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Weirdwolf (G1)

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|''The evil Decepticon from Generation 1, this page is for. His heroic'' Shattered Glass ''counterpart, see [[Weirdwolf (SG)]] for.''
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:''A [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] Weirdwolf is.''
[[File:Weirdwolf boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Yoda]]? This Yoda you speak of, who is?]]
The "weird" in "Weirdwolf", '''Weirdwolf''' ('''Wolfwire''', aka) puts. To talk to himself he doesn't just like; to talk to himself he ''really'' likes. Ceaselessly. And to make matters worse, not even very ''well'' he does it. To talk in a strange backward speak few can make sense of but himself, he likes.

Cute at first this personality quirk might seem, but once other Decepticons realize that totally off his nut he is, their best to avoid speaking with Weirdwolf they do. Just too ''weird'', he is.

[[Binary bonding|Binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulan]] [[Monzo]] Weirdwolf is, and really wishes that Weirdwolf would shut up Monzo does.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Weirdwolf, if keep hanging out back there you do then get colored you will not.]]
Among [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s troops was Weirdwolf. Followed [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]], they did. After the Decepticons were soundly defeated by the Autobots, upgraded with [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster technology]], Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who underwent the Headmaster process to even the odds. Now [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the Nebulan [[Monzo]], he and the other Decepticons lured the Autobot Headmasters into an ambush. Though both sides were roughly equal in terms of battle prowess, the Decepticons won out by endangering several members of Nebulos's [[Council of Peers]], distracting their foes long enough to outflank them. After gunning them down, Weirdwolf and the Decepticons made the Autobot Headmasters their prisoners. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} Weirdwolf later participated in an attack on the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where he and his comrades slew several [[generic|enemy troops]]. The few Autobots that survived the conflict were forced to flee back to their refuge within Nebulos's swamps. However, events that transpired during Weirdwolf's absence allowed the Autobots he had helped in taking prisoner earlier to escape. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''When the Autobot Headmasters attempted to rescue the Autobot Targetmasters from the Decepticons, their evil counterparts were sent out after them to feign a defeat, and lure them into an ambush helmed by Scorponok. During the initial fight, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher chased down Chromedome until he outpaced them, forcing the slower Decepticons to settle with surrounding Hardhead instead. Mid-pounce, Weirdwolf was blasted by one of Hardhead's teammates, and crumpled to the ground. The rest of the Decepticons were shortly thereafter "defeated," allowing Scorponok to eventually corner the Autobots within the [[Fortress of Despair]].'' {{Storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

At a later time, the Decepticons followed the Autobots from Nebulos to [[Earth]], where the two factions battled in the vacant [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Though Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner, the Nebulan [[Galen]], was killed, Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons were driven off when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] replaced him. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

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''When [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] managed to steal away with Scorponok's head, Weirdwolf was among the Decepticons who pursued and caught up to him just as he was about to rejoin his fellow Autobots in their ship. As Weirdwolf readied to pounce on Highbrow for his transgression, he was blasted away by Optimus Prime. Before the Autobots could further push their offensive, several Autobots from the future traveled back in time from the year 2009, shunting a handful of them off to [[Limbo]], and causing in-fighting amongst their ranks. Feeling left out, Weirdwolf and his fellows were about to join in, when Decepticons from the future similarly traveled back in time to 1989, shunting them to Limbo as well. Presumably, they were returned when the future Decepticons left for their own time near the end of the ensuing battle.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Scorponok's Decepticons soon met up with the group of Decepticons stranded on Earth led by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], only for [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] to aggravate the two sides towards a civil war. During the following Decepticon-on-Decepticon battle, Weirdwolf was run over by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} After the infighting had come to an end, Weirdwolf helped lug the injured back inside headquarters for repairs. The reprieve was brief, as soon the Decepticons found themselves engaged against the Autobots. Weirdwolf pounced on Hound before both sides realized that Starscream was behind the encounter, yet another distraction orchestrated to distract from his pursuit of the legendary Transformers knowledge database, the [[Underbase]]. The Decepticons teamed up with the Autobots to stop him, but were unsuccessful in preventing Starscream from absorbing a portion of the Underbase's energies. Partially-organic Transformers, such as Headmasters, were immune to the cosmic power that Starscream wielded, and so Weirdwolf was among the few who survived Starscream's subsequent rampage. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In the wake of the [[Underbase Saga]], Scorponok took command of the remnants of the Decepticon army. ''Weirdwolf and Mindwipe accompanied their leader to a rendezvous with the mercenary [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] in order to purchase Autobot battle plans the merc had stolen, but before they could depart, they were attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. "Dealer" was actually Doubledealer, and had sold them out to their enemies!'' {{storylink|(Double) Deal of the Century!}} Afterwards, with Weirdwolf's help, Scorponok placed a new headquarters, including an Energon converter, under a dump near [[New York City]]. {{storylink|King Con!}}

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Weirdwolf and his Decepticon comrades were once again manipulated by an outside party when both Autobots and Decepticons responded to the [[Air Strike Patrol]]'s stunt at [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Weirdwolf pounced on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] when Prime lost his temper and tore through the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} After Prime had cooled off and began speaking of striking a truce with the Decepticons to uncover who was manipulating both sides, Weirdwolf leveled his weapon at the Autobot leader, ready to fire should Scorponok order it. However, Scorponok agreed with Optimus's assessment of the situation, and agreed to compare notes. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} The orchestrator behind this staged battle was revealed when Starscream, rebuilt as a [[Pretender]], arrived and fought both sides in the name of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Scorponok ordered Weirdwolf and Mindwipe to attack while he monitored them from a safe distance, but the two Decepticons didn't even get a chance to strike; with a single blast, Starscream took them both out of the fight. {{storylink|Skin Deep}} ''Though the battle ended with Starscream begging Scorponok to take him back under his command, Weirdwolf and the rest of the Decepticon rank-and-file remained terrified of him. Unaware that he had been reduced to a pile of self-pity and neuroses, Weirdwolf and his compatriots would scurry away from Starscream whenever he passed them in the halls, and refused to even talk to the Seeker for fear of accidentally setting off another murderous rampage.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}}

[[File:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.]]
When the second Decepticon civil war broke out between Scorponok's faction and a small group of rogues led by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], Weirdwolf was one of those buried under Scorponok's headquarters near New York. He was unharmed, however, and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] ordered him, [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] to the surface to help protect their commander. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The battle came to a halt when all Earth-bound Transformers were instantaneously transported to Cybertron to prepare to battle [[Unicron]]. Weirdwolf listened to [[Primus]] (via a possessed [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]) tell the origin of the Transformers and their imminent destiny. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Unicron subsequently attacked, was defeated, and Weirdwolf was one of the lucky survivors. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Under the pretenses of an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] led Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons to [[Klo]], stranding the Autobots on their dying home planet. {{storylink|Exodus!}} When the Autobots followed them, the Decepticons ambushed them, killing all but five. Bludgeon sent Weirdwolf, [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], Fangry, and [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] to hunt down these stragglers, but Weirdwolf had trouble hunting their scent. Unfortunately, their prey rose before them and overcame their group. Weirdwolf apparently escaped, as he appeared next as part of the main battle, where Optimus Prime had returned. He leaped onto Optimus from behind, but before he could deliver a deadly blow, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s group had returned victorious, and he was destroyed by a blast Grimlock fired from Octopunch's trident. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Weirdwolfg2.jpg|left|thumb|Don't you mean, "Time for feeding it is"?]]
Weirdwolf 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. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a [[Guardian (G2)|gigantic creature]] who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}} Later, he and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get Optimus Prime's attention. Weirdwolf, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Tales of Earth Part One}}

Megatron returned and quickly usurped Bludgeon, but not long after Megatron fell in battle against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] over [[Tykos]]; Weirdwolf was part of the search party for Megatron's remains. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to defeat Jhiaxus and his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], Weirdwolf was present in both the battle on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and the final battle on Earth. During the latter conflict, he and Headstrong helped dispose of enemy unit by devouring them, some while they still functioned! {{storylink|Total War!}}
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====''Classics''====
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[[File:Weirdwolfgod.jpg|thumb|This sounds [[Wheelie (G1)|familiar]], doesn't it? The wrong characters are talking like that, oh shit!]]
In the fifteen years after the battle on Klo, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons under the command of the spacefaring [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and assigned to the command of the mysterious [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. Whether Weirdwolf followed Bug Bite of his own accord or was sublimated by Bug Bite's reverse-engineered [[cerebro-shell]]s is anybody's guess. What is known is that Bug Bite had Weirdwolf rebuilt to remove his Headmaster technology, resulting in both a spurned [[Monzo]] and Weirdwolf being even less coherent than he was previously, having to resort to talking to his own wolf head in the absence of his Headmaster partner.

After the return of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Bug Bite's team arrived on [[Earth]] under the pretenses of forming a partnership. Weirdwolf and the rest of Bug Bite's team were escorted back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Megatron's current headquarters. Suddenly, due to cerebro shells implanted earlier, nearly all of Megatron's troops double-crossed him, turning their guns on him at Bug Bite's radio-controlled command. However, Weirdwolf's recreation was his team's downfall; Monzo turned to the Autobots with what information he knew, and a rogue Autobot team led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and jammed the cerebro shells' frequency. Weirdwolf was critically damaged by Megatron in the resulting crossfire. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

The barely-alive Weirdwolf and apparently-dead Bug Bite were dragged (literally in the latter's case) back to their ship by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]. He put Weirdwolf into a newly installed [[CR chamber]] to heal. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

Weirdwolf was eventually back online and working for [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron the Overlord]] on Earth, trying to gain access to the [[Rarified Energon]] found in the Autobots' [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]]. When the Ironworks was assaulted by evil Autobots of the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|negative polarity universe]] seeking to destroy the positive polarity universe altogether, however, Weirdwolf and Overlord's Decepticons fought against these other Autobots in defense of Earth. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Weirdwolf was still a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]] and took part in the genocide of the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Later, he was still at Bludgeon's side aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'' as the Decepticon leader unleashed his [[Blitz Engine]]s against [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s Autobots and descended to join the battle on the planet's surface alongside [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Stranglehold]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. The battle did not go well for Weirdwolf as first the Blitz Engines were defeated by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Demon]]s, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] was incapacitated by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] was torn apart by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and Bludgeon himself was thrown through the windscreen of the ''Warworld'' by the Autobots' new leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Subsequently, Cybertron's Autobots, under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], rallied and quickly claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Any Decepticons not killed in the battle were then taken into Autobot custody, most likely being converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the [[Dark Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while Rodimus Prime and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stan Jones]] (English, casting only)}}
[[File:Weirdwolfrebirthr.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Growl.]]
After the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Decepticons were scattered across the galaxy. Suddenly, they returned en masse, descending upon [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. Weirdwolf was among their number. After the Decepticons retrieved the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] called off their attack and they retreated. But when the Decepticons brought the key to Cybertron to activate the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], it was retaken by a group of Autobots who were subsequently thrown across the galaxy. [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] took a ship of Decepticons, which included Weirdwolf, and followed the Autobots to the planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]].

Confronting the Autobots in a cave, the Decepticons were unable to retrieve the key, but did capture the Autobots' wounded. Weirdwolf dragged [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] back to their ship. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} During the ensuing interrogation, the Decepticons were ambushed by the remaining Autobots, who had teamed up with the [[Nebulan]] [[Gort]]'s native rebel forces, and had been rebuilt into [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. The Decepticons' ship demolished, they fled into the trees, where the Decepticons were abducted by the evil overlords of Nebulon, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Hive, too, wished to become Headmasters, and so [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] offered him the Decepticons who transformed into animals. Weirdwolf was paired with Monzo.

[[File:Weirdwolfrebirthb.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rowr.]]
With Headmaster and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] technology behind them, the Decepticons retrieved the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber in battle. The Autobots quickly struck back with Targetmasters of their own, but the leader of the Hive, [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], had rebuilt the Hive's city into [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Scorponok abducted [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who was in possession of the key amidst battle, and with the Decepticons inside, it returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Upon their return, Galvatron was unhappy with Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons' alliance with organic creatures, but reluctantly accepted them into their ranks temporarily since they had possession of the key. The Autobots followed them back to Cybertron, and after a huge battle involving all of the Headmasters, Targetmasters, Scorponok, and the new [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons retreated inside Scorponok just as it was swatted off-planet by volatile surges of the activated Plasma Energy Chamber. Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

{{note|The bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo is depicted at the conclusion of an error-filled sequence of events. First, Mindwipe hypnotizes his reluctant partner Vorath, who is mistakenly drawn as Monzo when this occurs. Then Mindwipe and Vorath bond together, alongside Skullcruncher silently bonding with Grax. Then the voice of Grax, emanating from a character drawn as Vorath but colored like Monzo, declares "I am to be bonded to that creature? This project was a bad investment!" while the "creature" he is looking at is Skullcruncher, colored like Weirdwolf. This is immediately followed by the bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo. Oh, "[[The Rebirth|Rebirth]]", you so crazy!}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Weirdwolf 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 "Monzo", with Weirdwolf being the name of the combined small robot/Transtector form, though this distinction of nomenclature is very rarely made in fiction, and he is normally referred to as "Weirdwolf" regardless of what form he takes.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Katsuji Mori]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English), [[Enrico Carabelli]] (Italian)}}
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Four million years ago, Weirdwolf—also known as just plain "Wolf" to the 'bots who know him best—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. Weirdwolf 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, and even developing telepathic and telekinetic powers. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Weirdwolf 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]]. Weirdwolf was Scorponok's second-in-command and leader of the other Decepticon Headmasters, Mindwipe and Skullcruncher. Defeated by Fortress and his men, Scorponok, Weirdwolf and the rest were exiled from Master, but eventually entered into an alliance with Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

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In the year 2011, Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Weirdwolf requested that Galvatron entrust the task of taking control of Vector Sigma to them, but Galvatron informed the newbie that he had overstepped his bounds. Undeterred, Weirdwolf led the charge on the computer control center, only to be stopped in his tracks by the dramatic arrival of Fortress and his Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In the subsequent battle, Weirdwolf transformed to maul [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], but was blasted by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and then forced to retreat with the other Decepticons before the awesome firepower of Fortress's Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Weirdwolf journeyed with 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, but [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] stepped in to keep them busy while Hot Rod escaped to Cybertron. Weirdwolf and company pursued, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber, where Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again. Weirdwolf and the Decepticons wisely fled, rather than face the combined might of both Rodimus and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

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Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters accompanied the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], when it was unleashed upon Cybertron, and he savaged [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] in wolf mode until [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] stepped in to help. 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, {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Weirdwolf again clashed with the [[Throttlebot]]s, this time on [[Earth]], as the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy there while their newest evil creation, Metamorpho, headed towards Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:Hmep8 weirdwolf plays cards.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Stacks and stacks of Scooby Snacks!]]
Under the orders of Scorponok, Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters attacked an Autobot energy outpost on Earth and killed all those stationed there in order to distract Rodimus Prime while Scorponok sprang a trap for the Autobot Headmasters on the planet [[Praum]]. Weirdwolf and his allies departed for Praum before Rodimus arrived so they could watch their enemies meet their end, but the Autobots were able to overcome the trap by switching heads to boost their power. The Decepticons tried doing the same, with Weirdwolf taking over Skullcruncher's Transtector, but they still got thrashed. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} After this defeat, Weirdwolf and his chums decided to sit out the next mission and played cards instead. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

When Vector Sigma developed a powerful new alloy named [[cybertonuron]], Weirdwolf 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}} While Mindwipe was sent to plant bombs in Vector Sigma's chamber, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher covered his rear and tried to stop the Autobot Headmasters from pursuing him. They failed and wound up chasing the Autobots into the planet's depths themselves, only to discover that Mindwipe had successfully planted the bombs. Weirdwolf naturally panicked and promptly fled back to the surface to escape. 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}}

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With Galvatron apparently destroyed, Scorponok seized command of the Decepticons, and as his first order of business, had Weirdwolf, Mindwipe, and Skullcruncher steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite. Although defeated by Chromedome and the Autobot Headmasters, Weirdwolf had another trick up his sleeve: If the Autobots tried to retake the satellite, he would destroy it using his telekinetic powers. Unable to take the satellite back, the Autobots were forced to destroy it to keep it out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} As part of Scorponok's plan to keep the Autobots' attentions focused on Earth, Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the Predacons in menacing [[Pan|a small South American village]]. When Mindwipe captured a human boy named [[Pipiro]], Weirdwolf instructed the Autobot Headmasters to hand over their Transtectors to save his life, but the heroic actions of donkey [[Dodo]] saved the day. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} A little later, still distracting the Autobots from Scorponok's bigger scheme with attacks on Earth, Weirdwolf joined in a Decepticon attack on San Francisco with [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

[[File:Hm14 ride em chromedome.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2| Get off of me you should, if good for you you know what is!]]
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, trapping them in a crater. When Fortress arrived to save them, Weirdwolf and his fellows got particularly crafty, blasting him with a plasma energy bomb in mid-transformation! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Weirdwolf 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. Weirdwolf and his pals completed their task quickly, and withdrew with Scorponok as Mars was destroyed. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:Hm17 weirdwolf tricked by transtector.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Weirdwolf 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, Galvatron sent him to interfere with an Autobot energy run to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], but Weirdwolf was tricked when Chromedome and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] abandoned their Transtectors to make the run in a small shuttlecraft. The unwitting Weirdwolf chased after the unmanned Transtectors, failing to realize that they were empty until the Autobots were off on their way to Sandra. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The appearance of two unknown robots in the vicinity of Chaar set off alarm bells for Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters, and they immediately attacked the newcomers. Weirdwolf took on the newcomer with the dragon [[alternate mode]], but was laid out by a swipe of the stranger's tail, at which point Galvatron arrived to inform them that these were actually their old allies from Master, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Weirdwolf, Mindwipe 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 Weirdwolf was pummelled by [[Yukikaze (G1)|Yukikaze]]. The Decepticons were able to escape and join up with their fellows to carry out the planned raid. {{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 Weirdwolf 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}}

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When the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], Weirdwolf and the Headmasters were given a special task by Scorponok: hunt down and kill the [[Beastformer]] [[Tekna]], who had helped build his Transtector and who was currently imprisoned in a penal colony on the planet. Weirdwolf and his foul fellows took pleasure in massacring every inmate in the prison, but Tekna managed to escape their wrath by hiding in the [[South-North Caves]]. Weirdwolf followed him into the caves, and, finding him in the company of Chromedome and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], fatally shot him in the back. Chromedome saw Weirdwolf off, and Tekna clung to lifelong enough to provide the Autobots with information on the secret weak spot of Scorponok's Transtector. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

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After rounding out the Decepticons' planet-hopping escapades by helping to capture Highbrow on planet [[Paradise]] {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} and participating in the battle on [[Pirate Planet]], {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} Weirdwolf returned to Chaar with the other Decepticons. At Scorponok's command, Weirdwolf led Mindwipe and Skullcruncher on a sabotage mission to Earth, where they used their small robot forms to sneak inside an Autobot outpost and cause explosions that wiped out most of the base personnel. After they finished off the survivors with their [[beast mode]]s, Weirdwolf reported the successful taking of the base to Scorponok. Scorponok informed him that it was time for them to start acting toward his own agenda again, and in accordance with their boss's master plan to destroy the Earth by triggering the simultaneous eruption of every volcano along the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]], Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters set about planting a plasma energy bomb beneath the outpost. When Scorponok was ordered to Earth by Galvatron, he checked in with Weirdwolf telepathically for an update. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

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Continuing to carry out Scorponok's plan, Weirdwolf and his team helped their leader 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 emperor'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 Weirdwolf and the Headmasters to plant the final explosive on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. 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 Weirdwolf and all the other Decepticons fled Earth with him. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

