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Bugly (G1)

2020-10-17T14:01:33Z

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon|the ''Animated'' Decepticon|Bugly (Animated)}}
:''Bugly is a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Buglyboxart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Insects don't have politics. They're very brutal. No compassion, no compromise. We can't trust the insect.]]

'''Bugly''' functions only to control and dominate others. As a strategist, he relishes giving orders and commanding his fellow Decepticons to carry out his bidding. He is also one of the few known modern practitioners of [[Circuit-Su]], which teaches martial artists of the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] that connects all energy in Transformer life-sparks, and how to tap into that energy. Bugly believes in the conservation of energy principle—by drawing greater amounts of power from his spark through discipline, he thinks that this is limiting the amount of energy available for all other Cybertronians. This is the ultimate form of domination for Bugly, and he works tirelessly to cultivate his mental abilities at the expense of others.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Decepticonpretenders-behold.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|From the mind of David Cronenberg...]]
After commandeering a genetics research lab on [[Earth]], [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] was able to recreate and perfect the science of Pretender shells using synthoplasmic chambers constructed by him and [[Vorath]]. Bugly was one of six Decepticon volunteers transformed by the process into new Pretenders. But soon after the process was completed, the Decepticons took notice of a digital eavesdropper. After tracing the intruder to [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], Scorponok sent out his newly recreated troops to test their might against the spies. With the data they had stolen, the Autobots managed to create Pretenders of their own, and manufactured heroic counterparts to Scorponok's goons. A digital copy of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] proved too great a tactician for Bugly and his kin to defeat, and they were soon driven into a retreat by their opposites. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

[[File:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|And staring Jeff Goldblum...]]
When Scorponok's Decepticons met with those under the command of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], the two commanders were manipulated by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], driving them against each other. The conflict eventually came to a head with an all-out brawl erupting between both groups. Bugly found himself facing off against [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]]; the [[Teleportation|teleporting]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] proved a difficult target until Bugly concentrated on predicting the pattern of his "jumps", and caught Skywarp with a blast of photon fire while he was re-materializing. Hostilities ceased when both teams realized they had been tricked, and Starscream was already on his way to seize the [[Underbase]] for himself. {{storylink|Cold War!}} The combined Decepticon forces were then forced into battle with the Autobots in another of Starscream's manipulations. When all sides agreed to temporarily put their grudges to rest and stop the treacherous Seeker, they scattered their forces across various cities where they expected him to strike. Bugly was part of a wave that included the Decepticon Pretenders and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] that attacked the Underbase-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]]. The Predacons quickly fell, but the Pretenders were protected from Starscream's cosmic blasts by their synthoplasmic shells. {{Storylink|Dark Star}}

Later, Bugly got the job (along with [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]) to fly [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] away from a skyscraper, in a plot by Scorponok to gain energy by channeling lightning. The [[Micromaster]] [[Off Road Patrol]] foiled the plan and Iguanus was toasted, so Bugly let him plummet to his doom and fled. {{storylink|King Con!}}

Bugly later assisted [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] with his Pretender shell at the Decepticons' [[New Jersey base]], after he had served as Zarak's ferry across the nearby river. {{storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Bugly was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

====''Regeneration One''====
An undead Bugly, still clad in his Pretender shell, was part of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s horde of "[[zombie|Ex-Bots]]" during his conquest of Earth. Alongside [[Octane]], [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], [[Skalor]], [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] he exterminated a convoy of escaping humans, including [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] and [[Jessie]]. {{Storylink|Less Than Zero}}

In [[2012]] after Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Bugly DarkAges4.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|DOOF!]]
During the Dark Ages, in a period when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were lost in a [[space bridge]] incident, Bugly was part of the [[Chaos Trinity]] alongside [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], seeking to expand their personal power through [[Dark science|dark rites and mysticism]]. During one of their ceremonies deep in [[Kalis]], they were interrupted by [[The Fallen]], a mysterious and powerful being who offered the great power if they helped him find the [[Angles of Dissolution]] required for the [[Unbinding]]. The three Decepticons accepted. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} With preparations advancing, the trio met with The Fallen in the [[Well of All Sparks]], and Bugly and Mindwipe watched as their new master gave Bludgeon a taste of the dark power he offered. The trio began stirring up interfactional conflicts to lure their targets to the right position to be captured. {{storylink|Escalation}}

The trio attacked [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], who were meeting to combine their resources to work out what was going on. Bugly used his [[electro-stinger]]s on Shockwave, disabling the Decepticon. With Jetfire captured, the trio wondered why [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] hadn't shown up as they expected he would, having leaked Jetfire's communication to him, but it turned out Grimlock had. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobot]] jumped them, striking Bugly with his [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] and taking out the other two with equal ease. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} They recovered to watch The Fallen take out Grimlock. He sent them to secure the third Angle, so the Chaos Trinity went and attacked the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s. With [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] reluctant to have his team form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] after previously losing control of the Combiner, the three Decepticons overwhelmed them and captured Hot Spot. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} While The Fallen began the Unbinding, Bugly, Bludgeon, and Mindwipe attempted to protect the Well of All Sparks against Shockwave's forces. Shortly after [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] arrived at the battle, Bugly was felled by enemy fire. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:When Eagles Scream - Bugly.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|He's a bug, he's ugly...]]
Bugly was part of the squad led to [[Earth]] by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in the 1980s to collect [[Ore-13]], and wound up buried inside their [[Mount St. Helens]] base after an eruption. In the late 20th century, [[Skywatch]] found and revived him, only for Bugly to escape the mountain. He didn't get far before being attacked by the newly-founded [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], and Skywatch ally [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] soon proceeded to drag him back into the mountain base, where he was chained to the enigmatic [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] at the behest of [[Joe Colton]] and [[Merklynn|Garrison Kreiger]]. The visiting [[Sgt. Savage]] protested this treatment of the Decepticon, but was thrown at the Talisman by Centurion for his troubles, activating the device and releasing energies which utterly destroyed Bugly. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy Bugly.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|THE FLY!!!!]]
*'''Bugly''' (Pretender, [[1988]])
:*''Accessories'': Pretender shell, two "Photon Rifles", 2 antennae, belt
:Bugly's inner robot transforms into a hoverjet and comes with two blaster weapons that can be wielded by both the robot and the shell and also forms his wings in [[alternate mode|jet mode]]. His outer [[Pretender]] Shell resembles a huge bipedal insect, with large compound eyes and a lobster-like claw for a right hand.

:Bugly was not released in Japan.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Bugly/bugly.htm More information on Bugly at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*The color scheme of [[Venin]] seems to be an homage to Bugly's pretender shell.
===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''Insector'''

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2020-10-16T17:26:58Z

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Galadria

2020-10-16T17:25:09Z

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{{disambig2|the character|the facility|Galadria Space Bridge Outpost}}
:''Galadria is a [[Spectral Knight]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] and [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[File:FicoOssio-Galadria.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They call her Flipper.]]

Though '''Galadria''' is a kind individual with access to healing [[magic]] and a dolphin totem, she's no pushover; steadfast, resourceful, and unafraid of taking a stand, she's a firm believer in her leader [[Leoric]] and wholeheartedly adheres to the strict moral code that the Spectral Knights strive to uphold.

==Fiction==
===Spacewarp's Log===
On 31st century Earth, [[King Arthur|King Arthur Pendragon]] led the Spectral Knights against the [[Inhumanoid]]/[[Darkling Lord]] campaign to conquer the planet. With the aid of the time-displaced Cybertronian [[Spacewarp]], Galadria and [[Ramak]] rescued the twin infants of Lunarian Queen [[Mahina]] from Darkling Lord [[Braxe]], thus keeping the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] neutral in the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: Spacewarp's Log|Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/12/05}}

===''TransTech''===
Galadria was a [[Prysmosian]] [[lowtech|Offworlder]] in [[Axiom Nexus]]. She utilized her aquatic totem mode in service to the campaign to get non-Cybertronian organic hardlight changelings equal rights. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/03/24}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:CybertronNoMore-CindarrVsGaladria.jpg|thumb|left|250px|HELLO FREMB]]
On the lost world of [[Prysmos]], Galadria was one of the Spectral Knights who served [[Leoric]], vying for the favor of the enigmatic wizard [[Merklynn]]. When Prysmos was destroyed, Galadria was one of the ten thousand Prysmosians who escaped the cataclysm, and in 2018 she and the other survivors came to inhabit the city of [[New Prysmos]], beneath [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When the Visionaries first convened to discuss the problem of the [[Transformer]]s, Galadira questioned why [[Cryotek (Visionaries)|Cryotek]] hadn't joined them. {{storylink|Schismatic}}

When negotiations between the two species broke down and the Darkling Lord [[Virulina]] had murdered [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], Galadria agreed with Leoric's plan to stand against the Darkling Lords and their plan to enact genocide on the Transformer race with the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]. The Darkling Lords raced to deactivate the pylons powering the [[force field]] that kept them bubbled inside New Prysmos, and the Spectral Knights moved to stop them; in the ensuing battle, Galadria went up against [[Cindarr]] and used her totem shape to subdue Cindarr's gorilla form. When public opinion turned on the Spectral Knights, however, she was pelted by produce and forced to flee the city, allying with [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]], [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Cybertron No More}}

As the Transformers worked to devise a countermeasure against [[magic]], Galadria argued with [[Arzon]] about whether or not to place faith in Leoric, with Galadria reaffirming her loyalty to their leader's choice to trust the Transformers. Wheeljack was able to devise a functioning "counter-wave" that would cancel out the energies of the Talisman. Galadria smugly told Arzon that she told him so. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} Galadria Leoric watched as Wheeljack and Breakdown installed an anti-Talisman "bomb" inside [[Quickswitch]]; when a call from the turncoat Cryotek forced Leoric to return to New Prysmos, he put Galadria in command. She, [[Ectar]], Wheeljack, and Ironhide all boarded Quickswitch, who used his drill configuration to burrow to the core of Cybertron before the Talisman could reach it. Quickswitch was just able to make it before his body crumbled, and emerging from the wreckage, the group was confronted by [[Cravex]], [[Lexor]], and Arzon—now a Darkling Lord. Once again rejecting his message of Cybertronian genocide, Arzon slapped her aside and sliced the bomb in half. {{storylink|Good Men}}

[[File:TheCurtain-BombDisposal.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Galadria quickly counterattacked, knocking Arzon off his feet long enough for Wheeljack to deduce that Arzon had only damaged the bomb's outer casing; while the explosive module was still intact, it needed to be closer to the Talisman to work. Galadria covered for Ironhide as the red Autobot made a break for the Talisman, singlehandedly holding off both Cravex and Lexor, but the corrosive magic of the Talisman began disintegrating Ironhide's body. As the bomb began to activate, Galadria cast a healing spell over Ironhide's body; somehow, the conflicting energies unleashed in that moment united as one, and their combined power restored Ironhide to health, while simultaneously raising New Prysmos to the surface of the planet while terraforming the surrounding land into a copy of Prysmos's old biosphere.

A week later, when Leoric had recuperated from his injuries sustained while fighting Virulina, Galadria came to greet him in the infirmary and showed him their rejuvenated city. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

Shortly afterwards, Galadria was present in New Prysmos when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] attacked Cybertron. At [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s urging, Leoric channelled the power of the Talisman to [[Teleportation|teleport]] the population of Cybertron to Earth. Though Leoric intended for this to include the Prysmosians so they could fight against the Chaos Bringer, {{storylink|Road's End}} the entirety of the Prysmosian race was shunted back in time and space to the beginnings of their civilization. {{istorylink|A World and a Future}}
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==Notes==
*Galadria is a character from the Hasbro property ''[[Visionaries]]''. The original Galadria was the sole female member of the Spectral Knights on the Earth-like planet [[Prysmos]], and is Prysmosian in her ''TransTech'' and IDW incarnations. It is unclear if the Spacewarp's Log incarnation of Galadria is a Prysmosian or a human.
*In the original ''Visionaries'' cartoon, Galadria was voiced by [[Susan Blu]].
*She is most likely named after Galadriel from ''Lord of the Rings''.

==External links==
*{{i|Galadria}} at the {{i|Main Page|IDW Hasbro Wiki}}
*[http://www.thevisionaries.net/characters/galadria/galadria/7 Galadria] at [http://www.thevisionaries.net/ TheVisionaries.net]

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Virulina

2020-10-16T17:24:32Z

Gangreenous: added Category:Sorcerers

:''Virulina is a [[Darkling Lord]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].
[[File:FicoOssio-Virulina.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]

'''Virulina''' was once a follower of [[Darkstorm]], but [[Cybertron (planet)|new worlds]] beget new challenges and the need for fresh leadership. In the wake of her ex-commander's passing, Virulina has stepped up as the next leader of the [[Darkling Lord]]s, taking the soft-spoken [[Cindarr]] as an impromptu advisor in her schemes.

Ambitious, driven, and determined, Virulina balks at the prospect of eking out a subterranean life on a planet ruled by [[Transformer|towering mechanoids]]. As far as she's concerned, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is ''hers'' to take and colonize, and though the Transformers might outnumber her people a thousand to one, a little Prysmosian [[magic]] might shift the fragile balance of power....

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity family===
[[File:Schismatic-negotiations.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
On [[Prysmos]], Virulina was a Darkling Lord and a follower of Darkstorm, eagerly spearheading the schism that split them off from the [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|The Curtain}} When Prysmos was destroyed due to the gravitational forces of the planet's three suns, she was one of the few survivors who fled the doomed world, leaving Darkstorm to his fate. Decades later, [[Merklynn]] recreated a portion of their homeworld beneath the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and Virulina and the other "Visionaries" took up residence in [[New Prysmos]]. Disgusted by the sentient machines of Cybertron, Virulina was firmly in favor of annihilating them all in the name of Prysmosian sovereignty, seemingly supported by their enigmatic leader [[Merklynn]]. {{storylink|Schismatic}}

In one of their first meetings after arriving in New Prysmos, Virulina and the other Darkling Lords attending a meeting as the Visionaries debated what to do about the Cybertronians who controlled the planet, with Virulina being naturally in favor of taking up arms against the Transformers. Arguing with [[Leoric]] as they left the meeting hall, they ran into Cybertronian representatives [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], though [[Universal greeting|opening diplomatic overtures]] went down poorly. At the negotiating table, Virulina eventually grew tired of the Cybertronian's terms, arguing that her people didn't need the authorization of the [[Council of Worlds]] to live their lives. After storming out of the room and returning to the Darkling Lord's new fortress, she met with Cindarr, who passed on a rumor that [[Breakdown (IDW)|one of the Cybertronians]] had been gravely wounded after exposure to a surge of [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] energy.

