky-Byte was one of the Decepticons to greet them. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} Sky-Byte then went with the combined Autobot and Decepticon battalion to lay siege to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', delivering a poem at the start of the battle. [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] didn't appreciate it very much. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} When [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] violently took down [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] at the end of the battle, Sky-Byte asked him not to mistreat the Decepticon too much since he'd merely been deceived by Galvatron. {{storylink|White Light}}

During a visit by Thundercracker to Sanctuary Station, Sky-Byte greeted the Seeker, and later composed a haiku about the conflict he believed was coming. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}} Sky-Byte found the time to appear in two films, playing the role of [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] in ''[[Starscream: The Movie (film)|Starscream: The Movie]]'', and the role of a boat-eating metal shark in ''[[Dark Invasion]]''. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

When the [[Maximal]] Army heralding [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s arrival in Earth's solar system attacked Sanctuary Station, Sky-Byte joined [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] in a heroic delaying action to buy time for the commune to be evacuated. Sky-Byte was eventually surrounded and stabbed to death by numerous Maximals, his last words being a haiku about his own mortality. {{storylink|Road's End}} Sky-Byte's ethereal spirit was among the many deceased that Soundwave channeled through the [[Enigma of Combination]] as he sacrificed his own life to help defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Kreo fallen skybyte.JPG|thumb|300px]]

Sky-Byte was witness to the Predacons combining into [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

When [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Autobot City]] was repainted as Decepticon City, Sky-Byte repurposed [[T-AI]]'s swimming pool for his own use, playing with a beach ball. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}
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===Shell Game continuity===
In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], Sky-Byte refused to serve the megalomaniacal [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]], risking his life to ensure that Dark Scream, Gas Skunk, and Slapper could escape Megazarak's clutches. They later came to the aid of [[Defensor (OTFCC)|Defensor]] during the last Autobot's final confrontation with Megazarak! What a ''legend!'' {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30 and 2015/09/07}}

===Spy Changer continuity===
In [[Viron 1103.12 Gamma]], Sky-Byte accidentally poisoned all of Earth's energon in a scheme and the Autobots all had to go [[Spy Changer]]. He shamelessly pretended he'd meant to do it, only for [[Daytonus]] and [[X-Brawn]] to blow up the Predacons' only remaining energon stash; with them unable to go Spy Changer, the war ended with a whimper. What a... ''something else'' that begins with L. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
When [[Preditron]] led the [[Legion of the Inferno]] in song as they rallied for battle, it reminded Dark Scream of his friend Sky-Byte. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends SkyByte.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
Sky-Byte was part of a group of Decepticons who were sent to investigate a mysterious enemy. They teamed up with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and Windblade to fight the [[Ammonite]]s, but soon fell out with their Autobot allies. Defeated by the pair, the Decepticons returned to their own starship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}
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==Toys==
===Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001)===
[[File:RID-toy SkyByte.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Love child of Peter Benchley and H.R. Giger.]]
*'''Gelshark''' ([[2000]]) / '''Sky-Byte''' (Mega Class, [[2001]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-005'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 2 missiles

: First available as part of the ''Car Robots'' line in Japan, Gelshark is an ''extensive'' [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] [[Maximal]] [[Cybershark#Transmetal2|Cybershark]], transforming into a large, monstrous, bio-mechanical great white shark. His tail has a gear system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned; this mechanism can be locked in place by pushing a switch just behind the tail (which can be locked in place thanks to a slot in the robot-mode right arm nearby). This system becomes his left arm, forming a [[Shark Spike|spinning claw weapon]]. He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth, which can be fired by pulling back the shark's nose and serves as a hand-held weapon in robot mode. His front fins can be removed and used as hand-held blade weapons.

: He was released in Hasbro markets as "Sky Byte" in the first wave of Mega-class toys, with pretty much no changes whatsoever from his ''Car Robots'' release... making him the ''only'' toy in the line to not have a ''little'' something different between the two markets' releases. His instructions show an awkward "attack mode" variant to his beast mode that pulls out his side-panels along with exposing the missile launchers and opening up the claw on his tail. This can be safely ignored.

:Compared to Cybershark, Gelshark/Sky-Byte is much more stable, as his parts are less likely to pop off.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/SkyByte/skybyte.htm More information on Sky-Byte at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-SkyByteG2Redux.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This mold's not for [[Wings of Honor|Scourge]]? At the time we were confused. Now we understand.]]
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Sky-Byte is a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' Combat Class [[Sharkticon (Energon)#Energon|Sharkticon]] with a new head, transforming into a Cybertronic submarine/battleship with dimly animalistic styling. His small gun turrets are movable, plus his side panels can extend outward to reveal spring-loaded missile launchers. The area where Sharkticon's spark crystal once resided is now considered Sky-Byte's "Tsunami Blaster".