Weirdwolf 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. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} Retreating beneath the surface of the planet aboard Scorponok's Transtector, Weirdwolf stood by with Mindwipe and Skullcruncher, watching as Scorponok processed [[G-Metal]] from the ore they found underground. With the metal, Scorponok hoped to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's [[Master Sword]], so Weirdwolf and his cronies captured Wheelie and ransomed him for information on the Master Sword and its weaknesses. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

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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 Weirdwolf and Mindwipe 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]]". The Autobots soon tracked them down, but during the battle, Weirdwolf snuck aboard Fortress's battleship and planted a pair of bombs, causing an explosion that covered the Decepticons' escape. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Following the successful completion of the Zarak Shield, Weirdwolf participated in the final battle on Master, which ended with Scorponok's triumph over Fortress Maximus and the Decepticons' departure from the planet. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} On the way back to Earth, they were separated from [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} and when they set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, Weirdwolf agreed with Mindwipe's suggestion 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}}

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Once back on Earth, Scorponok immediately had the Decepticons begin setting up "Death Towers" at strategic points around the globe, forged from the crysmag metal of the lost continent of Lemuria. Attempting to defend the tower set up in Egypt, Weirdwolf quickly informed Mindwipe and Skullcruncher that they would be debuting their new "[[Trio Formation]]", a manoeuvre which had stayed up all night coming up with. The bizarre formation turned out to involve them stacking on top of each other like a totem pole, and when Apeface and Snapdragon thought to get in on the action, they wound up toppling it over. Weirdwolf's 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. 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 Weirdwolf and all the other Decepticons to flee Earth for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Archive footage of a battle in space involving Weirdwolf was used to educate the future [[Headmaster Junior]]s about the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Years prior to leaving Master, Weirdwolf met with Scorponok who told him about the advantages of plasma energy and revealed he was using it to experiment on kidnapped citizens. {{storylink|Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter}}

In 2021, Weirdwolf's body was infected with "[[blackball]]s" when Scorponok detonated a black hole near his own troops, forcing him and the other Headmasters to abandon their doomed transtectors. They then traveled to the [[Legends World]], where Weirdwolf struck a deal with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] to have [[Tera-Kura Co.]] build them new bodies. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} Placed in the sales department of the merged "Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.", he helped lure out the Autobots so that Skullcruncher could defeat them with his new transtector. Using [[Butla]], he captured Chromedome and woke the narcoleptic Skullcruncher from his slumber, but ultimately fled after [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] put him to sleep again. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], chairman of Tera-Kura, was unhappy with the Headmasters' violent ways, being in the process of a ''peaceful'' takeover of the world. Weirdwolf didn't get the point and instead conspired with Tarantulas to brainwash Megatron into Galvatron, whose destructive personality suited his own means much better. He even hoped to conquer the world ''himself'' after Galvatron had left it in ruins, but in the end, Megatron resisted the Galvatron body and warned Weirdwolf and Tarantulas that they could never manipulate him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} His threat fell on deaf ears, as Weirdwolf instead had Mindwipe hypnotize him into becoming Galvatron again, but this too failed after [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] undid the spell. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}} Weirdwolf was later present at the office when a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-powered [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] tried to take control of Tera-Kura. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}}

When a group of mass-produced [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-type Headmasters showed up at Tera-Kura demanding their own transtectors, Weirdwolf protested that he hadn't even gotten ''his'' one yet before being blown away by [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 28|Bonus Edition Vol. 28}} His new transtector was then finished, only for Tarantulas to reveal it to be a living robot canine named "Wolnosuke". When Weirdwolf took it out for a walk, the giant wolf got loose and ran away, leaving him to put up "lost pet" posters across town until Chromedome and Hardhead destroyed the posters in a drunken stupor. After taking care of the rude Autobots, Weirdwolf's partner drone [[Rarigo]] reunited him with Wolnosuke, though he remained unable to rein in the wolf. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 30|Bonus Edition Vol. 30}} On Tarantulas's orders, Weirdwolf infiltrated the Autobot base, Maximus, stealing Fortress's body in an attempt to take control of the base and transform it into "Weird Maximus". He wasn't strong enough to reach the level of physical and mental balance required to move the gigantic transtector, however, and was knocked unconscious the moment he grabbed the [[Master Sword]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Weirdwolf then conspired with [[Moguru]], a spy in the Autobot ranks, to lower the Autobots' fighting capabilities by making Chromedome lose interest in fighting. However, when he attacked the Autobots, thinking the plan a success, he was met with and defeated by Chromedome after all. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} He soon returned to challenge Chromedome to a rematch, only to be used by [[Papika]] as part of her plan to lure [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] out of his room. By tearing her clothes and claiming Weirdwolf was responsible, she prompted Highbrow to come to her rescue and blast the Decepticon's head off. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 33|Bonus Edition Vol. 33}} When Mindwipe started hypnotizing people into serving him, Weirdwolf accused him of being unfair by getting all the good ideas, only for Mindwipe to hypnotize him as well. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}} [[Devil Z]] then took over the Decepticons and sent the three Headmasters to destroy a trailer that had appeared in the city. The vehicle turned out to be a transtector belonging to [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], who claimed it and attacked Weirdwolf and the others with [[Chōkon Power]], prompting Devil Z to power them up with [[Devil Power]]. Despite their best efforts, the trio was driven away by Super Ginrai. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}}

Weirdwolf's transtector was then stolen by the former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s and used by [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] before being recovered by [[T-AI|Ai]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]]. He started to complain when Ai let the thieves get away without punishment, but quickly made himself scarce when the cops noted a certain resemblance between him and the robot that had been causing trouble lately. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 37|Bonus Edition Vol. 37}} When [[Apeface]] developed superpowers and started acting way more ambitious, Weirdwolf wondered what had gotten into him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} Later at work, Weirdwolf loaded [[energon cube]]s onto [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] for transportation. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} When a Scorponok from [[The Rebirth|another universe]] attacked the city, Weirdwolf initially assumed his own Scorponok had returned before [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] corrected him. He refused to bow before this other Scorponok and attacked him, but was defeated. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}} Though he sought to get rid of Megatron to enact Scorponok's will, Weirdwolf and his Headmaster pals couldn't rebel as long as Megatron was control of the mighty [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. To this end, he hatched a plan to rebuild [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] for their side by recruiting Tarantulas and bringing over [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] from his own universe. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

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Next, Weirdwolf allied with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Trickdiamond]], relying on them to steal the Autobots' [[Godbomber]] for use in his plans. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} To his annoyance, the [[Dimensional Patrol]] then showed up and captured everyone's transtectors, forcing him to sit tight until the situation was dealt with. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition EX Scourge 2}} Weirdwolf, Skullcruncher and Mindwipe tried to take revenge on Ginrai after he lost his Godmaster form, but fled when he turned into the giant Super Magna Convoy instead. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition EX Magna Convoy}} Weirdwolf's faction eventually finished constructing Trypticon under the sea, but still required a [[transformation cog]] for him. They formally turned on Tera-Kura Co. and attacked Metroplex for his cog, with Weirdwolf himself taking on Megatron. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} Upon completing Trypticon, Weirdwolf took command of him and gleefully had Full-Tilt use him to defeat Fortress Maximus before moving towards Metroplex. His plan ultimately failed when Metroplex was able to recover and defeat Trypticon. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

With his scheme in shambles, Weirdwolf settled down and established the [[Wolf Circus]]. He was on a walk with his transtector when he ran spotted Blurr putting up posters for a [[White Lune|lost cat]]. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}} Megatron later showed up at his circus and asked to borrow his latest talent, [[Noble (BM)|Noble]], who was needed to undo the [[Concurrence]]'s brainwashing of [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]]. Weirdwolf initially refused, but reluctantly agreed after Megatron pointed out that his circus wouldn't last long if they let the world get conquered by the Concurrence. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} When Scorponok appeared in Legends World in the form of BlackZarak, Weirdwolf warned his comrades that their leader was again being controlled by Devil Z. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus}}

Scorponok had his own plan to destroy the world, which didn't sit well with Weirdwolf who had grown attached to it and didn't want Noble to be killed. After a failed attempt at convincing Noble to join the Decepticons, he began to reconsider if he was truly on the right side. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} He ultimately decided to stop Scorponok's plot, attacking his leader and freeing the Decepticon Targetmasters who had similarly rebelled and been restrained. While Weirdwolf was promptly dealt with by Scorponok, Chromedome was impressed by his change of heart and the two put their animosity aside, performing a Cross Head-On to power up and fight [[Majin Zarak]] together. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}} The destruction of the Legends World could not be avoided however, so Weirdwolf and the rest evacuated back to their own dimension where they ended up on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. Recognizing [[Alligatron]] from his previous visit, Weirdwolf and the Decepticons aided the Beastformers in the war with the [[Laser Beast]]s. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

Weirdwolf was among the Decepticons who traveled to the [[Micro|Z Planet]] {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}} where they attempted to dissuade the Autobots from destroying [[Dark Nova]], who had absorbed Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 1 Sonic Bomber Chapter|Sonic Bomber Chapter}} When [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] ignored their pleas, the Decepticons stood in his way only to get attacked as well. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 3 Dai Atlas Chapter|Dai Atlas Chapter}} After the war ended, Weirdwolf established a successful zoo on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}
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===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''The Great Transformer War''====
Prior to joining the main Transformer war, Weirdwolf and the other [[Headmasters of Evil]] were running from the [[Headmasters of Justice]] on an empty planet. 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 (G1)|Skullcruncher]] to mistakenly beat up [[Mindwipe (G1)|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 (G1)|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}}

====''The Headmasters'' comic====
Shortly after their failure to seize control of Vector Sigma, Galvatron led Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters in a rather direct plan to destroy Battleship Maximus: They would lure it into space, and then throw a bomb in one of his open doors. 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}}

Weirdwolf and the Decepticons later made a return to planet Beast, where they were able to capture Highbrow and Brainstorm. The Decepticon Headmasters 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. The Autobot Headmasters then caught up to their evil counterparts, and blasted them before they could deal Kane any harm. {{storylink|The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

The Headmasters of Evil targeted an Autobot energy base in Alaska, and laid a trap for the Headmasters of Justice when they arrived. They positioned their transtector beasts to prevent the Autobots from combining with their own transtectors. Despite their strategy, the Decepticons were outmaneuvered by the Autobots. Chromedome and his team merged with their transtectors and then prevented the Decepticons from doing the same. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

The Decepticon Headmasters attacked a children's hospital on Christmas. The Autobots used their [[Head Formation]], Hellish Wheel to sweep up the Decepticons into a vortex and hurl them away from the innocents. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Several years after the Decepticons' departure from Earth, Weirdwolf appeared on Athenia with the other Decepticon Headmasters, working with the new Decepticon [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] to disrupt the coronation of [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] as [[Supreme Commander]] at the behest of their new secret ruler, [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

Soon after, on planet [[Six]], Weirdwolf tried to discuss with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] the existence of a third faction in the Transformer war, but the ninja just dismissed his concerns. {{Storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
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While scouting on [[Nebulos]], Weirdwolf spied on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] from afar. When Monzo wanted to attack them, Weirdwolf insulted him and went back to base to report to [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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Weirdwolf helped his Nebulan partner Monzo, and his fellow Decepticons Skullcruncher and Mindwipe, in a plot to smuggle onto Nebulos an army of [[Attack Squad robot]]s. Whether or not this plot succeeded depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[City on Fire|''Transformers: Robots of Disguise'' #12]]
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Weirdwolf fought in the [[Battle of Junkion]] during the war. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

When the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons ended, Weirdwolf appeared among the Decepticons who helped repopulate Cybertron with the Autobots and the [[NAIL]]s. After [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] returned from months in the wilds of Cybertron, Weirdwolf and the remaining Decepticons stood up to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobot-led police as they tried to execute him. Rioting broke out in the streets as Weirdwolf and the Decepticons violently celebrated their leader's return. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Weirdwolf later took up residence in the Decepticon ghetto outside the city, where he was part of an unhappy crowd that attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] while they were passing through. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} He was among those recruited by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] for an attempt at occupying [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[space bridge]] and using it to find a better life on [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who attacked alongside the [[Alligaticon]], and was subsequently defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Mega-Optimus]]. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
When the [[Titan Master]]s joined the Autobot-Decepticon conflict, Wolfwire was partnered with the Titan Master Monxo, who granted him the ability of rewinding time for short bursts, though this power consumed high quantities of energy. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Monxo/Wolfwire toy bio}} Wolfwire was part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] in the hopes of intercepting [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]. Their ambush was spoiled when [[Apeface]] blew their cover, allowing the two Autobots the opportunity to counter-attack. Later, Wolfwire was present on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as part of a Decepticon assault led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. He and his comrades were shocked by the emergence of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters|The Power of the Titan Masters}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
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Weirdwolf was a member of the Decepticons after the fall of the [[Senate]]. He was part of a large army deployed to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] under [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s authority to capture the [[Enigma of Combination]]. During the battle he pounced on [[Pointblank]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} Despite his protests, Weirdwolf was pulled off his prey and tossed into the air by one of [[Termagax]]'s [[spectrosynth drone]]s. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

Weirdwolf next took part in the attack on [[Crystal City]] under [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]'s command. He got freaked out by Autobot artillery raining down on the charging Decepticons and had to be reassured by [[Roadtrap (POTP)|Roadtrap]] that they would receive cover fire. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

Weirdwolf was part of the massive attack on [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], taking on [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and helping his fellow Decepticons defeat the Autobot [[combiner]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Weirdwolf was among several Transformers who left the war on Cybertron behind, to blast their way to the distant planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]]! After arriving on the alien world and surrendering to the native Nebulons, he removed his head and allowed one to fuse with it. The battle between Autobots and Decepticons then resumed on this new world. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Weirdwolf rushed into battle alongside [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] while their [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] partners rode atop of their beast modes. They came to blows against their Autobot Headmaster counterparts in the middle of a Nebulan city. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
*Weirdwolf trained under the watchful eye of [[Monzo]], who had him speed through an obstacle course. Weirdwolf's training also included smashing stone sculptures of their Autobot enemies, two of which Monzo helped him with by forming his robot-mode head. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Weirdwolf and Mindwipe battled [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], emerging victorious from the confrontation. This turn of events eventually led to the creations of [[Pretender]] warriors for both factions. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
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While the Autobots are at the hydroelectric power station, Weirdwolf ran out from a canyon in his wolf mode, stopping in front of the Autobots and transforms to robot form. Greeting them with a laugh and calling them "scrap-for-brains", Weirdwolf welcomed the Autobots. He threatened to shred up the Autobots and warned them that they would never fight the Decepticons again, but Optimus Prime was unimpressed by Weirdwolf's bravado and fought him. Weirdwolf was soundly defeated, and he warned that such an outcome would never be repeated if they fight him again. He then transformed and ran off. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Weirdwolf aided [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost in trying to disrupt the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s team managed to overcome them, causing Weirdwolf, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] to scatter into the night. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}}
===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Weirdwolf toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Word Salad Shooter (TM)]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' ([[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-86'''
**''Accessories:'' Monzo Headmaster unit, [[Photon pistol|Photon Pistol]], [[Thermal weaponry|Tail/Thermo Sword]]
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Weirdwolf transforms into a mostly yellow robotic wolf. He has some articulation in his legs (mostly in his forelegs), and his jaw can open. A clear red canopy on his back opens to reveal a cockpit/storage compartment for his Headmaster partner, Monzo. His [[beast mode]] tail has a blade on its underside, later serving as a shortsword in [[robot mode]].

:As with many mammalian-derived beast mode Transformers, his robot mode is essentially his beast mode standing on his (extended) hind legs. A panel on each shoulder slides down to reveal a bank of non-firing rockets. Monzo forms his head, inserted into a slot on his upper torso. Some tabs of various lengths on Monzo push down three spring-loaded buttons inside the neck cavity, which in turn reveal three [[Tech Spec]] ratings on a bar-graph in his chest under a grey panel. He is armed with a blue rifle and his [[Thermal weaponry|tail-sword]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Weirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm More information on Weirdwolf at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
*'''Alpha Trion/Weirdwolf''' (BotCon 2007 souvenir set)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/sword/missile launcher weapon, 1 missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Planet Key
[[File:Weirdwolftimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What I bring you is plight, and colors bright bright bright!]]
:A bagged set of ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] and Weirdwolf was released at BotCon 2007 as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. A yellow and turquoise [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Deluxe Class [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Snarl]], Weirdwolf transforms into a techno-organic wolf. His articulated tail features a spring-loaded missile launcher that can fire a transparent orange projectile. Inserting his [[Cyber Planet Key]] causes his lower jaw to open and a pair of transparent orange fangs to extend from his upper mouth. Unlike other Cyber Key gimmicks, this feature does not automatically secure itself into position, so as to allow the user to repeatedly open his mouth with the Cyber Key. However, his mouth can be locked into the open position by rotating down the two pieces of turquoise 'fur' on his cheeks.

:In robot mode, Weirdwolf is almost his beast mode inverted, as his robot legs are the beast hind legs rotated, and the torso and arms are the beast torso split and flipped. He is armed with his tail, which has an articulated handle that allows it to be held as either a projectile weapon or as a [[sword]]. He retains his Cyber Key feature in this mode. He comes with a green-bordered Jungle Planet type Cyber Key, which still has Snarl's [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]], "'''d43j'''," stamped on its back.

:This mold was also used for [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Black|Fangwolf Black Version]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/BCWeirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm More information on Timelines Weirdwolf at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Wolfwire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wolfwires crossed, somebody did get.]]
*'''Monxo & Wolfwire''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])
:*''Accessories:'' "Monxo" Titan Master, gun, tail/sword
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'', Wolfwire (new name due to [[trademark]] issues) transforms into a robotic wolf. He comes with his [[Titan Master]] partner Monxo (copyright got on his name, too), who can fit in a seat on Wolfwire's beast mode rump or another seat inside the gun as well as transform into his robot mode head. As with other ''Titans Return'' toys, Wolfwire can accommodate any compatible Titan Master figure. However, his neck slot sits a little low on his shoulders leaving most Titan Masters (besides Monxo) with a fairly loose connection to his torso. In an undocumented feature, Wolfwire's chest can fold down, similarly to the flip-open Tech-Spec panel of his original toy. While not in the instructions, this allows access to push out his hindquarters during transformation to beast mode. Unlike most Deluxe Class figures from the ''Titans Return'' line, Wolfwire's two weapons do not combine together to form a vehicle or weapon platform for Titan Master figures.

:Wolfwire comes mistransformed in-package, with the ankles turned backward in the wolf-mode configuration, though this can also work as the robot mode's feet.

:Due to being right up against soft, translucent red plastic, the yellow plastic of Wolfwire's cockpit will start to break at the hinge over time. The issue is fairly common and occurs to some degree on most, if not all copies of the toy. Thankfully, that same soft, translucent red plastic keeps the cockpit secured to its pin.

:The rubbery teeth also have a tendency to become "gummy" and not be able to be opened, so closing the wolf jaw completely is not recommended, and the jaws should be moved from time to time to ensure they don't stick.
:The Hasbro Asia exclusive giveaway sticker sheet can be used to enhance the figure's details.<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2016/09/23/hasbro-asia-titans-return-stickers-wave-2-325179</ref>

:Wolfwire was reissued for the fifth wave of Deluxes alongside the new [[Misfire (G1)#Generations|Misfire]], [[Twin Twist#Generations|Twin Twist]], and [[Windblade (G1)#TitansReturnRetail|Windblade]]. The aforementioned cockpit issue was not fixed in this new batch.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRWolfwire/wolfwire.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Wolfwire at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG30-Weirdwolf.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|More [[GEEWUN|geewun]], overseas I be.]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (Deluxe Class, 2016-[[September 24|09-24]])
:*''ID number:'' '''LG30'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Monzo" Headmaster, "Wolf Gun", "Tail Sabel" tail/sword, "[[Rarigo#Legends|Rarigo]]" gun/jet/gorilla Partner Drone
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Weirdwolf is a redeco and a retool of the ''Titans Return'' Wolfwire mold, featuring a paint scheme more faithful to the G1 Headmasters anime appearance, and a head sculpt based on the one seen in the ''The Headmasters'' anime. Weirdwolf also comes with the [[Partner Drone]] [[Rarigo#Legends|Rarigo]], a redeco of the Titan Master accessory which originally came with [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]. Weirdwolf still has the quality control errors on the cockpit hatch.
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===''Retro Headmasters''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Retro-Headmasters-Weirdwolf.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I slap, before the canopy decides to snap!]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])
**''Accessories'': "[[Monzo#Retro Headmasters|Monzo]]" Headmaster, gun, tail/sword
:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters|Retro Headmasters]]'' line, Weirdwolf is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class toy in G1 toy accurate colors and utilizes the ''Headmasters'' anime face included in the ''Legends'' figure.

