Cyclone gun

2023-07-23T16:22:18Z

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[[File:Scramblecity_breakdown_forms_an_arm.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Cyclone! Trigger!]]
A '''cyclone gun''' is a weapon that fires gale-force wind clocked upwards around 400 mph or more. To put that into proper perspective, an F-5 category tornado has the wind speed of 261-to-318 mph. The results are devastating.

Known users include:
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]])
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
In robot mode, Rippersnapper wields a cyclone gun that can create powerful winds which can rip the armor off some Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Rippersnapper's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:HeavyTraffic superion defeated.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
When the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were combined into Menasor, he used Motormaster's cyclone gun. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Menasor's ''Universe'' profile}}

During their first battle on [[Earth]], Menasor blasted [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] with a torrent of air from his cyclone gun that sent the [[Autobot]], already weakened by [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]], crashing to the ground. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Menasor's Cyclone Gun can be unlocked for use. Instead of generating gale-force wind however, it instead fires large but slow-moving electrostatic spheres that home in on targets. The weapon's function remains the same regardless of who is equipped with it, although Motormaster does not use the weapon himself, only while combined as Menasor. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1menasor toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|I dropped my weapons accidentally and I can't reach them.]]
*'''Motormaster''' ([[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]], [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' [[ionizer sword]], cyclone gun, [[roller car]]/[[Menasor (G1)#Generation 1|Menasor]]'s chestpiece, Menasor's head, Menasor's hands, Menasor's feet, blast deflector
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' [[Motormaster (G1)#Generation 1|Motormaster]] includes his long purple cyclone gun holdable both in robot and combiner mode. It was also available in a Menasor [[giftset]] and [[Generation 1 reissues|reissued]] as part of the European/Australian-exclusive [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] toyline.
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[[File:G1Rippersnapper toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Rippersnapper''' (Terrorcon, [[1987]])
**''Accessories:'' cyclone gun, twin missile launcher
:[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generation 1|Rippersnapper]] came with a small gray cyclone gun.
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===''Generation 2''===
*'''Motormaster''' (Stunticon)
:[[Motormaster (G1)#Generation 2|Motormaster]] was planned to be released as part of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]], but was ultimately cancelled. His cyclone gun would presumably have been [[redeco]]ed along with him.
{{canceledtoy}}
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==Notes==
*Although Motormaster's [[instructions]] and [[bio]] both identify his ranged weapon as a cyclone gun, his ''Universe'' profile instead calls it an [[atom-smasher cannon]], which is rendered doubly weird by Menasor's profile stating that he uses Motormaster's cyclone gun.
*The [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profiles for Motormaster and Menasor both refer to the weapon as an [[atom-smasher rifle]].
*Though not specifically identified in his bio, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s laser is said to produce "giant wind tunnels."

==See also==
*[[Cyclone cannon]]

[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Ranged weapons]]

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