At the next diplomatic meeting, a peeved Ironhide revealed news that the Talisman was now burrowing towards [[Vector Sigma]] at the core of the planet to complete its mission to remake Cybertron; when Virulina revealed that she ''knew'' that this would happen, Ironhide threw aside the table to get at her, prompting Virulina to deploy a magical spear. At the last second, Kup threw himself in her path, and the surge of energy intended for Ironhide disintegrated the old Autobot on the spot. {{storylink|Schismatic}}

[[File:CybertronNoMore-totemforms.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Brandishing Kup's head as a trophy, Virulina and Cindarr went to free Merklynn from Cybertronian custody and learned that the old wizard had already used his own magic to disintegrate his guards. As a horrified [[Leoric]] watched, the three of them went off to address the assembled population of New Prysmos, announcing that their magic was particularly virulent against mechanical life and that, using their various arcane abilities, the Visionaries could conquer Cybertron and remake it. Virulina then led the Darkling Lords and several Spectral Knight defectors to destroy the pylons that projected the force field around their city, trouncing the Spectral Knights who stood against her genocidal ambitions, and, soon afterwards, using her shark totem form to defeat Leoric's lion shape. With Leoric in retreat and Merklynn by her side, Virulina was crowned chancellor of the city, and vowed to use their magic to drive the Cybertronians to extinction. {{storylink|Cybertron No More}} In reality, Merklynn saw the impulsive, fiery-tempered Virulina as a means to an end; once she had served her purpose by bringing the people of Prysmos under one banner and annihilating the Cybertronians, Merklynn would replace her with the more pliable [[Arzon]]. {{storylink|Good Men}} {{storylink|The Curtain}}

[[File:DesperateMeasures-Thrustinator.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Using her new political power, Virulina successfully swayed the remaining Spectral Knights over to her side, announcing that the rebirth of Prysmos would soon be at hand. Her words successfully swayed the majority of the Spectral Knights, and soon [[Cryotek (Visionaries)|Cryotek]] and the other Knights swore fealty to her. As she reclined in her new throne room, her Darkling Lords presented their new prisoner [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], captured in the recent coup; though Waspinator hoped to serve her as she made war against the population of Cybertron, Virulina had other ideas, and used her magic to remake him into a facsimile of the magically animated vehicles the Prysmosians had once used on their homeworld.

Shortly afterwards, [[Arzon]], [[Witterquick]], and [[Mortdred]] attempted to infiltrate New Prysmos... only to encounter Virulina, now riding atop a magically twisted Waspinator. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} Virulina took them prisoner and ordered [[Reekon]] to use a spell of Merklynn's devising to drain Witterquick and Mortdred of their life-force, channeling it into the Talisman to hasten its progress towards the core of Cybertron. Inviting her new follower [[Cryotek (Visionaries)|Cryotek]] to walk with her, she informed him of her plans and told him that, to prove his loyalty to her, he'd need to torture his former brothers-in-arms. {{storylink|Good Men}}

[[File:TheCurtain-Virulina.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

As the Transformers raced to save their homeworld, Leoric and his allies marched on New Prysmos and engaged her in battle. Using his lion form, Leoric was able to knock her off Waspinator, prompting her to unleash the spell that Merklynn had taught her. Virulina had been double-crossed by Merklynn, however: her usefulness at an end, the spell began to drain ''her'' vitality as well, as Merklynn gloated that both sides had played their parts in his scheme.

Before either Leoric or Virulina could perish, however, the combination of the Talisman's energy and [[Galadria]]'s healing spell unleashed at the core combined and spread over the entire planet, raising New Prysmos to the surface, restoring a portion of the Prysmosian biosphere, and returning both combatants to full health. After awakening a week later, Virulina sulked in the city's infirmary as Leoric left to assess their city. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

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==External links==
*{{i|Virulina}} at the {{i|Main Page|IDW Hasbro Wiki}}
*[http://www.thevisionaries.net/characters/virulina/virulina/13 Virulina] at [http://www.thevisionaries.net/ TheVisionaries.net]

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Beorht

2020-10-16T17:24:00Z

Gangreenous: added Category:Sorcerers

:''Beorht is a [[human]] wizard from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Beorht03.jpg|250px|thumb|Green Wizard needs food badly.]]
The wizard '''Beorht''' resides in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]<ref name="SotOS">[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/3878beee6db7d330/d6f9dbdc3058fc05 It's time for more... Secrets of the Original Scripts!]</ref> during the 6th century AD. He is the creator of the [[Dragon Mound]], a mystical artifact capable of time travel, and may have also invented gunpowder, albeit in the form of [[Dragon's Bane]].

Beorht is capable of communicating with the owl [[Solomon]] and can invoke the sky god [[Tyrwas]] for aid. Among other things, he carries with him a supply of dismembered rat tails (ew).

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese)|[[Werner Abrolat]] (German, Generation 2)}}

[[File:Beorht01.jpg|left|thumb|"There are some who call me...Tim?"]]
At some point before 543 AD, Beorht created a mystic artifact capable of sending someone through time. Unfortunately, a wandering [[dragon]] decided to use the cave containing it as a home, rendering the device essentially inaccessible. The beast's new lair eventually became known as the Dragon Mound.

Wandering the forests near the lands of [[Aetheling the Red|Sir Aetheling the Red]] and Sir [[Wigend of Blackthorne]], Beorht was found by Solomon the owl. Feeding the owl a rat tail, the wizard got Solomon to inform him that [[Nimue|Princess Nimue]] had been kidnapped by [[Decepticon|giant metal knights]], which interested Beorht enough to investigate.

Beorht soon discovered that the metal knight called "[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Lord Starscream]]" threatened to conquer their land and that the [[Autobot|good metal knights]] were low on something called "energy". Opting to help, Beorht called upon Tyrwas, God of the Sky, causing the heavens to darken quickly. Using his staff as a conduit, Beorht channeled lightning into the fallen Autobots, energizing them enough to battle.

[[File:Beorht02.jpg|250px|thumb|It is a time when magic is more powerful than science, and only those who control the magic control destiny.]]
Following the Autobot victory, Beorht learned that [[Hoist (G1)|Sir Hoist]] and his compatriots were time-travelers. Concluding that they came through his time-travel device, he led the Autobots and Decepticons to the Dragon Mound—where, unfortunately, the dragon had returned from visiting his relatives. Thankfully, Beorht had his Dragon's Bane with him, which [[Warpath (G1)|Sir Warpath]] used to frighten off the beast.

With Sir Aetheling, Sir Wigend and Princess Nimue, Beorht wished the travelers off as they departed for 1985. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Beorht helped a group of time-displaced Autobots return to their own time. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

==Notes==
* "[[Wiktionary:beorht|Beorht]]" is an early Old English / Anglo-Saxon form of the modern English word "bright".
* The dialogue script for "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" reveals a dropped subplot where the Decepticons destroy a tower belonging to Beorht.<ref name="SotOS"/>
* Beorht totally uses [[magic]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Beorhd''' (ベオード ''Beōdo'')

==References==
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Cindarr

2020-10-16T17:23:11Z

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:''Cindarr is a [[Darkling Lord]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].
[[File:Cindarr model fico ossio.jpg|thumb|"Well, Virulina... [[Optimus Primal (BW)|sometimes, crazy works.]]"|upright=1.2]]

An elderly, muscular [[Darkling Lord]], '''Cindarr'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> imposing frame belies the calm and calculating mind of an intellectual, ever willing to lend an ear or a word of advice to his leader [[Virulina]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity family===
Like the other Darkling Lords, Cindarr was a follower of [[Darkstorm]], and one of the warriors who vied for the favor of the capricious [[Merklynn]], competing with [[Leoric]]'s [[Spectral Knight]]s. {{storylink|The Curtain}} Following the great solar de-alignment that led to the destruction of Prysmos, Cindarr was one of the few [[Prysmosian]]s who survived the cataclysm and eventually came to take up refuge in the magically-recreated city of [[New Prysmos]] beneath [[Cybertron]]. With the Darkling Lords now led by [[Virulina]], Cindarr was one of the "Visionaries' who attended a meeting where the assembled [[Prysmosian]]s debated what to do about the [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] controlling the planet.

While the Visionaries' leaders Virulina and [[Leoric]] met with Cybertronian representatives [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], Cindarr investigated rumors that [[Breakdown (IDW)|one of the Cybertronians]] had been injured merely by approaching the [[magic]]al energies of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], and found them to be true—and, as well, that the Talisman was slowly tunneling towards the core of Cybertron. When Virulina returned to the [[Monastery of the Darkling Lords]], Cindarr revealed his findings to her, and that the Darkling Lords could potentially destroy the Cybertronians in a matter of months or less. {{storylink|Schismatic}}

[[File:CybertronNoMore-CindarrVsGaladria.jpg|thumb|left|250px|It's time to D-D-D-DUEL!]]

When Virulina used this information to kill the Autobot ambassador [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] with her magic, Cindarr joined her and Merkynn in presenting Kup's severed head to the assembled citizens of New Prysmos as Virulina announced her intent to exterminate the Transformer race. When the Spectral Knights attempted to retaliate against them, Cindarr wound up battling [[Galadria]] and used his animal totem to defeat her.{{storylink|Cybertron No More}}

At the conclusion of the crisis, New Prysmos wound up being raised to the surface of Cybertron, Merklynn imprisoned by the Spectral Knights for his crimes. While passing food to his imprisoned leader, Cindarr attempted to boost Merklynn's spirits by informing him that several Darkling Lords were already working on a secret plan to free him. Merklynn glumly told him that [[Unicron|it didn't matter anymore]]. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

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==Notes==
*Cindarr, of course, hails from the original 1980s ''[[Visionaries]]'' franchise from Hasbro. The original was much more of a "dumb muscle" archetype; author [[Magdalene Visaggio]], no fan of that trope, thought that it would be a funny twist to reinvent the dense villain into a soft-spoken intellectual.<ref>[https://moonbase2.libsyn.com/moonbase-2-interview-2018-magdalene-visaggio Interview with Magdalene Visaggio]</ref>
*When [[Fico Ossio]]'s concept art of the Visionaries was first revealed, Cindarr was mislabelled as "[[Reekon]]", a ''different'' Darkling Lord.
*Cindarr was voiced by [[Peter Cullen]] in the original cartoon.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{i|Cindarr}} at the {{i|Main Page|IDW Hasbro Wiki}}
*[http://www.thevisionaries.net/characters/cindarr/cindarr/9 Cindarr] at [http://www.thevisionaries.net/ TheVisionaries.net]

[[Category:IDW (2005) aliens]]
[[Category:Darkling Lords]]
[[Category:Sorcerers]]

Merklynn

2020-10-16T17:21:29Z

Gangreenous: added Category:Sorcerers

:''Merklynn is a [[Prysmosian]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:IDW Merklynn.jpg|thumb|"You are about to witness a truly petty act of vengeance, Optimus Prime, brought on by my own mindless jealously."]]

Whether he's '''Merklynn''' or '''[[Garrison Kreiger]]''', the appearance of this alien wizard ''always'' spells trouble. No kindly wish-granting wizard here: Merklynn is capricious—bordering on cruel—inscrutable, and more than willing to sacrifice anyone, even close allies, to further his own goals.

Having discovered and harnessed the ancient [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], anathema of technology, Merklynn has refocused on is original dream of ushering in a new Age of Magic, when technology will fall and the citizens of the galaxy will return to the old ways. And if a few [[Transformer|mechanical beings]] stand in the way of that goal, then who is he to argue against the natural order of the universe?

{{quote|Something had been '''lost''' and I wanted to recover it. If the price was the baubles and gadgets of technological society, so be it. What were transistors and circuitboards compared to the mastery of the '''arcana vast'''?|Merklynn reflects|"[[Schismatic]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Many years ago, Merklynn was a powerful wizard who inhabited the distant world of [[Prysmos]], a world where technology ruled and magic had been forgotten by all. Scorned as a sad holdover of a dead religion, {{storylink|Schismatic}} Merklynn sought to restore the power of the "Arcana Vast" to his homeworld; some three hundred years ago, he did so by casting a spell that brought the planet's three suns into alignment, which shut down all technology on his homeworld. {{storylink|Cybertron No More}} In this new Age of Magic, Merklynn became a revered figure, and bestowed his gifts upon a group of Prysmosians, which became known as the [[Visionaries]]. {{storylink|Schismatic}} The Visionaries kept the peace on Prysmos for a time, but Merklynn—seeking to further consolidate his power over the planet and its people—masterminded a schism in their ranks, encouraging the silver-tongued [[Darkstorm]] to use his natural charisma to affect change. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

Thus divided, the Visionaries became to warring factions: Darkstorm's [[Darkling Lord]]s and [[Leoric]]'s [[Spectral Knight]]s, who both vied for his favor. {{storylink|Good Men}} Merklynn's reign lasted for some time before the planet's destruction; though Merklynn blamed the planet's annihilation on the "Trinary De-Alignment," believing that he had failed to anticipate the day when the planet's three suns would move back out of alignment, their gravity tearing the world to bits, {{storylink|Schismatic}} [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] would claim that the planet had in actuality been destroyed by a surge of energy from the artifact that Merklynn would later discover and dub the "[[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]." {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Either way, less than ten thousand Prysmosians survived the disaster, {{storylink|Schismatic}} and, searching for sufficient magical power to restore his homeworld, Merklynn struck out on his own. {{storylink|Transformers: Historia|Historia}}

[[File:SecretOfTheMummysTomb-opportunity.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"The backstory is what drives an evil scientist. It is the 'Why does he do what he does?' of the 'What does he do?' My point is, at its best, evil science is like undergoing deep Freudian analysis with a theremin constantly playing in the background."]]

One way or another, Merklynn landed on [[Earth]] at some point before [[World War II]]. Merklynn wove a [[human]] disguise for himself, forging a new alter-ego as "Garrison Kreiger" {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} and claiming that he was the son of wealthy [[Germany|German]] immigrants to conceal the truth behind his extraterrestrial origins. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Garrison Kreiger profile}}

Lonely and isolated, Kreiger would join the [[United States Army|army]] before the US entered the war in 1939; despite the anti-German sentiment of the time, Krieger hoped to plot a new course for himself. Though his wealth landed him a spot on the officer track, it didn't keep him off the front lines as he had hoped. Instead, he became a Second Lieutenant, and by 1943 he was assigned to the [[Screaming Eagles]], a special tactics unit led by daring do-gooder [[Sgt. Savage|Sergeant Robert Savage]]. {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Five: One Unholy Machine|One Unholy Machine}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Garrison Kreiger profile}} Kreiger would remember Savage for his willingness to look past Kreiger's "German" heritage and see him as a fellow American fighting for his country, opening the stranded alien's eyes to the necessity of war in a harsh universe. {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Five: One Unholy Machine|One Unholy Machine}} As a Screaming Eagle, Kreiger soon received the nickname "Blitz". {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

While on a mission in [[Kalistan]] that year, the Screaming Eagles encountered mysterious [[IRON Trooper|robotic soldiers]] fighting for the Axis. One of these robots managed to land a hit on Kreiger, scarring his left eye. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} Recognizing the robots for the alien constructs that they were, Kreiger was left inspired by his encounter, having realized that other alien civilizations had already left their mark on Earth. {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Five: One Unholy Machine|One Unholy Machine}}

Kreiger's preliminary theories were confirmed in the winter of [[1944]], when the Screaming Eagles were deployed to Paris to work with the [[French Resistance|resistance]]. While on a routine patrol, they encountered more of the strange mechanical soldiers, who had been drawn a pair of metal goliaths battling it out. After defeating his [[Maximal Shockwave|opponent]], [[Centurion (IDW)|the victor]] asked the Screaming Eagles for help in finding the [[Axalon (BW)|ship]] that had brought him to Earth, so that he could return there die in peace. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} Though disgusted by the idea of the "mechanical hell" that the giant robots embodied, {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Five: One Unholy Machine|One Unholy Machine}} Kreiger pushed Savage to help the stranded alien, hoping to find out more about its motivations for coming to Earth. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Centurion profile}}

[[File:StrangeVisitors-aloneintheworld.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Why must I be alone?" "I dunno, why are raspberry icicle pops blue?"]]