:The cockpit quality control issues still remain on this release.

:Along with the rest of the ''Retro Headmasters'' toys, Weirdwolf is a Walmart exclusive in Canada and the US.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Caramel weirdwolf.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of Weirdwolf 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 Weirdwolf's face and name on its underside.
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===Transformers Gum===
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' "Monzo" Headmaster unit, Photon Pistol, Tail/Thermo Sword
:A snap-together model kit of Weirdwolf was available as part of sixth wave Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s. ''Gum'' Weirdwolf is virtually identical to the original toy in all but height and color, standing at about four inches tall and cast in cream, black, and red plastic. He retains all the features of the larger figure, including his transforming Headmaster unit, opening cockpit, and functioning Tech Spec meter. As a ''Transformers Gum'' kit, he featured no paint applications, but came with stickers for detail, and a piece of terrible gum.

::*''[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/blog-entry-24.html More information on Transformer Gum Weirdwolf at a Japanese fansite]''
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W5Wolfwire.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Wolfwire, Ground Tracker''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T46/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:Wolfwire, Ground Tracker is one of forty-six double sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Titans Masters Attack. As a character with a body mode, Wolfwire begins the game with a Titan Master attached in head mode. Once Wolfwire is KO'd, said Titan Master is deployed.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''Titans Return'' Wolfwire toy, with the body mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art (minus the Monxo Titan Master). The card features original Alt Mode artwork, with lines by [[Dan Khanna]] and colors by [[Caravan]].

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1WeirdwolfOriginalHead.jpg|thumb|For better quality stills, Transformers Wiki would kill.]]
*In early planning stages, the Large Headmasters were to have differently styled heads that would be replaced by their more familiar heads during the Headmaster process. Much like the "trainer" concept for the small Headmaster partners, this quickly fell by the wayside; a [[commercial]] for [[Ring of Hate!|''Headmasters'' #1]] featuring animation of Weirdwolf and others is the only time these designs were used.
*The instruction sheet to Weirdwolf's Generation 1 toy contains perhaps the most unintentionally perverse direction ever written for such a thing: ''To complete wolf, insert post on tail/thermal sword into hole on wolf rump.'' Ew. [http://tfwiki.net/~fortmax/instructions/G1/us/1987/weirdwolf.jpg]
*In [[Bob Budiansky]]'s run on Marvel Comics, Weirdwolf started out with his trademark speech quirk, but when writer [[Simon Furman]] took over, he lost it and sounded like everyone else. In "[[Games of Deception]]", written by [[Forest Lee]], Weirdwolf seems to have gotten it back.
*Despite having the status of a ''Classics'' toy, ''Timelines'' Weirdwolf features the modified Decepticon symbol seen on the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action film]] action figures.
*"Wolfwire" was also a working name for the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Mini-Con [[Sawback]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Weirdwolf''' (ウィアードウルフ ''Wiādourufu''), '''Monzo''' (モンゾ, see above)
*''French:'' '''Bizalou''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrfarkas''' ("Spacewolf")
*''Italian:'' '''Lupo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rénláng''' (人狼, "Werewolf")
*''Russian:'' '''Madwolf''' (Бешеный Волк ''Beshennyy Volk'')

==References==
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[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Poets]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
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Weirdwolf (G1)

2023-02-04T02:03:16Z

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|''The evil Decepticon from Generation 1, this page is for. His heroic'' Shattered Glass ''counterpart, see [[Weirdwolf (SG)]] for.''
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:''A [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] Weirdwolf is.''
[[File:Weirdwolf boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Yoda]]? This Yoda you speak of, who is?]]
The "weird" in "Weirdwolf", '''Weirdwolf''' ('''Wolfwire''', aka) puts. To talk to himself he doesn't just like; to talk to himself he ''really'' likes. Ceaselessly. And to make matters worse, not even very ''well'' he does it. To talk in a strange backward speak few can make sense of but himself, he likes.

Cute at first this personality quirk might seem, but once other Decepticons realize that totally off his nut he is, their best to avoid speaking with Weirdwolf they do. Just too ''weird'', he is.

[[Binary bonding|Binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulan]] [[Monzo]] Weirdwolf is, and really wishes that Weirdwolf would shut up Monzo does.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Weirdwolf, if keep hanging out back there you do then get colored you will not.]]
Among [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s troops was Weirdwolf. Followed [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]], they did. After the Decepticons were soundly defeated by the Autobots, upgraded with [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster technology]], Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who underwent the Headmaster process to even the odds. Now [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the Nebulan [[Monzo]], he and the other Decepticons lured the Autobot Headmasters into an ambush. Though both sides were roughly equal in terms of battle prowess, the Decepticons won out by endangering several members of Nebulos's [[Council of Peers]], distracting their foes long enough to outflank them. After gunning them down, Weirdwolf and the Decepticons made the Autobot Headmasters their prisoners. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} Weirdwolf later participated in an attack on the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where he and his comrades slew several [[generic|enemy troops]]. The few Autobots that survived the conflict were forced to flee back to their refuge within Nebulos's swamps. However, events that transpired during Weirdwolf's absence allowed the Autobots he had helped in taking prisoner earlier to escape. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''When the Autobot Headmasters attempted to rescue the Autobot Targetmasters from the Decepticons, their evil counterparts were sent out after them to feign a defeat, and lure them into an ambush helmed by Scorponok. During the initial fight, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher chased down Chromedome until he outpaced them, forcing the slower Decepticons to settle with surrounding Hardhead instead. Mid-pounce, Weirdwolf was blasted by one of Hardhead's teammates, and crumpled to the ground. The rest of the Decepticons were shortly thereafter "defeated," allowing Scorponok to eventually corner the Autobots within the [[Fortress of Despair]].'' {{Storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

At a later time, the Decepticons followed the Autobots from Nebulos to [[Earth]], where the two factions battled in the vacant [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Though Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner, the Nebulan [[Galen]], was killed, Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons were driven off when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] replaced him. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

[[File:RobinSmithHighbrowWeirdwolfSkullcruncherMindwipeScorponok.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
''When [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] managed to steal away with Scorponok's head, Weirdwolf was among the Decepticons who pursued and caught up to him just as he was about to rejoin his fellow Autobots in their ship. As Weirdwolf readied to pounce on Highbrow for his transgression, he was blasted away by Optimus Prime. Before the Autobots could further push their offensive, several Autobots from the future traveled back in time from the year 2009, shunting a handful of them off to [[Limbo]], and causing in-fighting amongst their ranks. Feeling left out, Weirdwolf and his fellows were about to join in, when Decepticons from the future similarly traveled back in time to 1989, shunting them to Limbo as well. Presumably, they were returned when the future Decepticons left for their own time near the end of the ensuing battle.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Scorponok's Decepticons soon met up with the group of Decepticons stranded on Earth led by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], only for [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] to aggravate the two sides towards a civil war. During the following Decepticon-on-Decepticon battle, Weirdwolf was run over by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} After the infighting had come to an end, Weirdwolf helped lug the injured back inside headquarters for repairs. The reprieve was brief, as soon the Decepticons found themselves engaged against the Autobots. Weirdwolf pounced on Hound before both sides realized that Starscream was behind the encounter, yet another distraction orchestrated to distract from his pursuit of the legendary Transformers knowledge database, the [[Underbase]]. The Decepticons teamed up with the Autobots to stop him, but were unsuccessful in preventing Starscream from absorbing a portion of the Underbase's energies. Partially-organic Transformers, such as Headmasters, were immune to the cosmic power that Starscream wielded, and so Weirdwolf was among the few who survived Starscream's subsequent rampage. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In the wake of the [[Underbase Saga]], Scorponok took command of the remnants of the Decepticon army. ''Weirdwolf and Mindwipe accompanied their leader to a rendezvous with the mercenary [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] in order to purchase Autobot battle plans the merc had stolen, but before they could depart, they were attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. "Dealer" was actually Doubledealer, and had sold them out to their enemies!'' {{storylink|(Double) Deal of the Century!}} Afterwards, with Weirdwolf's help, Scorponok placed a new headquarters, including an Energon converter, under a dump near [[New York City]]. {{storylink|King Con!}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7]]
Weirdwolf and his Decepticon comrades were once again manipulated by an outside party when both Autobots and Decepticons responded to the [[Air Strike Patrol]]'s stunt at [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Weirdwolf pounced on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] when Prime lost his temper and tore through the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} After Prime had cooled off and began speaking of striking a truce with the Decepticons to uncover who was manipulating both sides, Weirdwolf leveled his weapon at the Autobot leader, ready to fire should Scorponok order it. However, Scorponok agreed with Optimus's assessment of the situation, and agreed to compare notes. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} The orchestrator behind this staged battle was revealed when Starscream, rebuilt as a [[Pretender]], arrived and fought both sides in the name of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Scorponok ordered Weirdwolf and Mindwipe to attack while he monitored them from a safe distance, but the two Decepticons didn't even get a chance to strike; with a single blast, Starscream took them both out of the fight. {{storylink|Skin Deep}} ''Though the battle ended with Starscream begging Scorponok to take him back under his command, Weirdwolf and the rest of the Decepticon rank-and-file remained terrified of him. Unaware that he had been reduced to a pile of self-pity and neuroses, Weirdwolf and his compatriots would scurry away from Starscream whenever he passed them in the halls, and refused to even talk to the Seeker for fear of accidentally setting off another murderous rampage.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}}

[[File:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.]]
When the second Decepticon civil war broke out between Scorponok's faction and a small group of rogues led by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], Weirdwolf was one of those buried under Scorponok's headquarters near New York. He was unharmed, however, and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] ordered him, [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] to the surface to help protect their commander. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The battle came to a halt when all Earth-bound Transformers were instantaneously transported to Cybertron to prepare to battle [[Unicron]]. Weirdwolf listened to [[Primus]] (via a possessed [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]) tell the origin of the Transformers and their imminent destiny. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Unicron subsequently attacked, was defeated, and Weirdwolf was one of the lucky survivors. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Under the pretenses of an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] led Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons to [[Klo]], stranding the Autobots on their dying home planet. {{storylink|Exodus!}} When the Autobots followed them, the Decepticons ambushed them, killing all but five. Bludgeon sent Weirdwolf, [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], Fangry, and [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] to hunt down these stragglers, but Weirdwolf had trouble hunting their scent. Unfortunately, their prey rose before them and overcame their group. Weirdwolf apparently escaped, as he appeared next as part of the main battle, where Optimus Prime had returned. He leaped onto Optimus from behind, but before he could deliver a deadly blow, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s group had returned victorious, and he was destroyed by a blast Grimlock fired from Octopunch's trident. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Weirdwolfg2.jpg|left|thumb|Don't you mean, "Time for feeding it is"?]]
Weirdwolf 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. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a [[Guardian (G2)|gigantic creature]] who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}} Later, he and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get Optimus Prime's attention. Weirdwolf, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Tales of Earth Part One}}

Megatron returned and quickly usurped Bludgeon, but not long after Megatron fell in battle against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] over [[Tykos]]; Weirdwolf was part of the search party for Megatron's remains. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to defeat Jhiaxus and his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], Weirdwolf was present in both the battle on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and the final battle on Earth. During the latter conflict, he and Headstrong helped dispose of enemy unit by devouring them, some while they still functioned! {{storylink|Total War!}}
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====''Classics''====
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[[File:Weirdwolfgod.jpg|thumb|This sounds [[Wheelie (G1)|familiar]], doesn't it? The wrong characters are talking like that, oh shit!]]
In the fifteen years after the battle on Klo, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons under the command of the spacefaring [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and assigned to the command of the mysterious [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. Whether Weirdwolf followed Bug Bite of his own accord or was sublimated by Bug Bite's reverse-engineered [[cerebro-shell]]s is anybody's guess. What is known is that Bug Bite had Weirdwolf rebuilt to remove his Headmaster technology, resulting in both a spurned [[Monzo]] and Weirdwolf being even less coherent than he was previously, having to resort to talking to his own wolf head in the absence of his Headmaster partner.

After the return of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Bug Bite's team arrived on [[Earth]] under the pretenses of forming a partnership. Weirdwolf and the rest of Bug Bite's team were escorted back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Megatron's current headquarters. Suddenly, due to cerebro shells implanted earlier, nearly all of Megatron's troops double-crossed him, turning their guns on him at Bug Bite's radio-controlled command. However, Weirdwolf's recreation was his team's downfall; Monzo turned to the Autobots with what information he knew, and a rogue Autobot team led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and jammed the cerebro shells' frequency. Weirdwolf was critically damaged by Megatron in the resulting crossfire. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

The barely-alive Weirdwolf and apparently-dead Bug Bite were dragged (literally in the latter's case) back to their ship by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]. He put Weirdwolf into a newly installed [[CR chamber]] to heal. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

Weirdwolf was eventually back online and working for [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron the Overlord]] on Earth, trying to gain access to the [[Rarified Energon]] found in the Autobots' [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]]. When the Ironworks was assaulted by evil Autobots of the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|negative polarity universe]] seeking to destroy the positive polarity universe altogether, however, Weirdwolf and Overlord's Decepticons fought against these other Autobots in defense of Earth. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons destiny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Weirdwolf was still a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]] and took part in the genocide of the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Later, he was still at Bludgeon's side aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'' as the Decepticon leader unleashed his [[Blitz Engine]]s against [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s Autobots and descended to join the battle on the planet's surface alongside [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Stranglehold]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. The battle did not go well for Weirdwolf as first the Blitz Engines were defeated by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Demon]]s, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] was incapacitated by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] was torn apart by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and Bludgeon himself was thrown through the windscreen of the ''Warworld'' by the Autobots' new leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Subsequently, Cybertron's Autobots, under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], rallied and quickly claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Any Decepticons not killed in the battle were then taken into Autobot custody, most likely being converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the [[Dark Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while Rodimus Prime and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stan Jones]] (English, casting only)}}
[[File:Weirdwolfrebirthr.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Growl.]]
After the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Decepticons were scattered across the galaxy. Suddenly, they returned en masse, descending upon [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. Weirdwolf was among their number. After the Decepticons retrieved the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] called off their attack and they retreated. But when the Decepticons brought the key to Cybertron to activate the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], it was retaken by a group of Autobots who were subsequently thrown across the galaxy. [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] took a ship of Decepticons, which included Weirdwolf, and followed the Autobots to the planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]].

Confronting the Autobots in a cave, the Decepticons were unable to retrieve the key, but did capture the Autobots' wounded. Weirdwolf dragged [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] back to their ship. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} During the ensuing interrogation, the Decepticons were ambushed by the remaining Autobots, who had teamed up with the [[Nebulan]] [[Gort]]'s native rebel forces, and had been rebuilt into [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. The Decepticons' ship demolished, they fled into the trees, where the Decepticons were abducted by the evil overlords of Nebulon, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Hive, too, wished to become Headmasters, and so [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] offered him the Decepticons who transformed into animals. Weirdwolf was paired with Monzo.

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With Headmaster and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] technology behind them, the Decepticons retrieved the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber in battle. The Autobots quickly struck back with Targetmasters of their own, but the leader of the Hive, [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], had rebuilt the Hive's city into [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Scorponok abducted [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who was in possession of the key amidst battle, and with the Decepticons inside, it returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Upon their return, Galvatron was unhappy with Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons' alliance with organic creatures, but reluctantly accepted them into their ranks temporarily since they had possession of the key. The Autobots followed them back to Cybertron, and after a huge battle involving all of the Headmasters, Targetmasters, Scorponok, and the new [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons retreated inside Scorponok just as it was swatted off-planet by volatile surges of the activated Plasma Energy Chamber. Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

{{note|The bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo is depicted at the conclusion of an error-filled sequence of events. First, Mindwipe hypnotizes his reluctant partner Vorath, who is mistakenly drawn as Monzo when this occurs. Then Mindwipe and Vorath bond together, alongside Skullcruncher silently bonding with Grax. Then the voice of Grax, emanating from a character drawn as Vorath but colored like Monzo, declares "I am to be bonded to that creature? This project was a bad investment!" while the "creature" he is looking at is Skullcruncher, colored like Weirdwolf. This is immediately followed by the bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo. Oh, "[[The Rebirth|Rebirth]]", you so crazy!}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Weirdwolf 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 "Monzo", with Weirdwolf being the name of the combined small robot/Transtector form, though this distinction of nomenclature is very rarely made in fiction, and he is normally referred to as "Weirdwolf" regardless of what form he takes.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Katsuji Mori]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English), [[Enrico Carabelli]] (Italian)}}
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Four million years ago, Weirdwolf—also known as just plain "Wolf" to the 'bots who know him best—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. Weirdwolf 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, and even developing telepathic and telekinetic powers. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Weirdwolf 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]]. Weirdwolf was Scorponok's second-in-command and leader of the other Decepticon Headmasters, Mindwipe and Skullcruncher. Defeated by Fortress and his men, Scorponok, Weirdwolf and the rest were exiled from Master, but eventually entered into an alliance with Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

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In the year 2011, Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Weirdwolf requested that Galvatron entrust the task of taking control of Vector Sigma to them, but Galvatron informed the newbie that he had overstepped his bounds. Undeterred, Weirdwolf led the charge on the computer control center, only to be stopped in his tracks by the dramatic arrival of Fortress and his Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In the subsequent battle, Weirdwolf transformed to maul [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], but was blasted by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and then forced to retreat with the other Decepticons before the awesome firepower of Fortress's Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Weirdwolf journeyed with 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, but [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] stepped in to keep them busy while Hot Rod escaped to Cybertron. Weirdwolf and company pursued, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber, where Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again. Weirdwolf and the Decepticons wisely fled, rather than face the combined might of both Rodimus and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

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Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters accompanied the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], when it was unleashed upon Cybertron, and he savaged [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] in wolf mode until [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] stepped in to help. 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, {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Weirdwolf again clashed with the [[Throttlebot]]s, this time on [[Earth]], as the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy there while their newest evil creation, Metamorpho, headed towards Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

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Under the orders of Scorponok, Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters attacked an Autobot energy outpost on Earth and killed all those stationed there in order to distract Rodimus Prime while Scorponok sprang a trap for the Autobot Headmasters on the planet [[Praum]]. Weirdwolf and his allies departed for Praum before Rodimus arrived so they could watch their enemies meet their end, but the Autobots were able to overcome the trap by switching heads to boost their power. The Decepticons tried doing the same, with Weirdwolf taking over Skullcruncher's Transtector, but they still got thrashed. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} After this defeat, Weirdwolf and his chums decided to sit out the next mission and played cards instead. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

When Vector Sigma developed a powerful new alloy named [[cybertonuron]], Weirdwolf 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}} While Mindwipe was sent to plant bombs in Vector Sigma's chamber, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher covered his rear and tried to stop the Autobot Headmasters from pursuing him. They failed and wound up chasing the Autobots into the planet's depths themselves, only to discover that Mindwipe had successfully planted the bombs. Weirdwolf naturally panicked and promptly fled back to the surface to escape. 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}}