:Sky-Byte is part of the [[BotCon 2010]] boxed set, alongside [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]], [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Autobot Spark]], [[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]], and [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]].

:The original version of this mold was also used to make Sky-Byte's fellow BotCon 2010 exclusives, the [[Sharkticon (G1)#Timelines|Sharkticons]], as well as ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Axalon (BW)#United 2|Axalon]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Predacon/Sky-Byte/sky-byte.htm More information on Sky-Byte at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TFGenerations Voyager Sky-Byte.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm a shark, I'm a shaaaark...]]
*'''Sky-Byte''' (Voyager Class, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / 007'''
**''Accessories'': 1 missile

:A new-mold toy released in wave 5 of the Voyager Class ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' series of the [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] toyline, Sky-Byte once again transforms into a bio-mechanical shark. The rounded nose and more circular jaw-shape suggest his beast mode is based on a bull shark, rather than the great white shark of his predecessor toy. He lacks the mouth-based missile launcher of his previous toy, instead having a single missile firing from the center of his (still gear-activated) spinning claw weapon. His [[beast mode]] articulation consists of an opening mouth and a tail that moves up and down. As with current Generations toys, he has is a hexagonal peghole underneath him which is compatible with some collector display stands.

:In [[robot mode]] the missile launcher in his claw weapon still functions. Sky-Byte is much less of a [[shellformer]] than his original form, with many parts of his robot mode actually becoming parts of the shark mode, though much of it still piles up on his back. These parts can be arranged in a variety of ways to form a more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] or cleaner robot mode. He also features several design elements from his IDW design, most notably the small wrist-gun detail on his right arm.

:This mold was used by [[Transformers Cloud|''Cloud'']] [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Cloud|Hellwarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Predacon/Sky-Byte/sky-byte.htm More information on ''Generations'' Sky-Byte at TFU.info]''
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===Legends===
[[File:takara transformers legends skybyte bothmodes.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.55|The baddest shark in town deserves the most badass paint-job!]]
*'''Gelshark''' ('''Sky-Byte''') ([[December 27]], [[2014]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG06'''
**''Accessories'': 1 missile

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Gelshark" is TakaraTomy's version of the ''Generations'' Voyager Class Sky-Byte mold. This version has considerably more paint applications than its Hasbro counterpart to create an overall more show accurate color scheme. It notably includes the two-colored chest, a much darker shade of blue, and less use of white. Some of the yellow plastic on the Hasbro version has also been replaced with dark blue. He comes with the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|''Legends'' Bonus Edition Volume 6]] mini-comic.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=5608 More information on Gelshark at Transformers-Universe.com]''

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==Merchandise==
*'''Ai-chan''' (KT Figure Collection, [[2004]])

[[File:AI PVC.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|If you bought this... we have some bad news.]]
: This figurine was produced by [[KT Figure Collection]], and included in a set of four others. It is notable in that not only is this the only non-[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] PVC in the entire set, but [[T-AI|Ai-chan]] is portrayed bathing in a hot spring, and is thus completely nude, aside from her hat. A [[super deformed]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Merchandise|Super Fire Convoy]] is seen peeking over the side, and a miniature Sky-Byte bath toy is in Ai-chan's hands.

:Yes, it's creepy. And you may find her face is familiar, BECAUSE the figure is designed by [[Yuki Ohshima]], who did the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|creepiest thing]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] ever.
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===Tiny Titans===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Sky-Byte.jpg|right|thumb|I am small and blue. I cannot transform at all. Curse you, Autobots!]]
*'''Sky-Byte''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number'': '''2/12'''

: Part of the sixth [[Blindpacking|blind-bagged]] assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', this small, soft-plastic figurine of Sky-Byte is based on his original ''Robots in Disguise'' toy.

: He comes with a trading card, which renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' series]] style. This card also has a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

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==Notes==
*During the Hasbro designers' panel at [[BotCon 2009]], it was stated that if Sky-Byte were to get a toy in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, its bio would be written as a haiku in homage to his love of poetry. The bio on the back of his 2014 ''Generations'' toy's box has a haiku at the very end.
*The identity of Sky-Byte was the subject of the "Who is the Wildcard?" contest held by [[Fun Publications]] on their [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] forums, with ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 2|Megatron]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|Breakaway]] as prizes to who guessed the character first. Other than the "wildcard" hint, the only other hint given was that the character was "never seen in Generation 2". TCC board member EmeraldBeacon guessed Sky-Byte soon thereafter, ending the contest, but whose among all the guesses that day was the correct guess was not known until the [[BotCon 2010]] brochure went online.
*Sky-Byte Kreon uses the Sharkticon parts list.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Gelshark''' (ゲルシャーク ''Gerushāku''), '''Sky-Byte''' (スカイバイト ''Sukaibaito'')
*''Korean:'' '''Gelshark''' (게르샥 ''Gereusyak'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiān Shā''' (China, 天鲨, "Sky Shark")
*''Russian:'' '''Zubastik''' (Зубастик, "Toothy")