Centurion, Savage, and Kreiger tracked the ship to [[Brasnya]], where more of the robotic troops swarmed them. Savage held the machines off as Kreiger and their metallic associate investigated the starship's frozen wreckage. Inside, Krieger found an empty recess that had once held what he dubbed a "[[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]", correctly deducing that it was a magical artifact responsible for conjuring the many lesser automatons that they had battled during their journey. Centurion explained that it had belonged to his "master" long ago; before he could explain ''who'' [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|that master was]], there was a loud sound from outside: the remains of Centurion's [[Domitius Major|commanding officer]], reanimated by the drones. As Kreiger watched the Maximal brawl with the creatures, he determined the drones were being controlled by the Talisman. As he did, the drones did ''something'' that made the ship and the Sergeant himself vanish without a trace. As he saw a furious Centurion fell his former commander's remains, Kreiger was inspired, {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} hoping to recover the Talisman and harness its magic to recreate his destroyed homeworld of old. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} With Savage gone, however, Kreiger needed a new ally. So he reached out to the devastated [[Maximal]], offering to help him... {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

Over the next several decades, Krieger and Centurion spent years hunting down what Kreiger called "Binaltech", using whatever scraps of alien technology he could find to replicate the original Talisman. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} Despite his hatred of the Transformers, Centurion became one of Kreiger's closest confidants, who spent years grooming the lost Transformer into trusting him unconditionally. {{storylink|Unification Day: Dawn}} {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} Over the decades, this endeavor would lead to the creation of many duplicate Talismans, inferior copies of the original. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} His search for paranormal relics led him to recover the bodies of "[[Domitius Major|Optimus Prime]]" and "[[Maximal Shockwave|Shockwave]]", which were relocated to a [[Project Ice Man|top secret government facility]] constructed in the Brasnyan crater where the ''Axalon'' had once rested. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}} {{storylink|Power and Glory}} As the decades passed, using technology derived from his studies, he began replacing parts of his body with cybernetics to extend his lifespan. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Garrison Kreiger profile}}

[[File:SecretOfTheMummysTomb-KreigerAndTalisman.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Behold! The Talisman-inator!"]]

In [[1984]], Kreiger enlisted the help of Dr. [[Elliot Marsh]] in his search for the genuine Talisman. The two discovered the artifact in the [[Tomb of Amtoltec]] in [[Dahshur]], whereupon Kreiger promptly killed his guide and began experimenting with the Talisman. Eventually, he was able to animate and control a horde of Iron Troopers, and the unusual energy this produced attracted not only the attention of [[Joe Colton]] and his [[Adventure Team]], but also [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. A battle ensued between the team and Soundwave, until the Cybertronian decided to leave, having realized the Talisman wasn't his goal. In the aftermath, Kreiger took the device for himself without giving his "rescuers" so much as a "thank you". {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

[[File:WhenEaglesScream-ProjectIceMan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I'm building an evil empire. My own very fortress of eviltude." "Aren't you a little old to be building a fort?" "No. No, I'm not. Shut up."]]

Kreiger was sanctioned by the government to study the Talisman, which was relocated to the Ice Man facility with the rest of his growing collection of artifacts. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}} In the early 1990s, a depressed [[Atomic Man|Mike "Atomic Man" Power]] came to him, seeking further upgrades to his cyborg prostheses after a chance encounter with the Talisman during their earlier clash in Egypt. {{storylink|Power and Glory}} {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} Though professing good intentions, Kreiger instead used Power as a test subject in what would be called "[[Project Ice Man|Project: Ice Man]]", subjecting Power to a battery of cruel experiments involving the Talisman and Power's increasingly augmented physiology, aiming to make his test subject "one with the Talisman." These experiments reached a turning point in [[1994]] when Kreiger had Power interface with the Talisman once more, which had the unexpected side effect of returning the lost ''Axalon'' and Sgt. Savage to normal space-time. Seconds later, Colton's "Adventure Force" arrived to confront Kreiger and stop his experiments. Discovering that Atomic Man with no heartbeat, they mistakenly concluded that Kreiger had murdered him, {{storylink|Power and Glory}} and Kreiger was dishonorably discharged for his crimes. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Garrison Kreiger profile}} It didn't bother him much, however—he had far greater ambitions by this point. Though the Talisman was taken from him by Colton's team, Kreiger continued his work in the Ice Man bunker, experimenting on the Atomic Man's mangled but still-living body and eventually turning him into the main nerve center of the base. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} {{storylink|Power and Glory}}

To cover up and secure funding for his less-than-ethical experiments, Kreiger founded [[I.R.O.N.]], the "International Robotics Operation Network", where, as CEO, he developed a working relationship with [[Iron Klaw|Count van Rani]], dictator of [[Kalistan]] and part-time supervillain. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} Krieger's other shady contacts included the bounty hunter [[Colditz]], who sometimes performed fieldwork for him with Centurion. {{storylink|Unification Day: Dusk}}

[[File:WhenEaglesScream-HotHouseTeam.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"It's a pitiful existence I lead, Joshua Red. Do you pity me? You should because I am pitiable. Everyone should pity me. Eh, you don't have to say pity too many times before it stops sounding like a word. Pity. Pity. Pit- See? That is only like two times and it's already just gobbledygook."]]

In the early 21st century, Kreiger joined Colton at [[Skywatch]]'s "[[Project Hot House|Project: Hot House]]" facility in [[Washington (state)|Washington]], where he was reunited with the Talisman and contracted to begin a series of experiments aimed at weaponizing the Talisman's corrosive energy. Circa [[2006]], Krieger realized that he needed Sgt. Savage to reactivate the artifact, and lured him to the base by using the Decepticon [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] as bait. His body saturated with its power thanks to his trip through time, Savage's touch brought the Talisman back to life; its energies hurled Savage further into the future once more but killed Kreiger and Colton's [[Decepticon]] guinea pig [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] outright, proving to Krieger that the artifact was toxic to Cybertronian life. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}}

Kreiger disappeared from the public eye a few years prior to [[2017]]. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} Before he vanished, he ceded control of I.R.O.N. to van Rani, his main shareholder, who, in turn, appointed [[Tomax and Xamot|Tomax Paoli]] as the interim CEO of the company at some point after the fall of [[Cobra]]. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} Kreiger worked with [[Miles Mayhem]] to test the effects of the Talisman on Mayhem's Decepticon prisoner [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|First Strike #0}}

[[File:First Strike 0 - Colton and Kreiger.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You know, in the future we won't sit and read newspapers in the morning. Instead, giant robots will control us in human death matches."]]

In the chaotic months that followed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s annexation of [[Earth]] into the [[Council of Worlds]], Joe Colton decided it was finally time to bring the Talisman into play and eliminate the Cybertronian threat. Before he could do so, however, he was targeted by the [[Dire Wraith]]s for assimilation. Forced to amputate his own hand to survive and infected with Wraith bio-matter, Colton contacted Kreiger for assistance. The two met in [[Paris]], and Kreiger brought Colton to the Brasnyan Ice Man facility for assistance. {{storylink|First Strike issue 0|First Strike #0}}

Seeing in Colton's words a way to reach [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and recreate Prysmos by using the power of the Talisman to wipe out its mechanical civilization, {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} Kreiger agreed to help Colton in his plan to go outside the law and assemble a [[Iron Ring|global cabal of international supervillains]] to aid him his objective. {{storylink|First Strike #0}} Feeding him a lie that the Talisman could be used to poison the core of Cybertron, and fitting him with a new mechanical hand derived from Talisman technology, Colton adopted a new persona: that of the masked villain "Baron Ironblood," {{storylink|First Strike #0}} and never suspected that Kreiger was manipulating him to advance his own agenda. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}

Continuing to serve as Colton's second-in-command, the pair continued to gather allies from across the world; working with [[Doctor X]] and the Iron Klaw, Kreiger had the Talisman transferred to an I.R.O.N. facility operated by the [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]] in [[Schleteva]], {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Garrison Kreiger profile}} and used Talisman-derived technology to hybridize [[Tempest (Cobra)|Storm Shadow]]'s [[Red Shadows]] with extraterrestrial biomatter. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Shortly afterwards, Kreiger found the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, who had been marooned on Earth following [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s failed invasion some months back. Using his knowledge of Cybertronian biology, he found a way to mind-control them, and used one of his Talisman copies to improve on a previous failed [[combiner]] experiment and create [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. The brainwashed Predacons became private shock troops for van Rani. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} At a meeting in van Rani's [[Iron Castle]], the group received a message warning them that [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] had accidentally stumbled on the Talisman. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Realizing that they would need to accelerate their plans, {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} Krieger sent Centurion along with several other Iron Ring operatives to recruit Tomax Paoli {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} and ordered him and Centurion to retrieve the data on the original Ice Man experiments from I.R.O.N.'s headquarters in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} Shortly afterwards, Kreiger received a visit from Tomax Paoli, who had caught Blackrock and brought him to Kreiger so the man could have a look at him. Kreiger relished the opportunity, determined to find out ''why'' the Talisman reacted to Blackrock. Before he could get started, however, Baron Ironblood noticed [[Snake-Eyes|an intruder]] lurking in the shadows. On Ironblood's warning that the former Joe wasn't working alone, Kreiger unleashed the Predacons. With Snake Eyes apparently subdued, Kreiger questioned Paoli about his success working on "Project: Iceman" in San Francisco, at which point Paoli turned out to be the ''real'' Snake Eyes, the other being a robot duplicate. Thanks to Snake Eyes, and the actions of his allies, Kreiger lost both Blackrock and the Predacons.

[[File:PowerAndGlory-KreigerAndAtomicMan.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"So, Action Man, as they say in Mexico, 'dos svindaniya!' Down there, that's 'two Svindaniyas."]]

In the aftermath, Baron Ironblood declared they had no choice but to scrub Centurion and Paoli. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}} Visiting Paoli in person, Kreiger warned him of the incoming band of "Revolutionaries", informing Paoli that their plans had changed and that he and Centurion were now bait. After Paoli and Centurion were taken in by the team, Kreiger took part in a conference call with his allies as he prepared to travel the Ice Man facility, stating his presence was "needed" to finish what they were planning. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} The "Revolutionaries", joined by the forces of [[M.A.S.K.]], caught up with Kreiger in the Ice Man base. Kreiger turned the full fury of his inventions against the intruders: deploying a suite of anti-Cybertronian technology to take out Blackrock and [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] and even unleashing his monstrous "[[I.R.O.N. Cybertronians]]" against [[Action Man]]. Action Man, [[Ayana Jones|Mayday]], and M.A.S.K. fought their way into the nexus of the facility, whereupon Kreiger infused Atomic Man with a sample of Ore-13 as his final, desperate weapon: the Talisman made flesh. Kreiger's ultimate gambit failed when the grief-stricken cyborg realized his mistakes and chose to commit suicide; in the aftermath, Krieger was arrested and taken into [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] custody. {{storylink|Power and Glory}}

[[File:GhostInTheMachine-Kreiger.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Finally, my greatest nemesis vanquished. Now, Sgt. Savage, prepare to meet your dim- doom, I mean doom. Prepare to meet your- man, talk about blowing the moment."]]

Awaiting a pickup in [[Buenos Aires]], Kreiger tried to appeal to a time-displaced Sergeant Savage, but the soldier had little patience for his treacherous comrade. Salvation came for the villain when Centurion—still loyal to his old friend—remotely hacked Blackrock's [[Onyx]] tower so that its defenses would fire on the incoming GI Joe air division. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}} Gloating that Centurion couldn't be turned, Krieger slipped his restraints and shot Savage in the back as [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and Optimus Prime joined the conflict. Kreiger took command and ordered everyone to teleport out using the [[M.A.S.S. Device]]; though Centurion was left behind, the rest of Ironblood's team regrouped back in Kalistan, where, Talisman in hand, Colton told his operatives that it was time to strike. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|Ghost in the Machine}} As Colton's alliance made their final preparations, Kreiger recounted his motivations to his leader, pleased at the notion of using the Talisman as a weapon of conquest—the ultimate realization of the ideals Sgt. Savage had once imparted upon him. {{storylink|The Origins of Evil, Part Five: One Unholy Machine|One Unholy Machine}}

Piggybacking off Metrotitan's [[space bridge]] signal using the M.A.S.S. Device, Kreiger accompanied Ironblood and his cabal of villains to Cybertron as part of Colton's plan to wipe out the species. Carrying the Talisman aboard [[Miles Mayhem]]'s "[[Outlaw]]" the team deployed [[Shazraella]] to [[Enerchange]] with a Cybertronian and unleash the Talisman in Cybertron's core.{{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}} His plans to recreate Prysmos well underway, Kreiger sought to eliminate one final loose end and dispatched Colditz to locate Centurion—who had recently absorbed the power of the Talisman and the memories of Mike Power—and remove him from play. {{storylink|Unification Day: Dawn}} Colditz was able to persuade Centurion to travel with him into the wildernesses of Cybertron, unaware that Centurion planned to murder his old master in revenge for two lifetimes of mistreatment. Krieger had deliberately manipulated all players in the hopes that Centurion and the "Revolutinaries" would annihilate one another, but the heroes were able to peacefully talk Centurion down and spare his life. {{storylink|Unification Day: Dawn}}

In the meantime, Kreiger stopped to install sound-dampeners to prevent Soundwave finding them, then had to get between Manheim and Shazraella as they bickered. Kreiger openly expressed his belief the Microspace native would inevitably betray them, which prompted her to set some security drones on the squad, as warning against further signs of disrespect. {{storylink|First Strike issue 3|First Strike #3}} The group was momentarily waylaid by the need to set a booby trap to delay [[Scarlett]]'s forces, which allowed [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to pinpoint them and begin reconfiguring his internal architecture to pin them down. As they reached the access hatch that would take them into the core of the planet, Colton successfully dropped [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]], leaving them with no further obstacles to their objective. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}} As they clambered towards the heart of Cybertron, Kreiger briefly slipped and would have fallen if not for Colton's intervention. The team fought their way through an [[Insecticon swarm]] guarding the center of the planet... only to find that Scarlett and her allies had caught up with them, just outside the core. {{storylink|First Strike issue 5|First Strike #5}}

[[File:FirstStrike6-Merklynn.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Witch! Witch! Witch!" "Not witch, ''warlock!'' It's a robe! Not a dress!"]]