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With Galvatron apparently destroyed, Scorponok seized command of the Decepticons, and as his first order of business, had Weirdwolf, Mindwipe, and Skullcruncher steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite. Although defeated by Chromedome and the Autobot Headmasters, Weirdwolf had another trick up his sleeve: If the Autobots tried to retake the satellite, he would destroy it using his telekinetic powers. Unable to take the satellite back, the Autobots were forced to destroy it to keep it out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} As part of Scorponok's plan to keep the Autobots' attentions focused on Earth, Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the Predacons in menacing [[Pan|a small South American village]]. When Mindwipe captured a human boy named [[Pipiro]], Weirdwolf instructed the Autobot Headmasters to hand over their Transtectors to save his life, but the heroic actions of donkey [[Dodo]] saved the day. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} A little later, still distracting the Autobots from Scorponok's bigger scheme with attacks on Earth, Weirdwolf joined in a Decepticon attack on San Francisco with [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

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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, trapping them in a crater. When Fortress arrived to save them, Weirdwolf and his fellows got particularly crafty, blasting him with a plasma energy bomb in mid-transformation! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Weirdwolf 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. Weirdwolf and his pals completed their task quickly, and withdrew with Scorponok as Mars was destroyed. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

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Weirdwolf 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, Galvatron sent him to interfere with an Autobot energy run to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], but Weirdwolf was tricked when Chromedome and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] abandoned their Transtectors to make the run in a small shuttlecraft. The unwitting Weirdwolf chased after the unmanned Transtectors, failing to realize that they were empty until the Autobots were off on their way to Sandra. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The appearance of two unknown robots in the vicinity of Chaar set off alarm bells for Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters, and they immediately attacked the newcomers. Weirdwolf took on the newcomer with the dragon [[alternate mode]], but was laid out by a swipe of the stranger's tail, at which point Galvatron arrived to inform them that these were actually their old allies from Master, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Weirdwolf, Mindwipe 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 Weirdwolf was pummelled by [[Yukikaze (G1)|Yukikaze]]. The Decepticons were able to escape and join up with their fellows to carry out the planned raid. {{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 Weirdwolf 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}}

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When the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], Weirdwolf and the Headmasters were given a special task by Scorponok: hunt down and kill the [[Beastformer]] [[Tekna]], who had helped build his Transtector and who was currently imprisoned in a penal colony on the planet. Weirdwolf and his foul fellows took pleasure in massacring every inmate in the prison, but Tekna managed to escape their wrath by hiding in the [[South-North Caves]]. Weirdwolf followed him into the caves, and, finding him in the company of Chromedome and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], fatally shot him in the back. Chromedome saw Weirdwolf off, and Tekna clung to lifelong enough to provide the Autobots with information on the secret weak spot of Scorponok's Transtector. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

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After rounding out the Decepticons' planet-hopping escapades by helping to capture Highbrow on planet [[Paradise]] {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} and participating in the battle on [[Pirate Planet]], {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} Weirdwolf returned to Chaar with the other Decepticons. At Scorponok's command, Weirdwolf led Mindwipe and Skullcruncher on a sabotage mission to Earth, where they used their small robot forms to sneak inside an Autobot outpost and cause explosions that wiped out most of the base personnel. After they finished off the survivors with their [[beast mode]]s, Weirdwolf reported the successful taking of the base to Scorponok. Scorponok informed him that it was time for them to start acting toward his own agenda again, and in accordance with their boss's master plan to destroy the Earth by triggering the simultaneous eruption of every volcano along the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]], Weirdwolf and his fellow Headmasters set about planting a plasma energy bomb beneath the outpost. When Scorponok was ordered to Earth by Galvatron, he checked in with Weirdwolf telepathically for an update. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

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Continuing to carry out Scorponok's plan, Weirdwolf and his team helped their leader 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 emperor'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 Weirdwolf and the Headmasters to plant the final explosive on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. 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 Weirdwolf and all the other Decepticons fled Earth with him. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

Weirdwolf 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. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} Retreating beneath the surface of the planet aboard Scorponok's Transtector, Weirdwolf stood by with Mindwipe and Skullcruncher, watching as Scorponok processed [[G-Metal]] from the ore they found underground. With the metal, Scorponok hoped to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's [[Master Sword]], so Weirdwolf and his cronies captured Wheelie and ransomed him for information on the Master Sword and its weaknesses. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

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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 Weirdwolf and Mindwipe 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]]". The Autobots soon tracked them down, but during the battle, Weirdwolf snuck aboard Fortress's battleship and planted a pair of bombs, causing an explosion that covered the Decepticons' escape. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Following the successful completion of the Zarak Shield, Weirdwolf participated in the final battle on Master, which ended with Scorponok's triumph over Fortress Maximus and the Decepticons' departure from the planet. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} On the way back to Earth, they were separated from [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} and when they set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, Weirdwolf agreed with Mindwipe's suggestion 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}}

[[File:Hmep35 trio formation.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|The Decepticon Headmasters' favorite 80s cartoon was ''Paw Paws''.]]
Once back on Earth, Scorponok immediately had the Decepticons begin setting up "Death Towers" at strategic points around the globe, forged from the crysmag metal of the lost continent of Lemuria. Attempting to defend the tower set up in Egypt, Weirdwolf quickly informed Mindwipe and Skullcruncher that they would be debuting their new "[[Trio Formation]]", a manoeuvre which had stayed up all night coming up with. The bizarre formation turned out to involve them stacking on top of each other like a totem pole, and when Apeface and Snapdragon thought to get in on the action, they wound up toppling it over. Weirdwolf's 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. 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 Weirdwolf and all the other Decepticons to flee Earth for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Archive footage of a battle in space involving Weirdwolf was used to educate the future [[Headmaster Junior]]s about the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Years prior to leaving Master, Weirdwolf met with Scorponok who told him about the advantages of plasma energy and revealed he was using it to experiment on kidnapped citizens. {{storylink|Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter}}

In 2021, Weirdwolf's body was infected with "[[blackball]]s" when Scorponok detonated a black hole near his own troops, forcing him and the other Headmasters to abandon their doomed transtectors. They then traveled to the [[Legends World]], where Weirdwolf struck a deal with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] to have [[Tera-Kura Co.]] build them new bodies. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} Placed in the sales department of the merged "Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.", he helped lure out the Autobots so that Skullcruncher could defeat them with his new transtector. Using [[Butla]], he captured Chromedome and woke the narcoleptic Skullcruncher from his slumber, but ultimately fled after [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] put him to sleep again. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], chairman of Tera-Kura, was unhappy with the Headmasters' violent ways, being in the process of a ''peaceful'' takeover of the world. Weirdwolf didn't get the point and instead conspired with Tarantulas to brainwash Megatron into Galvatron, whose destructive personality suited his own means much better. He even hoped to conquer the world ''himself'' after Galvatron had left it in ruins, but in the end, Megatron resisted the Galvatron body and warned Weirdwolf and Tarantulas that they could never manipulate him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} His threat fell on deaf ears, as Weirdwolf instead had Mindwipe hypnotize him into becoming Galvatron again, but this too failed after [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] undid the spell. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}} Weirdwolf was later present at the office when a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-powered [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] tried to take control of Tera-Kura. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}}

When a group of mass-produced [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-type Headmasters showed up at Tera-Kura demanding their own transtectors, Weirdwolf protested that he hadn't even gotten ''his'' one yet before being blown away by [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 28|Bonus Edition Vol. 28}} His new transtector was then finished, only for Tarantulas to reveal it to be a living robot canine named "Wolnosuke". When Weirdwolf took it out for a walk, the giant wolf got loose and ran away, leaving him to put up "lost pet" posters across town until Chromedome and Hardhead destroyed the posters in a drunken stupor. After taking care of the rude Autobots, Weirdwolf's partner drone [[Rarigo]] reunited him with Wolnosuke, though he remained unable to rein in the wolf. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 30|Bonus Edition Vol. 30}} On Tarantulas's orders, Weirdwolf infiltrated the Autobot base, Maximus, stealing Fortress's body in an attempt to take control of the base and transform it into "Weird Maximus". He wasn't strong enough to reach the level of physical and mental balance required to move the gigantic transtector, however, and was knocked unconscious the moment he grabbed the [[Master Sword]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Weirdwolf then conspired with [[Moguru]], a spy in the Autobot ranks, to lower the Autobots' fighting capabilities by making Chromedome lose interest in fighting. However, when he attacked the Autobots, thinking the plan a success, he was met with and defeated by Chromedome after all. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} He soon returned to challenge Chromedome to a rematch, only to be used by [[Papika]] as part of her plan to lure [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] out of his room. By tearing her clothes and claiming Weirdwolf was responsible, she prompted Highbrow to come to her rescue and blast the Decepticon's head off. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 33|Bonus Edition Vol. 33}} When Mindwipe started hypnotizing people into serving him, Weirdwolf accused him of being unfair by getting all the good ideas, only for Mindwipe to hypnotize him as well. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}} [[Devil Z]] then took over the Decepticons and sent the three Headmasters to destroy a trailer that had appeared in the city. The vehicle turned out to be a transtector belonging to [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], who claimed it and attacked Weirdwolf and the others with [[Chōkon Power]], prompting Devil Z to power them up with [[Devil Power]]. Despite their best efforts, the trio was driven away by Super Ginrai. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}}

Weirdwolf's transtector was then stolen by the former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s and used by [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] before being recovered by [[T-AI|Ai]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]]. He started to complain when Ai let the thieves get away without punishment, but quickly made himself scarce when the cops noted a certain resemblance between him and the robot that had been causing trouble lately. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 37|Bonus Edition Vol. 37}} When [[Apeface]] developed superpowers and started acting way more ambitious, Weirdwolf wondered what had gotten into him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} Later at work, Weirdwolf loaded [[energon cube]]s onto [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] for transportation. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} When a Scorponok from [[The Rebirth|another universe]] attacked the city, Weirdwolf initially assumed his own Scorponok had returned before [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] corrected him. He refused to bow before this other Scorponok and attacked him, but was defeated. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}} Though he sought to get rid of Megatron to enact Scorponok's will, Weirdwolf and his Headmaster pals couldn't rebel as long as Megatron was control of the mighty [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. To this end, he hatched a plan to rebuild [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] for their side by recruiting Tarantulas and bringing over [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] from his own universe. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

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Next, Weirdwolf allied with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Trickdiamond]], relying on them to steal the Autobots' [[Godbomber]] for use in his plans. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} To his annoyance, the [[Dimensional Patrol]] then showed up and captured everyone's transtectors, forcing him to sit tight until the situation was dealt with. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition EX Scourge 2}} Weirdwolf, Skullcruncher and Mindwipe tried to take revenge on Ginrai after he lost his Godmaster form, but fled when he turned into the giant Super Magna Convoy instead. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition EX Magna Convoy}} Weirdwolf's faction eventually finished constructing Trypticon under the sea, but still required a [[transformation cog]] for him. They formally turned on Tera-Kura Co. and attacked Metroplex for his cog, with Weirdwolf himself taking on Megatron. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} Upon completing Trypticon, Weirdwolf took command of him and gleefully had Full-Tilt use him to defeat Fortress Maximus before moving towards Metroplex. His plan ultimately failed when Metroplex was able to recover and defeat Trypticon. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

With his scheme in shambles, Weirdwolf settled down and established the [[Wolf Circus]]. He was on a walk with his transtector when he ran spotted Blurr putting up posters for a [[White Lune|lost cat]]. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}} Megatron later showed up at his circus and asked to borrow his latest talent, [[Noble (BM)|Noble]], who was needed to undo the [[Concurrence]]'s brainwashing of [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]]. Weirdwolf initially refused, but reluctantly agreed after Megatron pointed out that his circus wouldn't last long if they let the world get conquered by the Concurrence. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} When Scorponok appeared in Legends World in the form of BlackZarak, Weirdwolf warned his comrades that their leader was again being controlled by Devil Z. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus}}

Scorponok had his own plan to destroy the world, which didn't sit well with Weirdwolf who had grown attached to it and didn't want Noble to be killed. After a failed attempt at convincing Noble to join the Decepticons, he began to reconsider if he was truly on the right side. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} He ultimately decided to stop Scorponok's plot, attacking his leader and freeing the Decepticon Targetmasters who had similarly rebelled and been restrained. While Weirdwolf was promptly dealt with by Scorponok, Chromedome was impressed by his change of heart and the two put their animosity aside, performing a Cross Head-On to power up and fight [[Majin Zarak]] together. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}} The destruction of the Legends World could not be avoided however, so Weirdwolf and the rest evacuated back to their own dimension where they ended up on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. Recognizing [[Alligatron]] from his previous visit, Weirdwolf and the Decepticons aided the Beastformers in the war with the [[Laser Beast]]s. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

Weirdwolf was among the Decepticons who traveled to the [[Micro|Z Planet]] {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}} where they attempted to dissuade the Autobots from destroying [[Dark Nova]], who had absorbed Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 1 Sonic Bomber Chapter|Sonic Bomber Chapter}} When [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] ignored their pleas, the Decepticons stood in his way only to get attacked as well. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 3 Dai Atlas Chapter|Dai Atlas Chapter}} After the war ended, Weirdwolf established a successful zoo on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}
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===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''The Great Transformer War''====
Prior to joining the main Transformer war, Weirdwolf and the other [[Headmasters of Evil]] were running from the [[Headmasters of Justice]] on an empty planet. 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 (G1)|Skullcruncher]] to mistakenly beat up [[Mindwipe (G1)|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 (G1)|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}}

====''The Headmasters'' comic====
Shortly after their failure to seize control of Vector Sigma, Galvatron led Weirdwolf and the Decepticon Headmasters in a rather direct plan to destroy Battleship Maximus: They would lure it into space, and then throw a bomb in one of his open doors. 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}}

Weirdwolf and the Decepticons later made a return to planet Beast, where they were able to capture Highbrow and Brainstorm. The Decepticon Headmasters 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. The Autobot Headmasters then caught up to their evil counterparts, and blasted them before they could deal Kane any harm. {{storylink|The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

The Headmasters of Evil targeted an Autobot energy base in Alaska, and laid a trap for the Headmasters of Justice when they arrived. They positioned their transtector beasts to prevent the Autobots from combining with their own transtectors. Despite their strategy, the Decepticons were outmaneuvered by the Autobots. Chromedome and his team merged with their transtectors and then prevented the Decepticons from doing the same. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

The Decepticon Headmasters attacked a children's hospital on Christmas. The Autobots used their [[Head Formation]], Hellish Wheel to sweep up the Decepticons into a vortex and hurl them away from the innocents. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Several years after the Decepticons' departure from Earth, Weirdwolf appeared on Athenia with the other Decepticon Headmasters, working with the new Decepticon [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] to disrupt the coronation of [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] as [[Supreme Commander]] at the behest of their new secret ruler, [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

Soon after, on planet [[Six]], Weirdwolf tried to discuss with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] the existence of a third faction in the Transformer war, but the ninja just dismissed his concerns. {{Storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Weirwolf-ASO.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
While scouting on [[Nebulos]], Weirdwolf spied on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] from afar. When Monzo wanted to attack them, Weirdwolf insulted him and went back to base to report to [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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[[File:Desert of Danger Weirdwolf Monzo and Vorath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Weirdwolf helped his Nebulan partner Monzo, and his fellow Decepticons Skullcruncher and Mindwipe, in a plot to smuggle onto Nebulos an army of [[Attack Squad robot]]s. Whether or not this plot succeeded depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[City on Fire|''Transformers: Robots of Disguise'' #12]]
[[File:LonelyPillarOnThePlain-forgottenskirmish.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Weirdwolf fought in the [[Battle of Junkion]] during the war. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

When the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons ended, Weirdwolf appeared among the Decepticons who helped repopulate Cybertron with the Autobots and the [[NAIL]]s. After [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] returned from months in the wilds of Cybertron, Weirdwolf and the remaining Decepticons stood up to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobot-led police as they tried to execute him. Rioting broke out in the streets as Weirdwolf and the Decepticons violently celebrated their leader's return. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Weirdwolf later took up residence in the Decepticon ghetto outside the city, where he was part of an unhappy crowd that attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] while they were passing through. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} He was among those recruited by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] for an attempt at occupying [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[space bridge]] and using it to find a better life on [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Weirdwolf Kreon.JPG|thumb]]
Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who attacked alongside the [[Alligaticon]], and was subsequently defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Mega-Optimus]]. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
When the [[Titan Master]]s joined the Autobot-Decepticon conflict, Wolfwire was partnered with the Titan Master Monxo, who granted him the ability of rewinding time for short bursts, though this power consumed high quantities of energy. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Monxo/Wolfwire toy bio}} Wolfwire was part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] in the hopes of intercepting [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]. Their ambush was spoiled when [[Apeface]] blew their cover, allowing the two Autobots the opportunity to counter-attack. Later, Wolfwire was present on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as part of a Decepticon assault led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. He and his comrades were shocked by the emergence of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters|The Power of the Titan Masters}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|''Transformers'' #36]]}}
[[File:Enigmatic WeirdwolfTossed.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|"Gah, begun the Drone War ''haaaaaaasssss!!''"]]
Weirdwolf was a member of the Decepticons after the fall of the [[Senate]]. He was part of a large army deployed to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] under [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s authority to capture the [[Enigma of Combination]]. During the battle he pounced on [[Pointblank]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} Despite his protests, Weirdwolf was pulled off his prey and tossed into the air by one of [[Termagax]]'s [[spectrosynth drone]]s. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

Weirdwolf next took part in the attack on [[Crystal City]] under [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]'s command. He got freaked out by Autobot artillery raining down on the charging Decepticons and had to be reassured by [[Roadtrap (POTP)|Roadtrap]] that they would receive cover fire. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

Weirdwolf was part of the massive attack on [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], taking on [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and helping his fellow Decepticons defeat the Autobot [[combiner]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Weirdwolf was among several Transformers who left the war on Cybertron behind, to blast their way to the distant planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]]! After arriving on the alien world and surrendering to the native Nebulons, he removed his head and allowed one to fuse with it. The battle between Autobots and Decepticons then resumed on this new world. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Weirdwolf rushed into battle alongside [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] while their [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] partners rode atop of their beast modes. They came to blows against their Autobot Headmaster counterparts in the middle of a Nebulan city. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
*Weirdwolf trained under the watchful eye of [[Monzo]], who had him speed through an obstacle course. Weirdwolf's training also included smashing stone sculptures of their Autobot enemies, two of which Monzo helped him with by forming his robot-mode head. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Weirdwolf and Mindwipe battled [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], emerging victorious from the confrontation. This turn of events eventually led to the creations of [[Pretender]] warriors for both factions. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter von Gomm]] (English)}}
While the Autobots are at the hydroelectric power station, Weirdwolf ran out from a canyon in his wolf mode, stopping in front of the Autobots and transforms to robot form. Greeting them with a laugh and calling them "scrap-for-brains", Weirdwolf welcomed the Autobots. He threatened to shred up the Autobots and warned them that they would never fight the Decepticons again, but Optimus Prime was unimpressed by Weirdwolf's bravado and fought him. Weirdwolf was soundly defeated, and he warned that such an outcome would never be repeated if they fight him again. He then transformed and ran off. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Weirdwolf aided [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost in trying to disrupt the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s team managed to overcome them, causing Weirdwolf, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] to scatter into the night. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}}
===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Weirdwolf toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Word Salad Shooter (TM)]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' ([[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-86'''
**''Accessories:'' Monzo Headmaster unit, [[Photon pistol|Photon Pistol]], [[Thermal weaponry|Tail/Thermo Sword]]
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Weirdwolf transforms into a mostly yellow robotic wolf. He has some articulation in his legs (mostly in his forelegs), and his jaw can open. A clear red canopy on his back opens to reveal a cockpit/storage compartment for his Headmaster partner, Monzo. His [[beast mode]] tail has a blade on its underside, later serving as a shortsword in [[robot mode]].