==See also==
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*[[Sky-Byte (Animated)|Sky-Byte]], the fearsome Decepticon poet from [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']].
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]], the Decepticon shark from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}

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Cybershark

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

[[Image:BWCybersharkJapan.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just when you thought it was safe to go back into... the clouds?]]
'''Cybershark''' is a skilled tracker and expert in undersea combat. More, he's renowned throughout the galaxy as a swashbuckling hero. Brave, adventurous, kind, and good-humored, he has fought for freedom across a hundred alien seas and left behind stories and legends wherever he passed. Though not particularly bright in a general sense he can be quite calculating when it comes to tracking down his prey, and is a fearless fighter in the cause of good. He honed his skills as a bounty hunter spending centuries tracking down a rogue group of [[Seacon (BWII)|Cybertronian space pirates]]. Though dedicated to the Maximals, and quite adept at rallying others to join the fight for a good cause, Cybershark is more of a lone adventurer than a team player. Ironically this often puts him at odds with his commander, the likewise independent [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]].

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[Image:Bboomomegapoint.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We're gonna need a bigger apocalypse...]]
During the final battle with [[Shokaract]], several realities converged into a single, apocalyptic timestorm. Beast Warriors from alternate realities emerged, including Cybershark, [[B'Boom]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Transquito]], [[Air Hammer (BW)|Air Hammer]], [[Polar Claw]], and unidentified others, though all of them were summarily defeated. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:Gathering4-Cybershark.jpg|left|250px|thumb|You yell "Cyberbarracuda", everybody says, "Huh? What?"]]

Cybershark hunted the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacons]] for centuries. Along the way, his underwater activities have spread legends of his heroism to the alien populations on the planets he visited. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

Cybershark was one of the [[protoform]] [[stasis pod]]s jettisoned from the Maximal survey vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' when it was forced to crash-land on prehistoric [[Earth]]. The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] general [[Magmatron]] led a small group (that included the Maximal agent [[Razorbeast]]) back in time to place these protoforms into [[chronal phase]] and reprogram them into Predacons, and lead this army against the Maximals in the present. However, Razorbeast placed a viral code in Magmatron's Predacon [[shell program]], allowing a number of the protoforms to retain their Maximal identity. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

[[Image:BWTheGathering2_ClawJaw_Cybershark.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I'm a shaaaaaaaark, I'm a shaaaaaaaaaaaark, suck my [[Anatomic euphemism|diode]], I'm a shaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!]]

Accompanied by [[Claw Jaw]], Cybershark sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} He and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. In the subsequent battle, Cybershark tangled with [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]] before the united Maximals drove off the Predacons. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

A [[Units of time|deca-cycle]] after the marooned Maximals sent their distress call, help still hadn't shown up. Cybershark was one of those on hand when their makeshift base was attacked by the entire Predacon militia. He was on the front line of the defense and was the first to notice that it was, indeed, an all-out assault. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} Later, Cybershark and the other wounded Beast Warriors remained behind on ancient Earth after [[Lio Convoy]] took the rest of their forces into the future to battle [[Shokaract]]. He rallied the Maximals and Predacons to stop the threat of the [[Blentron|Blendtrons]], but the final fate of these lost warriors is unknown. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

He was badly damaged in battle and, in an emergency procedure, his [[spark]] was transferred to a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. This blank had been exposed to the [[Transmetal driver]] and so he emerged as a [[Transmetal 2]] great white shark and found himself gifted with more powerful weapons and the limited ability to fly at low altitude. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cybershark was part of [[Lio Convoy]]'s [[Resistance]], believing that the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] would only ever respond to violence. He was part of a plot to raid the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus prison]]. As two previous attempts had been obliterated by [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s psychic attacks, they hit on a plan to send in a patsy who Cerebros would psychically hack; when the patsy was then killed, Cerebros would fall.