In the ensuing battle, Kreiger fought [[Matt Trakker]] and [[Gloria Baker]], using his technology to hack their power-granting masks. The fight quickly went south as [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] arrived, turning the fight into a chaotic free-for-all. His ultimate plan to infect the whole of Cybertron now stymied, Kreiger made a break for the Talisman, rationalizing that he could at least remake a fraction of the planet in Prysmos's image. Uttering a magic chant to activate the alien device, Kreiger harnessed the Talisman's energy to take control of the planet's [[energon]] supplies; shedding his human disguise, he revealed himself as Merklynn to all assembled and explained his motivations. His dream of colonizing a new world at last fulfilled, Merklynn used the planet's energon to forge the city of "[[New Prysmos]]" and gloated that the Spectral Knights and Darkling Lords would soon arrive to wipe technology from the galaxy and usher in a new age of magic. His goal completed for the time being, Merklynn teleported the combatants back to the surface of Cybertron. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}

[[File:CybertronNoMore-thisisntover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You know what I never understood? Genies. They tell you to wish for anything, but they add some terrible twist, like you wish to jump high so they turn you into a frog. Who gains from this? The genie?"]]

Merklynn's new freedom was short-lived; when the other Prysmosians arrived on Cybertron, political tensions forced them to imprison their leader within their city, where he was constantly overseen by members of the [[Cybertronian Security Force]]. He enjoyed a modicum of freedom, however, and shortly after the Knights and Lords arrived he was permitted to oversee a summit where the two factions weighed up their options. {{storylink|Schismatic}} Realizing that Leoric's even-handed approach would not lead the Prysmosians to wipe out the Cybertronian race as he had hoped, Merklynn thus began stoking [[Virulina]]'s natural ambition, encouraging her to take a proactive stance against the Cybertronians and begin the war of annihilation that he hoped for. {{storylink|Good Men}} Virulina was unaware that Merklynn saw her as a means to an end; once her fiery rhetoric no longer served a purpose, he would eliminate her and replace her with his next puppet, [[Arzon]]. {{storylink|Good Men}}

When negotiations with [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] broke down—fatally, in the case of the latter—Merklynn used his magic to easily disintegrate his guards, and joined Virulina as she prepared to destroy the force field that the Cybertronians erected around their city and begin the genocide of the Transformer race. When Spectral Knight leader [[Leoric]] objected to their plan, Merklynn easily swatted him aside with a bolt of spectral energy. {{storylink|Cybertron No More}} Following a failed insurrection against Virulina by the Spectral Knights, Merklynn approached Arzon and informed him of his plan to depose Virulina once the Transformers were extinct and Prysmos reborn. Arzon thus became a Darkling Lord, and Merklynn provided Virulina with a spell to torture her captives, draining their life force to accelerate the Talisman's progress to the core. {{storylink|Good Men}}

When Leoric returned to New Prysmos to take down Virulina himself, Merklynn allowed them to fight until the time came for him to betray Virulina; using the same life-draining spell on her, he aimed to eliminate both of them and allow Arzon to size control. When Ironhide and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] detonated a counter-frequency bomb, however, the subsequent burst of magical energy raised New Prysmos to the surface of Cybertron, transforming the surrounding region into a pristine recreation of old Prysmos.

[[File:TheCurtain-iveseenthefuturedie.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Curse you, Leoric the Lion... and my own poor planning skills..."]]

This was of little comfort to Merklynn, however: once the Spectral Knights restored order, they imprisoned Merklynn once again. Though the Darkling Lord [[Cindarr]] assured him that he still had loyalists amongst the Prysmosians seeking to see him released, Merklynn had already used a puddle to see into the future... and knew that [[Unicron|soon it wouldn't matter]]. {{storylink|The Curtain}}
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==Notes==
*The {{i|A World and a Future|final ''Visionaries'' story}} in the back pages of [[Transformers: Unicron|''Unicron'']] [[Assembly (Unicron)|#5]] namedrops the "River Merkelia" as part of ancient [[Prysmos]]; Merklynn may or may not be named for this geographical feature.
*Merklynn is evidently a fan of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] as in [[Ghost in the Machine (IDW)|''Revolutionaries'' #8]], he paraphrases "{{w|Ozymandias}}" when he gloatingly calls upon [[Ayana Jones|Mayday]] to "look unto his works and despair!" There's a villain with taste.

==External links==
*{{i|Merklynn}} at the {{i|Main Page|IDW Hasbro Wiki}}
*[http://www.thevisionaries.net/characters/wizards,-warlocks-and-witches/merklynn/1 Merklynn] at [http://www.thevisionaries.net/ TheVisionaries.net]

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Golden One

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:''The Golden One is a [[human]]oid being from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Madman's Paradise Golden One.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Sufficiently advanced magic is easily mistaken for science.]]
The '''Golden One''' is a powerful sorcerer who rules the [[magic]]al world of [[Menonia]] in another dimension. He draws his power from sunlight, so he becomes progressively debilitated when cut off from solar radiation. He can survive extremely prolonged deprivation, however, and may very well be immortal. His powers include shape-shifting into a [[dragon]] form and opening dimensional portals. He must have enough energy to voice his spells at a given volume, or else they will not work.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Gregg Berger]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese)|[[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German), [[Serge Bourrier]] (European French)}}

The Golden One ruled the land of Menonia in peace until the [[Quintesson]]s banished the criminal [[Mara-Al-Utha]] to his world for practicing sorcery. The Golden One initially tried to help Mara-Al-Utha adjust to living on another world and to teach him good ways to use his magic. However, the Quintesson's actions and attitude made this job difficult. After several incidents of Mara-Al-Utha causing his experiments to explode, an angry Golden One declared the Quintesson should go live in a cave. However, when they arrived at the cave and the Golden One indicated Mara-Al-Utha should enter, the Quintesson instead fired a beam from of one of his tentacles, causing the Golden One to fall into the cave and a huge rock to seal off the cave's entrance. There the Golden One remained for the next 12 million years, while Mara-Al-Utha took control of Menonia as the "Red Wizard".

[[File:Madman's Paradise Golden One dragon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hmmm...what should I name my Chinese restaurant?]]

In 2006, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] stumbled upon the room on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] containing the transport device which the Quintessons had used to send Mara-Al-Utha and other Quintesson criminals to other worlds. Grimlock accidentally activated the device, transporting himself and Daniel to Menonia. Initially deceived by Mara-Al-Utha, who had disguised himself as the [[Golden One's pupil|Golden One's favorite student]], Daniel was imprisoned with the real student, whom he freed. Once they escaped, the elderly pupil led Daniel to the Golden One's prison cave. By this time, several others had tracked Grimlock and Daniel to Menonia, including his mother, [[Carly]], the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and his [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw's tracking nose led them to Daniel, and Ramhorn's power shattered the boulder, freeing the Golden One, who regained some of his energy upon contact with sunlight.

Advised by his pupil of the Red Wizard's actions, the Golden One transformed himself into a dragon, flew to the castle, and struck the Red Wizard with mystic bolts that reduced his magic, revealing his true Quintesson form. However, the Golden One was still vulnerable, and Mara-Al-Utha was easily able to change him back to human form with magic. The Golden One told his allies he was too weak to make his counterspells heard, so Blaster converted to his [[Alternate mode|radio-cassette deck mode]], complete with a microphone for the Golden One to use. With his voice thus amplified, the Golden One was able to cast a spell that sent Mara-Al-Utha to yet another world. The portal from Cybertron then opened again, and the Golden One helped Daniel, Carly and the Autobots to return through it. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Golden One''' (ゴールデン・ワン ''Gōruden Wan'')
*''French:'' '''L'Être d'Or''' (Europe, "the Golden Being")

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Direwolf

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:''Direwolf is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Direwolf''' is a Predacon general.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
Direwolf attempted to harness [[Chōkon Power|Machōkon]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Direwolf was one of the generals of the [[Resistance]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. He was coordinating troop movements around [[Kalis]] and [[Kolkular]] when the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] began.

During the push on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Direwolf led one of the teams that seized control of the [[Yuss Naval Batteries]]. He marched on Iacon itself with [[Lio Convoy]] and the other generals of High Command, and lay siege to the High Pavilion to reach the [[Builder Assembly]].

After the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s turned on the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s, Direwolf and [[Survive]] were entrenched with the surviving troops, cut off from the rest of High Command. While Lio Convoy and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] pushed on to the [[Grand Mal]] in [[Nova Cronum]], Direwolf and the others fought towards relative safety at the [[High Council Pavilions|High Pavilion]]. The surviving Resistance forces were nearly overrun and surrounded by the Vehicons, but fortunately [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and Micromasters abandoned their safety to help the proto-formers reach the Arena alive. {{Storylink|Derailment}}

==Notes==
*Direwolf is a canonized version of a character who appeared in "[[Alignment]]". The "[[dark science]]" he uses in that story was converted to Machōkon.

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Saberback (BW)

2020-10-16T17:17:31Z

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:''Saberback is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:SaberbackNeo.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I summon my Sabersaurus in attack mode!]]
'''Saberback''' (セイバーバック ''Seibābakku'') would have you believe that he's a powerful shaman or sorcerer or warlock or ''whatever''. Sometimes he mixes his themes up, but the point is that he is one of the rare Transformers with a knack for channeling the ill-defined forces of ''[[magic]]''. Saberback can cast spells, create deadly illusions and even divine the future by reading tarot cards. This ability has given him a dark and mysterious reputation amongst the other Predacons, who tread lightly around him in superstitious fear.

The reality, though, is that Saberback uses his reputation to mask his own insecurities and shortcomings. An absolute coward in the face of danger, Saberback relies on "magic" because it's something he can either cast from a safe distance, distract enemies with while running away or just plain ole use to conceal himself until it's safe to come out. Saberback tries to maintain his front as a creepy and unfathomable mystic, but the Predacons who know him best can see through the illusion. His true nature is most prominently on display when he "breaks character" to bully the downtrodden [[Sling (BWN)|Sling]], a scrawny nerd who is easy-pickings for the cruel stegosaurus.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
[[File:Saberback1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hihowareya! Hihowareya! Hihowareya!]]

{{voiceactor|[[Kazuki Yao]] (Japanese)}}

Saberback fought the [[Maximal]]s in battle where he was commanded by [[Magmatron]] alongside [[Guiledart]], [[Sling (BWN)|Sling]], and [[Dead End (BWN)|Dead End]]. He was defeated by [[Big Convoy]]'s Big Cannon. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}}
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===''Bom Bom'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====
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====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
[[File:bwn-saberback-manga-03-tarrot-death.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Nice try, but by attacking my Sabersaurus, you've activated my trap card!]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}} {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}} {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:BWAscendSaberbackPunched.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Saberback is a compulsive liar, unable to trust anyone, not even himself. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #3}}

During one of his astral journeys, [[Magmatron]] witnessed Saberback throttling [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]], only for [[Killer Punch]] to clobber Saberback in turn. Moments later, Saberback was seen punching [[Killer Punch]] in retaliation. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Intersectionality SaberbackApelinq.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

Saberback was a navigation specialist aboard the ''[[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaur]]'' in the Cybertronian space fleet. He joined an away team responding to a distress call on the planet [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8803]]. While planetside, he responded to the siren call of [[Metascan Omega]], the font of near-infinite knowledge once placed on the planet by the [[Logicon]]s. He and his superior officer [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] entered a digital realm and performed a pilgrimage to the Eve of Providence. Once there, Saberback supplicated himself before Metascan Omega and became its avatar in communication with Apelinq. As Apelinq employed Metascan Omega to learn about the trials their crew faced on the planet's surface and in orbit, he asked it to intercede on their behalf. The Metascan Omega program intended to deny the request, in concordance with its programming directives, but Saberback managed to appeal to the program's desire for balance. The [[tractor beam]] of Metascan Omega had been misused by [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] to draw the Cybertronians to the planet; Saberback convinced the program to balance the equation by using the tractor beam to save his friends.

The ''Dinosaur'' crashed to the planet, never to fly again, but survived as a new colony dubbed [[Dinosaur City]]. Saberback remained behind at the colony while several members of the crew returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Intersectionality}} In the years that followed Dinosaur City became a thriving mecca for Cybertronians and alien species. Saberback remained part of the city's people more than a decade after the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] back home. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Saberback of the [[Legends World]] was a teacher at the school where [[Magmatron]] was the principal. He attended a staff meeting where [[Big Convoy|Big]] suggested changing the "HR" for "home room" to "TF" for "''Transformers''". {{Storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei#Very Strange|Very Strange}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Unicron1-SaberbackKillerPunch.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Saberback was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals that fell under the command of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] led a force against Unicron to prevent him from eating [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], Saberback was sent out to attack. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWN-toy Saberback.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Feeeeed me, Seymour!]]
*'''Saberback''' (Deluxe, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-30'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Triple Claw]]" tail-weapon

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' toys, Saberback transforms from an organic ''Stegosaurus'' into a robot with kinda-Native-American-y styling. His tail detaches to become an odd hand-held (non-firing) blaster/claw-weapon for use in robot mode.

: He also has a dubious (okay, ''lame'') third "Claw Trap Mode" that basically involves splaying out the dino-limbs so he's on his belly, then raising up the dino-spine and tail so the opening panels on the tail-claw face forward.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] ''[[Striker#Toys|Striker]], and the [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Snarl (Dinobots)#Toys|Snarl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Saberback/saberback.htm More information on Saberback at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWN-toy VS-30-box.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Desert Showdown: Colada VS Saberback''' (Deluxe VS set, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-30'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Triple Claw]]" tail-weapon

: Saberback was also available in a "Desert Showdown" (砂漠の対決 ''sabaku no taiketsu'') two-pack with the [[Maximal]] [[Colada#Toys|Colada]]. The two toys were identical to their individual releases.

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==Merchandise==
===Beast Wars Gum===
*'''Saberback''' (candy toy, 1999)
:A snap together model kit of Saberback was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Gum|Beast Wars Gum]]'', sculpted from blue and yellow plastic. He could transform from robot to beast mode by being broken down into his component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. It came with a stick of gum.
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==Notes==
*The ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Saberback is a "virtual redeco" of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys|Bumblebee]] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Stegorat''' (스테고라트 ''Seutegorateu'')

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Mara-Al-Utha

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:''Mara-Al-Utha is a [[Quintesson]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:MadmansParadise Mara-Al-Utha.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Red Mage's class change was more than he bargained for.]]
The sly and deceitful '''Mara-Al-Utha''' is a bombastic Quintesson [[Magic|sorcerer]]. Banished long ago by his fellows, Mara-Al-Utha has taken on the identity of the '''Red Wizard''', using every form of trickery at his disposal to ensure that he reigns over [[Menonia]]. His sorcery allows him to take on other forms — one of his favorites is that of [[Golden One's pupil|his former master's favorite student]] — as well as issue a variety of destructive spells such as lightning bolts. He is aided in his work by an army of robots constructed from wood and his faithful pet [[Groyle]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Manfred Schmidt]] (German), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French)}}
[[File:MadmansParadise Mara-Al-Utha red wizard form.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Eons ago, when the Quintessons still controlled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Mara-Al-Utha dabbled in the forbidden arts of sorcery. The other Quintessons banished him to the magic-filled other-dimensional realm of Menonia, where he became the apprentice of the sorcerer known as the [[Golden One]]. Mara-Al-Utha would eventually betray the Golden One, sealing him in a cave and seizing power as the Red Wizard.