:As with many mammalian-derived beast mode Transformers, his robot mode is essentially his beast mode standing on his (extended) hind legs. A panel on each shoulder slides down to reveal a bank of non-firing rockets. Monzo forms his head, inserted into a slot on his upper torso. Some tabs of various lengths on Monzo push down three spring-loaded buttons inside the neck cavity, which in turn reveal three [[Tech Spec]] ratings on a bar-graph in his chest under a grey panel. He is armed with a blue rifle and his [[Thermal weaponry|tail-sword]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Weirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm More information on Weirdwolf at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
*'''Alpha Trion/Weirdwolf''' (BotCon 2007 souvenir set)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/sword/missile launcher weapon, 1 missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Planet Key
[[File:Weirdwolftimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What I bring you is plight, and colors bright bright bright!]]
:A bagged set of ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] and Weirdwolf was released at BotCon 2007 as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. A yellow and turquoise [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Deluxe Class [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Snarl]], Weirdwolf transforms into a techno-organic wolf. His articulated tail features a spring-loaded missile launcher that can fire a transparent orange projectile. Inserting his [[Cyber Planet Key]] causes his lower jaw to open and a pair of transparent orange fangs to extend from his upper mouth. Unlike other Cyber Key gimmicks, this feature does not automatically secure itself into position, so as to allow the user to repeatedly open his mouth with the Cyber Key. However, his mouth can be locked into the open position by rotating down the two pieces of turquoise 'fur' on his cheeks.

:In robot mode, Weirdwolf is almost his beast mode inverted, as his robot legs are the beast hind legs rotated, and the torso and arms are the beast torso split and flipped. He is armed with his tail, which has an articulated handle that allows it to be held as either a projectile weapon or as a [[sword]]. He retains his Cyber Key feature in this mode. He comes with a green-bordered Jungle Planet type Cyber Key, which still has Snarl's [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]], "'''d43j'''," stamped on its back.

:This mold was also used for [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Black|Fangwolf Black Version]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/BCWeirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm More information on Timelines Weirdwolf at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Wolfwire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wolfwires crossed, somebody did get.]]
*'''Monxo & Wolfwire''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])
:*''Accessories:'' "Monxo" Titan Master, gun, tail/sword
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'', Wolfwire (new name due to [[trademark]] issues) transforms into a robotic wolf. He comes with his [[Titan Master]] partner Monxo (copyright got on his name, too), who can fit in a seat on Wolfwire's beast mode rump or another seat inside the gun as well as transform into his robot mode head. As with other ''Titans Return'' toys, Wolfwire can accommodate any compatible Titan Master figure. However, his neck slot sits a little low on his shoulders leaving most Titan Masters (besides Monxo) with a fairly loose connection to his torso. In an undocumented feature, Wolfwire's chest can fold down, similarly to the flip-open Tech-Spec panel of his original toy. While not in the instructions, this allows access to push out his hindquarters during transformation to beast mode. Unlike most Deluxe Class figures from the ''Titans Return'' line, Wolfwire's two weapons do not combine together to form a vehicle or weapon platform for Titan Master figures.

:Wolfwire comes mistransformed in-package, with the ankles turned backward in the wolf-mode configuration, though this can also work as the robot mode's feet.

:Due to being right up against soft, translucent red plastic, the yellow plastic of Wolfwire's cockpit will start to break at the hinge over time. The issue is fairly common and occurs to some degree on most, if not all copies of the toy. Thankfully, that same soft, translucent red plastic keeps the cockpit secured to its pin.

:The rubbery teeth also have a tendency to become "gummy" and not be able to be opened, so closing the wolf jaw completely is not recommended, and the jaws should be moved from time to time to ensure they don't stick.
:The Hasbro Asia exclusive giveaway sticker sheet can be used to enhance the figure's details.<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2016/09/23/hasbro-asia-titans-return-stickers-wave-2-325179</ref>

:Wolfwire was reissued for the fifth wave of Deluxes alongside the new [[Misfire (G1)#Generations|Misfire]], [[Twin Twist#Generations|Twin Twist]], and [[Windblade (G1)#TitansReturnRetail|Windblade]]. The aforementioned cockpit issue was not fixed in this new batch.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRWolfwire/wolfwire.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Wolfwire at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG30-Weirdwolf.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|More [[GEEWUN|geewun]], overseas I be.]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (Deluxe Class, 2016-[[September 24|09-24]])
:*''ID number:'' '''LG30'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Monzo" Headmaster, "Wolf Gun", "Tail Sabel" tail/sword, "[[Rarigo#Legends|Rarigo]]" gun/jet/gorilla Partner Drone
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Weirdwolf is a redeco and a retool of the ''Titans Return'' Wolfwire mold, featuring a paint scheme more faithful to the G1 Headmasters anime appearance, and a head sculpt based on the one seen in the ''The Headmasters'' anime. Weirdwolf also comes with the [[Partner Drone]] [[Rarigo#Legends|Rarigo]], a redeco of the Titan Master accessory which originally came with [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]. Weirdwolf still has the quality control errors on the cockpit hatch.
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===''Retro Headmasters''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Retro-Headmasters-Weirdwolf.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I slap, before the canopy decides to snap!]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])
**''Accessories'': "[[Monzo#Retro Headmasters|Monzo]]" Headmaster, gun, tail/sword
:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters|Retro Headmasters]]'' line, Weirdwolf is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class toy in G1 toy accurate colors and utilizes the ''Headmasters'' anime face included in the ''Legends'' figure.

:The cockpit quality control issues still remain on this release.

:Along with the rest of the ''Retro Headmasters'' toys, Weirdwolf is a Walmart exclusive in Canada and the US.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Caramel weirdwolf.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of Weirdwolf 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 Weirdwolf's face and name on its underside.
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===Transformers Gum===
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' "Monzo" Headmaster unit, Photon Pistol, Tail/Thermo Sword
:A snap-together model kit of Weirdwolf was available as part of sixth wave Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s. ''Gum'' Weirdwolf is virtually identical to the original toy in all but height and color, standing at about four inches tall and cast in cream, black, and red plastic. He retains all the features of the larger figure, including his transforming Headmaster unit, opening cockpit, and functioning Tech Spec meter. As a ''Transformers Gum'' kit, he featured no paint applications, but came with stickers for detail, and a piece of terrible gum.

::*''[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/blog-entry-24.html More information on Transformer Gum Weirdwolf at a Japanese fansite]''
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W5Wolfwire.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Wolfwire, Ground Tracker''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T46/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:Wolfwire, Ground Tracker is one of forty-six double sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Titans Masters Attack. As a character with a body mode, Wolfwire begins the game with a Titan Master attached in head mode. Once Wolfwire is KO'd, said Titan Master is deployed.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''Titans Return'' Wolfwire toy, with the body mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art (minus the Monxo Titan Master). The card features original Alt Mode artwork, with lines by [[Dan Khanna]] and colors by [[Caravan]].

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1WeirdwolfOriginalHead.jpg|thumb|For better quality stills, Transformers Wiki would kill.]]
*In early planning stages, the Large Headmasters were to have differently styled heads that would be replaced by their more familiar heads during the Headmaster process. Much like the "trainer" concept for the small Headmaster partners, this quickly fell by the wayside; a [[commercial]] for [[Ring of Hate!|''Headmasters'' #1]] featuring animation of Weirdwolf and others is the only time these designs were used.
*The instruction sheet to Weirdwolf's Generation 1 toy contains perhaps the most unintentionally perverse direction ever written for such a thing: ''To complete wolf, insert post on tail/thermal sword into hole on wolf rump.'' Ew. [http://tfwiki.net/~fortmax/instructions/G1/us/1987/weirdwolf.jpg]
*In [[Bob Budiansky]]'s run on Marvel Comics, Weirdwolf started out with his trademark speech quirk, but when writer [[Simon Furman]] took over, he lost it and sounded like everyone else. In "[[Games of Deception]]", written by [[Forest Lee]], Weirdwolf seems to have gotten it back.
*Despite having the status of a ''Classics'' toy, ''Timelines'' Weirdwolf features the modified Decepticon symbol seen on the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action film]] action figures.
*"Wolfwire" was also a working name for the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Mini-Con [[Sawback]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Weirdwolf''' (ウィアードウルフ ''Wiādourufu''), '''Monzo''' (モンゾ, see above)
*''French:'' '''Bizalou''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrfarkas''' (''Spacewolf'')
*''Italian:'' '''Lupo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rénláng''' (人狼, "Werewolf")
*''Russian:'' '''Madwolf''' (Бешеный Волк ''Beshennyy Volk'')

==References==
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[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Poets]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
[[Category:Trackers]]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)

2023-01-26T12:28:54Z

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|title=''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''
|image=ROTBTeaserPoster.jpg
|caption=So for now, let the battle be here, on this strange, primitive world. And let it be called... Beast Wars!
|production companies=[[Skydance Media]] [[Entertainment One]] [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura|di Bonaventura Pictures]] [[New Republic Pictures]] [[Michael Bay|Bay Films]]
|distributor=[[Paramount Pictures]]
|executive producer=[[Steven Spielberg]] [[Brian Goldner]] [[Brian Oliver]] [[Bradley J. Fischer]] [[Valerii An]] [[David Ellison]] [[Dana Goldberg]] [[Don Granger]]
|associate producer=[[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] [[Tom DeSanto]] [[Don Murphy]] [[Michael Bay]] [[Mark Vahradian]] [[Duncan Henderson]]
|story by=[[Joby Harold]]
|screenplay by=[[Joby Harold]] [[Darnell Metayer]] [[Josh Peters]] [[Erich Hoeber]] [[Jon Hoeber]]
|directed by=[[Steven Caple Jr.]]
|cinematography by=[[Enrique Chediak]]
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|music by=[[Jongnic Bontemps]]
|release date=[[June 9]], [[2023]]
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'''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' is the planned seventh film in the [[live-action film series]], serving both as a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and a tribute to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''. The film is directed by [[Steven Caple Jr.]] and written by [[Joby Harold]], [[Darnell Metayer]], [[Josh Peters]], [[Erich Hoeber|Erich]] and [[Jon Hoeber]], inspired by Harold's earlier draft. Originally expected to be released on [[June 28]], [[2019]],<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref> the film was delayed multiple times and is currently scheduled for release on [[June 9]], [[2023]].<ref name="2023release"/>

==Cast==
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*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Dino|Mirage]] ([[Pete Davidson]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] ([[Liza Koshy]])
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] ([[Cristo Fernández]])
*[[Stratosphere]] ([[John DiMaggio]])

|h2=[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]s|c2=
*[[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] ([[Peter Dinklage]])
*[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]] ([[Michaela Jaé Rodriguez]])
*[[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]] ([[David Sobolov]])

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] ([[Ron Perlman]])
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]] ([[Michelle Yeoh]])
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]] (David Sobolov)
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]]

|h4=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c4=

|h5=[[Human]]s|c5=
*[[Noah Diaz]] ([[Anthony Ramos]])
*[[Elena Wallace]] ([[Dominique Fishback]])
*[[Noah's mother]] ([[Luna Lauren Velez]])
*[[Reek]] ([[Tobe Nwigwe]])

|nonumbering=true
}}

==Confirmed information==

[[File:TRANSFORMERS-2022.jpg|thumb|Why did it take so long?|250px]]

*March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Christina Hodson]] (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
*October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, [[Allspark (company)|Allspark]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_P2fw_DlS4&t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>
*February 12, 2016 — At [[Toy Fair 2016]], Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.<ref name="toyfairreveal" />
*September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/23/2019-transformers-movie-feature-entirely-new-storyline-349463 2019 Transformers Movie To Feature An Entirely New Storyline] on TFW2005</ref>
*February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarifies at [[Toy Fair 2018]] that the film will be a reset of the franchise and has been delayed indefinitely until a new creative team is in place.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/16/transformers-cinematic-universe-current-movie-series-rebooted-358641 Transformers Cinematic Universe Is Over: Current Movie Series To Be Rebooted] on TFW2005</ref>
*May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.<ref>[http://collider.com/transformers-7-cancelled/amp/ Paramount Officially Pulls the Next 'Transformers' Sequel from Their Release Date Schedule] on Collider</ref>
*March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' is in development.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/two-sequels-in-transformers-live-action-franchise-confirmed-in-development/43083/ Two Sequels in Transformers Live Action Franchise Confirmed in Development] on Seibertron</ref>
*March 18, 2019 — di Bonaventura claims that the next main ''Transformers'' film will be a reboot closely tied to the ''Bumblebee'' sequel, rather than a direct sequel to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''. Either way, Paramount will pick the best script for ''Transformers 7'' and release that first.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bumblebee-producer-says-next-transformers-movie-wi/1100-6465652/ Bumblebee Producer Says Next Transformers Movie Will Be A Reboot] on GameSpot</ref>
[[File:Stevencaplejr autobot cast.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Arcee (G1)|KARR]] [[GEEWUN|NOT BIKE!]]]]
[[File:Stevencaplejr terrorcon cast.jpg|thumb|250px|Actually, [[Megatron_(Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon_film|not the first time]] The Transformers meet {{w|Mad Max|Mad Max}}...]]
*January 27, 2020 — Variety reports two ''Transformers'' films are being penned, to be produced simultaneously: one written by [[James Vanderbilt]], another to be written by [[Joby Harold]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2020/film/news/transformers-franchise-revamp-bumblebee-james-vanderbilt-joby-harold-1203482496/ ‘Transformers’ Franchise Gets a Revamp With Two Separate Films in the Works] on Variety</ref> Deadline reports that Vanderbilt's script is for a spin-off film based on ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', while Harold's script continues the story from the ''Bumblebee'' film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/01/transformers-movies-paramount-1202843234/ Dual ‘Transformers’ Movies In The Works At Paramount] on Deadline</ref>
*May 2, 2020 — [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] confirms that a new Transformers live-action movie is slated to release on [[June 24]], 2022. However, only one between Harold's ''Bumblebee'' sequel and Vanderbilt's ''Beast Wars'' film will make it to production first.
*August 21, 2020 — New Republic Pictures is announced as a new co-financier for Paramount in a ten picture deal in the wake of the success of 2019's ''Rocketman''.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/08/paramount-pictures-new-republic-pictures-10-picture-cofinancing-deal-top-gun-maverick-1203018250/ New Republic Pictures Signs 10-Pic Co-Fi Deal With Paramount Pictures; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Among Films] on Deadline</ref>
*November 16, 2020 — [[Steven Caple Jr.]] is announced as the director.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/11/transformers-director-steven-caple-jr-1234613830/ Transformers’: ‘Creed 2’ Director Steven Caple Jr. Tapped To Direct Next Installment In Paramount And Hasbro Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
*April 1, 2021 — [[Anthony Ramos]] is in talks for a starring role.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-7-cast-anthony-ramos/ Exclusive: Anthony Ramos in Talks to Star in New 'Transformers' Movie] at Collider</ref>
*April 29, 2021 — [[Dominique Fishback]] is in final negotiations to star in the film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/04/transformers-dominique-fishback-anthony-ramos-paramount-eone-and-hasbro-franchise-1234746855/ 'Transformers': Dominique Fishback Lands Lead Role Opposite Anthony Ramos In Next Installment For The Paramount Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
*June 13, 2021 — A casting call sheet for filming in Montreal reveals that the film is set in [[1992]].<ref>[https://www.transformersfr.com/t5190p250-parlons-des-films-transformers-a-venir#190206 Rumeur ― le "7ème Film Transformers en prise de vue réelle" se déroulerait en 1992] on transformersfr.com</ref>
*June 22, 2021 — A Paramount virtual event is held in which the movie's title, premise, and few of the characters and cast are unveiled (revealing it to be both the ''Bumblebee'' and ''Beast Wars'' films in one).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Currently attending a Paramount virtual event about the next #Transformers film. Report to follow!|link=https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3ABWTF_Ben)%20until%3A2021-06-23%20since%3A2021-06-22|name=Ben Yee|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://bwtf.com/news/rise-of-the-beasts-character-descriptions|name=Ben Yee|site=BWTF|title=Movie News: "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" Character Descriptions|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref> The film's logo and official premise are also unveiled on official Transformers social media accounts.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The battle on Earth is no longer just between Autobots and Decepticons… Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons join Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, in theatres June 24, 2022.|link=https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1407422768602181632|name=@transformers|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref>
*June 28, 2021 — [[Ron Perlman]] is announced to be reprising his role as Optimus Primal from ''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]''. [[Darnell Metayer]] and [[Josh Peters]] are confirmed as writers, inspired by Joby Harold's earlier draft.<ref>{{citesocial|quote='''Ron Perlman''' has been tapped to voice Optimus Primal in '''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''', Collider has exclusively learned. [...] ''Rise of the Beasts'' will be led by rising stars '''Anthony Ramos''' (''In the Heights'') and '''Dominique Fishback''' (''Judas and the Black Messiah''), and '''Steven Caple Jr.''' (''Creed II'') is directing from a script by '''Darnell Metayer''' and '''Josh Peters''', who worked off an earlier draft by '''Joby Harold'''.|link=https://collider.com/ron-perlman-optimus-primal-voice-transformers-7-rise-of-the-beasts/|name=Jeff Sneider|site=Collider|title=Exclusive: 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Adds Ron Perlman as Voice of Optimus Primal|year=2021|month=06|day=28}}</ref>
*July 11, 2021 — Rapper [[Tobe Nwigwe]] announces on Instagram that he's been cast in the movie.<ref>[https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/houston-s-tobe-nwigwe-earns-emmy-nom-16317174 Houston’s Tobe Nwigwe earns Emmy nom, 'Transformers' role] from the Houston Chronicle</ref>
*October 6, 2021 — Caple Jr. reveals the vehicle modes for the Autobot and Terrorcon cast through his Instagram account.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The squad is out…|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsm_wyLory/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2021|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
*October 20, 2021 — Filming is completed.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=That’s a wrap 🎬|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOw5z2r9TP/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2021|month=10|day=20}}</ref>
*October 21, 2021 — Cuscopolita reports on the vehicles with the film's Peru crew, confirming the unidentified vehicles as [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/cuscopolitamagazine/videos/1941112319403899|name=Cuscopolita|site=Facebook|title=Exclusiva con los Transformers|year=2021|month=10|day=20}}</ref>
*October 22, 2021 — Ramos makes a guest appearance on [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]], confirming Cheetor, his favorite ''Beast Wars'' character, will be in the film.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I am a ''Transformers'' fan, ''Beast Wars'' fan, Cheetor is my #1 favorite of all time, so it's dope to have Cheetor, to be in this movie with Cheetor, it's gonna be crazy.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=6051s|name=Anthony Ramos|site=YouTube|title=Hasbro PulseCon 2021 - DAY ONE|year=2021|month=10|day=22}}</ref>
*November 10, 2021 — Paramount announces the film has been delayed to [[June 9]], [[2023]].<ref name="2023release">{{citesocial|quote=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has moved back a year and will now bow June 9, 2023. It previously was slated for June 24, 2022.|link=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-transformers-movie-release-date-1235045937/|name=Aaron Couch|site=The Hollywood Reporter|title=‘Star Trek,’ ‘Transformers’ Movies Pushed Back at Paramount|year=2021|month=11|day=10}}</ref>
*February 15, 2022 — Paramount confirms that ''Rise of the Beasts'' will be the first entry in a trilogy of films.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released theatrically in 2023 and is the first of three new installments. A new animated series from @Nickelodeon arrives this fall. And in 2024, the franchise expands further with a CG animated Transformers theatrical film. #ParamountPlus|link=https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1493706271207292928|name=@paramountplus|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=02|day=15}}</ref>
*October 11, 2022 — Caple Jr. reveals through Instagram that [[Pete Davidson]] is the voice of Mirage, and [[Michelle Yeoh]] is the voice of Airazor.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Sneak peek of Pete voicing Mirage & @michelleyeoh_official blessing us as the voice of Air Razor|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjlx3PPPC_J/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=10|day=11}}</ref>
*October 21, 2022 — [[Tobe Nwigwe]] states on an Instagram post that they are doing some re-shoots for ''Rise of the Beasts'', including featuring his character in additional scenes.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The head people from ''Transformers'' said I did so good in my part they wanna add me to some more scenes. So I gotta go shoot some more stuff for ''Transformers''.|link=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj9PnevsVb1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY|name=Tobe Nwigwe|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=10|day=21}}</ref>
*December 1, 2022 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWWDskI46Js official teaser trailer] is released by Paramount Pictures in conjunction with São Paulo's CCXP convention. Multiple voice cast members are also announced.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2022/12/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-peter-dinklage-liza-koshy-john-dimaggio-cast-1235186104/]</ref>
*December 2, 2022 — [[Jongnic Bontemps]] is announced as the film's score composer. <ref>[http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/12/02/jongnic-bontemps-to-compose-music-for-steven-caple-jr-s-transformers-rise-of-the-beasts/]</ref>
{{--}}

==Notes==
*In a first for the franchise, the lead human actors, the writers, the composer, and the director are all people of color.
*During the production of the film, Ramos had to acquire a driver's license at Caple Jr.'s behest.<ref>[https://www.buzzfeed.com/joyannjeffrey/anthony-ramos-transformers-drivers-license Anthony Ramos Had To Quickly Get His Driver's License While Filming "Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts"]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/Beast Kakusei''''' (トランスフォーマー/ビースト覚醒 ''Toransufōmā Bīsuto Kakusei'', "Transformers: Beast Awakening")
*''Cantonese:'' '''''Bin3jing4 Gam1gong1: Kwong4sau3 Gwat6hei2''''' (變形金剛：狂獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
*''French:'' '''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' (France), '''''Transformers : Le Réveil des Bêtes''''' (Canada, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts"),
*''German:'' '''''Transformers: Aufstieg der Bestien''''' ("Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
*''Hungarian:'' '''''Transformers: A fenevadak kora''''' ("Transformers: The Age of the Beasts")
*''Italian: '' '''''Transformers: Il Risveglio''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Wàn Shòu Juéqǐ''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛：萬獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Chāonéng Yǒngshì Juéqǐ''''' (Mainland China, 变形金刚：超能勇士崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beast Wars")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Despertar das Feras''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El Despertar de las Bestias''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")

==References==
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[[Category:Rise of the Beasts| ]]

The Transformers Universe (Marvel)

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[[File:TFUMarvel1.jpg|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.