Cybershark found such a patsy in one-time game winner [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] and lied to him and [[Ser-Ket (BW)|Ser-Ket]] that the resistance wanted them as ''leaders''. He led a team into Maximus, all of whom knew the real plan except the newbies, and as soon as Buzzclaw was compromised Cybershark took him out. Later, he expressed confusion that Ser-Ket was so angry and didn't understand why they had sacrificed Buzzclaw. {{storylink|Head Games}}

As the war pressed on, Cybershark remained one of Lio Convoy's chief advisors and coordinators. He retained his cold dedication to winning the war at all costs. When the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] first began and Lio Convoy proposed [[Operation Amputation]] to completely wipe out and cauterize the infected cities, Cybershark was the only member of High Command to immediately agree.

With the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] imposing on Resistance territory to an insurmountable degree, Lio Convoy ordered an immediate push towards Iacon itself and the [[Builder Assembly]]. Cybershark and [[Scylla]] coordinated the Resistance navy in passing the Yuss Straits, in hopes of bringing the fleet up the Great Rust Sea to the shores of Iacon itself. Using the [[Beast Upgrade]] to work above and below the waves, they devastated the Builder fleet. A kamikaze strike by the Builder flagship ''[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]]'', however, destroyed Scylla and the flagship ''[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]''. Scylla handed command of the fleet to Cybershark and charged him with locating any survivors. The fleet provided artillery support to the marching [[Army of the Resistance]] as they followed the [[Trannis Fork River]] to Iacon. Cybershark was missing and presumed dead when the fleet fell to the Vehicon advance. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Ten thousand years later, "Ciphershark" was remembered as a ruthless black-ops director with no regard for his enemies or those under his command. Sounds about right. {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

==Commercial appearances==
Cybershark emerged from the water, transforming in mid-air to land in robot mode on the shoreline. He then launched his shark head from his chest cannon, before advancing and brandishing his tail/switchblade menacingly. {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Cybershark and Inferno|Cybershark and Inferno commercial}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWCybersharktoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This broadcast is for [[Transformer]]kind. Cybersharks now occupy every landmass on [[Cybertron (planet)|this planet]]. But you need not fear. Cybersharks will remove fear. Cybersharks will remove [[Female Transformer|sex]] and [[Caste system|class]] and [[Redeco|colour]] and [[Primus|creed]]. You will become identical. You will become like us.]]
*'''Cybershark''' (Deluxe, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, hammerhead-missile, 2 missiles

: Cybershark transforms into a silver-blue and green hammerhead shark and incorporates two spring-loaded gimmicks; the "hammer" portion of the shark head fires like a missile, and the tail includes a spring-loaded switchblade weapon. Both weapons are usable in robot mode; the tail-blade becomes a hand-held weapon, while the missile launcher flips up from his chest. His shark-head missile can be held as a melee weapon. Two "normal" missiles for his launcher are stored in his back behind his head. These projectiles have molded, but unpainted, shark face decoration on their warheads, and can be hand-held like the shark-head missile.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Overbite (G1)|Generation 1 Overbite]], and retooled separately to make [[Sharp Edge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Cybershark/cybershark.htm More information on Deluxe Cybershark at TFU.info]''

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*'''Cybershark vs Inferno: Hell Showdown''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade, hammerhead-missile, 2 missiles

: In Japan, Cybershark was available both separately and in a "Hell Showdown" vs. pack with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Both toys are identical to their individual Japanese releases.

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[[Image:Transmetal2Cybershark.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|"And ''everywhere'' I go, I hear kids asking me why I'm ripping off Sky-Byte, rasserfrassing..."]]
*'''Cybershark''' (Transmetal 2 Mega, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Twin launcher, 2 missiles

: [[Transmetal 2]] Cybershark transforms into a silver, grey, moss-green and chrome turquoise shark. Unlike the rest of the Transmetal 2's whose beast mode species are ambiguous, Cybershark's beast mode is clearly based on the great white shark. Two panels flip out to reveal a "flight mode", and his tail has a gear system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned. This system becomes his right arm, forming a spinning claw weapon, named the [[Spin-Drive Tail]] by his packaging. He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth that doubles as a hand weapon, known as his jaw-mounted [[Tracer Torpedo]]es. These can be fire simultaneously by pulling back on the shark's nose in beast mode. Many of his ball-jointed parts are prone to popping off, particularly during transformation.

: This toy's packaging featured a character quote in the [[bio]] profile — the first time this popular feature had returned to the packaging since the end of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]] four years earlier.

: This mold was also used to make [[Sky-Byte (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Sky-Byte]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Cybershark/cybershark.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Cybershark at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)|Hammerstrike]]'s ''Beast Machines'' bio shares similarities to Cybershark's ''Beast Wars'' bio, implying that the two might be the same character. Subsequent fiction has not taken this as the case.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybershark''' (サイバーシャーク ''Saibāshāku'')
*''French:'' '''Cybersquale''' (Canada, "Cybershark")
*''Italian:'' '''Squalo Tigre'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Ciberón'''

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