When [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] accidentally travelled to Menonia, they were spotted by Groyle, who informed Mara-Al-Utha. Seeing that the pair had fallen foul of the Golden One's followers, Mara-Al-Utha aided them, presenting himself as a friendly face in this strange land, and taking them back to his castle where he spun a tale favorable to himself. Taken in, Grimlock agreed to help defend the castle, unaware that Daniel was at that point being placed in the dungeon with the Golden One's other pupil. An attack on the castle by the Golden One's followers began, and Mara-Al-Utha retired to a tower to assume his true form and use his magic to aid Grimlock and the other castle defenders.

Meanwhile Daniel and the Golden One's pupil escaped the dungeon, and with the help of [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and some other newly arrived Autobots they freed the Golden One. The Golden One went to face the Red Wizard, but was weakened by his imprisonment and no match for Mara-Al-Utha's power, until [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] provided him with amplification for his spells. Blasted by the Golden One's power, Mara-Al-Utha plunged from his tower and disappeared in a blaze of energy. The Golden One promised they would be ready if the Red Wizard ever returned. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mara-Aluta''' (マラ・アルタ ''Mara Aruta'')

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Vekktral

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:''Vekktral is a [[Dire Wraith]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:ShiningArmor2-Vekktral.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Unsatisfied with simply relying on the ancient [[magic]]s of the [[Dire Wraith]]s, '''Vekktral''' is something of a maverick who dares to buck the trends of his race. Indeed, he sees himself as something of a scientist—endlessly pushing the evolutionary boundaries of his own species in the search to ensure a victory over the hated [[Solstar Order]]. Science and magic make for an uneasy combination, however, and Vekktral exemplifies this: untrustworthy, capricious, cruel, and endlessly willing to sacrifice the lives of his allies to further the outcomes of his twisted "experiments," his unique brand of madness manages to repulse even the most hardened of [[Decepticon]]s.

{{quote|Sacrifices must ever be made in the pursuit of knowledge... and power.|Vekktral|[[Shining Armor issue 2|''Shining Armor'' #2]]}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Following the destruction of their homeworld at the hands of the [[Space Knight]]s, pockets of Dire Wraith survivors spread to remote, lightly populated worlds to regroup and rebuild their forces. Vekktral was one such Wraith, who, some two hundred years ago, wound up on the backwater planet of [[Mato Grosso]]. He and several other Wraiths attacked a group of Solstar students on their graduation field trip and found that one of their number was an [[Stardrive|an unusual creature]] that his instincts told him was both a machine and a child. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} Intrigued, he attempted to merge with it, {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}} but was shot by [[Nikomi]] and fled. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}}

Five years later, Vekktral had deduced that the creature was [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] in origin. He and a group of Dire Wraiths travelled to the [[Huni System]], which had recently fallen to [[Decepticon]]s, to met with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] and propose a mutual alliance. The [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] was initially unimpressed by the aliens, but changed his tune when Vekktral revealed the existence of Stardrive; realizing that the order had concocted a [[Energon synthesizer|means]] to keep their orphaned Transformer nourished, Starscream agreed to the alliance. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

The Wraiths and Decepticons caught up with and destroyed a [[Galactic Council]] envoy due to meet with the Solstar Order at the space station ''[[Orchid Crossing]];'' subsequently, the Wraiths disguised themselves as the Council dignitaries and used [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] as a Trojan horse to gain access to the station by disguising him as a Council shuttle. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

Arriving at the space station, Vekktral (in the guise of the Council representative) exchanged in some false pleasantries with the Solstar ambassador before dropping his disguise and slaying him, giving the order for the rest of the Decepticons to storm the facility. To Stardrive's horror, she recognized Vekktral as the Wraith who had almost killed her on Mato Grosso. Vekktral then pointed out the promised Cybertronian to Starscream (who could tell for himself which one was Cybertronian). {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}}

When a trio of [[Autobot]]s arrived on the station to stop the Decepticons, they ignored the Wraiths entirely in favour of the Decepticons and Space Knights. Vekktral took advantage of the Autobots' unfamiliarity with his species and ordered one of his minions to assimilate [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]]; no Wraith had ever merged with a Cybertronian before, and as a result the subsequent fusion quickly mutated out of control to become an uncontrollable monster that tore [[Doomwings (G1)|Doomwings]] in half. The Wraith leader gleefully watched as his creation ran amok, ignoring Starscram's orders to try and reign in the rampaging beast. Hoping to kill the abomination, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] sabotaged the ravaged space station to send it tumbling into the atmosphere; the Wraiths fled aboard Astrotrain, but not before Vekktral complimented Starscream's aim as the Seeker sniped the Autobot shuttle. As the Decepticons entered the atmosphere of [[Xetaxxis]], he noticed that the hybrid had survived reentry and that they would have to deal with him first. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

[[File:Shining Armor 4 - Ultra Vekktral vs Starscream.jpg|left|thumb]]
The Decepticons tracked Sky Blast to a nearby [[Xetaxxan|Xetaxxian]] village, where the dying creature rampaged through the settlement before its energies reached critical mass and caused it to burn away to nothing. Eager to recreate the experiment, Vekktral was put out when he learned that the natives were organic and that Starscream was unwilling to sacrifice the lives of his troops to further the cause. Instead, Vekktral was partnered with Astrotrain to spring a trap for the ground-bound Autobots, preying on [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s sympathy for the natives. When the Autobots and [[Sata]] stumbled into said trap, Vekktral rode atop Astrotrain as he ordered his troops to seize the Transformers—and bested Sata in a brief fight—before Ultra Magnus fired a salvo of missiles at him. As Bumblebee and Sata made a break for the wreckage, Vekktral and his forces stayed behind to take down Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}} The stalwart Autobot slaughtered his way through a hundred Dire Wraiths before he was overwhelmed; using the knowledge he had gleaned from the demise of Sky Blast, Vekktral was able to fuse with Ultra Magnus to create a powerful yet stable form for himself. He and his Wraiths regrouped with the Decepticons at the wreckage of ''Orchid Crossing''... and immediately backstabbed his one-time allies, hoping to advance the evolution of his kind by conquering and enslaving the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}}

Using his new Cybertronian strength and power, the Wraith-Magnus was easily able to hold off Space Knights, Autobots, and Decepticons alike, shrugging off the struggles of Ultra Magnus inside their shared mind... but in his arrogance, Vekktral had overlooked one crucial detail: Ultra Magnus was ''not'' an ordinary Cybertronian, animated by a tiny [[Point One Percenter|"loadbearing" Autobot]] inside a suit of [[Magnus Armor|armor]]. [[Convoy (G1)|Convoy]], the current loadbearer, was able to force open his body's chest compartment, giving [[Rom]] the opening needed to fire his [[Neutralizer]] at a weak spot and kill Magnus. Starscream had opted to sabotage the energon synthesizer and escape; Vekktral, down but not out, grabbed on to Stardrive and made one last-ditch effort to ensure that she died with the Wraiths as the synthesizer overloaded and sterilized half the planet. Stardrive was ultimately able to scrape him off her wing as she escaped the planet, and Vekktral was consumed in the subsequent explosion. However, unbeknownst to Stardrive, a small part of him continued to live on as a lingering Wraith infection that tainted her [[living metal]].

Vekktral's demise was later observed and analyzed by a hive of Wraiths, who reached the conclusion that the Dire Wraiths should continue to eschew technology in all forms and continue to rely on their magic. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

==External links==
*{{i|Vekktral}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Mindwipe (G1)

2020-10-16T17:14:33Z

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:''Mindwipe is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. Blah!''
[[File:G1Mindwipe boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You're feeling very sleepy..."]]
No one knows the dead quite as well as the Decepticon hypnotist, '''Mindwipe'''. A mysterious and mystical one, Mindwipe claims to have the powers to commune with [[Transformer]]s who have long since left this plane of existence. From Black Sabbaths to seances to super-conductive antennae, Mindwipe knows of many methods to reach those who now rest in peace.

Well... not really. He desperately ''wants'' to speak with the departed [[spark]]s of dead Decepticons, but all his labors to create antennae and receivers for the departed have had... "limited" success. In reality, all he's picking up are radio broadcasts of old [[Earth]] sitcoms, which he's actually become quite fond of. Still, some day, Mindwipe hopes to finally bridge the gap between the realm of the living and the [[Transformer afterlife|realm of the dead]].

Despite those shortcomings, Mindwipe is a formidable opponent, able to hypnotize and control both organic and mechanical lifeforms just by making eye contact, and boasting an eerie and precognitive "sixth sense". But sometimes he forgets this and, when the odds look stacked against him, Mindwipe's more than happy to turn tail and get while the getting's good. His loyalty lasts exactly as long as his bravery.

He is [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulan]] [[Vorath]], a scientist. Yes, a scientist. They disagree on pretty much everything. Sometimes he works with the [[Partner Drone]] [[Servant]].

{{bigquote|The powers of darkness are a more powerful weapon than all the toys your science can muster.|Mindwipe, talking all spooky to [[Vorath]]|"[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:LoveandSteel-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|Bring me the lamp! The rest of the treasure is yours, but the lamp is mine.]]
Mindwipe was one of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s soldiers on Cybertron. Upon storming the [[Autobot]]s' base, the Decepticons were dumbfounded in finding it already evacuated. Mindwipe was responsible for detecting a series of "unintelligible sounds" coming from a nearby console, which turned out to be a signal coming from the planet [[Nebulos]]. Once translated, the transmission revealed that the Decepticons' old enemies, the unit led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], had settled on the planet, and Scorponok immediately took a strike team—of which Mindwipe was part—to Nebulos to exact revenge. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

Upon arrival, the Decepticons kidnapped the Nebulans who had summoned them, and Scorponok turned them over to Mindwipe for use in his experiments. Using his hypnotic powers, Mindwipe purged the fear from [[Monzo]]'s mind and encased him in a [[polymer alloy]] bubble which was then sent floating off into the sky by a shot from [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]'s anti-gravity gun. The alloy malfunctioned and the bubble popped, prompting Mindwipe to catch Monzo so as to not waste a "good laboratory animal". Before he could carry out any further experiments, Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], one of their Nebulan prisoners, suggested that the Decepticons [[binary bonding|binary bond]] with them to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], so that they could match the power of the Autobots who had recently gone under this process themselves. When the Decepticons next met the Autobots in battle, Mindwipe was now bonded with Vorath, and the two sides were evenly matched. To tip the odds, Mindwipe hypnotized members of the [[Council of Peers]] and Zarak's daughter, [[Llyra]], into taking refuge in the Decepticon base, where he enclosed them in more polymer alloy bubbles. With the Autobots distracted by having to same the Nebulans, Mindwipe and the other Headmaster Decepticons shot them in the backs. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

[[File:WorldsApart-Mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Surprise, Mindwipe hypnotizes a lot.]]
Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters struck next at the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where they battled and defeated the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} ''A little later, during another battle with the Autobot counterparts, Mindwipe hypnotized [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], causing him to crash into [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. He, Weirdwolf, and Skullcruncher then surrounded the two Autobots, but a volley of firepower from [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] totalled Mindewipe's comrades, and he quickly retreated. The panicked withdrawal was merely a ruse, however; the Decepticons were attempting to lure the Autobots Headmasters into a trap so they could capture and study them, but the gambit ultimately failed.'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}} Eventually, the Autobots decided to depart Nebulos to protect it from the Transformers' conflict, and Mindwipe and the Decepticons pursued them. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:TrialbyFire-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=.65|Well, that's randomly toyetic.]]
Following the Autobots to [[Earth]], Mindwipe detected the signal that had brought their enemies to the planet, and discovered that it originated from an [[Ark (G1)|abandoned Autobot headquarters]] inside a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] cavern. But Fortress Maximus's Autobots weren't far, and the Decepticons fought them once again. Mindwipe and the others were stampeded out of the volcano when Fortress Maximus picked up a new Headmaster partner, the Earth human [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} The Decepticons proceeded to establish themselves on Earth, with Mindqipe's partner Vorath helping Scorponok to create [[Pretender]] technology, as Mindwipe watched silently in bat mode. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

[[File:AllInTheMinds mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
''Scorponok put Mindwipe's hypnotic powers to use setting a trap for [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], by having him mesmerize some humans who then led the Autobot Headmaster into a deep wood. The trap sprung, Highbrow attempted to flee, but Mindwipe pursued and used his powers to give him a severe case of amnesia. Scorponok tried to convince the brainwashed Highbrow that he was really a Decepticon, but Highbrow remained ill at ease, so the Decepticons tried to defuse the tense atmosphere by transforming their heads into Nebulan mode. Unfortunately, it was at this point that they discovered Mindwipe's fatal mistake: He had neglected to also blank the mind of Highbrow's partner, [[Gort]]. Gort knocked out Vorath, taking Mindwipe out of the fight, and then recombined with Highbrow, restoring his memory. He proceeded to rip Scorponok's head from his shoulders, the mental shock knocking the Decepticon leader offline.'' {{storylink|All in the Minds!}} ''Not long thereafter, amidst a time storm that threatened to end all reality, Mindwipe helped hunt down Highbrow in order to reclaim Scorponok's stolen head. Once Mindwipe retrieved the head and restored it to Scorponok's shoulders, the rest of his team was shunted to [[Limbo]] and replaced by a group of Decepticons from 2009 led by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. After some misunderstandings were ironed out, Mindwipe and the two other Decepticons not limboed away formed a temporary alliance with the Autobots, the future Autobots, and the future Decepticons against the time-traveling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. But the alliance was short-lived; when the future [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] accidentally shot Scorponok, Mindwipe joined his fellow present-day Decepticons in tearing Ultra Magnus apart. They retreated with Scorponok's wounded body just before Galvatron was thrown into the time storm, sating it and saving the universe.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Beachcomberdarkstar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.25|And then I conveniently disappear for that whole Underbase massacre.]]
Inevitably, Scorponok's band of Earthbound Decepticons met with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s band of Earthbound Decepticons, and a group including Mindwipe was given a really boring tour by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] of Ratbat's [[Club Con|island headquarters]]. When the tour's star attraction, the kidnapped [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], unwittingly let slip that Ratbat was searching for a powerful artifact called the [[Underbase]], Scorponok was enraged. Scorponok took Mindwipe and the others to confront Ratbat for hording such information, and a civil war broke out between the two Decepticon camps. {{storylink|Cold War!}} In time, they discovered that this fight was in line with Starscream's plan to seize the Underbase's power for himself, and a cease-fire was agreed upon. But this reprieve was short, as the Autobots were drawn to the island base by Starscream's manipulations as well. Mindwipe was quick to maul the hapless [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] before another cease-fire was brokered, this time between the two opposing faction. Starscream went on a rampage, armed with the Underbase's cosmic energy, but partially-organic Transformers were immune to its power. The Decepticons suffered many casualties, but Mindwipe was not among them. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In the wake of the [[Underbase Saga]], Scorponok took command of the remnants of the Decepticon army. ''Mindwipe and Weirdwolf 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!}} The Decepticons soon established a headquarters under a garbage dump in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]], across the river from [[New York City]]. Mindwipe was charged with engineering an energy conversion machine to convert power into [[Energon]], and all he needed was for a cable to be laid across the river, connected to an [[electrostator]] placed at the top of the [[Empire State Building]]. Unfortunately, [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] failed at this and seemingly perished. {{storylink|King Con!}}