In [[2015]], all of these profiles, including the ones published separately in later issues, were reprinted together in [[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 8|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 8]].

==Issue #1==
[[File:TFUMarvel1-full.JPG|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|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 (G1)|Grapple]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]
}}

==Issue #2==
[[File:TFUMarvel2-full.JPG|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 (G1)|Headstrong]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
}}

==Issue #3==
[[File:TFUMarvel3-full.JPG|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]]
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]]
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]]
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
}}

==Issue #4==
[[File:TFUMarvel4-full.JPG|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]]
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Twin Twist]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
*[[Arblus]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]]
*[[Quintesson]]s, with artwork of a Judge, a "Gatekeeper", and a guard.
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|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.
*[[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] Blot and Cutthroat get profiles, but the rest of their teammates don't.
*Characters entirely missing include the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], the two [[Deluxe Vehicle]]s ([[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]), the four [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]] ([[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Chop Shop (G1)|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], with a third post featuring the Omnibots on the [http://blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com ''Blackrock's Toybox'' blog] (citing an older Allspark post by ''Disciples of Boltax'' author Jim Sorenson) in a post in [http://blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com/2012/10/transformers-universe-extended-bios.html 2012]

==Errors==
Numerous characters are drawn using outdated [[character model]]s as reference, which use alternate, incorrect design elements, or omit parts of them entirely.
*Bluestreak is missing his shoulder-mounted missile launchers.
*The Insecticons and several of the Constructicons have individual eyes instead of the visors their final designs have.
*The guns in Frenzy and Rumble's hands are an incorrect design that would be modified to be toy-accurate for their finished models.
*Huffer has a rounded hood behind his head, instead of a large, square truck cab.
*Megatron is drawn with the totally differently earlier design seen in the [[Commercial/Generation 1|1984 commercials]] and the first [[The Transformers (issue)|two]] [[Power Play!|issues]] of the comic book, most distinguishable by its differently-shaped head and a handle on his fusion cannon. His pistol mode is mostly colored blue-black.
*Scourge's alternate mode has his robot-mode head poking out of its top, its eyes replaced with some kind of scanner reading panel.
*Sideswipe is missing his shoulder missile launcher.
*The rocket boosters on Sunstreaker's shoulders are an entirely different design, angular as opposed to cylindrical.
*Trailbreaker is missing his radar scanner and shoulder cannon, and has two hands instead of a gun barrel in place of his left.
*Wheeljack is missing his shoulder fins.

The Dinobots, Inferno, Omega Supreme, and the new characters from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' are all also drawn to the specifications of outdated models, but (Scourge's vehicle mode aside) these aren't really goofs in context, because this is how they were ''always'' drawn in the regular comic book.

Other goofs include:
*Bluestreak's name is rendered as two words, as "Blue Streak," which is how the comic book would intermittently spell it.
*Cassette mode Buzzsaw is colored almost entirely red instead of gold.
*Cliffjumper's "Weaknesses" section refers to him suffering "literal blow-outs," a turn of phrase that originates from the fact he was originally going to be named "Blow-Out," but which doesn't make sense with his finalized name.
*Instead of issue 10, Devestator's first appearance is given as issue 16, where he didn't appear at all.
*Hot Spot's name is rendered as "Hotspot".
*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.
*Menasor's subgroup is given as "Construction" and his first appearance is as issue 10., which is the first appearance of the Constructions and also Devestator.
*Optimus Prime's vehicle mode is only shown from behind, as Marvel had misplaced the model sheet for the front-view. Roller and the Combat Deck are likewise missing.
*Ramhorn has a Decepticon symbol on both his rhino mode and his cassette mode.
*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.
*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.
*Steeljaw's entry is placed out of alphabetical order.
*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==
[[File:Universe01.jpg|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]]s 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.''
*[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] modeled their ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' guide books using the ''Transformers Universe'' format, which include profiles for every toy-based G1 Transformer, including the Micromasters.
*All four issues of the series, along with the subsequent bios included with later issues of the main ''Transformers'' comic were reprinted in the final volume of IDW's ''[[The Transformers Classics]]'' series.

==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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Battletrap]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Wideload (G1)|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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Triggerhappy]]
}}
'''Issue [[Bird of Prey!|#62]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]]
*[[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]]
}}
'''Issue [[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#63]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]
*[[Override (G1)|Override]]
}}
'''Issue [[Deadly Obsession|#64]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]
*[[Needlenose (G1)|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 (G1)|Darkwing]]
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]
}}
'''Issue [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#75]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]]
}}
'''Issue [[Still Life!|#76]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Horri-Bull]]
}}
'''Issue [[Exodus!|#77]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]
}}
'''Issue [[A Savage Circle|#78]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]
}}

===1987–1988 Omissions===
{{collist|4|
*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Flywheels]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|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 (G1)|Cindersaur]]
*[[Flamefeather (G1)|Flamefeather]]
*[[Sparkstalker]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
*[[Squawkbox]]
*[[Doubledealer]]
*[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]
*[[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]
*[[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]]
*[[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]]
*[[Finback]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Roadgrabber]]
}}

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[[File:TFUMarvel1.jpg|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.

In [[2015]], all of these profiles, including the ones published separately in later issues, were reprinted together in [[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 8|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 8]].

==Issue #1==
[[File:TFUMarvel1-full.JPG|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|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 (G1)|Grapple]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]
}}

==Issue #2==
[[File:TFUMarvel2-full.JPG|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 (G1)|Headstrong]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
}}

==Issue #3==
[[File:TFUMarvel3-full.JPG|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]]
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]]
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]]
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
}}

==Issue #4==
[[File:TFUMarvel4-full.JPG|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)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]]
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Twin Twist]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
*[[Arblus]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]]
*[[Quintesson]]s, with artwork of a Judge, a "Gatekeeper", and a guard.
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|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.
*[[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] Blot and Cutthroat get profiles, but the rest of their teammates don't.
*Characters entirely missing include the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], the two [[Deluxe Vehicle]]s ([[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]), the four [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]] ([[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Chop Shop (G1)|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], with a third post featuring the Omnibots on the [http://blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com ''Blackrock's Toybox'' blog] (citing an older Allspark post by ''Disciples of Boltax'' author Jim Sorenson) in a post in [http://blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com/2012/10/transformers-universe-extended-bios.html 2012]

==Errors==
Numerous characters are drawn using outdated [[character model]]s as reference, which use alternate, incorrect design elements, or omit parts of them entirely.
*Bluestreak is missing his shoulder-mounted missile launchers.
*The Insecticons and several of the Constructicons have individual eyes instead of the visors their final designs have.
*The guns in Frenzy and Rumble's hands are an incorrect design that would be modified to be toy-accurate for their finished models.
*Huffer has a rounded hood behind his head, instead of a large, square truck cab.
*Megatron is drawn with the totally differently earlier design seen in the [[Commercial/Generation 1|1984 commercials]] and the first [[The Transformers (issue)|two]] [[Power Play!|issues]] of the comic book, most distinguishable by its differently-shaped head and a handle on his fusion cannon. His pistol mode is mostly colored blue-black.
*Scourge's alternate mode has his robot-mode head poking out of its top, its eyes replaced with some kind of scanner reading panel.
*Sideswipe is missing his shoulder missile launcher.
*The rocket boosters on Sunstreaker's shoulders are an entirely different design, angular as opposed to cylindrical.
*Trailbreaker is missing his radar scanner and shoulder cannon, and has two hands instead of a gun barrel in place of his left.
*Wheeljack is missing his shoulder fins.

The Dinobots, Inferno, Omega Supreme, and the new characters from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' are all also drawn to the specifications of outdated models, but (Scourge's vehicle mode aside) these aren't really goofs in context, because this is how they were ''always'' drawn in the regular comic book.

Other goofs include:
*Bluestreak's name is rendered as two words, as "Blue Streak," which is how the comic book would intermittently spell it.
*Cassette mode Buzzsaw is colored almost entirely red instead of gold.
*Cliffjumper's "Weaknesses" section refers to him suffering "literal blow-outs," a turn of phrase that originates from the fact he was originally going to be named "Blow-Out," but which doesn't make sense with his finalized name.
*In stead of issue 10, Devestator's first appearance is given as issue 16, where he didn't appear at all.
*Hot Spot's name is rendered as "Hotspot".
*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.
*Menasor's subgroup is given as "Construction" and his first appearance is as issue 10., which is the first appearance of the Constructions and also Devestator.
*Optimus Prime's vehicle mode is only shown from behind, as Marvel had misplaced the model sheet for the front-view. Roller and the Combat Deck are likewise missing.
*Ramhorn has a Decepticon symbol on both his rhino mode and his cassette mode.
*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.
*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.
*Steeljaw's entry is placed out of alphabetical order.
*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==
[[File:Universe01.jpg|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]]s 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.''
*[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] modeled their ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' guide books using the ''Transformers Universe'' format, which include profiles for every toy-based G1 Transformer, including the Micromasters.
*All four issues of the series, along with the subsequent bios included with later issues of the main ''Transformers'' comic were reprinted in the final volume of IDW's ''[[The Transformers Classics]]'' series.

==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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Battletrap]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Wideload (G1)|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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Triggerhappy]]
}}
'''Issue [[Bird of Prey!|#62]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]]
*[[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]]
}}
'''Issue [[Kings of the Wild Frontier.|#63]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]
*[[Override (G1)|Override]]
}}
'''Issue [[Deadly Obsession|#64]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]
*[[Needlenose (G1)|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 (G1)|Darkwing]]
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]
}}
'''Issue [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#75]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]]
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]]
}}
'''Issue [[Still Life!|#76]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Grotusque]]
*[[Horri-Bull]]
}}
'''Issue [[Exodus!|#77]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]
}}
'''Issue [[A Savage Circle|#78]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Pounce]]
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
}}
'''Issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]]'''
{{collist|4|
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]
}}

===1987–1988 Omissions===
{{collist|4|
*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
*[[Flywheels]]
*[[Wingspan]]
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|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 (G1)|Cindersaur]]
*[[Flamefeather (G1)|Flamefeather]]
*[[Sparkstalker]]
*[[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]]
*[[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
*[[Squawkbox]]
*[[Doubledealer]]
*[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]
*[[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]
*[[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]]
*[[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]]
*[[Finback]]
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
*[[Snarler]]
*[[Roadgrabber]]
}}

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The Sensuous Frame

2021-03-27T11:47:45Z

Elwood: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory
|series=mtmte|issueno=41
|prev=Our Steps Will Always Rhyme
|next=The Frail Gaze
|image=MTMTE41_subcvr.jpg
|title="The Sensuous Frame"
|caption=The idea of a "Thunder Clash [[Skyquake (Prime)|Pre-Memorial Hospital]]" is not out of the question either.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 27]], [[2015]]
|coverdate=May 2015
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]] and [[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2015)]]
}}
'''The crew of the ''Lost Light'' is invited to the "pre-wake" of the soon-to-be-deceased Thunderclash, but Nightbeat and Getaway soon learn there is quite ''literally'' more than meets the eye going on aboard the ''Vis Vitalis''.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:SensuousFrame-ThunderClash.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
Decorated space-faring hero [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] arrives on the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' to see his ailing mentor [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]—at last, the famous Autobot's old war wound has apparently gotten the better of him, and he now lies at death's door. Escorted by the ship's first officer [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] to the side of the mute, unmoving Thunderclash—trapped in alternate mode by [[rigor morphis]]—Countdown is left alone with his former teacher... at which point, he hears a knocking coming from within Thunderclash's trailer. Peering inside, Countdown only has time to scream...

On the ''[[Lost Light]]'', [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]], [[Getaway]], and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] are all hanging out in [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]'s room, but the [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] bibliophile would rather read about the [[Froidian Classification System]] than indulge their silly antics. Mention of the psychologist's name leads Skids and Getaway to talk about [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], while Brainstorm manages to convince Nautica to try out his upside-down harness, which she ends up enjoying. Brainstorm has also completed an upgrade to [[Nautica's wrench]] at Getaway's request: the addition of a torch that counters [[attention deflector]]s, which Getaway plans to use to keep an eye out for the stealthy [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]]. Just then, an unfamiliar ringing is heard throughout the ship...

Simultaneously, in "[[Swerve's]]", Ravage and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] observe as [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]—introverted following [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]'s recent departure—finishes up his four-week viewing of every piece of human art and entertainment ever created. Just as he is describing the lessons he has learned, Swerve is interrupted by the ringing noise, which turns out to be a giant gong that [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] is ringing in order to summon the crew together. The gong signifies that the crew have "accomplished something": they have caught up to the ''Vis Vitalis'', and Rodimus can barely suppress his glee when he announces the news that his long-hated rival Thunderclash is on his deathbed, and that the crew are invited to a "pre-wake" in his honor. After giving the crew the news, Rodimus and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] privately reveal to one another that they will not be attending the party, and their attempts to make excuses for not doing so lead to them scheduling a meeting for themselves during which they will "plan".

[[File:TheSensuousFrame-Firestar.jpg|thumb|Nautica reunited with her old [[Amica Endura|flame]].]]
Later, the pre-wake party is in full swing aboard the ''Vis Vitalis'', and the ''Lost Light''ers are all enjoying themselves... except for wallflowers Rung, Nautica, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. While Nightbeat takes Nautica's wrench and goes off to snoop around the ship, Nautica is approached by Firestar, who it turns out is her old room-mate and [[Amica Endura]] from Caminus, and who joined the ''Vis Vitalis'' crew when she and some other Camiens picked up a distress call and helped fix some damage the ship had taken. As she and Nautica swap stories, however, it soon becomes clear that Firestar is more "frenemy" than "friend", her catty remarks about Nautica's abilities and insistence on using the hated nickname "Naughty Nautica" soon mounting up, culminating in an awkward silence and an uncomfortable parting of the ways.

In Thunderclash's quarters, Camien crewmember [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] shows [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Minimus Ambus]] the supposed map to [[Cyberutopia]] that Thunderclash has carved into the room's wall, drawn from his dreams. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] completes his examination of Thunderclash, which yields surprising results: whatever is killing Thunderclash, it is ''not'' his old [[spark]] injury, which has been miraculously healed around six months prior. Velocity explains that a passing medic was responsible, but cannot remember anything about her. Unable to deduce what has left Thunderclash in his current sorry state, First Aid opens his trailer to carry out an internal examination... but finds nothing.

[[File:Getaway photon the sensuous frame.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
A little later, after the party has wound down and most of the crew have returned to the ''Lost Light'', Nautica hems and haws about staying for the funeral. A tired, out-of-sorts Skids tells her a few others are staying too, and will be picked up by Rodimus on his way back from a supply run; others such as Nightbeat, who has just found a strangely exhausted Getaway napping in the middle of a corridor. Just as Nightbeat rouses him, Ravage runs screaming down the hallway, his attention deflectors sparking, claiming that something is "everywhere" and "won't stop looking at him". Immensely intrigued, the pair set off after the frightened feline.

In Thunderclash's quarters, First Aid gets as surprise when he hooks the dying 'bot up to a monitor desk, and Thunderclash begins voluntarily, selectively shutting his systems down in order to make his life-signs on the monitor resemble words. First Aid, Velocity, and Minimus read his message: "You're all blind, you're all dead" ...and then turn when they hear the sound of knocking coming from within his trailer...

Nightbeat and Getaway follow Ravage into the ship's morgue, where they find the body of ex-racer-turned-public-speaker [[Photon (G1)|Photon]], and the ''still-warm'' corpse of Countdown. Shining the light of Nautica's torch onto Countdown exposes a horrible sight: a mass of [[technorganic]] eggs, clinging to his frame, invisible to the naked optic. Under the light, Getaway realizes they are on his body too... at which point, the pair suddenly find themselves surrounded by clawing alien creatures whose bodies are covered with the mysterious growths!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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{{!}}-
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*[[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] (1)
*[[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] (2)
*[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (3)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] (4)
*[[Getaway]] (5)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (6)
*[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (7)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (8)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (10)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] (11)
*[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (12)
*[[Boss (G1)|Boss]] (13)
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]] (14)
*[[Aquafend]] (15)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Borer]] (16)
*?  (17)
*?  (18)
*[[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] (19)
*[[Atomizer]] (20)
*[[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] (21)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (22)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (23)
*[[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]] (24)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (25)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (26)
*[[Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hound]] (27)
*[[Xaaron]] (28)
*[[Dipstick]] (29)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Pointblank]] (30)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (31)
*?  (32)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (33)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (34)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (35)
*[[Skater]] (36)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (37)
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] (38)
*[[Doublecross]] (39)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (40)
*[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] (41)
*[[Rad (G1)|Rad]] (42)
*[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (43)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Mirage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]] (44)
*[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (45)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (46)
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (47, see errors)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (48)
*[[Javelin]] (49)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (50)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (52)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (53)
*[[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] (54)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Minimus Ambus]] (55)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (56)
*[[Photon (G1)|Photon]]'s corpse (57)
{{!}}}
|c2=
*[[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] (9)
|c4=
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] (51)
}}

==Quotes==
"This is wonderful! And look! '''Reading!''' I can read upside down! I've always wondered if I could!" 
"You never thought to, I dunno, turn a book upside down?" 
... 
"I'm not here and you can't see me. I'm hiding behind my '''wall of shame.'''"
:—'''Nautica''' tries out Brainstorm's upside-down harness with some help from '''Skids'''

"Finished! One '''upgraded''' wrench! Where's that '''one Shanix''' you promised me?" 
"I fear I may have exploited your ignorance of monetary value. Tell you what: if that thing works, I'll pay you '''two''' Shanix! Whaddya say?"
:—'''Brainstorm''' strikes a hot deal with '''Getaway'''.

"Having devoured 30,000 years' worth of stories and songs—and having read and watched and listened to everything from ''The Maxims of Ptahhotep'' to ''Infinite Jest''—it's only '''now''' that I've come to realize three things—'''three bold and shining truths''' that I'll carry with me '''forever.''' 
:'''One:''' Life is inherently tragic—and over far too quickly.
:'''Two:''' All art thrives on conflict. We valorize fiction because it helps us make sense of ourselves.
:'''Three:''' Season 4 of ''Community'' was a serious misstep."
:—'''Swerve'''

"Have you met him?" 
"Not as such. I've tried to '''kill''' him several times..."
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Megatron''' on Thunderclash

"I'm gonna plan you '''into next week.'''" 
"Maybe. Or maybe after five minutes you'll get bored and start carving pictures onto your desk." 
"'''Wrong,''' actually! Utterly, demonstrably, '''villainously''' wrong. I ran out of space '''ages''' ago."
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Megatron''' on their joint planning session

"What. Is. The. Matter. With. You." 
"I'm '''resting''', I'm not—why are you talking to me like I'm a '''broken vending machine?'''" 
"I'm trying to show concern. I've seen other people do it."
:—'''Nightbeat''' and '''Getaway'''

'''Velocity:''' "He's killing himself to send us a message...?" 
'''Minimus:''' "A '''grammatically correct''' message. Look at that apostrophe..." 
'''First Aid:''' "He had to reduce his lifespan by six hours to generate that apostrophe." 
'''Minimus:''' "I know that's not supposed to '''impress''' me, but..."

"Aren't you going to look? Dead bodies. They're your favorite." 
"'''Murders''' are my favourite. A dead body's just a statement. A murder is a '''question:''' whodunit?"
:—'''Getaway''' and '''Nightbeat''' in the morgue

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The presence of Mirage and the Protectobots on the ''Lost Light'' places this story before the ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]'' storyline, already well underway in the book's [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|sibling]] [[The Transformers: Windblade|titles]] by the time this issue was released.
*Copious amounts of [[innermost energon]] have been donated for Thunderclash; we were introduced to this practice back in [[Before & After|issue #12]].
*[[Rigor morphis]] debuted ''waaaay'' back in [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|the very first issue]].
*Brainstorm's ability to work while hanging upside was previously seen in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issue #7]].
*Nautica notes that Rung lent her the book she is reading; it was implied in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|issue #28]] that the pair had been exchanging books.
*Skids defends Rung, which indicates he's taking to heart [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]'s request from [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|last issue]] to be a friend to the psychiatrist.
*During Rodimus's announcement, Xaaron and Dipstick stand together in the audience, marking the third time the two have been spotted hanging out with one another in the series. It's perhaps safe to say at this point that the two are pals.
*Megatron and Rodimus's argument about "sulking" and "taking stock" echoes the one they had in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|issue #30]], with the roles reversed.
*Rodimus's habit of carving pictures into his desk was introduced in "[[Signal to Noise]]", back in [[More than Meets the Eye issue 13|issue #13]].
*Nautica mentioned having an Amica Endura back in [[slaughterhouse|issue #32]].
*Firestar is the new first officer of the ''Vis Vitalis'', which the ship was in need of since the [[Paddox|last one]] turned out to be an [[Ammonite]] in [[Little Victories|issue #22]].
*Thunderclash's map includes multiple uses of a familiar symbol: a gear-like hieroglyph seen engraved on the surface of [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] and in the speech bubble of a mysterious ball of energy, both from [[Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|issue #21]].
*Minimus Ambus mentions that the ''Lost Light'''s version of the map was "memory-resistant", which was discovered in [[Under Cold Blue Stars|issue #15]].
*The fatal injury that Thunderclash has lived with is revealed to have been received after the fall of [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison]], an infamous location previously mentioned in [[Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|issue #39]] and "[[Bullets]]".
*Nightbeat makes a disparaging remark about Alpha Trion's supposed wisdom. We previously witnessed his distinct ''lack'' of awe towards the elder Autobot in [[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]].
*Countdown is famous for his heroism in the [[Simanzi Massacre]].

===Transformers references===
*Firestar was one of the original [[Female Autobots]], who first appeared in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]". This is her first major role in G1-based fiction since then; she's mostly shown up in cameos since her original debut, partially due to [[Hasbro]]'s inability to [[trademark]] her name, requiring she be replaced in most stories with her lookalike, [[Flareup (disambiguation)|Flareup]]. Only the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[Firestar (Prime)|version]] has had any significant role in her continuity's fiction.
*Generation 1 [[Micromaster]] Countdown is a similarly little-seen character, having received his biggest fictional role in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: Micromasters|''Micromasters'' mini-series]]. His being a legendary, highly decorated space hero comes directly from his original [[bio]].
*Rodimus's quarters are numbered "077"; the original Rodimus Prime toy's [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID number]] was C-77.
*Swerve notes that Ratchet would have loved the party on the ''Vis Vitalis''; it almost never factors into his characterisation in ''any'' fiction, and certainly the current old-and-grumpy IDW incarnation of the character seems ''well'' past enjoying this sort of thing, but Ratchet's original Generation 1 bio does mention that he loves to party.

===Real-life references===
*We don't really need to point out that this issue takes its title from a line in the [[Tennyson|Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] poem ''{{w|In Memoriam A.H.H.}}'', since the poem opens this issue (or more accurately, the 50th of the poem's 133 sub-sections). We previously saw [[Verity Carlo]] with a book of Tennyson's poems in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|issue #5]].
*As Swerve watches television, the narration from the opening sequence of ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' plays.
*Specific works Swerve mentions having experienced include {{w|The Maxims of Ptahhotep}} and ''{{w|Infinite Jest}}''.
** The publisher's summary of the latter describes it as "Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy". Sounds familiar to anyone?
*As quoted above, Swerve references TV show ''[[Community]]'', but gets cut off before he can finish complaining about the firing of series creator {{w|Dan Harmon}}.
* Rodimus’ line “wrong, actually! Utterly, demonstrably, villainously wrong” is almost word for word taken from Arnold Rimmer in {{w|Red Dwarf}} lecturing Lister in the episode Kryten: “Wrong, actually! Totally, utterly, and completely wrong.”
*The "next issue" box promises "murder on the dancefloor", a reference to the {{w|Murder on the Dancefloor|Sophie Ellis-Bextor song of the same name}}.

===Errors===
*Nautica says that Rung "leant" (past tense of "lean", chiefly British) her a book, but it should say "lent" (past tense of "lend").
*The script, through Nautica's dialogue, makes the common mistake of mixing up "to infer" with "to imply." She says Rung "inferred" something to her, but the context makes it clear she means "implied."
*The 'bot at the centre of the dancefloor in our first look at the pre-wake is [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]], but he's been coloured in pale blue, lavender and white instead of his normal yellow, red and orange. Given the coloured disco lightball and that Whirl is coloured red behind him, this could just be a stylistic choice.
*While listing Camiens on board, Firestar mentions a "Skystalker", but a few pages later, Nautica talks about a "Sky''striker''". We'd guess that the former is the error, since there are plenty of [[Skystalker (disambiguation)|Skystalkers]] in Transformers already and aside from Firestar, these Camien characters are all newly created with non-legacy names. Whether or not the name is a deliberate reference to the [[Skystriker (vehicle)|''G.I. Joe'' vehicle]], we couldn't be sure. "Skystalker" is indeed corrected to "Skystriker" for the trade paperback.
*On Thunderclash's wall map, a black line to the right of the re-charge socket is miscolored as part of his drawings.
*As Getaway and Nightbeat watch Ravage flail around, one of Ravage's speech bubbles ("They won't stop looking at me!") is misaligned—it's supposed to be touching the edge of the panel, but has been placed a little higher, leaving visible the flat edge of the bubble without an outline. This is corrected in the trade paperback.
*In the same sequence, some of the sparks flying off of Ravage are miscolored as part of his body, making him appear somewhat tattered.

===Other trivia===
*In addition to Javelin, Velocity, and the above-mentioned Skystriker, new Camiens named but not seen in this issue include [[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] (who appears on the cover), [[Acceleron]], [[Exocet]], and [[Skimmer (G1)|Skimmer]]. Acceleron and Proxima are both female, while Skystriker is male; Skimmer and Exocet's genders are not mentioned.
*And speaking of which, Acceleron and Proxima are a ''couple'', making them the first-ever official female same-gender couple in Transformers history!
*An additional female Camien, [[Roadmaster]], appears on the cover but is not seen or mentioned in the story. She would, however, appear in the [[The Frail Gaze|next issue]].

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kMT7r5lABc Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just In Time)]" by {{w|Duke Special}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/600415058271838208 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjF6akZ2WqI Sweetest Decline]" by {{w|Beth Orton}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/600417547855523840 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvkI9MTQw4 Cannonball]" by {{w|The Breeders}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/600419681250443264 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9KVfZQgCYg Call Me Ishmael]" by {{w|Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/600419681250443264 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIHaNh3jRXg Flightless Bird, American Mouth]" by {{w|Iron & Wine}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/600422489211174912 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Nautica reunites with Firestar and her other old Camien friends, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Thunderclash's huge pre-memorial statue, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Drift and Ratchet, by [[Kotteri]]

<gallery>
File:MTMTE41 regcvr.jpg|Nautica resolved to never have another girls' night out with Firestar after she caused a major wildfire by simply walking past a couple of trees.
File:MTMTE41 subcvr.jpg|They apparently built the damn thing in front of the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma.
File:MTMTE41 cvrRI.jpg|Y'all come back now, ya hear?
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
*'''''The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Volume 8''''' ([[October 21]], [[2015]]) ISBN 1631404520 / ISBN 978-1631404528
:*Contains issues #39 to #44.
:*Bonus content includes covers of each issue.

* '''''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 9|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 9]]''''' ([[June 19]], [[2019]]) ISBN 1684054842 / ISBN 978-1684054848
:* Contains ''More than Meets the Eye'' #41 to #44, ''Robots in Disguise'' #39 to #42, and ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade vol.2]]'' #1 to #5.

* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 63: Elegant Chaos''''' ([[June 12]], [[2019]])
:* Hardcover collection of ''More than Meets the Eye'' #35 to #42.
:* Bonus content includes a cover gallery and intro by [[Simon Furman]].

<gallery>
File:MTMTE vol8.jpg|'''Volume 8'''; cover art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
File:IDWCollectionP2V9.jpg|'''''The IDW Collection Phase Two: Vol. 9'''''; cover art by [[Marcelo Matere]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v63.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 63: Elegant Chaos'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]] (Trailbreaker) and [[Alex Milne]] (retro)</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.newsarama.com/24609-funeral-for-a-fallen-autobot-in-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-41-exclusive-preview.html Preview]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sensuous Frame}}

Rodion

2021-02-21T11:10:15Z

Elwood: /* Notes */

[[File:Rodion.jpg‎|thumb|upright=0.85]]
'''Rodion''' is a [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and sounds similar to another place called Rydion. It's apparently close to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] and waterways run through it.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Quark]] hailed from Rodion. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}

Before the war, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] was a captain in the Rodion Police; [[Springarm]], [[Wheelarch]], and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] served under him. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was a citizen there, and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] worked in its mines. The [[Deltaran Medical Facility]] was located near to or within Rodion.

Megatron and Impactor would be drinking in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] when two military cadets began to abuse Rung; Impactor explained to them how this was wrong (i.e. he beat them half to death). Megatron would be wrongly arrested for this and beaten by Whirl, who had been friends with the cadets and wanted to put the "nobody" in his place, but Orion Pax discovered that Megatron was innocent and had him released. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

Whirl was arrested for his behavior, leading to some of his other friends coming to Rodion and trying to threaten Orion Pax into releasing him. Orion refused, recognized them as [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]]'s goons, and realized that the Senate was really as corrupt as Megatron had believed. To take his mind off it, he personally went out and arrested pretty much every criminal in the Dead End. After his second outing, however, Orion returned to find the Rodion police station wrecked and his co-workers killed by Whirl's friends. He beat them down and left to confront the Senate and their corruption in person, but his speech was ignored, and he was returned to Rodion to do his job. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

Time-travellers from the ''[[Lost Light]]'' would arrive in Rodion, accidentally becoming part of history when they intercepted the ''other'' Senate goons who had been sent. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

During the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] ran a free clinic on the quiet in Rodion's Dead End. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Those same time-travellers showed up in this same time (but first) and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] was shaken by the sight of pre-war Cybertron in all its splendour. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

Ratchet managed to save the life of a young junkie called [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], after the lad had been worked over by two thugs. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Orion Pax used his police station as a headquarters while he and some others plotted to steal a bomb implanted in [[Nominus Prime]]'s corpse. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} Much of it was destroyed when Orion detonated the bomb to kill one of the [[Heavies]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Pax and his team had to flee the city in the aftermath. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Years later, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were at Maccadam's in Rodion when Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, broadcasted a message to all Cybertronians, asking them to join him in the fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

===Beast Wars: Uprising===
Rodion was northeast of [[Crystal City]]. During the [[Grand Uprising]], the [[Resistance]] captured Rodion. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}}

==Notes==
*James Roberts stated that IDW Drift was forged in Rodion.<ref>[https://jrtweetsindex.tumblr.com/post/164978514244/twitter-convo-between-rodimus-primadonnabot-and Twitter conversation with James Roberts on 19 July 2017]</ref>
*Rodion is also a common masculine given name of Slavic origin, carried among others by Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the fictional protagonist of ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, whose novel's themes are often referred to in the works of James Roberts.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodion''' (ロダイオン ''Rodaion''<ref>Japanese reprint of ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers: Chaos Theory]]''.</ref>)

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising polities]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:Polities on Cybertron]]

Rodion

2021-02-21T11:09:40Z

Elwood: /* Notes */

[[File:Rodion.jpg‎|thumb|upright=0.85]]
'''Rodion''' is a [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and sounds similar to another place called Rydion. It's apparently close to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] and waterways run through it.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Quark]] hailed from Rodion. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}

Before the war, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] was a captain in the Rodion Police; [[Springarm]], [[Wheelarch]], and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] served under him. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was a citizen there, and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] worked in its mines. The [[Deltaran Medical Facility]] was located near to or within Rodion.

Megatron and Impactor would be drinking in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] when two military cadets began to abuse Rung; Impactor explained to them how this was wrong (i.e. he beat them half to death). Megatron would be wrongly arrested for this and beaten by Whirl, who had been friends with the cadets and wanted to put the "nobody" in his place, but Orion Pax discovered that Megatron was innocent and had him released. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

Whirl was arrested for his behavior, leading to some of his other friends coming to Rodion and trying to threaten Orion Pax into releasing him. Orion refused, recognized them as [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]]'s goons, and realized that the Senate was really as corrupt as Megatron had believed. To take his mind off it, he personally went out and arrested pretty much every criminal in the Dead End. After his second outing, however, Orion returned to find the Rodion police station wrecked and his co-workers killed by Whirl's friends. He beat them down and left to confront the Senate and their corruption in person, but his speech was ignored, and he was returned to Rodion to do his job. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

Time-travellers from the ''[[Lost Light]]'' would arrive in Rodion, accidentally becoming part of history when they intercepted the ''other'' Senate goons who had been sent. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

During the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] ran a free clinic on the quiet in Rodion's Dead End. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Those same time-travellers showed up in this same time (but first) and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] was shaken by the sight of pre-war Cybertron in all its splendour. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

Ratchet managed to save the life of a young junkie called [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], after the lad had been worked over by two thugs. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Orion Pax used his police station as a headquarters while he and some others plotted to steal a bomb implanted in [[Nominus Prime]]'s corpse. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} Much of it was destroyed when Orion detonated the bomb to kill one of the [[Heavies]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Pax and his team had to flee the city in the aftermath. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Years later, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were at Maccadam's in Rodion when Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, broadcasted a message to all Cybertronians, asking them to join him in the fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

===Beast Wars: Uprising===
Rodion was northeast of [[Crystal City]]. During the [[Grand Uprising]], the [[Resistance]] captured Rodion. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}}

==Notes==
*James Roberts stated that IDW Drift was forged in Rodion.<ref>[https://jrtweetsindex.tumblr.com/post/164978514244/twitter-convo-between-rodimus-primadonnabot-and Twitter conversation with James Roberts on 19 July 2017]</ref>
*Rodion is also a common masculine given name of Slavic origin, carried among others by Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, whose novel's themes are often referred to in the works of James Roberts.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodion''' (ロダイオン ''Rodaion''<ref>Japanese reprint of ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers: Chaos Theory]]''.</ref>)

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising polities]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:Polities on Cybertron]]

Rodion

2021-02-21T11:08:59Z

Elwood: /* Notes */

[[File:Rodion.jpg‎|thumb|upright=0.85]]
'''Rodion''' is a [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and sounds similar to another place called Rydion. It's apparently close to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] and waterways run through it.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Quark]] hailed from Rodion. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}

Before the war, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] was a captain in the Rodion Police; [[Springarm]], [[Wheelarch]], and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] served under him. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was a citizen there, and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] worked in its mines. The [[Deltaran Medical Facility]] was located near to or within Rodion.

Megatron and Impactor would be drinking in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] when two military cadets began to abuse Rung; Impactor explained to them how this was wrong (i.e. he beat them half to death). Megatron would be wrongly arrested for this and beaten by Whirl, who had been friends with the cadets and wanted to put the "nobody" in his place, but Orion Pax discovered that Megatron was innocent and had him released. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

Whirl was arrested for his behavior, leading to some of his other friends coming to Rodion and trying to threaten Orion Pax into releasing him. Orion refused, recognized them as [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]]'s goons, and realized that the Senate was really as corrupt as Megatron had believed. To take his mind off it, he personally went out and arrested pretty much every criminal in the Dead End. After his second outing, however, Orion returned to find the Rodion police station wrecked and his co-workers killed by Whirl's friends. He beat them down and left to confront the Senate and their corruption in person, but his speech was ignored, and he was returned to Rodion to do his job. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

Time-travellers from the ''[[Lost Light]]'' would arrive in Rodion, accidentally becoming part of history when they intercepted the ''other'' Senate goons who had been sent. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

During the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] ran a free clinic on the quiet in Rodion's Dead End. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Those same time-travellers showed up in this same time (but first) and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] was shaken by the sight of pre-war Cybertron in all its splendour. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

Ratchet managed to save the life of a young junkie called [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], after the lad had been worked over by two thugs. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Orion Pax used his police station as a headquarters while he and some others plotted to steal a bomb implanted in [[Nominus Prime]]'s corpse. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} Much of it was destroyed when Orion detonated the bomb to kill one of the [[Heavies]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} Pax and his team had to flee the city in the aftermath. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Years later, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were at Maccadam's in Rodion when Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, broadcasted a message to all Cybertronians, asking them to join him in the fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

===Beast Wars: Uprising===
Rodion was northeast of [[Crystal City]]. During the [[Grand Uprising]], the [[Resistance]] captured Rodion. {{storylink|Safe Spaces}}

==Notes==
*James Roberts stated that IDW Drift was forged in Rodion.<ref>[https://jrtweetsindex.tumblr.com/post/164978514244/twitter-convo-between-rodimus-primadonnabot-and Twitter conversation with James Roberts on 19 July 2017]</ref>
*Rodion is a common masculine given name of Slavic origin, carried among others by Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the fictional protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, whose novel's themes are often referred to in the works of James Roberts.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodion''' (ロダイオン ''Rodaion''<ref>Japanese reprint of ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers: Chaos Theory]]''.</ref>)

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising polities]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:Polities on Cybertron]]

Maximal, No More

2019-03-09T09:08:23Z

Elwood: /* Real-world references */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=31
|image=Maximal No More Dinobot bow.jpg
|title="Maximal, No More"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 23]], 1997
|written by=[[Patrick Barry]]
|directed by=[[Trenton Carlson]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''With the contents of the Golden Disks weighing heavily on his mind, Dinobot must decide which side of the conflict he truly belongs to.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Faster, Vermin! Toys "Я" Us closes at five!]]
Within the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] compares [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] installation locations with the symbols on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and observes that [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s "plan proceeds, even without the disk". He ponders his fate should Megatron succeed, and wonders if he is willing to betray his Predacon heritage. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] contacts him for a survey mission, and Dinobot puts his research aside for the moment.