[[File:SkinDeep mindwipe sheeagh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
The Decepticons scrambled once again when the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]] summoned them to [[MacDill Air Force Base]] after the wayward new recruits, facing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the entire Autobot army, were seemingly over their heads. Though both Optimus Prime and Scorponok privately suspected someone had arranged for this altercation, a fight broke out regardless. Mindwipe got punched in the batface by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], while the Air Strike Patrol made their quiet retreat. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Mindwipe recuperated and joined Scorponok in advancing on the Autobots, just as Optimus Prime, strangely, called all his troops other than himself to return to the Ark. Scorponok was suspicious, and Mindwipe suggested that some powerful weapon was hidden inside the Autobots' [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|shuttlecraft]]. Mindwipe and the others rushed Optimus Prime as he tried to stop Scorponok from firing on the shuttlecraft, but Prime, who was quickly becoming frustrated with the day's events, was able to overpower all of them. As Optimus pleaded to Scorponok to stop fighting and determine the mastermind who was pulling their strings, they were interrupted by a huge hint: Starscream had arrived, reborn as a Pretender. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Curiouser still, Mindwipe was shocked as Starscream claimed he had been sent by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], also believed to be dead! As Starscream's Pretender shell trounced Optimus Prime, Scorponok half-heartedly ordered Mindwipe and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] to help him. Mindwipe learned the hard way that his hypnotic power had no effect on the new Starscream, and was taken out of the fight with a signle blast. Shortly thereafter, Starscream suddenly reverted to his classic cowardly self and begged for mercy. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[File:PrimalScream-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|And though you can't see the bottom, believe me it's a long way down.]]
Scorponok reluctantly allowed Starscream back into their ranks, a decision that didn't sit well with his troops. ''Mindwipe and most of the other Decepticons gave Starscream a wide berth, fearing the power he had displayed during his debut battle as a Pretender,'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}} and soon began to turn their anger on Scorponok. Mindwipe was one of the most vocal members of this retaliation, and pointed to the hole Starscream had put in his chest. He reminded Scorponok that Starscream was a chronic traitor, but Scorponok rebuked him, noting that Starscream was a powerful warrior needed to bolster their ranks, and was better kept close so they could monitor his actions. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} But when Starscream went missing, Mindwipe and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] decided they'd had enough and left Scorponok's command. Ironically enough, they ran into Starscream himself and were strong-armed into joining his small band of Decepticons against Scorponok. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Mindwipe and Triggerhappy returned with Starscream, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] to Shockwave's underwater headquarters, where they learned that their forces also included the [[Battlecharger]]s. With only seven on their team, Mindwipe was not impressed and expressed doubts, but when Starscream told him that they'd either fight for them or be executed, he quickly changed his mind.

[[File:OutofTime-hypnotism.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|How much more hypnotism can we cram into this page?]]
Immediately, the seven flew to Scorponok's base and fired into it from the air, collapsing it on an Autobot/Decepticon alliance that had been forming. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Once again, Mindwipe was the designated worrier. Though the collapsed base showed no signs of life, if Scorponok had survived, he said their best bet was to get while the getting was good. Triggerhappy agreed, and Starscream silently pitied their cowardice. Unfortunately for Starscream, Mindwipe was right, and Scorponok burst out of the ground to deal with them. Shockwave ordered Mindwipe and the others to rush Scorponok, an idea that was not popular with Mindwipe, and for good reason. Scorponok shrugged off their attacks. Mindwipe and Starscream subsequently concerned themselves with Scorponok's troops while Scorponok battled his equal, Shockwave. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Mindwipe put his magic powers to good use and hypnotized Field Commander Soundwave with the intention of controlling the troops through him. It was a good plan! And [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] agreed! At gunpoint, Mindwipe told Soundwave to tell all the other Decepticons to lay down their arms in service of the Autobot/Decepticon alliance against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]—just in time for every Transformer on Earth to be warped to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by their creator, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Mindwipe watched with the other warped Transformers as Primus explained to them the history between himself and Unicron, and that the Transformers' destiny was to defeat him. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-Mindwipedies.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|He doesn't look ''that'' bad, he's—oh, he's ''not'' in bat mode? Oh. Oh.]]
Once the massive planet-sized Unicron arrived, Mindwipe and the other Transformers froze in terror. After watching [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] get eaten by the Chaos Bringer, Mindwipe regained enough of his faculties to be able to run away. The Transformers did eventually come around and face their destined adversary, but it did not end well for Mindwipe. As Unicron tore an avatar of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to pieces, the resulting shockwave sent what was left of Mindwipe's body flying. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
[[File:Uk271 mindwipe nightlights.jpg|thumb|225px]]
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After having been thrown out of the Decepticon army for trying to hypnotize Scorponok into making him leader, Mindwipe devised a master scheme of his own. He manufactured thousands of thought-sensitive [[Sleepfast]]™ night lights, selling them to humans on the novelty that they actually turned on or off just by thinking at them. Little did the humans know, however, that repetitive use of the night lights had a subliminal mind-control effect. Over time, Mindwipe would have gained an army of human slaves! Luckily for Humanity, the Autobots [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] came to investigate, and they confronted Mindwipe in his storage facility. He was beaten by his own night lights when the Autobots suddenly thought "Lights on!" in a darkened room, turning on thousands of Sleepfasts™ at once and temporarily overloading the Decepticon's neural circuitry with the sudden flash.

Mindwipe was, to coin a phrase, batshit nuts. {{storylink|The Living Nightlights!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Mindwipe: All magic, no pluck.]]
Mindwipe was still a part of the Decepticons after [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] took back control of the army from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. He was involved in the disastrous first encounter between Megatron's troops and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. After Megatron was literally knocked out of orbit by Jhiaxus and plummeted to the planet below, Mindwipe joined [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in looking for their fallen leader. He was in the midst of voicing the selfish but sensible idea of abandoning Megatron to his fate and gettin' the slag outta there when Drag Strip found their commander. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 2''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French)}}
[[File:Mindwipe in altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|I'd do anything this picture told me to.]]
After an all-too-brief period of peace following the resurrection of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], Mindwipe was one of the many Decepticons who attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2007]], creating a huge distraction to cover for [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]'s theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. During the battle, Mindwipe used his hypnotic powers to seize control of [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]'s mind, forcing him to back away, over the edge of a nearby cliff and into the lake below. The Autobots were able to steal back the key, but not before it was used to briefly open the Plasma Energy Chamber, releasing a bolt of energy that hurled a group of Autobots, and the key, across the galaxy to the planet Nebulos. Mindwipe was among the Decepticons sent to Nebulos in pursuit of the key, and he participated in the first battle on the planet. When the Decepticons were forced to retreat, [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] instructed them to gather the fallen Autobots so they could torture them for information on the key's location, but Mindwipe went one better, seizing the not-fallen-at-all [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and dragging him off. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[File:Rebirth2 mindwipe hive machines.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|And we wonder why he hates science.]]
In order to rescue their allies, the Autobots became [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to a group of Nebulan rebels as powerful "Headmasters". Defeated in battle by this new breed of Autobot, Mindwipe and the Decepticons were sent fleeing into the Nebulan wilderness, where they were then accosted by the mentally-controlled machines of Nebulos's evil ruling council, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Decepticons were brought to the Hive's underground city, where their ruler, Lord Zarak, proposed that they join to become Headmasters as well. Naturally, the Decepticons were not responsive, until Zarak forced them to agree by attacking them with more of their machine servants. Mindwipe's head was subsequently removed and re-engineered to become an exo-suit for the Hive scientist Vorath, but the partnership had immediate teething troubles when Vorath bemoaned that fact that someone of his rank had been paired with a "mangy night-scavenger". Warning him that his mystic powers could trump anything science had to offer, Mindwipe mesmerized Vorath and forced him to combine with him.

[[File:Rebirth2 mindwipe and vorath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Sure, make fun of Vorath's tiny guns, but, unlike magic, at least they're real.]]
The newly empowered Decepticons proceeded to attack the Autobots, and in the midst of the fighting, Mindwipe used his extra-sensory powers to deduce that the Autobot Brainstorm was carrying the Plasma Energy Chamber key. Mindwipe tried asking forcefully, but when that did work, he just let Vorath shoot the Autobot so they could steal the key from his fallen body. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

With the key recovered, the Decepticons and their new Hive allies all returned to Cybertron to help [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] overcome the Autobots on the planet. Mindwipe personally took down [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight, with a little help from [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Apeface]]. Galvatron then used the key to open the chamber with the intention of destroy Cybertron and Earth; although his plan was foiled, as Mindwipe and the Decepticons were escaping aboard [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], a stray tendril of plasma energy sent them hurtling off into the depths of space. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Mindwipe is a small robot who transforms into a head and controls a larger, lifeless [[transtector]] body. The ''Headmasters'' toyline referred to the small robot as "Vorath", with "Wipe" (the character's Japanese name) being the name of the combined small robot/transtector form, though this distinction of nomenclature is very rarely made in fiction.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Naoki Tatsuta]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}
[[File:MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg|thumb|225px|"Blah! Try my new chocolatey cereal! Blah!"]]
Four million years ago, Mindwipe was among a group of [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronians]] who departed Cybertron under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], seeking to escape the eternal war that had consumed the planet. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their craft to crash land on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], an inhospitable world whose murderous environments and wildly changeable atmospheric conditions threatened the lives of the Cybertronians. Fighting against the odds, the Cybertronians made several technological quantum leaps to survive on Master, including the creation of larger, lifeless Transformer bodies called [[transtector]]s. Mindwipe and many of his comrades underwent rigorous physical and mental training to master the art of [[transformation]], learning to transform into heads that connected to the transtectors and placed them under their control. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Mindwipe was one of ten warriors who became one of these "Headmasters", but he and several other warriors soon began to chafe under Fortress's leadership, and ultimately rebelled against him, siding with a traitor named [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Via the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], Scorponok soon forged an alliance with the Decepticon leader, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

[[File:Hmep1 mindwipe magic spell.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Kōmori amamori oritatande WIPE!"]]
In the year [[2011]], Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on Cybertron, seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Mindwipe's hypnotic powers proved instrumental in the battle, as he put [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to sleep, but Galvatron was less than impressed, since he also accidentally knocked out Skullcruncher with the technique. Undeterred, Mindwipe put his powers into play again a short time later, taking out Grimlock (again!), [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s, and leaving the entrance to the computer base wide open. Before the villains could enter, however, Fortress's Autobot Headmasters arrived on Cybertron to stop them. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In ensuing battle, Mindwipe tried using his powers on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], but the Decepticons were soon forced to retreat when faced with the power of Fortress's Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Mindwipe accompanied Galvatron to Earth to help interfere in the Autobots' search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], which could restore balance to Vector Sigma. The villains caught up to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] just as he located the Matrix, and Mindwipe tried using his hypnotism to stop him, only to be beaten down by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. Hot Rod and the Autobot Headmasters quickly pulled out, heading for Cybertron with the Matrix, and Mindwipe and the Decepticons gave chase, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber. When Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again, he and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] proceeded to double-team Galvatron, and Mindwipe and his fellow Decepticons fled rather than face the combined might of the two Primes. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:Hmep4 mindwipe vs throttlebots.jpg|thumb|225px|Bring him...[[Furmanism|''DOWN TO EARTH!'']]]]
Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], when it was unleashed upon Cybertron, and used his hypnosis to make [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] and [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] fight each other. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] helped his team-mates over come the effect, and he and Rollbar tried to haul Mindwipe out of the sky. The Decepticon Headmasters retreated when the Madmachine was destroyed by the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} After helping the Decepticons enslave planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Mindwipe again clashed with the Throttlebots, this time on Earth, as the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy there while their newest evil creation, [[Metamorphose]], headed towards Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:Hmep7 mindwipe cross head on.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Why talk funny I do now?]]
Under the orders of Scorponok, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters attacked an Autobot energy outpost on Earth and killed all those stationed there. Before slaying [[Autobot operator|the last one]], Mindwipe hypnotised him into sending a message to Rodimus Prime, summoning him and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] there with news of a new energy discovery. The two Autobots discovered the deception immediately upon arrival, but it was too late: Mindwipe and his partners in crime had already departed to the planet [[Praum]], where they watched as Scorponok sprang a trap on the Autobot Headmasters. The Autobots overcame the trap by switching heads to boost their power, so the Decepticons tried doing the same (with Mindwipe taking over Weirdwolf's transtector), but they still got thrashed. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} After this defeat, Mindwipe and his chums decided to sit out the next mission, and played cards instead. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[File:Hmep10 mindwipe and bomb.jpg|thumb|225px|I did it! I programmed a VCR!]]
When Vector Sigma developed a powerful new alloy named [[cybertonuron]], Mindwipe was among the Decepticons who invaded the planet seeking to take possession of it for Galvatron. Scorponok, however, disliked the idea of seeing the alloy in Galvatron's hands, and so resolved instead to destroy Cybertron, and the cybertonuron with it. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Mindwipe was given the unenviable task of transporting a clutch of bombs into Cybertron's depths, but even with the Autobot Headmaster nipping at his heels, he succeeded in his task, setting up the explosives in Vector Sigma's chamber and activating their timers. He taunted Chromedome with the fact that the bombs could not be deactivated, then transformed to bat mode and made himself scarce with all due speed. The Transformers all abandoned Cybertron with minutes to spare, save for Galvatron, who attempted to remove the bombs, and was caught at ground-zero of the planet-shattering explosion. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:Hmep12 mindwipe and pipiro.jpg|left|thumb|225px|For the last time, you little brat, stop peeing on my roses!]]
With Galvatron apparently destroyed, Scorponok seized command of the Decepticons, and as his first order of business, had Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} As part of Scorponok's plan to keep the Autobots' attentions focused on Earth, Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] in menacing [[Pan|a small Peruvian village]]. To defeat the Autobots, Mindwipe threatened the life of a local boy named [[Pipiro]], but was thwarted by the heroic actions of his sister [[Alyssa]]'s pet donkey [[Dodo]]. Embarrassing. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} A little later, still distracting the Autobots from Scorponok's bigger scheme with attacks on Earth, Mindwipe joined in a Decepticon attack on [[San Francisco]] with [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Scorponok's plans came to a head when he plotted to destroy [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and sent the Decepticon Headmasters to the planet to place a series of [[plasma energy]] bombs beneath its crust. After doing so, the villainous trio engaged the Autobot Headmasters on Mars's surface, and fooled the heroes with an elaborate trick: during the fight, Hardhead managed to get Mindwipe to "accidentally" hypnotize Skullcruncher, so that he would reveal the location of the bombs. Following Skullcruncher's co-ordinates, the Autobots were actually caught in a pre-prepared trap, and when Fortress arrived to save them, Mindwipe and his fellows got particularly crafty, blasting him with a plasma energy bomb in mid-transformation! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Mindwipe and the Decepticons then withdrew to the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]], where Scorponok unveiled his secret project: a giant transtector of his own! The Headmasters boarded Scorponok's giant new body and returned with him to Mars, putting the finishing touches to the bombing set-up while he battled Fortress. Mindwipe and his pals completed their task quickly, and withdrew with Scorponok as Mars was destroyed. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:Hmep17 mindwipe nards.jpg|thumb|225px|Ooooh, right in the belfry!]]
Mindwipe subsequently attended the coronation of Scorponok on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]], but during the event, Galvatron abruptly returned, alive and well, and retook leadership. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Soon after, when Galvatron had him try to interfere with an Autobot energy run to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Mindwipe got kicked around by the Autobots pretty badly. Literally. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

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The appearance of two unknown robots in the vicinity of Chaar set off alarm bells for Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters, and they immediately attacked the newcomers. Mindwipe tried hypnotizing the one with a dragon alternate mode, but was promptly swatted out of the sky by its tail, at which point Galvatron arrived to inform them that these were actually their old allies from Master, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher subsequently went to Earth with the two new arrivals to serve as bodyguards for Galvatron while he negotiated a potential peace with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. When the negotiation was discovered to be a Decepticon ruse to cover their preparations for an interplanetary energy raid, a fight broke out, and Mindwipe got smacked around by [[Kaen]]. The Decepticons were able to escape and join up with their fellows to carry out the planned raid, destroying the [[space bridge]] to delay the Autobots' pursuit. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

The Decepticons' started their energy gathering by attacking the planets [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} and [[Twin Star]] for energy, but Mindwipe didn't really have much to get up to, and entertained himself on the journey between planets by watching asteroids fly by. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} When the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], however, Mindwipe and the Headmasters were given a special task by Scorponok: hunt down the [[Beastformer]] [[Tekna]], who had helped build his transtector and who was currently imprisoned in a penal colony on the planet, and kill him. Mindwipe and his foul fellows took pleasure in massacring every inmate in the prison, but Tekna managed to escape their wrath long enough to give the Autobots information on the secret weak spot of Scorponok's transtector. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

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On the Decepticons' next target planet, [[Paradise]], Mindwipe was able to get the drop on Highbrow and tried to subdue him with his hypnotic powers. Highbrow fought off the effect long enough to take to the air, so Mindwipe simply shot him down and allowed Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher to beat him into submission. When Highbrow's fellow Autobots came to rescue him, Skullcruncher seized Brainstorm so Mindwipe could punch him, but of course, Brainstorm ducked, and Mindwipe wound up clocking Skullcrunching instead. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} Mindwipe then participated in the battle on [[Pirate Planet]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[File:Hmep24 mindwipe small robot.jpg|left|thumb|WhY mY knEEs hUrt?]]
Upon returning to Earth, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters were assigned a secret mission by Scorponok, sneaking into an Autobot outpost in their small [[robot mode]] and planting explosives that wiped out the base personnel. With the base now in their clutches, the trio planet one of a series of explosives beneath it. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} They then helped Scorponok plant another explosive in Alaska, though their activities were briefly interrupted by a wide-ranging battle between Galvatron and the Autobot Headmasters that concluded with the Decepticon leader's destruction. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} This allowed Scorponok to take control of the Decepticons once again, and he dispatched Mindwipe and the Headmasters to plant the final explosive on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. When detonated, this string of explosives would trigger every volcano on the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]] and tear the Earth apart. Luckily, before the bombs could be triggered, Chromedome deduced the location of Scorponok's weak spot, and Fortress Maximus exploited it to critically damage the Decepticon leader. Scorponok withdrew, and Mindwipe and all the other Decepticons fled Earth with him. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

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Mindwipe and the Decepticons withdrew with Scorponok to their old home of planet Master, where they terrorized the locals until the Autobots arrived to stop them. Mindwipe tried hitting Highbrow with his hypnotic waves again, but Brainstorm stepped in to take him down. The Decepticons sought revenge by capturing Chromedome's friend [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]], planting a bomb in him, and having Mindwipe hypnotize him into walking into the heart of the Autobot camp. Chromedome was able to break Mindwipe's control over his friend, but alas, it did not save Jack's life. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher observed as Scorponok processed [[G-Metal]] from ore found beneath Master's surface, which he would use to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's [[Master Sword]]. The three Headmasters then captured [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and ransomed for information on the Master Sword, allowing Scorponok to counter its powers. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

[[File:Hmep31 mindwipe goofs.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Upff...hot dog burp."]]
With this data in their hands, the Decepticons briefly withdrew from Master to throw the Autobots off their tail, hiding in a field of space debris where Mindwipe and Weirdwolf teased Skullcruncher for confusing the space rocks with aliens. Their trail suitably cold, they then returned to Master and headed underground so Scorponok could build his "[[Zarak Shield]]". {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} A mighty battle against the Decepticons followed, with the Autobots backed up by the young warriors of Master, during which Mindwipe took a shot at hypnotizing Chromedome, only to once again accidentally put Skullcruncher to sleep. Luckily, Mindwipe's mistake did not adversely affect the fight, and with the battle won, the Decepticons quickly departed Master, heading back to Earth. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} On the way, they were separated from [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} and when they set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, Mindwipe opined that they wouldn't be seeing the ninja again. No sooner had he voiced this opinion, of course, than Sixshot returned. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

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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 [[crysmagnetal]] of the lost continent of [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]]. Attempting to defend the tower set up in Egypt, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher unveiled their newest technique: the "Trio Formation", an odd move that involved them stacking on top of each other like a totem pole. The mode was not exactly a success, as Apeface and Snapdragon thought to get in on the action and wound up toppling it over. The Headmasters' tomfoolery notwithstanding, the Egyptian Death Tower was successfully raised, creating an energy-channelling circuit of towers around the Earth that threatened to rip the planet apart. To stop the Decepticons' plan, the Autobots faced their whole army down in a massive final battle at the North Pole, during which Mindwipe turned his hypnotic powers on Chromedome and Hardhead, but was stopped by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] and his [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]. The conflict came to a close when the Autobots all channeled their energy into Fortress Maximus, enabling him to destroy Scorponok's transtector and the circuit, saving the planet and forcing Mindwipe and all the other Decepticons to flee Earth for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''The Great Transformer War''====
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In the closing days of 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged on Earth and across space, Mindwipe and the other Decepticon Headmasters were running from their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. The Decepticons appeared to flee by leaping into a chasm, but moments later, they burst up through the ground to catch their pursuers unaware. Unfortunately for the villains, the Autobots were able to sneak away under cover of the dust cloud their emergence created, leaving [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] to mistakenly beat up Mindwipe. The Decepticons soon realized their error, but the Autobots then crashed into them in [[alternate mode|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}}
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====''The Headmasters'' manga====
[[File:Hmmanga chromedome snatches bomb.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|That's some real nice work, there, Mindwipe.]]
Shortly after their failure to seize control of Vector Sigma, Galvatron led Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters in a rather direct plan to destroy Battleship Maximus: They would lure it into space, and then Mindwipe would, uh, just throw a bomb inside. Unsurprisingly, this plan met with failure when the speedy Chromedome was able to snatch the bomb right out of Mindwipe's hands before he even had the chance to hurl it. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

Mindwipe and the Decepticons later made a return to planet Beast, where they were able to capture Highbrow and Brainstorm. Mindwipe and his partners wanted to take the two Autobots' transtectors for themselves, but their evil scheme was foiled by the Beastformers' human ally [[Kane]], who threw rocks at them and got them to chase him, thereby giving the Autobots time to escape. During his flight, Kane tripped, and Mindwipe swooped into finish him off, but the Decepticon was abruptly blasted out of the sky by Hardhead. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

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After attacking an Alaskan power plant, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf, and Skullcruncher were prepared for the arrival of the Autobot Headmasters. Catching their heroic foes unawares, the three villains were able to stop them from combining with their transtectors, leaving them seemingly helpless before the vicious animal modes of the trio's own bestial transtectors. Mindwipe and his allies proceeded to hunt the Headmasters through the Alaskan wilderness, until they were tricked into making a pounce that allowed the Autobots to leap over them and rejoin with their transtectors. Mindwipe and company could only watch and hug each other for support as the four Autobots blasted the everlovin' bejeezus out of the Decepticons' unmanned transtectors. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

In addition to all their other faults, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters proved themselves to be a bunch of Scrooges when they attacked a Christmas party the Autobots were attending at a Japanese children's hospital. Mindwipe viciously blasted Highbrow as the Autobot was attempting to protect a crippled boy named [[Masato]], and while he did injure Highbrow, his evil deed did have a good side-effect: Masato was so consumed with emotion at the sight of Highbrow's wounding, he found the strength of will to walk again! This didn't mean anything to Mindwipe, who came zeroing back in to finish the fleshie off, but Chromedome quickly leapt into action and shot Mindwipe down. The three Decepticons were then sent packing, hurled off into the snow-flecked night by the united power of the Autobot Headmasters' "Hell's Great Wheel" technique. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}

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

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] explained to the [[Legends World]]'s [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] that he and other diminutive Transformers, including Vorath before he became Mindwipe, left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to escape the war and settled on Master. Vorath was among those seen suffering in the deadly environment before they were able to tame the planet. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 9|Bonus Edition Vol. 9}}

In [[2021]], Mindwipe and the rest of Scorponok's troops battled Fortress Maximus's Autobots near a [[black hole]] when Scorponok detonated it with no concern for his own soldiers, causing [[Blackball|miniature black holes]] to appear within them. Their bodies doomed by the phenomenon, the Headmasters disconnected from their transtectors and traveled to the Legends World to have new ones built for them. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} They allied with the local [[Tera-Kura Co.]], with Mindwipe joining [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in the partnership's science department. At some point, he also hypnotized Skullcruncher so badly he developed chronic narcolepsy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} Mindwipe was present when the chairman of the company, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], was manipulated by Tarantulas and Weirdwolf into turning into Galvatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} After their Galvatron transtector failed to properly control Megatron, the two schemers had Mindwipe hypnotize Megatron into "willingly" merging with it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

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Mindwipe was present at Tera-Kura when a mob mass-produced [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-type Headmasters showed up and demanded their own transtectors. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 28|Bonus Edition Vol. 28}} Following a failed bid by Weirdwolf to take over Fortress Maximus, Mindwipe and Skullcruncher carried their knocked out comrade to safety. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}} With Tarantulas in jail, Mindwipe decided to make a deal with the devil for a new transtector by using dark magic to resurrect [[Devil Z]]. The entity granted him a new body and a [[Servant]] partner drone that boosted his hypnotic powers to the point where he was able to take over not just the Decepticon company, but the world! Unfortunately, he found it unsatisfying to be a leader when his subjects were just brainwashed and didn't actually have any love for him. When Devil Z asked for repayment in the form of the life force of his hypnotized victims, Mindwipe refused on the grounds that some of them were his friends, but Devil Z wouldn't take no for an answer and took Mindwipe's body for himself. Aided by Megatron, who was immune to his hypnotism by now, Mindwipe was able to neutralize Devil Z with a spell before any harm was done. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}}

However, Devil Z soon returned, took control of Decepticon Co., and ordered the three Headmasters to destroy a trailer that had appeared in the city. The vehicle turned out to be a [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] transtector belonging to [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], who swiftly defeated Mindwipe and his pals with [[Chōkon Power]], forcing Devil Z to power them up with his own [[Devil Power]]. The trio appeared to defeat Ginrai with their Trio Formation Devil Attack, only for the Autobot to transform into a base mode and send them fleeing with a barrage of blasts. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} When Devil Z was enraged, he began emitting lighting blasts that Mindwipe and the others had to dodge. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} His living transtector was later lured away by the former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s and briefly used by [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] before it was retrieved. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 37|Bonus Edition Vol. 37}} He and Weirdwolf were shocked when [[Apeface]] developed superpowers and an unhealthy dose of ambition. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}}

Mindwipe was later seen loading [[energon cube]]s at work. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} Tired of Megatron's command, he and the other Headmasters began plotting to revive [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and use him to overthrow Megatron. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}} For this purpose, they worked with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to steal [[Godbomber]] from the Autobots, though they were defeated before they could really use its power. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} They then had to sit tight for a while when the [[Dimensional Patrol]] sealed away everyone's transtectors. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Black Convoy 2}} Mindwipe and his two buds tried to take revenge on Ginrai when he turned into a normal robot, but fled when he transformed into the giant Super Magna Convoy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Magna Convoy}} As they neared completion on Trypticon, the Scorponok loyalists rebelled against Tera-Kura and attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for his [[transformation cog]]. During the battle with Megatron's troops, Mindwipe confused [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] with hypnotism. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} He was stationed inside Trypticon during his rampage across Tokyo, though the beast was ultimately defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

The Decepticon Headmasters gave up on their scheming and instead established the [[Wolf Circus]], where Mindwipe was seen when Megatron visited to borrow [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} When Devil Z resurfaced and took control of Scorponok in the form of BlackZarak, Mindwipe attempted to banish him again but was sent flying by a strike from BlackZarak's spear. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Grand Maximus}}

Scorponok was at the Wolf Circus when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] returned and announced his plans to destroy the [[Legends World]] and claim its energy. He joined Scorponok on the bridge of his bestial new creation, Majin arak, as it prepared to lay waste to New Akihibara City. Mindwipe helped gather the six Targetmaster partners, whom Scorponok had modified into immensely powerful plasma energy bombs. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} He prepared the Targetmaster bombs to detonate at the site of the proton energy reservoir. Even after Scorponok and Majin Zarak were defeated, Mindwipe continued prepping the bombs. It was revealed that Devil Z was inhabiting and directing Mindwipe's transtector. Slugslinger and the Targetmasters arrived, blowing the transtector apart and separating Mindwipe from Devil Z's influence. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}
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====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
Several years after the Decepticons' departure from Earth, Mindwipe 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 United Earth-Space Troops}}

===Toy pack-in material===
When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Mindwipe joined a small strike force of Decepticons called S.T.O.P. ([[Seek and Terminate Optimus Prime]]) to either destroy or recruit the amnesic Autobot leader. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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Mindwipe helped his Nebulan partner Vorath, and his fellow Decepticons Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf, 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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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarWithin Confrontation Mindwipe Streetwise.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Turns out Mindwipe doesn't actually have any hypnotic powers. First Aid's pacifism had finally gotten on Streetwise's nerves.]]