Later, he rides [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into Predacon territory, musing as he does that "there is always battle here". Rattrap ain't buyin' it, until [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] bursts out of the ground and attacks. Inferno and Dinobot square off, while Rattrap gets the drop on [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] moves to assist Dinobot, but [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] shoots him down, causing him to crash into Dinobot, deactivating them both.

Inferno carries Dinobot off to the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], but Rattrap takes out Waspinator before he can carry Silverbolt away.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot caged.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm bored.]]
At the Predacon base, Megatron is eager to chat with his former comrade-in-arms. Dinobot breaks free and reaches Megatron, sword in hand, but the guns of the other Predacons prevent him from doing any damage. Before the fight can continue, however, Dinobot offers to change sides. Unconvinced, the Predacons finally settle on a "Predacon challenge" to test Dinobot's loyalty. Quickstrike is selected as an opponent, an invitation he readily accepts.

Rattrap goes hunting for Dinobot, sending Silverbolt back to call in Optimus.

[[File:Maximal No More Dinobot Quickstrike.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Quickstrike likes it rough.]]
After a brutal fight, Dinobot triumphs over Quickstrike. Megatron orders Dinobot to finish him, but Dinobot refuses, saying Quickstrike is an able fighter. Megatron accepts this, then demands that Dinobot return the golden disks. The [[Golden Disk (Vok)|alien disk]] is in [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s hands, but the other is hidden from both sides. Megatron orders it returned immediately.

Rattrap observes Megatron and Dinobot flying past, and follows. At the mountaintop grotto, Dinobot uncovers the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], and, with some trepidation, returns it to Megatron, wondering as he does if he's dooming his race. Megatron is about to run him through when Rattrap arrives, blasting Megatron aside—but Dinobot in turn blasts Rattrap.

[[File:Maximal No More Megatron unhappy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No more Mr. Nice Guy.]]
Megatron orders Dinobot to finish off Rattrap as a final test of loyalty. After a long moment of hesitation... Dinobot turns his sword on Megatron instead, telling him that his ambitions are insane and will destroy [[Maximal]] and Predacon alike. With Optimus and Silverbolt incoming, Megatron retreats.

Dinobot confesses his betrayal to Optimus Primal. Having foolishly believed he wanted to share in Megatron's imminent victory, he now wishes to fight with the Maximals till they win or are destroyed. Optimus accepts this, but leaves the final call up to Rattrap, who finally relents after some obligatory insults.

Dinobot tells Primal he has a matter of great importance to discuss... back at base. Dinobot's final punishment is having to hitch a ride on Rattrap back to base.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (5)
* [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (6)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (9)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"That 'bot sure does talk peculiar."
:—'''Quickstrike''' calling [[Inferno (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Waszzpinator not serve. Waszzpinator ''RULES''! Eheheheheheh!"
:—'''Waspinator''' in his manic phase.

"Treachery keeps the wits sharp." 
"Indeed—and yours are razor-sharp."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

'''Megatron''': Inferno, aid Quickstrike. 
'''Inferno''': Yes, my Queen. 
'''Dinobot''': I was not aware you had given yourself a new title. 
'''Megatron''': [''quickly''] The ant has some faulty programming.

[''Rattrap shoots Megatron''] "Looks like I got here just in time!" 
"Wrong, as usual!" [''Dinobot shoots Rattrap''] 
"...did I miss something?"
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attempt to rescue '''Dinobot''' goes wildly awry.

"You can't trust him, and he smells bad. Then there's the teeth; you ever seen him eat?"
:—'''Rattrap''' also calling [[Dinobot (BW)|the kettle]] black.

"Maximal taxi on the way home! You need a ride?" 
"So, I am to be punished after all!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Waspinator can be spotted without his stripes.
*Dinobot's [[beast mode]] texturing often appears to be very low resolution in this episode.

===Continuity errors===

* Whilst not [[A Prime Problem|"we must have a race!"]] levels of stupid, the idea of getting Dinobot to prove his allegiance to the Predacon cause by beating up another Predacon barely makes sense. Megatron would have been better served by just straight up asking for the Golden Disks the moment Dinobot asked to swap sides. Of course, you could read the whole situation as Megatron (and Blackarachnia) playing with Quickstrike and Dinobot, but still, you'd think Megs would want those Disks back as soon as possible.

===Continuity notes===
* This is the first episode that you can see [[Clone One]]'s skin hanging on the wall in Dinobot's quarters.
* Dinobot stole the Golden Disks back in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]".
* Lots of hint-dropping about Megatron's grand scheme in this episode. On the surface, it seems that Dinobot is dreading Megatron's plan to alter history. However, the matching locations of Predacon installations (presumably the same jamming towers seen in the previous episode) seems more related to the alien arrival which happens in the next episode, "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", as the jamming towers result in Tigatron and Airazor's abduction, and otherwise play little or no part in the history-altering scheme.
* The consequences of this episode will haunt Dinobot [[Code of Hero|until the day he dies]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap's massively-versatile forearm compartments carry over to his Transmetal body. This time, he tricks Waspinator into activating some kind of poisonous gas bomb.
** He also possesses infrared vision.

===Transformers references===
* Rattrap accuses Dinobot of trying to start "[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] 3".
* Dinobot references "those who came before" as potential victims of Megatron's scheme, a thinly veiled reference to the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot begins the episode by looking at a comparison of Megatron's outposts and the Golden Disk on a computer screen. Just after this, some [[Cybertronix]] text appears on the left. Translated to English, it reads "[[w:South Park|they killed kenny those bastards]]". That's some quick reaction, considering South Park just started its first season three months before the airing of this episode.
*Rattrap refers to Silverbolt as "[[w: Rin Tin Tin|Rin Tin Tin]]".
*The episode's title likely refers to "{{w|Spider-Man No More!}}"

===Trivia===
* Rattrap breaks the fourth wall during his encounter with Waspinator, talking to the "camera" several times.
* Even after changing his [[activation code]], Dinobot never actually says "terrorize" to transform into his [[robot mode]].
* When the view through Rattrap's scanner is shown, a small wedge of cheese can be seen in the bottom right corner.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Retour aux Sources'''" ("Return to Origins")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal en Danger'''" (Canada, "Maximal in Danger")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il tradimento'''" ("The Betrayal")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yamemasu!'''" (やめます!, "I Quit!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 3]] [[1999]]
::*When Optimus appears on the monitor to tell Dinobot he's needed for a mission, he informs him to "quit your mahjong game".
::*As Quickstrike clings to the ledge with his cobra-hand, the cobra proceeds to whine that it can't hold on, while Quickstrike encourages his hand to hang in there. As Rattrap shoots Quickstrike off the ledge, he shouts "Sayonara!" dramatically. Quickstrike's cobra-hand screeches "Bye byyyyyyyye!" as it plummets.
::*Beginning with this episode, the characters featured in the [[commercial bumper]]s now announce themselves to the audience, sounding off their names and their vocal tic.
::*As he struggles to lift Silverbolt, Waspinator develops a new pet name for Quickstrike: "Gicchon-chan". This is a pun on Quickstrike's verbal tic of chanting "gicchon-chon" ("snippity-snip") all the time.
::*Dinobot submitting himself before Megatron is played for laughs. As he bows, he says "Pleeeeeease!" in a goofy voice. The other Predacons all then react in bafflement in perfect unison. Megatron then proceeds with an inner monologue, expressing humorous shock at the situation. Whenever he talks to Megatron, he takes on a simpering, cowering voice, really hamming it up and making the insincerity of his switch all the more obvious to the audience.
::*After dispatching Silverbolt to find Dinobot, as Rattrap rolls away and sniffs the ground, he mumbles that he can smell "Yamada-san's meal".
::*As the Maximals and Predacons use the same command codes in the Japanese dub, the scene instead has Dinobot coyly asking [[Predacon computer|Naviko-chan]] to add him to the Predacon roster. She responds by saying that Dinobot is now considered a "friend".
::*After Dinobot fries him in battle, Quickstrike whimpers, "I'm all black..." before he passes out.
::*When Megatron tosses the sword into the arena and orders Dinobot to finish Quickstrike, his declaration of "Finish him" is humorously understated and done in a very goofy, un-Megatron-like voice and delivered more like a casual, friendly suggestion.
::*After the arena battle, when the story picks up with Rattrap, as he sniffs along the ground he mutters, "Ah, that's Sato-san's eel pie!"
::*As Rattrap watches Megatron and Dinobot fly overhead, the two Predacons can be heard carrying on a casual, prattling conversation in the "normal" voices of their actors.
::*While dramatically staring into his reflection on the Golden Disk, Dinobot sings to himself, "Mirror-san! Mirror-san! This is not meeee!".
::*After delivering his "I always knew you were a Predacon" line, rather than remain defiantly silent, Rattrap proceeds to make pathetic comments, "You have no virtue" and "Where is your kindness?" He then segues into a rape euphemism, asking Dinobot to penetrate him gently, as he heard the first time can be painful (stay classy, Japan).
::*When swooping in with Optimus, Silverbolt sings out at the top of his lungs, "Thaaaaaanks foooooor waaaaiiiiitiiiiiiing!"
::*As Dinobot removes himself from the Predacon roster and returns to the Maximals, Silverbolt whispers, "I'm happy! Are you happy?" Rattrap replies, "This is good!"
::*Another pet name between characters, Rattrap begins calling Dinobot by the name "Dinoboke" ("boke" meaning "fool" or "bonehead").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chega de Maximals'''" ("Enough Maximals")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" ("Maximal, No More")

:*''Title:'' "'''Maximal, Nunca Más'''" (America, "Maximal, No More")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bèipàn'''" (背叛, "Betray")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 2 ({{w|Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment}}) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I Quit! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 6 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Other Voices, Part 1

2019-02-16T06:03:05Z

Elwood: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=25
|image=VokUnicronHead.jpg
|caption=''[[It|Another]]'' [[Grand Mal|floating]] [[Unicron/Generation 1|head!?]]
|title="Other Voices" Part 1
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 31]], [[1997]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]] [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Colin Davies]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The plans of both Megatron and the mysterious aliens are coming to a ''head'' as one of the two moons transforms.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Other Voices 1 Blackarachnia Tarantulas.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Some women can't be trusted, especially spiders.]]
In a flash of light, a power anomaly emerges from a wormhole above the planet and descends to the surface. [[Vok|The aliens]] have arrived.

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects the arrival and alerts [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], who hopes the truce is still holding. He flies off to meet [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] at the landing site located in [[Grid Trion]].

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is programming his stolen [[transwarp cell]], when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] pays him another visit. She tells him she can get them inside the Maximal base to steal a [[stasis pod]]. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] monitors the entire discussion between the two spiders and sends [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to the location the aliens are anticipated to arrive at.

Rattrap and Airazor reach the site, which is a large circular plaza of stone, pulsing with energy and containing a stable energon crystal. When Airazor tries to scan it, it zaps her, blasts Rattrap away, and engulfs the entire site inside an [[Bio-Dome|organic dome-like structure]] with Airazor inside

[[File:Other Voices 1 Airazor bungalow.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The aliens don't like mimes in an invisible box.]]
Airazor awakens inside the "nutty alien bungalow", where a garbled alien voice speaks to her. She assures the aliens she means them no harm, but they have no such compunctions and painfully scan her until she converts to [[beast mode]]. After the scan ends, they are left with one word of information: "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]".

Outside, Waspinator arrives to "secure the area", but Rattrap drives him off with a vigorous bout of fisticuffs.

Optimus Primal arrives and surveys the situation. Rattrap's efforts to use a laser to cut through the dome structure are ineffective. Megatron then arrives with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. He mocks Optimus for thinking that simple laser could get through the structure, commenting that the aliens can "create [[energon]] itself". He then has Scorponok fire a "toxic sting" that eats through the structure. Primal and Rattrap venture inside; Rattrap drags the semi-conscious Airazor out, while Primal stays to confront the aliens. A series of whip-like metal tentacles ensnare him and lift him up into an agonizing scanning grid.

Tarantulas and Blackarachnia have made their way to the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]], where Blackarachnia activates a device that creates a small opening in the shields. The spiders move in, unaware that they are being followed by [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], who notes that they're up to no good and develops his own entry by digging a tunnel below ground.

Rattrap pulls Airazor out through Scorponok's opening just before it self-seals, to find himself facing Predacon guns. The truce is over.

[[File:Other Voices 1 Primal bondage.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Primal usually has to pay for this treatment.]]
Optimus Primal's scan ends, and to address him, the aliens (having no form he could comprehend) take the form of a "figure of authority"—the head of [[Unicron]]. The aliens tell him that the [[Transformer]]s have contaminated their experiment, which will be "sterilized". Primal pleads for a chance to fix the damage, and for the lives of the planet's native creatures, but the aliens are dismissive, citing greater dangers unknown to Primal. The conversation ends with the aliens activating a "termination sequence".

[[File:Other Voices 1 Moon opening.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|That can't be good...]]
The alien construct begins to pulse with building energy. The distraction proves enough for Rattrap and Airazor to overpower the Predacons. With renewed urgency, Optimus Primal breaks his bonds and flies right through the dome; the Maximals beat a hasty retreat—as the dome bursts open, spewing a directed geyser of energy into the sky. The energy activates hidden systems on [[Planet Buster|the second moon]], burning away its earthen surface to reveal an endless grid of weapon-like emplacements that begin powering up. The moon itself begins to change its shape, and the alien energies cause the orbiting stasis pods to tumble out of orbit.

Rhinox observes all this at the Maximal base, taking measures to track what's happening even as the sensors begin to fritz out. Thus engaged, he doesn't see the spiders coming up behind him till it's too late. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is likewise gunned down in short order. Staring at Rhinox's displays, Blackarachnia wonders what they're looking at, to which Tarantulas replies: "The beginning... of the end."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (7)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (4)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"''Not fair!'' Waszzpinator '''always''' gets slag assignments!" 
"''May I remind Waspinator that the current ceasefire applies '''only''' in reference to Maximals...''" 
''(gulp)'' "''Waszzpinator go.''"
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Megatron''' discuss the fine print.

[''Rattrap has just brutalized Waspinator''] 
"I swear, I can't take you ''anywhere''!" 
"Hey, e-heh, just keeping the peace."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Aah, would I could have that sound to lull me to sleep each night."
:—'''Megatron''' enjoying the soothing lullaby of Optimus Primal's agonized screams.

"It is too late. You and your enemies have already contaminated the project. The harm has been done. That which does not become part of the one—shall become void." 
"No—wait! We can fix whatever damage was done." 
"We are not interested. The experiment will be sterilized." 
"You can't do that! There are living creatures here. You, with all your power—even you have no right!"
:—The '''Vok''' refuse to bargain with '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Waspinator announces to Rattrap that he's securing the area, his insect wings are missing (though you can still hear the buzzing). They pop back into existence as he transforms into robot mode.

===Continuity errors===
*Tarantulas and Blackarachnia's plan to bypass [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], sneak into the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', and then modify and reprogram a stasis pod on the fly while squatting in enemy camp seems to have one glaring oversight: Don't the Predacons ''already'' possess a functional stasis pod? The one Blackarachnia herself arrived in?

===Continuity notes===
* This episode heavily follows on from where the status quo was left [[Before the Storm|last episode]]... everyone is still worried about the imminent arrival of the aliens, the Maximals and Predacons currently have a truce, Waspinator is being repaired after Tarantulus blew him up, and Tarantulus himself is actively trying to escape the planet for reasons that will shortly become clear.
* Back in "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]", Rhinox observed that one of the moons was lighter than it should be, suggesting that it wasn't a natural celestial body.
* This is the first of several episodes centered on the aliens, all with "Other V*"-styled titles: "Other Voices", "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]", "[[Other Victories]]".
*"Scan complete, this is the specimen we analyzed before."—The Vok previously analyzed Optimus in "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
* While fighting Waspinator, Rattrap pulls off the same beast mode rolling-maneuver he used back in "[[Call of the Wild]]".
* This is the first time we've seen the original [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] since the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)| first episode]]. Perhaps Megatron has finally realised what [[Earth|planet]] they have actually landed on...
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap carries a cutting laser in his arm compartments.
** Scorponok's stingers are venomous, allowing him to blow a hole in the Bio-Dome.

===Transformers references===
*Unicron is, of course, originally from "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]". The Vok's Unicron hologram is solely a visual reference, and is not meant to suggest any connection between the aliens and Unicron. The Vok mention that they learned about Unicron from Optimus's [[datatrax]], suggesting that not ''all'' information about the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was sealed away by the [[Maximal Elder]]s.
*The Unicron hologram's statement "That which does not become part of the one—shall become void" may be a reference to Unicron's quote from ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'': "That which does not become a part of me shall become one with the great void." It might also be a twisted reference to [['Til all are one|a certain Autobot mantra]], which wouldn't be the first or last of such references.

===Real-world references===
*While rescuing Airazor from the alien structure, and arguing whether to leave Optimus Primal behind or not, Rattrap misquotes two lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1854 poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", changing them slightly for the occasion.

===Trivia===
*The Vok claim that "there is more danger than you know", suggesting that the destruction of the Earth is necessary to forestall some greater threat. This idea was never touched on again. They likewise claim that their true forms are incomprehensible, although later episodes would also ignore this statement.
* Terrorsaur is strangely quiet in this episode, not even crying out when he gets shot by Rattrap. (On the other hand, Dinobot is on screen for less time but does get to speak one whole word: "Invaders!")
*In a line originally in the script but not included in the episode, Rattrap described the Bio-Dome as "creepier than [[Crystal City]] on [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] day."
* The start of the audio commentary for this episode with fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor [[Larry DiTillio]] on the [[Madman Entertainment]] ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVD is almost inaudible. As Larry DiTillio is trying to explain something, something happens that is very difficult to make out, with Ben Yee suggesting they start over.
*Bob Forward has said this was originally meant to be a 4-parter but the plans were changed at the last minute—"Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule".<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22anything%20more%20than%20a%20two-parter%20is%20too%20hard%20to%20schedule%22 Interview with Bob Forward on alt.toys.transformers]</ref> Despite his comments, this episode follows on almost directly from [[Before the Storm]] (as noted above). This ability to link episode together without making them explicit two-parters will become more and more common over the next two seasons.
*After Waspinator is defeated by Rattrap, he has exactly the voice you'd expect from someone who's been [[Humanization|kicked in the nards]].
*At the beginning of the episode, Tarantulas has a series of purple bars and a series of red bars on a computer screen. In [[Cybertronix]], they are labeled "bass" and "treble".
* This is the last multi-parter to feature a "Next time on ''Beast Wars''" segment (which is probably for the best, as this one basically spoils the final moments of the next episode).

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix d'Autre Monde - 1re partie'''" ("The Voices from Another World - Part 1")

:*''Title:'' "'''Les Voix 1'''" (Canada, "The Voices 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'arrivo - Parte 1'''" ("The Arrival - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Daiō Arawaru!'''" (恐怖の大王現る!, "The Great King of Terror Arrives!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 18|18 March]] [[1998]]
::*As Airazor flies over the wastelands with Rattrap on his back, they have a pun-filled discussion complete with animated captions overlaid on the screen breaking down the linguistics of 人生 (''jinsei'', "human life") and ネズミ生 (''nezumisei'', "rat life").
::*"Robo Noogies" is changed to クルクル攻撃 (''kurukuru kougeki'', "Whirling Attack").

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Outras Vozes Parte 1'''" ("Other Voices Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otras Voces Primera Parte'''" ("Other Voices First Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tiān Wài Lái Kè '''" (天外来客, "The Alien Comes to the Earth")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — To Protect the Peace... ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]