During the [[Dark Ages]], when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were believed to have been killed in a [[space bridge]] test, Mindwipe was part of the [[Chaos Trinity]] that attempted to use [[dark science]] to manipulate events in their favor. When the mysterious, frighteningly-powerful being known as [[The Fallen]] arrived and offered them dark powers in exchange for their services, they agreed. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} The three managed to initiate a serious surge in factional engagements, in an attempt to isolate the [[Angles of Dissolution]] that the Fallen needed. {{storylink|Escalation}} During their attempt to secure [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Mindwipe managed to put the [[Autobot]] scientist into a trance, while [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] put [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] out of commission. When [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], another target, surprised them, Mindwipe was confident he could do the same to Grimlock.

He got thrown into a wall for his troubles. The Fallen had to pull their [[Anatomic euphemism#Exhaust port|exhaust port]]s out of the fire. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

When they went to secure [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], the third Angle, Mindwipe turned several of the Protectobots against their teammates with his hypnotic powers. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} However, Shockwave tracked the Chaos Trinity down, bringing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as well. Mindwipe believed that it was time to retreat, but found that Bludgeon had already fled. Mindwipe was then [[Slag (slang)|slagged]] by Shockwave. {{storylink|Conflagration}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' #1]]

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Mindwipe was an "[[Outlier (group)|outlier]]", a Transformer possessing a unique "super-power" unrelated to his alternate mode; in his case, telepathy. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} He was among the Decepticons imprisoned on Cybertron after the war with [[D-Void]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Though they were soon freed, their newly appointed leader Ratbat [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|mysteriously]] perished, and Mindwipe was part of the angry mob who demanded answers from the Autobots. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Later, when [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] appeared in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Mindwipe and many other Decepticons banded together to prevent the Autobots from killing him. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Unwilling to foresake his Decepticon allegiance, Mindwipe was one of the 'Cons who eventually decamped from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to establish their own ghetto on the city's outskirts. When Optimus Prime and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] passed through, Mindwipe and several others ganged up to attack them, but the scuffle was broken up by [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and they were sent on their way. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Soon after, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] arrived to whip Mindwipe and the others back up into a frenzy, leading them in an attack on the [[space bridge]] chamber as part of a distraction to allow [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to steal the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

Mindwipe was one of the Decepticons who rallied under [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] and space bridged to Earth to join his attack on [[Shanghai]], only to be confronted by the Autobots. During the battle, he was summoned to Galvatron's side, where he was instructed to use his telepathic powers to decrypt the "[[Onyx]]" source code created by the human [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], used to run the anti-Transformer "[[mindbomb]]" that was in the process of being primed for use against them. Using the source code, Mindwipe was able to tap into the mindbomb and shield as many Decepticon as time would allow from its effects. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} The surviving Decepticons quickly withdrew to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', berthed on the ocean floor, where Mindwipe examined the captive Blackrock and confirmed Galvatron's suspicion that he ''wasn't'' human, but actually an incredibly advanced Cybertronian masquerading as a human. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}

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While defending the ''Nemesis'' from attack from the Autobots and Soundwave's Decepticons, Mindwipe and several other Decepticons were merged into the [[combiner]] [[Galvatronus (Generations)|Galvatronus]] by Galvatron's control of the [[Enigma of Combination]] source code. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] was able to take control of the code and force Galvatronus to separate, leaving Mindwipe and the others unconscious. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} With Galvatron's defeat, they were then rounded up by the Autobots {{storylink|White Light}} and put into custody. {{storylink|White Heat}}

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===''United''===
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Mindwipe was part of a squad of Decepticons that waited in ambush for the Autobots on the planet Nebulos. Hidden away in inner-space, the Decepticons took the small Autobot unit by surprise, but dispersed when their leader [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] was taken out. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Mindwipe 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!?}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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[[Scarlett]] had a vision of Mindwipe following her [[Brainwave Scanner]]-induced brainwashing, suggesting the hypnotic Decepticon had something to do with the machine. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}} He later attacked the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team led by [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] and [[General Flagg]] shortly after their arrival on Cybertron. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} After the war was over, Mindwipe became an object of worship for certain cults residing on [[Pluto]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Mindwipe was part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[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. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters|The Power of the Titan Masters}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Swindles BumperMindwipe.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Mindwipe was part of [[The Rise]]; as a "prodigy" with the ability to transmit hypnotic data packets from his optics, his dangerous ability made him a known quantity to the members of [[Security Operations]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} As a member of The Rise, Mindwipe was officially under Shockwave's command, but had ambitions of his own; while Shockwave and his fellow Risers laid low after the fall of the [[Tether]], Mindwipe cut a deal with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to procure some extra [[energon]] for his experiments. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} He, [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]], and [[Whisper (G1)|Visper]] travelled to [[Swindle's|Swindle's casino]] to get the energon, but learned on arriving that Swindle's procurement specialist [[Singe]] had been caught and arrested. Mindwipe promptly chewed Swindle out for stupidly inviting him here anyway, and the arrival of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s unit proved him right. Mindwipe was able to get away by hypnotizing [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and ordering him to kill Prowl, then transformed and flew away in the chaos, warning Shockwave that Storm Cloud's arrest would surely lead Prowl to the Rise's current base. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Mindwipe 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}}
*Mindwipe rushed into battle alongside [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] 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}}
*Mindwipe trained under the watchful eye of [[Vorath]]. His training mostly involved smashing stone sculptures of their Autobot enemies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Mindwipe and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] 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|[[Jack Merluzzi]] (English)}}
[[File:TFPS2 mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75]]
Mindwipe was one of the Decepticons involved in the battle of the [[Zel Quartz]] on the planet [[Zel Samine]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

====Autobot story====
Mindwipe ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew at the [[Mount Jaad]] wind power plant. He appeared in his [[alternate mode]] and taunted them about going through so much trouble to reach their destination. He then transformed to robot mode, expressed annoyance at the Autobots' constant meddling in the Decepticons' activities, and threatened them with imminent death now that he was there to deal with them. Optimus Prime brushed off this attempt at intimidation, telling Mindwipe to get out of his way. This resulted in a battle between Mindwipe and Optimus Prime's entire team, which resulted in a sound thrashing for Mindwipe. Thoroughly beaten, Mindwipe reverted to bat form and fled. Much later, Mindwipe was among the Decepticons who legions to battled the Autobots in the Atalstan gem mine. Despite fighting with the home field advantage (a dark cave), Mindwipe still lost.

{{note|Mindwipe is a boss fight on Mount Jaad, while in the gem mines, he is just one of numerous Decepticon duplicates the Autobots fight.}}

====Decepticon story====
On their second trip to the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]], the Decepticons met up with Mindwipe. Megatron welcomed the hypnotist into his forces, commenting that he had known he would see him again; for his part, Mindwipe wasn't interested in talking, preferring to get straight to the fighting.

{{Note|Mindwipe was unlocked as a playable character in the Decepticon campaign following the second playthrough of the game's fourth stage.}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
{{Note|Mindwipe was not included in a storyline for the ''Transformers Legends'' game, instead appearing as part of the first "[[Signature Series featuring Guido Guidi|Signature Series]]" event, spotlighting the favorite characters of artist [[Guido Guidi]], who drew all the cards for that installment.}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:MindwipeEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|I Vant to suck your energon!..and alloy too]]

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: Sonic Disruptor:''' Enter an air attack mode! For 20 seconds your attacks deal 10.3 damage and confuse the targets (reducing their damage to 40% and making them attack your foes).
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:mindwipe Mindwipe at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
===The Transformers===
[[File:G1-toy Mindwipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Went to the same hypnotism class as [[Blood]] and [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]].]]
*'''Mindwipe with Vorath''' (Headmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-87'''
**''Accessories'': "Vorath" Headmaster trainer, "Viper Pistol"

: Mindwipe transforms into a robotic bat. In this mode, his pack-in Headmaster partner [[Vorath#Toys|Vorath]] fits into his chest compartment. In [[robot mode]], Vorath forms his head; attaching him activates a tumbler mechanism that displays an abbreviated set of [[Tech Spec]]s behind the robot mode chest panel. Mindwipe and Vorath are both cross-compatible with any other Generation 1 Headmaster body/head.

: The tail gets in the way and prevents the bat from standing in an upright position, unless one swings the tail to the front, which, while hilarious looking, isn't the correct orientation. One solution is to unscrew the toy and flip the tail over so it angles upwards. Doing this doubly benefits the [[beast mode]] in that the tail now acts as a sort of third leg for stability. Speaking of swinging to the front, his shoulders are articulated to swing his robot arms chestward in beast mode, putting the chromed "speaker"-looking bits forward, as depicted in most media... but ''not'' in the toy's instructions. Oops.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Mindwipe/mindwipe.htm More information on Mindwipe at TFU.info]
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Mindswipe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I will finally achieve my dream of communicating to the deceased of Block Town...I hope.]]

*'''Mindswipe''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 49'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick

: Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Mindswipe can be rebuilt from robot mode into a bat (though the instructions call it a 'dino'). His reconfiguration to bat mode is as complicated as taking his helmet off, then putting it back on differently. He sports the generic animal head helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OMindswipe/mindswipe.htm More information on Mindswipe at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-MindwipeDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Vorath & Mindwipe''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': "[[Vorath#Generations|Vorath]]" Titan Master, small gun, large gun
:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Mindwipe transforms from a robot to robotic bat and back. Mindwipe's head can transform into the Titan Master [[Vorath#Generations|Vorath]], who can either pilot Mindwipe in alternate mode or pilot Mindwipe's larger weapon. His bat mode's head, the tip of the wings, and the [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|fake wings in robot mode]] use softer plastic.

:For unknown reasons, a near-final [[prototype|sample]] used for the official "final product" [[stock photography|stock photo]]s features a more magenta-ish plastic color with a considerably stronger red hue for his upper chest, his shoulders, several joints, and Vorath's arms. This color only appears in one particular set of stock photos, including an in-package shot of the non-European packaging. By contrast, the early CG renders, an extensive photoshoot and even the official [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] stock photo feature two very similar shades of purple plastic, just like the figure actually released at retail does.

: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>

:Mindwipe's main body was also used to make ''Legends'' [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]], while his large gun was redecoed as the pommel of [[Magna Convoy#Legends|Magna Convoy]]'s [[Matrix Sword#Toys|Matrix Sword]]. His main body would've been redecoed as [[Onyx Primal]]'s body with "Nightwatch" from Infinitus as a [[BotCon#BotCon 2017|BotCon 2017]] exclusive that never came to be.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRMindwipe/mindwipe.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Mindwipe at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG34-Mindwipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Wipe (Mindwipe)'''<ref>The packaging says "ワイプ" (Wipe) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Mindwipe".</ref> (Deluxe Class, 2016-[[November 26|11-26]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''LG34'''
**''Accessories'': Small gun, large gun, Servant Partner Drone
:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Wipe is a redeco and retool of the ''Titans Return'' mold, with a paintjob and headsculpt more faithful to how the character looked in ''The Headmasters'' (compared to the more toy-based paintjobs of his teammates). He also comes with the [[Partner Drone]] [[Servant#Legends|Servant]], a redeco of the accessory that came with Titan Master [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]].

:As with all of redecoes of Crashbash's vehicle accessories: care must be taken with the gun mode's handle: the handle fits tightly in many 5mm-compatible closed hands, and combined with the handle's lack of metal pin running through the joint, removing it by force causes the handle to pop out of the joint.
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===Retro Headmasters===
*'''Mindwipe''' (Deluxe Class, 2021)
**''Accessories'': Vorath Headmaster

:Released as part of the Walmart exclusive ''Retro Headmasters'' line, Mindwipe is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class toy and utilizes the headmaster face included in the ''Legends'' figure.

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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Caramel''===
[[File:Caramel mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Wipe''' (1987)
:A soft-rubber figurine of a wingless Mindwipe was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Mindwipe's face and name on its underside.
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===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Kabaya mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What is a Transformer?! A miserable little pile of secrets!]]
*'''Wipe''' (1987)
**''Accessories'': Headmaster unit, "Viper Pistol"

:Released in the sixth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this simplified incarnation of Mindwipe is a snap-together model kit constructed of black, red, and cream plastic. Standing at about four inches tall, Mindwipe features no paint applications, but has some stickers for decoration. He retains most of the features of his larger toy, including his transforming Headmaster unit, opening cockpit, and Tech Spec meter. As a ''Transformers Gum'' kit, he came with a plank of rock-hard sugar-wood.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1621/Kabaya/Vorath.html More information on Transformers Gum Wipe at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W5Mindwipe.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Mindwipe, Hypnotist''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T28/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:Chromedome, Computer Programmer 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, Mindwipe begins the game with a Titan Master attached in head mode. Once Mindwipe is KO'd, said Titan Master is deployed.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''Titans Return'' Mindwipe toy, with the body mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art (minus the Vorath Titan Master), and original alt mode artwork with lines by [[Dan Khanna]].

: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:G1MindwipeOriginalHead.jpg|thumb|I loved it. It was much better than ''Cats''. I'm going to see it again and again.]]
*In the television [[commercial]] for [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series, the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters are shown having different head designs than the ones their Nebulan partners would later turn into. These designs were seemingly never used in any other piece of ''Transformers'' media. The [[Character model|models]] for most of them, however, turned up in the excellent ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook... ''except'' for Mindwipe's. Damn it.
*Throughout Mindwipe's [[Bob Budiansky]]-penned appearances, he was [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s indispensable and loyal right-hand man. Once [[Simon Furman]] took the reigns, Mindwipe became a rambling coward who'd run if the wind blew the wrong way.
*The most distinguishing elements of Mindwipe's silhouette are the bat mode wings arcing out from his back, but on Mindwipe's toy, they actually wind up upside-down in robot mode, and folded back. As upside-down wings would look fairly rubbish when spread out, his [[package art]] and American [[character model]] fudge the details on them just enough to make them seem as if they fan out in both directions from the middle of his back. His Japanese character model, however, just renders the wings right-side up, as in bat mode, fanning out over his shoulders. To accomplish this little real-world toy impossibility, his in-show transformation has his wings detach from his body, then reconnect, staying right-side up all the way through.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wipe''' (ワイプ ''Waipu''), '''Vorath''' (ボラス ''Borasu'', see above), '''Mindwipe''' (The Rebirth, マインドワイプ ''Maindowaipu'')
*''French:'' '''Amnésiak''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Agymosó'''
*''Italian:'' '''Pipistrello'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Biānfúmó''' (蝙蝠魔, "Bat Demon")
*''Russian:'' '''Durman''' (Дурман, "Drug")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Obduriy''' (ICTV, Обдурій, "Deceiver")

==References==
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